The Hockey Life - A Patrick Kane Fanfic

Part Fourteen - Jealousy

PART FOURTEEN: JEALOUSY

In the morning, I felt really bubbly. I usually hated mornings, so such a good mood that early was a rare occurrence for me. Tess was confused by it. She knew something had to be going on.

“You’re too happy. Did you just talk to your lover or something?” she asked as I sat down at our breakfast bar to eat a bowl of cereal.

“Not just now. Last night I did. What could that possibly have to do with my current mood, though?”

“Your happiness from last night could have easily carried over into today, Lean. That is possible, ya know.” Lean. That nickname was what made me so happy the night before.

“Whatever you say, Tess.” I finished my breakfast and went to the UC. It was a day of media. We got to film for miscellaneous videos. I had never used professional equipment to film anything before, so I was actually excited to do it for the first time. All the videos I had ever made had been extremely amateur work, to put it nicely and give myself some credit.

We all began filming during practice. We learned the camera basics and we got some awesome shots of the team doing drills. I was actually proud of the footage I got. I was told that I did a decent job.

Although the during practice filming was cool, it was the after practice part that was the most fun. The one and only, adorable Joey the Junior Reporter was at the UC to do another video with the Hawks. I loved little kids, and I couldn’t wait to meet him. I might have fan-girled more over him than I had when I first met Patrick. In a different way, of course.

Joey got to interview the players, as usual. For this video, he asked them how their Christmas’ went and he also asked them about their New Years plans and resolutions. It was so cute to see him interacting with the players. I could tell that they loved having him there. He was so entertaining. I had to stifle my laughter behind the camera a few times.

“Alright, you can go ahead and step back from the camera. It’s your turn to be interviewed,” Brad told me.

“What do you mean?” I questioned him.

“Joey’s going to interview interns. He said he wanted to talk to you first,” he answered. I looked over at Joey and smiled at him. I sat down for the interview, which was filmed by Puck Bunny. I didn’t even care about the faces she was making behind the camera. I was in too good of a mood when talking to the Junior Reporter to even be phased by her, especially when the little guy told me I was the prettiest intern. She rolled her eyes at that, which only made my smile bigger and brighter.

“Wow, someone’s got a crush on you,” Dylan said once it was Puck Bunny’s turn to be interviewed.

“Yeah, if only he was closer to my age. That might be nice,” I laughed, although I actually thought Joey’s comment was cute.

We watched Joey and Puck Bunny interact and we giggled at the fact that he seemed a little uninterested in her. The interviews continued on and Patrick came over to me towards the end of Dylan’s.

“So I hear that Joey likes you,” he said.

“Yeah, I guess he does. He said I was the prettiest intern. But that’s not saying much since I’m only one of two girls,” I replied.

“Yeah, but gender doesn’t necessarily matter. I mean, he told Sharpy that he was beautiful.” Of course! That was when Sharp had been considered one of the fifty most beautiful Chicagoans.

“Yeah, that’s true. Wow, Sharpy’s beautiful and I’m only pretty? Damn, that’s kind of a low blow, and from a six year old, too,” I realized.