One Goal Achieved (Patrick Kane)

Valentines Day

-Patrick's POV-

What do you get the girl you might or might not be in love with but can't be with for Valentine's Day? Flowers? Candy? Maybe I should just see a therapist.

"Dude, calm down" Jon sighs. We've been walking through the mall for hours trying to find gifts.

"I'm sorry. I just don't want to mess things up but it's so hard. I just want to kiss her all the time, tell the boys to stop looking at her, bring her home to my parents and be like 'I found this girl and she's better than any other girl'" I say waving my hands around.

"And she just wants to do what she thinks is best for everyone. Until then she won't let you in" he says for what feels like the 100th time.

"Wait, do you know what happened" I ask. He and Natalie are always together so I had to ask.

"Of course not. Not even Nat knows every single thing. All you need to know is that it's not good and you need to let her figure it out" he says.

We stop in a sports store because it's basically habit now. "I know. It's just hard having such strong feelings and it's even harder to contain them" I sigh looking at my jersey hanging up.

"We gotta do something for this city. Hockey once thrived here and we can bring it back" Jon says looking at our posters all over the store. I want to do great things but all I want is for Skylar to be by my side when they happen, girlfriend or not. "Hey, does she have your jersey" Jon asks picking one up.

"Actually she doesn't, why didn't I think of that" I say taking the jersey from him.

"Maybe because you rarely think at all" he laughs. After he gives me shit for buying my own jersey I stop at home to put it in a bag and head to Skylar's.

I knock on the door and no one answers but it's open so I let myself in. I go to the one place I know Skylar's at and find her at her desk surrounded by papers. She's trying so hard and she wants to be the greatest at whatever she does but she often forgets that sometimes the best thing is to do nothing. I knock and she puts up her finger like always. After she stops she puts a bookmark in her book and closes it. She turns to see me standing in the doorway and her eyes light up. "Patrick" she gasps getting up and hugging me.

"Hey Sky, how's your  day" I ask following her to the living room.

"Boring but better now you're here" she replies.

Natalie comes out her room with a bat but when she sees us she lets out a sigh. "I thought you were a kidnapper or murder. I was about to beat your ass" she laughs returning to her room. Skylar pulls out a container of leftover something and pops it in the microwave.

"So what brings you over" she asks hopping on the counter. I lift the gift and her eyes light up.

"I wanted to bring my best friend a gift for Valentine's Day" I say setting the bag next to her. She quickly opens the envelope and reads the card.

"Dear Sky, thanks for always making time for me when I'm needy and want to have you all to myself. Here's something for the game tonight" she says with a questioning tone. She looks at the envelope again and there were tickets for her and Natalie in there. She then opens the present and picks up my jersey. I was nervous she wouldn't like it but that quickly went away when she assessed the material and traced my name. "Patrick, I don't know what to say. This is great. I've always wanted one" she says looking into my eyes.

"I'm glad you like it" I say. She kisses my cheek and I nearly grabbed her face and kissed her right there but I knew I couldn't. It would ruin everything. We move to the couch and turn on the tv.

"I really want to put this on" she says clinging to the jersey.

"Do it, you'll look good in it" I say and she nods. She takes off her shirt revealing a pink Nike sports bra. She really wasn't making this easy for me. I guess she noticed I was staring and threw her shirt at me.

"Creep" she mutters and I roll my eyes. The jersey was a little big but most things on her were.

"You look great" I say breathily. I can see a blush form on her cheeks, I'm glad I can make her feel like that.

"Lets take a picture" I say scooting towards her. After snapping the pic I send it to her then send it to my mom because she keeps asking to see what Skylar looks like. I watch tv while she study's some more. My phone vibrates and sees that my mom has texted me back.

Momma👩‍👦: She's adorable! Can we keep her?

I laugh at her response, kinda feeling like one of my sisters responded.

Me: I'm trying mom. I'm trying.

Natalie and Skylar were chilling in the locker room talking to Dustin about god knows what when Patrick comes over to me.

"What's up Kaner? Any progress" he asks watching Skylar closely.

"No, she has a lot going on right now and I'm just here to take her mind off things" I respond. She laughs at something Natalie says and I smile knowing she was happy right now.

"Which game is your family coming in for" Patrick asks.

"March 1st, Kings game" I answer. He nods and looks back to Skylar.

"Is she meeting the fam?" He asks with a smirk. I shrug because I hadn't really thought about that.

"My mom would kill me if I didn't introduce her. But I'm not sure how Sky feels. She's not too found with the idea of families" I explain.

He nods and walks over to mess with Jonny as I go over to Skylar. I sit in her lap and she warps her arms around me. I wanted to be more with her but this is pretty nice too. We were comfortable and worked together well. The game starts and finishes and we won. So far, every time she came to a game we won and I'm pretty sure it's no coincidence.

"You need your girl to come more often if you're going to play like that when she's here" Kris chirps.

"Shut up Steeger" I yell heading to the showers. I quickly wash up and steal Skylar from the girls.

"Hey I was talking to my friends" she pouts sticking out her bottom lip.

"Aren't you cute? Okay But it's best friends time and I'm hungry as fuck so we're leaving" I announce dragging her out the door.