The Hockey Life - A Patrick Kane Fanfic

Part Forty - Three Words

PART FORTY: THREE WORDS

Back in Lena’s P.O.V.

June began and so did round three of playoffs. The first two games were home games at the United Center, so I went, of course. Patrick and I made time to be with each other before the next two games, which were in L.A. Ever since we had become a little distant for a small period of time before the playoffs began, he had been making an effort to let me know that I was still important. He tried to make sure we could still hang out or go on dates, which I definitely approved of.

The Hawks were able to win their first two games against the Kings, and I was glad to see that Sharpy was doing well. He had a pretty good recovery. With him back on the ice and two consecutive victories, the Hawks felt good about their trip to L.A. I so badly wanted to join them on their trip - L.A. would be a blast - but instead I had to promise Patrick that I wouldn’t miss the games on TV. We had the opportunity to Skype as well, whenever he wasn’t playing or bonding with the guys. We took that opportunity as soon as we could, actually.

In Patrick’s P.O.V.

L.A. was beautiful as always. The weather was great. It was sunny and bright outside, and warm too. Sunshine streamed through my hotel window, tempting me to go out. However, I got a text from Lena as soon as I started contemplating the idea in my mind.

“Hey, I think some of the guys are going swimming. You coming with?” Johnny asked me. I could see that he had already changed into his swim trunks.

“Right now?” I asked as I logged onto Skype on my laptop.

“Yeah. You better get changed. I don’t think they’re going to wait for us,” he said.

“I can’t. Lena wants to Skype.”

“So? It’s not like she’s in school and she has a schedule. You can talk to her later!”

“She’s calling me right now and I already told her I wasn’t busy,” I explained.

“Okay, fine. You know where to find us if you decide to join us later,” Johnny said before he left the room.

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An hour later, Johnny walked back into the hotel room right as I was saying goodbye to Lena. I originally planned on going swimming after our video chat, but I guess I lost track of time and I wasn’t able to cut it short.

“You just now ended that?” Jonathan asked.

“Yeah, I didn’t even realize we had been talking for that long. We never really have trouble finding things to talk about,” I decided.

“Kudos to you two, then,” he answered.

“Yeah. I’m just so glad she got accepted into that internship. If she hadn’t been, I probably wouldn’t even know her,” I realized.

“That’s true. That’s kinda crazy to think about.”

“I know. I mean, she’s pretty much the perfect girl. She’s beautiful, smart, talented, funny, and kinda crazy, believe it or not. God, I love her,” I said. The last few words sounded casual and almost like a joke coming out of my mouth, simply with the tone of voice I used. However, they were still three very important words that I didn’t say about just anyone.

“Wait, what did you say?’ Jonathan asked.

“Nothing. I didn’t say anything,” I said, trying to play it off like it never happened.

“You said you loved her,” he corrected me.

“Okay, don’t ask me what I said if you know what I said. That completely defeats the purpose of asking me.”