The Other Letang

Superstar

Elise POV
I was hanging out with the boys today. They were currently at my new house that's right I bought a new house in the Burgh! Not that I hated living with my dad it was just getting to me lately. I still wore the locket my mom gave me everyday. I kept the box under my bed in my new house. I love the boys but they still don't know that their boss is my dad. They don't know about my mom either except for Sid.

I was knocked out of my train of thought when Max walked in my room. They rest of the boys were currently playing Xbox in the living room. Max sat down on my bed next to me and put an arm around my shoulder. He spoke up in his cute French Canadian accent "Why aren't you down stairs with the rest of us?" To be honest with you my stomach hurt really bad. Like when I had my cancer when I was 16-18 years old but I fought it off. This pain was much worse. I layer my head on his shoulder "My stomach hurts like really bad." He only smirked "Oh! So it's that time of the---." I knew exactly what he was going to say. I smacked him on the chest a said "No Max." I tried to hold in a laugh I failed I burst into a fit of giggles.

Max's POV
Elise wasn't anywhere in sight. Kris spoke up like he was reading my mind "Did anyone see Elise?" Everyone shook there head no. I spoke up before Sid could "I'll look for her." Kris only nodded in agreement. I looked in the kitchen first and then outside. Still no Elise! I walked up to her bedroom and saw the door open she was hugging her stomach. I walked over to her and put my arm around her. I asked her why she wasn't with the rest of us. She told me her stomach hurt. I wanted to get her mind off the pain so I made a joke about it. She acted serious at first but then I saw her grinning and then bursting into giggles. I could listen to that all day.

I turned to her dresser I saw a picture on it. She say what I was looking at. She got up off the bed turned around and walked back to where I was at. It was a picture of Elise and Sid dressed up as Bugs the Bunny and Lola from Space Jam. She laughed and told me they were friends for a long time before he graduated. She showed me another picture she had of her and Tanger. She told me it was there first ever hockey game. The next one was of her and her little brothers. Said there names were Chance and Anthony. Anthony looked more like Tanger and Chance look more like Elise. The last one she showed me was of her oldest brother Jensen and her. She told me he is on the Army and so is she. She went to Notre Dame to go into the Military. She said it's hard but she doesn't regret it. I loved listening to her talk about her childhood she always had a smile on her face when she did. She never talked about her parents neither does Tanger though and I never would ask her. My guess is they passed away in a car accident but I don't know.

Elise POV
I was talking to Max about the pictures I had on my dresser. Then I realized he doesn't know anything about my parents. Guilt struck me he still doesn't know Mario is my dad. I'll at at least tell him about my mom. I turned my head to Max my blue eyes met his beautiful brown orbs. I smiled at him in which he returned. My smile fell and that was because I was going to tell him. I had to tell him now. My mothers death still haunts me I have to talk about it.

"Max" I said in a low voice and lowered my head. He looked at me with a frown "Yes Elise." Come on Elise! Just tell him! "Max I need to tell you something promise not to tell any of the boys." He nodded his head "promise." I grabbed the box under my bad. Yes the box that my mother once kept under her dead. The one she made because she knew she wouldn't last long. I grab the picture that I put in the box myself. It was a picture of me holding my mom's hand and kneeling at her bed with my dad's hands on my shoulder. Kris and Jensen on the other side of the hospital bed holding her hand. My dad was looking at my mother so you couldn't tell what his facial features were. I handed the picture to Max. He looked at it I started to speak "This is hard for me to talk about but I think you should know. My mother died of cancer when Kris and I were young. She passed away on our birthday. I...I...I--- great I started sobbing. Max hugged me and pulled me into his chest and sat me on his lap. "Shh, Elise it's okay I'm here. I'm here, if you need anyone I promise" he whispered into my ear and kissed the top of my head. We stayed like this for a while until I couldn't cry anymore. He pulled me back and looked into my eyes. He wiped the tears off of my cheeks. "Thank you Max, you always know how to make me feel better" I smiled. Max responded "I know how to do everything I am a superstar." I laughed knowing he was referring to the commercial he was in. He smiled down at me.

Once I got situated Max and I walked back downstairs were the rest of the boys were at. Jordon was yelling at Matt that he cheated. Matt only laughed at Jordon. Kris spoke up "Will you too stop yelling! You didn't even notice Max and Elise are back!" Max and I took our seats on the coach next to each other. Pascal wiggled his eyebrows "Weren't you to kids gone for a little to long." I turned bright red and hid my face in Max's shoulder. Geno started making kissy faces at us. "No! We didn't do anything like that!" Matt smirked "Yeah sure" he pretend to wipe a tear of his eye "my baby is growing up so fast." I giggled "Nothing happened I promise!" Kris raised an eyebrow "Good, oh by the way Brad said he is coming over." I froze and pulled my head away from Max. I mouthed "Marchand" to Kris. He looked at me like I had two heads "No the Pope" he rolled his eyes. I was nervous because Brad wasn't the most liked person in the NHL.