Blindsided

chapter 4

(this is kindof filler. sorry for not being entertaining this chapter. itll pick up in the next one. promise. also sorry its not very long :/)

Jonathan

He actually cannot think of anything worse than this. The only time that even comes close is when he was arrested. But even then, this is a million times worse. He can’t do anything. All he is allowed to do is sleep and eat. He’s going crazy.

Everything makes his head hurt. The only time it doesn’t hurt is when he’s sleeping, which he tries to only do at night (to maintain a normal schedule) but that plan fails miserably and he ends up sleeping most of each day away. Pat knows that noise makes his head hurt more, so he doesn’t come over much. He does text Jon often to make sure he is doing nothing, just like the doctor ordered. But what Jon didn’t tell Pat is that when he does come over, it makes Jon feel better- makes the buzzing go away just slightly. Jon could never tell Pat that. He would never let Jon live it down. Its not like it really means anything anyway.

What sucks even more is that Jon can’t even step foot on the ice. For as long as he can remember, hockey has been his everything. Hockey has made everything better; bearable. But now, when he needs it most, hockey is what hurt him, hockey is what would make it worse. That part seems to kill Jon the most.

Days pass, and the team manages to keep it mostly together while he is out. He manages to make excuses for Pat to come over so that he doesn’t have to admit to himself or to Pat that he just needs Pat’s company. (He’s pretty sure that Pat caught on anyway, because he just started showing up without having to be called after the first couple of times Jon had him come over.)

It works out though, because after Pat starts spending more time over at Jon’s, they both start improving. Jon’s head stops hurting as much, and Pat picks it up out on the ice. He may not score goal after goal, but since they moved him to center while Jon is out, he starts meshing and forming into the position even more. He can feel it, Jon can see it, and the team capitalizes on it. The entire time that Jon is out, the team goes 13-5-4, which in all honesty, is better than anyone expected. While Jon was out, Pat scored 12 goals and had 7 assists. 

Whenever Jon thinks about that, he gets this weird feeling in his chest. He pushes it away, doesn’t think about it. Jealous of Kaner? That’s impossible.