Kind Hearted (Patrick Kane)

33- Lucy-fer

Patrick

Eventually everyone comes back into town for the start of a new season. After the Blackhawks convention most of the guys stay here and start to get back on the ice. Training camp was near and we've all been practicing on our owns doing workout regimens and conditioning, just not with each other or on the ice. So it was time to get tested and figure out lines and who works our best with who.

And another perk of getting the season under way was getting to see everyone after being apart for a few months. Specifically I wanted to see Jonny and Gracie because I haven't even seen them since they got back from Canada. They finally had their little girl and I was dying to meet her. Not half as much as Tori was though.

"Are they here" she asks as she pops up from the kitchen. She takes the food she made out of the fridge and places it on the cabinet.

"Yeah they're here" I assure her. "And I sure hope you get this excited to see me too" I insist.

"Aww are you jealous" she teases.

"I'm not gonna lie, I'm a little jealous" I say. She comes over and pulls me into a long kiss. We slowly break away as she gives me a sexy little smirk.

"Better" she asks and I smile.

"Much."

We let Jonny and Gracie and their kids up before they let themselves in. Bryan runs right over to me before Gracie hands their daughter over to Tori. Tori happily takes the baby in her arms with the biggest smile on her face. She was super careful with her as the precious little baby continues to sleep.

As you would expect, Tori loves babies. Every time she sees one when we're out she points it out. When she hears a baby cry she does everything she can to make it stop. When she's at the hospital she always finds the babies and plays with them to distract them from whatever treatment they may be getting, like when they don't want to get a shot or a test done. She's border line obsessed, but it's just because she has a big heart and babies can't be mean and they're always trying. Two of her favorite traits in a person.

"Oh she is the most precious little thing ever. What's her name" Tori wonders.

"Her name is Lucy" Gracie says.

"Lucy. Oh that is so beautiful" Tori smiles. She looks down at the baby and I can't help but smile too. That was a beautiful sight. It gave me the chills.

"Are you excited to have a little sister" I ask Bryan.

"Yeah" he cheers from my arms.

"You're going to be a good big brother and look after her, right" I ask and he nods his head.

"I promise" he insists.

Jonny and I let the girls hang out while we chill out in my room. Bryan finds the mini sticks I had here for when he came over and practices his stick handling. It was adorable really.

"So how was your summer" Jonny asks as he sits next to me on my bed.

"It was pretty chill. I spent a lot of it at Toris place. I helped take care of her dad after he had surgery. Plus he's just a lot of fun to be around. He's good for me" I insist.

"I don't even feel like I'm taking to the same you anymore. I feel like I'm talking to a stranger" he claims.

"People change you know" I insist.

"I know. But for as long as I've known you, you were not that person" he claims.

"I never had a good enough reason to put the bottles down. I didn't have anyone to talk to or to confide in. Not that that you weren't great, but you had a life of your own, you know? I didn't have a reason to stop keeping everything in and didn't have one to stop it from breaking me. I was fighting everything, even the things I shouldn't have been fighting. But I was also losing and it was hard on me.Luckily for me, I don't have to worry about any of that anymore" I insist.

"Is Tori like your guardian angel or something" he asks.

"Sometimes it feels like it" I admit. "I mean she took in a incredibly broken person and she put all her effort into fixing me. She helped me pick up my pieces and put them together. She helped me see that the person I was being wasn't who I actually was. That guy you knew, that wasn't me. That was someone who was afraid of everything. And now I can honestly say that I'm a changed man, not a changing one" I explain.

"Well I like this you a lot. He's a lot more fun to be around and I feel less like dying when I'm around you" he claims.

"Wow. You're such a great friend" I say sarcastically.

"I'm sorry. I've been running on like no sleep with the new baby" he defends.

"Is she a crier" I ask and he lets out a sigh.

"More like a screamer. Bryan was a angel to deal with, and that makes Lucy the devil. Sometimes when Gracie isn't around I call her Lucifer. I just can't let her hear it because since her mom passed away she owns her families Church now. I can get away with cussing, but defiantly not calling out child the devil" he explains.

"Well she's a cutie. It looks like you have your hands full" I insist.

"I wanted a girl so bad. But now I'm thinking abut all the boys who will hurt her and all the things that are going to be so new to me and I start to panic. I mean, if it wasn't for Gracie I probably would have lost my mind by now" he claims.

"Gracie's a smart girl. She's got you" I insist.

"What about you? Where do you and Tori stand" he asks.

"What do you mean" I question.

"I mean, what are your plans for you guys? You've been together for a while and you're pretty serious. What's you plans" he wonders

"Well we've talked about her moving in" I admit and he gasps.

"Really" he asks.

"Yeah. And we think we got it figured out, now things just have to fall into place" I explain.

"What happens next" he asks.

"I don't know. I'm still trying to figure it all out. I've never gotten to the moving in part of a relationship before. But there's nothing I'm more sure of than the fact that Victoria and I are going to go the distance. This one is different. I just don't want to rush because she makes me so excited. She's a busy girl and I want to make sure she knows I support her just as she supports me" I shrug.

"What about kids? Do you see you guys having kids together" he asks.

"Did you see her face when she held Lucy" I ask.

"Just wait a few days. Then you'll be calling her Lucy-fer too" he claims and I laugh.

"Yeah. I can wait for all of that. I have her and that's enough" I insist.

"She's always enough."