Chapter 14

Work went quickly as I have so much to do now that the takeover is official, dealing with new clients, re-issuing contracts, making sure that everyone is happy and arranging business trips to the new locations to meet my new staff and assure them that nothing will change.

I left work around 1630 taking Lorna with me. We stopped off at the nearest supermarket to my house to buy plenty of drink etc. for the guys tonight.

Lorna and I quickly ate our dinner before heading to the Mellon for the game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The game went well with the Pens once again winning.

As Lorna went off to meet Sidney I made my way home to make sure that everything was ok for everyone arriving. I sat down at the piano as I waited for everyone and once again started singing Daughtry, this time I sang a song called ‘Its Not Over’. The lyrics are as follows:



I was blown away
What could I say?
It all seemed to make sense
You've taken away everything
And I can't deal with that
I try to see the good in life
But good things in life are hard to find
We'll blow it away, blow it away
Can we make this something good?
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around

Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over

Taken all I could take
And I cannot wait
We're wasting too much time
Being strong, holding on
Can't let it bring us down
My life with you means everything
So I won't give up that easily
I'll blow it away, blow it away
Can we make this something good?
'Cause it's all misunderstood
Well, I'll try to do it right this time around

Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over

We can't let this get away
Let it out, let it out
Don't get caught up in yourself
Let it out

Let's start over
I'll try to do it right this time around
It's not over
'Cause a part of me is dead and in the ground
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over

Let's start over
It's not over, yeah...
This love is killing me
But you're the only one
It's not over

I must have got carried away because when I looked up TK, Jordan, Marc-Andre and Vero were standing just inside the living room.

“Sorry guys I didn’t expect you to be here so quickly.” I get up walking towards Tyler and wrapping my arms around his waist giving him a quick kiss.

“That was amazing Gill, you are a great singer.” Vero smiles giving me a hug.

“Thanks.” My face glowing bright red from embarrassment of being caught.

“If you want to follow me to the kitchen you can get a drink, do you want me to order some food?”

The rest of the team quickly arrived with their girlfriends / wives and made themselves at home.

We ordered pizzas and the guys ate like they had been starved for a week.

“Jordon” I shouted across the room after all the pizza had been cleared away, he turned his face to look at me, his hair the perfect shade of blonde, his eyes bright blue in colour and that square jaw, well I don’t even know how to describe that. I can see why so many girls fancy him ‘he certainly is one hot guy’.

“Gill” He shouts back.

“Catch” I say again as I throw him the basement keys.

“What are these for?” He asks looking a bit confused.

“Go and open the door to the basement, I need you to have a look at something for me, I will come down in a minute. It is that door over there.”

He walks over to the door, unlocking it and running down the stairs after he switches the light on.

“What are you up to Gill?” TK asks as he stands beside me with his bottle of beer in his hand.

“You will see in a minute.”

“Guys, come down here, it is heaven.” Jordon shouts up to everyone sounding like a child in a sweet shop.

TK looks at me having no idea what is going on but follows all the guys down to the basement.

I motion for the girls to come and see what all the commotion is about.

I let the girls go down first so that I am the last to go down. I sit on one of the bottom steps watching everyone having fun.

When I moved in and my company started making a healthy profit I decided to turn my basement into a bit of a fun area, somewhere that I could escape from my life and be a kid again. There is a large flat screen TV on one of the walls with surround sound speakers placed all around the room, all the top of the range games consoles with a good selection of games. A full size pool table, a football (soccer) table, dart board, etc.

Jordan found his way back over to me, “Wow Gill, this place is a dream, I could and probably will spend hours and hours down here. Your house is amazing. Thank you for taking us all in and making us feel so welcome.”

“Anytime Jordan” I stand up on the step so that I am at the same height as him, he is a very tall guy and heavily built and I can imagine that it is all muscle and not an ounce of fat, he pulls me into a giant hug lifting me off my feet and carrying me over to where TK was sitting playing one of the games consoles. He lifts me like I am as light as a feather.

“This place is great Gill I can’t believe I never knew about it.” TK says as he pulls me down to sit on his knee.

The rest of the night passed quickly and everybody seemed to have a good night which I was glad about.

“Gill, can we come here again?” Jordan asks as he gives me a hug.

“Of course you can, you are welcome here anytime, even if the other guys are not here.”

‘I have a feeling that Jordan and I are going to be good friends.’

Everyone said their goodbyes and soon TK and I were on our own again.

“Thank you for tonight hunny, it has been great.” TK says as he stands hugging me in the hallway.

“Anytime TK, your team mates all seem lovely and the girls have all made me feel welcome.

“It has been a busy couple of days so I am going to go to bed, are you joining me?”

“Yeah, I think I will.”

We filled the dishwasher and tidied away some of the empty bottles and such like and then headed to bed.

“I am going to miss you so much Gill when we are away in Sweden.”

“I am going to miss you too I have got so used to having you around here.

“Do you think we have jumped into this relationship too quickly?” I ask as I lie close beside him.

“Things have gone quick, quicker than I could have imagined but it feels right, like we are meant to be together so to answer your question I would say yes but I wouldn’t change anything Gill, I want to be with you.” TK strokes the side of my faces as he looks at me with so much emotion in his eyes.

“We have known each other less then a week though TK, what if what we are feeling is not real, it is just infatuation and in a few weeks time we are fed up of each other. I really don’t want that to happen but you have girls throwing themselves at you. I don’t want you to feel like you can’t go out and enjoy yourself because of me. You are only 22 years old and I don’t want you to think that I am taking your youth away from you.”

“What has brought this on Gill…? Do you not trust me? I don’t want any of those puck bunnies… you know that. I like how I feel when I am with you and I don’t want give up on that. I can’t promise that I won’t get fed up with you in a few weeks but I really can’t see that happening. I am only 3 years younger then you so it is not a big deal. It is not as if I am immature for my age. It sounds to me like you are looking for excuses not to be with me.

“Please don’t give up on us before we have even gotten started… please Gill.” TK grips me closer to him as his voice pleads with me not to leave him or give up on what we have, his eyes getting redder and tears forming.

“I am sorry Tyler I didn’t mean to upset you. I do trust you and I remember how you looked at me when I first called you TK and how you backed away from me, no longer trusting me. I really like you and feel safe when I am in your arms. I guess I am just scared, I have not let myself get close to anyone in a long time. Everything with us has happened so fast and I just don’t want to get hurt. It is all so surreal, I just had all of the Pittsburgh Penguins in my house, it is almost as if I am dreaming and when I wake up I will realise the past few days have never happened.”

His tears fall from his eyes as he lets go of me and sits up holding his knees to his chest.

“Do you want me to leave?” I hear his voice which is barely above a whisper.

I sit up and pull him close to me again.

“No, I don’t ever want you to leave I guess that is what is scaring me so much. I have known you less than a week and already I am falling for you.”

He face quickly lifts up and he looks me straight in the eye as if trying to see if I meant what I said.

“Tyler it scares me senseless to say this to you and you certainly don’t have to say it back… but…

“I have fallen in love with you.”