Penguins and Counslers Chapter Thirteen

I sat at my desk and went through my paperwork for the day. I finished with my last student over an hour ago but my door was still open to any one may want to come in and talk to me. I jumped as I accidently knocked over a picture that had sat on my desk since I had gotten my job as a guidence counsler at A.Y Jackson secondary school. I picked it up and sat it back in it's place. It was of Jordan and I the day that he was drafted to the Pittsburgh Penguins. I couldn't have been happier for him that he was getting a chance to live his dream and the day was made even more perfect when I was able to tell him that I had gotten accepted to the University of Toronto on a full scholarship. We made promises that we would make it work just like he was in junior hockey but eventually the distance became too much to deal with and it ended for good when he asked me to move to Pittsburgh with him and I refused. We had said some hurtful things to each other and hadn't had contact with each other since and that was almost four years ago. I loved my job and it was fufilling to be able to try to help kids that were in the situation that I had found myself in when I was their age but a part of me still loved Jordan and probably always would. There was a knock at my door and I heard a timid voice ask if they could come in. I listened and tried to give advice as best as I could. Afterwards I sat on the couch in my tiny apartment and got ready to watch the Pens vs Devils game. It was the only way that I could see him and even though it hurt I couldn't help myself



Jordan's Pov



I made my way home after the game. I was amped up since we had not only won but I had gotten two goals and an assist. When I pulled in I saw some lights on and knew that my girlfriend was there and it made me happy to have someone to come home to. Even if that someone really only loved my money and fame, not me. Trina was sitting on the couch with a box sitting beside her and some stuff spread around her.



" Hey baby. What's that?" I asked as I leaned down for a kiss



" I was trying to clean the place up before you got home and I found this stuff in the closet. Who is this?" She asked as she waved a picture in front of my face.

I took the picture and looked at it and knew that she found the box where I had put all of the stuff that I had collected over the course of my relationship with Melany. It was a picture of us at my draft and it was always my favorite of the two of us. I didn't know how to explain to her that that box held memories of one of the most important people who had ever been in my life next to my family, someone that I had seen marrying and having children with, someone that I was still in love with. I knew that it would just cause a fight and I didn't want to ruin my good mood so I brushed it off like it was no big deal.



" Just an old girlfriend from back home. I didn't even remember that I had that stuff" I said lying through my teeth. I had lost count of the times that I had taken it out to look at the stuff after we had broken up, just so I wouldn't forget what she looked like and the good times that we had had together.



" Get rid of this stuff than." she said in a defiant voice and I agreed just to placate her with no attentions of doing it. I would just have to rehide it after she left. I gave her a heated kiss and led her upstairs and as we had sex I thought about Mel and remembered how she felt under me our first time together and it took all of my willpower not to call out her name as I climaxed. Later that night I couldn't sleep and I snuck out of bed and slipped on a pair of boxers before I made my way downstairs. I collected everything that had been taken out of the box and put it all back. I went into one of my downstairs guest rooms and opened the closet that contained a bunch of my old jerseys and suits that no longer fit. I slipped the box onto the top shelf and covered it up with some old blankets. Before I left I reached into the pocket of the suit that I had worn for my draft and took out the small box that was still in it. I looked at the small diamond that I had bought for Mel when I had asked her to move with me. Even after we had broken up I couldn't bring myself to get rid of it. I clicked the box shut and put it back where it had sat for over four years. I knew that I had so much in my life to be happy about but a part of me would always wonder what could have been.



Thanks to Heather for the great idea.It was the direction that I was thinking of going in but it is nice to know that you were thinking the same thing since I feel like I'm writing this for you since I have no idea if the other four people are even reading it anymore. Even though I don't know you or anything about you, you have quickly became my favorite person who I will probably never meet in real life. Knowing that at least you are enjoying my writing has made this fun to write and and thanks again for leaving a comment every chapter recently. I'll keep updating as long as I know that you are reading!