6.18.2010

chapter eight; stanley cup champs.

*Stephanie's POV*
"Christina!" Gina yelled. She jumped on Christina, then Ally and I joined in giving her a group hug. Her and Gabriella came down for Game 6 of the SC Finals in Philly. We were in our hotel getting ready to head to the arena where we are meeting Gabriella. I wore my Gucci shoes again, they seem to be pretty lucky. Each of us are wearing a Chicago jersey, I was in a Kane jersey, Gina in a Toews jersey, Ally with a Seabrook one on, while Christina wore Sharp and Gabriella was sporting Versteeg. I sprayed just a little bit of hairspray in my curled hair to keep it in place, then we headed to the Wachovia Center. We went down to see the boys as we usually did before each game, wished them luck and went to our seats. The orange made my eyes sting, it was terrible. Tazer didn't want us wearing Hawks jersey for a million reasons that he could think of, we obviously didn't listen.
The game was intense, it stayed tied pretty much the whole time until the Hawks scored going into the 3rd period. They held a 3-2 lead for most of the period until Hartnell scored. Fucker. Overtime in the Game 6, nerves were bad. 4 minutes into overtime, Kaner started to celebrate.
"What is he doing!?" I yelled to the girls.
"Is it even in!?" Christina replied. The rest of the team started jumping of the bench, gloves, sticks and helmets flying everywhere. The crowd went silent except for the, maybe 50 Hawks fans in it. We all jumped up hugging each other and the few Hawks fans around us. After the presentation of the Conn Smythe we finally got a spot in line to go onto the ice surface. Jonathan Toews lifted the Cup in the air and the place erupted in 'boos'. Suck it Philly. We then made our way to the ice, Ally went to find Brent and Gina went to see Jonny. Christina and Gabriella followed me over to see Pat. I could see his jersey, his cousin Matt pointed in my direction and when he turned around I could feel tears form in my eyes. I ran to him and wrapped my arms around his neck and he lifted me up and spun me around. "Congradulations babe!" I said to him. He couldn't speak. He was still holding me. My legs wrapped around his waste and he covered me with kisses, I couldn't believe what was happening. He set me down as Jonny and Gina came over. The boys went into a long hug, it was adorable. Then came the cameras, they surrounded both Jonny and Pat. I was still with Pat and Gina squeezed into the cameras to get to Jonny.
"Pat how does it feel to celebrate this with your family and friends?" Elliot Friedman asked.
"I couldn't ask for it to be any other way. I've got my parents, sisters and my girlfriend here with me. I also had a few buddies come down from Buffalo." He said. His arm was around me and I could feel him pull me in closer as he spoke. He finished his interview and took me into another hug and gave me a few more kisses. We followed Sharpie into the locker room with the cup, Kaner was the first to grab a beer. Not a surprise, I took one along with him. Christina and Gabriella were over with Versteeg, Sharpie and Duncs. Ally held a bottle of champagne while Brent opened a new one and sprayed it everywhere. Gina was watching Jonny take drinks from the cup. Captain Serious no more.
Later that night we all went out to a local bar with the team when we got back into Chicago. A lot of people were drunk from the celebration and it wasn't going to get an clearer tonight. I took Pat out to the dance floor. Our bodies moved together, as we grinded with each other. Versteeg was loving his drunkenness and Gabriella was loving it right back, soon they disappeared into the back of the bar. Brent, Ally, Gina and Jonny were chugging back drink after drink at the bar and Christina and Sharpie were out on the dance floor too. Sharpie's girlfriend wasn't in town so Christina took advantage of it, on the plus side Sharpie wasn't even drunk yet so he knew what trouble he was getting into, but he didn't care. "I just won the motherfucking Cup!" He yelled. and the place burst into cheers. Tonight was going to be a good night.

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