Chapter 147

Karen kept an eye on the clock as she saw the puck head towards the net. She saw Marc-Andre push off into the shot and the puck hit into his midsection. There wasn't time for another shot as the Penguins' bench cleared and they had won the Stanley Cup. Karen just sat down and put her head in her hands letting the tears of joy escape down. Natalie sat down beside her and Karen looked up at her as the smiles got bigger when they hugged each other. They made their way into the suite and was engulfed by hugs from everyone before the suite cleared and they made their way to ice level. Karen had stayed back and found Sidney on the ice celebrating.

"Hey, aren't you coming?" Natalie said walking back over to her.

"Yeah, I just wanted to watch this for a minute. Look at them down there" she said pointing out Max to her.

"I know, I can't believe it. There was so much doubt back in February that they didn't think they'd get this far."

"But look at them now...Stanley Cup Champions."

"Come on, let's go" Natalie said pulling her out of the suite. They got to the first level and was stopped before they showed them their passes and were let down to the ice. Karen saw where Troy, Trina, Taylor, and all the Lemieux family were in the bench area. Her and Natalie tried to get there but the usher stopped them saying there were too many people on the ice as it was. Karen knew if she even mentioned dating, let alone being married to Sid she would get laughed out of the building. She stood as close as she could and waited for someone to see she was there to tell them to let her and Natalie through. Within a minute, Nathalie saw them standing there and walked over to the usher telling him to let them through.

"Thanks, I didn't think I would be able to get your attention."

"I was looking to see if you were on the ice already and then I saw you guys still on the other side of the glass."

"Well it wasn't like I could actually tell him I was with Sid."

"Or that he would have believed you. Come on, go stand by the ice where the girls are. He should be over soon."

Karen and Natalie got closer and watched the guys act like little boys. She found Sidney and saw him embrace Billy. The tears wanted to fall again when she saw the friendship that had grown between them. Sidney had found his dad and skated over to hug him. While he was hugging him, Sidney looked behind him and saw Karen. She was standing there with a smile for him and waited until he was done. Sidney got out of the hug with his dad and he skated right over to Karen enveloping her into a huge hug. His head went into the nook of her neck and she heard him silently cry out his emotions that brought out a few more tears from her.

"You did it Sid" she whispered into his ear.

"You helped me do it baby. I love you."

"I love you too." They stayed together for a few more minutes before they broke away. As much as Karen wanted to kiss him, Sidney surprised her and kissed her lips with a quick but passionate kiss. He mouthed 'I love you' again and went to hug his sister and mom before going back to center ice with the guys.

Everyone watched Geno skate over and get the Conn Smythe trophy and when the Stanley Cup came out, Karen couldn't wait for the image that would forever live in her mind. Gary Bettman called over Sidney and they took a picture before he grabbed it and hoisted it over his head with a scream of excitment. Sidney skated around the ice with the roar of the crowd and the team behind him. He came back around and the first person he handed it off to was Billy Guerin. When he handed it off, Pierre McGuire got him for an interview. Karen couldn't really hear what he was saying but she just watched him and the excitment that was all over his face. When they were done, Sidney went back to the guys and watched them celebrate while skating around. After more than an hour of celebrating on the ice, Sidney got the cup back and they went into the locker room. Karen had already headed in with Natalie to wait for the guys to come in. They were outside of the locker room when they went past and Max had grabbed Natalie to go in with him. Sidney was the last one in and took the Cup in, setting it down before he came back out to grab Karen.

During the celebration inside the locker room, Karen just stood back with Natalie, Vero, and a couple other wives as their men sprayed champagne and saviored the moment.

"Looks like we've been replaced for 48 hours at least" Vero said.

"Sidney can't keep his hands off that thing" Natalie added laughing.

"Yes, he touched me like that once upon a time" Karen said getting the girls to laugh.

Nathalie came over to group "what are you guys giggling about over here?"

"Just that we lost our men for a couple days" Karen told her.

"Well you should be used to it Karen."

"Um, Rick didn't look like he was molesting the thing. Sid won't let go of it."

"Mario was the same way. Once the Cup is gone and everyone heads home to wait for it on their day, he'll get better."

"A day to look forward to...to be forgotten about again."

"At least you can look forward to him wanting it there for the wedding."

"You and Sid are getting married?" Vero asked with a shocked but excited tone.

"Yeah, sometime over the summer maybe in August. Nothing is definite yet."

"Oh my god" she said happily as she hugged her.

"Could I ask one favor though?"

"Sure, anything."

"Could you not really say anything right now? We're kind of keeping it low key until it actually happens."

"I understand girl, trust me."

"Thanks." Karen saw Sidney get pulled away and figured it was to go infront of the media. She thought about going with him, but decided to stay with the girls. After a while, Sidney wasn't back yet and Karen excused herself to go look for him. He was outside of the locker room with Stan Savran and Billy Guerin. She stood back and listened and watched his face as Billy just praised Sid. Karen ducked back into the locker room and waited for him to come back. A couple minutes later, Sidney came in, saw Karen and grabbed her taking her off to the side.

Sidney wrapped his arms around her, kissing her "I've been wanting to do that all night."

"It's a good thing we're out of sight from the Cup, don't want it to get jealous now."

"What are you talking about?" he asked confused.

"Just that you haven't let go of that thing since you got it. You have had a hand on it almost every minute you've been in the locker room like it's all a dream and it's going to slip away at any moment."

"Aw, is my baby getting jealous?"

"Maybe. Tell you what stud, you promise to touch me like that later and I won't complain about the Cup coming between us for a few days."

"You have my promise on that. Believe me, I can't wait to get you back to Pittsburgh and alone."

"That might be hard with the nonstop party that will continue until probably Monday."

"No way baby, once we get back it's on" he said pressing his body into hers and kissing her.

"This would turn me on more if you weren't so padded down there."

"I guess I could change into a pair of shorts."

"And I'm sure everyone here would love to see that too."

"Don't be a smartass baby. This is for your eyes only."

"You better always remember that too stud." Sidney kissed her again before leaving her, finding a pair of shorts and heading to the bathroom to change. The night had gone on and Mario had gone around getting the family members together so the guys could shower and change to head back to Pittsburgh. Sidney tried and tried to get Karen to go on the team plane with him but she told him to enjoy the plane ride home with the guys and she would see him when he got home.

As Karen and Natalie got comfortable on the plane, Nathalie made sure to tell them to head to the house for the after party. They said they would stop by after they went home to change. A couple hours later, the families landed in Pittsburgh and went their separate ways but with plans to meet at Mario's when the guys landed. Karen and Natalie headed to her house to get a shower and change clothes. They decided to chill at the house until they heard the team plane had landed before going over to Mario's.

About a half hour later, Sidney and a few of the guys started to trickle in with Sidney toting the Stanley Cup with him. He saw Karen and put the Cup down going over to her.

"I brought you a change of clothes in case you wanted to be comfortable the rest of the night" she said handing him a duffle bag.

"Come with me while I change?" he said giving her a look she couldn't refuse.

"Will the Cup mind? I don't want to cause a riff so soon in the relationship."

"I think it'll be in good hands until we come back." Sidney smiled and took her hand leading her to his old room. Mario had said it would always be his incase he needed a place to stay. They made sure no one paid attention to see them leave and headed to the room. Once inside the room, Sidney locked the door and put the bag down before he scooped Karen up and headed straight to the bed "weren't we suppose to do this at center ice at some point tonight?"

"I don't think they would have allowed that at the Joe stud."

"Could have been fun though."

"Would have been cold and crowded with all those people around, especially your parents and the media."

"It would have been a good show though."

"I think you've had way too much to drink tonight."

"That may be true, but I am well aware of what I want right now."

"Eventhough I know, humor me and tell me what you want."

Sidney leaned down and kissed her "you" he said with hunger in his voice. Karen smiled at him before diving in for another kiss. They did away with their clothes slowly, feeling every inch of skin that appeared to them. When they were both completely naked, Sidney picked her up and set her on the bed, making sure his body fully covered hers. They laid together kissing and feeling each other's bodies not wanting to rush any part of this, eventhough there was a houseful of people looking for them. Karen's hand moved inbetween their bodies and found him getting hard with every touch she made. Sidney knew one more light touch and they would have to start from the beginning. He moved Karen's hand and put his own between them but only over Karen's heated center. He could feel the heat and dove in to feel the wetness her body was producing from his touch. They both couldn't stand it anymore and Karen parted her legs to gve Sidney full access. He took advantage and plunged inside of her going slow and staying still for a minute.

"Start moving Sid. Oh god, please move inside of me" she whispered as Sidney kissed her neck.

Sidney kept his lips planted on her neck, under the ear as his hips began to move. He would pump into her with an upward motion and Karen tighten her grip on his back every time he hit her g-spot. Karen arched her back, pressing her full breasts and swollen nipples into his chest. Her moans started to float out of her mouth and Sidney kissed her to keep her from screaming.

"Are you close baby" he asked her while his cock assualted her inner being.

"Oh god yes, make me explode Sid."

Sidney smiled and stopped only to roll them over so Karen was on top. She took control and sat up riding him like it was their last time together. Putting her hands on his chest, she felt her body temperature rise and clamped down hard onto his cock as her orgasm rocked through her body. She kept moving until Sidney let out a moan and released all his juices into her core. Karen slowed down to milk out every drop before lying down onto his chest.

"Now that was worth the wait."

"So are you saying that if I flew home with you, we would have done this on the plane?"

"Anything is possible in this relationship."

"More like anything sexual is possible."

"Just stop, you love all the sex that we have."

Karen looked up at him "I think the guy has something to do with it to."

"Good to know" he said kissing her for the hundredth time that night. "Maybe we should head back to the party before anyone gets suspicious."

"Not like we don't know what you're doing in there Crosby" a voice said from the other side of the door.

"I don't think I want to go out there just yet" Karen said blushing.

"Come on Darryl, others want to use the room to you know."

"Well give us a few mintues to get dressed and we'll be out" Sidney yelled back to the door. "Guess this will be the most popular room in the house tonight" he said to get Karen laughing. They both got up and got dressed. As soon as Sidney opened the door, there stood Max, Natalie, Jordan, Heather and Marc with Vero. Karen just shook her head when the three couples began arguing who was going in next.

"Why do I think Mario should charge for that room tonight?"

"Not like he needs the money. Since it's my room, maybe I should charge them?"

"You don't need the money either stud" she said as they headed back to the party.