twenty-two

That night of Sid's birthday was pretty much the only exciting thing that happened from then til August 17 when Kay started moving into her dorm. Sid was always gone because of training camp, and most of the time he wouldn't get back til late and Kay was too tired to do anything. Not to mention, training camp worked Sid hard and he was always wiped out.

Friday, August 18, 2005.
Sid had off yesterday and they had begun moving Kay into her dorm. Today, they had to finish. Her roommate Heidi was already moved in, but she hadn't met her yet because she wasn't there yesterday.
It was around 3:00 in the afternoon and Sid and Kay were packing the last of the things into the back of the car. Sid emerged from the house and shoved the folded bed sheets into the trunk. He shut it.
"is that it?" he asked.
"yeah" Kay answered, getting into the drivers seat.
They drove the thirty minutes to the campus and parked at the dorms. Kay carried the big laundry basket filled with bed sheets, pillows, a little tv, a dvd player, a rug, all of her toiletries (which was alot), food/drinks, pictures to put on her wall, and laundry stuff. She had brought all the big stuff (like her mattress and desk) and clothes yesterday.
Sidney was carrying a mini fridge.. which was decently sized. They had to walk up three big flights of steps and he looked like he was going to pass out.
"are you ok sid" Kay practically yelled down the stairs as they walked up.
"i'm fine" he grunted.
Kay rolled her eyes. She opened the door to her dorm room and set her basket down on her side (the right side) of the room. Her roommate wasn't there again. She immediately took out the light blue shaggy throw rug and placed it at the small entrance. Sid arrived soon after her and set the mini fridge down with a thud.
"where do you want this?" he asked with a deep breathe. He was a little irritable.
"how about in this corner" Kay pointed to the left hand corner closest to the door. He picked up the thing again and set it down in the corner. "can you help me put these bed sheets on, then we'll be done." She grabbed the navy blue sheets and spread them out over the small twin sized bed. Sid grabbed the corners and stretched them out over the bed. He pulled the sheets up and Kay smoothed them out. She threw the pillows onto the freshly made bed, then threw herself onto it. Sid sat down beside her.
"done" Kay sighed. "I can put all my pictures up on my wall tonight, i'll just set up the tv later, and i'll leave my clothes in the basket for now considering there's only one dresser."
All that was in the room was two beds, a crappy dresser, and a desk on the other side of Kay's bed that she had brought yesterday. There was a couple shelves mounted on the wall above the beds, and a window on Kay's side.
Sid nodded. "sounds good. are you hungry? cause i'm starving."
"well lets go get something" she said, getting up off the bed. They went back down to the car and drove to a nearby sandwich shop. Nothing fancy considering they were both in gym shorts. They both ordered Rubens. A few people recognized Sid and stopped to say hi, which didn't really bother him, but he was tired and unexciting. Kay just stood by and smiled like always. She grabbed their orders when they were ready. The two ducked out of the place, back to the car and back to the dorm, back up the three flights of stairs, back into the cramped room with her unknown roommates Philadelphia Eagles posters. Yeah, she was from Philly. That would go over well.
Sid and Kay sat on Kay's bed and ate in the peace and quiet. It wasn't weird, they were just worn out. When they finished, Kay noticed the corner of the carpet she had put down was curled up against the bed. It had to go under it.
"Can you lift up the bed, i wanna put the corner of this carpet under it." she said, getting up off the bed. Sid slowly got up and tried lifting it with one arm. "just lift it up, sid" Kay said quickly with obvious annoyance added.
"i'm trying, kay" he said with the same annoyed tone. He lifted it with two hands this time.
"Thank you" she replied sternly. "i didn't realize it was such a chore"
"well gee, i'm sorry i'm not a ray of fucking sunshine today"
"i never said you had to be" Kay began fiddling through her laundry basket full of miscellaneous items.
"i'm tired, i'm sore, i just want to relax" he rubbed his forehead and face.
"then why are you helping me, why didn't you stay home like you have been doing since August 4!" Kay erupted, throwing her hands into the air.
"I have not stayed home since August fourth, i've hung out with you every chance i've gotten." Sid raised his voice back at her.
"yep" she gave up, she wasn't in the mood to argue. Her hands were resting on her hips as she took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, sh looked around the room then back at Sid, and bit her lip. He just looked at her.
Out of nowhere, Sid jumped up and grabbed her waste, pushing her up against the door. He bit her lip and Kay deepened the kiss. She ran her fingers through his dark, thick hair. They moved from the door to against the wall without parting, and were going at it until they heard the door fly open.
"jesus christ" Sid jumped and cursed under his breath when he saw what looked to be Kay's roommate Heidi standing in the door way.
"hey, don't let me stop you, by all means." Heidi threw two shopping bags on her bed and began going through them. Kay and Sid just stood there for a few moments.
"i'm Kay" Kay introduced herself and walked over to her. She extended her hand.
"Heidi" her roommate flashed a smile at her and shook her hand.
"and this is my boyfriend, Sidney... Sid" Kay looked back at Sid still standing in the corner.
"yes i know who he is" Heidi chuckled and rolled her eyes.
alright then, Kay thought. She looked back at Sid and widened her eyes as if to say "what the hell. get over here". He just shrugged and emerged from the corner.
"hi" he cleared his throat. "nice to meet you" he extended his hand as well. Boy was this awkward. Heidi looked back up from her bag once again.
"nice to meet you too." she said back and shook his hand.
"Well, better get going. I'll see you later, Heidi. It was nice to finally meet you." Kay interrupted. Heidi nodded and smiled.
She started out the door and walked briskly down the stairs. Sid was right behind her trying to keep up. "I really don't think that could have gotten anymore awkward."
"yeah it was a little uncomfortable" Sid replied. Kay unlocked the car from afar, making the tail lights light up.
"honestly, was the whole 'yes of COURSE i know who he is' thing necessary? really?" She approached the car. Sid didn't say anything more. They both got in and Kay started it.
"it'll be ok" Sid assured.

They drove back to their neighborhood and Kay pulled into the Lemieux's driveway. She turned to Sid.
"thanks for helping me" she faintly smiled and gave him a peck on the lips.
"you know, the campus is only thirty minutes away, you can come home anytime" he said quietly.
"or you can come visit me all the time in my dorm room... where we're alone... not counting Heidi" she laughed at the last part and kissed him once again. "but seriously, i'm staying in a dorm to be on my own for once i don't wanna be coming home all the time. so you're just going to have to come over all the time." she smirked.
"ok, i can do that" Sid leaned in for one last kiss that was a little longer than the one before. "call me" he said, getting out of the car.
"i will." Kay smiled and he shut the door.
She backed out of the driveway and sighed. "...i might as well drop in on the parentals for one last 'so-long' while i'm in the neighborhood." she said to herself.