I woke up that morning with a terrible headache. The bright sun was shining through the red hotel room curtains, making me a little irritated.
I turned on over in bed and glanced at the alarm clock on the nightstand. It read 8:00am, a whole hour before I had to be up.
Knowing I wouldn't be able to fall back asleep, I got up out of bed and made my way to the little kitchen, where I flicked on the coffee maker and waited anxiously for my cup of coffee.
Today Connor and some of the other prospects were going on an outing to this Florida swamp like place. Being completely honest, I had no idea why or what the point of it really was, all I knew was that Connor kept talking about snakes, alligators and a boat ride. I didn't really ask any further questions as it was a "guys thing".
Since he would be away the majority of the day, Connors parents, Brian and Kelly, had suggested that we go for brunch. Which was fine by me, considering food was involved.
Once my cup of coffee was ready, I sat down on the coach and flicked on the tv to the sports channel, which conviently, sportscentre was on. I waited a bit to see if they would mention anything about the draft, but all they were talking about was the Blue Jays.
As my attention span began to thin out, I turned on my phone and saw a notification from snpachat. I unlocked my phone and opened the one from Connor.
It first was a picture of him and Mitch, then a video of Dylan holding a snake, with Mitch screaming in the back, than a close up video of a little baby alligator, which was pretty cute.
I couldn't help but smile as I knew he was enjoying himself. I locked my phone and decided that I should start getting ready as I sucked at managing my time.
Overall it worked out fine, I was ready just before 9:30 and started to head down to the lobby where we were going to meet.
When I got of the elevator, Brian and Kelly were already sitting on a couch waiting for me.
I walked on over to them, and Kelly noticed me before I could even say "hello".
"There she is!" She happily said, catching the attention of Brian.
They both stood up and hugged me, pulling away and than looking me up and down.
"Why don't you look pretty!" Kelly said.
I smiled, "thank you" I said with a slight giggle.
"Sha'll we go?" Brian asked.
Kelly and I looked at each other, than back at Brian before all shaking our heads and heading out of the hotel.
We walked down the street and towards the hotel parking lot before hoping in the rental car and driving towards the nearest Bob Evans.
Once arriving, the place was already pretty busy. We were given a nice 4 seating table towards the back though, where it wasn't so loud.
Before I could even pick up my menu, Brian had closed his and set it down on the table.
Kelly looked over towards Brian, "let me guess, chocolate chip pancakes?" She asked.
Brian let out a soft chuckle, "as always" he replied.
Kelly and I figured out what we were going to have shortly after, and just like that the waitress took our orders and menus and headed into the kitchen.
Now was when an awkward silence fell. I had never actually been out alone with Connor's parents. His dad drove me home late one night, but other than that, Connor had always been with us.
I than decided to start a conversation, knowing that if I didn't they would probably start asking about Connor and I, something that I knew would probably be extremely awkward.
I asked them if they had ever been to Florida, even though I knew the answer to that from Connor, but it got them talking.
Kelly was going on and on about a story from the other day when Brian was too lazy to go and buy more sunscreen so she got burnt, but before Brian could defend himself, the food arrived, thankfully.
We sat in silence for a few moments, completely scarfing down our food. But before I could even make it to my piece of toast, Kelly put her fork down and wiped her hands on her napkin.
"So Holly, how are you feeling about the draft tomorrow?" She asked.
Great. If I wanted to talk about the draft I would have asked them first, but I knew this was coming.
I let out a slight sigh before putting down my toast. "I'm excited, I think Connor is too, just his nerves are getting the best of him."
Kelly noded. "He doesn't really get nervous, so I don't know, I bet he's filled with anticipation though."
Anticipation? Maybe yeah, but he sure as hell is nervous. What does she mean he 'never really gets nervous' he's been a nervous mess for the past few months! I didn't say anything, I just noded. It was hard for me to bite my tongue.
"You think he's going first overall?" Brian asked.
"Mhmm" was all I said. Unsure of what he would respond.
"What if he doesn't?" Kelly piped in. "Then what?"
"What do you mean than what?" I said, trying extremely hard not to laugh at this almost stupid question.
"Well..." Kelly began. "What will happen with the two of you? You basically decided to go to school in Edmonton so you could be with Connor, what if he doesn't end up going to the Oilers?"
By now I was agitated. She was basically saying I'm going to follow Connor to Edmonton, which in a way is true, but if he doesn't end up an oiler than Im screwed big time. How on earth do I respond to that without being rude and giving her a piece of my mind?
I let out a little laugh, trying to let Kelly know how stupid I thought that question was.
"Well, I didn't chose to go to school in Edmonton based on the soul reason that Connor could be going there. I had options and overall The University of Edmonton was the one that was best for me. If Connor ends up in Edmonton, than that's great, if he doesn't, then I'm sure we'll find a way to work."
Kelly noded her head, as if she had failed to prove a point. She was never like this, maybe she was being protective of Connor or something, but I wasn't liking it.
"You think that if he ends up in Buffalo or Arizona or somewhere, that you two will work?" Brian asked.
What was this? An interrogation?
"Yeah, I do." Was all I said this time.
The both nodded their heads once again before looking at each other.
Still agitated, I took a sip of my water to try and calm myself down a little.
By then everyone had finished their meals and we payed. We headed back out to the car and begging driving towards the hotel.
The whole ride back to the hotel all I could think of was, what if they had a point? What if I was a puppy following her boyfriend to a different province? What if he didn't end up in Edmonton?
All their words got the best of me, and I began worrying, making up scenarios in my head.
Pulling into the hotel parking lot, all I wanted to do was go to my room and take a nap, as my headache had now returned from over thinking.
I thanked Brian and Kelly for brunch and gave them both an (awkward) hug again before telling them I would see them tomorrow.
Once finally in my room, I let out a deep sigh. I headed straight for the bed, kicking off my heels as I climbed in, and placed my head face down in the pillow.
I turned over and grabbed my phone from my back pocket, I hadn't even looked at it all brunch. I had some snapchat notifications and a few texts from Connor:
Connor♡: hey baby, hope you slept well, have fun at brunch xo
Connor♡: how's brunch? You won't believe what Lawson just did 😂 he ate a damn bug
Connor♡: oh and I love you xo
I smiled to myself, but didn't respond to any of them. He was having fun with the guys and would be back soon, but for now, I needed to close my eyes and clear my head for a little, and I did just that.