August pulled out her phone after the game she just won against the Kings at home, she froze slightly seeing Dylan texted her right as the game started that Taylor had gone into labor and then texted a few minutes ago that they had their kid, August quickly headed out of the the locker room.
She called her assistant to get her a flight to Chicago as she quickly drove home and packed a small bag before quickly taking a cab to the airport seeing the flight information her assistant sent her.
August got to the airport and headed through security quickly and had a few minutes before her flight grabbed a tea and a small pastry before she started boarding her flight.
Luckily for her she had a really early game today so she will be in Chicago by tonight around 7:00 PM.
August got even luckier as the Wi-fi on the plane was quite good and she texted her Coach letting him know she won’t be in practice tomorrow, she also got some work done within in the few hour flight and before she knew they were landing already.
She was one of the first off the flight and hurried through out the airport quickly reaching outside and hopping into a cab telling him the hospital she needs to go to.
August paid the driver and walked up to the hospital and to the front desk, The nurse looked up, “Name?”
“Taylor Strome.” August replied showing the Nurse her ID, the nurse nodded and got her a pass and told August the way to the their room.
August walked down the long halls of the hospital and turned left reaching the door she was looking for she knocked on the door, She peeked her head in and felt her heart soften.
“Aug!” Dylan smiled not even suprised his best friend came out, Taylor looked up and smiled happily seeing one of her closet friends.
August smiled slowly walking in see Taylor laying in bed holding their newborn.
“You wanna hold her?” Taylor smiled at her.
“Her!” August smiled having not known the gender yet, “Please.”
Taylor gently handed over her daughter to August.
“Hi Little Love.” August gently cooed at the baby feeling then baby wrap their little fingers around her finger, “What’s her name?” August asked not looking away from the baby.
“Wesley.” Dylan proudly told her, sharing a soft look with his wife, “So you like your goddaughter?” Dylan smirked watching August’s head snap up to him.
“What!” August whispered in shock being mindful that Wesley is sleeping, “Me?” August had no clue why they would pick her to be the godmother.
“Of course Aug, there is no one else that we want to be godmother but you.” Taylor smiled having been so grateful for August, August always being the best friend you could ask for and that’s why the two was not surprised when August showed up.
“Thank you, i promise i will protect her.” August smiled feeling tears in her eyes.
“We have no doubt.” Dylan smiled squeezing her shoulder.
“I’m your Aunt Auggie.” August softly whispered holding her goddaughter in her arms she slowly swayed back and forth.
“Can you open my bag?” August asked Dylan who nodded and stood up walking over to where she set her bag down and opened it seeing a fluffy stuff animal on top and looked over at August giving her a questioning look and she nodded, he grabbed the stuff animal seeing it is a bunny and closed her bag up, he walked over and set it on the table next to August.
The bunny stuff animals ended up being Wesley’s favorite animal that she brings with her everywhere and sleeps with every night.
August knew what it’s like to be a number one draft pick and the pressure that comes with it, that she has made sure to be their for the rookies in the league but especially for the number one picks.
She seemed to click the fastest with Jack Hughes, August asked the Devils for his number and she immediately contacted him the night of the draft congratulating him and she continued to keep talking to Jack and Jack started to just ask and talk about everything with August, finding a extreme comfort from her even over the phone.
Jack had a really bad start in his rookie season and has felt down so many times and every time August always seemed to know and would contact him.
Ellen and Jim heard how exicted Jack was on his draft night when August had texted him but they started seeing how much Jack started to grow to love August like a sister and they could see how much she was helping Jack.
Jack was always talking about August to his family and they could all see how important she was to Jack.
August was excited to finally meet Jack in person as they haven’t met yet in perosn only texting and facetiming and she was looking forward to play against him on the ice.
August looked over on the ice seeing Jack on the ice and she waved softly at him, Jack grinned waving back happily.
August was happy how her team ended up playing and she had a goal and two assists at the end of the game, The Knights winning 4-3 against the Devils.
August luckily didn’t have any media that night and quickly showered and got dressed hurrying outside the locker room and she went down the hallway to the Devils locker room when she heard a small sniffle.
August frowned turning her head towards the sound and walked down a smaller hallway that was empty of people and she looked at the end of the hallway seeing a small figure sitting on the floor holding their knees to their chest and crying.
“Are you alright?” August gently asked seeing the boy, she kneeled down in front of him.
Jack’s head shot up and he quickly started wiping his tears before relaxing slightly seeing August, “Hi.” Jack croaked out.
“Hi Jack.” August felt her whole face soften seeing him and noticing how upset Jack looked, she sat down next to him leaning against the wall, she tentatively put her arm around his shoulder and felt him completely relax into her side cuddling closer to her.
“What’s wrong buddy?” August softly questioned she started to gently play with his hair.
“I played so bad, i lost the puck to much, i didn’t even take a shot at the goal.” Jack rushed out feeling extremely overwhelmed.
“Look at me Jack.” August softly demanded, Jack looked up at her, “You are just getting started Jack Hughes, you’re an amazing player and it’s okay to make mistakes your learning still. Everyone makes mistakes but is what you do to fix it that matters.” August knew how much pressure it was being a rookie but especially a first overall, she also knows that any mistakes as rookie were always held over your head.
“But-“ Jack protested.
“Do you think you would be a first overall playing in the NHL if you weren’t a good player, Jack you are an insanely amazing player.” August cut him off gently, she gently reassured him.
“Thank you.” Jack softly mumbled feeling a bit better being reassured by August, knowing that August would tell him the truth.
“Always J, Always.” August softly promised him, “Why don’t you go take a shower and get dressed because i owe you dinner.” August had promised Jack to spend the afternoon and night with Jack as the game was a early game and they were both off tomorrow.
“Okay.” Jack nodded looking excited to spend time with August he hurried and got up, handing a hand down to August helping her up.
“I’ll wait for you.” August told Jack as they walked to his locker room, “No rush!” August reassured him seeing Jack looking like he was going to rush.
Jack nodded and pressed a gentle kiss to her cheek and headed into the locker room to quickly shower.
Nico Hischier walked out of the locker room and he smiled seeing August, “Auggie!”
August looked up and smiled happily seeing one of her favorite people, “Neeks!” August and Nico tightly hugged each other haven’t seen each other for a bit awhile.
“Gonna have dinner with Jack?” Nico questioned having been out to dinner many times with August after games and he knew she would be close to Jack. Nico was glad his teammate had someone he is comfortable to talk to and Nico knows August is exactly that.
“Yeah, you know you are more than welcome to join.” August offered again, Nico shook his head with a smile wanting to let Jack have some one on one time with August.
“That’s okay Auggie.” Nico smiled soflty declining the offer, he wanted Jack to be able to spend time with only August.
Jack walked out a few minutes later seeing Nico and August chatting outside the locker room, he walked over to them.
“Ready bud?” August smiled looking towards Jack, Jack nodded and smiled back, “Bye Neeks.” August gave Nico one more hug before wrapping her arm around Jack’s shoulder walking out with him.
“Pizza?” August softly whispered to Jack as they walked out to his car. August knowing a cheat meal would be a good distraction for Jack right now and just let him enjoy a meal.
“Yeah!” Jack smiled excitedly for a cheat meal and especially pizza.
“Good.” August hoped into the passenger seat as Jack got into the drivers seat and started the drive to his favorite little pizza shop in New Jersey.
Jack pulled up to the pizza shop and hoped out of the car with August, they walked up to the shop and they both ordered multiple diffent slices of pizza.
“It was my treat.” August gave him a stern look as she put her card in not letting Jack pay.
“Thank you.” Jack smiled at August as they waited for their food. August smiled back ruffling his hair.
August grabbed their food and walked out the door Jack held open for her and they headed to a bench that faced the river.
August and Jack both let out a satisfied sounds as they bite into their pizza slices.
Jack rested his head on her shoulder as they ate their pizza looking out to the water.
Sidney was brought into a meeting with the Penguins to talk about their upcoming season and players they need to keep an eye on in the lower levels, rookies from the training camp this summer, possible trades.
Sidney was listening and talking through out the meeting but in the back of his mind he wondered why August wasn’t brought up yet for the next season especially with how well she played last year and in her rookie season.
“Any questions?” The head manger looked around the conference room filled with the team at the end of the meeting.
“Yeah.” Sidney cleared his throat, “Where is August?” Sidney didn’t hear her name once, he saw the look traded between his coach and the GM.
“You should talk to August about this.” Mike Sullivan told his player, knowing that August did not want her brother knowing about her trade until it was finalized so he couldn’t talk her out of it and when it was finalized the Penguins were getting close to playoffs and she didn’t want to distract him.
Sidney was unsettled as he walked out for he meeting and got into car driving straight to August’s apartment, he skipped multiple steps using the staircase up to her apartment before quickly knocking on the door.
August looked up from the cake she was decorating and grabbed a hand towel wiping her hands as she headed to the front door. “Hey Sid?” August smiled slightly in surprise not supposed to be seeing her brother today.
“Where are you playing this season?” Sidney demanded at his little sister, he watched as her eyes widen and she swallowed nervously and turned around leaving the door opening and walking back to the kitchen.
“I got an offer.” August spoke out into the silence of her kitchen looking at her cake and not her brother.
“For what.” Sidney questioned stoically.
“To the Knights.” August spoke quietly, still not looking at her brother.
“You traded.” Sidney realized in disbelief and now knew why she visited Vegas a few weeks ago.
“I did.” August nodded looking up nervously at her brother.
“Why?” Sidney softly questioned having loved playing with his sister and did not want to stop playing on the same team as her, he dreamed of the days she would join the NHL and was ecstatic when she joined the Penguins.
“Everything i’ve worked for, every accomplishment i’ve made is questioned because i’m your sister and being drafted to the same team as you was great but i don’t want to be know as your sister or the player who is only good because they are on their brothers team, i want to make my own name and my own mark in this league and i can not do that if i am on the penguins.” August desperately spoke looking up at her brother with tears lined in her eyes.
For years she dealt with the comments because she is related to Sidney Crosby but she didn’t know how bad her rookie year would be. Everything she did during her rookie year was compared to Sidney, she had multiple interviews where they bluntly asked her how much Sidney payed for her to get drafted and to go to the penguins, it didn’t matter how well she played and how amazing she was in the playoffs all anyone ever saw was the little sister of Sidney Crosby.
“Oh Auggie.” Sidney felt his heart break seeing how upset his little sister was and realized how long she has been keeping this in, he didn’t hesitate a second and hurried across the kitchen and swept across the kitchen pulling his little sister in a tight hug.
“I’m sorry.” August choked out between her tears holding onto her brother tightly.
“No i’m sorry.” Sidney felt tears in his eyes, as his eighteen year old sister has been feeling like this for so long and mostly because of him.
“I just want to make my own name.” August whispered calming down slightly in the protective arms of her big brother.
“You already have, but you gonna keep making it bigger and i have no doubt you’re gonna do incredible things in this league and Vegas will be very lucky to have you little sister.” Sidney pulled back and looked at his sister as he spoke and pressed a kiss to the side of her head.
“Thank you.” August wiped her tears and gave her brother a smile having been worried he would be angry about the news.
August Catherine Crosby was born September 14, 1998 the youngest of her two siblings.
August always looked up to her older brother Sidney and he was the person who brought her onto the ice for the first time and she fell in love with the feeling of being on the ice, they both loved that they got to play together for a year in the NHL.
August and Taylor have always been close as sisters and always team up together to bully their older brother.
August growing up would spend a lot of time with her mother and grandmother in the kitchen watching them bake, August always enjoyed learning how to bake from the two and it’s something she still loves to do whenever she has the time.
August played in the OHL for the Eerie Otters and became very close with many on the team specifically Connor McDavid, Dylan Strome, and Alex DeBrincat. She also played on the national team for Canada and became very close to Mitch Marner.
August and Alex were drafted the year after the the other three and while they all got spilt across the world, August was the glue to keeping them all close to each other and being a consistent part in each others life’s.
Mitch has always loved August claiming her his favorite and he made sure everyone knew that, he desperately wanted her to get drafted to the Leafs wanting to play on the same team again. Some of his most favorite games of the season is when he plays against August.
Connor took August under his wing when she joined the OHL team and even though she was only a year younger than him he still was very protective of her and had gotten into many fights for her over the two years of playing with each other.
Dylan came back to the OHL after his draft for another season and he got to play with August and Alex for another season and win a Championship with them.
It was no surprise when Dylan had his first daughter August was named the godmother, just like it wasn’t surprising that Alex named August godmother to his first son as well, and Dylan and Alex’s second children were both named August godchildren as well.
August had a very tough rookie year being the first woman in the NHL but also being the younger sister of Sidney Crosby and she drafted to his team it came with a lot of questions, so she always makes sure she looks out for the rookies in the league especially the first overall picks knowing the pressure that comes with it.
She had texted Jack Hughes when he was in rookie and Jack instantly felt comfortable with her and she was already someone he looked up to but even more so once she started becoming like a mentor to him, they have stayed close since then and Jack adores August.
Jack is always talking about August especially to his family and they all can see how much Jack looks up to her. Jack also knows how much August is busy during of summer as she is always trying to see all of her family and godchildren and he knows she rarely ever has any free time so he will usally go to her and spend at least a week with her wherever she is and they will at least get on the ice together to practice.
Jack literally begs August to bake him anything and if they are playing each other August always has some type of baked good for him and she will usally send him boxes of her baked goods.
August knew who Quinn Hughes is, especially being close to Jack but it seemed they never could ever meet each other, she only ever saw him when they were playing against each other but they finally got introduced to each other during the 2024 All Stars, when Jack picked first for his team and quickly picked August.
Quinn has heard so much about August from Jack and he honestly has always thought she was beautiful and when they finally get to truly meet he can tell why Jack loves her so much, she’s extremely easy to love and she just seems to lighten up everything. Quinn fell for August before she fell for him.
August loved trading to the Vegas Knights and loved that she joined the first year that they were ever a team and she is proud to carry the C on her chest for her team especially as she is the only ever Captain of the Knights ever.
August was one of the biggest supporters of Knights having a team pet and helped a lot of getting a future service dog for the team and chose the name Maverick for him.
August has always loved being a godmother and is always spending any free time with her godchildren and they all always visit her a lot, she’s always spoiling them and there is not a doubt that she is all four of her godchildren’s favorite person.
Sideny’s Agent since he was young was Pat Brisson and from a young age August was around the Brisson family and grew quite close to Jordan and Brendan. August was so exicted when Brendan was drafted to Vegas and immediately told him when he came to Vegas he was staying with her. Brendan joined the Vegas AHL team after his collegiate career and moved in with August.
August was the one that suggests Brendan to her coach when they were looking for a AHL player to call up and the coach agree especially seeing how Brendan had been playing. August also was the one who passed him the puck on his first NHL goal against her brother.
