Disclaimer: I don't own band of brothers but all the girls are mine except Helen McCrory cause she's a real person and really married to Damian Lewis.
Chapter 1- First day of senior year
Dick Winters stood at his locker. It was the first day of his last year at Easy High School. This would be his senior year. He was the varsity soccer team captain, head of the newspaper staff and had already been accepted into Penn. State for soccer and planned on majoring in journalism.
Just as he was about to close his locker his best friend, Lewis Nixon arrived. Also a senior Nixon was on the cross country team, yearbook staff, rich kid and well known (at least among the students) drinker and smoker. Dick disapproved but mostly turned a blind eye towards it.
Dick turned to him and asked, "What's up Nix?"
"Tom and I broke up last week."
Dick had to try hard to keep from laughing. Nix was known among the student body as gay although his parents had no idea. He and Thomas Meehan had dated on and off since the second half of their sophomore year. They would go out for a few months then break up and then a week late have make-up sex and be back together again. They were lucky that the other kids at Easy didn't mind if their fellow students were openly gay.
Dick rolled his eyes and said, "You guys will be back together in a week. What was the cause this time?"
Nixon shook his head and said sadly, "We ain't getting back together ever! His parents caught him and me naked in his bed while he was giving me head. He told me the next day we couldn't be together anymore. He looked like his heart was breaking. I thought mine was too. I just found out yesterday that he attempted suicide three days ago and was unsuccessful. His parents blame me for their son being gay and attempting suicide."
Dick put his hand on Nix's shoulder and was about to say something to lift his spirits when Buck, his girlfriend Kellie, Don, Doc, Bull, his girlfriend Annie, Dick's girlfriend Helen and Lipton. Nix started to leave when Don called out to him and asked, "You been training for our first meet Nix?"
Nix got rid of his sad face and said happily, "Hell yeah! Those cougars of Dayton won't stand a chance against us. The Screaming Eagles will strike again and dominate like usual. With us Webster and… and Tom returning we'll destroy the competition."
Buck laughed at that and said, "The football team's working hard too. This is our year all the sports will sweep competition. Baseball, Soccer, Football, Wrestling, Basketball, Tennis, Cross Country and Swim and Dive will suffer next year though. At least they'll dominate till we leave. Dick, how's the soccer team doing?"
"They're doing good. We got the guys from last year returning with a couple of sophomores joining the team. We got a new goalie. Ain't that right Bull? He's sturdy and I think he'll prove to be a good asset."
Bull rolled his eyes and asked, "Is it part of your job to torture me?"
"Nope, just one of the many perks!"
The others laughed. Bull had been goalie for the JV team since freshmen year and had finally made varsity for senior year. Dick had been teasing him about how it took him four years for a coach who could stand his playing. The real truth was that the varsity soccer coach had retired after their junior year. The former varsity coach was Bull's stepdad who hated his guts. Bull's stepdad hated only one worse than Bull and that was Bull's girlfriend Annie. Annie was a shy girl and very smart. The things that went against her in Bull's stepdad's eyes were her being Japanese and being deaf. She could read lips and talk but she preferred to use sign language. Bull had taken a sign language course just so he could communicate in the way she felt most comfortable.
To change the subject Lipton spoke up and said, "Hey Dick! Webster's looking for you. He said something about one of the newspaper computers crashing or something. He looked like a nervous wreck. You better go find him before he has an anxiety overload."
"Thanks for the tip Lip! No rhyming pun intended. I'd better go find him before he gets worse."
At that moment Helen pointed out, "You promised me we'd hang out together. Just the two of us. Remember?"
Dick nodded, sighed and said, "Meet me at our usual place in an hour. Seniors don't have to show up till 4th hour. I'll help Webster out and meet you there. That a plan?"
Helen smiled, put her arms around Dick's neck and planted a kiss on his lips. Dick forgot about what he needed to do and pulled Helen closer to him and deepened the kiss. It wasn't till the catcalls started that they broke away. Both were winded and smiling when they broke away. They'd been a couple since shortly before sophomore year. They'd been friends though since they were five. Everyone in the group were smiling when Dick looked over except Nixon.
Nix looked like he wanted to escape and get drunk. Knowing Nix he'd probably do just that. Dick knew he needed to have someone who could keep him and his mind occupied from acting stupidly.
Dick gave Helen one more kiss before saying bye to the others. Just as he was leaving an idea popped into his head. He turned around, called Don over and whispered, "Malark, I need you to do something for me."
"Anything Dick!"
"Keep and eye on Nix today. Don't let him out of your sight! And whatever you do don't ask about or mention Tom. Can't tell you everything about it but it's one of those moments if you know what I mean. Promise me Don! Swear you'll do this!"
"I swear Dick! I don't want him hurt." Dick thanked him and headed to help David.
Author's Note: The next chapter will be a list of the guys and what their activities are for the whole year. For all those out there this story may take awhile on updates but anyone who knows my work knows that I take awhile but I'll be taking less time now that I'm more available to do it.
