I sat down in my normal spot in class

I sat down in my normal spot in class. I heard some one laughing as they walked into the class room. I would know that laugh anywhere. I turned to see Adam and the rest of his jerk friends walk in. They spotted me and took the seats behind me, to my right and in front of me. I knew this wasn't going to be good. Adam, who had sat in front of me, turned to face me. Ray leaned in an Bryan leaned forward.

"How does it feel, getting kicked out of a game?" Ray asked. I ignored his question and prayed that the teacher would walk in soon.

"I heard that you got benched for the next three games." Adam said with a smile.

"Well you heard wrong." I said angrily.

"Oh that's right. Isn't your new coach a family friend of yours. He was the lawyer that got you on to our team." Adam said and I glared at him. That was supposed to be private information. "How is he taking it. Knowing that all his hard work was wasted."

I grabbed is tied and brought him closer to me. "Now listen here Banks. I'm tired of your crap and I'm three seconds away from beating you to a bloody pulp."

"No your not." The teacher said walking in. "Please let Mr. Banks go Witts. I'd hate to have to call your parents."

I let Adam go with a snort. "Good luck getting a hold of them. They still haven't come back from Los Angeles."

I tried to hid the hurt in my voice but Adam knew me well enough to know it was there. He looked back at me with almost concern in his eyes but it quickly disappeared when he saw that I had noticed. I was hoping that would be the end of it but luck wasn't on my side. At lunch Ray backed into me causing my lunch to spill down my front and I had to wear one of the back up school uniforms they had in the office. During science class I got partnered with Bryan. We were using flour and Bryan conveniently got it in my hair. Then as the last bell rang Adam stuck his foot out in front of me and I hit my nose on the door. My nose bled all the way to Eden Hall where I stood by Jason's car and waited for him. When he saw my appearance he raced to my side fallowed by some of his friends.

"What happened to you? Are you ok?" he asked looking at my nose.

"I'll give you three hints." I said bitterly. "Larson, McGill and Banks."

"My brother did this to you?" Alex asked and I sighed.

"He tripped me as I was walking out the door and I hit the door. I think he felt bad about that but the tripping was intentional." I said hoping I wasn't getting Adam into trouble. I just didn't want to make more trouble for myself.

"I need to get home and wash up. I'm meeting some of the team before practice." I said and Jason drove me home. I quickly got washed up and left. I met Charlie at his house then met up with the others.

"What happened to your nose it looks like you got smacked hard?" Peter asked and I sighed.

"Its just swollen." I replied. "Banks tripped me at school today."

"What?" Karp said then shook his head. "I hate those Hawks."

"Yeah well he tripped me. Larson caused me to dump my lunch tray down my front so I had to walk around in an old, itchy, school uniform from school. Oh then McGill dumped flour all over my hair." I said angrily. "They are making my life miserable."

"Hey check this out!" Terry said from an alley behind us. We hadn't even realized he moved away from the group. I had never seen the boys as excited as when they realize Terry had found a box full of Sports Illustrated.

"I don't believe it!" Averman said as every one except for me flipped through the magazines.

"Who would throw these away." Jesse asked and I rolled my eyes thinking a mother with teenage boys would.

First look's free, next five minutes costs a buck each." Karp said and I laughed.

"What a way to make a buck." I said. Peter looked at me and smiled.

"Fork it over." He said but I just laughed.

"Forget it Karp. I can see this everyday on MTV." Averman said putting his magazine back in the box..

Peter found a two page spread of a blonde girl in a yellow bikini and I shook my head. They were such dorks. "This one's from Minneapolis. Hey, Guy, look. Its your mom."

The boys except for Karp dropped their magazines and chased after Peter. I fallowed slowly behind, knowing they would be ruff housing and I wasn't in the mood for it. When I turned the corner I saw Bryan come out of no where and take the magazine away from Karp. Bryan was soon joined by Ray and Adam. I quickly joined my team. I stood next to Charlie.

"Hi girls." Ray said as the three Hawks stopped, blocking he exit of the alley.

"Does your mommy know you have that?" Bryan asked as the three of them started skating circles around us.

"Nah, she's busy with the mailman." Ray said with a laugh.

"That will make great bathroom reading." Adam said knocking Charlie's hat off his head. I caught it and handed it back to Charlie. That seemed to anger Adam.

"That's mine, you jerk. I found it." Karp demanded.

"You don't even know what to do with it. Wuss-breath." Bryan said with a laugh.

"Neither would you." I said under my breath. Charlie was the only one that heard me.

"You going to let him call you wuss-breath?" Peter asked, knowing he was egging on a fight.

"No!" Karp said angrily. He went for Bryan but by that time Ray and Adam were there by Bryan's side. They laughed and pushed Karp into a pile of garbage. The boys around me cringed.

The three Hawks turned towards us. "Come on you want some more?"

Adam looked at me and smiled mischievously. "Come on Amore, or are you all talk?"

I took a step forward but Charlie held out his arm to stop me. I looked at him and noticed he was looking past Adam. Walking up behind them was a large kid who went to Charlie's school.

"What? Letting your boyfriend tell you what to do?" Ray asked with a laugh. Adam and Bryan sent a sideways glare his way but they said nothing. Ray and Bryan were soon picked up by the back of their coats. The large kid threw them towards the garbage and they took Adam with them, landing on Karp. Fear took over them when they saw how big the kid was. He grunted at them and they took off.

"Thanks man." I said and he smiled back.

"Any time Witts." He said and turned back around and left. I turned to my friends.

"How did he know my name?" I asked in surprise. The boys shrugged. They looked as surprised as I was. I shook it off. "Lets get to practice.

I skated onto the ice and went up to Bombay. I laughed as I circled him. "Man Bombay, you look like your our drug dealer or you're here for a funeral."

"Funny Witts. Now line up." Bombay demanded.

I rolled my eyes and skated over to Connie. "Now this is going to be fun. He's in a bad mood."

"How do you know him?" Connie asked and I sighed.

"He and my dad are good friends. They went to school together at Eden Hall." I replied. "dad wanted him to be Jason's Godfather, but he refused saying that he hated kids. Then for some reason when my mom asked him to be my Godfather he said sure."

"Witts! I'm talking, your listening!" Bombay scolded.

"Lucky me." I said under my breath. Either I said it louder than I thought or Bombay had sharp ears because he soon turned on me.

"Witts, I will call your father!" Bombay warned.

I turned to him angrily. Before I could stop myself I snapped back at him. "Good, then maybe he and mom will come home this time."

"Laps Amore!" Bombay said glaring down at me.

"What a great Godfather I got. If you hate kids so much why are you even here?" I asked but before he could answer I did for him. "Let me guess because the state of Minnesota requires it?"

I skated off ignoring the calls from my teammates.

"Amore Witts get back here!" Bombay demanded.

"I quite! Call me when you stop being a jerk and I might consider coming back." I said then turned to my friends. "Sorry guys."

I turned away and listened to my team freak as they told Bombay I was the only one that was good. But what Bombay told them hurt. "Well you wont miss her. She never even played a game when she was on the Hawks."

I walked home crying the whole way. I wasn't crying because of what Bombay said. He had only seen me play once and the Hawks weren't playing fair. I was upset because I believed I was giving up the only chance I had left to play the game I loved.

"What's wrong with you?" I heard as I started up the steps to my house. I turned to see Adam.

"I'm not in the mood to mess with you right now Adam, so please just bug off." I said taking another step.

"So you already heard huh?" Adam asked. "how does it feel knowing your moving father into Hawk territory."

I looked at him in surprise. "What?"

"Your mom, she's bought a house closer to or school. Only three blocks away from Brown." Adam said then confusion hit him. "Isn't that why your crying?"

"No I quite the D-5 team, but thanks for making my day even worse." I said. I walked into the house and froze. Almost everything was packed up and piled near the door.

"Hey honey, how was practice?" My dad asked walking out of his office. Mom came out of the pile of boxes and Jason didn't move from his spot in the kitchen.

"I quite." I said sadly.

"Well I never thought it would last." My mom said as she put her beautiful black hair into a pony tail. "Now maybe you'd like to try something like dance or cheerleading."

"Mom, Amore loves hockey." Jason said giving me a hug. "what happened this time squirt?"

"Bombay. He's a total jerk." I said and my father soon gave me his full attention.

"Bombay? As in Gordon Bombay?" Dad asked and I nodded. "What does he have to do with hockey?"

"He's the D-5 coach." I said and both my parents seemed dumbfounded by the fact. I couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah that's what I thought too."

Jason laughed then handed dad the news paper. "He's under order by the state of Minnesota. He got another DUI and not even he could get out of this one."

"So what's up with all the boxes?" the house out of style again?" I asked and my family exchanged looks.

"Honey. Your dad and I are separating for a while." Mom said bending down to eye level with me like you would do with a toddler. "We thought it would be best this way. We also decided that since my new house is closer to your school that you'll come and live with me."

"What about Jason?" I asked and he shook his head. Holding back tears I fled to my room. When I got there everything was packed up except for my bed. I laid down on my bed and stared up at the ceiling. I wasn't there for to long when some one knocked on my door. I didn't answer but Jason came in anyway.

"Hey Squirt. You wanna talk?" Jason asked, sitting down on the bed.

"This is worse than the last time this happened. Remember, mom and I had moved into that house then not even a week later we moved back in." I said as tears streaked down my face.

Jason sighed. "I tried to talk mom out of it. I told her that you needed to stay here because it was easier for you to go see your friends from D-5. She just said you also had friends from our side."

"Our side?" I asked shaking my head. "Yeah well, all my so called friends have been making my life a living hell."

"Just hang in there More. It will get better." Jason said with a smile. he messed up my hair and left. I sighed and closed my eyes. Hopefully my dreams would be better