Chapter 6

Charlie

I have been sitting in my room for over two hours now. What the coach had made me do was horrible and I didn't want to talk to anyone. The only reason I had come out of my room was because I heard a knock at the door.

"Hi." A voice said, it was probably the person who knocked on our door. "Please just go away." It was my mothers voice that spoke up next. "Charlie doesn't want to be on the team anymore, and neither him or I have anything to say to you." My mother's tone was cold; she obviously didn't like the person at the door.

"Well I have something to say to you." Said the mysterious voice. "Oh really. Door to door mistreatment now, huh. So the team can feel miserable between games too, huh?" Her voice was mocking.

"I came to apologize to Charlie." It was coach, the man that had kept me in my room for hours, feeling horrible about myself. I went to go back in my room when coach spoke up again. "To both of you."

"What?" My mother voiced my thoughts. He came to apologize? To the both of us? This was certainly not my coach. "Apologize." I was not mistaken this was most definitely my coach. "Well, You should." I heard the door creak open. Great. She was letting him come in.

"Charlie! Somebody's here to see you." My mothers voice lured me away from the safety of the hallway. I ran around the corner and came face to face with what I hoped was just a mistake.

"Hey Charlie, how ya doing?" Coach tried to play things cool. But the emotions that were written across my face did not say that things were cool. I was angry with him; for making me cheat, for when I messed up on the breakaway during our game against the Hawks, but most of all I was angry because I thought he was going to be different, but he sure as hell was not.

"I was just, uh. Walking around thinking and uh." He looked at my mom and she nodded her head as if saying 'tell him already'. "You wanna give us a minute?" Now she looked uncertain. But she complied, "mmhum."

"Thank you." My mother walked to the safety of the hallway where she was no longer seen. But I knew she would hear everything. Coach sat down on our chair, and I sat down across from him on the sofa.

"Listen, it was very wrong of me to ask you and any of the guys to cheat. And I never should of said to you what I said to you, I was angry, I was frustrated and I took a lot of guts for you to do what's right. I admire that. And uh, I just wanted you to hear that I'm uh. Um, what you say? Um, just a sec. Um I'm-"

"You're sorry." Interrupted my mom. "I'm sorry." Coach repeated. I held back my laughter, it was funny to see coach struggle. And I guess I wasn't wrong about him after all. "I'm sorry, alright?" A smile played across my face.

"Tell your mom that hopefully it'll be a lot more fun this time around." I looked down, and coach peered at me, "what do you say?"

"Do you want to stay for dinner?" I blurted out. Moms not gonna like that...

Coach's face contorted to a mixture of confusion and I think awe. "What?" My mom came flying around the corner, "Charlie!" Her tone said one thing but her facial expression told a whole other story.

Coach shook his had and waved his hand, "Uh, no I, I can't" Clearly he could tell that my mother didn't want him here. As if on cue she began to nod. He smiled sheepishly, "well what are ya having?"

She gave him a half smile, "Roast beef."

Adam (It's the next day in his POV)

Beep, beep, beep. I sprung up in my bed. My head turned toward alarm clock it was 6:00am on a Monday morning. School. I got out of my bed and made my way downstairs. "Morning dad and Xander." I yawned. My mother was sleeping and recovering from her injuries. Our maid was cooking pancakes at the stove and my dad sat at the table talking to Xander about hockey.

"Good morning." They replied. I had an hour to get ready because I had to catch the bus at 7 to get to Minnesota prep. It was the school that all the Hawks went too and also the District Five team. It was the best junior high school in Minnesota. Now your probably wondering how do the poor District five people go to that school? Well, it's a free school with great academics and athletics and when it comes to high school you either go to Eden hall or some poor people high school.

"Adam how many pancakes do you want?" Asked our maid Livie as I took a seat at the table. "Four please." I heard Livie put four pancakes on a plate then walked to the table and put them down in front of me, along with a cutlery and maple syrup from Canada.

I shoveled down the four pancakes like they were nothing. I rinsed the plate and put it and my fork and knife in the dishwasher. I made my way back upstairs and walked into my washroom.

There I washed my face, brushed my teeth, and combed my hair. I went to my room and took off my pajamas. I grabbed a pair of real denim jeans from in my drawer and a navy blue polo shirt from my closet. I glanced back at the clock and it was now 6:53. I had to hurry and get to the bus stop. I picked up my backpack and ran downstairs.

I slid on my black winter boots and put on my Hawks jacket. I put on a pair of mitts and my Hawks hat. "Bye!" I yelled and with that I rushed out side and to the bus stop.

When I made it to the bus stop Zack Larson, Jordon McGill, and Malik Brown were waiting for me at the bus stop. "Hey Adam." Zack and Malik said. "Hey. You guys ready for another day of school?" Malik laughed, "ya, no."

"Since those stupid District Five freaks go to our school it's gonna be as stupid as it always is. And guess what, Gay goes here to!" Jordon angrily said. It took me a while to realize that Gay meant Fay. "Her name is Fay." I snapped at him.

I didn't know that Fay went to Minnesota Prep. She was probably in many of my classes but I just didn't realize it. The school bus slowed to a stop and Zack, Malik, Jordon, and I all got on. I sat with Malik. Jordon, and Zack sat together across from Malik and I.

"Hey Adam how's your mom doing?" Zack asked true concern plastered on his face. "She's been better that's for sure. But her broken ribs are healing pretty fast." Zack and Malik nodded actually listening, but Jordon looked out the window acting like he couldn't care less.

Jordon wasn't always a jerk. Before Zack, Malik, Jordon, and I joined the Hawks we were the best of friends. We weren't mean to anyone, and had lots of friends outside of the rest of the guys on the Hawks. But the first year we played on Riley's team the older guys changed Jordon.

They had and initiation for us to do, we complied it wasn't anything hard, just some skating things that they considered 'dangerous'. They also go to Minnesota Prep and well; they forced us to bully all the 'losers' at school. Zack, Malik, and I refused and our hockey team for the rest of the season tortured us. But Jordon, he listened to them and bullied anyone that those guys deemed a loser.

Jordon has never been the same since that day. This season those guys moved up and now we are the older guys on the team. "Hey Jordon, has your sister dropped out of college yet?" Malik asked jokingly. Jordon's older sister Jessica was kind of a party girl and everyone thought that she was going to drop out of college.

That made Jordon laugh, "nah, she's still there. Although, her grades aren't the greatest. She's also gotten in quite a bit of trouble." We all laughed at that.

Soon enough the bus stopped at our school. We walked to the doors that the grade sevens went in through. I took of my boots and made my way to my locker. Malik's locker was on the right of mine but a girl whose name was Infinity Jonson had the locker to my left.

Malik and I both opened our lockers and shoved our boots in at the bottom. We both took off our jackets, mittens, and hats. He and I have been best friends since we were in kindergarten and it also helped that we are neighbors. But because Malik doesn't really like Jordon whenever I'm hanging out with him and Zack he doesn't come unless he has to. "Hey locker buddies!" Infinity Jonson walked up to her locker and unlocked her lock.

Infinity was one of the popular rich girls in our grade. She lives in a mansion in Orono that's almost as big as the one Fay King lives in. Infinity was fairly pretty, and I think that Jordon has a crush on her. Infinity's hair was a light brown it fell down to her shoulders in layers. She had glowing teal eyes that didn't hide behind any makeup. She was quite tall standing at 5.5ft.

"Hey Infinity." Malik and I replied. "Adam how's your mom doing?" My eyes widened. How on earth did she know that? The accident hadn't been in the news nor was it in the paper. "Fay told me, Adam." Infinity said as she noticed my complete utter shock.

Whoa, hold up. She's a friend with Fay? That's when I realized that Fay was also one of the rich popular girls. Of course Fay would tell her! They were best friends. "She's obviously been better." Infinity giggled, "funny. Hey Malik do you wanna sit with me at lunch?"

"I thought you liked Jordon?"

"Gag me. He is such a dick! I like you." Infinity giggled again. "Sure as long as Adam can sit with us."

"Infinity!" A voice called. Malik, Infinity, and I all turned around. Fay was walking towards us with a binder, a book and a pencil case in her arm. She looked pretty even with a broken arm. She had on a white-cropped blouse paired with a navy blue high waisted skirt. Over the blouse she had an emerald green baggy cardigan and her hair was in a pretty french side braid.

"Hey Fay! Nice outfit!" Infinity said voicing my embarrassing thoughts. Infinity also looked good. She had on light wash boyfriend jeans with a yellow plaid blazer. Her hair was curled to perfection.

"I like yours too!" Fay's gaze shifted from Infinity to me. "Adam? Wow, I can't believe that I didn't know you go to this school." She shook her head in disbelief.

"Malik and Adam are sitting with us during lunch." Said Infinity. "Cool. What I came to talk to you about was- Uh actually never mind, I can't talk about that now." Fay looked at Infinity and nudged her elbow at Malik and me. "Ohhhh, got cha."

Fay

I nudged my elbow at Adam and Malik. I was going to talk to Infinity about my crush on Adam, but because he was standing next to her I couldn't. She understood and nodded. My right arm was loosing its grip on my stuff. "Do you want me to carry that for you?" Asked Adam, he grabbed it out of my poor grip before I could accept his offer.

"Thanks." I gave Adam a smile. "Hey! What class do you have?" I ask Adam and Malik. Infinity and I had English. "Fay they're both in our English class." Infinity explains. I looked at Malik; he was pretty attractive. I understand why Infinity likes him. Malik has messy copper hair that falls over his eyes every now and then. His eyes are moss green with treads of grey around the pupil. He had on a pair of grey ripped jeans and a royal blue Hollister t-shirt. He had on caramel leather combat boots.

I looked over at Adam. He had on real denim jeans. That was paired with a navy blue polo shirt. Adam also had on combat boots, except his combat boots were black leather not caramel. I looked at my feet; I had on a pair of black lace oxfords that fit well with the nude tights I had on underneath my skirt. Infinity sported grey leather flats.

"I totally knew that." I laughed, remembering the comment Infinity said. "Hey have you seen Tuesday?" She asked. "Yes. She was walking with Matt. They were holding hands! I think he finally asked her out." I answered Infinity's question. "Really? They would be such a cute couple!"

Now normally you'd think all this cute couple talk would lead to something cute, but at precisely this moment Charlie Conway chose to walk by.

"Hey Charlie!" I said. He waved to me and smiled. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Charlie as in the Charlie that punched you?" I nodded not sure where this was going. This is where everything went downhill.

Adam walked right up to Charlie, "You're that Charlie guy that punch Fay, right?" Adam gave Charlie a menacing glare. "Ya, but it was at hockey practice and it was an acci-" Charlie was cut off when Adam socked him in the nose. And when I say socked, I mean full out socked him. Charlie's nose was gushing blood and Adam's eyes went wide.

"Oh my god. I just did that. Oh my god I am so sorry! I am such an ass. I can't believe I just punched you! Shit! Are you okay? Well of course you aren't ok I just punched you!" Adam rambled on and by then a crowd had formed.

And then the vice principal showed up and dragged Adam, Charlie, Infinity, Malik, and I to the office.

Charlie

My nose hurt and so did Adam Banks fist. I sat next to Malik, and he sat beside Fay, who sat beside Infinity and she sat beside Adam. Now don't get me wrong, when a guy punches you at first you're kind of like 'what the fuck?' but then you realize that you obviously have done something to deserve to get punched. I mean when I punched Fay it was an accident but I guess Adam thought I needed to get punched.

At least Adam was sorry he punched me, most guys on the Hawks would probably just hit you again. "Charlie." Fay whispered. "What!" Fay was kind of annoying me. She was asking me every five seconds if I was ok. Like I told you the first twenty times that I was fine!

"Adam says he's sorry." She whispered again. She also told me that every ten seconds. "I know that! I'm ok and I understand why Adam punched me! So please just stop talking." Out of the corner of my eye I saw Fay roll her eyes and then whisper to Adam.

"Charlie and Adam Vice Principal Housser are ready for you. And Fay, Infinity, and Malik your good to go." Adam and I stood up and walked into Vice Principal Housser's office.

The office was painted blue, not a dark blue or some silly baby blue; it was a sophisticated grayish blue. Silver picture frames lined the walls of all of Vice Principal Housser's degrees.

Vice Principal Housser wasn't one of those terrifying mean vice principals; she was actually really nice and when Adam and I told her the story she would probably just give us a warning since we've never done anything wrong.

She wore a matching black blazer and pencil skirt. Under her blazer was a bright purple blouse. Her black hair flowed down her back in beach waves.

"Adam." Her eyes locked with Adams, "And Charlie." Her hazel eyes locked with my blue ones. "Sit."

"Are we in trouble?" Adam asked, concern poured from his mouth and flooded the room. "No, since you've never been in trouble before you'll get off with a warning. But you'll explain what happened to me, and you will sit together at lunch today."

What! I understand the explain what happened part, but sit with him at lunch! All his Hawk friends are going to murder me; they'll chew me up and then spit me on the floor for the janitor to clean up.

"Great! Charlie you can sit with Fay, Infinity, Malik and I!"

"What about the rest of-"

"I'm not sitting with Zack and Jordon."

"Ok."

"You know what boys just get out of here. I really don't want to know the truth about why Adam punched Charlie."

'Thanks."

"Ya, Thank you." I said as Adam and I left her office and went to English.

Lunch came faster than expected. And soon enough I was sting beside Tammy Duncan. It turns out that Fay's friends couldn't wait to sign her cast and just had to sit with us. So now, Tammy, Matt Right, and Tuesday Lillies had joined Adam, Fay, Infinity, Malik, and I.

"So Tues I see that you and Mattie are dating!" Infinity spoke up. Tuesday nodded and gave Matt a peck on the cheek. "Mattie? Why are you making my manly name sound feminine?" Matt looked up from eat his turkey sandwich.

The whole table erupted into a fit of laughter including me.

"You manly? Ha!"

"Your girlfriends more of a man than you!"

"MANLY! YA RIGHT!"

"A bloody hot pink crayon is more manly than you buddy."

We began to laugh again at that last comment. "Hey! I'm manly! I'm a quarterback for gods sake!"

"Keep telling yourself that. Anyways," Began Fay but as she looked at Matt she knew he was going to stand up for his manliness again. "Matt don't even, just please, please just stop your not manly get over it." She shot him a glare and he took a bite of his sandwich again.

"Anyways my parents are having a party next week. It's a Christmas Eve Eve party on Monday next week. It's at my house, starting at 5pm sharp. Because we get out of school this Friday then come back on January sixth. You all better show up!"

"Sounds fun!" Everyone said. The rest of lunch went by like this, easy fun conversation. I got to know Adam and Malik and realized they're actually kind of nice. Fay's friends were cool and really funny too.

I updated! Hope you like! Next chapter Fay, Adam, Infinity, and Malik will be going to Xander's hockey game. Let me know what you think of it!

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