First of all: thank you Mighty-Sandlot5001 for the comments and the PM's! Really appreciate it!
Second of all: I don't own what isn't mine. The song from the title is by a band called porcupine tree…Go listen to it! This was the song I was listening to while writing this chapter!
Chapter 7: The start of something Beautiful
Julien P.O.V.
After two weeks, I guess things fell into place; I am having a lot of music and hockey practice. To top that of, classes here are gruesome. I always considered myself like a brilliant underachiever. However, for the first time in my life, I had to actually work. I was currently bashing my head hard at a history assignment. After two hours of unconvinced reading, I gave up and left the library. Study on a Saturday, never in my life I had to resort to this. I don't mind being occupied, but this is extreme. I was deep into my thoughts and didn't notice that there was somebody in front of me.
WHAM!
My books flew all over the place and I knocked out a girl in the process. I didn't know who that girl was, she was small, and her glasses fell to the floor nearby. She didn't look bad at all she was well shaped and had a beautiful nose. Her eyes were brown and searched franticly her glasses. I snapped out of it and quickly took the glasses and gave them to her.
"Thanks, without them I see nothing" She said sheepishly.
"I'm sorry I ran into you, I was deep in my thoughts and I didn't look where I was going. Here let me give you a hand to get up" I then reached my hand and she took it. I then helped her up.
"Are you new around here? I never saw you before and Eden Hall is a small school after all" She was simple looking, bright and natural.
"Well, hum yeah, actually my name is Julien Pratt and I came here on a music scholarship. I am from Canada and I also play hockey here. "I replied with a goof in my face. Boy I wasn't the smoothest guy around here.
"I am Amie and I am from Boston and I have a music scholarship too. But I don't recall you"
"Well, how old are you?"
"I am a freshman"
"Oh that explains everything; you see I am not a freshman. I am one year older than you which means that we aren't in the same class" I said
"Will you apply for the band?" She asked about the school band that plays during sporting events. However with hockey, it is impossible.
"Nope, my life is dedicated to three things, hockey, music and staying sane…sort of"
"Good to know, listen, I got to go! But I hope we see each other again!"
"Sorry again for the brutal tackle" I apologised again
"No big deal, you hockey players don't have a particularly big enough brain to look where you are going. Too much used to hit each other's" She let out a small wink and took off.
Okay, that was an interesting sexy kind of encounter…I went back to my room to think about it.
Adam P.O.V.
I am still surprised of how things turned out. During the past two weeks, there was no friction between Connie and Guy, they got along better than what most people predicted, the team's morale was outstanding and I had this strange feeling that there was something going on with me and Connie. Yet, I don't want to rush things out. I am a gentleman in heart and I know that while things are cool between Connie and Guy, she is not ready to jump into a new relation just yet. However, I am confident for the future.
I was cleaning our room getting ready for a movie night with all the ducks when somebody knocked at the door. It was Averman. He rarely comes here alone like that. I wonder what is going on. He looked excited and a little bit crazy. There was nothing unusual there. Averman is always frantic in general.
"Hey Adam, before we do the movie night the team wants to play a bit of street puck, are you up for it?"
"Yeah sure, I will meet you there in five minutes"
"Sounds good" He then left.
I finished cleaning my room. This fact may be surprising, but Charlie was cleaner than me in general. The perfect guy, not exactly, I am lazy for this kind of things and Charlie usually reminds me to clean my side from times to times.
When I was about to leave the door, I saw Fulton, Portman and Charlie leaving for outside. I ran to them and this is where things got strange and I was a victim. Well, I wasn't alone to suffer. The moment we left the building, we were pelted by tons of water balloons. Guy, Connie, Averman Goldberg and Kenny were having tons of fun throwing water balloon at us!
"What the arggg" I just received a water balloon right in the face.
"Guys come here and move away from the door, the newbies are coming" said Goldberg
"Your all going to pay for this!" Charlie said with a mixture of harsh and laughter
We took our position and the Pratt brothers and their friend came out. Again, we took water balloon and threw them everywhere. However, they were much smarter and reacted quite fast. They also took some water balloon from our reserve and a huge fight erupted. At some point, I ended up throwing a balloon at Connie.
"You're going to pay for this Banksie! How dare you?" she said in a joking tone!
She didn't wait long and smashed a balloon directly on top of my head. At the end, everybody was soaked and everybody was laughing. We cleaned up a bit and everybody left their separate way and I ended up alone with Connie.
"Well this was fun" she said with a cheerful smile.
"Yup, it was" I was really nervous because we were left alone. I don't know if it was visible, but still I felt like my body was shaking from everywhere.
"Come Adam, I will give you a towel, the girls dorms are closer" I followed her in utter silence. I didn't know what to say.
"Adam, do you know what we will watch tonight?"
"Hum, the plan was to rent something. I think Averman and Goldberg are on the case." I must admit that they got some talent in finding great movie. Even if they are true geeks, they still take into account other's taste. We arrived at Connie door and she dropped her key. Since I daydreamed I ran into her and hit her by accident. She fell over.
"Eh, I am sorry...I wasn't really looking" I said completely red with embarrassment.
"It's okay" I stretched my hand to help her get up and this is when things went even more weird.
I Kissed her.
That's it folks, this update wasn't exactly what I had in mind in the beginning but it turned out good …I think ! Next time, there will be a bit more OC/OC stuff and the movie night! Stay Tuned! :)
Simon
