Notes: I want to take the time to thank all my reviewers. Thank you Elf
for the nice review. I love every review I get. And don't worry I'll keep
writing. It's something I love to do. This chapter catches up to the
first chapter. Um some of this will look familiar. I copied and pasted
something from earlier. Except I corrected some of my mistakes.
You Can Only Be One
Adam was the first out of the locker room. He found Joey standing there waiting. Adam tried walking past him. "Banks wait." Adam sighed but stopped. "I'm sorry you had to go through that."
"Through what? The game? Getting kicked off Varsity? Having friends turn on me?"
"All of it. We didn't want to do that. Adam you gotta understand that! We were being pressured by Mr. Riley to drop you from the team. Bombay won and he was mad. When Conway said that we had an unfair advantage, Rick saw it as a way to put you back on JV." He grimaced at all the bruises on Adam's face. "And for the hard checking in the second period, that was Wilson's influence. He kept telling us to hit harder. Adam none of us wanted to do that to you. We like you."
"Joey let's go!" Michael Brigs yelled from the other end of the hallway.
"I'll be right there." Joey called. "I've got to go. Congrats on winning though." He ran off to catch up with the others.
"Still talking to Varsity?" A voice asked from behind. Adam turned around to face Russ. "You're back with the Ducks Banks. You can't be both." Russ left before he could reply.
Adam sighed. That went well. He thought.
***
Adam Banks lay on his bed thinking. He could hear Dwayne Robertson snoring in the bed across from him. Just a few hours earlier Junior Varsity had beaten Varsity in the JV/Varsity game. He should have been happier then he was. JV beat Varsity for the first time in a long time. It was a good thing that they did and he knew that.
He could never go back to Varsity. The Ducks didn't understand Varsity like he did. They were as tight of a group as the Ducks are. They were all good friends. They were no different then the Ducks.
Adam knew that if the Ducks had known that, they might have asked him what he wanted.
What they would have found out, he felt like he belonged with Varsity. Even if he couldn't be on Varsity anymore. Russ was right. He could only be one.
You Can Only Be One
Adam was the first out of the locker room. He found Joey standing there waiting. Adam tried walking past him. "Banks wait." Adam sighed but stopped. "I'm sorry you had to go through that."
"Through what? The game? Getting kicked off Varsity? Having friends turn on me?"
"All of it. We didn't want to do that. Adam you gotta understand that! We were being pressured by Mr. Riley to drop you from the team. Bombay won and he was mad. When Conway said that we had an unfair advantage, Rick saw it as a way to put you back on JV." He grimaced at all the bruises on Adam's face. "And for the hard checking in the second period, that was Wilson's influence. He kept telling us to hit harder. Adam none of us wanted to do that to you. We like you."
"Joey let's go!" Michael Brigs yelled from the other end of the hallway.
"I'll be right there." Joey called. "I've got to go. Congrats on winning though." He ran off to catch up with the others.
"Still talking to Varsity?" A voice asked from behind. Adam turned around to face Russ. "You're back with the Ducks Banks. You can't be both." Russ left before he could reply.
Adam sighed. That went well. He thought.
***
Adam Banks lay on his bed thinking. He could hear Dwayne Robertson snoring in the bed across from him. Just a few hours earlier Junior Varsity had beaten Varsity in the JV/Varsity game. He should have been happier then he was. JV beat Varsity for the first time in a long time. It was a good thing that they did and he knew that.
He could never go back to Varsity. The Ducks didn't understand Varsity like he did. They were as tight of a group as the Ducks are. They were all good friends. They were no different then the Ducks.
Adam knew that if the Ducks had known that, they might have asked him what he wanted.
What they would have found out, he felt like he belonged with Varsity. Even if he couldn't be on Varsity anymore. Russ was right. He could only be one.