Hey guys, and gals so sorry I've taken so long to update, but I have had trouble deciding how to work this middle part here, and after writing this short- and incredibly cheesy- chapter I got an idea, so this should... heres hoping... go faster, and I should... providing school doesn't get in the way... have the next chapter up soon. Oh for the record I know this chapter is not as good as some of my others... ok it sucks... but the next one will be better, so hold on please this is merely a muddy stepping stone... but it is going somewhere so please don't bail on me yet... oh and thanks again everyone for sticking with me and for your reviews and advice, I really appreciate it.

Danny arrived at school an hour before school started excepting to be the first one there. He was surprised to find though, that Mac and Flack were already sitting there, at there normal table.

"What are you doing here? School doesn't start for an hour."

"We could ask you the same thing, but I suspect you're here for the same reason we are, the kid." Flack told him

"Adam?"

"Yeah" Flack nodded

"Why so early though?"

"Why are you?" Mac asked

"Well... never mind it's cheesy."

"In case you haven't noticed... we're at school an hour early waiting for a kid who doesn't even trust us, that in itself is a little cheesy." Flack debated

"Right... fine, I haven't been able to think of a way to get him to trust us, so I thought I'd come to school early and ponder it, also if Adam comes, and... well if Luke were to catch him first..."

Mac nodded in agreement "I expect he'll be here soon"

"Really?"

"He was here early on Monday, and so were we, and after yesterday, i suspect he'll be here early in an attempt to avoid us." Mac informed them

"You still think he would try to avoid us?" Flack asked

"My guess is yes, I think he still thinks that we want something from him."

Then as if following stage directions, they saw a small red headed figure approaching from the distance. Mac put a hand on Danny's shoulder if warning him not to move towards Adam.

"Wait Danny, let him come to us, and as for his trust, just be yourself, time and patience are the only things that are going to gain his trust."

Adam had purposely left early in an attempt to avoid seeing Danny and his friends, or anyone else for that matter. He didn't understand why they had stopped Luke from getting him to bump up Luke's and the other's grades, after all he was on their team. Unless they didn't want him to play, maybe that was it, that had to be it... But if that was the case, then why had Danny acted so weird after?

Thats what bugged Adam the most, was the way Danny had acted, and treated him. It was strange, people treated him like a charity case, a punching bag, even a just like a tool that they could use, but no one had treated him like Danny and his friends had. Ok so there had been one or two before, with that look in their eyes, the look Danny had given him. For all his smarts, he couldn't seem to understand what Danny's look had mean't, sure there was some pity in them, but there was something else and for the life of him he couldn't figure it out. This baffled him, he could take the other looks, looks of pity, his mother, the look that said that, you have something I want and I'm going to take it, Luke, and pure insanity, his dad, at least with those though, Adam knew what to expect. The looks, that Danny and his friends kept giving him though, were strange, Adam didn't know what to make of them, and frankly, it scared him.

Which is why when he looked up and saw three figures sitting there waiting, he nearly stopped, turned around, and ran home. Only the fact that there was no one there, and he was terrified out of his mind of getting in trouble and having to face the principle stopped him from doing just that. Putting a blank expression on his face, and stifling a groan he continued walking to school, praying that it was Danny and co. and not someone else... a angry six foot... well not really but... football player who wanted revenge.