Chapter 35:

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Bank's POV:

After the incident with Lily life moved on, as it always managed to do. School started and it provided its usual distractions: classes, intense amounts of homework, hanging out all day with the Ducks, and of course hockey. We had yet to play a game but practice was becoming intense with the addition of the miniature Riley and McGill. It was only through a little luck, and interference of Coach Wilson that no one got seriously injured in all of the fights that had broken out so far. Despite all the problems it seemed like we would actually be a good team, but the first game on Friday would be the ultimate judge of our future success.

In terms of Lily, we only had AP American History together and she sat by the window while I sat by the door. Her locker was also relatively close to mine but she would always rush off, so I never had to deal with her. She was such a complete and utter tease. One second she seemed so interested in me, and the next week she was kissing her idiot of a boyfriend in the hallway. She had obviously moved on, and maybe it was about time that I did too but there was hockey and so much to keep me busy that I didn't have a chance to find anyone that was worth the time.

On Tuesday in the second week of school, I was sitting at lunch with the Ducks trying to finish my Math problems that I had neglected the night before when Guy sat down next to me followed closely behind by Connie. After exchanging greetings Connie glanced over what I was doing as she put dressing on her salad.

"Ahh, I had such a hard time finishing those problems last night." Connie said pointing to my paper.

"Yeah I just gave up at 1, and decided to get some sleep." I responded.

"Good plan. You two are such nerds, why did you have to take an AP math class when you could just be in normal math with the majority of us Ducks. Come on Connie there is less time for us to make out these days." Guy inquired.

"I'm so glad that that is all that you think that I am good for. But someone will have to support us in the future." Connie teased him.

"True, and your work ethic is pretty sexy." Guy said kissing Connie lightly on the neck.

"Come on guys, I am trying to eat over here." Charlie yelled from the other end of the table, and they stopped after another few quick kisses.

"Anyway, you can copy my answers if you want." Connie offered.

"No thats okay. Its only the second week of school its too early to copy anything, and I will never get this crap if I don't do this. But thanks."

"Oh my God, Banksie. You are such a geek." Guy said laughing.

"Thanks." I responded and got back to my extremely dull work.

"Banksie I have some intreasting news to tell you." Guy continued after Connie left to get a different dressing for her salad.

"Yeah, what is it?" I said not looking up from an extremley difficult problem that I was on the verge of solving.

"You know Ashely Collins?"

"I think so. She was in our English class freshman year right? The brunette in the front." I answered, vaguely aware of who she was.

" Well she is a blonde now, but that is her."

"What about her?" I asked as I wrote down the answer to the last problem.

"My locker is next to one of her many friends, and they were there today talking about you. And lets just say she is particularly fond of her." Guy explained.

"Really?" I replied, as I tried to remember more about her. If I remembered correctly she was pretty hot, and relatively smart. But I didn't really know her that well.

"Yes really. And your single, and she's single. You should totally ask her out man."

"Maybe." I said, it was something that was defiantly worth thinking about.

Lily's POV:

Being back at school was extremely difficult because I had been seeing Adam even more than I had been over the summer and on more of a regular basis. I was also avoiding Ben in the halls as much as I could, because he always wanted to make out like in front of everyone which sometimes included Adam, whose locker was only a few feet from mine. Ben was pretty dense sometimes, so he had no idea I was avoiding him. But It was still extremely awkward when Ben would pin me against my locker when Adam was at his. But sometimes there was no way to avoid it, and I needed to seem like I had moved on, even though almost every day I regretted the decision that I had made.

On Tuesday after school I was getting my stuff together for swim practice at my locker when I noticed Adam approached a locker near mine, and started talking to that annoying girl Ashley Collins. From where I was I could hear there rather akward conversation. He said hi, and she responded and was like giggling non-stop. Her laugh was one of the most annoying laughs of all the girls at our school. It was high pitched and choppy, and made me want to bang my head against the locker. I stayed at my locker longer then I needed to in order to hear the end of their conversation because even though I found it hard to believe it sounded like he was going to ask her out. And sure enough before I knew it he had, and was walking right by me. He glanced back at me once when he walked but quickly turned and kept walking. I stood at my locker for another few minutes, kind of shocked. Selfishly and unrealistically I assumed he wouldn't see anyone else, and that I would be able to just get back with him if I could just get over our past problems. I was so stupid, and the laughter and squealing that was coming from Ashley's locker as she talked to her friends was only making me feel sick about the whole thing.

I hurried off towards the swim team locker room, not paying any attention to where I was going and the next thing you know I ran right into someone and my books, and there books went flying everywhere.

"Sorry" I muttered as I began to pick them off the ground.

"It's alright. It was just as much my fault as it was yours." I recognized a familiar voice say, and I looked up and recognized Charlie Conway picking up his own books.

"Oh, hey Charlie." I said greeting him, a little awkwardly because of the Adam situation.

"Hi, so what has you so important that you just slam into people in the hallway." he said smirking.

"Nothing, just trying to get away from something. And I think I may be late for swim practice, but there is no rush." I explained.

"Join the club I am always late for hockey practice, maybe it has something to do with all the detentions I get but who knows." he joked and I laughed.

"Yeah that would do it. So how are you? I haven't seen you since the end of summer." I asked blushing remembering how horribly that whole event had turned out.

"I'm good, I have way too much homework but I manage. Banksie thankfully lets me copy some of his answers on occasion so I am getting by. And how are you?" he answered.

"Fine. How is Adam doing?" I blurted out.

"You mean Banksie. He is the same as always, you would have to ask him to get a straight answer."

" Yeah, I figured. Well I should get going, I am insanely late. Sorry for running into you."

. "No problem, i get run into all the time in hockey practice and only by a pretty girl a couple of times." he teased.

"Thanks, I guess. I will see you around." I commented as I waved and headed off towards the locker rooms, and he nodded as he headed off in the other direction to his locker. I couldn't help but hope that he would tell Adam he saw me, not that he would care as he hadn't really looked at me in weeks.

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