:::Goldburg's POV:::
"Would you like chips or fries with that?" I asked the woman who was ordering.
"Fries please." She replied.
I handed her what she had ordered just as Charlie skated through the door.
"Hey Goldie...lets go, we got the court!" He exclaimed.
"I can't." I sighed.
"Come on!" Charlie coaxed me.
"I can't. My parents are out, talking to some sponsor, and I'm in charge. I have to be responsible."
"What is it with everyone this summer?" Charlie asked, starting to get heated. "Half of us went back home, and the other half of us are getting jobs, and going around and-"
"Were growing up, Charlie." I said standing up to him. "It can't be the same forever."
Charlie just locked eyes with me, like he did with anyone when he was mad at them.
"Look, I'm going to the court with the rest of the guys. If you want, you can join us later...I'm out." Charlie said as he left.
I stayed at the deli another hour. I kept waiting for my parents to get back from talking to that sponsor. The shop was pretty empty, it was an odd hour of the day. I noticed someone skate up from the direction of the courts. As he opened the door I could tell who it was.
"Hey, they sent me to come see what you were up to." Adam said leaning against the counter.
"Yeah, is Charlie still mad at me?"
"What?" Adam asked, obviously totally oblivious to the whole thing.
"He was mad at me when I told him that I couldn't come. Then he said something about everybody getting jobs and not having time to do anything."
"Yeah, Guy's working now too..." Adam said. "I don't know, I guess he just doesn't want things to change."
"I guess." I replied.
"Anyway, just tell them that I can't make it. I'll see everybody tomorrow, it's Sunday, we'll hang out in the afternoon right?"
"Probably. See ya, Goldie." Adam said standing to leave.
:::Adam's POV:::
Soon after I got back from talking to Goldburg we called game. I wasn't sure who had won, we never kept score. I thought about going home, but then I looked at my watch. It was almost five. My dad would be home soon. I didn't feel like going home and facing him. I thought for a minuet. I had talked to Guy earlier, he had said that he would be getting off at around five so I decided to skate down there. I didn't have to go far, I met him on the way.
"Hey, I was just coming to find you." I said, greeting him.
"Really, I was going to see if you were home. I don't feel like going home and talking to my parents." Guy confessed.
"That's exactly what I was thinking." I said laughing.
Guy shook his head. "At least your dad cares about you."
"He doesn't care about me, he cares about me playing hockey. He won't even give me the time of day unless it has to do with hockey."
Guy just shrugged.
We ended up skating around to the park, where we spotted Riley, Cole and some of the other varsity goons.
"Aw man!" Guy moaned when he first saw them. "I was looking forward to getting away from the varsity this summer."
"Well well well." Riley said approaching us, followed by the rest of them. "If it isn't two little lost duckies."
I rolled my eyes, Guy just stared back at them, with an annoyed look in his eyes.
"Where's your captain Banksie. You know, I didn't think you went anywhere without him to watch your back." Cole mocked.
"Shut up Cole!" Guy spat. Guy didn't usually stick up for himself, or anyone else if he didn't have to. He was a very peaceful person. I was holding my breath to see what would happen next.
"Ooooh, Good comeback double LOSER." Cole said in the same mocking tone.
Guy just rolled his eyes.
"Oh, the silent duck has copped an attitude." Riley said, egging Guy on.
"Leave us alone, Riley, were not going to fight you." Guy said honestly. I could tell that now he was just plain annoyed with them.
"Then PLAY me."
"WHY? There's no reason to. You just want to make up for losing to us earlier this year." I said stepping up...'where had that come from?' I asked myself. I was never one for talk, or action for that matter. I hated trouble.
"Fine then. We'll MAKE a reason. If you win then we leave you and the rest of your little loser friends alone for the rest of the summer...and if you lose, then...we'll just make all of your lives miserable."
"Fine." Guy said. "Where and when?"
"Right now! You losers don't have any place to be, do you?" Riley grinned. "We'll head to the courts. Just a simple little game of three bar. It'll be fun, quick, but painful, very painful."
"Whose playing who then?" Guy asked.
"Which ever one of you wants to take on Cole."
I looked over to the enforcer. He had a grin on his face. I looked to Guy.
"Come on, lets go."
We followed a few yards behind Riley, Cole, and three or four other varsity players.
"So, you wanna do it?" Guy asked me. I could tell he was kind of nervous.
"Cole knows my every move, he'll kill me." I told him.
Guy nodded. "I guess it's me then."
I sighed. "But he NAILED you in the jv/varsity game, what if he pulls something like that again?"
"Well, I'll have all summer to heal up..."
:::Julie's view:::
At the time that Guy and Adam were defending their pride against the varsity (which I would find out about later that week) I was sitting in my room, totally bored, until my big brother, Kyle knocked on my door.
"What?" I yelled.
Kyle slowly opened the door.
"Sorry, do you need something?" I asked. Kyle was just 11 months older than me, we were pretty close.
"No, I just hate seeing you like this?"
"Like what?" I asked.
"All, depressed!"
"I'm not depressed."
"Then why aren't you out with your friends?"
"I don't know." I shrugged.
"Come on, Julie...it's Saturday night!"
I sighed. "My old friends don't want to hang out with me!"
"Well, I'm going to this party, it's at my friends Billy's house. There's supposed to be a lot of last year's freshmen there. Will you please come with me?"
"I don't know." I started. "I don't really feel like it."
Kyle just shot me a look, he didn't have to say anything... "FINE!" I said, giving in.
"Yes!"
"As long as I don't have to wear a dress!" I said warningly.
"You can wear whatever you want. We can leave any time your ready, but we have to be there in an hour."
"Okay, fine, I'll be ready." I said, with little emotion.
After Kyle left I pulled on some short cut-off jean shorts and a tight red tank top. Soon after that we were on our way.
The party wasn't bad. I recognized some of the people there, but nobody had spoken to me in the first twenty minuets of the party.
I was sitting in a chair in the corner, when I noticed a boy pouring something from a bottle into the punch bowl...had he spiked it? Then I realized who it was, it was AJ Morton, a boy that I had a crush on the summer before I had left for school. We had spent a lot of time together that summer. But I hadn't talked to him since I left.
"AJ?" I asked, approaching him.
He quickly dropped the bottle into a trash can on the floor and gave me a strange look. "Yeah?"
"It's me, Julie Gaffney!"
"Julie?"
"Yeah!"
"Wow, I thought you like, moved or something..."
"I've been at school in Minnesota."
"Oh...?" He replied.
I nodded, smiling.
"You look fantastic!" He said, letting his eyes drift.
"Thanks, same to you." How stupid had that sounded.
But he just grinned. "You wanna, um- go chill outside, it's not as loud and, we can talk."
I nodded. "Sure, I'd like that."
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Wow...don't know where all that came from- I guess I was bored....anywayz- I really liked the idea of bringing the varsity into it, and now Charlie's mad at poor Goldie and something is going to happen with Julie- I've got it all planned out...and I have yet to write about Averman leaving to work at summer camp...so that's whats in store for the next chapter...but for now you can review this one ;-) lol. peace!
"Would you like chips or fries with that?" I asked the woman who was ordering.
"Fries please." She replied.
I handed her what she had ordered just as Charlie skated through the door.
"Hey Goldie...lets go, we got the court!" He exclaimed.
"I can't." I sighed.
"Come on!" Charlie coaxed me.
"I can't. My parents are out, talking to some sponsor, and I'm in charge. I have to be responsible."
"What is it with everyone this summer?" Charlie asked, starting to get heated. "Half of us went back home, and the other half of us are getting jobs, and going around and-"
"Were growing up, Charlie." I said standing up to him. "It can't be the same forever."
Charlie just locked eyes with me, like he did with anyone when he was mad at them.
"Look, I'm going to the court with the rest of the guys. If you want, you can join us later...I'm out." Charlie said as he left.
I stayed at the deli another hour. I kept waiting for my parents to get back from talking to that sponsor. The shop was pretty empty, it was an odd hour of the day. I noticed someone skate up from the direction of the courts. As he opened the door I could tell who it was.
"Hey, they sent me to come see what you were up to." Adam said leaning against the counter.
"Yeah, is Charlie still mad at me?"
"What?" Adam asked, obviously totally oblivious to the whole thing.
"He was mad at me when I told him that I couldn't come. Then he said something about everybody getting jobs and not having time to do anything."
"Yeah, Guy's working now too..." Adam said. "I don't know, I guess he just doesn't want things to change."
"I guess." I replied.
"Anyway, just tell them that I can't make it. I'll see everybody tomorrow, it's Sunday, we'll hang out in the afternoon right?"
"Probably. See ya, Goldie." Adam said standing to leave.
:::Adam's POV:::
Soon after I got back from talking to Goldburg we called game. I wasn't sure who had won, we never kept score. I thought about going home, but then I looked at my watch. It was almost five. My dad would be home soon. I didn't feel like going home and facing him. I thought for a minuet. I had talked to Guy earlier, he had said that he would be getting off at around five so I decided to skate down there. I didn't have to go far, I met him on the way.
"Hey, I was just coming to find you." I said, greeting him.
"Really, I was going to see if you were home. I don't feel like going home and talking to my parents." Guy confessed.
"That's exactly what I was thinking." I said laughing.
Guy shook his head. "At least your dad cares about you."
"He doesn't care about me, he cares about me playing hockey. He won't even give me the time of day unless it has to do with hockey."
Guy just shrugged.
We ended up skating around to the park, where we spotted Riley, Cole and some of the other varsity goons.
"Aw man!" Guy moaned when he first saw them. "I was looking forward to getting away from the varsity this summer."
"Well well well." Riley said approaching us, followed by the rest of them. "If it isn't two little lost duckies."
I rolled my eyes, Guy just stared back at them, with an annoyed look in his eyes.
"Where's your captain Banksie. You know, I didn't think you went anywhere without him to watch your back." Cole mocked.
"Shut up Cole!" Guy spat. Guy didn't usually stick up for himself, or anyone else if he didn't have to. He was a very peaceful person. I was holding my breath to see what would happen next.
"Ooooh, Good comeback double LOSER." Cole said in the same mocking tone.
Guy just rolled his eyes.
"Oh, the silent duck has copped an attitude." Riley said, egging Guy on.
"Leave us alone, Riley, were not going to fight you." Guy said honestly. I could tell that now he was just plain annoyed with them.
"Then PLAY me."
"WHY? There's no reason to. You just want to make up for losing to us earlier this year." I said stepping up...'where had that come from?' I asked myself. I was never one for talk, or action for that matter. I hated trouble.
"Fine then. We'll MAKE a reason. If you win then we leave you and the rest of your little loser friends alone for the rest of the summer...and if you lose, then...we'll just make all of your lives miserable."
"Fine." Guy said. "Where and when?"
"Right now! You losers don't have any place to be, do you?" Riley grinned. "We'll head to the courts. Just a simple little game of three bar. It'll be fun, quick, but painful, very painful."
"Whose playing who then?" Guy asked.
"Which ever one of you wants to take on Cole."
I looked over to the enforcer. He had a grin on his face. I looked to Guy.
"Come on, lets go."
We followed a few yards behind Riley, Cole, and three or four other varsity players.
"So, you wanna do it?" Guy asked me. I could tell he was kind of nervous.
"Cole knows my every move, he'll kill me." I told him.
Guy nodded. "I guess it's me then."
I sighed. "But he NAILED you in the jv/varsity game, what if he pulls something like that again?"
"Well, I'll have all summer to heal up..."
:::Julie's view:::
At the time that Guy and Adam were defending their pride against the varsity (which I would find out about later that week) I was sitting in my room, totally bored, until my big brother, Kyle knocked on my door.
"What?" I yelled.
Kyle slowly opened the door.
"Sorry, do you need something?" I asked. Kyle was just 11 months older than me, we were pretty close.
"No, I just hate seeing you like this?"
"Like what?" I asked.
"All, depressed!"
"I'm not depressed."
"Then why aren't you out with your friends?"
"I don't know." I shrugged.
"Come on, Julie...it's Saturday night!"
I sighed. "My old friends don't want to hang out with me!"
"Well, I'm going to this party, it's at my friends Billy's house. There's supposed to be a lot of last year's freshmen there. Will you please come with me?"
"I don't know." I started. "I don't really feel like it."
Kyle just shot me a look, he didn't have to say anything... "FINE!" I said, giving in.
"Yes!"
"As long as I don't have to wear a dress!" I said warningly.
"You can wear whatever you want. We can leave any time your ready, but we have to be there in an hour."
"Okay, fine, I'll be ready." I said, with little emotion.
After Kyle left I pulled on some short cut-off jean shorts and a tight red tank top. Soon after that we were on our way.
The party wasn't bad. I recognized some of the people there, but nobody had spoken to me in the first twenty minuets of the party.
I was sitting in a chair in the corner, when I noticed a boy pouring something from a bottle into the punch bowl...had he spiked it? Then I realized who it was, it was AJ Morton, a boy that I had a crush on the summer before I had left for school. We had spent a lot of time together that summer. But I hadn't talked to him since I left.
"AJ?" I asked, approaching him.
He quickly dropped the bottle into a trash can on the floor and gave me a strange look. "Yeah?"
"It's me, Julie Gaffney!"
"Julie?"
"Yeah!"
"Wow, I thought you like, moved or something..."
"I've been at school in Minnesota."
"Oh...?" He replied.
I nodded, smiling.
"You look fantastic!" He said, letting his eyes drift.
"Thanks, same to you." How stupid had that sounded.
But he just grinned. "You wanna, um- go chill outside, it's not as loud and, we can talk."
I nodded. "Sure, I'd like that."
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Wow...don't know where all that came from- I guess I was bored....anywayz- I really liked the idea of bringing the varsity into it, and now Charlie's mad at poor Goldie and something is going to happen with Julie- I've got it all planned out...and I have yet to write about Averman leaving to work at summer camp...so that's whats in store for the next chapter...but for now you can review this one ;-) lol. peace!