Star smiled as she saw Adam's eyes beginning to droop.
"Get some sleep. I'll meet you at breakfast in the morning?"
"You better." He squeezed her hand "Night baby."
"Good night." Star replied as she left the room, practically floating on cloud nine. "Be quiet he's asleep." She said to Portman, who was still standing in the hall.
Scooter was waiting outside the J.V. boys dorm for Star when she came out.
"How's Banks doing?"
Star jumped at the voice in the darkness but began to relax when she realized it was only Scott Anderson.
"I think he'll be all right. He didn't deserve that Scooter, I don't get what's happened to Cole. He used to be so friendly and gentle, now he's…I don't know what he is. Where is he, by the way?"
"Tearing apart his dorm room. But I told him if I catch him leaving the room I'd show the cheerleading squad the pictures of him in you moms wedding dress.
"That's awful." Star laughed for the first time in a week.
"Nah, he was cuter then, anyway."
"Nicer too. God Scooter what happened to us?"
"We grew up; some of us not for the better. But you turned out great Star. You know I always thought of you as my little sister."
"And I always had a crush on you." Star's cheeks tinted pink again.
"You did? I never knew that." He couldn't believe it
"Yup. Remember for my eighth birthday I gave you an invitation, that was homemade and covered in glitter? I made it especially for you, everyone else got store bought ones."
"I didn't even go to you party that year did I? I had a peewee game." Scooter resolved.
Star nodded. "I waited by the window for the whole party because you said you'd be there. I waited till dark, you never showed up and I cried."
"Geeze make me feel guilty about something I did over 6 years ago. If I'd known, I woulda gone." The handsome goalie smiled at her.
"It's okay. It helped me get over you, which is good because if I was still swooning over you, I would've missed out on Adam."
"True. Here's your stop." Star didn't realize they had reached her room until Scooter pointed it out.
"Good night Scott, thanks for the talk."
"Anytime, good night Star."
By lunch time the following Monday, Adam was feeling a lot better. The usual gang gathered at the J.V. table in the cafeteria for lunch. The ducks, plus Linda, Star, Scooter, who was planning to avoid his team mates since after the incident at the dance; Mari Anne, who was with Portman; Nicci, who was amazingly still holding things up with Luis; and Kat, who had found a friend in Ken after Adam had ditched her for Star at the dance.
Walls between the cliques were coming crumbling down at Eden Hall, however, the one held up between the ducks, and the warriors was still going strong. The varsity hockey team, was the only team that was objecting to the school wide mascot change. Most of the team was still wearing their warrior jerseys to practice in protest. Their first game with their new jerseys would be Friday, and they weren't too happy about it.
Towards the end of lunch Riley, and Cole approached the duck's table, both wearing huge, excited grins on their faces.
"What do you want, Riley?" Charlie asked. He was about to take a bite out of his brownie, when the varsity had so rudely interrupted them.
Just then, halfway across the cafeteria a loud screech came from the varsity table, heads turned in that direction. The entire table had turned around long enough for Riley to switch Charlie's brownie with another one.
"Sorry, about that!" A varsity player, Zack Smith yelled loudly enough for the entire cafeteria to hear him. After that people started talking again, and the team turned their attention back to Riley, and Cole.
"So?" Portman asked the varsity captain, impatiently.
"Never mind, go back to your little fun, duckies." Cole said with a laugh, as the two turned to walk back to their own table.
"That was weird." Ken shrugged, as he went back to his food.
"Tell me about it." Charlie murmured as he took a bite out of his brownie. He had consumed the whole thing before even noticing the obvious.
"Guys?" He asked, a few of his friends stopped what they were doing, and turned towards him.
"What?" Guy asked, taking a sip of his soda.
"Did those brownies have nuts?"
"Half of them did, and half of them didn't..." Goldberg replied.
"You would know." Kat joked, rolling her eyes at Goldberg.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Goldberg asked.
"Nothing." Kat laughed.
"It better not have because-"
"Crap!" Charlie exclaimed cutting Goldberg off.
"What?" Luis asked.
"Don't you get it?" Charlie started. "Riley and Cole switched my brownie for one with nuts!"
"And that's a bad thing?" Mari Anne asked, curiously.
Charlie shot her a look. Usually he wouldn't have had such an attitude towards his friends but he was not in the best humor, knowing what was about to happen to him. Guy was the first one to understand what was going on, and burst into laughter.
"Only if your Charlie." He said, answering Mari Anne's earlier question.
"Did you just eat that whole thing?" Fulton asked.
Charlie nodded miserably.
"What?" Mari Anne asked, still not understanding.
"Charlie's allergic to nuts." Portman explained.
Averman nodded in agreement. "He breaks out in hives, and blows up like a balloon. I've seen it happen, it's pretty funny."
"Shut up, Averman." Charlie growled. "Look, it's all ready starting." He said holding up his bloated left hand. It had already begun to break out in hives.
"How did they find out about your allergy?" Julie asked, from the other side of the table.
"I don't know. But were going to get them back. You guys have no clue how uncomfortable I'm going to be by the end of the day." He moaned.
By the end of lunch, Charlie's skin was covered with huge red whelps. All of the ducks and company had a good laugh with it at first, but now they were realizing that the varsity had to be put in their place. This was going to be interesting.
"If it's a prank war they want, it's a prank war that their gonna get." Portman declared, as he slapped palms with Fulton.
"Were taking no prisoners!" He growled.
After lunch Adam and Star headed to their next class together.
"Poor Charlie." Star sighed as they settled into their seats before the bell rang. "I mean, I feel awful for him."
Adam nodded in agreement.
"Do you think that this is going to get ugly?"
"I hope not but, with the varsity...you never know." Adam replied, shaking his head.
"Get some sleep. I'll meet you at breakfast in the morning?"
"You better." He squeezed her hand "Night baby."
"Good night." Star replied as she left the room, practically floating on cloud nine. "Be quiet he's asleep." She said to Portman, who was still standing in the hall.
Scooter was waiting outside the J.V. boys dorm for Star when she came out.
"How's Banks doing?"
Star jumped at the voice in the darkness but began to relax when she realized it was only Scott Anderson.
"I think he'll be all right. He didn't deserve that Scooter, I don't get what's happened to Cole. He used to be so friendly and gentle, now he's…I don't know what he is. Where is he, by the way?"
"Tearing apart his dorm room. But I told him if I catch him leaving the room I'd show the cheerleading squad the pictures of him in you moms wedding dress.
"That's awful." Star laughed for the first time in a week.
"Nah, he was cuter then, anyway."
"Nicer too. God Scooter what happened to us?"
"We grew up; some of us not for the better. But you turned out great Star. You know I always thought of you as my little sister."
"And I always had a crush on you." Star's cheeks tinted pink again.
"You did? I never knew that." He couldn't believe it
"Yup. Remember for my eighth birthday I gave you an invitation, that was homemade and covered in glitter? I made it especially for you, everyone else got store bought ones."
"I didn't even go to you party that year did I? I had a peewee game." Scooter resolved.
Star nodded. "I waited by the window for the whole party because you said you'd be there. I waited till dark, you never showed up and I cried."
"Geeze make me feel guilty about something I did over 6 years ago. If I'd known, I woulda gone." The handsome goalie smiled at her.
"It's okay. It helped me get over you, which is good because if I was still swooning over you, I would've missed out on Adam."
"True. Here's your stop." Star didn't realize they had reached her room until Scooter pointed it out.
"Good night Scott, thanks for the talk."
"Anytime, good night Star."
By lunch time the following Monday, Adam was feeling a lot better. The usual gang gathered at the J.V. table in the cafeteria for lunch. The ducks, plus Linda, Star, Scooter, who was planning to avoid his team mates since after the incident at the dance; Mari Anne, who was with Portman; Nicci, who was amazingly still holding things up with Luis; and Kat, who had found a friend in Ken after Adam had ditched her for Star at the dance.
Walls between the cliques were coming crumbling down at Eden Hall, however, the one held up between the ducks, and the warriors was still going strong. The varsity hockey team, was the only team that was objecting to the school wide mascot change. Most of the team was still wearing their warrior jerseys to practice in protest. Their first game with their new jerseys would be Friday, and they weren't too happy about it.
Towards the end of lunch Riley, and Cole approached the duck's table, both wearing huge, excited grins on their faces.
"What do you want, Riley?" Charlie asked. He was about to take a bite out of his brownie, when the varsity had so rudely interrupted them.
Just then, halfway across the cafeteria a loud screech came from the varsity table, heads turned in that direction. The entire table had turned around long enough for Riley to switch Charlie's brownie with another one.
"Sorry, about that!" A varsity player, Zack Smith yelled loudly enough for the entire cafeteria to hear him. After that people started talking again, and the team turned their attention back to Riley, and Cole.
"So?" Portman asked the varsity captain, impatiently.
"Never mind, go back to your little fun, duckies." Cole said with a laugh, as the two turned to walk back to their own table.
"That was weird." Ken shrugged, as he went back to his food.
"Tell me about it." Charlie murmured as he took a bite out of his brownie. He had consumed the whole thing before even noticing the obvious.
"Guys?" He asked, a few of his friends stopped what they were doing, and turned towards him.
"What?" Guy asked, taking a sip of his soda.
"Did those brownies have nuts?"
"Half of them did, and half of them didn't..." Goldberg replied.
"You would know." Kat joked, rolling her eyes at Goldberg.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Goldberg asked.
"Nothing." Kat laughed.
"It better not have because-"
"Crap!" Charlie exclaimed cutting Goldberg off.
"What?" Luis asked.
"Don't you get it?" Charlie started. "Riley and Cole switched my brownie for one with nuts!"
"And that's a bad thing?" Mari Anne asked, curiously.
Charlie shot her a look. Usually he wouldn't have had such an attitude towards his friends but he was not in the best humor, knowing what was about to happen to him. Guy was the first one to understand what was going on, and burst into laughter.
"Only if your Charlie." He said, answering Mari Anne's earlier question.
"Did you just eat that whole thing?" Fulton asked.
Charlie nodded miserably.
"What?" Mari Anne asked, still not understanding.
"Charlie's allergic to nuts." Portman explained.
Averman nodded in agreement. "He breaks out in hives, and blows up like a balloon. I've seen it happen, it's pretty funny."
"Shut up, Averman." Charlie growled. "Look, it's all ready starting." He said holding up his bloated left hand. It had already begun to break out in hives.
"How did they find out about your allergy?" Julie asked, from the other side of the table.
"I don't know. But were going to get them back. You guys have no clue how uncomfortable I'm going to be by the end of the day." He moaned.
By the end of lunch, Charlie's skin was covered with huge red whelps. All of the ducks and company had a good laugh with it at first, but now they were realizing that the varsity had to be put in their place. This was going to be interesting.
"If it's a prank war they want, it's a prank war that their gonna get." Portman declared, as he slapped palms with Fulton.
"Were taking no prisoners!" He growled.
After lunch Adam and Star headed to their next class together.
"Poor Charlie." Star sighed as they settled into their seats before the bell rang. "I mean, I feel awful for him."
Adam nodded in agreement.
"Do you think that this is going to get ugly?"
"I hope not but, with the varsity...you never know." Adam replied, shaking his head.