"Banks skates past the blue line, into the Pine Lake zone. He passes over to Robertson; Robertson passes it back to Banks. Banks goes backhanded...scores!!!!"
Everyone on the rink was on their feet. From all the noise, you would have thought that the walls were going to explode. It was Friday, and the ducks were playing at home,
against Pine Lake Academy. Star was in the middle of all the action, sitting with Kat,
Mari Anne, Nicci, and Linda.
At the end of the night, the ducks won the game, 2-0. The girls were waiting in the
stands for the team to get dressed, so they could all go out and celebrate together.
"Hey, you guys. Awesome game!" Nicci commented as the girls ran to meet the team just as they walked out of the locker room, tired, but happy about their victory.
"Thanks Nic." Luis said, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.
The group proceeded to the busy parking lot, but Adam pulled Star away. The two stood close to the curb holding hands.
"What's up?" Star asked, giggling at the childish gleam in Adam's eyes.
"Nothing." He breathed. "It's just that I'm surprised that I could concentrate on the
game at all tonight. All I could think about was you. I love you, Star."
"Well, I love you too, Adam." Star replied, slightly confused.
"No, I mean, I know it sounds weird, but I was thinking about it today, and I can't even think about living without you now. I love you so much." Adam smiled.
Star couldn't think of anything to say in reply. She felt the same way. It was like she had finally found someone that totally understood her. It was the craziest thing in the world, but she loved it.
"Hey guys, hurry up!" Charlie yelled from across the parking lot.
Star smiled at Adam as she took his hand, and started to run across the parking lot to join the others. Adam jokingly pulled her back, and kissed her quickly on the lips.
What happened next was a blur. Star remembered seeing a car coming straight towards them, after that she just acted on total instinct and pushed Adam, as hard as she could out of the way.
Adam hadn't even seen anything coming, the next thing he knew, he was lying on the ground, and there was a scene all around them. He saw all of his friends running towards him.
Adam was still trying to find out what happened when he noticed Charlie's hang,
supportively on his shoulder, at that moment everything rushed back to reality. He
remembered that a car had been coming straight towards he and Star, had she pushed him out of the way, where was she? Adam couldn't seem to get his mouth to form words.
"Banks, were going to the hospital." Charlie told him.
Adam couldn't do anything but nod.
The varsity had heard all the commotion and now was standing in the parking lot as well, in full uniform and all.
"Julie what happened?" Scooter ran over to his girlfriend was panicky looking for a ride for the ducks to the hospital.
"Scooter, Cole hit Star with his car." The words spilled out of her mouth and Adam's head jerked up. Cole hit her with a car, why would he? Then he understood Cole had been aiming for him.
"We need to get to the hospital fast." Kat's southern drawl was just as shaken up as everyone else's voice.
"Alright who's the closest to Star?" Scooter asked
"Adam and Nicci." Kenny answered
"Okay, Banks, Nicci, Luis and Julie, you ride with me. The rest of you find a car, with on of these guys." Scooter gestured to his team and neither they nor the ducks argued. It didn't matter only Star mattered.
"Why in the hell would Cole do something like this!" He exclaimed as his Mercedes careened down the Minnesota streets
"He was trying for me." Adam's voice was barely above a whisper.
They were the first carload to arrive in the waiting room, but soon the others came rushing in. The teams stood on opposite sides of the room, even in the wake of this disaster they wouldn't integrate.
"Nurse how is she?" Scooter rushed the women as she came from Star's room, with Cole in jail and Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence in the Hamptons, he was the closest thing to family she had.
"Stable but critical, she's very weak, but she's been asking for Scott, Rick and Adam. I don't know who they are but could you tell them they can see her one at a time."
"I'm Scott, the fogged bound kid with the light hair over there is her boyfriend Adam and the dark haired guy with the captain jersey on his Rick. I'm gonna go in to see her now." He kissed Julie's cheek and pulled out of the death grip she had on his hand.
"Hey Starlight…" Scott approached the bed slowly; Star's crystal eyes were closed but fluttered at the sound of his voice
"Scott?"
"It's me Star."
"No one calls me Starlight anymore."
"Incase you haven't noticed no one calls me Scott anymore either."
"Why'd he do it Scooter? He was going straight at Adam."
"I don't know Star, I wish I did."
"Watch Adam okay. I don't know how he's gonna take this."
"I will, I'm going to go now alright. Riley and Banksie still have to come on." It was a lie he was going so she wouldn't see the tears that were about to start flowing form his eyes at any second.
"Okay."
"You go in next Riley, you've known her longer." Everyone was impressed by Banks's selflessness, what they didn't know was he was wary of seeing her, knowing it was his fault.
"Hey Kiddo, how are you feeling?" Riley walked over and sat on the chair near her bed.
"Like I was hit by a car." Rick couldn't tell if she was joking or serious so he said nothing. "Rick, I'm not making out of this room alive."
"What are you talking about? Of course you are Star."
"No listen to me, don't fight with me on this. I have two favors to ask you. Tell Bryon I'm sorry I've been so mean to him and stop this. Stop this feud with the ducks."
Riley nodded solemnly.
"Thank you, can I see Adam now?"
"Yeah I'll go get him."
"Banksie, your turn."
Banks nodded but didn't move, frozen to the floor
"Go now Cake-eater." Portman Fulton gave him a little shove from behind that nearly knocked him over.
"Baby, are you awake?" Adam called from the doorway secretly hoping she fell asleep in the ten seconds his Riley left the room. He didn't know if he could see her like that, broke and in pain.
"I'm awake Adam, come here." So such luck
"Star why did you do that, huh? That car was meant for me. It should've hit me." Banks was the first of the three to let her see his tears
"Remember what you told me earlier, about not being able to live without me? I couldn't live without you either. But you, have the ducks, I would have no one to help me deal with losing you."
"Well I'm not losing you, I'm not losing you because you're not gonna die on me. We have too much left to do together. I'm not letting you leave me." His tone was frantic
"Adam, I'll always be with you, no matter what." She placed a bruised and scraped hand on his "You're the first person, I ever said those words too and you'll be the only one. But that's fine with me. My life wouldn't have been complete if you hadn't bee in it." Star's eyelids began to close "I love you Adam Jonathon Banks."
"I love you too, Star Katherine Lawrence." Adam leaned in and pushed his lips to hers one last time. An hour later Star was gone.
The funeral was hard on all the ducks they had buried Hans at the same graveyard only 2 months before and some how the fact that Star was their age made it harder. The girls couldn't stop crying for anything. Julie and Kat were hugging each other and Connie's face was buried in Guy's shoulder. When Portman saw the tears trickling down Mari Anne's face he kissed her gently on the cheek, it was their first kiss and she'd wished it was for another reason, Luis hadn't let Nicci out of his arms for days, oh yes they would beat a month for sure. The two teams were mixed together as they stood by the casket; neither caring if the person to their left of right was warrior or duck. Star had meant something to all of them. Scooter gave the eulogy, Cole was still in jail, and the Lawrences were stuck in the Caribbean and Adam had barely said two words to anyone in the five days since her death. He stood at the foot of the coffin with the same stony expression, he'd been wearing since he left her hospital room. It was so hard to fathom that, that pine box held his first love.
When the service was over everyone was heading to their cars. The diner Charlie's mother worked at was providing free food to the mourners that day. Just before Banks got into Scooter's car, Riley tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned Rick extended his hand. And as they stood there and shook hands, there was an unspoken agreement between each team. They were no longer, varsity and j.v. they were the Eden Hall mighty ducks.
Everyone on the rink was on their feet. From all the noise, you would have thought that the walls were going to explode. It was Friday, and the ducks were playing at home,
against Pine Lake Academy. Star was in the middle of all the action, sitting with Kat,
Mari Anne, Nicci, and Linda.
At the end of the night, the ducks won the game, 2-0. The girls were waiting in the
stands for the team to get dressed, so they could all go out and celebrate together.
"Hey, you guys. Awesome game!" Nicci commented as the girls ran to meet the team just as they walked out of the locker room, tired, but happy about their victory.
"Thanks Nic." Luis said, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.
The group proceeded to the busy parking lot, but Adam pulled Star away. The two stood close to the curb holding hands.
"What's up?" Star asked, giggling at the childish gleam in Adam's eyes.
"Nothing." He breathed. "It's just that I'm surprised that I could concentrate on the
game at all tonight. All I could think about was you. I love you, Star."
"Well, I love you too, Adam." Star replied, slightly confused.
"No, I mean, I know it sounds weird, but I was thinking about it today, and I can't even think about living without you now. I love you so much." Adam smiled.
Star couldn't think of anything to say in reply. She felt the same way. It was like she had finally found someone that totally understood her. It was the craziest thing in the world, but she loved it.
"Hey guys, hurry up!" Charlie yelled from across the parking lot.
Star smiled at Adam as she took his hand, and started to run across the parking lot to join the others. Adam jokingly pulled her back, and kissed her quickly on the lips.
What happened next was a blur. Star remembered seeing a car coming straight towards them, after that she just acted on total instinct and pushed Adam, as hard as she could out of the way.
Adam hadn't even seen anything coming, the next thing he knew, he was lying on the ground, and there was a scene all around them. He saw all of his friends running towards him.
Adam was still trying to find out what happened when he noticed Charlie's hang,
supportively on his shoulder, at that moment everything rushed back to reality. He
remembered that a car had been coming straight towards he and Star, had she pushed him out of the way, where was she? Adam couldn't seem to get his mouth to form words.
"Banks, were going to the hospital." Charlie told him.
Adam couldn't do anything but nod.
The varsity had heard all the commotion and now was standing in the parking lot as well, in full uniform and all.
"Julie what happened?" Scooter ran over to his girlfriend was panicky looking for a ride for the ducks to the hospital.
"Scooter, Cole hit Star with his car." The words spilled out of her mouth and Adam's head jerked up. Cole hit her with a car, why would he? Then he understood Cole had been aiming for him.
"We need to get to the hospital fast." Kat's southern drawl was just as shaken up as everyone else's voice.
"Alright who's the closest to Star?" Scooter asked
"Adam and Nicci." Kenny answered
"Okay, Banks, Nicci, Luis and Julie, you ride with me. The rest of you find a car, with on of these guys." Scooter gestured to his team and neither they nor the ducks argued. It didn't matter only Star mattered.
"Why in the hell would Cole do something like this!" He exclaimed as his Mercedes careened down the Minnesota streets
"He was trying for me." Adam's voice was barely above a whisper.
They were the first carload to arrive in the waiting room, but soon the others came rushing in. The teams stood on opposite sides of the room, even in the wake of this disaster they wouldn't integrate.
"Nurse how is she?" Scooter rushed the women as she came from Star's room, with Cole in jail and Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence in the Hamptons, he was the closest thing to family she had.
"Stable but critical, she's very weak, but she's been asking for Scott, Rick and Adam. I don't know who they are but could you tell them they can see her one at a time."
"I'm Scott, the fogged bound kid with the light hair over there is her boyfriend Adam and the dark haired guy with the captain jersey on his Rick. I'm gonna go in to see her now." He kissed Julie's cheek and pulled out of the death grip she had on his hand.
"Hey Starlight…" Scott approached the bed slowly; Star's crystal eyes were closed but fluttered at the sound of his voice
"Scott?"
"It's me Star."
"No one calls me Starlight anymore."
"Incase you haven't noticed no one calls me Scott anymore either."
"Why'd he do it Scooter? He was going straight at Adam."
"I don't know Star, I wish I did."
"Watch Adam okay. I don't know how he's gonna take this."
"I will, I'm going to go now alright. Riley and Banksie still have to come on." It was a lie he was going so she wouldn't see the tears that were about to start flowing form his eyes at any second.
"Okay."
"You go in next Riley, you've known her longer." Everyone was impressed by Banks's selflessness, what they didn't know was he was wary of seeing her, knowing it was his fault.
"Hey Kiddo, how are you feeling?" Riley walked over and sat on the chair near her bed.
"Like I was hit by a car." Rick couldn't tell if she was joking or serious so he said nothing. "Rick, I'm not making out of this room alive."
"What are you talking about? Of course you are Star."
"No listen to me, don't fight with me on this. I have two favors to ask you. Tell Bryon I'm sorry I've been so mean to him and stop this. Stop this feud with the ducks."
Riley nodded solemnly.
"Thank you, can I see Adam now?"
"Yeah I'll go get him."
"Banksie, your turn."
Banks nodded but didn't move, frozen to the floor
"Go now Cake-eater." Portman Fulton gave him a little shove from behind that nearly knocked him over.
"Baby, are you awake?" Adam called from the doorway secretly hoping she fell asleep in the ten seconds his Riley left the room. He didn't know if he could see her like that, broke and in pain.
"I'm awake Adam, come here." So such luck
"Star why did you do that, huh? That car was meant for me. It should've hit me." Banks was the first of the three to let her see his tears
"Remember what you told me earlier, about not being able to live without me? I couldn't live without you either. But you, have the ducks, I would have no one to help me deal with losing you."
"Well I'm not losing you, I'm not losing you because you're not gonna die on me. We have too much left to do together. I'm not letting you leave me." His tone was frantic
"Adam, I'll always be with you, no matter what." She placed a bruised and scraped hand on his "You're the first person, I ever said those words too and you'll be the only one. But that's fine with me. My life wouldn't have been complete if you hadn't bee in it." Star's eyelids began to close "I love you Adam Jonathon Banks."
"I love you too, Star Katherine Lawrence." Adam leaned in and pushed his lips to hers one last time. An hour later Star was gone.
The funeral was hard on all the ducks they had buried Hans at the same graveyard only 2 months before and some how the fact that Star was their age made it harder. The girls couldn't stop crying for anything. Julie and Kat were hugging each other and Connie's face was buried in Guy's shoulder. When Portman saw the tears trickling down Mari Anne's face he kissed her gently on the cheek, it was their first kiss and she'd wished it was for another reason, Luis hadn't let Nicci out of his arms for days, oh yes they would beat a month for sure. The two teams were mixed together as they stood by the casket; neither caring if the person to their left of right was warrior or duck. Star had meant something to all of them. Scooter gave the eulogy, Cole was still in jail, and the Lawrences were stuck in the Caribbean and Adam had barely said two words to anyone in the five days since her death. He stood at the foot of the coffin with the same stony expression, he'd been wearing since he left her hospital room. It was so hard to fathom that, that pine box held his first love.
When the service was over everyone was heading to their cars. The diner Charlie's mother worked at was providing free food to the mourners that day. Just before Banks got into Scooter's car, Riley tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned Rick extended his hand. And as they stood there and shook hands, there was an unspoken agreement between each team. They were no longer, varsity and j.v. they were the Eden Hall mighty ducks.