Note: I wasn't originally going to continue the story but then I decided to
as I think that changing that scene would change the movie a little bit.
For starters the scene with Orion and the Ducks after varsity leaves the
ice would where Charlie and Fulton walk out wouldn't take place there. So
this is my idea on what takes place after that scene. Some will be the same
as the movie and other things will be changed slight. I want to thank
Banksiesbabe99, anne918, crazy4nc128, and Adriana3 for your reviews of what
is now the first chapter. Hope you enjoy the continuation.
Averman's POV:
I went through the lunch line quietly. I didn't feel much like talking. Behind me Goldberg was just as quiet. He wasn't even getting as much food as he usually did. I looked down at my tray which didn't have much on it either. I guess neither of us was very hungry.
After going through the line we headed over to the table that we usually sat at with our teammates. Some of them were already there but no one was talking and as I looked around the table I noticed that no one was really eating either. I guess they all felt the same way I did. Guilty about the way we had been treating Adam just because he had made varsity and responsible for him being in the hospital. It had been our practical joke with the ants that had resulted in the impromptu game with varsity. If we had never had that game then Adam would have been sitting over at the varsity table right now.
I glanced over to where varsity was sitting. They had left us alone the whole day since we had come back from the hospital. It was the first time since the start of the school year that they hadn't bothered us. Over at there table things looked a little more subdued than usual although they were talking to each other. Actually as I watched it actually seemed as if Scooter was arguing with Riley.
"Aren't you two getting anything to eat," I heard Guy ask bringing me out of my thoughts. Julie and Connie had just come in. They had been called to the office in the middle of last period and I knew why. Dean Buckley had been pulling all of us out of classes all morning. I had been one of the first ones to go. Buckley was trying to figure out exactly what had happened this morning. What either team was doing on the ice and exactly how Adam had gotten hurt. I don't know what the others had told him but I had told him exactly what had happened. I didn't see the point in lying about it and I didn't care if I got in trouble. The way I saw it we deserved to get into trouble.
"I'm not hungry," Connie said.
"Me neither," Julie chimed in.
"So is that all of us then," Guy said. We knew what he meant. Had all of us talked to Dean Buckley alright. We all nodded. "Anyone seen Charlie?" he asked.
"I don't think he came back yet," Russ said.
"Did Buckley say anything about punishment?" Fulton asked directing his question to Julie and Connie.
"I asked about that," Julie said quietly. "He said he was leaving it up to our coaches."
"We're in trouble," Russ said.
"Orion's really going to hate us after this," Ken said. I had to agree with him.
"Speaking of Orion," Fulton said. "I ran into him on my way to the cafeteria. He told me to tell everyone that we are to bring our Duck Jersey's to practice this afternoon."
"Did he say why?" I asked him.
"No."
"This can't be good," I said and saw several of my teammates nod in agreement.
That was when I saw Charlie walk into the cafeteria. He came over to our table and sat down. He looked like he had been crying which I think worried all of us. I know it worried me.
"How's Adam?" Julie finally ventured asking what I know we all wanted to ask.
"He woke up," Charlie said. "He knew who I was and remembered what happened which the doctor said is a good sign but they aren't releasing him yet. I heard the doctor telling his parents that there was still some swelling of the brain which they're concerned about and that they would know more in the morning."
"Did you talk to him? Is he mad at us?" Connie asked.
"No he's not mad us," Charlie said softly and I could see a tear start rolling down his cheek. I had never seen Charlie cry in my life and I had known him since we were both little. "In fact as soon as he woke up he started trying to convince me that he didn't know about the pranks varsity pulled until it was to late to warn us. We dumped him because he made varsity and that is what he's worried about the most."
"Man, what have we done?" Fulton said quietly. Connie had started crying now too and Guy put his arm around her shoulder.
"I think we need change things when he comes back, guys," Guy said. "Make it up to Adam." We all nodded in agreement. Even if Adam was with Varsity he was still one of us. Unfortunately we had forgotten that.
Scooter's POV:
I left the cafeteria pissed of at Riley. He's was suppose to be team Captain but one of the team was hurt and he didn't care. All he cared about was us all sticking together and staying out of trouble. So what if the team member that was hurt was a freshman and a former Duck. He was still part of this team. I had always thought team members looked out for each other. Yet, all Riley had been doing was making Adam's life miserable. It wasn't enough for him that Adam was already feeling bad about the way the Ducks were treating him. I had seen the look on his face in the locker room when the ducks had froze everything. He had overheard us plotting the dinner prank and Riley had threatened him to keep him quiet. I had noticed the bruise on his wrist this morning in the locker room from where Riley had grabbed him that night. And then we had left him this morning after he got hurt. I had never felt so bad about something in my entire life. With everything that was going on between us and the JV he was the only one that was innocent. He hadn't really been a part of any of the pranks and yet he was the one who got hurt.
I vaguely remember what went on in my classes that afternoon. I wasn't really paying attention. I kept thinking about what had happened and kept wondering how Adam was. How bad had he been hurt?
As soon as my last class left out I headed over to the ice arena for practice. Several of the other guys were already there and they greeted me as I walked in. I said hello to them as I headed for my locker and started getting ready. I had just finished lacing my skates when Coach Wilson walked in. By this time the whole team, minus Banks of course, was in the locker room in some stage of getting ready for practice. From the look on Wilson's face he knew what had happened and he wasn't at all happy about it.
"You all might as well stop getting ready," Wilson said to us all as the door shut behind him. We all looked at him surprised. "I talked to Dean Buckley and found out about what happened this morning. What the hell were you guys thinking? That was stupid. It was nothing more than a grudge match and this prank war that is going on between the two teams is over. I catch anyone else pulling a prank and they're off the team and I mean it," Wilson said looking directly at Riley.
"Dean Buckley has informed me and Coach Orion that we are to handle the discipline for our respective teams. I thought long and hard about a punishment for you guys and I could come up with only one thing that might actually get through to you guys. I'm cancelling practice for the next to days and you are all banned from the ice arena for that duration."
"You can't do that," Riley said.
"Yes, I can and I am. I want to give you guys time to think about what happened this morning. Banks is your teammate. Not only did you guys contribute in his injury you guys didn't stay by him but JV did. It was stupid and irresponsible."
No one said anything. I think we all knew he was right.
"Get out of your gear and then leave the rink. Next practice is in two days," Wilson told us and then left the locker room.
I heard a few grumbles from those around me but nothing else. I got out of my hockey gear and left the locker room. I knew what I was going to do with my free time.
Averman's POV:
I went through the lunch line quietly. I didn't feel much like talking. Behind me Goldberg was just as quiet. He wasn't even getting as much food as he usually did. I looked down at my tray which didn't have much on it either. I guess neither of us was very hungry.
After going through the line we headed over to the table that we usually sat at with our teammates. Some of them were already there but no one was talking and as I looked around the table I noticed that no one was really eating either. I guess they all felt the same way I did. Guilty about the way we had been treating Adam just because he had made varsity and responsible for him being in the hospital. It had been our practical joke with the ants that had resulted in the impromptu game with varsity. If we had never had that game then Adam would have been sitting over at the varsity table right now.
I glanced over to where varsity was sitting. They had left us alone the whole day since we had come back from the hospital. It was the first time since the start of the school year that they hadn't bothered us. Over at there table things looked a little more subdued than usual although they were talking to each other. Actually as I watched it actually seemed as if Scooter was arguing with Riley.
"Aren't you two getting anything to eat," I heard Guy ask bringing me out of my thoughts. Julie and Connie had just come in. They had been called to the office in the middle of last period and I knew why. Dean Buckley had been pulling all of us out of classes all morning. I had been one of the first ones to go. Buckley was trying to figure out exactly what had happened this morning. What either team was doing on the ice and exactly how Adam had gotten hurt. I don't know what the others had told him but I had told him exactly what had happened. I didn't see the point in lying about it and I didn't care if I got in trouble. The way I saw it we deserved to get into trouble.
"I'm not hungry," Connie said.
"Me neither," Julie chimed in.
"So is that all of us then," Guy said. We knew what he meant. Had all of us talked to Dean Buckley alright. We all nodded. "Anyone seen Charlie?" he asked.
"I don't think he came back yet," Russ said.
"Did Buckley say anything about punishment?" Fulton asked directing his question to Julie and Connie.
"I asked about that," Julie said quietly. "He said he was leaving it up to our coaches."
"We're in trouble," Russ said.
"Orion's really going to hate us after this," Ken said. I had to agree with him.
"Speaking of Orion," Fulton said. "I ran into him on my way to the cafeteria. He told me to tell everyone that we are to bring our Duck Jersey's to practice this afternoon."
"Did he say why?" I asked him.
"No."
"This can't be good," I said and saw several of my teammates nod in agreement.
That was when I saw Charlie walk into the cafeteria. He came over to our table and sat down. He looked like he had been crying which I think worried all of us. I know it worried me.
"How's Adam?" Julie finally ventured asking what I know we all wanted to ask.
"He woke up," Charlie said. "He knew who I was and remembered what happened which the doctor said is a good sign but they aren't releasing him yet. I heard the doctor telling his parents that there was still some swelling of the brain which they're concerned about and that they would know more in the morning."
"Did you talk to him? Is he mad at us?" Connie asked.
"No he's not mad us," Charlie said softly and I could see a tear start rolling down his cheek. I had never seen Charlie cry in my life and I had known him since we were both little. "In fact as soon as he woke up he started trying to convince me that he didn't know about the pranks varsity pulled until it was to late to warn us. We dumped him because he made varsity and that is what he's worried about the most."
"Man, what have we done?" Fulton said quietly. Connie had started crying now too and Guy put his arm around her shoulder.
"I think we need change things when he comes back, guys," Guy said. "Make it up to Adam." We all nodded in agreement. Even if Adam was with Varsity he was still one of us. Unfortunately we had forgotten that.
Scooter's POV:
I left the cafeteria pissed of at Riley. He's was suppose to be team Captain but one of the team was hurt and he didn't care. All he cared about was us all sticking together and staying out of trouble. So what if the team member that was hurt was a freshman and a former Duck. He was still part of this team. I had always thought team members looked out for each other. Yet, all Riley had been doing was making Adam's life miserable. It wasn't enough for him that Adam was already feeling bad about the way the Ducks were treating him. I had seen the look on his face in the locker room when the ducks had froze everything. He had overheard us plotting the dinner prank and Riley had threatened him to keep him quiet. I had noticed the bruise on his wrist this morning in the locker room from where Riley had grabbed him that night. And then we had left him this morning after he got hurt. I had never felt so bad about something in my entire life. With everything that was going on between us and the JV he was the only one that was innocent. He hadn't really been a part of any of the pranks and yet he was the one who got hurt.
I vaguely remember what went on in my classes that afternoon. I wasn't really paying attention. I kept thinking about what had happened and kept wondering how Adam was. How bad had he been hurt?
As soon as my last class left out I headed over to the ice arena for practice. Several of the other guys were already there and they greeted me as I walked in. I said hello to them as I headed for my locker and started getting ready. I had just finished lacing my skates when Coach Wilson walked in. By this time the whole team, minus Banks of course, was in the locker room in some stage of getting ready for practice. From the look on Wilson's face he knew what had happened and he wasn't at all happy about it.
"You all might as well stop getting ready," Wilson said to us all as the door shut behind him. We all looked at him surprised. "I talked to Dean Buckley and found out about what happened this morning. What the hell were you guys thinking? That was stupid. It was nothing more than a grudge match and this prank war that is going on between the two teams is over. I catch anyone else pulling a prank and they're off the team and I mean it," Wilson said looking directly at Riley.
"Dean Buckley has informed me and Coach Orion that we are to handle the discipline for our respective teams. I thought long and hard about a punishment for you guys and I could come up with only one thing that might actually get through to you guys. I'm cancelling practice for the next to days and you are all banned from the ice arena for that duration."
"You can't do that," Riley said.
"Yes, I can and I am. I want to give you guys time to think about what happened this morning. Banks is your teammate. Not only did you guys contribute in his injury you guys didn't stay by him but JV did. It was stupid and irresponsible."
No one said anything. I think we all knew he was right.
"Get out of your gear and then leave the rink. Next practice is in two days," Wilson told us and then left the locker room.
I heard a few grumbles from those around me but nothing else. I got out of my hockey gear and left the locker room. I knew what I was going to do with my free time.