Chapter 3-The Decision

The Hawks were on fire as usual that season. Everyone thought Coach Riley was the best and the players had fans and dignity. They were currently at 12-0 for season so far and looking to make it 13-0.

Micheal McGill, Tommy Larson, and Adam Banks led the starting line in every game. They made the goals, the assists, the plays. Everything.

Allison came to every game to cheer for her friends especially Banks who has always been the nicest to her. Some people thought they must have been going out. Allison and Adam like their friendship too much to cross that line especially at their age.

They were in the middle of their intense warmups. A man in a jacket and a man in a suit went over to Coach Riley. Coach Riley called Banks to the bench. Adam's father went down to the bench.

Adam looked freaked out and kinda scared. His eyes were really big. He looked confused.

Then the man in the jacket walked away and Coach Riley went after him. Adam and his father were looking at a piece of paper that the other man had.

Then Adam headed for the locker room.

Allison decided to sneak into the boy's locker room to talk to Adam. She knocked on the locker room door until Adam opened it.

When she got inside she asked, "What was that all about?"

Adam replied, "Wanna play hockey with me?"

Allison said, "Yes, but what was that all about?"

Adam said, "I'm not supposed to be playing for the Hawks. You know that team the Ducks. That is where I'm supposed to be. They redrafted the district lines last year. I could care less about which team I play for as long as I can play. I just wanna play. My dad won't let me off the Hawks which means I can't play again this year. Coach won't even let me dress in full equipment because he would want to put me in too bad."

Allison said, "If you want to play I'll go on the Ducks with you."

Adam smiled saying, "It's not only that. I haven't got a problem with sneaking off to play hockey. The Ducks' record is 0-11-1. I'm going from 12-0 to 0-11-1. That's too much of a change."

Allison tried to cheer him up by saying, "Hey, the Ducks still have a shot at the playoffs. If you play the next game with them who knows. You might take them to the playoffs all by yourself."

Adam thought and said, "You do realize that everyone on that team hates you and me."

Allison said, "And they have good reason to."

Adam said, "So you and I will be the newest members of the Ducks. Hope they're ready for us."

Allison said, "Now, that wasn't such a hard decision now was it.", and with that the two friends went back out to watch the Hawks win again.