Chapter 7- The Afternoon

Luis & Katie met in the lobby at 2 PM. They both had their rollerblades. They had decided to see more of the city. Luis had found out that Katie had rollerblades with her which seemed perfect.

They skated through the streets of Minneapolis until they got to a park. Charlie had told Luis about this park before but this was the first time Luis was there himself.

Hand in hand the two skated through the park. Then they found a nice spot to sit so they circled around to relax in the deeply colored green grass.

The two talked, smiled, & laughed together for quite a while. They kissed on & off for a while.

The college students took off their rollerblades. They started making out in a public park. After a while they realized how silly they must have looked. They got up to put on their rollerblades & head back to the hotel.

They got back to the hotel for dinner at around 4:30 PM. They changed then met the rest of the Ducks in the hotel restaurant to eat. The rest of the Ducks asked Luis questions about where he had been considering he had gotten there last. Katie had hurried & went there with Adam who must have been getting ready for a while before she got back.

Katie hoped that Adam was impressing Julie all over again. The man despearatly needed a girlfriend. It was sad.

After supper the big group broke apart into smaller circles like they always had. Even more so now then when they were kids because their personalities were more defined now then when they had met. They just naturally got along with some people better than others.

Julie went up to Adam who had gone to the pop machine for a drink. She went right up to him. She said, "If you really truely want to have something between us meet me in the lobby at 7 tonight. Got it? Good."

As she walked away Banks remained speechless. He couldn't believe she wanted to try to make this work.

Katie, who had been talking to Portman & Fulton, noticed the look on her friend's face. A little bit later she asked him so he told her what Julie had said. Katie just smiled. She hadn't seen Banks this happy in a while. She hoped it worked out for him.

The Ducks hung out together until about 6 PM. Averman joked about how that was because Coach Bombay needed his evening nap before he actually went to sleep. Bombay who was only in his mid-forties didn't seem to like that little joke as much as some of the others that Averman had over the years.

All Katie knew was that this Saturday night was going to be wild. For her & Banks.