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Notes: In case you missed my note the fic Broken Bones and Shattered Dreams has been renamed to Test of Friendship. This three fic series (Never Let Them See You're Hurt, Test of Friendship, and this one) is called Broken Bones and Shattered Dreams. Confused yet? I also decided Bombay needed to use his ability as an attorney again. And that's all I'm going to say. Also, this fic isn't completely going to be centered on Banks like you will see in this chapter. In case you haven't noticed, this series has two characters it's mostly centered on, Jesse and Adam. One last note I said I know absolutely nothing about Minnesota. I know there's a Brooklyn Park because I'm a wrestling fan and Ventura was their mayor. Is he still Governor? Guess that really has nothing to do with this fic.
Practice, practice, practice!
Patricia Hall was not happy about driving to Eden Hall. "Why do you have practice in the summer? Don't you get any break?"
"Orion said if we wanted to make Varsity we had to practice. At least it's not five in the morning." Jesse said from next to her. "Besides we get a break in two weeks and then off for a month and then start practicing again."
"Hey I'm not trying out for Varsity. Why do I have to be here?" Jesse's brother, Terry asked.
"Yeah." Peter said.
Jesse shrugged. "I guess he wants JV to practice too. They are trying to figure out who will be put on Varsity to replace the seniors. I still can't believe Coach Bombay got the board to give you guys scholarships. They weren't happy about giving us scholarships. But then again, Bombay could probably convince the board to rename the school Bombay Hall. After the scholarship thing that Charlie told me about I think the school is afraid of Bombay."
"How's Adam doing?" Patricia asked.
"He started PT Friday. I haven't really had a chance to talk to him about it though." Jesse answered. He leaned his head against the window as he remembered when he found out Adam's wrist needed surgery again.
i The team was just about to take the ice for the State Championships against a team from Brooklyn Park. Adam still wasn't there. Jesse knew he went to the doctor earlier but hadn't heard from him since then. Everyone seemed a bit worried about it. Adam had been doing a good job as assistant coach. He never missed a practice or a game. And he seemed to enjoy it.
Coach Orion came back into the locker room. "I just got off the phone with Adam's father. He won't be at the game something came up. But he told his father to tell you all to kick butt."
They won that night and Jesse went straight to the dorm to tell Adam but he wasn't there. He found out the next day about the surgery. He was mad at first that he hadn't been told right away. Then when he understood why Adam didn't want them to know he was okay with it. Adam didn't want them to forget about the game.
/i He, his brother, and Peter got out of the car. His mother promised to pick them up at three. It was almost noon. They headed for the locker room. Jesse took his normal spot and started to change.
When they all stepped onto the ice, Jesse stood with the rest of the Ducks. The newcomers all stood together also. He looked up and saw the remaining Varsity players sitting in the stands. Coach Orion and Coach Wilson were talking. When Orion saw Jesse, he came over. "Do you know if Adam is planning to come today?"
"He said he'd try but he's got PT this morning."
He nodded and walked back to Wilson.
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Up in the stands the seven remaining varsity players were watching the potential players with looks of boredom. They only came to the practice since Wilson asked them to. They were discussing who might be moved up.
"No matter what you know Banks will be getting one of the positions on Varsity." Nicholas Atler said.
"I don't know about Banks though. But they'll probably move Hall and Conway up." Keith Hawkinson, who had been named the new captain, said. "Maybe put Riley's brother on Varsity. Just to please his father." He stopped when he saw Adam enter the rink with his arm in a sling. "I heard Banks just started physical therapy. I'd be surprised if he's back when the season starts."
Christina Banks took a seat not too far from them and shook her head. 'And people say females are the ones who gossip.' She took out her magazine. She, luckily for them, hadn't heard Keith make that remark about Adam.
***
Adam frowned as he watched his sister open a magazine. He turned back to Orion and Wilson who were just about to start practice. "This is an impromptu tryout. Whoever is cut is cut. Anyone who makes it past the cut will be on either Varsity or Junior Varsity. Almost all of you who make it past today will be on Junior Varsity. There aren't that many Varsity spots open." Wilson said. "To be fair, Adam Banks will not have any say on who makes it or not."
Banks looked at the list of names that were on his list. 'Averman, Conway, Danson, Gaffney.' He kept skimming and then stopped. Larson. Larson?! He looked and sure enough, it was Jason Larson. He luckily didn't see Brian McGill listed. He looked over at Jesse to see if he had spotted Larson yet. He was staring at Larson. "Uh Coach Orion one suggestion. Don't put Larson and Hall on opposite teams in scrimmage." He said quietly.
Orion had missed that on his list. He was frantically skimming through the list. "I agree." He said and quickly explained the problem to Wilson.
The potentials were put through their drills. Orion and Wilson were making many notes. Banks was making his own notes being as objective as he could. He was still slow at writing with his left hand so he was making many mental notes. Then they had them do scrimmage. They played for an hour and Banks was happy to notice that Larson and Jesse were never on the ice at the same time.
He let the coaches make their decision and went up the bleachers to talk to Christina who was still reading her magazine. She looked up. "Done already?"
He laughed. "No Chris not yet. It'll be soon though. I still can't believe your reading a magazine. Guess I should be happy you didn't do that at that game."
"I told you I don't like hockey." She noticed her brother was staring up at the Varsity players. "They've been gossiping the whole time. Deciding who's going to be cut and who will be where. They are like a group of gossip queens."
"Oh they were worse when Riley led them. I heard Keith made captain. At least they'll be somewhat nicer."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Keith said sitting down next to him. "How's the wrist?"
"Not strong yet." Adam said looking down at the sling.
"Well it takes time. Hey I broke my ankle when I was a kid. It took awhile but I didn't have two operations on it like you did on your wrist. Hope to see you back on Varsity when you come back." He said and walked back to his friends.
"Hey Adam isn't that Jason Larson down there?" Christina asked. Adam nodded. "I thought he was attending Russo."
"So did I. I'm going to talk to him after practice." They both fell silent as Orion and Wilson started to speak again. They read off the list of the people that were cut. He was glad that none of the Ducks, Peter, or Terry was cut. Larson wasn't cut either. This could be bad if Larson and Jesse were on the same team. "I'll be back."
He took his time getting down to the ice and stopped Larson as he was walking to the locker room. Jesse was already down there. "I thought you were going to Russo."
"I was but I switched schools. After the game with Eden Hall McGill and I did nothing but argue. I finally switched rooms with someone. I wasn't about to put up with it another year."
"Hey I'm glad you are here." Adam said. Larson nodded and walked to the locker room. Now all Adam needed to do was find Jesse.
Notes: In case you missed my note the fic Broken Bones and Shattered Dreams has been renamed to Test of Friendship. This three fic series (Never Let Them See You're Hurt, Test of Friendship, and this one) is called Broken Bones and Shattered Dreams. Confused yet? I also decided Bombay needed to use his ability as an attorney again. And that's all I'm going to say. Also, this fic isn't completely going to be centered on Banks like you will see in this chapter. In case you haven't noticed, this series has two characters it's mostly centered on, Jesse and Adam. One last note I said I know absolutely nothing about Minnesota. I know there's a Brooklyn Park because I'm a wrestling fan and Ventura was their mayor. Is he still Governor? Guess that really has nothing to do with this fic.
Practice, practice, practice!
Patricia Hall was not happy about driving to Eden Hall. "Why do you have practice in the summer? Don't you get any break?"
"Orion said if we wanted to make Varsity we had to practice. At least it's not five in the morning." Jesse said from next to her. "Besides we get a break in two weeks and then off for a month and then start practicing again."
"Hey I'm not trying out for Varsity. Why do I have to be here?" Jesse's brother, Terry asked.
"Yeah." Peter said.
Jesse shrugged. "I guess he wants JV to practice too. They are trying to figure out who will be put on Varsity to replace the seniors. I still can't believe Coach Bombay got the board to give you guys scholarships. They weren't happy about giving us scholarships. But then again, Bombay could probably convince the board to rename the school Bombay Hall. After the scholarship thing that Charlie told me about I think the school is afraid of Bombay."
"How's Adam doing?" Patricia asked.
"He started PT Friday. I haven't really had a chance to talk to him about it though." Jesse answered. He leaned his head against the window as he remembered when he found out Adam's wrist needed surgery again.
i The team was just about to take the ice for the State Championships against a team from Brooklyn Park. Adam still wasn't there. Jesse knew he went to the doctor earlier but hadn't heard from him since then. Everyone seemed a bit worried about it. Adam had been doing a good job as assistant coach. He never missed a practice or a game. And he seemed to enjoy it.
Coach Orion came back into the locker room. "I just got off the phone with Adam's father. He won't be at the game something came up. But he told his father to tell you all to kick butt."
They won that night and Jesse went straight to the dorm to tell Adam but he wasn't there. He found out the next day about the surgery. He was mad at first that he hadn't been told right away. Then when he understood why Adam didn't want them to know he was okay with it. Adam didn't want them to forget about the game.
/i He, his brother, and Peter got out of the car. His mother promised to pick them up at three. It was almost noon. They headed for the locker room. Jesse took his normal spot and started to change.
When they all stepped onto the ice, Jesse stood with the rest of the Ducks. The newcomers all stood together also. He looked up and saw the remaining Varsity players sitting in the stands. Coach Orion and Coach Wilson were talking. When Orion saw Jesse, he came over. "Do you know if Adam is planning to come today?"
"He said he'd try but he's got PT this morning."
He nodded and walked back to Wilson.
***
Up in the stands the seven remaining varsity players were watching the potential players with looks of boredom. They only came to the practice since Wilson asked them to. They were discussing who might be moved up.
"No matter what you know Banks will be getting one of the positions on Varsity." Nicholas Atler said.
"I don't know about Banks though. But they'll probably move Hall and Conway up." Keith Hawkinson, who had been named the new captain, said. "Maybe put Riley's brother on Varsity. Just to please his father." He stopped when he saw Adam enter the rink with his arm in a sling. "I heard Banks just started physical therapy. I'd be surprised if he's back when the season starts."
Christina Banks took a seat not too far from them and shook her head. 'And people say females are the ones who gossip.' She took out her magazine. She, luckily for them, hadn't heard Keith make that remark about Adam.
***
Adam frowned as he watched his sister open a magazine. He turned back to Orion and Wilson who were just about to start practice. "This is an impromptu tryout. Whoever is cut is cut. Anyone who makes it past the cut will be on either Varsity or Junior Varsity. Almost all of you who make it past today will be on Junior Varsity. There aren't that many Varsity spots open." Wilson said. "To be fair, Adam Banks will not have any say on who makes it or not."
Banks looked at the list of names that were on his list. 'Averman, Conway, Danson, Gaffney.' He kept skimming and then stopped. Larson. Larson?! He looked and sure enough, it was Jason Larson. He luckily didn't see Brian McGill listed. He looked over at Jesse to see if he had spotted Larson yet. He was staring at Larson. "Uh Coach Orion one suggestion. Don't put Larson and Hall on opposite teams in scrimmage." He said quietly.
Orion had missed that on his list. He was frantically skimming through the list. "I agree." He said and quickly explained the problem to Wilson.
The potentials were put through their drills. Orion and Wilson were making many notes. Banks was making his own notes being as objective as he could. He was still slow at writing with his left hand so he was making many mental notes. Then they had them do scrimmage. They played for an hour and Banks was happy to notice that Larson and Jesse were never on the ice at the same time.
He let the coaches make their decision and went up the bleachers to talk to Christina who was still reading her magazine. She looked up. "Done already?"
He laughed. "No Chris not yet. It'll be soon though. I still can't believe your reading a magazine. Guess I should be happy you didn't do that at that game."
"I told you I don't like hockey." She noticed her brother was staring up at the Varsity players. "They've been gossiping the whole time. Deciding who's going to be cut and who will be where. They are like a group of gossip queens."
"Oh they were worse when Riley led them. I heard Keith made captain. At least they'll be somewhat nicer."
"I'll take that as a compliment." Keith said sitting down next to him. "How's the wrist?"
"Not strong yet." Adam said looking down at the sling.
"Well it takes time. Hey I broke my ankle when I was a kid. It took awhile but I didn't have two operations on it like you did on your wrist. Hope to see you back on Varsity when you come back." He said and walked back to his friends.
"Hey Adam isn't that Jason Larson down there?" Christina asked. Adam nodded. "I thought he was attending Russo."
"So did I. I'm going to talk to him after practice." They both fell silent as Orion and Wilson started to speak again. They read off the list of the people that were cut. He was glad that none of the Ducks, Peter, or Terry was cut. Larson wasn't cut either. This could be bad if Larson and Jesse were on the same team. "I'll be back."
He took his time getting down to the ice and stopped Larson as he was walking to the locker room. Jesse was already down there. "I thought you were going to Russo."
"I was but I switched schools. After the game with Eden Hall McGill and I did nothing but argue. I finally switched rooms with someone. I wasn't about to put up with it another year."
"Hey I'm glad you are here." Adam said. Larson nodded and walked to the locker room. Now all Adam needed to do was find Jesse.