Notes: Flashbacks of freshmen year. Well the first part isn't flashbacks
of freshmen year but the rest is. If you couldn't tell by the title, it
will include the prank Adam mentioned in chapter three. Plus a few other
things will be 'discussed'. Also I read the first Mighty Ducks book
yesterday and found out that Larson and McGill were indeed given first
names but I won't change it because it might confuse people. I also stink
at coming up with practical jokes. Bit of reminder: I said in Test of
Friendship that hell is the nickname they gave Mrs. Madigan's class. *'s
separate flashbacks.
Another Fine Mess You Got Us into Spazaway
"Hold up Adam what's the matter?" Wallace asked. It was two days later and Adam was back in PT. He wasn't surprised by Wallace's question. He just didn't care anymore.
* Tuesday after practice he told his sister to go on ahead to the car. He wanted to tell the coaches his physical therapy schedule. He hadn't had time Monday. He was about to knock on the door when he heard them talking.
"When he comes back you know it will be like he has a bulls eye on his wrist." Coach Wilson said.
"Yes I know that there's nothing we can do about it. Maybe if he doesn't come back right away…"
"Don't know if that'll work…"
Adam didn't wait to hear the rest he just walked away as quickly as he could forgetting why he was even going to talk to them. He knew that they didn't think he should come back right away. *
"Nothing." Adam lied.
"It's not nothing. You were so anxious to work at Physical therapy Monday and now it's like pulling teeth to get you to do the exercises. What's the matter?"
"I heard the coaches talking yesterday. They were discussing how it would be when I returned. They said that there would be a bulls eye on my wrist. They were suggesting I don't return right away."
Wallace shook his head. 'What people say when they think no one can hear them.' "Adam I don't let just anyone leave physical therapy until I know their ready. I won't give you clearance to play hockey until you are ready and neither will your doctor. We just have to prove to your coaches that when you have clearance that you can handle playing again. With how you were acting Monday I wouldn't be surprised if you were ready when the season starts. You ready to really start working again?"
Adam nodded. Wallace had a point. He showed the same desire that he showed Monday.
Wallace grinned. "Now that's better." He looked at the clock. "If you are going to be at the practice we better stop now. See you Friday."
Adam grabbed his sling and headed for the door. Sharon Banks was waiting for him. "How'd it go?" She asked.
"Good." He didn't want to tell her about what happened Monday and today. He didn't want to worry her. "I don't want to go to practice today. Can you take me home?"
"Sure Adam." She didn't ask him why. She just drove.
When he got home he walked out to the pond behind his house and sat there staring. He found this to be the place to go to think. It was peaceful. It was even better then the back stairway at Eden Hall. This was home.
He started to think about what he said to Larson about Jesse's behavior Monday. Had their freshmen year really changed them he wondered. Maybe it had. After hockey season, they were able to relax a bit.
*Adam walked into his dorm. He felt a sense of dejavu as he turned on the light with his left hand. Didn't he just go through this two months ago? "Surprise!" He jumped back in surprise.
"Thought you deserved a better welcoming this time cake eater." Jesse said from next to him.
"Thanks guys." He said happily. He was surprised to see the whole team; Orion, Bombay, and Linda could all fit in his and Jesse's dorm room.
Coach Orion handed him a trophy. "Here you go Banks. You earned it." He said.
"Thanks."
The party went for a couple hours. Orion got the school to excuse the hockey team from classes. Orion and Bombay left after awhile leaving the teenagers to enjoy themselves. Linda left for classes.
"We really need to pay Varsity back for that prank they pulled on us right before the state championship." Russ said.
"What prank?" Adam asked. He didn't remember a prank recently.
"I don't think you were there." Kenny said. "They took all of the laces out of the skates and tied all of our lockers shut in one big mess. Took us forever to untie them."
"Hey since we don't have classes let's go do something to them." Charlie said.
"I don't know…" Ever since the prank war when he was on Varsity, Adam hated practical jokes.
No one seemed to hear him as they launched into a discussion on how to get Varsity back. When they went to do it, Adam made up some sort of excuse to not go. He volunteered to clean up. Which everyone said no to since it was his party.
He decided to walk around the school a bit and ended up at the rink. He took a seat in the bleachers and watched Coach Orion with his daughter. He looked up at the banners and found the new ones for Varsity and Junior Varsity. That's when he saw that he wasn't the only Duck there. He knew they wouldn't do something to Varsity's banner. Or would they?
They technically couldn't since Coach Orion spotted them. He wheeled his daughter over to them. He couldn't hear what they were saying. Soon the Ducks disappeared. Orion spotted him sitting in t he stands and frowned at him. *
That wouldn't be the last time Orion thought Adam had anything to do with the pranks.
*Adam opened his eyes tiredly and saw Jesse changing into dark clothes. He looked at the clock. It was four in the morning. "Jesse what are you doing?"
"Charlie and I are going to give the Varsity Seniors a going away present."
"Okay." He said not really giving it much thought. Jesse and Charlie had been doing many pranks on Varsity. Then all the Ducks paid for it when Varsity got back at them.
When he went to biology Mrs. Madigan told Charlie, Jesse, and Adam, after the pop quiz, that Coach Orion wanted to speak to them. They were glad to be out of hell for awhile. Charlie and Jesse were exchanging worried looks. "Okay what did you two do?"
They grinned. "Maybe it's better if you don't know." Charlie suggested.
When they entered Coach Orion's office, they saw that Orion wasn't the only one in there. Also in there was Coach Wilson and Rick Riley. None of them looked at all happy. 'Now I really don't want to know what they did.' Adam thought. 'And why do I always end up being blamed?'
"I heard about the prank you guys pulled today." Orion said. adam started to say something but Orion kept going. "They want their caps back . Dunce caps will not work."
Adam turned around and looked at Jesse and Charlie who were having trouble hiding their smiles. He was right. He really didn't want to know what they did.
"We'll get them." Jesse promised.
Coach Wilson nodded. "Come on Riley."
Riley followed him but not before 'accidentally' nudging Adam in the wrist. Jesse was about to get him when Orion cleared his throat. Jesse stopped and glared at Riley. He wouldn't get away with that.
"We had this discussion the last time you pulled a prank. This has got to stop. Hockey season is over gentlemen."
"Coach, Adam had nothing to do with the prank." Charlie said. "He didn't even know what Charlie and I did."
"A few Varsity players saw the three of you leaving the Varsity area very early this morning."
"Well then their lying because it was just Charlie and I." Jesse was fuming. He should have known it would be Varsity that blamed Adam.
"Frankly I don't care who's responsible. You need to stop the pranks." Orion said. "You may return to class."
They walked out into the hallway. "Jesse how long we have left of biology?" Charlie asked.
"Twenty minutes."
"Come on." Charlie said and led them to the rink and the back stairs. "We are already in trouble."*
That had only been two months ago a year of pranks and fun along with pain.
He looked at his watch and realized he'd been out here thinking for an hour. He decided to go inside.
***
End notes: Because I have a test tomorrow (I really should be studying. But it's not that bad just over a few theories in Psychology) and a test Tuesday (again I should be studying. I hate studying who doesn't?) I won't have chapter 5 done till at the soonest Tuesday afternoon.
Another Fine Mess You Got Us into Spazaway
"Hold up Adam what's the matter?" Wallace asked. It was two days later and Adam was back in PT. He wasn't surprised by Wallace's question. He just didn't care anymore.
* Tuesday after practice he told his sister to go on ahead to the car. He wanted to tell the coaches his physical therapy schedule. He hadn't had time Monday. He was about to knock on the door when he heard them talking.
"When he comes back you know it will be like he has a bulls eye on his wrist." Coach Wilson said.
"Yes I know that there's nothing we can do about it. Maybe if he doesn't come back right away…"
"Don't know if that'll work…"
Adam didn't wait to hear the rest he just walked away as quickly as he could forgetting why he was even going to talk to them. He knew that they didn't think he should come back right away. *
"Nothing." Adam lied.
"It's not nothing. You were so anxious to work at Physical therapy Monday and now it's like pulling teeth to get you to do the exercises. What's the matter?"
"I heard the coaches talking yesterday. They were discussing how it would be when I returned. They said that there would be a bulls eye on my wrist. They were suggesting I don't return right away."
Wallace shook his head. 'What people say when they think no one can hear them.' "Adam I don't let just anyone leave physical therapy until I know their ready. I won't give you clearance to play hockey until you are ready and neither will your doctor. We just have to prove to your coaches that when you have clearance that you can handle playing again. With how you were acting Monday I wouldn't be surprised if you were ready when the season starts. You ready to really start working again?"
Adam nodded. Wallace had a point. He showed the same desire that he showed Monday.
Wallace grinned. "Now that's better." He looked at the clock. "If you are going to be at the practice we better stop now. See you Friday."
Adam grabbed his sling and headed for the door. Sharon Banks was waiting for him. "How'd it go?" She asked.
"Good." He didn't want to tell her about what happened Monday and today. He didn't want to worry her. "I don't want to go to practice today. Can you take me home?"
"Sure Adam." She didn't ask him why. She just drove.
When he got home he walked out to the pond behind his house and sat there staring. He found this to be the place to go to think. It was peaceful. It was even better then the back stairway at Eden Hall. This was home.
He started to think about what he said to Larson about Jesse's behavior Monday. Had their freshmen year really changed them he wondered. Maybe it had. After hockey season, they were able to relax a bit.
*Adam walked into his dorm. He felt a sense of dejavu as he turned on the light with his left hand. Didn't he just go through this two months ago? "Surprise!" He jumped back in surprise.
"Thought you deserved a better welcoming this time cake eater." Jesse said from next to him.
"Thanks guys." He said happily. He was surprised to see the whole team; Orion, Bombay, and Linda could all fit in his and Jesse's dorm room.
Coach Orion handed him a trophy. "Here you go Banks. You earned it." He said.
"Thanks."
The party went for a couple hours. Orion got the school to excuse the hockey team from classes. Orion and Bombay left after awhile leaving the teenagers to enjoy themselves. Linda left for classes.
"We really need to pay Varsity back for that prank they pulled on us right before the state championship." Russ said.
"What prank?" Adam asked. He didn't remember a prank recently.
"I don't think you were there." Kenny said. "They took all of the laces out of the skates and tied all of our lockers shut in one big mess. Took us forever to untie them."
"Hey since we don't have classes let's go do something to them." Charlie said.
"I don't know…" Ever since the prank war when he was on Varsity, Adam hated practical jokes.
No one seemed to hear him as they launched into a discussion on how to get Varsity back. When they went to do it, Adam made up some sort of excuse to not go. He volunteered to clean up. Which everyone said no to since it was his party.
He decided to walk around the school a bit and ended up at the rink. He took a seat in the bleachers and watched Coach Orion with his daughter. He looked up at the banners and found the new ones for Varsity and Junior Varsity. That's when he saw that he wasn't the only Duck there. He knew they wouldn't do something to Varsity's banner. Or would they?
They technically couldn't since Coach Orion spotted them. He wheeled his daughter over to them. He couldn't hear what they were saying. Soon the Ducks disappeared. Orion spotted him sitting in t he stands and frowned at him. *
That wouldn't be the last time Orion thought Adam had anything to do with the pranks.
*Adam opened his eyes tiredly and saw Jesse changing into dark clothes. He looked at the clock. It was four in the morning. "Jesse what are you doing?"
"Charlie and I are going to give the Varsity Seniors a going away present."
"Okay." He said not really giving it much thought. Jesse and Charlie had been doing many pranks on Varsity. Then all the Ducks paid for it when Varsity got back at them.
When he went to biology Mrs. Madigan told Charlie, Jesse, and Adam, after the pop quiz, that Coach Orion wanted to speak to them. They were glad to be out of hell for awhile. Charlie and Jesse were exchanging worried looks. "Okay what did you two do?"
They grinned. "Maybe it's better if you don't know." Charlie suggested.
When they entered Coach Orion's office, they saw that Orion wasn't the only one in there. Also in there was Coach Wilson and Rick Riley. None of them looked at all happy. 'Now I really don't want to know what they did.' Adam thought. 'And why do I always end up being blamed?'
"I heard about the prank you guys pulled today." Orion said. adam started to say something but Orion kept going. "They want their caps back . Dunce caps will not work."
Adam turned around and looked at Jesse and Charlie who were having trouble hiding their smiles. He was right. He really didn't want to know what they did.
"We'll get them." Jesse promised.
Coach Wilson nodded. "Come on Riley."
Riley followed him but not before 'accidentally' nudging Adam in the wrist. Jesse was about to get him when Orion cleared his throat. Jesse stopped and glared at Riley. He wouldn't get away with that.
"We had this discussion the last time you pulled a prank. This has got to stop. Hockey season is over gentlemen."
"Coach, Adam had nothing to do with the prank." Charlie said. "He didn't even know what Charlie and I did."
"A few Varsity players saw the three of you leaving the Varsity area very early this morning."
"Well then their lying because it was just Charlie and I." Jesse was fuming. He should have known it would be Varsity that blamed Adam.
"Frankly I don't care who's responsible. You need to stop the pranks." Orion said. "You may return to class."
They walked out into the hallway. "Jesse how long we have left of biology?" Charlie asked.
"Twenty minutes."
"Come on." Charlie said and led them to the rink and the back stairs. "We are already in trouble."*
That had only been two months ago a year of pranks and fun along with pain.
He looked at his watch and realized he'd been out here thinking for an hour. He decided to go inside.
***
End notes: Because I have a test tomorrow (I really should be studying. But it's not that bad just over a few theories in Psychology) and a test Tuesday (again I should be studying. I hate studying who doesn't?) I won't have chapter 5 done till at the soonest Tuesday afternoon.