Larissa took her usual seat in the bleachers with the girlfriends and waited from the team to come out. Today was a very important game if the Ducks won they were going to the state championship. Rissa smiled, not a smile because she knew they'd a smile at how happy being in the rink made her feel. Ever since her mothers birthday Banks had taken her to skate everyday. He could tell by the look in her eyes she loved the feeling and should've never given it up. She could tell from the look in his eyes that he loved her.
It had been week since the day at Larissa's house and still nothing had happened. Larissa had explained to Adam twenty zillion times that if her father was going to do something he would've done it already. Boy was she wrong.
"Larissa look if Adam catches that guy we win!" Molly squealed as Banks chased a member of the rival team toward Julie. With expert precision he swiped the puck and headed in the other direction as time ran out.
Larissa beamed with pride as she strolled over to the locker room door to meet her boyfriend with a loving kiss. Most of the team was already done changing by the time she got there, but she had wanted to make sure she bought a Coke for Adam. She handed him the bottle which he passed to Russ to hold on to as he pulled Larissa to him.
"You two aren't gonna start this shit again are ya?" Portman laughed as Rissa kissed Adam's cheek and spun around in his arms so she was facing away from him.
She saw the cops coming three of them, cuffs glistening, shoulders squared strong jaws clenched. A shiver traveled the length of her spine as they came closer their eyes as cold ice and faces set in stone.
"Adam Eugene Banks?" One of the officers said looking up from a piece of paper he was reading.
"Yeah that's me." Banksie nodded
"You're middle name is Eugene?" Averman scoffed
"Shut up Lester." Larissa snarled
"Adam Banks of 450 North Heniban Ave. Edina?" The policemen asked
"Ahuh what's this about?" Adam was confused he couldn't think of anything he'd done wrong, maybe someone was hurt his mother or father. Oh no
"I'm sorry son but you're under arrest." The second cop cuffed Adam while the third read him his rights
"What's the hell is this about?" Larissa was bout ready to attack all three donut eaters on her own.
"Are you Larissa Katherine Saunders?" Policemen asked
"Yes."
"Your father has placed a restraining order on you against the man we are taking into custody. He is to stay at least 100 feet from you at all times. Please notify us immediately if Mr. Banks breaks the order." Then he turned to Adam "Adam Banks you are being arrested for the act of sexual contact with a minor. Let's go."
Gordon Bombay was in the kitchen making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when he heard the familiar sound roller blades and quacking coming up the street. He shook his head and went to meet his kids on the sidewalk.
"Hi Ducks how's it going?" He smiled at them seeing how much they'd grown over the years. Charlie was over 6 foot tall, Connie and Guy were getting married, Luis and Julie were holding hand while skating like they'd never let go of each other, and Adam… Where was Adam?
"Guys where's Banks?"
"That's what we came to see you for coach." Charlie looked at the ground
"What? Did something happen? Is he okay?"
"We don't know coach he's been arrested."
At the Jail
Adam was curled in a ball in the corner of the holding tank, ink still on his fingers. They treating him like a common criminal. The cell walls were getting closer and tighter and he could barely breath, his heart pounding like a jack hammer.
"I always knew I'd be trying to get one of you guys outa here. I just never in a millions thought it would be you." Adam's head snapped up at the sound of Coach Bombay's voice
"Coach, you have to get me out, I'm claustrophobic." Banks looked up at the ceiling which was a good ten feet above him when he got there and now seemed to be right on top of him.
"I'm gonna try Adam but sexually assault cases are tuff. Now I have to ask you one question Adam and I'll defend you no matter how you answer it. I just have to know. Did you sleep with that girl?"
"Sleep with her yes, that's what we did we slept, I never had sex with her I swear coach." Banksie's voice was starting to waver and he fought not burst into hopeless tears.
"They say they have a witness that not only saw your girlfriend load contraceptives in her bag but also Larissa told her about having intercourse with you Adam."
"What?" Had he heard that right? Larissa told someone they were intimate.
"Mr. Saunders also says he walked in and found you in you underwear on top of his daughter."
"Coach Bombay I never made love with Larissa, she's only 15 and I respect her to much to ask her."
"You're right Adam she is only 15 that's the problem. Her father wants you either to serve a ten year jail term or pay him 150,000 dollars."
So that was it. The whole story had been made up so the Saunders could make money. Larissa didn't love him she only wanted his cash. How had he been so stupid?
MEANWHILE
"What's wrong Rissa?" Nicole walked into their room her face displaying phony tenderness.
"Adam's been arrested. My dad filed statutory rape charges." Larissa wailed her tears flowing like Niagara Falls. "We never did it Nicky. I've never been with anyone let alone Adam."
"Oh Larissa it'll be okay." Nicky sat down beside her on the floor
"I love him so much Nicky and he can't be within a 100 feet of me. He's going to hate me."
"Shhhh it'll be alright don't worry." Nicole put her arm around the sobbing girl and rocked her all the while her lips were twisted in an evil smile.
It had been week since the day at Larissa's house and still nothing had happened. Larissa had explained to Adam twenty zillion times that if her father was going to do something he would've done it already. Boy was she wrong.
"Larissa look if Adam catches that guy we win!" Molly squealed as Banks chased a member of the rival team toward Julie. With expert precision he swiped the puck and headed in the other direction as time ran out.
Larissa beamed with pride as she strolled over to the locker room door to meet her boyfriend with a loving kiss. Most of the team was already done changing by the time she got there, but she had wanted to make sure she bought a Coke for Adam. She handed him the bottle which he passed to Russ to hold on to as he pulled Larissa to him.
"You two aren't gonna start this shit again are ya?" Portman laughed as Rissa kissed Adam's cheek and spun around in his arms so she was facing away from him.
She saw the cops coming three of them, cuffs glistening, shoulders squared strong jaws clenched. A shiver traveled the length of her spine as they came closer their eyes as cold ice and faces set in stone.
"Adam Eugene Banks?" One of the officers said looking up from a piece of paper he was reading.
"Yeah that's me." Banksie nodded
"You're middle name is Eugene?" Averman scoffed
"Shut up Lester." Larissa snarled
"Adam Banks of 450 North Heniban Ave. Edina?" The policemen asked
"Ahuh what's this about?" Adam was confused he couldn't think of anything he'd done wrong, maybe someone was hurt his mother or father. Oh no
"I'm sorry son but you're under arrest." The second cop cuffed Adam while the third read him his rights
"What's the hell is this about?" Larissa was bout ready to attack all three donut eaters on her own.
"Are you Larissa Katherine Saunders?" Policemen asked
"Yes."
"Your father has placed a restraining order on you against the man we are taking into custody. He is to stay at least 100 feet from you at all times. Please notify us immediately if Mr. Banks breaks the order." Then he turned to Adam "Adam Banks you are being arrested for the act of sexual contact with a minor. Let's go."
Gordon Bombay was in the kitchen making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when he heard the familiar sound roller blades and quacking coming up the street. He shook his head and went to meet his kids on the sidewalk.
"Hi Ducks how's it going?" He smiled at them seeing how much they'd grown over the years. Charlie was over 6 foot tall, Connie and Guy were getting married, Luis and Julie were holding hand while skating like they'd never let go of each other, and Adam… Where was Adam?
"Guys where's Banks?"
"That's what we came to see you for coach." Charlie looked at the ground
"What? Did something happen? Is he okay?"
"We don't know coach he's been arrested."
At the Jail
Adam was curled in a ball in the corner of the holding tank, ink still on his fingers. They treating him like a common criminal. The cell walls were getting closer and tighter and he could barely breath, his heart pounding like a jack hammer.
"I always knew I'd be trying to get one of you guys outa here. I just never in a millions thought it would be you." Adam's head snapped up at the sound of Coach Bombay's voice
"Coach, you have to get me out, I'm claustrophobic." Banks looked up at the ceiling which was a good ten feet above him when he got there and now seemed to be right on top of him.
"I'm gonna try Adam but sexually assault cases are tuff. Now I have to ask you one question Adam and I'll defend you no matter how you answer it. I just have to know. Did you sleep with that girl?"
"Sleep with her yes, that's what we did we slept, I never had sex with her I swear coach." Banksie's voice was starting to waver and he fought not burst into hopeless tears.
"They say they have a witness that not only saw your girlfriend load contraceptives in her bag but also Larissa told her about having intercourse with you Adam."
"What?" Had he heard that right? Larissa told someone they were intimate.
"Mr. Saunders also says he walked in and found you in you underwear on top of his daughter."
"Coach Bombay I never made love with Larissa, she's only 15 and I respect her to much to ask her."
"You're right Adam she is only 15 that's the problem. Her father wants you either to serve a ten year jail term or pay him 150,000 dollars."
So that was it. The whole story had been made up so the Saunders could make money. Larissa didn't love him she only wanted his cash. How had he been so stupid?
MEANWHILE
"What's wrong Rissa?" Nicole walked into their room her face displaying phony tenderness.
"Adam's been arrested. My dad filed statutory rape charges." Larissa wailed her tears flowing like Niagara Falls. "We never did it Nicky. I've never been with anyone let alone Adam."
"Oh Larissa it'll be okay." Nicky sat down beside her on the floor
"I love him so much Nicky and he can't be within a 100 feet of me. He's going to hate me."
"Shhhh it'll be alright don't worry." Nicole put her arm around the sobbing girl and rocked her all the while her lips were twisted in an evil smile.
