Chapter 11 - A Little Visit
Adam let himself cry. He couldn't move without something aching. Adam just pulled himself up into his bed and tried to stay still.
Guy came back to the dorm room a short time later. He said, "Coach Orion was pissed you weren't there. He says you'll be skating laps till graduation. After practice all of US Ducks went out to eat to celebrate Julie and Charlie getting on varsity. Even if you were there you wouldn't have gone. You've never been a real Duck rich boy. Goodbye for now Banksie I'm going home for the weekend since my mother wants me around." Guy grabbed his bag and left the room.
In the time that Guy was in the room Adam never once looked away from the wall. Adam just lied there very still waiting for everything to be over. Adam wasn't sure if he moved all weekend.
Adam didn't go to classes on Monday. The pain was still too much to handle. He just stayed in the dorm room.
Adam went to classes Tuesday. The entire week went by as one painful blur. He didn't go to hockey practice at all. Adam just hoped that no one had called his father.
On Friday during lunch someone approached him. It was Jessi. He had grown so much that Adam barely recognized him. Jessie was talking to him yet Adam couldn't hear him. Adam felt there yet not there.
Finally Adam was able to tune into something that Jessie was saying. There was a party for the people at Jessie's school the next Saturday. This was going to be off the hook. Jessie didn't like the idea of drugs and alcohol being all up in there, but what was he going to do about it. Jessie invited Adam to the party since he seemed to need a little fun.
The party was at an abandoned warehouse not far from Jessie's apartment. There weren't any chaperones and the people around there didn't call the cops.
Jessie was going to come by and pick Adam up. He was going to bring some stuff for Adam to wear. Adam didn't own a thing that should be worn there. The preppy get-up would have got him beat up in a bad way.
Adam wanted to go. He needed something like that to just get away from anything.
Adam pulled himself through the week just waiting. After Jessie's visit Adam felt more alone than ever. Much to Adam's surprise Saturday finally came.
Jessie came to Eden Hall at around 5:30. He met Adam then they went out for pizza. When they were finished they went back to Jessie's apartment to figure out what he was going to wear.
Jessie started going through his closet. He looked at everything at least twice. Then he turned to Adam and said, "Hey Cake-eater, do you care if you wear an old shirt. Stuff at these parties tends to get wrecked. I know it ain't nothing like what you wear, but it's cool. Trust me."
Adam knew that Jessie was right about what he was going to wear. Of course it would be different from his clothes, but that's only because his mom picks them out since his dad pays for them.
Jessie had Adam strip down to his boxers and tank top to put on the clothes that he was having him try on. Jessie joked about how Adam should just go in that since the girls would definitely like it.
Adam threw on a faded blue pair of Jessie's jeans that fit him like they were made for Adam. He tried on the different shirts that Jessie picked for him. They were just some old shirts that were lying around. Jessie was wearing an old shirt too.
They were getting ready to leave when Terry called home. He was going to meet Adam and Jessie at the party later.
On the way to the party the two friends talked a little bit about how things had been going since the last time that they saw each other. Jessie knew how Adam felt about being excluded from so many things. Adam knew Jessie's mixed feelings towards his twin, Terry, since that was the reason Jessie didn't join the rest of his old friends, the Ducks, at Eden Hall.
Jessie and Adam were true friends even though they didn't get to see or talk to each other much since they both had very busy schedules. They could tell each other almost anything.
Deep in meaningless conversation the two teen boys walked the three blocks to an alley. Adam was glad that the sun hadn't gone down yet. Alleys always sort of freaked him out during the night.
When they got to the back door of the warehouse an older guy stopped them. Jessie told him the password which was caramel collision.
With that the boys went down the hallway and through the kitchen. By then they could hear the pulsing bass of the rap song which seemed to be playing through all of the walls.
Then they headed into the main portion of the warehouse where the party was at.
