Summary: A new girl comes to Eden Hall, befriending Adam. He's able to tell her anything he wants to. Except for one thing. She's falling in love with the guy he's falling in love with. *SLASH*

Author's Note: This is my first shot at MD slash so please bear with me here.

This is slash so if you don't like it…DON'T READ IT!    

Disclaimer: I only own Kori, Shane, and Jordan.

Charlie's POV

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            My first thought of the new girl was, 'Damn, she is hot!' I hadn't really had a girlfriend since the whole Linda incident I had with…Linda last month. Trust me, it didn't turn out very well. Every now and then, she'd call and say she wanted to get back together with me, but after everything we've been through, there wasn't any chance that I wanted to get back together with her. There was a huge doubt in my mind that I, Charlie Conway, would be getting any lady action for awhile. Linda really scarred me and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to date around anymore. Maybe I was destined to stay single all my life. I wasn't really attracted to any of the other girls in school, although some of them were drop-dead gorgeous. But for some reason, I never had the desire to try for one of them except for now.

            When Kori walked in through the door with Adam trailing her that first day of class, I almost did a double-take. Sure she had bright pink streaks in her hair and sure she wasn't your everyday blonde haired cheerleader or anti-jock activist, but she had this sort of…charisma that got me especially drawn to her. I'll admit that she wasn't as pretty as some of the girls in school, maybe not even as pretty as Linda (A/N: I thought Linda was ugly, by the way. But Charlie was supposedly in love with her in the movie so whatever…). Still, she captivated me. Although I was attracted to her and everything, I kept comparing her to Linda and I had this sinking feeling that Banksie had already gotten to her. But I was wrong.

            One afternoon, about a week after Kori had arrived at school, I caught Adam in his dorm room that he shared with Portman [since they were the last two to (re)join the Ducks]. I knocked on the door cautiously. Adam and I were still on awkward terms, although he had opened up a lot more to the rest of us and especially to me. Ever since Jesse was sent to boarding school, Adam had turned more towards me. I knew we were on our way to repairing our friendship.

            "Hey Spaz, what's up?" Portman opened, more like flung, the door open.

            "Nothin' much, Portman. Is Adam around?" I asked as he stepped aside and let me in.

            "Yeah. He somehow got me convinced to study! Imagine that!" I laughed and looked around the room finding our resident cake-eater doing something that only he and maybe Julie Gaffney would do: studying.

            "Adam…" I approached him, jokingly being cautious.

            "Oh, hey Charlie," Adam snapped his head up from whatever he was scribbling in and slammed the book shut, breaking his pencil point.

            "Can I ask you a question?"

            "Um…okay…" he seemed a little uneasy.

            "Why are you studying on a Friday night…before dinner?"

            "Because I have nothing better to do…" he trailed off looking at me, still uneasy. I wondered why I made him so nervous. It wasn't like I was going to do anything to him anyway; everything was in the past. I thought he knew that already.

            "Let's go," I pulled him out of his chair, knocking it over, and dragged him to the door, "See you later Portman!"

            "Wait a minute! W-Where are we going?" he asked quietly, pulling his arm away from me.

            "We need to talk," I stated simply. Portman nodded his head in agreement, but Adam didn't see that.

            "We do? What about? Why can't we talk with Portman here?"

            "Because it doesn't involve me," Portman told him gently, more gently than I would've managed. It's hard to believe, but Portman can be gentle so shut up and leave him alone. As he passed me on the way to the bathroom he whispered, "Please talk to him. I'm getting to worry about his quietness." I smiled and whispered back.

            "I'll try," then turning to Adam and grabbing his arm once again, "Let's go!" Before he could protest, he was already out the door and pulled against me (by accident), courtesy of yours truly.

            "That didn't hurt too much did it? Look! I didn't even pull on your hurt hand! I'm a genius!" I joked as Adam took a step back hastily.

            "Sure," he mumbled, "Great job." It was quiet and uncomfortable as we walked back to my room where I knew we'd have privacy since Guy was out trying to fix things with Connie. They had a little fight before the school year started and made up, but things were still shaky and they both wanted to make it better. I don't know, something like that. When I had a relationship like that, I would be happy.

            "What did you want to talk about?" Adam asked, sitting on Guy's bed.

            "First of all, what's wrong with you?" I demanded without hesitation.

            "Me? There's nothing wrong with me!" he protested, not meeting my eyes. I knew he was lying, but I also knew that Adam Bradley Banks wouldn't budge until he wanted to. Sighing, I shook my head.

            "I know that's not true. But since I actually want to keep one of my best friends today, I'll let that one slide. This time," I emphasized the 'this time', "So anyway, you know Kori?"

            "I would think so…why?" he asked, seemingly back to the old Adam again. I guess we were in a comfortable topic for him, which seemed weird because Banks had never had a girlfriend in his life. I wasn't sure if it was because he was shy or because he just wasn't interested.

            "Are you after her or anything, man?" I didn't want to be stepping into his territory if he really liked her since I probably didn't like her as much he did anyway. And because if he did, I could set them up and say that I helped Adam get his first girlfriend!

            "No!" he looked alarmed, as if he had a secret that he wanted to tell, but couldn't. I shrugged it off.

            "Oh, really?"

            "Why?"

            "Because if you were, I could get you your first girlfriend?"

            "Does she like me?"

            "How should I know? You're the one that talks to her the most! But I have to say, she is hot!" Adam paused for a minute, eyes downcast. Finally he sighed, "Do you want me to talk to her?" I'm sure my eyes lit up and I'm sure I looked like a little kid, but I didn't care.

            "You will?"

            "If you want me to…"

            "YES! You are the coolest! Thanks so much! I love you!" I exclaimed in all my happiness. Adam smiled wryly and muttered something close to, "If only that were really true…" But I didn't think anything of it. I must have heard wrong anyway since I was deliriously happy. Adam nodded at me and left, head down and I thought I heard a sniffle. Did he really like this girl and was only trying to make me happy? My balloon of happiness sailed down and I knew I had to do something to make it up to him. But how?

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WeBuiltThisCityOnRockAndRoll: lol, my computer does that to me all the time. It pisses me off! But anyway, thanks for the long review. I'm glad you find my story funny (and I don't mean that in a sarcastic way) and I'm glad you're reading it. You might start to not like it at the end though. I like eggs too. =)

Wari: Adam and Charlie belong together…everyone knows that! But there have to be complications along the way or else there wouldn't be a story! Thanks for reviewing! I feel bad for Adam too and I'm writing this…I'm so mean.

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