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. I probably own Fulton's girl too, but she's not really featured in this story.
NOTE: I realize now that there are no mountains in Minnesota. Oh well, just go with it…
Kori
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I knew I'd blown my little cover when I'd said Adam's name while turning Charlie down for the dance. I could have slapped myself a hundred times for doing that. Although I really wanted to go to the dance with Charlie; it was my dream come true, I couldn't do that to Adam. Especially not after all the pain he went through admitting his sexuality to me and Portman. I hoped that Charlie didn't mention anything about it to him. Everyone except for Luis, Adam, Charlie, and I got off the lift safely. I told them to meet me down at a flat point of the beginner's slope. Before I took off, I caught a glimpse of Charlie sharing a few words with Adam. This was very not good. What the hell was I going to do?
"Hey," Adam muttered dropping down next to me. He was a fast learner and mastered the basics really quickly.
"Hi," I tried to keep my tone normal, but I can't say that I wasn't even the slightest bit apprehensive as to what Adam had to say to me. I wasn't wrong.
"What'd you say to Charlie?" he asked me softly.
"Well," I said slowly, words getting cluttered in my mouth, "he asked me to go to the formal with him. I didn't want to hurt you by going so I turned him down. But I accidentally slipped and added your name in the mix. Was he really pissed off?"
"Yeah. He said that I was a liar and that I should have told him I liked you from the beginning. So I told him that he didn't know half of it."
"It's the truth…"
"Yeah well he doesn't know that. Accidentally slipped, huh?"
"I'm sorry," I tried apologizing, "I really didn't mean to say your name in there. I didn't want you to get into trouble, really Adam."
"How am I supposed to trust you on that? I told you the deepest secret that I posses and I trust you to keep it. And what do you do? You accidentally slip and come this close to revealing it to the person who's never supposed to find out. Tell me what I'm supposed to think of that, Kori?" his voice was rising now. The closer of the Ducks who were sliding down looked over curiously. I put my hands on his shoulders in an attempt to calm him down. He shrugged my hand off and looked away. Hopelessly, I turned back to the others forcing a smile on my face.
"Looks like everyone made it in one piece," I commented jokingly.
"I don't think I did," Goldberg groaned, "My ass hurts like hell."
"You'll get used to it, don't worry," I assured him, "Now really slowly, go down to the bottom of the hill. Remember what I said about falling. Do not, under any circumstances, put your arms out to brace yourself. DO NOT. Does everyone understand that?" They all nodded so I smiled and jerked my head in the direction we were going in, "Let's go." With a loud whoop (by Averman), everyone started down the hill. Adam started off fast and I raced to catch up to him. I wasn't going to let this day end without making it up to Adam.
"Adam, please. Just listen!" I pleaded with him.
"Listen? Kori I told you from the beginning of the time that you knew not to tell anyone! I thought it was obvious that I didn't want haters on my back. That I didn't want everyone to know."
"I know and I'm really sorry! I didn't mean for it to happen. I just totally forgot that he was there. I'm sorry!" I was riding goofy and he was riding regular so we were facing each other. We both stopped at a plateau of snow to catch a breath.
"Well maybe sorry isn't enough this time around, Kori," he looked at me. His eyes, which were normally a warmth of sea blue, were two pieces of cold ice. Charlie came in between us now, stopping and looking at Adam. He rode goofy like me.
"Banks, look, I'm really sorry. Maybe you don't like Kori after all; I just jumped to conclusions. I shouldn't have done that, sorry man," Charlie apologized. Adam turned his icy glare over to Charlie. Could he really be all that mad at Charlie? He didn't really do anything except maybe piss Adam off by being naïve. Honestly, the signs were there and now that I knew about Adam's ever growing love for Charlie, it became kind of obvious. I guess everyone else just took it for granted because of his developed 'quiet' reputation. But when I looked closer at the expression on Adam's face, I found something else. It wasn't the same cold look he gave me. It was different. Instead of being pure fury, there was hurt and heartbreak in his eyes. It was as if someone betrayed him. I'd seen it when Adam told me about Charlie and I'd seen again on the bus ride up the mountain. And the worst part of it all was the knowledge that Charlie had no clue about the real reason Adam was hurting We started down the mountain again, the three of us broken in some way. I didn't say anything the whole time Charlie pleaded with Adam and Adam looked at the snow rushing past beneath him. Charlie slipped and fell so we had to stop for him. I know why I stopped; I was unofficially in charge of all the Ducks. And I know why Adam stopped. No matter how mad he was, or thought he was, at Charlie he still loved him. Charlie got up and came down to us and we were on our way again. Again, I resumed silence as Adam listened to the love of his life preach to him about how incredibly sorry he was. But somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew that Adam wouldn't give up his anger easily.
"Adam, we're both really sorry. Can't you see? We want to make it up to you. How?" I spoke up with a desperate voice for the first time in minutes.
"You've done enough Kori. Believe me, just don't do anything more to 'help me'." While he was talking, he didn't realize there was a huge clump of uneven snow in front of him and I was so concentrated on his face that I didn't take notice of it either. It wasn't until Charlie screamed that we turned our attention to it.
"ADAM WATCH OUT!!!!" But it was too late. Adam tripped and went flying. It wouldn't have been so bad if he hadn't put his arms out. His butt would've been sore for a long while, but no permanent damage would've been done. But since he was so mad at me that he didn't listen when I warned everyone up at the top, he put his arms out to break his fall. Unfortunately, one of his wrists had already been injured before. It didn't hold up this time. When he skidded to a stop, I was already halfway down to get him. I made a short stop, spraying snow over his groaning figure.
"Adam? Adam, are you okay? Adam!!" I un-strapped myself and knelt down next to him. Charlie came to a stop next to me and fell to his knees, not even bothering to take his board off.
"Holy shit, this hurts. Kori, ow…" Adam moaned when he opened his eyes for a second to look at me. I turned to Charlie.
"Watch him and make sure he doesn't move too much," I shrugged my jacket off, "Wrap this around his wrist so that he doesn't make it numb from the cold. Take your jacket off and use it as a pillow for him. I'll be back." Without waiting for a response, I put my board back on and raced off to find the ski patrol.
*Thanks for all the reviews!! I'm going to try to update this one more time before I go off to camp on Saturday. I'll be back in three weeks if I don't. Please review!*
Sphinx: yes, it would. Charlie's getting smarter, but he's got a long way to go…
LB: I think that's a good idea. Or we could have Kori slap him and be like, "WAKE UP STUPID!"
Duckslover99: That's okay, get the next chapter of your story up soon. Please?
Vinnies-Angel: Yes, ma'am! Lol, I posted!! But I think I just left you hanging again…hehe sorry…
WeBuiltThisCityOnRockAndRoll: lol, D3 is the coolest! Yes, well you wanted tension and I gave you tension =). I love Adam too…don't we all? =D
Micha: Thanks for all those compliments, I'm glad you like my story!!
Hilde7085: I'm going to go crazy too and I'm the one writing this! =p
Wari: Thanks so much! You are the coolest! I had a lot of fun writing that chapter even though it took me awhile. Oh well, good results I guess, huh? I'll try and get another one up so you're not left hanging here either. =D
Eternity: Yes, I'd say Adam got kind of mad. But I think I portrayed him as more of a subdued kind of mad rather than out of control like Charlie in D3. Anyway, thanks for the review!
Britts: See? Here's another one for ya! MWA!
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