A.N. No Italian in this chapter, I dun feel like walking all the way to my room to get my dictionary. I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and please, can you all do me a favor? If you take the time to read my story, please review. I haven't yet met an author who doesn't like their stories review, and I personally love to hear feedback, bad or good. So please, click on the button at the bottom and take 30 seconds to write a review. Sorry if I sound a little mean, I just love getting feedback for my stories.

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Soon, the scrimmage had been over and everyone left to change.

"Hey, Banks?" Russ asked when the guys had all gathered into the boys' locker room.

"Yeah?" Adam questioned from his locker that was placed in a corner of the room.

"How do you know Aurora? I mean, we just met her today." Russ said.

"Old friendship." He answered.

"How old?" Guy asked.

"I was a Hawk when her and I met." He answered. "What was that, 5 years ago? Almost 6."

"That is old." Fulton said.

"How did you guys meet?" Charlie asked.

"I told you guys I went to Italy to visit my cousin one summer right?" He was answered with nod and yeses from his friends around him. "Well, I went to a restaurant to order take out for everyone and I accidentally ordered a dancing cow instead of a hamburger. Anyway," He said after the laughs, "Aurora was standing behind me waiting to order and helped me with what I was. We were friends that entire summer, the beginning to the end. Afterward, we kept in touch. Around the end of the Goodwill Games was the last time I had received a letter from her, I sent her back one and never got anything back. She had moved, that's what she told me, but I just found out that her house had burned and soon after she moved to another place, America actually, New York." Adam spoke as he changed out of his hockey gear.

"Wow. I guess you guys had a really strong friendship to last 3 years writing letters to each other." Ken said.

"We did. Guys…" Adam trailed off. "Do you think," his voice was coming back, "Do you think it was wrong of me to have loved her?" His voice was soft as he asked the question he most wanted an answer to.

"No, she was your best friend. I love all my best friends." Charlie said.

"Not in that way, Charlie. I was in love with her." Adam walked over to Charlie's locker as he spoke to him.

"No wonder you distanced yourself from all of us during that summer. You lost your first love." Guy thought.

"Yeah, I did." Adam turned around to face Guy. "I lost the only thing I truly loved."

"Wha-" Portman got cut off when Adam walked out the door in a rush. "What did he mean by that?" He turned to his teammates.

"I don't know." Charlie said looking at the closed door.

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"So, what's up between you and Adam?" Connie asked Aurora.

"What do you mean? We're just really old friends, since he played on the Hawks, yeah, I think that was the name of the team." She answered from her locker that was next to the other new girl's, Kiera.

"Oh, you must have been really good friends for him to have remembered your name." Connie said.

"We were, I met him when he was visiting Italy, I was living there then." She said.

"Question." Julie said.

"Answer." Aurora laughed.

"Ha ha, not funny. What does fiammata mean?" Julie asked.

"Yeah, is it like some nickname?" Kiera spoke.

"It was my nickname during that summer. Vacca started calling me that after we played our first hockey game against each other at the local school. It means Blaze. I don't know, he said it was because of my determination and speed when I was in my roller-blades." She answered with a confused look on her face. She shook her head and smiled. She remembered the first time he called her that. It made her feel special in his eye, like no one was better to him than her.

"What does Vacca mean?" Connie questioned.

"Cow." She answered laughing.

"I don't even want to know." Kiera turned to change.

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Adam waited for Aurora to come out of the locker room before he walked to his dorm. He had wanted to speak to her. Tell her he once loved her and that if she would let him, he would love her again. He wanted to love her again.

"Hey, Adam." Julie walked out of the locker room.

"Hey, Cat Lady, is Aurora still in there?" He asked not wanting to be standing there for no reason.

"Yeah, she's almost done. Hey, I have a question for you." Julie said.

"What?"

"Why did you give her the nickname Blaze? She said something about her speed and determination in hockey, but it doesn't really explain it." She said.

"Jules, I wanted her to be mine, and giving her the nickname, in a way, I did. I was the only person she has ever let call her Blaze." Adam smiled.

"Wait, did you-" Julie was cut off as Aurora walked out laughing with Connie and Kiera about something unknown to the two.

"Hey, Adam." Aurora looked up and spotted him.

"Hey, Ray." He called her by her nickname used by their other friends from Italy. "Walk with me." He said.

"I'll see you girls later." Aurora called over her shoulder at the giggling trio. "So, why'd you choose me out of the four of us girls to take a walk with?" She asked.

"I just wanted to talk to you. Well, I kind of need to talk to you." Adam answered. "Besides, you're the most gorgeous one out of you girls." He flirted.

"Are you flirting with me Adam Banks?" She asked accusingly.

"What would you do if I was flirting?" He asked.

"I would flirt back." She turned her head to look at him just as the smile melted off his face. She smiled, whole-heartedly.

"Then I'm flirting." He turned to look at her. "Aurora." He was able to say just before she pushed her lips into his.

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A.N. It's kind of a cliffhanger. Sorry. I'll post the next chapter tomorrow. I truly am enjoying writing this story and I hope you all enjoy reading it. Don't forget to review now that you finished reading. Bye!

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