Disclaimer: I don't own the Ducks, only Jessica and Ethan so far.

Title: More Than You'll Ever Know

Summary: All Adam's dad wants is for Adam to make pro-hockey. All Adam ever wanted was a friend. A friend to stick by him. He'd lost one before, and when she comes back, sparks fly, but not for the better.

Main Duck: Adam Banks

Rating: PG-13 for language and later violence

Time frame: After D2, before and during D3 maybe after D3 if I feel like it and if you give me reviews =p

Author's Note (more like plead): This is my first Mighty Ducks fic so PLEASE be nice!!!!! Ok so here's the first chapter…

Adam

            I sat there, staring into empty space. There wasn't anything to do so I just sat there on my bed. All my other team-mates…I mean friends, were out with their boyfriends, girlfriends, or just friends for that matter. Charlie, Katya (a girl from his old school I guess), Connie, and Guy were at the movies. Portman and Julie went for dinner with Fulton and Averman. Goldberg was taking Luis and Dwayne to "see the sights of Minnesota" as they said. Really, they were just going girl-hunting. The only person without an activity was Ken Wu and he had gotten sick. The new Ducks were here with us in Minnesota for the last few days of summer vacation. We had just been granted scholarships to Eden Hall, a prep school that I was going to go to anyway.

            Sighing, I got up and laced my blades up. 'Might as well do something useful. This'll help me get in shape for the hockey season.' I thought. Not that I hadn't been practicing by myself every other day of summer vacation either. I snorted to myself at how pathetic I was as I skated out to the old pond that divided the Hawks and the Ducks. Well, it did before. There were bright memories of the days when the other Hawks and I hung-out right beside the pond. "Those were the days," I muttered.

            "They sure were…" someone said skating right up next to me. I looked up to find Danny Larson, an old friend and team-mate, staring out across the water.

            "Hey Danny. How's it been going?" I asked.

            "Okay, I guess. Are you having fun with the Ducks?"

            "Yeah. Hey, where are you going for school this year?" I was curious as to what high school Danny was going to go to.

            "Sherman Academy. You?"

            "Eden Hall Academy…" I was disappointed. Despite the whole transfer thing in pee-wees, Danny had still been a good friend. At least he didn't push me into a goal post…

            "Man, you got in?"

            "Yeah…well we got scholarships."

            "The Ducks?"

            "Yeah."

            "That's awesome! Remember Ethan Morris?"

            "Vaguely, yeah."

            "He's going there now, playing football instead of hockey. Jessica told me he loves it there!" Danny stopped, realizing he was talking to me. Jessica Morris had been a good friend of mine, even after I had been moved onto the Ducks. But after the Junior Goodwill Games, she started going out with Zak Hill, an old Hawk player. I told her that I didn't like him because he was a pimp and a total asshole. Obviously, that was a mistake because she got mad at me and hasn't spoken to me since. It's just fine with me though. It was just trying to help her out and if she couldn't take it, then I wouldn't speak to her either.

            "How's Jessica anyway?" I asked awkwardly, not that I wanted to know or anything.

            "She's okay. She can't wait until school starts again though."

            "How come?"

            "Her mom. It's driving Jess crazy. She's spending more and more time at my house."

           "That sucks." It really was bad at Jessica's house. Their father mysteriously disappeared or something. Ethan Morris, who was a senior in high school that coming year, had to baby-sit Jessica a lot. Their mom turned alcoholic and it was strange. Some nights, she'd come home and be just fine, but other nights, she'd be drunker than anything. We didn't exactly know what went on in the house when that happened, but Jessica and Ethan assured us that she just yelled and screamed a lot.

            "You got a girl?" Danny asked, trying to change the subject.

            "Actually…no."

            "Why not? I mean come on, Adam Banks, star Duck. Who wouldn't want you?" he asked me jokingly.

            "Because she decided that she likes younger men," I muttered. My ex-crush, Liz, decided to go out with my little cousin, who's a year younger. "He has more personality…not just hockey. Don't take it personally, Banksie." She told me. I shook my head to clear my head from those thoughts.

            "Well if she's going to be like that, you should look for better girls. She doesn't deserve you," Danny declared, "Besides, I bet the Eden Hall girls are hot." I smiled a little.

            "Hey Banksie!" Charlie called. Danny hesitated and started to leave, but I pulled on his arm. It was time the Ducks came face to face with him.

            "Hey, Charlie. You know Danny Larson, right?" Charlie's smile flickered, but he said, "Yeah. You're the guy that helped Adam back in the championship game. You know, when McGill pushed Banks?"

            "Yeah…" Danny muttered, "McGill was pretty mad after the game."

            "What did he do, anyway?" Connie skated up with the rest of the team. Danny looked at her, then at me. I nodded. I never did find out with McGill did to Danny.

            "Well first Reilly yelled at us. Something about having the puck under our sticks only to be whipped from behind and us being stupid idiots. I don't remember. McGill, Hill, and I were the only ones who ever made the team again, not that anyone really tried out again," he started, "After, you know the lecture, McGill followed me outside and called me a traitor and stuff. He beat me up and gave me this," Danny rolled up his sleeve and we saw a scar running up his arm in a line. Connie gasped and jumped while Charlie raised his eyebrows.

            "Did you tell anyone?" I asked, horrified that just a few years ago, McGill was in my room joking with me.

            "No. well, yeah. I told my parents. They forbade me to go within 100 feet of McGill, which is just dandy with me."

I digested what Danny just told me. Personally, I couldn't believe that both Danny and I had ever been friends with him. He didn't seem to have any human feelings at all. The Ducks were quiet, probably from shock.

            "Hey Danny! We gotta go!" Danny's older brother, Jason called out running towards us, "Hey, Banks! How've you been?"

            "Pretty good, thanks."

            "Danny, Sally's just got her license! We're gonna celebrate!"

            "Well what about you?" Danny asked. Sally and Jason Larson were fraternal twins who were friends with my brother Andrew.

            "Oh that…" Jason looked down. Immediately I felt bad because Jason had worked so hard for it.

            "…well, meet you new driver!" Jason suddenly whipped out his license. Danny yelped in happiness. He said a quick good-by to me and the Ducks and then skated off to ride with his brother.

            I had almost forgotten the rest of the Ducks were even there.  They were being so quiet, but then again, they didn't know any of the Hawks too well. Why would they even want to after all the horrible things they and I had done? It was a miracle that I was even tolerated around them.

            "So what are we doing?" I asked.

            "That is one nice Hawk..." Charlie mused, ignoring my question. Well technically, he was an ex-Hawk. Connie however, agreed, "Yeah. He's more like a Duck than a Hawk."

            "The only things that are stopping him are the district lines and his parents," I said simply, "He'd much rather be a Ducks and keep playing hockey, even though he's playing in high school. He just won't have the practice. He hates hockey with Coach Reilly and only stopped playing for him a year ago, finally fed up. But he's too far towards the East to play for the Ducks. He'd move, but his parents refuse to sell their house. It doesn't make sense. Jason and Sally don't play hockey. Well, Jason plays for his private high school. It doesn't matter what district they're in and all Mr. Larson and Mrs. Larson want is for their kids to be happy. Jason and sally don't…" I trailed off as I saw a familiar figure skating in our direction.

            "Jessica…" I whispered.

            "What?" Guy asked

            "Nothing," I shook is off, "We've had a bad history, that's all."

            "What happened?" Now they were all interested in my life story. Great.

            "Later," I muttered as she slowed down, staring at me. Her hazel eyes clouded over as she spotted me.

            "Have you seen Danny?" she mumbled.

            "Went home. Jason and Sally got licenses."

            "That's great!" She exclaimed with little emotion. Jessica ran her hand through her strawberry blondish hair and sighed. I wished she'd hurry up and leave so my life could go on. Without saying anything, she skated off. Jessica Morris. Princess of the ex-Hawks. I hated her.

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