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 especially in this chapter 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
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own 'em. I just own Jessica, Ethan, Sally, Jason, and Andrew.
This chapter: Just read it. Please.
Charlie
It turned out, Adam didn't say much to me during the game of schoolyard puck. He called out my name with the rest of the team when I arrived, he'd congratulated me a few times when I scored, and he nodded at me a few times. No one kept score so we weren't really sure which side won, though we'd disregarded the teams in the middle of the game and just shot at the trash can randomly. But at the end, I knew I had to talk to him if I ever wanted out friendship to be the same again.
"Adam!" I called as he skated away after the game.
He turned around, startled, "What?"
"Can we talk?"
"Yeah…I guess." I nodded, leading him to the curb and sat down. Adam did the same.
"I know this year hasn't been great for you…"
"It hasn't exactly been a picnic for you guys either," he cut in.
"Yeah, but I realize we, or I, could have made it more bearable. I was stupid to think that youo'd purposely pull those pranks on us and I was being a prick. You're one of us. You always have been and you always will be," I stopped and took in a deep breath, "And I'm sorry for treating you like chicken shit."
He paused, absorbing everything, before loooking up at me and saying, "It's okay Charlie. It wasn't as if you could of known. Besides, friendships work both ways. It's just as much my fault as it is yours."
"I guess…" I never really thought about it before.
"So guess what?" he asked me.
"What?"
"I'm heading back to school to talk to Coach Wilson and Coach Orien."
"You're quitting hockey?!" I jumped up, getting really worried.
"No," he laughed, "I'm coming back to JV, you stupid prick."
"You don't have to do that!" But I wanted him to.
"I want to come back. Even though the guys on Varsity are really nice, I know you don't believe me, and even though Jess and me are finally friends again, I would just rather play on JV. Besides, there's no one else around to keep you from being such an asshole."
"That's great!" I jumped up and hugged him.
"Yeah, I'm going to talk to them now."
"Okay. I think I'll come with you."
"Don't you have a game to go to?" I looked down at the floor, ashamed.
"I…I quit." Adam looked up, shocked. If there was anyone whow as a bigger fan of hockey than him, it would be me. I shrugged, "It's no biggie."
"Yes it is! You're a great hockey player and the team needs you. Besides, Jesse's coming to watch the JV-Varsity showdown; make him proud! And what about Hans?"
"Jesse's coming?"
"Yeah."
"I'll come back," I sighed, "For Jesse, for Hans. And only because it'll be fun right?"
"Right." We skated back to schol, Adam going to switch back and me to try and regain my spot on the team. Coach Orien wasn't in the office yet, but Wilson was. Adam went in to talk to Wilson, seeing if he could ease his way into breaking the news to him. I stook outside to wait for him. Ethan Bombay, Coach Bombay's son, raced past me a few minutes after Banks entered the office. A couple seconds later, another football player zoomed by with the school nurse in tow. Now I wa curious as to who was sick and what was going on. But what got me really intrigued was when Varsity ran by yelling, "WHAT?!" And although I disliked Jessica, I had a sinking feeling that it was her that was sick. Who else would have such an impact on the football team and the hockey team? Adam came out, smile dropping to fown when he saw my face.
"Charlie?" Without responding, I grabbed his arm and started in a dead run towards Varsity dorms.
"Where are we going?" Adam asked, confused.
"Jessica's," I said shortly.
"Why? And, um, by the way you're going the wrong way."
I stopped and blinked, "Oh." Adam rolled his eyes and led me the other way.
"Could you please tell me why we're going to Jessica's room?"
"I think something's wrong." Adam stopped in front of a door and knocked. Ethan opened it, "Hey Adam, Charlie."
"What's wrong with Jessica?" Adam asked bluntly. Ethan opened the door all the way to reveal the football and hockey teams scattered around the room.
"We're not really sure. I went to ask her if she wanted to watch a movie with us, but when I opened the door she was throwing up and holding her stomach. I sat her down and rubbed her back when I noticed part of her face looked sunburnt. She was moaning and saying her stomach really hurt. So Josh stayed with her while we went to get the nurse," Ethan said rather quickly, concern evident in his voice. The nurse was doing something to her that looked like she was taking her temperature or pulse, but I wasn't sure.
"This is weird," she furrowed her brow and looked at us, "Jessica came to me a few days ago with a fever. She was back to normal just a few hours ago and I know she wasn't out on the ice."
"You had a fever?" Ethan turned to his little sister.
"Yeah," she admitted, looking at her bedspread and muttering, "And I was throwing up about twice a day too."
"I suggest we take her to the hospital," the nurse advised, "She says it hurts right around the kidney area."
"No, not the hospital! Please!" Jessica begged. Adam stepped forward and sat at the edge of her bed.
"Jess, look. I know you hate hospitals and I know you're scared, but we all want to know what's wrong so you can get better. Besides, this is definitely not something you can get rid of by drinking orange juice and taking Tylonol," he told her softly. She sighed and pouted a little before smiling a little.
"I guess…"
"Grat. We'll check you in now if you want to," the nurse siad gently.
"Okay. But Adam and Ethan have to stay with me."
"That's fine. As for the rest of you, go on back to whatever it was you were going. We'll report back to you as soon as we get something." I nodded to Adam and flew out the door. I had a hockey team to rejoin.
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