Title: Too Young
Summary: It's sophomore year at Eden Hall and #99 Adam Banks is in love. Kelsey is the total opposite from Adam and everyone has their doubts about them. But when a tragedy takes place, everyone gets a taste of exactly how much in love they were.
Rating: PG-13 for some language
Author's Note: REVIEW PLEASE!! I'm horrible at romances, but please give this a shot.
Warning: There is reference to a gay couple in here so if you are extremely homophobic, please do not read even though this story mainly revolves around Adam and his girlfriend.
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone except for Kelsey.
Adam
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"Banks, where have you been?" Charlie Conway exclaimed when I sat down for dinner, late.
"Sorry I was doing homework," I apologized. In truth, I was doing homework, but the image of the girl at the park kept popping up into my head, plus I was worried about choosing Varsity over JV. That and Dean Buckley coming in with Scooter in tow, announcing I had a new room-mate.
"You've been doing homework ever since right after school!" Portman pointed out.
"What are those A-classes doing to you Banksie?" Fulton teased. I rolled my eyes.
"I wasn't all homework," But Luis interrupted me.
"You had someone in there with you, didn't you?"
"If you call Dean Buckley that, yeah."
"Whoa! Banks!"
"That's not what I meant, Luis," I shook my head, "I have a new room-mate. Scooter." Everyone nodded their approval except Julie who turned red at the mention of Scooter.
"So cake-eater," Russ called me by my least favorite nick-name, "Have you decided Varsity or JV? You're the only real Varsity made player here." The team nodded, even Charlie, which surprised me.
"But you'd have to cope with a new player…most likely Wayne Riley."
"It's better than having Wayne Riley on Varsity, above us. Besides, how many spots are there on Varsity after you?"
"None."
"So go, Adam. Besides, Scooter's captain. It can't be that bad," Connie pointed out. Before I could open my mouth to reply, Linda came over to talk to Charlie, trailed by Luis's cheerleader, Mindy or something like that. A few freshmen girls wandered over taking a certain interest in Averman, Ken, Russ, Goldberg, and Dwayne. Which left me just sitting there, as always. How was it that Averman and Goldberg got girls before me? Was it because I was unapproachable? Wait a minute. Since when did I care about dating girls? Never. But the girl at the park…she was beautiful. Sure, she wasn't super-model material, but who wanted a girl like that? Not me. She had something about her, energy. Her energy, the amount she seemed capable of. I buried my head in my hands, confused. I didn't get it. When would I understand girls enough to attract one? Sighing, I got up and left, which caused the oblivious chatter to stop and the attention to shift to me. They were all staring after me with looks of concern boring into my back. Too tired to assure them I was okay, I picked up the pace and crashing into my room, falling onto Scooter's almost empty bed.
Boxes were all over the room, filled with Scooter's stuff. Carefully, I got up stepping over the boxes so I could plop onto my bed. I lay there staring at the cream-colored ceiling. Maybe it was white once, I'd never know. My thoughts shifted to hockey, the girl, school. How did they all balance out? I could handle hockey and school, but now this girl popped into my head whenever she felt like it, which didn't seem too fair to me. I got this feeling inside of me every time it happened. This bubbly, preppy (even for me) kind of feeling. The freakiest part was that I…I kind of liked it. 'I have to tell someone. But who??' I thought to myself frantically. The door creaked open and in strolled Scooter. A junior; a year older. Perfect.
"Adam, are you okay? Why are you staring at the wall like that?" Scooter asked as he started opening boxes. I took my eyes away from the cream-colored (maybe once white) walls and got up to help him.
"Scooter, if I asked you a…question about…girls-"
"Okay save it," he cut me off, "Just tell me what's going on and I'll try to give you advice. Banksie with a girl! I thought I'd never see the day," he chuckled. I pushed him playfully.
"Okay, okay," he stopped teasing me, "Shoot." So as we unpacked picture frames, CD's, a stereo, pillows, hockey gear, a Varsity jacket, pendants, and trophies, I talked about Mystery girl. I must have gone on for at least an hour about how great she was when I barely even knew her. When I was finished, we were almost done unpacking and when I looked up at Scooter for his opinion, he was looking at me slightly amused.
"Adam, you may want to sit down for this." I sat down obediently, confused. He sat down on his bed, facing me.
He smiled, "Obviously this has never happened before, but I have a feeling this isn't some silly crush. Adam, you are in love." …What?
I'm sorry it's so short! I wrote it on a whim last night on paper when there was no electricity *tear*. Please review! Thanks to all those who did:
Flat*Out*Crazy: Yeah, me too…but they had to start talking sometime, lol. Plus the story's about them really when they're already together so I'm going to have to speed things up a bit so we can get to the really good part, lol.
WeBuiltThisCityOnRockAndRoll: Yes, that happens to me all the time. But I got the one about you and the accident. Except it got erased on here. It was awhile ago. Oh and I said I knew I could count on you; I knew you would review my story (weather good or bad lol) because you rock. And thanks for using your new expression on me first, I feel so special!!
Jess: ha! Then you'd hate my other story 'Realization', but you might like my other story 'More Than You'll Ever Know' though that one isn't very popular.
Anne: I would love a man like the way you picture Adam. Too bad I can't attract one like him…ah oh well, I can dream, can't I?
Opaleye: Thanks for the review in the first chapter, it got to me after I posted chapter 2 so thanks!
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