I took off down the block towards the bus stop, my feet hitting the slushy
sidewalk that was covered in salt. My feet felt cold as the water soaked
through my sneakers and into my socks. I stared ahead of me. I had been to
the closest bus stop before, when Bombay had gone off to try out of the
Minors. I could see the bus at the stop and a few people were boarding.
"Josie!" I yelled as loudly as I could. I noticed a person getting on look over my way and tap a girl on the shoulder and point to me.
The girl looked over towards me. I took a deep breath, Josie. She quickly shook her head and got on the bus, just before it pulled away from the stop.
"Damn!" I cursed as I stood watching it speed off down the street. She was already gone. How many times would I have to chase her to prove that I wasn't going anywhere? I didn't want to. I kicked the slush angrily.
"Excuse me young man?" A man said tapping my shoulder. "Another bus going the same way will be coming around in about five or ten minutes, don't worry."
I looked over at him and sighed. "No, it wasn't that I needed to be getting somewhere, I was trying to stop someone from getting on that bus."
The man frowned. "I wouldn't worry. You're still a kid; you still have plenty of time."
I nodded and turned around. "Thanks." I muttered. I didn't need to know I had plenty of time. I wanted to get Josie to stop running and to start listening to me. Maybe she was scared, and maybe she felt like the outsider, but she needed to see that they didn't mean it. They just needed time to warm up to her. I trudged down the street back to the pond. I would get a ride from the Bash Brothers, I wanted to go home, and I wasn't in the hockey mood anymore.
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I rushed over to Josie's dorm. I figured she would want to be alone so I figured that the arena would be the first place she would think I would look, so I skipped over it. I stood in front of her door and knocked three steady knocks.
The door creaked open and a girl with blond hair, wearing one of the new green and maroon cheerleading uniforms (the school colors changed after the mascot was changed to a Duck, much to many of the board member's dismay). She blinked at me and stood there emotionless. "Yeah?"
I blinked and checked the room number again. Yup, this was Josie's dorm, room 299, right at the end of the long, long, long hall. "Uh, is Josie here?"
She blinked at me again. "Josie? Who's Josie?"
I sighed. "Josie Best. She used to have black hair until like a few weeks ago, a little shorter than me, petite, is any of this ringing a bell?"
"Oh! You mean Joslyn! She's my roommate. No, she was here a few minutes ago and stormed out, muttering something about a really dark room." The girl said smiling.
I nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait! You won't be uh. . . Alan? Andy? OH!!! Adam!"
I blinked nervously. "Yeah why?"
"She talks about you all the time." She explained with a shrug.
I scoffed. "That's because she wants to murder me in my sleep, and then bath my corpse in gasoline and watch the explosion."
"No, she likes you . . . a lot."
I sighed. "And how would you know that?" Josie didn't seem like to type to spill her inner soul to a girl like that. Like I don't have anything against the cheerleader type, but I'm quite sure that Josie would clash with her, especially if she clashed with Tammy.
The girl flipped her golden locks and laughed. "Joslyn talks in her sleep when she is like upset about something. She usually cries, but lately she's been saying things like 'I want Adam, not Pete! Adam! Adam! NOOOO!!!'" The girl mimicked giggling. "It's really creepy."
I stared at her in amazement. Josie likes me? No, it's even better, she dreams about me, and she wants to choose me over Peter.
Ok that's kind of weird; I had a competition with a dead guy, who in the words of Charlie is my evil twin. I must agree with this girl, it is creepy.
"Hello!" The girl yelled waving her manicured hand in front of my face, making me jump. "You spaced."
"Uh, could you just tell her that Adam Banks needs to talk to her?" I said turning around smiling. I think I like this girl. She just gave me the best information in the world.
Her jaw dropped. "Joslyn's dream boy is Adam Banks; the like star player of JV hockey team? Omigod! Were you the guy she was with in the dark room? Did you make out? Is she pregnant? Are you the father?"
I shook my head at the girl who was hanging out of the door still asking questions. Josie was right; news around here really does travel fast.
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I collapsed into one of the big fluffy chairs in our TV room. There were a few Ducks in there, but mostly there were regular guys hanging out with girlfriends, watching a Stallone movie, which I believe is. . . Rocky II or doing homework.
Russ walked into the room and leaned on the arm of the chair and looked down at me. "Hey Banksie, how you doing?"
I shrugged and grinned. "Ok."
He frowned. "You're weird. You have been having really weird mood swings. Like in the car you were completely freaking out at Josie, and then you guys were ok, and then she runs off and you are all sad and then you come here and look happier than a Christmas elf. You seriously aren't on drugs are you?"
I rolled my eyes. "No! I am not on drugs."
"No steroids? Pot?"
I glared at him. "No, I just found out that Josie really likes me."
Russ nodded. "Oh of course because it is the international way of saying 'I love you', by calling the person you like psychotic, and to diss them in front of all their friends."
"No I got inside information."
Russ smirked. "Oh yes, because that is always so reliable."
I laughed. "It was her roommate."
"Ok, maybe it is reliable, unless she is completely crazy, like you and Josie, because everyone knows that you belong together, but instead you come closer and closer to tearing each other's head's off." Russ shrugged. "Which gives us all a break from our regular TV schedules, but it seems to be the same storyline over and over again, and frankly it is getting boring."
I laughed. "Well I'm glad that you find my life at the moment so entertaining."
He smiled. "No prob."
I watched Russ join Ken at one of the many desks around the room. Today wasn't turning out as bad as I thought it would.
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I woke up the next morning extremely rested. For some reason after hearing what Josie's roommate had to say, I wasn't as worried to go to my first period English class, which was mainly going to be review before the exam.
I looked over at Averman's bed only to find he had already left, so I got up, showered and changed quickly, grabbed all my books for the day, when there was a knock on my door.
I rolled my eyes. Probably Averman who forgot his key again. I've considered putting a hide a key somewhere in grounds just for Averman, but you know he'd probably forget where it was. "Averman, it's unlocked."
The door burst open cracking against the wall, putting a large dent into it making the plaster ripple and crumble to the floor. "You little pervert!"
Next thing I knew I was against the wall, my feet dangling about a foot up, being held up by the collar of my polo. I took a harsh breath. "Wha." I managed out staring into the face of a guy I recognized, but I couldn't put my finger on where I had seen him.
His blond hair was spiked a little, and his grey eyes burned into mine. I felt his studded bracelet dig into my ribcage. "What did you do to her?" He growled into my ear.
I coughed. "Who? I don't. . ."
He slammed me against the wall again, my skull bouncing off the wall. I could feel my eyes cross as I tried to blink away the blunt pain in my head. "Don't play stupid. What did you do to Joslyn?"
"N-nothing. I-I didn't do anything."
He slammed me against the wall again, but this time I felt his fist connect with my face as he dropped me to my feet. "I hear she's pregnant."
I blinked as I slid onto the floor. "Pregnant? Who are you? Her boyfriend?"
He kicked me in the side once. "Close enough. Now leave her alone."
I swallowed and looked up at him. "What?"
"Will has told you to leave her alone. Got it?"
I nodded and looked up at him and it clicked. "Will . . . the guy who was in her room."
He nodded and backed out of the room leaving me in a heap.
I blinked trying to make my room spinning. I noticed some people walk into my room slowly and rushed to my side.
I squinted at them trying to make out who they were. They all began to talk at the same time making my head pound.
"Uh. . . Ouch." I managed out before someone turned out the lights.
~*~
"Adam?" A sweet angelic voice whispered to me. "Adam? You're waking up, talk to me. Please."
I opened my eye; the other wouldn't open for some weird reason. The light was bright and all I saw a feminine figure with dark hair. It was an angel. "I'm dead?" I murmured quietly.
I felt her cool fingers brush my face. "No. You just have a concussion. What happened?"
I shrugged and looked up at her. "Josie?" I whispered. Josie was an angel?
She smiled and nodded. I felt her fingers brush over my cheek making me wince in pain. "Oh, sorry." She stuttered pulling her hands away wincing as I did.
"Don't stop." I whispered.
"Adam, tell me what happened." I felt her fingers travel over my face carefully avoiding my cheek.
"Will." I started. "He came into my room saying Josie was pregnant." I blinked my good eye keeping it closed, it hurt less. "I didn't know what he was talking about so I hit his fist with my face."
Her hand was jerked away. "I did this?" I heard the scratching of a chair. I didn't to be alone. She was going to leave me.
I gripped her hand. "No. . . Don't leave." My eye fluttered open as I saw the pain on her face looking down at me even if she was a little blurry. "Stay with me." Slid over a little on the bed, how I got on, absolutely no clue.
She looked around and nodded. "Ok. Just this once." She sat down on the bed beside me and lied down. I felt her chin rest someplace on my shoulder. "You scared me you know that Adam?"
I wrapped my arm over her shoulder and squeezed her tight. "I'm scared."
I felt her arm wrap around my torso, concealing a wince as she touched the bruise where Will kicked me in the side with his steel toed boots. "Don't do that ever again ok?" I could feel her even breathing through my shirt. "Promise ok? Promise."
I noticed my shirt began to feel cool right where she was lying. She was crying.
"I don't ever want to lose you ok Adam? Promise me."
I squeezed her tightly and buried my face in her hair. "Ok I promise." I whispered as sleep took over my body once again.
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* A/N: I don't know how good this is, I'm hoping ok. I know you guys are rooting for Adam and Josie to get together so I'm hoping this will hold you over until they do ok? Anyways, you guys so kick ass when it comes to reviews. I dub you all the best reviewers ever in the history of fan fiction! (However Beaner gets the highest honor because she has been dubbed the bestest reviewer ever . . . blah blah blah. This is boring I know.)
PS. No, I am not from Wisconsin, CF28 actually I'm from Canada! Go me! I am Canadian and I wish I had a pet beaver, I do not live in an igloo, however if I did that would be super amazing! I do where a toque and it is red! And hockey is my favorite sport to watch even though I can't play, even though I kick ass at road hockey! And Canadian beer is the bestest, just watch That 70's show! The only reason why I used Wisconsin is a) it's close to Minnesota b) I really like that state for some weird reason and c) I'm obsessed with That 70's show! Anyways, that's my little message to you all! And to everyone who lives in Wisconsin, YOU KICK ASS!!! I love you guys!!! Greetings from Canada! REVIEW!!!
~Toodles!
"Josie!" I yelled as loudly as I could. I noticed a person getting on look over my way and tap a girl on the shoulder and point to me.
The girl looked over towards me. I took a deep breath, Josie. She quickly shook her head and got on the bus, just before it pulled away from the stop.
"Damn!" I cursed as I stood watching it speed off down the street. She was already gone. How many times would I have to chase her to prove that I wasn't going anywhere? I didn't want to. I kicked the slush angrily.
"Excuse me young man?" A man said tapping my shoulder. "Another bus going the same way will be coming around in about five or ten minutes, don't worry."
I looked over at him and sighed. "No, it wasn't that I needed to be getting somewhere, I was trying to stop someone from getting on that bus."
The man frowned. "I wouldn't worry. You're still a kid; you still have plenty of time."
I nodded and turned around. "Thanks." I muttered. I didn't need to know I had plenty of time. I wanted to get Josie to stop running and to start listening to me. Maybe she was scared, and maybe she felt like the outsider, but she needed to see that they didn't mean it. They just needed time to warm up to her. I trudged down the street back to the pond. I would get a ride from the Bash Brothers, I wanted to go home, and I wasn't in the hockey mood anymore.
~*~
I rushed over to Josie's dorm. I figured she would want to be alone so I figured that the arena would be the first place she would think I would look, so I skipped over it. I stood in front of her door and knocked three steady knocks.
The door creaked open and a girl with blond hair, wearing one of the new green and maroon cheerleading uniforms (the school colors changed after the mascot was changed to a Duck, much to many of the board member's dismay). She blinked at me and stood there emotionless. "Yeah?"
I blinked and checked the room number again. Yup, this was Josie's dorm, room 299, right at the end of the long, long, long hall. "Uh, is Josie here?"
She blinked at me again. "Josie? Who's Josie?"
I sighed. "Josie Best. She used to have black hair until like a few weeks ago, a little shorter than me, petite, is any of this ringing a bell?"
"Oh! You mean Joslyn! She's my roommate. No, she was here a few minutes ago and stormed out, muttering something about a really dark room." The girl said smiling.
I nodded and turned to leave.
"Wait! You won't be uh. . . Alan? Andy? OH!!! Adam!"
I blinked nervously. "Yeah why?"
"She talks about you all the time." She explained with a shrug.
I scoffed. "That's because she wants to murder me in my sleep, and then bath my corpse in gasoline and watch the explosion."
"No, she likes you . . . a lot."
I sighed. "And how would you know that?" Josie didn't seem like to type to spill her inner soul to a girl like that. Like I don't have anything against the cheerleader type, but I'm quite sure that Josie would clash with her, especially if she clashed with Tammy.
The girl flipped her golden locks and laughed. "Joslyn talks in her sleep when she is like upset about something. She usually cries, but lately she's been saying things like 'I want Adam, not Pete! Adam! Adam! NOOOO!!!'" The girl mimicked giggling. "It's really creepy."
I stared at her in amazement. Josie likes me? No, it's even better, she dreams about me, and she wants to choose me over Peter.
Ok that's kind of weird; I had a competition with a dead guy, who in the words of Charlie is my evil twin. I must agree with this girl, it is creepy.
"Hello!" The girl yelled waving her manicured hand in front of my face, making me jump. "You spaced."
"Uh, could you just tell her that Adam Banks needs to talk to her?" I said turning around smiling. I think I like this girl. She just gave me the best information in the world.
Her jaw dropped. "Joslyn's dream boy is Adam Banks; the like star player of JV hockey team? Omigod! Were you the guy she was with in the dark room? Did you make out? Is she pregnant? Are you the father?"
I shook my head at the girl who was hanging out of the door still asking questions. Josie was right; news around here really does travel fast.
~*~
I collapsed into one of the big fluffy chairs in our TV room. There were a few Ducks in there, but mostly there were regular guys hanging out with girlfriends, watching a Stallone movie, which I believe is. . . Rocky II or doing homework.
Russ walked into the room and leaned on the arm of the chair and looked down at me. "Hey Banksie, how you doing?"
I shrugged and grinned. "Ok."
He frowned. "You're weird. You have been having really weird mood swings. Like in the car you were completely freaking out at Josie, and then you guys were ok, and then she runs off and you are all sad and then you come here and look happier than a Christmas elf. You seriously aren't on drugs are you?"
I rolled my eyes. "No! I am not on drugs."
"No steroids? Pot?"
I glared at him. "No, I just found out that Josie really likes me."
Russ nodded. "Oh of course because it is the international way of saying 'I love you', by calling the person you like psychotic, and to diss them in front of all their friends."
"No I got inside information."
Russ smirked. "Oh yes, because that is always so reliable."
I laughed. "It was her roommate."
"Ok, maybe it is reliable, unless she is completely crazy, like you and Josie, because everyone knows that you belong together, but instead you come closer and closer to tearing each other's head's off." Russ shrugged. "Which gives us all a break from our regular TV schedules, but it seems to be the same storyline over and over again, and frankly it is getting boring."
I laughed. "Well I'm glad that you find my life at the moment so entertaining."
He smiled. "No prob."
I watched Russ join Ken at one of the many desks around the room. Today wasn't turning out as bad as I thought it would.
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I woke up the next morning extremely rested. For some reason after hearing what Josie's roommate had to say, I wasn't as worried to go to my first period English class, which was mainly going to be review before the exam.
I looked over at Averman's bed only to find he had already left, so I got up, showered and changed quickly, grabbed all my books for the day, when there was a knock on my door.
I rolled my eyes. Probably Averman who forgot his key again. I've considered putting a hide a key somewhere in grounds just for Averman, but you know he'd probably forget where it was. "Averman, it's unlocked."
The door burst open cracking against the wall, putting a large dent into it making the plaster ripple and crumble to the floor. "You little pervert!"
Next thing I knew I was against the wall, my feet dangling about a foot up, being held up by the collar of my polo. I took a harsh breath. "Wha." I managed out staring into the face of a guy I recognized, but I couldn't put my finger on where I had seen him.
His blond hair was spiked a little, and his grey eyes burned into mine. I felt his studded bracelet dig into my ribcage. "What did you do to her?" He growled into my ear.
I coughed. "Who? I don't. . ."
He slammed me against the wall again, my skull bouncing off the wall. I could feel my eyes cross as I tried to blink away the blunt pain in my head. "Don't play stupid. What did you do to Joslyn?"
"N-nothing. I-I didn't do anything."
He slammed me against the wall again, but this time I felt his fist connect with my face as he dropped me to my feet. "I hear she's pregnant."
I blinked as I slid onto the floor. "Pregnant? Who are you? Her boyfriend?"
He kicked me in the side once. "Close enough. Now leave her alone."
I swallowed and looked up at him. "What?"
"Will has told you to leave her alone. Got it?"
I nodded and looked up at him and it clicked. "Will . . . the guy who was in her room."
He nodded and backed out of the room leaving me in a heap.
I blinked trying to make my room spinning. I noticed some people walk into my room slowly and rushed to my side.
I squinted at them trying to make out who they were. They all began to talk at the same time making my head pound.
"Uh. . . Ouch." I managed out before someone turned out the lights.
~*~
"Adam?" A sweet angelic voice whispered to me. "Adam? You're waking up, talk to me. Please."
I opened my eye; the other wouldn't open for some weird reason. The light was bright and all I saw a feminine figure with dark hair. It was an angel. "I'm dead?" I murmured quietly.
I felt her cool fingers brush my face. "No. You just have a concussion. What happened?"
I shrugged and looked up at her. "Josie?" I whispered. Josie was an angel?
She smiled and nodded. I felt her fingers brush over my cheek making me wince in pain. "Oh, sorry." She stuttered pulling her hands away wincing as I did.
"Don't stop." I whispered.
"Adam, tell me what happened." I felt her fingers travel over my face carefully avoiding my cheek.
"Will." I started. "He came into my room saying Josie was pregnant." I blinked my good eye keeping it closed, it hurt less. "I didn't know what he was talking about so I hit his fist with my face."
Her hand was jerked away. "I did this?" I heard the scratching of a chair. I didn't to be alone. She was going to leave me.
I gripped her hand. "No. . . Don't leave." My eye fluttered open as I saw the pain on her face looking down at me even if she was a little blurry. "Stay with me." Slid over a little on the bed, how I got on, absolutely no clue.
She looked around and nodded. "Ok. Just this once." She sat down on the bed beside me and lied down. I felt her chin rest someplace on my shoulder. "You scared me you know that Adam?"
I wrapped my arm over her shoulder and squeezed her tight. "I'm scared."
I felt her arm wrap around my torso, concealing a wince as she touched the bruise where Will kicked me in the side with his steel toed boots. "Don't do that ever again ok?" I could feel her even breathing through my shirt. "Promise ok? Promise."
I noticed my shirt began to feel cool right where she was lying. She was crying.
"I don't ever want to lose you ok Adam? Promise me."
I squeezed her tightly and buried my face in her hair. "Ok I promise." I whispered as sleep took over my body once again.
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* A/N: I don't know how good this is, I'm hoping ok. I know you guys are rooting for Adam and Josie to get together so I'm hoping this will hold you over until they do ok? Anyways, you guys so kick ass when it comes to reviews. I dub you all the best reviewers ever in the history of fan fiction! (However Beaner gets the highest honor because she has been dubbed the bestest reviewer ever . . . blah blah blah. This is boring I know.)
PS. No, I am not from Wisconsin, CF28 actually I'm from Canada! Go me! I am Canadian and I wish I had a pet beaver, I do not live in an igloo, however if I did that would be super amazing! I do where a toque and it is red! And hockey is my favorite sport to watch even though I can't play, even though I kick ass at road hockey! And Canadian beer is the bestest, just watch That 70's show! The only reason why I used Wisconsin is a) it's close to Minnesota b) I really like that state for some weird reason and c) I'm obsessed with That 70's show! Anyways, that's my little message to you all! And to everyone who lives in Wisconsin, YOU KICK ASS!!! I love you guys!!! Greetings from Canada! REVIEW!!!
~Toodles!