///AN: Hearts to my beta, Also, I don't like to beg, no wiat, I beg...
Begging is good... ^^;; Please review, it gets me to write faster.
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Charlie was sitting on the bench trying to relax; it was Friday and they were all gearing up for the game against Blake. The last time the Ducks had faced them, they had tied, but now the Ducks had Adam back. Charlie looked over to his friend and saw that he seemed a little distracted.
"Adam?" he asked.
Adam turned to face him, "Hmm?"
"Are you okay? You look a little out of it..." Charlie asked quietly, as not to draw other's attention to it.
"Yeah... I'm fine. Something Laverna said is bothering me though."
"What did she say?"
"I don't know. I never got a chance to ask her what she meant."
"Adam, Adam, Adam." Charlie shook his head disapprovingly, "Are you gonna let something like that distract you? C'mon, we got a game to win."
"Yeah..."
~~~
As soon as Adam got on the ice, he started to understand what Laverna had been trying to warn him against. A lot of the names on Blake's jerseys looked familiar, and so did their faces. Blake... Blake was made up of the Hawks, or ex-Hawks really.
It started to make sense. Why she didn't want him to play... She knew what they knew, she knew what they would do... How merciless they were...
As Adam visibly paled, Charlie asked him if he was okay. And Adam just nodded. Sure, why wouldn't he be fine?
It didn't really click with the rest of the Ducks that Blake's were actually the Hawks. But the Hawks saw that Eden Hall was the Ducks.
Before the puck even dropped Blake started trash talking Adam. As they were warming up two of the players would intentionally skate too close to him and say crap to him. They weren't saying anything to anybody else, and thankfully they were out of the other Ducks' earshot.
He just hoped none of the other Ducks caught on to what they were saying to him.
~~~
He couldn't really hear it, but Charlie could tell that Blake was harassing Adam. Not that it surprised him; Adam is their best player after all.
The taunting started out small; nothing really out of the ordinary. What really drew his attention was what happened when Adam got the puck.
It was a break away. Adam had it, skating towards the goal; they were sure he'd get it in. But, WHAM! Some big enforcers checked him into the side. Ouch. Charlie was near enough to Adam that he skated over to where Adam was being held against the side.
He could see the pain in Adam's eyes. They must have hit his wrist. Charlie could hear them, what were their names? McGill and Larson, he thought... Wait! He had heard those names...
HAWKS!
Those, those guys were Hawks... And they were saying something to Adam. Charlie spaced out for a moment, but when Adam got up he came over to Charlie and started talking.
"Charlie?" Was that... Pain in his voice? Or was it worry... "Did you hear what they said to me?" Yeah, Adam was defiantly worried... Charlie couldn't figure out why though....
After the game Charlie cornered Adam in the locker room.
"Adam? What did they mean.... What were they saying to you?" Charlie asked quietly. It really didn't matter to him that they had just won the game; all that mattered was talking to Adam.
Adam looked up at Charlie and then looked around the room, "Charlie, can we talk about this later?"
"Fine, but later. I WILL track you down, and you WILL tell me what the hell was up with them." Charlie told Adam in what was mostly a joking manner.
"Great..."
~~~
He had to have heard, theirs no way he couldn't have. He'll never speak to me again. Maybe he didn't hear them... No, Adam was never that lucky...
Adam's first goal: Find Laverna.
Adam's second goal: Run. But mostly just find Laverna.
He walked around the campus a little bit before heading towards her dorm. When he got there and knocked, she opened the door as if expecting him. Laverna motioned him in and they sat down on her bed.
"You saw the game, right?" He knew the answer, yet asked anyway.
"Yeah."
"Charlie was asking questions. I convinced him to ask me about it later. But I guess I have to face him sometime."
"Probably," she responded quietly. "What does he know?"
He looked down at his hands and began to fidget. He then got up and started looking at the things on her wall. Adam pointed to a picture of them after a peewee hockey game; the Hawks had won of course.
"You know, I still remember that game." It was a Hawks v. Ducks game, back when the Ducks were still District 5 and he was still a Hawk. "It was the first time anybody really started to say anything. You remember, right?"
"Remember it? Yeah..."
She didn't play hockey, or at least well enough to be on any team. But she always went to Adam's games and cheered him on.
It started out like any other game; everyone knew that the Hawks would win, but yet nonetheless, the stands were packed with proud Hawk parents. The Hawks and D5 had played each other before; it was a familiar routine. They played, the Hawks scored, D5 got its butt kicked, and everyone went home happy. Everyone meaning, of course, the Hawks themselves and everyone who cheered for the Hawks.
But of course it couldn't have been just be any other game, now could it?
He was still in peewees, but Adam couldn't help but have an interest in a certain captain. A certain captain who would later become Adam's best friend and roommate. Adam thought that the only person who knew that particular fact was Laverna, but she only knew cause she forced it out of him. That and Laverna and him were best friends, and best friends tell each other everything, right?
He didn't know what he did wrong, but at some point he must have stared a little bit too long at Charlie because before he knew it Larson and McGill were teasing him about liking the D5 captain.
And Adam would probably say that that was the WORST thing that had ever happened to him. It could only get worse...
And so they teased him. Only the two of them knew though; they must have figured it was more fun to tease someone as long as they had the threat of revealing his secret to everyone.
Adam convinced Laverna to pretend to be his girlfriend though. And they made a rather cute young couple. McGill and Larson still said stuff, but they backed off a little bit.
"Honestly?" Adam started, shaken out of his memories. "I don't know what I'm going to do... The best case scenario is he won't beat me up and we can still be friends. Worst case? He hates me forever and all the Ducks join a 'We hate Adam Banks crusade'."
"Adam, Adam, Adam... You're so melodramatic; not everyone is like McGill and Larson. Always remember, I love you just the way you are."
"You just like it cause it means I'll go shopping with you. But thanks," Adam told her while smiling. "I love you too, you thief."
"Hey, hey, back off man." She was just a little touchy about her namesake. No one made fun of Roman Gods and got away with it.
"So, after I lay my heart bare tonight, wanna go shopping tomorrow? I'll carry your bags..." He offered, knowing her response.
She smiled at his optimism, "Like you weren't going to already."
end part 4
Charlie was sitting on the bench trying to relax; it was Friday and they were all gearing up for the game against Blake. The last time the Ducks had faced them, they had tied, but now the Ducks had Adam back. Charlie looked over to his friend and saw that he seemed a little distracted.
"Adam?" he asked.
Adam turned to face him, "Hmm?"
"Are you okay? You look a little out of it..." Charlie asked quietly, as not to draw other's attention to it.
"Yeah... I'm fine. Something Laverna said is bothering me though."
"What did she say?"
"I don't know. I never got a chance to ask her what she meant."
"Adam, Adam, Adam." Charlie shook his head disapprovingly, "Are you gonna let something like that distract you? C'mon, we got a game to win."
"Yeah..."
~~~
As soon as Adam got on the ice, he started to understand what Laverna had been trying to warn him against. A lot of the names on Blake's jerseys looked familiar, and so did their faces. Blake... Blake was made up of the Hawks, or ex-Hawks really.
It started to make sense. Why she didn't want him to play... She knew what they knew, she knew what they would do... How merciless they were...
As Adam visibly paled, Charlie asked him if he was okay. And Adam just nodded. Sure, why wouldn't he be fine?
It didn't really click with the rest of the Ducks that Blake's were actually the Hawks. But the Hawks saw that Eden Hall was the Ducks.
Before the puck even dropped Blake started trash talking Adam. As they were warming up two of the players would intentionally skate too close to him and say crap to him. They weren't saying anything to anybody else, and thankfully they were out of the other Ducks' earshot.
He just hoped none of the other Ducks caught on to what they were saying to him.
~~~
He couldn't really hear it, but Charlie could tell that Blake was harassing Adam. Not that it surprised him; Adam is their best player after all.
The taunting started out small; nothing really out of the ordinary. What really drew his attention was what happened when Adam got the puck.
It was a break away. Adam had it, skating towards the goal; they were sure he'd get it in. But, WHAM! Some big enforcers checked him into the side. Ouch. Charlie was near enough to Adam that he skated over to where Adam was being held against the side.
He could see the pain in Adam's eyes. They must have hit his wrist. Charlie could hear them, what were their names? McGill and Larson, he thought... Wait! He had heard those names...
HAWKS!
Those, those guys were Hawks... And they were saying something to Adam. Charlie spaced out for a moment, but when Adam got up he came over to Charlie and started talking.
"Charlie?" Was that... Pain in his voice? Or was it worry... "Did you hear what they said to me?" Yeah, Adam was defiantly worried... Charlie couldn't figure out why though....
After the game Charlie cornered Adam in the locker room.
"Adam? What did they mean.... What were they saying to you?" Charlie asked quietly. It really didn't matter to him that they had just won the game; all that mattered was talking to Adam.
Adam looked up at Charlie and then looked around the room, "Charlie, can we talk about this later?"
"Fine, but later. I WILL track you down, and you WILL tell me what the hell was up with them." Charlie told Adam in what was mostly a joking manner.
"Great..."
~~~
He had to have heard, theirs no way he couldn't have. He'll never speak to me again. Maybe he didn't hear them... No, Adam was never that lucky...
Adam's first goal: Find Laverna.
Adam's second goal: Run. But mostly just find Laverna.
He walked around the campus a little bit before heading towards her dorm. When he got there and knocked, she opened the door as if expecting him. Laverna motioned him in and they sat down on her bed.
"You saw the game, right?" He knew the answer, yet asked anyway.
"Yeah."
"Charlie was asking questions. I convinced him to ask me about it later. But I guess I have to face him sometime."
"Probably," she responded quietly. "What does he know?"
He looked down at his hands and began to fidget. He then got up and started looking at the things on her wall. Adam pointed to a picture of them after a peewee hockey game; the Hawks had won of course.
"You know, I still remember that game." It was a Hawks v. Ducks game, back when the Ducks were still District 5 and he was still a Hawk. "It was the first time anybody really started to say anything. You remember, right?"
"Remember it? Yeah..."
She didn't play hockey, or at least well enough to be on any team. But she always went to Adam's games and cheered him on.
It started out like any other game; everyone knew that the Hawks would win, but yet nonetheless, the stands were packed with proud Hawk parents. The Hawks and D5 had played each other before; it was a familiar routine. They played, the Hawks scored, D5 got its butt kicked, and everyone went home happy. Everyone meaning, of course, the Hawks themselves and everyone who cheered for the Hawks.
But of course it couldn't have been just be any other game, now could it?
He was still in peewees, but Adam couldn't help but have an interest in a certain captain. A certain captain who would later become Adam's best friend and roommate. Adam thought that the only person who knew that particular fact was Laverna, but she only knew cause she forced it out of him. That and Laverna and him were best friends, and best friends tell each other everything, right?
He didn't know what he did wrong, but at some point he must have stared a little bit too long at Charlie because before he knew it Larson and McGill were teasing him about liking the D5 captain.
And Adam would probably say that that was the WORST thing that had ever happened to him. It could only get worse...
And so they teased him. Only the two of them knew though; they must have figured it was more fun to tease someone as long as they had the threat of revealing his secret to everyone.
Adam convinced Laverna to pretend to be his girlfriend though. And they made a rather cute young couple. McGill and Larson still said stuff, but they backed off a little bit.
"Honestly?" Adam started, shaken out of his memories. "I don't know what I'm going to do... The best case scenario is he won't beat me up and we can still be friends. Worst case? He hates me forever and all the Ducks join a 'We hate Adam Banks crusade'."
"Adam, Adam, Adam... You're so melodramatic; not everyone is like McGill and Larson. Always remember, I love you just the way you are."
"You just like it cause it means I'll go shopping with you. But thanks," Adam told her while smiling. "I love you too, you thief."
"Hey, hey, back off man." She was just a little touchy about her namesake. No one made fun of Roman Gods and got away with it.
"So, after I lay my heart bare tonight, wanna go shopping tomorrow? I'll carry your bags..." He offered, knowing her response.
She smiled at his optimism, "Like you weren't going to already."
end part 4