I don't own the mighty ducks.

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Chapter 3

PORTMANS POV

I left my dorm the day after I talked to Adam with a thousand thoughts running through my head. I hate thinking this much. I hate having all this stuff on my mind. I'm usually just running through life with nothing to think about. After last night, I don't think I can do that. I keep thinking of things I could do to help Adam. I keep wondering if not telling anyone about his home life is the right thing to do. I want to tell someone so badly, not to gossip. I just want an opinion about how to help him. All this crap isn't what I do well. I need help, but I gave him my word, so I'm not telling anyone. I think the best way to help Adam is to be his friend. He doesn't really have any real friends he can talk to this about. I can be that person.

I pulled myself out of my thoughts to go to breakfast. I walked into the cafeteria and there were the Ducks. They were sitting in the same spot where we always sat. They were laughing in the same manner that they always did. I sat down and got a chorus of "Hey Portman." I said hi to everyone and couldn't help but glance over at Banks to see if he was OK. He was in his normal morning routine of sitting at the corner of the table by himself studying for some random test that he has today.

Everyone started making plans to go out tonight.

"So Banksie, are you coming tonight?" Charlie asked.

"Where are we going? I wasn't paying attention."

"Mall, see a movie, the usual." Charlie answered.

Adam shrugged his shoulders, "Sure, anything to get out of my house for a few hours."

"Yeah, It must be horrible to live in that huge house and to get anything you want, huh rich boy." Goldberg kidded.

"Yeah it must be really hard to have to ring Mr.Bellvidere anytime you need something." Averman kidded.

All the Ducks were laughing and telling rich jokes. Adam just had a distant look in his eyes and was looking very intently at the table.

I was getting so pissed. I'm not sure if I was pissed at all the comments they were giving to Adam or that I use to give him much worst. "Why don't you all leave him the F**k alone! You don't know what his life is like. You don't know what goes on at his house...."

Adam slammed his book shut, gave me a dirty look, and left.

All the Ducks were completely stunned. They didn't know what to say.

Fulton finally got the courage to ask what I knew they were all thinking. "What's the hell is up your butt. He knows we're just kidding. You're usually the one that starts the rich boy jokes."

"Can I add to that," Charlie asked, "Adam always takes the joking in stride. Does anyone know what's wrong with him?"

All the Ducks shared puzzled looks, and then they all looked at me. "I gotta go. I don't want to be late for class." I answered, trying to get out of that very uncomfortable situation. As I left, I heard Fulton talking to the group. "Who was that and where is Portman?"

Most of the rest of the day went along uneventfully. I was supposed to meet Adam after my last class. I was so nervous to meet up with him, after the incident this morning. My palms were sweaty and I keep going over in my head what I'm going to say to him. I've never seen him so angry. The look he gave me before he left sent shivers down my spine. I woke up today wanting to befriend him, and I almost blew his secret. He probably thinks he can' trust me.

I was interrupted out of my thoughts.

"You're late." Adam said as he tapped his watch with a slight smile on his face. I didn't expect him to be in a good mood.

"Look, I'm really sorry about before..."

"We'll talk about that later. I don't really want to get into that right now. It looks like we're going to be spending a lot of time together anyway. Let's go find out more about this project I need to get you to ace." He said with a half smile.

Ok, this is weird, he's not mad. It makes me wish I had gotten to know him sooner. We both walked into coach Orions office to find out all about the projects we needed to work on.

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Did everyone like it? I think it was a tad boring, but it was a necessary filler chapter. The next chapter is going to be juicy. That's all the hints you're getting out of me.