Hey again! I'm back! I was so surprised by all your nice comments, so I
have to say THANKYOU! Ya'll know how to perk a girl up! And to the three
people that are awesome enough to continually review:
Nellie2- thank you for your continuing advise and love! You ROCK!
Anne198- You are so sweet. You've helped me a lot and I have to THANK you
from the bottom of my heart. Its your story that started this in the first
place and it's turned into the longest and best thing I've ever written
thanks to you guys for giving me the constant guidance and understanding my
humor!
Crazy4nc128- Hey there, I have to ask, What's the nc in your penname stand
for? LoL just wondering. Anyway I like Charlie being nice to Adam to. And I
think he would be just because in D1 he was nice to him. I know I'm
rambling, but thank you for the review.
(ADAM) The funeral was a surreal experience. I looked up at my brother and saw he was fighting back tear, Casey had been crying through the whole thing Nick stood next to me he kept giving me looks. Why am I not balling my eyes out to? I mean my parent's bodies are being buried, shouldn't I at least be a little teary? I looked over a Charlie and had to fight from laughing. He looked about as awkward as I feel. He kept pulling at his tie and inching slightly farther away. I looked back at the tombstone the priest started talking about my parents. When he started talking about the amazing parents they were tears blurred my eyes.
Panic swept through my body, I had to get out of there. I stood there fighting the tears for a couple of minutes, but couldn't take it. I walked across the cemetery quickly, keeping my head down and praying no one followed me. I reached a little pond; some kids were ice-skating out on the ice. I sat down. Just being near the ice seemed to calm me.
I sensed someone hovering behind me. "Either sit down or go away, I'd prefer the latter." Some one sat down next to me, his shoulder bumped mine so I knew it was Nick. I brushed the tears from my eyes, and sighed. But then a second person sat down on the other side. Oh great, they sent reinforcements. I didn't look at either and we sat in silence for ten minutes or so.
"Do you want to play?" Charlie's voice said from next to me.
"Charlie?" I sat there in complete shock
"Come on, Will play." He said standing up him and nick pulling me to my feet.
"What the heck are you talking about?"
"uh hockey. I though you played." Charlie said.
"Well yeah, but how, I mean we don't have skates or sticks, or pucks."
"I brought all that stuff." Larson said looking at me, "I was talking to Charlie earlier and we planned it out."
"Why?"
"Hockey clears my mind after a hard day. And I think your parent's funeral has to be one of the hardest days of your life." Charlie said pulling my skates out of the bag.
"Wait a minute, these were in my closet. You went through all my stuff."
"I know I know, sorry." I shot a look over at Nick.
"Look," I finally said, "I appreciate you guys doing this but I'm not really in the mood to play hockey."
"Come on Adam, you know you want to. When ever you have a problem you head to the nearest rink and do laps." I sighed in frustration. Nick was right, why do I have to tell him everything. "Fine, I am forced to make you." He said grabbing my foot, "Charlie please hold him?" I started to struggle but Charlie sat down on my chest, not much you can do fight that off. He slid off both my shoes and laced up my skates. Just when I thought I might very well die of lack of oxygen I was pulled to my feet and literally dragged to the ice.
Nick pulled and pushed me until I finally started skating on my own. Somewhere into the second lap I tuned out the kids, and Charlie and Nick. It was just me, doing what I love to do. I hate it when Nick's right. But yet again he was. This is what I needed to do, skate.
"Man, your like the Engizer bunny, you kept going and going." Charlie said with a laugh when I skated over to them. I was finally done; I'd come to peace with the world. The streetlight had already turned on I hadn't realized how late it was. "We better head home. Mom's going to start worrying." I nod and took off my skates, trailing the two of them home.
"Where have you been?" Is the first thing I hear when we walked in the door. Surprisingly enough it wasn't Casey, it wasn't Gordon, and yep you guessed it, Jason.
Well it didn't surprise me. Jason's been taking care of me for a long time. Dad and Mom were always working so he took upon himself to know were I was at all times.
"What were you boys thinking?" Casey asked. I guess Nick and Charlie forgot to tell the parents their plan for me. Damn now to top this day off I'm in trouble.
"Look Jason, before you totally freak out and have a parental moment on me hear me out." He nodded partially smiling, "I was totally upset during the funeral and walked off, Nick knowing me as well as he dose already knew I was going to be upset."
"So I talked to Charlie and when I found out there was a pond nearby I knew it was perfect. So I brought all out skates with me to the funeral." Nick explained.
"So when Adam left we followed and let him skate. He's really good Coach." Charlie finished.
"And you know me Jason, I skate to clear my head, to make peace with the universe. But it took a while because quite frankly the universe sucks right now." I added in the last of it. All right now for a little smile and eye contact, ah yes its working Jason is smiling. Oh boy being squished, big hug from Casey.
"That is a so sweet boy." She said all teary eyed. Wow is she one touchy feely lady. Oh well. We have escaped punishment. "You boys must be starving, I made my famous lasagna. Go wash up and I'll get it on the table."
We walked down the hall and shoved all three of us into the small bathroom and we could not stop laughing. Trust me I have no idea what was so funny, but it was hilarious.
"That was fun." Nick said with a huge smile on his face.
"Yeah it actually was. I didn't think I was going to have any fun today but I guess I was wrong."
"Thanks guys, I had fun too. It feels like I hadn't had fun in ages." Adam said drying his hand. They shoved each other all the way to the dinning room and settled in. Jason rolled his eyes at the three of them but Adam knew he wasn't mad. They each settled into a seat and ate dinner quickly. Adam walking back to his room Nick on his heels Charlie paused at Adam's doorframe then turned to go to his own bedroom.
"Hey Charlie, you wanna hang out?" Nick said
He pondered for a moment looking me in the eye.
"Come on, or are were that bad?" I said reassuringly.
"Aright." He said with a big smile. He walked in my room and looked flopped down on my bed. "I like what you've done with the place." He commented, looking at all the poster covering the walls. His eyes kept drifting, he hadn't been in my room since I moved in. "You have a computer." He said excitedly when he saw the laptop sitting on my desk.
"Yea, I got it last Christmas. My Mom and Dad thought I'd be nice to have over at Jostens."
"That is so cool." Charlie said. I came over and sat down in my chair that was right next to my bed.
Normally it takes a while for me to get comfortable talking to someone I didn't know very well, but with Nick him and Charlie were talking each other's ears off in less than ten seconds. Movies, music, hockey, they had talked about it all, me interjecting with info every now and then.
It was nice to see that Nick and Charlie could get along. I didn't hate Charlie, we have nothing in common, but he's not a bad guy. We laughed and listen to loud music until ten when Casey came in and made Nick go home.
"Nick is so cool." Charlie said helping me clean up after tornado Nick.
"Yeah, he my best friend."
"Was he a hawk with you?" I looked up surprised. Neither of us had brought up our childhood fights.
"Well yeah, Larson plays forward left." We stood in silence for a sec before I said, "Look, that was a long time ago, and it was stupid and I guess I'm sorry."
He looked up with that cocky grin of his, "Hey its no big deal, and your right it was stupid, cake eater." I had to laugh at the name.
"What was up with the whole cake eater thing. I mean it makes no since. I like cake, who doesn't? And it's not very insulting. I mean my brain dead brother has done better than cake eater."
"Hey we were like ten, give us a break." He said laughing. We finished up and headed to bed. At least today didn't completely suck.
(ADAM) The funeral was a surreal experience. I looked up at my brother and saw he was fighting back tear, Casey had been crying through the whole thing Nick stood next to me he kept giving me looks. Why am I not balling my eyes out to? I mean my parent's bodies are being buried, shouldn't I at least be a little teary? I looked over a Charlie and had to fight from laughing. He looked about as awkward as I feel. He kept pulling at his tie and inching slightly farther away. I looked back at the tombstone the priest started talking about my parents. When he started talking about the amazing parents they were tears blurred my eyes.
Panic swept through my body, I had to get out of there. I stood there fighting the tears for a couple of minutes, but couldn't take it. I walked across the cemetery quickly, keeping my head down and praying no one followed me. I reached a little pond; some kids were ice-skating out on the ice. I sat down. Just being near the ice seemed to calm me.
I sensed someone hovering behind me. "Either sit down or go away, I'd prefer the latter." Some one sat down next to me, his shoulder bumped mine so I knew it was Nick. I brushed the tears from my eyes, and sighed. But then a second person sat down on the other side. Oh great, they sent reinforcements. I didn't look at either and we sat in silence for ten minutes or so.
"Do you want to play?" Charlie's voice said from next to me.
"Charlie?" I sat there in complete shock
"Come on, Will play." He said standing up him and nick pulling me to my feet.
"What the heck are you talking about?"
"uh hockey. I though you played." Charlie said.
"Well yeah, but how, I mean we don't have skates or sticks, or pucks."
"I brought all that stuff." Larson said looking at me, "I was talking to Charlie earlier and we planned it out."
"Why?"
"Hockey clears my mind after a hard day. And I think your parent's funeral has to be one of the hardest days of your life." Charlie said pulling my skates out of the bag.
"Wait a minute, these were in my closet. You went through all my stuff."
"I know I know, sorry." I shot a look over at Nick.
"Look," I finally said, "I appreciate you guys doing this but I'm not really in the mood to play hockey."
"Come on Adam, you know you want to. When ever you have a problem you head to the nearest rink and do laps." I sighed in frustration. Nick was right, why do I have to tell him everything. "Fine, I am forced to make you." He said grabbing my foot, "Charlie please hold him?" I started to struggle but Charlie sat down on my chest, not much you can do fight that off. He slid off both my shoes and laced up my skates. Just when I thought I might very well die of lack of oxygen I was pulled to my feet and literally dragged to the ice.
Nick pulled and pushed me until I finally started skating on my own. Somewhere into the second lap I tuned out the kids, and Charlie and Nick. It was just me, doing what I love to do. I hate it when Nick's right. But yet again he was. This is what I needed to do, skate.
"Man, your like the Engizer bunny, you kept going and going." Charlie said with a laugh when I skated over to them. I was finally done; I'd come to peace with the world. The streetlight had already turned on I hadn't realized how late it was. "We better head home. Mom's going to start worrying." I nod and took off my skates, trailing the two of them home.
"Where have you been?" Is the first thing I hear when we walked in the door. Surprisingly enough it wasn't Casey, it wasn't Gordon, and yep you guessed it, Jason.
Well it didn't surprise me. Jason's been taking care of me for a long time. Dad and Mom were always working so he took upon himself to know were I was at all times.
"What were you boys thinking?" Casey asked. I guess Nick and Charlie forgot to tell the parents their plan for me. Damn now to top this day off I'm in trouble.
"Look Jason, before you totally freak out and have a parental moment on me hear me out." He nodded partially smiling, "I was totally upset during the funeral and walked off, Nick knowing me as well as he dose already knew I was going to be upset."
"So I talked to Charlie and when I found out there was a pond nearby I knew it was perfect. So I brought all out skates with me to the funeral." Nick explained.
"So when Adam left we followed and let him skate. He's really good Coach." Charlie finished.
"And you know me Jason, I skate to clear my head, to make peace with the universe. But it took a while because quite frankly the universe sucks right now." I added in the last of it. All right now for a little smile and eye contact, ah yes its working Jason is smiling. Oh boy being squished, big hug from Casey.
"That is a so sweet boy." She said all teary eyed. Wow is she one touchy feely lady. Oh well. We have escaped punishment. "You boys must be starving, I made my famous lasagna. Go wash up and I'll get it on the table."
We walked down the hall and shoved all three of us into the small bathroom and we could not stop laughing. Trust me I have no idea what was so funny, but it was hilarious.
"That was fun." Nick said with a huge smile on his face.
"Yeah it actually was. I didn't think I was going to have any fun today but I guess I was wrong."
"Thanks guys, I had fun too. It feels like I hadn't had fun in ages." Adam said drying his hand. They shoved each other all the way to the dinning room and settled in. Jason rolled his eyes at the three of them but Adam knew he wasn't mad. They each settled into a seat and ate dinner quickly. Adam walking back to his room Nick on his heels Charlie paused at Adam's doorframe then turned to go to his own bedroom.
"Hey Charlie, you wanna hang out?" Nick said
He pondered for a moment looking me in the eye.
"Come on, or are were that bad?" I said reassuringly.
"Aright." He said with a big smile. He walked in my room and looked flopped down on my bed. "I like what you've done with the place." He commented, looking at all the poster covering the walls. His eyes kept drifting, he hadn't been in my room since I moved in. "You have a computer." He said excitedly when he saw the laptop sitting on my desk.
"Yea, I got it last Christmas. My Mom and Dad thought I'd be nice to have over at Jostens."
"That is so cool." Charlie said. I came over and sat down in my chair that was right next to my bed.
Normally it takes a while for me to get comfortable talking to someone I didn't know very well, but with Nick him and Charlie were talking each other's ears off in less than ten seconds. Movies, music, hockey, they had talked about it all, me interjecting with info every now and then.
It was nice to see that Nick and Charlie could get along. I didn't hate Charlie, we have nothing in common, but he's not a bad guy. We laughed and listen to loud music until ten when Casey came in and made Nick go home.
"Nick is so cool." Charlie said helping me clean up after tornado Nick.
"Yeah, he my best friend."
"Was he a hawk with you?" I looked up surprised. Neither of us had brought up our childhood fights.
"Well yeah, Larson plays forward left." We stood in silence for a sec before I said, "Look, that was a long time ago, and it was stupid and I guess I'm sorry."
He looked up with that cocky grin of his, "Hey its no big deal, and your right it was stupid, cake eater." I had to laugh at the name.
"What was up with the whole cake eater thing. I mean it makes no since. I like cake, who doesn't? And it's not very insulting. I mean my brain dead brother has done better than cake eater."
"Hey we were like ten, give us a break." He said laughing. We finished up and headed to bed. At least today didn't completely suck.