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Adam's POV
I couldn't believe it when it was all a prank. Varsity told me it was for real, a real tradition. Like the idiot I am I believed them. I think it was Cole that swung it for me – he played along, and was actually convincing. I thought he was so stupid he'd never have been able to pull it off.
I didn't find out until the night. I'd never have encouraged the Ducks to come if I'd known. Of course, they wouldn't believe that. Then again, why should they? I overheard Cole and Riley laughing about it in the men's room. By then it was too late.
If I'm being honest, it was almost worth it, almost worth all the hatred, just to see Julie. Man she looked beautiful. Her hair looked like woven gold in the candlelight, it was amazing. All I wanted was to hold her and stroke her hair and kiss her. But I couldn't.
I was terrified walking into Bio the following Monday. For a petite, kindly girl Julie can be damn scary. After what she did to the Iceland guys I never under-estimated her again. She looked at me when I first walked in, then ignored me. I didn't blame her, I'd expected her to be angry – but that one glance displayed another emotion. Hurt. And that near on killed me; it broke my heart that I'd hurt her.
"I'm sorry Jules," I managed eventually. "I had no idea." She snorted.
"I bet you didn't."
"Please believe me." She looked at me, and I guess my eyes must be expressive as my mom always said, because she did. She believed.
"OK." She turned back to her textbook. A simple "OK" and it was fine. Except she wasn't going to let me off that easy. "I had to spend three hours up to my elbows in dirty dishwater with the freaking Cowboy, thanks to you. You're going to be paying me back for a very long time." I grinned. Now that was something I could do. We slipped back into silence.
"So what's the plan?" I needed something to break it.
"What?"
"What are you going to do for revenge?" She looked at me like I was crazy. I didn't blame her. We sank back into silence. The bell rang. I started to leave.
"Go home this weekend." Her sweet voice sounded again. It was my turn to stop and turn round.
"What?"
"This weekend. Don't stay in the dorms. Go home."
"But I –"
"Just do it Banks." I understood. I smiled gratefully. I did as she said.
Thanks to her, I managed to escape getting ants in my pants.
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Author's Note : Thanks for all the encouragement guys! Cookies for all of you!
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Adam's POV
I couldn't believe it when it was all a prank. Varsity told me it was for real, a real tradition. Like the idiot I am I believed them. I think it was Cole that swung it for me – he played along, and was actually convincing. I thought he was so stupid he'd never have been able to pull it off.
I didn't find out until the night. I'd never have encouraged the Ducks to come if I'd known. Of course, they wouldn't believe that. Then again, why should they? I overheard Cole and Riley laughing about it in the men's room. By then it was too late.
If I'm being honest, it was almost worth it, almost worth all the hatred, just to see Julie. Man she looked beautiful. Her hair looked like woven gold in the candlelight, it was amazing. All I wanted was to hold her and stroke her hair and kiss her. But I couldn't.
I was terrified walking into Bio the following Monday. For a petite, kindly girl Julie can be damn scary. After what she did to the Iceland guys I never under-estimated her again. She looked at me when I first walked in, then ignored me. I didn't blame her, I'd expected her to be angry – but that one glance displayed another emotion. Hurt. And that near on killed me; it broke my heart that I'd hurt her.
"I'm sorry Jules," I managed eventually. "I had no idea." She snorted.
"I bet you didn't."
"Please believe me." She looked at me, and I guess my eyes must be expressive as my mom always said, because she did. She believed.
"OK." She turned back to her textbook. A simple "OK" and it was fine. Except she wasn't going to let me off that easy. "I had to spend three hours up to my elbows in dirty dishwater with the freaking Cowboy, thanks to you. You're going to be paying me back for a very long time." I grinned. Now that was something I could do. We slipped back into silence.
"So what's the plan?" I needed something to break it.
"What?"
"What are you going to do for revenge?" She looked at me like I was crazy. I didn't blame her. We sank back into silence. The bell rang. I started to leave.
"Go home this weekend." Her sweet voice sounded again. It was my turn to stop and turn round.
"What?"
"This weekend. Don't stay in the dorms. Go home."
"But I –"
"Just do it Banks." I understood. I smiled gratefully. I did as she said.
Thanks to her, I managed to escape getting ants in my pants.
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Author's Note : Thanks for all the encouragement guys! Cookies for all of you!