Banksiesbabe99 - Well here is the make-up that you've been waiting for.
Crazy4nc128- I'm glad you weren't disappointed. I just decided that jerky Charlie had been around long enough and he needed to start redeeming himself.
C-chan96 - Yeah I was always good at procrastinating when it came to paper's myself like the paper for my criminal justice class that I didn't even start until two days before it was due (but believe it or not I was a good student). As for the Miss Jacobs bit I just randomly picked a name. I didn't even think about the DC connection until I read your review (and just so you know Charlie isn't going to have an affair with her). Well I'll let you get to the conversation you want to read so much. Enjoy.
Anne918- don't worry about the delay in reviewing I just like getting reviews no matter how long it takes and I know what it is like to get busy. Thanks for the support.
Adam's POV:
I followed Charlie into his room. The thought that this was a bad idea crossed my mind. Maybe talking to Charlie alone wasn't a good idea period. The way he had been acting lately I wasn't too sure what was going to happen.
I heard Charlie shut the door behind him but neither one of us said anything. Suddenly I wasn't quite sure how to start saying what was on my mind without getting Charlie pissed off at me and have him throw me out of the room. I wanted us to work things out not get Charlie even madder.
"Look, Charlie . . ." I started saying at the same time as he started talking. We both stopped talking and looked at one another trying to decide who should say what they wanted to say first.
"Adam, please let me tell you something first," Charlie pleaded with me which surprised me. After all he had been the one who had been avoiding me here lately. I was curious as to what he felt was so suddenly important that he say so I nodded my head for him to continue.
Charlie hesitated for a moment as if he was actually thinking about what he was going to say before he said it. For Charlie that was monumental. Charlie had always tended to speak first and then think about it later.
"Adam I realize I've been a jerk toward here lately and I'm sorry," he finally said. I'm not sure what I had expected Charlie to say to me but that definitely wasn't it. "You're my best friend and you didn't deserve to be treated the way I've been treating you."
"Why were you mad at me?" I asked him not really sure I wanted to accept the apology all of a sudden. I thought about the conversation that I had with Jesse last week. Jesse had said that Charlie was jealous. I guess part of me wanted to know if Jesse had been right but mostly I just wanted to know the reason behind Charlie's behavior the past week or so. For me that was more important than the apology itself. Yes, I could blindly accept his apology but in the long run what would that accomplish. Nothing would have been worked out and eventually we would probably end up dealing with the same situation again.
"At first I wasn't sure," Charlie admitted walking over to his bed and sitting down. "I was just angry and I didn't know why. After I went off at Alex after practice last Friday Connie suggested that I was jealous. It took me awhile but I realized that she was right."
"Jealous?" I said questionly. This conversation was starting to sound familiar. I had thought Charlie and I had worked all of this out over Christmas vacation. Evidently we hadn't.
"Yeah jealous," he said again. "Jealous of the fact that you were spending all kinds of time with Alex and Shane. I guess I just got use to being the one you spent time with. I missed our time together," he said with a shrug. "And I was also trying to desperately trying to hold on to the way things were. I was afraid of all the changes that were going on because I was afraid that with all the changes I'd lose our friendship."
"No matter what changes Charlie, you will always be one of my best friends," I told him sitting down next to him. "You were the first Duck to accept me on the team and you've been there for me over the last four years despite some of the problems we've had. Shane, Alex and I have had some things to catch up on, that's why I've been spending so much time with them but that doesn't mean our friendship means any less to me."
"Does that mean I'm forgiving?" Charlie asked looking doubtful.
"Come on, you should know I can't hold a grudge for long," I told him trying to lighten the mood in the room.
"Thanks, Adam," he said finally smiling. "Now all I have to do is apologize to Alex."
"I suggest wearing you're hockey gear while doing it," I told him. When he looked at me questionly I added "you might need the protection."
"That makes me feel so much better. Thanks," he told me.
"Anytime."
Alex's POV:
I was trying to get some of my homework done before practice on Tuesday afternoon when I heard a knock on my dorm door.
"The door is open," I called out as I finished up the math problem I was working on. I heard the door open and looked up as I finished the problem, hopefully with the right answer. I saw Kayla, who had the room across the hall from me, standing there. I got along with everyone on my floor but some of them I was closer to than others. Kayla was one of the ones I wasn't that close to. We just didn't seem to have much in common and fact that she actually enjoyed Riley's company didn't help much considering how well Riley and I got along.
"You've got someone waiting for you down in the common room."
"Who is it?" I asked. Most of my friends just came right up to my room instead of sending people to get me.
"Captain Duckie," Kayla said using Riley's nickname for Riley. She didn't sound all that happy about having to relay the message.
"Okay, thanks," I told her standing up and heading toward the door. Kayla disappeared into her own room as I headed downstairs to the common room to see what Charlie wanted. I just hoped he wasn't hear to pick another fight.
Charlie was pacing back and forth by the windows when I walked into the common room. I could see the few people who were actually in the room cast glances at Charlie wondering what was going on.
"What's up Charlie?" I asked trying to sound cheerful.
"Um, can we talk, Alex?" he asked tentatively. I think he was expecting me to tell him no.
"Sure," I told him. "Let's go for a walk," I suggested. I had a feeling that what Charlie wanted to talk about really didn't need an audience.
"Good idea," he said finally realizing he was getting strange looks from the others in the room. The two of us headed out of the building and started walking down toward the nearby lake.
Crazy4nc128- I'm glad you weren't disappointed. I just decided that jerky Charlie had been around long enough and he needed to start redeeming himself.
C-chan96 - Yeah I was always good at procrastinating when it came to paper's myself like the paper for my criminal justice class that I didn't even start until two days before it was due (but believe it or not I was a good student). As for the Miss Jacobs bit I just randomly picked a name. I didn't even think about the DC connection until I read your review (and just so you know Charlie isn't going to have an affair with her). Well I'll let you get to the conversation you want to read so much. Enjoy.
Anne918- don't worry about the delay in reviewing I just like getting reviews no matter how long it takes and I know what it is like to get busy. Thanks for the support.
Adam's POV:
I followed Charlie into his room. The thought that this was a bad idea crossed my mind. Maybe talking to Charlie alone wasn't a good idea period. The way he had been acting lately I wasn't too sure what was going to happen.
I heard Charlie shut the door behind him but neither one of us said anything. Suddenly I wasn't quite sure how to start saying what was on my mind without getting Charlie pissed off at me and have him throw me out of the room. I wanted us to work things out not get Charlie even madder.
"Look, Charlie . . ." I started saying at the same time as he started talking. We both stopped talking and looked at one another trying to decide who should say what they wanted to say first.
"Adam, please let me tell you something first," Charlie pleaded with me which surprised me. After all he had been the one who had been avoiding me here lately. I was curious as to what he felt was so suddenly important that he say so I nodded my head for him to continue.
Charlie hesitated for a moment as if he was actually thinking about what he was going to say before he said it. For Charlie that was monumental. Charlie had always tended to speak first and then think about it later.
"Adam I realize I've been a jerk toward here lately and I'm sorry," he finally said. I'm not sure what I had expected Charlie to say to me but that definitely wasn't it. "You're my best friend and you didn't deserve to be treated the way I've been treating you."
"Why were you mad at me?" I asked him not really sure I wanted to accept the apology all of a sudden. I thought about the conversation that I had with Jesse last week. Jesse had said that Charlie was jealous. I guess part of me wanted to know if Jesse had been right but mostly I just wanted to know the reason behind Charlie's behavior the past week or so. For me that was more important than the apology itself. Yes, I could blindly accept his apology but in the long run what would that accomplish. Nothing would have been worked out and eventually we would probably end up dealing with the same situation again.
"At first I wasn't sure," Charlie admitted walking over to his bed and sitting down. "I was just angry and I didn't know why. After I went off at Alex after practice last Friday Connie suggested that I was jealous. It took me awhile but I realized that she was right."
"Jealous?" I said questionly. This conversation was starting to sound familiar. I had thought Charlie and I had worked all of this out over Christmas vacation. Evidently we hadn't.
"Yeah jealous," he said again. "Jealous of the fact that you were spending all kinds of time with Alex and Shane. I guess I just got use to being the one you spent time with. I missed our time together," he said with a shrug. "And I was also trying to desperately trying to hold on to the way things were. I was afraid of all the changes that were going on because I was afraid that with all the changes I'd lose our friendship."
"No matter what changes Charlie, you will always be one of my best friends," I told him sitting down next to him. "You were the first Duck to accept me on the team and you've been there for me over the last four years despite some of the problems we've had. Shane, Alex and I have had some things to catch up on, that's why I've been spending so much time with them but that doesn't mean our friendship means any less to me."
"Does that mean I'm forgiving?" Charlie asked looking doubtful.
"Come on, you should know I can't hold a grudge for long," I told him trying to lighten the mood in the room.
"Thanks, Adam," he said finally smiling. "Now all I have to do is apologize to Alex."
"I suggest wearing you're hockey gear while doing it," I told him. When he looked at me questionly I added "you might need the protection."
"That makes me feel so much better. Thanks," he told me.
"Anytime."
Alex's POV:
I was trying to get some of my homework done before practice on Tuesday afternoon when I heard a knock on my dorm door.
"The door is open," I called out as I finished up the math problem I was working on. I heard the door open and looked up as I finished the problem, hopefully with the right answer. I saw Kayla, who had the room across the hall from me, standing there. I got along with everyone on my floor but some of them I was closer to than others. Kayla was one of the ones I wasn't that close to. We just didn't seem to have much in common and fact that she actually enjoyed Riley's company didn't help much considering how well Riley and I got along.
"You've got someone waiting for you down in the common room."
"Who is it?" I asked. Most of my friends just came right up to my room instead of sending people to get me.
"Captain Duckie," Kayla said using Riley's nickname for Riley. She didn't sound all that happy about having to relay the message.
"Okay, thanks," I told her standing up and heading toward the door. Kayla disappeared into her own room as I headed downstairs to the common room to see what Charlie wanted. I just hoped he wasn't hear to pick another fight.
Charlie was pacing back and forth by the windows when I walked into the common room. I could see the few people who were actually in the room cast glances at Charlie wondering what was going on.
"What's up Charlie?" I asked trying to sound cheerful.
"Um, can we talk, Alex?" he asked tentatively. I think he was expecting me to tell him no.
"Sure," I told him. "Let's go for a walk," I suggested. I had a feeling that what Charlie wanted to talk about really didn't need an audience.
"Good idea," he said finally realizing he was getting strange looks from the others in the room. The two of us headed out of the building and started walking down toward the nearby lake.