A light knock on the door ended our conversation abruptly. The door opened to reveal Adam.

"Can you excuse us?" He spoke quietly but with an underlying firmness in his voice. Fulton wordlessly got up and walked out. Adam slowly closed the door after his.

"I'm sor..,"

"Don't." He said cutting me off. "You shouldn't apologies."

"What are you talking about, I mean."

"Did you mean it," He spoke louder cutting me off for a second time. I sat a little dumb struck. I guess my silence answered for me because he started nodding his head. "Your just sorry you said it out loud." I leaned back a little suddenly very uncomfortable. Did I mean it? Even I had to admit the answer was yes, I did mean it. Or at the very least that was how I felt about him. But it wasn't right, one side of my head argued. Great now I'm arguing with myself to.

Adam started to pace back and forth on the cream colored carpet. "It's funny, I always wanted to get in some one else head. Just to see what they see, when they look at me. I guess I know now, huh."

And with that he turned the door handle and left me still stunned. What the hell had just happened? Was that it? I hate to admit it but I've really apologized for my actions before. I sat there pausing for just a second longer before one thing because very clear I had to go after him. I got up and nearly ran into the hallway. I grabbed him by the elbow and turned him around.

"You got this all wrong," I started he opened his mouth "Don't you dare interrupt me again okay. I just gotta say this. Look what I said last night has absolutely nothing to do with you. There's some shit going down at home and I was mad and I was upset and I took it out on you. And that's fair. And I should apologies, because I don't think I really meant it."

"You don't think." He was studying me now with intent interest. I hate that, when people look at you and it's like there seeing something. Something you know nothing about.

"Look, if you were really what I claimed you were last night. You wouldn't have been as nice to me as you have been. And never in a million years would a real snob just been so cool over public the humiliation I put you in last night." I sighed trying to come up with something brilliant and insightful to say that would solve everything. "Forgive me?" Is what came out, not brilliant but it was all I could think of.

"Maybe I am what you said." He said finding a spot on the floor and scuffing his shoe around. "But there's just to much that sorry can't erase."

I looked down at my own sock clad feet. I'm scum. I'm worse than scum. How could I expect him to forgive me? Shit, I blinked rapidly as I felt the water works come. First my parents, now I probably have to go home which is the last place on earth I want to be right now. I would not cry in front of these people I decided stubbornly biting my cheek. An out stretched hand broke through my blurry vision.

"But maybe we can start over," He took my hand and shook it firmly. "I'm Adam Banks Jr. Good Will game Olympian."

"Dean Portman," I started, thankfully my voice stayed steady, "Bash brother form the Jr. Good Will games." Looking up I finally glanced into his blue eyes. I had no idea what his eyes were saying, but I had a feeling it was something good.

"Just this time, no assumptions. I know you labeled me wrong, and I'm pretty sure I was wrong to."

I smiled, he smiled back. It was nice good old fashion awkward moment. "We don't have to hug or anything right?" I asked jokingly.

"God no," Adam said widening his eyes a little. Charlie laughed. It was the first time I realized we had an audience. Charlie and Fult stood in the living room, Conway with the goofy happy grin on his face. Fulton looking tired and relived.

Fulton came over and draped an arm around each of us, "I'm thinking first we eat. The we skate,"

"Yeah all this apologizing shit makes me hungry."

"Were teenagers everything makes us hungry." Adam fired back. I have heard him and Charlie have such conversation, where one says something and the other always retorts, but never with any one else. Maybe this could work out after all.

A/n: Forgive me for such a short chapter, but it was just the right spot to end it, ya know?

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