"Man, I cannot move!" Russ griped after 3 straight hours of practice.
"Why does that sound familiar?" Averman said while digging in his locker for something.
"I could go to sleep right here." Goldberg said and lay on the floor beside Julie's feet.
"Don't even think about it, Goldberg. Fifteen minutes, guys." Coach Orion poked his head in the door of the locker room to remind the high-school hockey players.
Charlie took a seat beside Adam, closed his eyes, and leaned his head back.
"Don't you wish you could get away, just for a few days?" He asked to no one in particular.
"It's impossible, Charlie. Keep dreaming, man." Kenny replied.
With that conclusion, they all tiredly started cleaning up.
Later that evening, around 5:00 in the dorms, Adam looked up at Charlie, who was sleeping soundly on the bed opposite his. Smiling like a maniac, he shook him awake.
"Hmm? What? Wa'asamatter?" He turned from lying on his side, and would've come crashing to the floor, if Adam hadn't been there to catch him.
"You gotta be more careful, man." Adam said, laughing.
"What did you wake me up for, Adam? Is something wrong?" He said after he was partially awake.
"No. Everything's just perfect! This is gonna be amazing!" He said, and the stupid grin returned.
"Man, you look evil when you grin like that. It's kinda freaky." Charlie said.
The grin disappeared, Adam dropped, and I mean literally dropped Charlie the rest of the way to the floor while scowling down at him.
Charlie picked himself up, laughing.
"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. What did you want?"
"You know when you said it would be great just to get away for a day or two after practice today?"
"Yeah. And Kenny was right, it's hopeless." His good mood faded as these words were said.
"Oh, really? Well, what if Kenny was wrong? What if it was possible?"
"Okay, I'm confused now. What the heck are you talking about?"
"I'm talking, maybe we, just you and me, could go on a road trip for a few days. No one else, we could anywhere we wanted. Think about it, Charlie. Out on the open road, no Coach Orion to bug us and work us stupid every day, no Averman, Goldberg, Luis, no Anybody. It would be really good for our relationshop, also. We really haven't been spending that much time with each other like we should be."
Charlie pondered this for several moments, before working it out and smiling at Banksie.
"Banksie, have I told you lately how much I love you?" He laughed and picked Adam up around the waist and spun him around, while Adam held on to his neck, and Charlie finally pulled him into a deep, intimate kiss.