Chapter 16:

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Adam POV:

Friday was here at last– not that I was looking forward to it or anything. But that always happened, time always speeded up when all you wanted was for it to slow down. Overall the day would not be a total lose, after all I had a date with Lily later.

" Banksie" Connie said from her seat next to me in German.

" What's up?" I responded.

" Nothing, nothing, but I have something for you" she said as she pulled a folded piece of paper out of her bag and handed it to me.

" What is it?" I replied and started to unfold it, I had to admit I was rather intrigued.

" Read it later" she said.

" Alright" I responded a little confused by the whole situation. I put it in the front pocket of my bag, I made a mental note to remember that I put it in there.

" Hey" Lily said as she passed by me quickly and took her place in the back of the class.

" What was that?" Connie said looking curiously back at Lily. If I didn't know any better I would think she had a crush on me or something. Connie was beautiful, and a great girl but she was not my type. Yeah than there was the fact that she was in love with Guy. These things were not even an issue though because I did know better; her curiosity was probably based on her friendship with Jules. And it dawned on me that the note was probably from Jules.

" Nothing why?" I finally said.

" I don't know. Just wondering what you've been up to lately. Banksie is it so bad that I care about your life" she said smiling.

" No, it's alright. I don't mind" I stated.

" Good" she said.

Class started and before I knew it the day was over and Lily was walking with me to my locker. We had gotten out of class about ten minutes late, because he seemed to mis time his eighty minute lecture. But because of this the halls were completely deserted.

" So I will come get you at like eight thirty" I informed her. I assumed the game would be over at eight, since it was just an exhibition game there would be no overtime or anything.

" Sounds great" she agreed, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. " Can I ask you one question though?" she continued.

" Yeah, but you know you can just ask me the question. You don't need to ask to ask a question" I said, but I am not sure it actually came out the way I meant it to.

" Yeah okay I will keep that in mind." she responded and playfully slapped me on the arm.

" Ouch" I joked, and she laughed.

" Oh I am so sorry, I will have to make you all better" she said playfully.

" I look forward to it" I replied.

" Ok, I am gonna ask my question now." She said.

" Go ahead"

" Ok so where are you taking me tonight?" she asked.

" It's a surprise" I responded.

" Ooh, a surprise. Did I ever tell you that I hate surprises" she said scowling but it quickly turned into a smile.

" Well too bad I am full of them" I joked.

" Really well than" she said and kissed me softly on the lips.

" I'm not gonna tell you" I said sensing her motives.

" Damn. But can you at least tell how I am supposed to dress because I don't want to look like an idiot" she finished.

" Sure not to nice but not too casual" I said.

" Okay fair enough" she said smiling. " Well I should go, I have some stuff to do" she finished.

" Alright go. I'll see you later." I said

" Good luck tonight though. I am sure you will do great" she said and kissed me goodbye. I watched her disappear around the corner. Than I turned my attention back to my locker. That was until:

" Adam, can I talk to you?" I heard the familiar voice of Julie Gaffney say behind me.

Julie's POV:

I headed down the hall towards Adam's locket. I knew where it was even though I hadn't talked to him in like a year. That wasn't because I didn't care. Well hell I more than cared I was in love with the guy. I passed that pretty blonde girl that was lucky enough to be Adam's lab partner on the way.

" Hi" she said in passing.

" Hey" I responded as we both went our separate ways. I didn't really talk to her ever. So there was not much more to say. I knew she was friends with my useless lab partner so her opinion of me had to be a tad biased.

I saw Adam looking very interested at what he was putting in his locker. He did not see me approach, which was good. I was worried that once he saw me he would turn and walk in the other direction.

" Adam can I talk to you?" I said. He turned around quickly: recognizing my voice. He almost dropped the books he was holding on the floor. He bobbled them but because of his quick reflexes– that made him such a great hockey player– they remained in his hands.

" Jules" he said coldly, turning his attention back to his locker. " What do we have to talk about?" he continued.

" Just things in general, us" I said quietly.

" I don't really have much to say on that, Jules" he said turning to look at me.

" I just hate the way things are between us. I know you hate me but Adam can we please try to be friends. I miss talking to you." I pleaded.

" I never said I hated you" he responded, again turning his face away from me. This shocked me I guess I always just assumed that he would have to hate me after what I did. But Adam was too sweet to ever hate anyone– except maybe his Father– but that was understandable

I didn't know what to say and apparently neither did he. I just stood there and watched him take his jacket out of his locker, and put it on.

" I have to go" He said grabbing his backpack off the floor.

" Okay, but can we please talk sometime" I said.

" Alright I guess, it wouldn't kill me" he said and waved bye and headed down the hall.

At least we had made progress he talked to me, and yeah he didn't hate me. I knew though I would have to pursue him, he wouldn't call me to talk I would have to call him and approach him. Something that I could easily do now that I knew he wouldn't run away from me.

I wondered if Connie had given him the note. If she had I doubt he read it, he did not mention anything about it so who knows. I headed back to my dorm room, I had to get prepared for the game tonight. It should be interesting, I didn't even think about the fact that Adam would be shooting at me. Oh well I knew him to well after all we had practiced together for years. I guess he knew my weaknesses too but no matter what it should be fun.

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