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I Dare You to Tell Me
Adam's POV
I watched in jealousy as Dean came through his gate and swept Julie off her feet. With their height difference, he practically had to lift her up so she could kiss him. God, how I wish I was the one kissing Julie right about now. It sounds horrible, I know, but I honestly can't help it. This girl has this crazy effect on me. The entire team welcomed Dean back once the PDA was over. Everyone came to pick up Dean then say goodbye to Jesse. The Halls were moving to Atlanta, and that sucks because we all love Jesse. I managed to say goodbye without any water works. The only one who did cry was, as usual Connie. Guy, being whipped the way his was, tried to comfort her, but that just led to an argument. Great, as if we needed yet another awkward rift in the group. Charlie has been bothering the shit out of me all day, asking extremely stupid questions. He is wigging out saying that I'm hiding something from him. In all fairness, I am hiding something from him, but that's none of his fucking business. The team planned to head back to town, get some pizza at Goldberg's, see a movie on Averman, and then head home. Tomorrow is the scholarship induction and we're having a breakfast with Bombay beforehand. All the out of town ducks were staying at a local's. Obviously Julie is staying at my place, Portman and Russ at Charlie's, Ken and Luis at Goldberg's and Dwayne with Guy. The thirteen of us packed into two mini vans heading back to town. Me, Charlie, Guy, Connie, Julie and Dean piled into Charlie's mother's car. I sat in the front seat, not eager to see anymore PDA from my favorite couple. It turns out that there wasn't any. In fact the whole ride was a giant headache because Guy and Connie had another argument over Charlie's lap. I was so grateful to get out and sit down at our usual table in Goldberg's Delicatessen. Connie and Julie head over to the bathroom, Connie still venting from her argument. It was a common event all through our lives: the Ducks, Bombay, and Minneapolis, the pond, Connie and Guy sagas. Charlie sat down next to me and started questioning me again. Damn it, he never knows when to shut the fuck up. Dean and Fulton looked over at Charlie and me quizzically.
End POV


Julie's POV
"And then he's all like, 'Connie, I don't know what I did.' and I'm like 'Well you should' and he throws an absolute bitch fit. It's so damn annoying. Then he sai-"
"I know, con. I was there, in the car with you." I sat on the sink while Connie applied a fresh layer of makeup to her face.
"Oh right. Sorry. I just hate when he treats me like a child who doesn't know anything. Besides I think he's cheating on me with his neighbor. What's her name?"
"Anna." I sighed loudly. I never met the girl, but her name came up an awful lot.
"Yeah, her. If not then he still flirts with her way too much. So I'm going to have to get back at him by flirting with someone." I sighed again. This is such classic Connie. Her and Guy will eventually get back together, because they always do. But not before she rips out his heart and steps on it by flirting with anyone available. Last time it was poor innocent Dwayne. She pulled a brown eyeliner pencil from her purse and lined her eyes. I watched her through the mirror. After silence she looked over at me and sighed.
"What is it Jul?" I looked up at her. She was now lining her lips with a deep red pencil. "Come on. The sooner you tell me, the sooner we can get out of here." She replaced the liner and pulled out a crimson gloss. "Julie..." She put it on very liberally.
"I think I'm falling for Adam." The tube hit the bottom of the sink with a clank. Connie turned to me with her mouth open in shock.
"Banks?" was all she managed to sputter out.
"Do we know another Adam?" I said sarcastically while she stared at me.
"But, Julie, aren't you still with Dean?"
"Yes, I'm still with Dean. That's what makes this so weird."
"Then where is it coming from?"
"I don't know!" I jumped down from the sink and stood next to her. "They're so different, they both make me feel different." I say while putting my light brown hair into a ponytail. Connie looked at me with her eyes narrowed.
"Did anything happen between you and Adam after we left last night? I mean you were still in the hot tub."
"No! No way, of course not. I wouldn't do that. Especially not to Dean." Connie breathed a sigh of relief then smiled at me. "What?"
"The minute I saw you I knew you'd fall for Banksie."
"Connie, that's so not helping. What am I supposed to do?"
"Well I'd tell you not to like Adam, but too late." She said slightly amused, turning back to the mirror and running her fingers through her hair. "No but seriously. You have to decide who you like more. And until then, you are Dean's girlfriend, so cool it on the Adam front."
"You don't get it, Con. I can't help it with him, I don't even try. I honestly don't trust myself alone with him. Oh my god, I'm living in his house!" I say almost laughing. It sounded so stupid out loud, but it was the truth.
"Chill. I'm going to help you. Just so Dean doesn't feel like your pulling away while simultaneously sending a message to Adam, you're going to out there and kiss him. And I'm going to go make Guy sorry." She smiled wickedly. "Let's go."
End POV


Dean's POV
"What is it with you two?" I asked of Adam and Charlie who were arguing in hushed tones.
"Nothing." Adam said harshly giving Charlie a horrible look. I'm sure it's nothing.
I stare blankly ahead. My mind is still numb and spinning. My mother has cancer, my mom has cancer. Cancer, what the hell? How could I have been so self-absorbed and selfish to not realize that she is sick. I have to go back to Chicago as soon as possible. I know I promised her that I wouldn't be, but I feel guilty as hell. No scholarship is worth leaving her alone in her condition. I'll go to the induction tomorrow then go home. The one regret I have is-
Julie sits down next to me and kisses me lightly on the lips. I make a small smile.
"Hey." I say hoarsely. She returns the smile then joins in the conversation at the table. Damn I think as I look at her, why does she have to be so perfect?. It's going to make leaving that much harder. And I can't bear to tell her the truth, not yet. As much as I hate to do it, I'm going to have to lie to her to leave.
"Finally! What took you so long?" Fulton got up and greeting some guy at the door. He was tall, with short, spiky black hair wearing a leather jacket and jeans. Fulton brought him over to the table.
"Guys this is my cousin, Derrick. D, this is the team. That's Dean, Julie, Connie, Luis, Dwayne, Russ, Charlie, Adam, Guy, Goldburg, Ken and Averman." He pointed at each of us respectively. I vaguely remember Fulton telling me about this guy. "So let's get out of here and head to the movie." At that we all got up and filed out of the restaurant and started walking to the mall. I just stare blankly ahead of me, my mind still numb. I'm trying to work out my plan for tomorrow. I'll say I need to head back to Chicago to pick up the rest of my clothes and then call her from there saying I need to stay. The induction will be over by two o'clock, so I'll need to find out when the first train into Illinois leaves. Julie taps my shoulder and brings me out of lalaland. She nods her head to her left. Directly in front of us is Connie, laughing animatedly with Derrick, her arm linked with his. I roll my eyes and look behind me. Poor Guy is watching them with tears in his eyes. Our large group reaches the theatre and Averman starts mutely counting heads.
"Uhh…2,3,7,"
"Fourteen, Averman." Russ answered. "That means we need fourteen tickets okay?" He continued like he would to a child.
"Make it thirteen. I'm out of here." Guy stuffed his hands in his jean pockets and headed in the other direction. I'm pretty sure he was crying. I looked at Connie and she gave Julie and I a 'what did I do look?'. But she sighed and let go of Derrick, his job being done now that Guy was gone.
"Actually, make it eleven." Julie piped up.
"What? Why?"
"I need to talk to you." She said in a slightly hushed voice. "We'll meet you guys out here when it's over." She laced her fingers with mine and headed out the door. Standing directly by the doors was Guy, crying in all his glory.
"Aww Guy." Julie said as she rubbed his arm with her other hand. "Don't worry, you know she doesn't mean it. She's just jealous and angry and being really stupid. She'll get over it and come back to you."
"I think its funny that she fucking tells me she loves me then is on the arm of another guy barely twenty-four hours after that." Julie looked at me sadly. I really did feel bad for him. Connie was always so intense with everything and Guy usually paid the price for it.
"Well if it makes you feel any better, that Derrick guy is gay." Julie raised her eyebrows at me and Guy looked up. "Yeah, Fulton told me." I wasn't lying, he had told me. "He has a boyfriend and everything." Well it wasn't exactly sure about that but whatever helps.
"But still, she's such a bitch. I don't think I can take it anymore." Guy said, wiping angry tears from his cheeks.
"No, Guy. You and her just have to talk, I mean really talk. You love her, and you know she loves you."
"Then why doesn't she trust me?" I look over at Julie's angelic face. I trust her . Not just to not cheat on me, but with my secrets and stuff. I can't think of a single reason why I shouldn't.
"Connie has never trusted anyone easily, you know that. You two just need to talk." Guy stuffed his hands back into pockets and sniffled.
"I guess so. Thanks, guys." He turned around and walked the remainder of the block before turning left. Julie looked at me, smiled then led the way to a bench. I realized that she had never let go of my hand. She smiled weakly before turning her eyes to her lap.
"Do you trust me?" she asked, her eyes still on our interlaced hands in her lap.
"Yeah." I stare at her, trying to catch her eyes.
"Good." she sighed and finally looked up. "That's good. Yeah, I trust you too." Wow, that's makes me feel so much better about lying to her about tomorrow. Julie shifted her eyes to our hands again.
"Julie?"
"Yeah?" She answered, still focusing on her ruby red fingernail. I took my free hand and lifted her chin up.
"What's wrong?"
"Funny, I was about to ask you the same question." Uh oh.
"I'm fine."
"Then why did your hand get tense when I asked that?" She smiled and looked down at my hand. I was clutching hers very tightly.
"Its' nothing." I say while loosening my grip.
"So much for trusting me."
"I do trust you."
"So tell me what's going on with you?"
"It's nothing."
"So nothing is why you've barely said a word since you got here, why you've been staring off into space all day." What the hell am I supposed to say to that? I have to tell her the truth. I sigh and rub my thumb against hers.
"I'm going back to Chicago tomorrow." Or part of it. "To get the rest of my stuff. I might not come back until the day before school starts."
"That's ten days from now. Why are you staying so long?"
"My mom wants me to stay with her for a while."
"Oh, okay. You as long as you come back in time for school." I hate having to lie. Especially to Julie. But she just wouldn't get it.
"Yeah." Time to change the subject. "So, what's up with you?"
"Oh, not much. I was just thinking about last night."
"Last night?"
"Are you a virgin?" Huh?
"What?"
"That's what we were talking about last night. The team I mean. Well not all of us. Just a few, in the hot tub." She said in one breath.
"Oh." That was random.
"It's okay if you're not. I was just curious."
"I'm not." Hmm, awkward. We go from my mom to school to sex. Wow…
"Okay." That just makes me safely assume she isn't. But that doesn't really matter much.
"That's all that was on your mind?"
"Yeah, I guess." Now who is lying…changing the subject again.
"So how life at the Bank's mansion?"
"Oh, fine. Yeah, his family is really nice and yeah, it's good."
"Good…so is that all that you wanted to ask me about?"
"Pretty much. And, well I didn't really want to see that movie."
End POV
((a/n: Okay so I just came up with this scene and since this is like the fifth rewrite of the chapter I'm not sure what came after this so, I'm just going to skip to the next scene.))


Adam's POV
Awesome day. Standing in the blistering sun wearing my heavy hockey jersey, over a shirt and tie and watching my favorite couple in front of me. I really want to be happy today, but I just can't. Because every time we're not clapping Dean has his hands on Julie's hips. It's driving me crazy. And the worst part is that I can't help it. I don't try to feel this way, I just do. And every time he touches her I just wish it were me. So I'm not sure I can stand here on stage in front of people for much longer without cracking and ripping Dean's head off. I look into the crowd instead. I see my mother, all dolled up and talking to her society friends instead of actually listening to what the dean is saying. Neither am I, maybe I should.
"..Where we hope the ducks will be happy warriors, and lead us on to glory and divisional championships." Thank god. Clap, everyone, it's over. We all step off the platform and head in opposite directions. Before I can go far a hand claps onto my shoulder.
"Good job, son."
"Oh thanks, Hans."
"Good luck. I'll see you later eh, Adam?"
"Sure." I look over at the lake and see Coach talking to Charlie, who starts walking away looking really pissed. Which one of them should I deal with first? Definitely…
"Coach, what's up with Charlie?"
"He's angry at me."
"What for?" Coach Bombay sighed and looked at the grass around his feet.
"The Junior Good Will Games Committee hired me as the Director of Player Personnel. I'll be in charge of their junior hockey program."
"That's amazing." Confused, bad part is?
"It's worldwide, Adam. I'll be traveling everyday." Oh…
"So you won't be our coach at all?"
"Eden Hall JV Coach Ted Orion has gladly stepped in."
"Are we even going to see you anymore?"
"Of course. I won't even forget you guys. I'll come and visit."
"It's still not the same, Coach. But I understand, if that helps."
"I know, Adam. I'm sorry. Can you tell Charlie that?"
"Yeah."
"See you later." He walked back up to the main area where a bunch of people were waiting. I stared at the still water for a few minutes then went up myself. Someone comes behind me and gently touches my hand.
End POV


Julie's POV
"Hey, your mom told me to find you. We're heading back." I say after I get Adam's attention.
"Oh, okay." He looks around at the remaining people."Where's Dean?"
"He's heading back to Chicago until next week." I say, slightly bitter. I still don't understand why his mother is being so selfish and making him go all the way back. He just got here yesterday. "What did Coach say?"
Adam looked around before answering.
"I'll tell you when we get to my house." He nodded to Charlie who was standing a few feet away, looking extremely angry.
"Guys let's go! Party at Adam's house." I looked at Adam who rolled his eyes. His mother volunteered to have everyone over for a pool party. Little did she know that they invited themselves over practically every night. She didn't care anyway, her and Phil were heading to some island for the next two days anyway. The odds were good that today's pool part would become a three-day sleep over kind of deal.
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((Okay that was officially the longest chapter I've ever written. And I was going to keep going too. I just wanted to get the scholarship induction out of the way. Next chapter something huge happens and Uhh yeah.

OMG I got my laptop back, along with iPod #8. Me and technology are like woahh. Monday is my last official day of school! Woo! Then stupid finals start. I am so happy tho…

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