"Oh whatever! You just hung out with me to get closer to the Hawks." Amore said with a slight smile as she nudged both ex-Hawks sitting next to her on the couch. "Don't lie. you had it bad for Adam."
Trish giggled. "Yes I did. But what girl in the school didn't. He was polite, cute and one heck of a hockey player."
Amore nudged Adam when she noticed him blush and he shyly smiled back at her.
Trish didn't seem to notice from her spot next to Charlie. "And I did too consider you a friend."
Larson smirked. "But only when Adam wasn't getting in the way right."
Trish rolled her eyes. "Adam? If I remember right, you were the one attached to her hip. where ever Amore was you were never far behind."
Amore smirked. "Yeah Larson ya little stocker."
Larson shrugged and playfully poked Amore in the side.
"But let me tell ya when Amore went to the Ducks, you Hawks seemed lost with out her." Trish said with a smirk. "If she wasn't around, you guys sulked. then when she was, you tortured the poor thing."
"Yeah!" Amore demanded smacking both boys. "Ya big jerks."
Charlie chuckled as he watched the old friends reunite. Learning what his two best friends used to be like before he met them. And by the sound of it, Charlie wouldn't have much cared to befriend them back then. he was glad they had changed.
"Do you remember that time when Britney asked you to her birthday party and told you to bring the Hawks!" Trish said with a smirk. "She was so ticked that you only brought Adam."
Amore giggled. "She had a crush on Larson. there was no way I was taking him."
"Awe, was some one being protective of her boyfriend?" Larson teased. "But you had nothing to worry about. Cause back then, I believed other girls had cooties."
"Yet you still dated Britney for two years in high school." Trish replied and by the look on Larson's face he wasn't pleased with being reminded.
"I think it's time to take you home before you tell them all my nasty secrets." Larson said getting to his feet.
Amore got to her feet as well. "Why don't you both stay here. I mean, it's at least an hours drive back to Trish's college." Amore said and Adam nodded.
"It's way late as it is. just crash here on the couch." Adam replied.
"We'll have a movie night!" Amore said excitedly. "And I'm sure I can find some old clothes for you to wear."
Charlie nodded. "Its true. she's like a clothes collector. has clothes from like every one who has ever left something at her house."
"I'll go look." Amore said rushing up the stairs. she came back a few seconds with Bombay in tow. Amore had a few clothes while Bombay carried an air mattress and a few blankets.
"What's all that for?" Adam asked confused.
"The twins are sleeping in my room so Mom and Dad took your room." Amore replied. Charlie smirked at the proud smile Bombay got when Amore called Michele mom. Adam on the other hand didn't seem to happy.
"Wow, No offince Bombay, but I'm not real comfortable with you and Michele sleeping in my room." Adam replied.
"Don't worry Banks." Bombay said placing every thing down on the floor. "I wont mess with your condoms in your night stand."
"You went through my night stand!" Banks said as his cheeks turned red.
Bombay gave Adam an odd look then smirked. "No, but now I am."
Adam groaned and sat back down on the couch. "I'm really wishing I stayed a Hawk at this moment."
Larson chuckled. "Are you kidding. I'm starting to wish I had followed you. Bombay is kinda funny."
Charlie, Amore and Adam all three rolled their eyes. and Bombay smirked. "Why thank you Ray."
"Ok, Dad time for you to go back up stairs before Larson convinces you that you're also cool." Amore said as she lightly pushed her father towards the stairs.
"Don't listen to her Bombay." Larson called after him. "You are cool."
Bombay smirked. "Why had you hated this kid again? I kind of like him."
"Good night dad." Amore said with a slight smirk. when her dad was up stairs and far away from Larson's suck ups, Amore brought out the box of movies Bombay had brought from home.
at once Trish and Amore began to dig through them as they slapped the boys hands away if they even attempted to pick out a movie. that was till Trish screeched and picked up one of the DVDs. she held it close to her and began to jump up and down.
"We have to watch this one!" She demanded and before any one had time to protest or ask what movie it was she had already placed it in the DVD player. the others waited till the music started to play. Larson and Adam groaned in protest as Amore brought Trish into a rib crushing hug. both girls started to jump around and sing along with the song. "You, doing that thing you do. breaking my heart into a million pieces."
"I love this movie!" She demanded.
"Oh, we remember." Adam said and he exchanged looks with Larson.
"Never seen it." Charlie replied as he looked up from the air mattress he was pumping up.
"Man please don't encourage her." Larson begged. "I swear I just got the soundtrack out of my head last week. and I haven't seen the damn movie in years. pre pewees."
"Then you and Adam can make popcorn." Trish replied and Amore nodded in agreement. both boys headed for the kitchen with out having to be told again.
"Do you remember how you fell in love with this movie?" Trish asked. Amore smiled.
"You, me, and Britney. first slumber party at my house." Amore replied.
"Jason had rented movies for us." Trish replied. "But all we did was watch this one then race up to your room to dress up like huge fans and ran around the house for hours chasing Jason, Alex, Rick and Scott around as if they were the Wonders! Rick was Jimmy, Jason was Lou, Scott was The Bass Player and Alex was Guy. And you were the beautiful Faye."
Amore smirked. "I forgot how fun Rick and Scott used to be. they were never afraid to play with me."
"They still weren't." Charlie replied and Amore jumped. she had almost forgotten that Charlie was still in the room. "Wasn't it Scott's idea for you to double date with him and Julie and You and Rick."
Amore scowled at the memory. "But it never happened. thank god."
"That's because Julie broke up with him over it." Adam replied walking back in holding all five bags of popcorn as Larson carried the drinks.
"I didn't know that." Amore said as she took the popcorn Adam handed to her. she smiled when she noticed it was lightly buttered.
"Yeah, but they didn't really announce it till a couple weeks later when Scott was seen on a date with Linda." Adam replied.
"Bitch." Charlie said under his breath. Adam rolled his eyes.
"You had already broken up with her Charlie."
"Yeah four hours prior." Charlie demanded.
"Wow wow wow wait a minute." Larson said pretending to choke on his pop corn. "You mean to tell me that Charlie had a girlfriend! That's almost as surprising as Adam owning condoms."
Larson then received popcorn to the face.
"They were a gag gift from Portman and Fulton ok." Adam protested.
Amore nudged him. "Yeah, ok Banksie. We believe you."
"Ok here's the deal. we let you girls watch this movie," Adam said from his seat on the couch. He acted like he never heard Amore's last comment. "Then we get to pick a movie."
he popped a piece of popcorn in his mouth then smirked at Amore. She felt chills go up her spine. he once again had become unreadable to her.
"Fine." Trish said with out even considering what Amore thought of the proposition. Amore turned away from Adam as he watched her closely. He was starting to realize she was having trouble reading him, and that was very entertaining to him.
She pushed play on the movie then took a seat next to Adam. when the movie started Amore and Trish seemed to be mesmerized. they didn't even notice that the boys weren't watching it. Charlie and Larson were in a popcorn fight while Adam watched Amore. he couldn't seem to take his eyes off her. she would, every so often, get a goofy smile on her face as if she was lost in a past memory. when her favorite songs came on she'd sing along while Trish did the same. and during the end she cuddled up to Adam and placed her head on his shoulder. He knew it was because it was one of her favorite parts. Adam placed an arm around her and smiled. he could start liking the movie.
"Alright movies over!" Larson stated as the credits came up. he and Charlie grabbed the box of movies and began to go through them. Larson picked one up and showed it to Adam. Adam shook his head and the other two boys started to go through the box of movies once more. finally they found one that had Adam's approval.
"Come on now, Adam you know I hate that movie!" Amore pouted. "Its way scarrier than it looks."
Larson chuckled. "How can a bunch of weeds be scary. but if you get to scared, you can come cuddle up to me... Or Adam. Adam seems like a good scary movie cuddler as well."
Larson added the last part as Adam sent him death glares. Trish took it upon herself to sit on the floor with Charlie. Amore smirked knowing the girl had taken a liking to Captain Duckie.
as the movie started Larson turned off the lights and at once Amore cuddled up even closer to Adam.
"I really hate you right now." Amore whispered in his ear. he smirked and grabbed a blanket. he covered them up and slid his hand from her shoulder to her waist.
"You sure about that?" He asked as his warm hand made contact with her skin. Amore felt her stomach flip flop. he had planned on this.
"We'll just have to see how I feel about it when the scary parts come on." Amore replied. Adam smiled and lightly ran his hand up and down her side. she smiled up at him and laid her head on his shoulder and a hand on his leg. she wasn't sure what was running through his mind, but she was starting to realize that she didn't mind. Not being able to read him made his touch more thrilling. Amore peaked over at Trish. she had already hid her face in Charlie's shirt. the only one that seemed to be watching the movie was Larson.
When the scarry parts came on Trish held on to Charlie's arm tightly, digging her nails into his upper arm. Charlie cringed and took his arm away from her and carefully wrapped it around her.
Amore had jumped and Adam brought her into his lap her face hidden in his chest. "Just tell me when its over."
Adam smirked knowing she meant the scary parts. but he secretly took it as the movie. soon Amore had fallen asleep in his arms. Adam easily moved them so they were both laying on the couch, Amore comfortably cuddled up to him.
"Smooth Banksie." Larson said with a smirk. Adam smirked and began to watch the movie. every so often he'd look down at Amore if she moved then shift his weight so she'd be more comfortable.
"How much do you want to bet that when Amore waked up she nails him in the balls." Charlie said nudging Larson when Trish had also fallen asleep.
"Dude, I know better than to take that bet." Larson replied. "She's done that for years."
Charlie nodded. "Then in the morning I take dibs on waking her up."
Larson chuckled. "We'll see which one of us wakes first then take dibs."
"Guys, you do realize I'm still awake right." Adam said rolling his eyes.
"Yep." Both boys said together. Adam was starting to regret agreeing to let Larson stay.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Amore woke the next morning with the sun. A habit she had picked up during High school. she found by waking that early she could catch up on undone homework or check over Charlie's. She was pretty sure that if she hadn't double checked his homwork, he would have never passed. a few teachers had even confirmed that on graduation day. Amore detached Adam's arm from her waist and got to her feet. she then headed for Charlie's laptop sitting the kitchen table. A place the laptop had never movies from since Charlie set it there the first day at the apartment. she was glad to see that Connie was already waiting on her.
"Have you seen Trish?" Connie asked worriedly. "I don't think she came back last night."
Amore nodded. "She's sleeping on the air mattress on my livingroom floor."
"Really?" Connie said in surprise.
"Charlie actually allowed a die hard Hawk fan to sleep on your floor? How did you convince him of that." Guy said sounding just as surprised as Connie looked. but with all the pain meds he was on, his face seemed to look emotionless.
"His idea actually." Amore replied. "Larson is here too. Charlie seems to have a man crush on him. they've been acting like they've been best friends for years."
"Wow." Guy said laying his head on Connie's shoulder. Connie smiled and lighly kissed his cheek.
"Man, these are amazing drugs." Guy said attempting to smile. "I couldn't feel that at all."
Amore giggled. "Well I'm glad your feeling better Guy."
Connie rolled her eyes. "Me too, but these drugs need to wear off. he's driving me crazy."
Amore smirked. "You sure its just the drugs? I thought he always drove you crazy."
"In a different way." Connie said with a slight blush. "But talking about guys that drive you crazy, how's Adam?"
Amore blushed. "He's well."
"So what's going on with you two?" Guy asked. "Will we be expecting to hear wedding bells in the near future?"
Amore looked over her shoulder to see Adam's blue eyes staring back at her. "Not sure about that one Guy. But things between us are looking very good."
Adam smirked and slowly got to his feet. he walked up behind Amore and placed his chin on her shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. "Hey Cons. You being good to Guy?"
"No!" Guy demanded. "She wanted me to stay in that damn hospital another day."
Connie rolled her eyes. "Only because the doctor wanted to run more tests. I only wanted you to stay because I love you."
Out of no where Larson came into the kitchen and sat down on Amore's lap. Amore jumped at the sudden presence of him sitting on her. Adam chuckled and lightly pushed him off Amore.
"Mornin to you too Banksie." Larson said with a slight chuckle. "You got any thing good to eat in this joint."
he headed for the fridge and started to look through it.
"Larson if you touch the cinnamon rolls in there, Mom will hurt you." Amore said when she saw his face light up. "Those are for the twins. They wont eat anything else for breakfast."
"Lucky little bastards." Larson said as he took out a carton of eggs. Adam rolled his eyes and took to carton from Larson.
"You go sit. I'll make the eggs." Adam said. "Last thing we need is you burning the place down."
Charlie came skidding into the kitchen. he paused and sniffed the air. "Did I hear eggs?"
Connie giggled. "That boy can sleep through an earthquake, but at the mention of food he's awake in seconds."
Amore nodded. "His world revolves around food and hockey. Hope you can cook Trish."
Trish tiredly rubbed her eyes. "Why's that?"
Amore smirked and nodded towards Charlie as he stood over Adams shoulder as he cooked. Trish blushed a bit and took a seat on Amore's lap.
"Hey Connie, how are you doing?" Trish asked. Connie smiled back at her.
"Good now that I know my pain in the ass roommate is not dead and is infact staying at Captain Duckie's place."
"Yeah sorry for not telling you." Trish replied. "Would have been back last night had Amore not demanded that we stay."
"It was one in the morning!" Amore demanded.
"Mushrooms Banksie! You forgot mushrooms!" Charlie demanded.
Amore rolled her eyes. "Adam and Larson don't like mushrooms Charlie."
Amore stood letting Trish and Larson take the chairs as she went to interfere in the cooking. she had a feeling that Charlie would slip the mushrooms in anyway. Adam smacked Charlie's hand away with the spatula as he attempted to steal a bite.
"Ouch! that's hot!" Charlie demanded as he recoiled his hand.
"No shit." Adam replied with a smirk.
"Alright, both of you go sit." Amore demanded. "I have a feeling the spatula will be in your face next Charlie."
"Damn right." Adam replied as Charlie went to sit down. Adam handed the spatula to Amore but didn't let go. instead he brought her closer to him. Amore could feel her heart beat quicken. he looked down at her and winked. "Don't burn them."
Amore's mouth dropped open as he went to sit at the table.
"Just for that, I'm adding mushrooms!" Amore demanded.
"Hey now." Larson protested. "Think of me Mory."
Amore paused for a moment then panned out a serving and placed it on the table then grabbed the mushrooms. Adam at once got to his feet and grabbed her hand just before she added them. Charlie also joined in and slowly started to open Amore's hand one fingure at a time. as a mushroom was almost set free Adam pulled Amore away from the stove and the mushrooms fell to the floor.
"No!" Charlie said over dramatically as he dropped to his knees and one by one picked them up.
"Are they always like this?" Trish asked with a slight smile on her face.
"Well we aren't exactly sure." Connie replied. "We were kind of split all through high school while Amore and Adam feuded. this is actually the first time we've seen them together since freshman year."
Trish watched as Adam held Amore close to him while they watched Charlie dramatically moarn the loss of his mushrooms. to her Adam and Amore acted like they had when they were Hawks. always at each others side. To find out that they had a fall out was a huge surprise. she figured those two would have always been the same.