A/N: We're here the end of Ten Yards to Victory. Almost two months, 160000 words and fifty chapters, but we made it thank you all. For the last time in this fic I want to give thanks to DaveTheWordsmith, KODfreak, and LegendaryWhiteBoy for reviewing and giving great feedback. Thank you everyone, my reviewers and my wonderful readers. I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it.
A/N II: Since activity on my poll has pretty much stopped I will be closing it on Monday at about midnight EST so 9 pm on the west coast. If you still have not voted go vote.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Boondocks, Aaron McGruder and Sony Pictures does.
Chapter 50 – Airport Terminal
Jason sat in one of the many empty chairs in the airport terminal, his eyes barely open as he began to drift off back to sleep. He had not gotten much sleep that night as Steel had woken him every hour under Rummy's orders to make sure he was okay but nothing seemed wrong now. He had been surprised to find his centre at his home when he arrived earlier that morning, not so much that he had let himself in and in the few hours he was there had basically moved in but that he knew where he lived.
Someone tapped him on the shoulder and a cup of coffee appeared in front of his face. "You ready for this?" Steel asked as Jason took the cup of coffee and he held out a bagel next.
"I am. Football is fun and all but I want to get back on the ice. Besides I heard you've been playing like crap since I left. There have been rumours they're going to send you back to Hamilton," Jason said eagerly taking the bagel and tearing into it.
"Only rumours. It's odd not playing with you on my wing, it took some adjustment," Steel said taken the seat directly across from him.
"Well, I'm back," Jason smirked.
"But for how long?"
"I don't know, at least this season," Jason said truthfully. "I have attachments here now."
"Unfortunately," Steel grumbled.
"What's unfortunate? "Jazmine asked as the gang came up behind them.
"James's dating life," Steel continued to grumble.
"What's the matter wit' JJ's dating life huh?" Cindy asked stepping up to the grey haired Québécois.
"Nothing I guess," Steel mumbled.
"So what time does you plane leave?" Jazmine asked Jason sitting down next to him.
"Any time now actually. You guys are running late. I'm guessing they're just finishing the refuel," Jason said looking out into the darkness that hung over the five a.m. sky.
"Riley wouldn't get up," Jazmine said sticking her tongue out at him.
"Why should I have to get up to see dis nigga off? He's just gonna come back in a few months," Riley yawned still half asleep.
"He's right you know. You guys didn't have to come all the way out here," Jason agreed with him.
"See ya niggas woke me up for nothing."
"Just shut up Riley. You're here to say good bye to a friend. It doesn't matter how long he is going," Huey said cuffing his brother in the back of the head.
"Thanks guys," Jason smirked.
"We will now begin boarding all seats. We will now begin boarding all seats on flight A-74," the woman standing by the boarding entrance called out to the few passengers in the terminal.
"I guess that's us," Jason said grabbing his small bag. He had no luggage as he was leaving everything in the house Wuncler had bought for him. It was still his house now that he completed his contract but it would stand empty until he came back hopefully at beginning of summer. He would miss Woodcrest but he did not want to come back before summer because that would mean he failed in his next goal.
"Wait, what about ya Corvette?" Riley asked perking up. "Can I use it?"
"Yeah, right, and let you get bullet holes in it. I don't think so," Jason laughed pulling his keys out of his pocket.
"What about me?" Huey asked.
"Definitely not. You already trashed my bike you aren't touching this one," Jason said turning to Cindy. "Your Beamer was trashed yesterday so you can use it." He handed her his keys and turned to join Steel at the boarding platform.
"One sec," Cindy said grabbing him by the arm and spinning him toward her. "Remember what you owe me." She pulled him into a hug and kissed him deeply tears welling in her blue eyes.
"I won't forget, "Jason whispered into her ear. "By the way my house keys are on that too. Feel free to use it if you need it."
"Thanks," Cindy said kissing him one last time before Jason pulled away from her and disappeared onto the plane.
"It's kinda odd not having him here," Huey said after a few moments.
"So what should we do now?" Caesar asked turning away from the plane.
"Go back to sleep nigga," Riley yawned.
"And then?"
"I don't know, we'll see after dat," Cindy said looking back one last time at the plane that was pulling away from the terminal.
"Maybe something not football related," Jazmine offered.
"Definitely," they all said in unison before leaving for their cars.
Jason sat in the aisle seat flipping the top of his pink phone open and close with his thumb while Steel looked out the window at the ground far below. As he played with his phone a pretty blond stewardess walked by carrying a half full trash pail.
"Did you tell them you won't be coming back?" Steel asked as he closed the window. "Coach won't allow you to come back and we'll have world junior camps."
"Nope," Jason said, dumping the phone in the pail while giving the stewardess a wink.
"They'll be hurt."
"Maybe for a while. But eventually they won't even remember Jason James came to Woodcrest, Maryland," Jason said. "But who knows maybe one day in the far future I will return, but whose to say anyone will remember me."
It's done. It's finally down. Oh god it feels so good to be at the end of this thing. Thank you everyone who reviewed and who read my story all the way to the end. Thank you all and look forward to my next works. Thank you once again...
A new update 16/03/11 to finalize the story since the sequel is being trashed.
