Training

"3.... 2... 1... GO!" Bombay Yelled and Karp jumped and fell on his stomach. He was trying to teach us to cheat so that we would win a game by default, but Charlie and I just made a look at each other because we both knew that neither of us were doing it.

When Karp fell everyone else laughed until coach went over to Goldberg.
"Hey! What are you laughing at cream cheese boy? Let's go!" And with that Karp got up and Goldberg ran and fell on his stomach too. I hated this with a passion. 

He then made us go into partners and Charlie and I immediately chose to go together. We had to get our hockey sticks and were trying to hook our partners leg to make them fall over. Charlie and I didn't really do what we were told to do. 

"C'mon guys if we are gonna cheat you have to make those fall look real." He didn't really say anything else to us until Karp got Averman down to the ground.
"Oh C'mon Averman. Act hurt." He said as Averman rolled over and barely groaned.
"I am hurt." I just stared at what we were doing it felt like such an embarrassment. 


"Ok now say it with me!" Coach yelled to us while we were standing in two lines facing each other.
"Take the Fall! Act Hurt! Get Indignant!" We yelled back. Well everyone else yelled, Charlie and I just mimed it but made it seem like we were trying. 
"Good. One more time." He said so we did it again.
"Take the Fall! Act Hurt! Get Indignant!" We yelled back once again.

"Good. You guys are ready." And finally training was over. Charlie and I were the first ones out of the ice rink that night and I could not wait to get home but I wanted to just skate around first seeing as we didn't do any actual skating at practice today. 

"Hey Charlie you wanna go get the guys and I'll get Connie so that we can go skate around for a little bit?" I asked him. He nodded at me with a smile and we headed back inside to the changing rooms to find everybody again. 

"Hey Connie, we are all going for a skate to get our minds off of what just happened. You wanna join us? I'm pretty sure Guy is coming." Her face went red and so she pushed me with a laugh. I just chuckled and made fun of her while we put our skates on to head out. 

We took longer so the boys ended up a little further in front.
"So where were you last night? We all went looking for you and when we went to your house and your mom told us you weren't there, we got worried." She asked me I wanted to trust her with what happened but I just don't know.

"OK. But you have to promise not to tell a soul. Not Guy, not Averman not even my brother." I say and she just nodded at me with a huge smile.
"So after the whole situation with coach last night, I grabbed my stuff and just skated. I had no idea where I was going but I was skating for a solid 15 minutes until I reached a frozen lake and when I saw somebody I went to leave but they called me back over." 

She looked so engrossed in the story. I took a break so that I could take a deep breathe before telling her who it was.
"And when I turned around I was face to face with Adam Banks. Well more like face to shoulder. Anyway we started talking and then we skated around for a few hours and played a game of one on one. After that we went separate ways and I had to ignore Charlie the entire time I was home."

She just looked at me with pure shock on her face but it soon turned into a large smile. Connie would not stop looking at me and it was weird. I gave her a weird look and then trurned to face the front again.
"Oh my god Connie you are such a weirdo. I just met him." I slightly push her and go to catch up with the boys who went down an alleyway.

"Do you guys do anything other than dumpster dive or is this an everyday thing?" I yelled to them while we skated over. They pulled out these magazines which I can only imagine means that Peter and Karp are gonna make everyone pay cause that's how they are, especially if they found them. 

"Look there's one from Minnesota. Hey Guy, guess what. It's your mom." Peter said and Guy started attacking him and pushed him up to a wall. I turned around and I was about to leave but for the second day in a row, I was face to face with Adam.

He gave me a sorry look and I could tell he didn't want to be there. I just stared at him as they all skated past me and I knew that he didn't really mean what he was doing. Well because Maddi was there at least. Mcgill skated over and took the magazine from Karps hand before starting to circle us.

"Well look at what we have here." He said and was attempting to stare me down again which I gladly took on. 
"Hey give that back, it's mine. I found it first!" Karp yelled but it didn't work. It was never going to work.
"Does your mommy know you have that?" Mcgill looked away from me, giving me slight satisfaction, and he spoke up again.

"Nah she's too busy with the mailman." Larson added on and the two laughed. It wad Adams turn to say something and I'm not sure why but I was scared it was going to have something to do with me.
"Yeah that'll make great bathroom reading." I then let out a breathe I didn't even know I was holding. Okay that wasn't as bad as I thought it would go.  

"Again that's mine I found it you jerk!" Karp said again.
"You wouldn't even know what to do with it wuss-breathe!" This was going too far but before I could do anything about it, I saw Peter whisper something in Karps ear and it made him just see red and run at the boys which didn't end well for Karp.

They threw him into a pile of trash and then the three were standing in front of us, waiting for one of us to do something, except none of u did anything. We then saw Fulton Reed walk up behind Larson and Mcgill, pick them up and throw them into Adam which caused all three of the boys to fall on top of Karp who was still in the pile of trash.

As they got up, Adam looked in my direction for only a few seconds and he just gave me an apologetic look before looking away and leaving with the others.
"Hey thanks man. We really appreciate it." I heard Jesse say and looked over to the others. Fulton didn't even say anything, he just nodded his head and walked back they way he came.

"Well that was eventful. I think I'm gonna head home now. Charlie, Connie you two coming with?" I broke the silence and I really jut wanted to leave. Connie nodded but Charlie said that he was gonna stay a bit longer. The two of us waved goodbye and then skated back to my house.

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