On the Ice

broken promises

Part 13

I was about to leave the arena when someone had grabbed my wrist without thinking I back handed them hard as I turned around seeing Dean. he didn't say anything an just looked at me as I had tears prickled in my eyes 

De- Dakota let me explain!

I stopped him from speaking by ripping my wrist away from his grip

D- you promised me!! you said you wouldn't do this again! why would you break that promise for her?! the same thing will happen just like it did back home! why do you always do this?! why can't you just let me have friends?! you already ruined my chance of having one good friend because you got her sent away to a boarding school!!1

he looked visible hurt by what i had said

De- that's not fair Dakota.. her parents are the reason she got sent away not me an you know that

D- you slept with her Dean, you did this!!!

he shock his head not saying anything to me, not even seconds later he punched the wall next to me making me jump before he stormed back to the locker room leaving me alone again. I left the arena going into the cab car having the guy drive me to Bombay's house that he was staying in. I arrived there an got out of the car before going to the door an knocked, he answered seconds later looking at me confused

B- Dakota? what are you doing here?

D- you can't quit the team.

he sighed

B- Dakota look i-

I cut him off (geez she does that a lot)

D-no! you made that team who they are now, you can't just up an leave them over because you have "somewhere better"! they need you as their coach to lead them to success! Bombay you can't just leave them, you made them an now you are suck with them! so suck it up an be a grown ass man and go be their fucking coach!!

he stared at me in shock but let out a small chuckle

B- you sound just like Charlie when I first met him well not the swearing part

I let out a breathy chuckle before he spoke up again

B- but fine, I will see you at practice tomorrow Dakota

I nodded with a slight smile before  I turned away walked off, I was gonna head to the dorms but chose to just talk a walk just in case if I ran into any members of the team. I was walking by the ice cream shop when memories came into my head, the memories from when he took me out of ice cream.. I didn't realize I started to cry until the warm air hit my salty tears. I wiped them away an continued to walk not realizing their were foot steps coming from behind me. 

??- Dakota! 

I know the voice by heart making me stop an turn to the person which proved my thoughts right..

D- Adam.? why are you-

this time he cut me off

A- just listen this once! look I don't know what went down in the locker room an why you went off on everyone but I do now that part of that angry was from me.. I'm sorry i didn't listen to you an I'm sorry things with your brother an Julie are going to shit

I was surprised that he was saying sorry to me.. he did nothing wrong

D- Banks, I should be the one saying sorry to you.. you were trying to tell me about your dad an how he was acting towards you but i was too caught in my own drama that I didn't see you practically calling out for me.. I'm sorry Adam

he gave me a slight smile before walking closer to me, before I could process what was about to happen he wrapped his arms around me and hugged me tight

A- you were too listening..

I chuckled an gave a tiny nod before he let go still looking at me

A- now since you heard about my issues tell me what is going on with Dean an Julie?

D- well uh Julie an Dean have been kissing on the side since we showed up here. they didn't tell me an I'm mad about it one because they hid it from me and two because this is the same thing Dean did to me back in Chicago with one of my other friends

A- speaking of that, if you are up for it, can you fill me in on that?

I sighed but nodded, we took a seat on a bench before I began to explain

D- I had this friend back home, her and I were friends since I was 2. well one day I had uh come home from school late since I stayed after and heard something upstairs. I didn't know what it was until I got to Dean's door, I opened it and uh come to find out him an my best friend were screwing.. I was furious with them both an got into a fight with Dean which resulted in my mom an her parents overhearing, her parents are very Christian so uh when they found out they shipped her off to boarding school so um after that I refused to talk to Dean an honestly we had just started talking again a day before we came here. he made a promise to me that he would never do anything with any of my friends no matter what an as you know he broke that promise.

Adam took in every word I had said before he spoke up

A- did you ever like ask him about it?

I looked at him confused so he clarified

A- like ask him why he always choses your friends or like why he did it?

I took a moment before shaking my head

A- well you might wanna try that.. he could have reasons behind it

D- yeah well enough about me, tell me what happened with your dad

so Adam went into telling me everything with his dad an what he had said (he was repeating the same things from last chapter) 

D- no offense but I hate your dad

he chuckled with a small smile on his face

A- yeah well so do most people.. he just wants me to be the best so he thinks having a girl in the picture it will ruin that

D- do you think that though?

he shrugged his shoulders

A- well I think that if by having a girlfriend it might get in the way of me focusing on hockey so he has a point there

ouch. that hurt a lot. not what I wanted to hear, but I put on a smile hiding what I was feeling

D- understandable, well I'm sorry your dad's such a douche 

he chuckled but shrugged it off. I'm glad he isn't mad at me anymore but I'm not happy of what he said.. is that really how he felt or is it because his dad thought that?