thantophobia|| adam banks|| sequel

twelve

ella conway

"Do you think Nicole likes Adam?' I ask Connie on the way to practice. i made sure to go to the back of the big gathering of people before asking Connie the question that has been bothering me since we have met her.

"ella, she just met adam. i doubt that she even likes him." connie says trying to make me feel better.

"everyone likes adam though." i muter under my breath so connie could not her as we walk into practice.

i go to the locker rooms and get in my gear. as i step on to the ice, all of my worries go away. so i thought....

***
"ava you're so slow." i groan as me and ava walk out of the locker room. everyone was already gone since ava takes forever.

"hey what's that?" i hear ava ask from behind me. i turn around and she her pointing in the direction of the bleachers. i look more closely to see a book, on the bottom bleacher.

"that's the bleacher that nicole was sitting on." i say giving ava a look. she gives me a look as we run towards the bleachers. i know i shouldn't have but i open the book , revealing dozens of drawings. i look at a few sad ones, suicidal ones, there were no happy ones. maybe not all of them, the last one caught my eye. it was a boy, nothing was colored in besides his eyes. bright, beautiful blue eyes. and i knew in that moment , the picture was adam.

"ok this is crazy. it goes from suicidal to a boy." ava says confused.

"not just any boy, adam." i whisper. we hear the doors to the stadium open. i drop the book quickly as me and ava hide under the bleachers. we see her, nicole walks in and goes to the spot where she sat not to long ago.

"there you are." she says out loud.

"it's open?" she whispers to herself , but loud enough for me and ava to hear. she takes a long look around the stadium but doesn't see anyone. she flips to the last page , the page with adam. she takes a long look at it and smiles. she places a kiss on the paper and happily walks out of the stadium. i exchange a look with ava.

"she's in love."

***

"hey are you ok?"connie asks me as we sit in the living room type thing. i nod my head slowly. i look over to see nicole talking to some of the ducks, of course adams there too. from what i see, she's flirting. adam laughs along with her. the anger inside of me rises, that's my boyfriend. she inches closer to him. that was it. i slam my fist on the hardwood floor, so hard i could feel blood. everyone stopped in mid conversation. i quickly get up and stomp my way out of the room. i walk over the my room and slam the door shut , i've never been so angry.

***

"charlie said you were overreacting." connie says as the girls and i sit on my bed later on that night. i was still beyond pissed but cooled down a bit.

"but don't worry el, we believe you . we believe about the picture and her being in love with him." cami says putting a hand on my shoulder. the rest of the girls nod their heads.

"thanks girls." i say wrapping my arms around them.

"let's get some rest, we have school tomorrow."

***

me and the girls walk into school the next morning side by side. i haven't talked to the team since my little episode, not even adam. charlie's mad at me cause he thinks i'm not giving nicole a chance, but i saw what i saw. sorry not sorry. there she is , gushing over him as he pulls out books from his locker. i roll my eyes and go to mine and quickly grab my stuff. i slam my locker shut and quickly walk off to class. i walk into my first period class and take a seat in the back. charlie walks in next to adam who , may i mention , is talking to nicole and some varsity player. which pissed me off, nicole AND a varsity player, someone who hates the ducks with a passion. great, double whammy. i shake my head and open up my notebook , might as well study for my test tomorrow since i won't be talking to anyone.

***
finally, this day is over. the bell had just rung signaling the end of the day. instead of  walking back to the dorms with the girls, i went to the bathroom right outside of my sixth period classroom. i walk in but shortly stop when i hear the faint voices of two girls arguing in the back of the bathroom. i hide by the door and tune into their argument.

"he will never love you. he has a girlfriend. you just have to face the fact that he'll never be yours and move on with your god damn life." i know the voice. caroline. we're not close at all but i have the same english class with her. we're both in top english, she's freaking brilliant.

"i know that he has a girlfriend but i'm in love with him. i'm sorry that i just can't get over him so quickly but he makes me feel different. i have always been sad and nothing has ever gone my way but altering meeting him, i was so happy. and i know that it's wrong to love  some other girls boyfriend , but i can't help it. who wouldn't fall in love with adam banks."

nicole.

i hear her begin to stomp out of the bathroom. i quickly move out and go to the water fountain that's right next to the bathroom. i pretend like i just took a drink from it when she walks out. i see the tears in her eyes and for a split second i felt bad for her. but then she glares at me and quickly turns around , stomping out of the hall. if looks could kill, i would have just dropped dead.

sooo sorry i haven't been uploading, i had some problems with my phone but now i got abbey one so i'll be updating more often :))- tay