OCEAN EYES ▹ ADAM BANKS

SEE YOU NEXT SEASON

[ O C E A N E Y E S ]

❛ see you next season ❜

          LATER THAT NIGHT, mom agreed that Charlie and I could visit Adam in the hospital to tell him all about us kicking some Hawk butt. Charlie, mom, Bombay and I approach the desk with flowers in my hands "Hi, we're here for Adam Banks," Charlie says.

"Room 213," the nurse at the front desk says.

"Thank you," Charlie and I say in unison. We rush to the room. The flowers softly blow through the wind as we passed through the hallways and soon the room number appears in our sight. My mother takes the moment to knock on the door.

"Come in," a distant voice says from behind the door. We enter the room and were greeted by Adam's family.

"How about we go to the little cafe down below while you three enjoy your talk," Adam's mother suggests for the parents. Us, kids stay quiet as all the adults silently agree.

"Hi," Adam croaks.

"Hi," Charlie and I smile at him.

"Did you win?" Adam asks.

"We kicked Hawk butt just like you asked," I chuckle "Charlie won us the game."

"Yes!" Adam beams at the answer.

"So, uh how's the food?" Charlie asks.

"Pretty crappy," Adam laughs.

"I'll just go put these in some water," Charlie looks around for a vase but can't seem to find one "I'm gonna go find a vase first though."

"Okay," Adam and I shrug.

"So..." Adam starts.

"So..." I continue "About that thing you wanted to ask me."

"Oh, right! About that..." Adam takes a breath before continuing "I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now, but I was wondering..."

He was cut off by the door slamming and Charlie's voice "Hey, guys, did you ever wonder why..." Adam gives Charlie a look making Charlie slowly back away.

"Before I was rudely interrupted by your brother, I was wondering if you ever wanted to go out one day? Like just you and me," Adam smiles. I take a moment to process what he just asked me.

"Uh, I don't know," I shrug.

"Come on! One date wouldn't hurt plus I've been waiting so long to ask you and that's your answer," Adam scoffs in a chuckle.

I softly smile and grab his hand "I'm kidding! I'd really enjoy that."

"Good, because I was not going to wait another three months to ask you out," Adam chuckles.

The door slams open and enters a jumpy Charlie "I knew there was something going on between you two," Charlie exclaims. Adam and I share a scared look before bursting out into laughter. The rest of the day was filled with laughter and smiles.

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[ A W E E K L A T E R ]

The team, Bombay, mom, and I were all at the bus stop. There stood a bus in front of us for Bombay to join and go to try out for a team that could-would change his life. Coach Bombay was going down the line saying goodbye. I was beside Charlie and mom as we listened to all the advice the Ducks were giving him. "Look, don't take any bad dives, okay?" Peter smirks.

"Just remember, keep your head up, man," Jesse says doing a handshake.

"Cake-eater," Adam smiles and then shakes his hand. Bombay moves to Goldberg and shakes his hand too.

"Remember, strength, not concentration," Fulton says.

"Right," Bombay sighs.

"And for God's sakes, soft hands," Averman whispers.

"Right. Anything else?" Bombay chuckles approaching the end of the line which included Charlie, mom and I.

"Yeah. Have fun out there, coach," Charlie smiles gathering him into a hug. Bombay pops out another arm and motions me to come over and join, I did so.

"I must be crazy. A tryout with the minors. I'm gonna be goin' up against kids half my age," Bombay admits.

"Just have a good tryout, Gordon. One step at a time," mom smiles at him. I could feel the love tension between the two, which made me smile even brighter.

"Yeah, you're right," Bombay smirks before slowly walking up to my mom and placing the most loving kiss on her lips. The team goes wild about it.

After their kiss, they hug for a bit until he let's go "Bye. I'll call you when I get there."

"Banks is first in line next," Averman teases pushing, everyone is pushing everyone at this point. Bombay goes into the bus and the door closes behind him but soon his figure comes back "Hey, Ducks, no matter what happens, we'll see ya next season. We got a title to defend," Bombay smiles. Everyone is either screaming excited or just jumping around. The bus leaves with Bombay and we run up ahead for a bit waving at it. I felt a hand mold into mine when I looked down at it then back up I saw those blue eyes that I could never get tired of. I smiled at him before closing my mind with everything that just happened. Can't wait for next season, it'll be an adventure.

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[ A U T H O R ' S N O T E ]
This is the end of our first book out of the three. Sorry, it was short and that it took so long to publish, I was going through some things. But anyways, I hope you check out the sequel out when it's published!