𝐂𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑, a.b.

(FOUR)

All of the players were sitting in a room when Tibbles brought out a big box covered with a black clothe. Everyone looked at each other, wondering what it was. As the team asked questions, Adam stared at his beautiful teammate as she played with the sleeves of his jacket. Ever since Adam gave her his jacket, she hasn't taken it off. It makes her feel safe, and besides, it keeps her warm.

"Ta-da." Mr. Tibbles pulled the black clothe to reveal a giant cereal box with the teams' faces on it. Harvey cringed when she saw her picture, but Adam was in awe. He thought she looked absolutely beautiful in the picture.

"Hey y'all. That's us." Harvey looked up at the cowboy and smiled, shaking her head.

"No, Cowboy. You don't say." Dwayne looked at his new best friend and stuck his tongue out at her, playfully. Everyone started laughing at the two as Tibbles clears his throat, telling everyone to shut up.

"Today, it's a Wheaties box. Tomorrow, it's video games, action figures, and lunch boxes." Harvey removed her legs from Luis' lap and stood up, making her way towards the front. She sat on the edge of the table next to Dean's chair. When Dean saw that she was sitting next to him, he smiled at the girl. If one thing was for sure, it was that Harvey was Dean's absolute favorite person. It's not that he liked her, becuase he didn't, but it was because she was like his little sister. She was nice to him, and she sang his favorite songs with him. He couldn't ask for a better friend. "The sky is the limit. Now just to make sure everyone knows who you are, try on one of these." He opened up a box and pulled out a jersey. It was red, white, blue, and it said USA on the front. Everyone looked happy, everyone but Charlie. "Brought it you by those wonderful people at Hendrix for all of your hockey needs." He tossed the jersey to Fulton, then one to Bombay, and then the rest of the team. When Harvey got her jersey, she was mad to find out that she didnt get her number, she got number eighty six. Out of all the numbers, she got eight six. She rolled her eyes and sat down in front of her coach and Charlie.

"It's nice coach, but we're ducks. This stuff says Hendrix all over it." Harvey looked at Charlie and set his jersey down in front of him, giving him a shy smile as she did.

"Well yeah, they're our sponsors Charlie." Harvey thought that it would be a good time to leave them to talking amongst themselves, so she walked over to Adam and Julie, standing between them and laying her head on Julie's shoulder.

"Why eighty six, though?"

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All of the players sat in a half circle, listening to their teacher. Well most of them were listening. Dean and Harvey were to busy talking to each other to notice, that was until Luis elbowed her in the ribs, telling her to shut up.

"Ancient Greece was the beginning of western civilization. See in Greece, they didn't have professional sports or Wheaties boxes. So the athletes competed for another reason. Anybody?" Everyone looked around, not knowing the answer. Goldberg just sat straight up and looked at their teacher.

"Falafels?" Everyone laughed as Goldie smiled. Everyone started saying things like, you wish, causing Harvey to laugh even more, bringing a smile to everyone's face. Out of everyone, Harvey's laugh was the most contagious, because it was somewhere between a cute giggle and pterodactyl screech. She could be silently giggling to herself and everyone would smile.

"Charlie?" Everyone turned to Charlie as he thought of an answer.

"Pride?" Harvey lifted her head off of Dean's shoulder and looked at her teacher.

"The various city-states waved their flags and wore their home colors proudly."

"Did America always dominate?" Harvey and her brother looked at Fulton and chuckled a bit. Everyone giggled and laughed, but Dean didn't think it was funny.

"That was a good question."

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"I don't know, but I've been told." All of the players were in their USA track suits, on their skates, following their coach as he drove his golf cart. Adam, Dean, Dwayne, Luis, and Harvey skated close to each other, having their own little conversations every so often. Every now and then, Adam's hand would brush against Harvey's, making the girl blush.

"I don't know, but I've been told." Finally, Harvey decided to do something herself. She felt Adam's hand brush against hers, but instead of just letting it stay there, she grabbed it and intertwined their fingers, making Adam blush.

"USA's gonna win the gold." Luis turned around, skating backwards and saw the two holding hands. He wasn't mad like he usually would have been, because his little sister was happy, and he didn't want to ruin that.

"USA's gonna win the gold.

"Listen up and listen good." The team was making their way down the road, skating and having a great time.

"Listen up and listen good." Everyone started to speed up their pace as Harvey let go off Adam's hand, causing the blonde to frown as the warmth of her hand was no longer there. She turned around, skating backwards and smiling at Adam as everyone began to skate faster.

"We're all headed for Hollywood."

"We're all headed for Hollywood." The team were skating down the road, laughing and smiling, being themselves.

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Team USA made it to their terminal just in time. Everyone was out of breath from the amount of running they had to do to get there. All of the skaters had their luggage in their hands as they began getting on the plane. Guy and Connie sat together in front of Adam and Harvey. Fulton and Dean sat behind them, while Ken and Jessie sat behind all of them. Luis, Julie, and Charlie sat in the middle, in front of Goldberg, Dwayne, and Averman. Coach, Tibbles, and Ms. McKay sat behind everyone. The plane began to set off towards LA and Harvey was not excited. She always watched movies where people died in pane crashes, and she was scared for her life.

"You okay Harv?" She opened her eyes to see a worried looking Adam staring at her. She nodded as she began taking deep breathes in and out. Adam saw that the girl was scared, so he moved his hand from his lap to hers, grabbing her hand. She smiled at the boy as her breathing slowed down, calming herself.

    "Just never really enjoyed flying." Adam nodded in understatement as she tightened her grip on his hand. "Thank you, Adam."

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"Julie, Connie, and Harvey, roomies." Connie and Julie looked at each other an squealed. Harvey just looked at her brother and frowned. It's not like she hated the two girls, she just liked hanging out with the guys more. Luis pointed at his sister and smiled, glad that she was finally getting some girl time away from the boys. The three girls made their way to their room which was right across from Guy, Adam, and Charlie. Of course, Connie had a goal and it was to get a triple date by the end of the season. She knew that Adam and Harvey liked each other, and she was pretty sure everyone else did too. All of the girls turned their head in the direction of the door as someone began to knock. Harvey groaned, jumping off of her top bunk and walking towards the door. Julie moved to sit on Connie's bed, sitting closer to the door.

"Yes?" When Harvey opened the door to see Adam, Guy, and Charlie, her eyes widened. She looked like an absolute mess and didnt want to hear about it at practice. So she ran towards her luggage and took the entire bag to the restroom to change. She decided on something comfortable, so she picked out a white crop top, light washed mom jeans, and her red hig top converse. She quickly got dressed and ended up throwing Adam's jacket on over it.

"Ok lets go do something." Harvey made her way out of the bathroom, only to see Adam laying down on her bed while the rest of her friends talked on Connie's bed. When Adam saw Harvey in his jacket, his heart started to beat faster and faster.

He really liked this girl.