On the Ice

ice cream

A- I'm gonna try this again and I hope I get the answer I think I will receive

I waited for him to speak knowing what he was gonna ask

D- you ask a lot of questions Banks

he rolled his eyes again making me chuckle 

A- D will you go out with me?

I smiled widely as he waited for my answer

D- yes Banks I will finally be your girlfriend

he smiled and kissed me again making me smile more if that's even possible. once we finally broke apart we started to head back to the dorms (they already finished their ice cream) we walked in a Buckley was walking down the hall, he spotted me and smiled before walking over

B- I was looking for you! we are about to have a council meeting concerning your scholarship for this coming up year. mind coming with me?

I looked at him than at Adam

A- we will be right there sir!

he nodded with a smile before walking off making me sigh as Adam took off his hoodie

D- what are you doing?

A- put this on, please

I looked at him confused

D- why? I'm not cold

A- because your t-shirt is stained and we are about to go in front of the board of education

D- but I like my stained shirt

A- D can you please just listen to me this once?

I sighed and took the hoodie putting it on over my shirt, it was a little big but not too big and honestly smelled good. We walked to the meeting room and I saw all the board members sitting at the table while Buckley was standing by the podium thingy with Bombay next to him, I also noticed Rick and Dean standing on either side of the podium as the ducks were off to the side before Mr. Riley spoke up first

Ri- now that Ms. Portman is here, let's start.

I rolled my eyes walking in a bit more with Adam, listening as they all spoke

B- Ms. Portman, we are here to discuss your scholarship here at Eden hall

D- discuss it? for what? there's nothing to talk about. 

Rick being the big mouth he is just had to chime in

R- you might lose your scholarship here Dakota, you know for your violent actions

I bite my tongue to stop myself from mocking him as Bombay chimed in

Bo- if I may interject Mr. Buckley, my client here knows what she did was wrong. she admitted to that and did her time for the mistake she made. She has shown herself to be a true warrior when she lead the warriors to victory many times.  

Ri- well has she shown her improvement with her anger issues? Because we can't have fighting like that in our school

Rick chimed in before anyone else could

R- yeah those aren't going anywhere, she and her anger issues come as a package.

B- well my client here is going to a therapist for her problems

I looked right at him with a dirty look

D- I AM?!

he looked at me with a straight face

B- yes, you are 

before anyone else could speak Charlie chimed in

C- in my defense I made her mad!

than dean spoke

De- I made her madder

Dw- No y'all I did with my big dumbo ears!

K- no I did

they all kept doing that until all the ducks accept Adam and Julie. Bombay was trying to shut them up with hand signals but no one was listening or paying attention until Rick spoke up

R- SHUT IT!

they all went quiet and looked at Rick with death glares

De- can I say my statement and get the hell out of here? I got better things to do

Buckley coughed slightly before nodding moving over so Dean could stand there and state his "case"

De- her anger wasn't like this until our father came back, she and our father have never had a good relationship growing up. it got worse when our brother died just two years ago, it didn't help that he was always away so she never got to see him. but now that he isn't in the picture as much and she is away. Now she has...

he looked hesitant before he spoke

De- Adam as her boyfriend, I'm sure he will help her control her anger and she is usually calmer when he's with her.

Buckley looked at me

B- is that true Ms. Portman?

D- yes of course it is

Rick chimed in again 

R- but she is a deliquent! we don't allow felons like her in our school, won't that bring down our reputation? 

Mr. Riley looked at Buckley as I clenched my fist-fighting the urge to punch Rick before looking at me

Ri- you look pretty upset over there Dakota

I looked at Mr. Riley letting out a shaky breath

D- well I'm not too thrilled that I'm being called a delinquent when I'm not one. yes, I made mistakes but like Bombay said I did my time and paid the price. I'm not like that anymore

Buckley looked over at me before smiling slightly

B- I like to hear that Ms. Portman, how about we make a deal?

I looked at him waiting for him to continue

B- if you agree to go to therapy to help with your anger, we will allow you to attend school here at Eden Hall this fall with a full scholarship.

I rolled my eyes at the mention of therapy but Adam nudged my side making me look at him as he looked at me. I didn't have to speak to him to know what he was trying to tell me, I sighed and looked back at Buckley

D- fine I will agree to go to therapy BUT only if I get put back on the JV team instead of Varsity.

he smiled more and nodded

B_ than we have a deal, we are looking forward to seeing you in school this fall Ms. Portman

the ducks cheered so loudly as Adam hugged me, he let go as Bombay hugged me telling me good job. I saw Dean staring at me with a look that I knew all too well, not wanting to deal with any drama I walked over to the ducks and they gave me a huge group hug. looks like I won the case, after all, suck on that Rick.