Disclaimer: I do not own the Ducks (though I wish I did), they belong to Disney.
Summary: Connie and Guy are over and Charlie is trying to get them back together through the master-servant thing the Ducks are doing for charity. But with the new fad going on at Eden Hall, Connie finds a mysterious secret admirer. She agreed to go with him to the Valentine's Dance and Connie is in for a big surprise!
CHAPTER 1 – Ducks For Charity
It was a Monday afternoon at Eden Hall and the ducks are in their usual spot in the lunchroom, minding their own businesses.
"Hey Catlady! How come you're not touching the apple pie I gave you? I even asked them to get me a bigger slice for you!" Greg Goldberg said.
"Maybe she thinks you're gonna poison her again." Jesse Hall commented.
"That's insulting! I never tried to poison anybody!" Goldberg retorted.
"No offense, Goldberg, but the last time I accepted food from you, I ended up puking in the penalty box." Julie Gaffney said calmly.
"Oh come on Julie, would I do that to you?" Goldberg said.
"I don't know Goldberg, would you?" she replied jokingly. The ducks laughed.
"Good one, Julie" Dean Portman said.
"Oh yeah, very funny! Remind me to laugh later." Goldberg said.
Just then, Charlie Conway entered the lunchroom and made his way to the Ducks' table. "Hey guys! Listen here! I got this awesome idea," he said excitedly, but he didn't get any response from his friends.
Everyone is busy doing something. Julie and Goldberg continue to argue about the apple pie, Connie Moreau and Guy Germaine are whispering sweet nothings to each other. Les Averman, Adam Banks, Russ Tyler, Dwayne Robertson and Jesse are trading jokes, each alternately explaining to Dwayne some punchlines he doesn't understand. Ken Wu is preparing for his Math quiz that afternoon, Fulton Reed and Portman are discussing how they're going to sneak out after curfew and Luis is eyeing every single girl that walks in and out of the lunchroom.
"Hey guys! Hello! I've got something to tell you!" Charlie said loudly, waving his hands on air. "Hey guys… guys! SHUT UP!" he yelled. Everyone jumped off their seats.
"Hey Charlie! You're here!" Adam said. There's a chorus of "hey Charlie" around the table.
"Yeah, well, as I was saying I have an awesome idea." he said dramatically. The whole table was waiting for him to continue.
"Well? What is it?" Guy asked, impatiently.
"Hold your horses, don't get too excited. Okay, here goes. I visited the Day Care Center yesterday and you wouldn't believe how pitiful it looks. The person in charge told me that they don't have enough money for repairs let alone buy the children's needs. So I thought that maybe we could do something to help them, you know, organize a fundraiser. I already asked the principal and he said yes. I know what you're all thinking, 'How does Charlie do it? He thinks of everything!' well, it comes naturally. Oh, please hold your applause for later." Charlie babbled. The ducks just stared at him dumbfounded.
"So how does Charlie do it? He thinks of everything! Ooohh, what are we gonna do without him?" Russ said sarcastically. Everyone laughed. Charlie ignored him.
"Well, what are we gonna do for a fundraiser?" asked Luis.
"What's a fundraiser?" Dwayne asked.
"It's when you do something to raise funds, duh!" Fulton answered.
"I was thinking, maybe we'd auction ourselves off as servants to the highest bidder." Charlie said.
"I think that's a good idea Charlie." Connie said, playing with Guy's fingers.
"But it would be much fun if the whole school is to participate. Some people could be masters, and some servants." Charlie said.
"Wait a minute, servants?!" Adam asked.
"Don't worry Cake eater, it's just for two days." Charlie assured him. "We'll make it like a lottery, have two lists and match people up in random drawing." he continued. "What do you think Kenny?"
Ken seemed to be thinking deeply. "I'm up for it." he said.
"Great!" exclaimed Charlie. Then the bell rang. Everyone got up to head for the next class. "See you at practice."
"One question, Spazway," Averman called after Charlie. He turned. "How in the world did you end up in the Day Care Center?" Charlie ignored him.
"Linda" Averman said under his breath. The others laughed.
***
"Where the hell is Conway?!" Coach Orion barked that afternoon at practice. Ken shrugged.
"He did say he's coming, Coach" Jesse said, re-tying his skates.
Coach Orion is pissed; he hates tardiness among other things. "Germaine, Moreau! You two stop doing that!" Guy and Connie stopped kissing. "And somebody call Luis to get over here!" Adam went to get Luis, who was over the bleachers flirting with a cheerleader.
"Hey Coach, lighten up!" Goldberg said, placing his arm around Orion's shoulders.
"Shut up, Goldberg! You and Gaffney take your places between the goals. We'll start a scrimmage." Just as Coach Orion blew his whistle, Charlie bounded into the rink.
"Sorry I'm late, Coach" he said, trying to catch his breath.
"Conway! Where've you been?!" Orion bellowed.
"I went to talk to the newspaper editor about placing the fundraiser into the classified ads section of the school paper." Charlie explained. The rest of the team crowded around him.
"Cool, so how did it go?" Averman said.
"I didn't know there's a classified ads section in the paper!" Portman said.
"Yeah, well they do. They provide students who place ads in the paper with their own response boxes in the EH Weekly's office so they can feel free to check them anytime they want. But I thought that we'd just make flyers and banners to advertise" Charlie said. "People sign up on Wednesday, we draw next Monday and start doing chores on Thursday and Friday." The ducks nodded excitedly.
"Enough talk! Break it up! Get to practice! Scrimmage!" and with that, Orion blew his whistle again.