Ch.1 – Some you Give Away
This was it, the moment they had been working for since the days of District 5, the right to fight for a State Hockey Championship. If anyone deserved it, the Ducks did. After playing JV their freshman and sophomore seasons and losing in the state semi finals their junior year, they were about to begin their senior year at Eden Hall and suddenly, hockey was the last thing on their mind.
"No Julie, this time it's for real, I can't deal with him anymore," 17-year-old Connie Moreau announced as she slammed her Physics book on the desk.
"What did he do this time Cons," Julie said lazily while reading a magazine on her bed. Connie and her boyfriend Guy had been breaking up and going back out for years now. To hear Connie come in angry was no surprise to Julie Gaffney, Connie's best friend and only other girl teammate.
"He cheated on me," her voice finally said after she fell to the floor of the dorm room they just moved into. That was the last thing Julie expected to hear, not after the last time something like this happened.
"Oh Cons I'm so sorry," her sandy haired best friend cooed as she held Connie in her arms. "Do you want to talk about it," Julie asked moments later.
"No, not right now, can we just sit here a while and watch a movie or something," the petite brunette managed to say before silently sobbing into her pillow.
Somewhere on the other side of the dorm a somewhat guilt stricken Guy was working up the nerve to tell Connie's other best friend and their beloved captain, Charlie Conway, what had taken place just moments ago in Guy's car outside. Guy softly knocked outside of Charlie and Adam's room. "Come in," he heard someone respond over loud voices emulating from the TV.
"Hey Charlie, what's going on man," Guy said hesitantly. "What's up Preppy," he added with a nod acknowledging Adam who was currently lying on his bed watching ESPN.
"What up Guy," Charlie said nonchalantly not even bothering to look up from the computer screen.
That how it had always been with the Ducks, a feeling of comfort, you didn't have to try to make small talk if you didn't want to, you could just be completely comfortable in the silence and presence of your childhood friends.
"Charlie, something just happened with me and Connie," Guy finally choked out as he took an awkward seat in Adam's chair.
"Well what happened is she okay," he said growing concerned and finally tearing himself away from the screen.
Adam did his best not to eavesdrop but it's hard when you live in a room that's 11x16 feet.
"We broke up, for real this time," Guy said. "I cheated on her when I went to go visit my cousin at UM last weekend."
The room was quiet for a minute before Charlie stood up and walked towards the door. He simply opened it, pointed to Guy and then to the door. Guy took this as his cue to leave and after doing so had the door slammed so hard in his face he thought the hinges would break off. Although they were all teammates Charlie felt a stronger bond towards Connie. He had always been there for her. Connie would tell Charlie things she couldn't even tell Guy.
Walking down the hall to his own room, several doors opened to see what the loud noise was, including the Bash Brother's triple room, which housed Fulton, Portman, and Kenny Wu. Dean, obviously hearing the news from his longtime girlfriend Julie Gaffney looked at Guy with disgust on his face. "Jesus Guy," he said before closing the door.
The fact of the matter was it wasn't the first time Guy had cheated on Connie, it happened once their junior year too. Only that time she took him back thinking it would be different this time, he would treat her better. Things did change for about a month before Guy fell into the same pattern of taking his girlfriend for granted. Always flirting openly with most of the girls on campus even if Connie was right there. If Connie even considered talking to a guy outside of the Ducks it was not going to end well. Guy would either yell at her or ignore her. Most of the guys on the team hated the way he treated her but never said anything because Connie was always saying how her and Guy shared so much history together.
By the time dinner rolled around, all of the Ducks had heard the news, and Guy was public enemy number one. Arriving with Julie on her left and Charlie on her right, Connie took a seat surrounded by all the other ducks.
"Cons, I heard, I'm sorry he's such an asshole," Luis said, genuinely speaking each word. "It's Friday, we can go out, I know where there's going to be a party with at least 3 kegs," he added smoothly.
"Actually Luis, that sounds awesome right now," Connie said as she moved food around on her plate, not really feeling the urge to eat.
Connie and Luis had always had a friendship filled with witty banter and harmless flirting. So much so it made Guy extremely uncomfortable when the two of them hung out all the time.
"You know I'm in, beer and girls, two of my favorite things," Goldberg said cheekily on the other end of the table.
"You're forgetting donuts," Averman squealed.
While it was true Greg Goldberg did love food, the summer between his sophomore and junior year he hit a growth spurt and lost about 40 pounds, he had no problem talking to girls now.
"We should all go, it will be good to get out together before classes start and hockey truly begins to take over our life," Charlie added as he stood up to throw his tray away.
"It's not that far of a walk, we can leave in like an hour and a half, pre-game in mine and Cowboy's room before we leave," Luis said standing up to throw his tray away as well.
"Are you sure I don't look completely slutty," Connie asked for the 8th time as she stood in front of a full-length mirror. Clad in a tunic dress that showed a lot more skin than she was used to Connie stood skeptically. It's true the dress was a risky choice for the usually reserved hockey player but tonight was different, tonight she was just Connie, not Guy's girlfriend Connie.
I think you look great," Julie said as she pulled her skinny jeans on. She was wearing flats, skinny jeans, and a tailored shirt. It never really mattered what she wore though, her and Dean were usually having sex somewhere before the night ended anyway. They had been dating for a little over a year and they couldn't be happier, not the needy hot and cold couple Guy and Connie had once been but the rock solid two cool people dating vibe.
As the girls walked around to the other side of the floor where the boys lived they passed Guys room. Knowing he would be in there, Connie suddenly yelled, "I hope I don't get too drunk tonight and hook up with someone," holding back laughter as she did.
As soon as they entered the boys room the smell of cheap liquor and beer filled their noses. "Girls lets start drinking you've got a lot of catching up to do," Russ said passing each of the girls a shot. Connie downed hers quicker than usual.
"Pour me another," she pleaded.
"Dibs on not taking care of her tonight," Averman immediately said. It happened every time they drank, one always got out of control; tonight that title definitely was going to Connie.
After the team developed a good enough buzz they headed out into the night. It was still warm, only late August. As they walked along the road it became noticeable that Connie was definitely attaching herself to Luis, and he wasn't complaining. They continued to shamelessly flirt until they reached the party. As soon as they got inside they split up. Portman and Julie to go scope out a good place to bang, Fulton and Kenny to go sign up for beer pong, they made quite the team. Russ, Averman, Goldberg, and Dwayne went in search of drunken sophomores to hook up with later. Adam and Charlie talked quietly to each other about not losing sight of Connie; she really was going to be a handful tonight. Luis and Connie headed over to the keg. "You look really good tonight Cons," Luis announced as he poured them each a cup.
"Thanks, you don't think it's too much? Guy hated when I would wear clothes that actually showed I had a figure."
"I think what Guy did was stupid, and you did the right thing by breaking up with him," he tried to tell her over the noise of the house.
"For the first time in years, I finally feel free," she said as she watched Fulton and Kenny start to play their game.
"Dude I'm telling you the only reason she even came out tonight is because of Luis," Adam said to Charlie later on in the night. Charlie had been concerned over his best friend. He was also slightly jealous that Connie hadn't gone to him for support. They always had a brother and sister type relationship; they had known each other since they were 5.
"I know but look at her dude, she's absolutely shitfaced," Charlie added while pointing to a barely standing Connie.
"Are you ever going to tell her?" Adam asked his best friend.
"I don't know man, I mean at least Luis was never close to Guy, he's been one of our best friends since District 5."
"Yeah but, that doesn't matter if you feel something you feel something, sometimes you just have to go after it," Adam said leaving his friend to ponder his feelings.
"Dean we're going to have to make an appearance downstairs eventually," Julie pleaded as she fixed her hair in the mirror.
"Come on babe," he said whispering huskily into her ear.
He began to kiss her softly caressing her neck and cupping her face with his hand. He slowly deepened the kisses and moved the intertwined bodies toward the bed. Once lying on top of each other she began to take off his shirt rapidly. He unbuttoned hers and unhooked her bra with his free hand, a trick he had practiced many times. She unbuttoned his pants and slid them off with her legs while never breaking the kiss. As he took hers off Dean quietly said, "Julie I need you right now." He entered inside her and she softly moaned putting her hands across his chest to steady herself. That was the thing with her and Portman, no matter how many times they had sex, it always felt like the first time.
Things were really starting to heat up when all of a sudden the door opened and all they could see were two bodies wrapped with their backs to them stumbling into the room while ripping each other's clothes off. Julie saw a tunic dress hit the floor and knew it was Connie. Julie and Dean hurriedly got dressed and moved off the bed. As soon as the drunken couple lay down, the other part was unmasked, Luis. It really was no surprise, they had been all over each other the while night. As they continued to kiss Julie and Dean got out of the room unnoticed.
"She's going to regret that tomorrow," Julie said as they walked down the stairs to find the other ducks. While Julie had agreed with everyone else that breaking up with Guy was good for Connie, she didn't exactly think that hooking up with the school's most eligible bachelor drunk was her best move.
When they got back downstairs they were greeted by Averman, Goldberg, Russ, and Dwayne who were not only drunk but, lady less. "I don't know about ya'll but I'm getting hungry," Dwayne said while petting his stomach.
"Alright lets get everyone and go to Mickey's for some food," Averman added craning his neck to see his other Duck counterparts.
Soon everyone but Luis and Connie had assembled in the foyer of the house. "Should we call one of them to let them know we're leaving?" Kenny asked.
"They're not babies, they'll be fine," Charlie said a taste of annoyance in his voice. With that being said, the Ducks stammered out of the house feeling pretty good about themselves. When they arrived at Mickey's Diner, thankfully Charlie's mother wasn't working; they all piled into a long table and each ordered.
"How awkward is it going to be when Guy finally shows his face around us again," Fulton finally said bringing up the subject nobody really wanted to talk about.
"I'm not really sure, I mean we all watched him treat her like shit for so long I never really thought she would break up with him, it's the end of an era," Adam spoke. He was right, Connie and Guy being together was all the Ducks could ever remember even during their peewee hockey days. It used to be Connie who was in control of the relationship but during their sophomore year something changed and it was Guy who was mistreating her.
"It's not like we can just throw him off the team, he's one of our best forwards," Dwayne said. "But I really can't respect him for treating a girl like that, especially Connie, who's hot as hell."
"It's going to be so weird, especially when they're on the ice together," Julie said, staring out the window into the starry night sky.
"I'm pretty sure Guy knows where we stand on the issue, I just hope he doesn't flip out when he hears that Connie's getting over him by getting under Luis," Goldberg said matter of factly.
"GOLDBERG," the table yelled in unison.
"Connie are you sure you want to do this," Luis said pulling out a condom.
"Luis are we going to have an after school special or are you going to fuck me," Connie said growing impatient.
"Ha well okay then."
He planted kisses on her stomach working his way up to her neck deepening the kiss with each step up. He stroked her breasts with his hands as she lay underneath his fit torso. He began to kiss her mouth and she moaned with ecstasy. She rolled over so she was on top and began to slowly gyrate against his body completely in sync with him. She felt comfortable with Luis. She didn't have to prove she was good enough like she had to with Guy. As they continued Luis moaned in appreciation at the way Connie swayed her hips. He began to push harder, trying to go in deeper when Connie screamed his name over and over. She crashed his lips onto hers as they prepared for the climax. It had come and gone a few moments later and they each laid there catching their breaths while their heartbeats slowed down to a normal pace.
Not ready to throw in the towel, Connie lowered herself to Luis's stomach and began to kiss him tenderly traveling downward. Luis sat up thinking to himself how Guy could throw away a girl as good as Connie. In the back of his mind he knew this moment was going to change everything between the Ducks.
An hour or so later they decided it was best to head back downstairs to find the rest of their team. After searching around and seeing most of the party had left they decided it was time to go back to Eden Hall. Walking along the streets Connie couldn't help but stare at Luis's tanned complexion, if you would have asked her 10 hours ago if this was happening, her being with someone other than Guy, let alone Luis, she would have laughed. He looked down at her petite figure and smiled, drunk or not, he really liked Connie Moreau, and if she needed someone to help get her over Guy, then he could just be that person.