Freaky Friday
Chapter 1
The scene is a late evening at the St. Canard High School. Everybody is watching the girls JVC basketball team playing in the playoffs. If they win the game the will go to the championship game. Which is a pretty big deal since they haven't won a game in years! Of any team they have. But with young freshman Gosalyn Mallard on the team they actually have a chance!
Gosalyn has the ball with only seconds left to the clock.
"And Mallard has the game! With only seconds left to the clock." The announcer said.
Gosalyn took a deep breath and exhaled she dribbled the ball for a second and tossed it.
"She shoots!" The announcer said.
The ball goes in the basket!! The St. Canard Ducks have finally won a game and are going to the championship game!
"And it's good! St. Canard Lady ducks are going to the championship game!" The announcer exclaimed.
In the audience two people are sitting there with mouths wide open in shock.
"Did I just hear right? One of our teams is going to the championship game?"
"Did the world fall of its axel?" The other one asked.
"That Gosalyn Mallard is one good player."
"And she's only a freshmen!"
"Her parents must be so proud!"
Minutes later Gosalyn is standing next to her friends chitchatting away.
When her dad comes running up to them. Wearing a big foam finger, a St.Canard lady's Ducks t-shirt. Cheering on the top of his lungs.
"Woo Yoo! All right! You're going to the championship game."
Gosalyn was horrified to say the least.
He does this every time she has a game.
Makes a big scene. No matter how many times she tells him that he does.
He just keeps it up.
He runs up to her and picks her up and gives her a big bear hug.
"Way to go sport!" He cheered.
Gosalyn chuckled nervously. "Ah, thanks dad. But do you mind putting me down? You're embarrassing me." She said.
Drake laughed as he put her down. "I'm not embarrassing you."
Gosalyn rolled her eyes at that. "What ever dad."
"Come on let's go celebrate you're big win!" He said.
Gosalyn paused and scratched her dad. "Actually dad. I know that you and I always go out to celebrate. But I kind of already made other plans."
Drake paused and looked at her. "Oh?"
"Yeah, um me and the guys were going to go out and celebrate it."
"Oh wow. That's nice." He said disappointed.
"Sorry. I can cancel it if you want."
"No no go ahead. I understand you would rather be with you're friends that's fine."
Gosalyn smiled and then she remembered something. "Thanks. And before I forget I have something for you."
"You do?" He asked confused.
"Yup. It's nothing much. But I think it will really help you out."
She pulls out a piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to him.
"What is this?" He asked.
"It's a list of everything that you do that embarrasses me. I want you to look over it, study it. Cause you'll be tested over it by the championship game."
Drake chuckled for a second. "Oh, isn't that nice."
"Come on Gos! We're going to be late!" Her one friend called.
"Coming!" She yelled back.
She hands her gym bag to Drake. "Don't worry I'll be back by curfew."
She them took off running with her friends.
Drake watched as she walked away with her friends, looked at the list.
He wasn't used to this. It was always he and Gosalyn going out to celebrate after the game. But now she's with her friends. He sighed and grabbed the gym bag and handed out.
Back at the Mallard home it was getting close to her curfew. Drake was walking around in circles.
"Where is she? She's supposed to be coming home." He said.
Morgana who is playing with their 3 year old Spencer sighed. "Relax Drake. She has 5 more minutes."
"Exactly, do you have any clue what could happen to her?" He asked.
"Drake calm down. She's a good kid. I'm sure she's on way her way right now."
"But what if she's in an accident?"
Morgana knew there was no way to calm him down. She sighed and picked up Spencer.
"Come on Spencer it's time for bed."
They headed upstairs while Drake just looked at the door waiting…
Seconds later the door opens and Gosalyn walks in and waves to her friends.
"Thanks for the ride Vic. I'll see you at school tomorrow!" She called out.
She turns and closed the door behind her. "Hi pops." She said as she walked in.
Drake narrowed his eyes at her. "Don't you hi pops me. Do you have any idea what time it is?"
That took Gosalyn back. "What?"
"Do you have any idea how scared I was waiting for you? Where were you? Why didn't you call?"
"What do you want me to answer first?"
"Don't you talk back to me like that? Well what do you have to say for yourself?"
Gosalyn has no idea where this is all coming from. "Can I talk? A it's only 8:01. I'm a minute late. Big freaking deal. And B. What is you're problem? I told you that my friends and I was going out to celebrate. Which we did. We went to the pizza place and hung out. If you want you can call them and ask them. So calm the heck down. You're going to give you're self a heart attack!"
"Don't tell me to calm down! What were you doing with Vic? He's too old for you! And yes a minute late is a minute late. You're grounded for a week!"
"DAD! You can't be serious! Over a minute?!!"
"Talk back again and I'll make it another week!"
Gosalyn narrowed her eyes at her dad. "Fine be that way! Like I have a life anyways!" She exclaimed.
She stormed up to her room and slammed the door.
Drake shook the thoughts out of his head. "Teenagers got to love them." He mussed.
In Gosalyn room she kicked her shoes off and letting steam from it.
"Over a freaking minute? This is so stupid!" She exclaimed.
She pulled her laptop up from under her bed and turned it on. Right way Honker showed up and instant message her.
HMAN: Hey Gos.
Cool chick: Hey Honk.
HMAN: Cool game.
Cool chick: Yeah it was. Until my dad totally lost it.
HMAN: What do you mean?
Cool chick: I was a minute late. So I'm grounded.
HMAN: For being a minute late?
Cool chick: That's right. He's totally lost it.
HMAN: Well maybe it had something to do with the list that you made him.
Cool chick: Nah, he didn't bring it up.
Hman: Then I guess it's just over the minute.
Cool chick: Tell me about it. Which is totally unfair!
She logged off and just lay there on her bed.
The next morning
Drake and Morgana are in the kitchen.
Morgana just can't believe what he had done last night.
"You grounded her? That was really uncalled for Drake. She was just a minute late!" Morgana said.
"No, it was called for. She wrote down a list of everything that embarrasses her. She talked back to me. And she was hanging out with that Vic guy again."
"So?" Morgana asked.
"SO!! He's 18!! She's 15. Too old!! I'm not going to let him take advantage of her!"
"Take advantage of you? Drake darling this is Gosalyn we're talking about. She's not some young naïve girl. She can take care of herself."
Right before Drake was going to say something Gosalyn walks in and they stopped talking.
Gosalyn walks to the fridge and grabs something out of the fridge and closed it back up.
"Gee, don't stop talking on a count of me." She said.
"Gosalyn, we…" Drake trailed on.
Gosalyn ignored him and walked back out of the kitchen.
"Gos.." Drake trailed off again.
"Goodbye Morgana." Gosalyn said as she grabbed her book bag and handed out of the house.
Morgana turned to Drake and gave him a look.
"What?" Drake asked confused.
"You made something out of nothing Drake."
At school..
Gosalyn is at her locker still really ticked off when Honker walked up to her.
"So, a week huh?"
"Yeah with some other things. Like on the weekends when I'm not at basketball practice. I have to be home by 12."
Honker gasped. "Midnight?"
"Yeah, I wish. No try noon. And I can only hang out with certain people. People that he approves off. And of course that means Vic is out of the question."
Honker was little happy to hear that. He has nothing against the guy but he has feelings for Gosalyn. And Vic is trouble.
"Oh. That's a shame." He said trying to hide a smile.
Gosalyn closed her locker and looked at him. "Give it up Honk. I know that you don't like Vic either."
Honker tried to act hurt by that. "What? Me?? Not me. Who wouldn't like Vic? He's the caption of the boys basketball team."
Gosalyn laughed and closed her locker. "Okay you can stop. Come on buddy let's go." She said.
She started to walk away and Honker chuckled. It killed him that she just thought of him as a friend. Well not exactly she liked him too. But since no one has mentioned anything. She just pushed it in the back and started to hang out with Vic.
Other students walked past them and pointed them out. "Aww, look at the love birds." One kid said.
Gosalyn and Honker shook the thoughts out of their head. "WE'RE NOT LOVE BIRDS!" They both yelled out.
They then glanced back at each other and looked away.
Gosalyn walked ahead and stopped and looked back at her friend. "You coming or not Honk?" She asked.
"Oh yeah. Coming." Honker took off running towards her.
After school is over with and Gosalyn is at home doing her homework.
Drake walked in and sees her, he felt terrible about the way that things are lately.
"Ahem. Do you need help with you're homework?" He asked.
Gosalyn kept on ignoring him and picked up her books and put them in her bag and headed up stairs.
"The silent treatment huh? HA! It's not going to work!" He said calling from the stairs.
Morgana watched this and sighed. "Time for me to step in and handle this." She said.
She walked up stairs and knocked on the door. "Gos, can I come in?"
"It's a free country isn't it?"
Morgana walked in and sat down next to Gosalyn on her bed.
"I thought that we could talk."
"About what?"
Morgana shrugged. "Oh, I don't know. What ever you feel like talking about. I'm not going to make you tell me anything."
"DAD'S totally lost it! It was just a freaking minute! And he lost it! I mean I'm a straight A student, I'm the MVP on the basketball team. I'm not doing drugs or having sex like most kids in my school. He's all over me because I'm a minute late! Give me a break!" Gosalyn exclaimed.
Morgana nodded her head and agreed with everything that she said. "I agree with you. That was way to harsh. The truth is you're growing up and he doesn't know how to handle it."
"Well what did he expect me to be 9 years old forever!"
Morgana laughed at that. "No, he didn't expect that. It's just hard for him that's all."
"Yeah well it isn't easy being a kid either."
"True. Just give him some slack okay."
"Yeah, well I'll give him slack when he gives me some slack."
Morgana smiles and walked out of the room.
She walks down the stairs and Drake was standing there.
"Well what did she say?" He said crossing his arms.
"Drake, you really need to give her some slack. She's a good kid. Go up to her room and apologize!"
Drake was stunned to hear that. In his mind he didn't need to, she was the one that talked back and disobeyed him. If anybody should do it. It should be Gosalyn.
Morgana watched as he walked up to his room and closed the door.
She grinded her teeth and thought about something. "Hmm… That might just work."
With that she ran to her magic books and looked through her spells til she found the perfect one. "Ah ha! That one will do."
She chanted the spell and Spencer walked in. "What's ya doing Mommy?" He asked.
"I'm teaching a lesson to two very stubborn ducks."
Spencer clapped his hands and watched his mom do her thing. As she chanted it smoke appeared from the book and it flew up to the unexpected sleeping ducks. As they slept their sprits lifted up their bodies and flew over to the others room.
The next morning in Gosalyn's room.. You see a sleeping body in her bed, her alarm was going off. A hand reached over and hit it. A yawn came out that which didn't sound like a 15 year old girl. Her eyes wore light blue no eyelashes. "What am I doing in Gos's room?" He asked.
He shook it off and got out of bed and walked out. Little Spencer walked out of his room and saw him. "Morning Gos." He said.
Drake looked at him confused. "Gos? No it's me daddy Spencer."
Spencer laughed and just kept repeating Gosalyn. Gosalyn over and over again.
Drake shook the thought out of his head and then there was a loud scream coming from the bathroom.
Everybody took off running. Drake's jaw dropped when he saw his body in there. "Gosalyn?" He asked.
His body turned around, but it wasn't him. It was Gosalyn green eyes, eyelashes. She then let out another scream.
To be continued.