Last Holiday Wish
"Hey guys?" Adam called hanging up the phone in his bedroom.
The rest of the team was sitting in his living room watching a marathon of Christmas movies, then they were going to decorate his Christmas tree and head out to the frozen pond behind his house to skate. Philip Banks had whisked Mrs. Banks away to the mountains for the holidays, leaving their youngest son to fend for himself and turning their enormous home to be Christmas central for the teen and his friends.
"What's up Banks?" Julie asked from her perch on the couch by Portman
"Shhh, hold on a minute." Kenny whispered fiercely, enthralled in 'It's a wonderful life'
Adam stood in the doorway tapping his foot impatiently until a commercial break and by then he could barely hold it in anymore.
"Alright Banksie, what?" Charlie turned his head as did the rest of the team
"That was Coach Orion on the phone, he had a meeting today with a mother of a very sick little girl this morning. It seems that her one wish for Christmas is to meet us. Does anyone wanna say no?"
Of course there was no chance of that and the next day the Ducks where squeezed into two elevators, heading up to the forth floor of Fairview Hospital.
On the last floor, at the end of the hall on the left side, was a room filled with stuffed animals and flowers. The bed was empty, but in a chair by the window sat women in her early thirties, with frazzled auburn hair and a face prematurely wrinkled.
"You must be the Ducks." She smiled a tight lipped smile
"That would be us." Averman noted
"Great, I'm Tina, Marly's mom, which of you is Guy Germaine?"
"Me." Guy raised his hand and looked worriedly at the women
"Fantastic, I'm so glad you're here, you're Marly's favorite. My little girl has quite the crush on you."
"See I'm not the only one in the world that thinks you're gorgeous." Connie stated causing her boyfriend to blush.
"Um, Marly's down in chemo, she should be back anytime now." Just as her mother said those words, a small girl was wheeled into the room in a wheel chair.
At first glance at her idolized guests the girls face swelled with excitement and the next thing they knew, she was hiding it behind a blanket.
"Marly Rose, don't you want to talk to the Ducks?" Tina said motherly
"Yes." The small girl nodded
"Then why don't you put down the blanket?"
The blanket fell to reveal a ten year old face, with huge green eyes. Her eyes were surrounded with huge black circles and she was thin and fragile. Despite that she possessed a great beauty.
The team stayed to talk to her for a few hours and before they left Marly asked if Guy would kiss her goodbye.
"She's scammin' on your man Con." Goldberg joked
"I can share." Connie laughed and Guy kissed the little girls cheek
No one else went back to the hospital after that, except Guy. Everyday he went to find Marly getting a little stronger, and it was great for him to put a sparkle in her eye and grin on her face. To help her escape all the pain for those few short hours a day.
It was Christmas Eve and all the Ducks were again gathered at Banks' home opening the gifts they'd bought each other, when the phone rang again. Dwayne was the closest so the cowboy leaned over and picked it up
"Howdy?"
"Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, it's sounds like there's a party going on over there, but I was told this is where I could find Guy Germaine." The voice on the other end said quietly and lathered with sorrow.
"Yes ma'am, you just hang on. Hey Guy, phone!"
The blonde couldn't help but shutter as he approached the receiver
"Hello?"
"Guy, hi it's Tina. I hate to disturb you, but I wanted to let you know, Marly died this morning."
"Died? But she was getting stronger everyday, she was getting better." The boy couldn't fathom what he was hearing
"I'm afraid she wasn't, she just pushed herself so hard when you were around. She loved spending time with you, she thought if you thought she was actually getting worse you'd stop coming. Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you Guy. You did more then fore fill my daughter's last holiday wish. You put smile back on her face."
"Hey guys?" Adam called hanging up the phone in his bedroom.
The rest of the team was sitting in his living room watching a marathon of Christmas movies, then they were going to decorate his Christmas tree and head out to the frozen pond behind his house to skate. Philip Banks had whisked Mrs. Banks away to the mountains for the holidays, leaving their youngest son to fend for himself and turning their enormous home to be Christmas central for the teen and his friends.
"What's up Banks?" Julie asked from her perch on the couch by Portman
"Shhh, hold on a minute." Kenny whispered fiercely, enthralled in 'It's a wonderful life'
Adam stood in the doorway tapping his foot impatiently until a commercial break and by then he could barely hold it in anymore.
"Alright Banksie, what?" Charlie turned his head as did the rest of the team
"That was Coach Orion on the phone, he had a meeting today with a mother of a very sick little girl this morning. It seems that her one wish for Christmas is to meet us. Does anyone wanna say no?"
Of course there was no chance of that and the next day the Ducks where squeezed into two elevators, heading up to the forth floor of Fairview Hospital.
On the last floor, at the end of the hall on the left side, was a room filled with stuffed animals and flowers. The bed was empty, but in a chair by the window sat women in her early thirties, with frazzled auburn hair and a face prematurely wrinkled.
"You must be the Ducks." She smiled a tight lipped smile
"That would be us." Averman noted
"Great, I'm Tina, Marly's mom, which of you is Guy Germaine?"
"Me." Guy raised his hand and looked worriedly at the women
"Fantastic, I'm so glad you're here, you're Marly's favorite. My little girl has quite the crush on you."
"See I'm not the only one in the world that thinks you're gorgeous." Connie stated causing her boyfriend to blush.
"Um, Marly's down in chemo, she should be back anytime now." Just as her mother said those words, a small girl was wheeled into the room in a wheel chair.
At first glance at her idolized guests the girls face swelled with excitement and the next thing they knew, she was hiding it behind a blanket.
"Marly Rose, don't you want to talk to the Ducks?" Tina said motherly
"Yes." The small girl nodded
"Then why don't you put down the blanket?"
The blanket fell to reveal a ten year old face, with huge green eyes. Her eyes were surrounded with huge black circles and she was thin and fragile. Despite that she possessed a great beauty.
The team stayed to talk to her for a few hours and before they left Marly asked if Guy would kiss her goodbye.
"She's scammin' on your man Con." Goldberg joked
"I can share." Connie laughed and Guy kissed the little girls cheek
No one else went back to the hospital after that, except Guy. Everyday he went to find Marly getting a little stronger, and it was great for him to put a sparkle in her eye and grin on her face. To help her escape all the pain for those few short hours a day.
It was Christmas Eve and all the Ducks were again gathered at Banks' home opening the gifts they'd bought each other, when the phone rang again. Dwayne was the closest so the cowboy leaned over and picked it up
"Howdy?"
"Hello, I'm sorry to bother you, it's sounds like there's a party going on over there, but I was told this is where I could find Guy Germaine." The voice on the other end said quietly and lathered with sorrow.
"Yes ma'am, you just hang on. Hey Guy, phone!"
The blonde couldn't help but shutter as he approached the receiver
"Hello?"
"Guy, hi it's Tina. I hate to disturb you, but I wanted to let you know, Marly died this morning."
"Died? But she was getting stronger everyday, she was getting better." The boy couldn't fathom what he was hearing
"I'm afraid she wasn't, she just pushed herself so hard when you were around. She loved spending time with you, she thought if you thought she was actually getting worse you'd stop coming. Anyway, I just wanted to say thank you Guy. You did more then fore fill my daughter's last holiday wish. You put smile back on her face."