A/N- Okay this is going to eventually be a Julie/Charlie fic. It is going
to contain the rest of the Ducks and even Linda. If you like Linda, do not
read this because there will probably be Linda bashing. I am co-writing
this with Chelsea, (AKA C-chan96). Neither Chelsea nor I own the Ducks; the
people at Disney do. We don't own 'The Phantom of the Opera' either. Sir
Andrew Lloyd Webber and his people do. If adn when we are able, we will
probably update every week. I hope you enjoy, and please review to let us
know what you think. Talk to you soon.
Chelsea (C-chan96)'s A/N- Hello world! *crickets chirp in the background*...Dang...tough crowd...Just thought I'd say hello, and I hope you enjoy the story. *grins like an idiot*
-Prologue-
The Ducks were sitting around the Eden Hall lunch table, munching on ther respective lunches, when suddenly Ken rushed to the table and sat down. Averman turned to the out-of-breathe Asian boy.
"What's up, Ken?" He asked.
"I had to stay late for tech theater...We're doing 'Phantom of the Opera,'" the teen said.
"Hm, sounds like fun..." Charlie said with a tinge of sarcasm.
Julie looked up at Ken. "Did you say your doing 'The Phantom.'?"
"Yeah, why?" Ken asked.
"I've always wanted to be in that. It was one of my mom's favorite plays. I swore that I would be in it somehow." Julie said with a cloud crossing over her face.
"Hey, we should all try out! That would be so fun!" Connie said with a smile.
"Heh... no, no, no Cons. Bad idea," Charlie insisted.
She furrowed her eyebrows. "Why?"
"Eh, I don't sing."
"And the world's a better place because of it," Adam said with a grin.
"Hey, shut your face, Banks," Charlie said with a mock glare.
Julie looked up at Connie and then the other guys. "Wait guys, that is a great idea. It would be fun."
"Fun?" Charlie asked. "I would think humiliating is more accurate, but its an in the eye of the beholder."
"Charlie, have you ever sung in public before?" Julie asked him, ignoring the rest of the team.
"I'll give you a cookie if you can guess," he said, taking a bite of pizza as he held up one of the two cookies.
She grinned sweetly at him, "No."
"Wow, mighty perceptive, aren't you? Well, in all fairness enjoy your cookie," he said, handing the cookie over.
"Thank you!" She said, "Now I have a deal for you."
"Is that so? Please, do enlighten me of this deal," Charlie said.
Julie was busy eating her cookie, she looked at him with innocent eyes, "What?"
"Aw, you're not gonna tell me?" he asked, feigning heartbreak.
"Tell you what?" She asked, still concentrating on the cookie.
"The deal," he said taking a sip of his coke as they continued ignoring the other Ducks.
"Oh yeah," she said, "Give me a sec."
He blinked and waited a few second, "...Well?"
She put the last of her cookie in her mouth, looked at him, and smiled. "Okay. I really want to do this play. But I would feel better with the whole team being in it, so that I'm confortable with the people I'm working with. This is were my deal comes in. Want to hear it?"
Charlie looked at her warily. "Yeah," he said uncertainly, "I think..."
"Okay. You really want to get a triple deke past me, right?" she said playing with her hair.
"Well... yeah," he said, his worry mounting as he began to figure out where this was going.
"If you try out, I'll tell you a way that might help you," she said.
"He let out a groan, "But can't you just tell me and PRETEND that I tried out? I doubt it'll make any difference anyways."
"NO!" she said, "You don't know that you can't make it because you've never tried."
"Oh, trust me, I do," Charlie said with raised eyebrows.
"Fine, you'll just have to figure it out on your own then," Julie said.
"That's not fair..."
"If your not going to help me, I'm not going to help you," she said smuggly.
"Crazy how that works..." he said to himself. "Fine, fine. Even though I know it's pointless, I'll humor you. But ONLY because I need to improve my game, that's all," he insisted.
"Thanks Charlie," she said and then turned to ken. "Hey Ken, when are tryouts?"
"Tomorrow after school you pick up the part you're auditioning for, and then next week you try out," Ken answered.
"Cool, thanks Ken," she said and winked at Charlie.
"How exciting...I can hardly wait," he said with minimal enthusiasm.
Julie laughed, "Oh come on Charlie, you're going to find that you have fun."
"Bah," he said with a grin.
"Fine, be that way. But at least try to have fun," she said, looking at him pathetically, "For me."
He let out an exaggerated sigh, "Fine, fine. I'll TRY."
"Thank you Charrrlie," she said and hugged him.
"Bah; hush your mouth Jules," he said lightly, sipping his drink.
"Why?" she said sweetly.
He held a finger to his mouth and leaned over and whispered, "Can you keep a secret?"
She nodded.
He grinned impishly. "So can I!"
She looked at him with a confussed look on her face. "Keep a secret about what?"
"If I told you, then it wouldn't be a very good secret, now would it?" Charlie asked.
"He has a valid point," Averman said, nodding and sipping through his straw.
"Bug off Averman," Julie snapped.
"Yes ma'am," he said and shut up.
"And don't call me ma'am," she continued.
"Yes ma....Julie," he said and continued sipping through his straw.
"Thank you," she said and then turned to Charlie.
"You know Charlie, you said I wasn't being very fair a few minutes ago. But now YOU'RE the one not being fair. You bring up a secret but then you don't tell me what it is after I said I can keep it," she said.
He shrugged. "I am the exception to every rule," he said jokingly.
"Ha, ha, very funny," she said.
"Yes, I know," he said with a grin.
She looked at him and then rolled her eyes. She then looked up and saw something and grinned. "I'm going to go talk to Linda."
He shrugged. "Go ahead; knock yourself out. It's your braincells, after all."
"I'm just curious about details of your relationship," she said grinning evilly.
"Why is that?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm just curious," she said.
"It's not all that interesting."
"I just want to know what your like outside of hockey," she said.
"Just as an opening tip, there's not much to tell; life and hockey have difficulty co-existing with me," he said with a shrug.
"I was kidding Charlie. I'm not going to talk to her. I just wanted to get your attention," she said.
"Hm, that wasn't very nice," he said.
"Sorry. I didn't know any other way to do it," she said softly.
He grinned, "No prob."
She grinned back at him, looked at her watch, and sighed. "I guess we should get to class."
"Meh, class is over-rated," he said with a grin.
"I agree, but if we don't go we can't play, and if we can't play I can't tell you how to get past me with your triple deke. So don't you think we should go?" she resained with him.
"Minor deteal..." he said with a shrug.
"You wanna play, you got to go to class," she said.
"I personally think that's a stupid rule, but oh well. No one listens to me anyway," he said jokingly.
"You're right," she said.
"Shush, you weren't supposed to say anything..."
She laughed and grinned big at him, "Come on, let's go to class."
"If you insist."
"I do," she said. "In that case, let's go," he said.
She smiled at him and then stood up, walking out of the cafeteria and to their class.
Okay, well that is the prologue; the rest will get better. I promise. You'll just have to hang in with us and review. I hope you liked it. The next chapter will be up as soon as possible. Thanks for reading and please review; it means a lot to us to know what you guys think. Talk to you soon.
Chelsea (C-chan96)'s A/N- Hello world! *crickets chirp in the background*...Dang...tough crowd...Just thought I'd say hello, and I hope you enjoy the story. *grins like an idiot*
-Prologue-
The Ducks were sitting around the Eden Hall lunch table, munching on ther respective lunches, when suddenly Ken rushed to the table and sat down. Averman turned to the out-of-breathe Asian boy.
"What's up, Ken?" He asked.
"I had to stay late for tech theater...We're doing 'Phantom of the Opera,'" the teen said.
"Hm, sounds like fun..." Charlie said with a tinge of sarcasm.
Julie looked up at Ken. "Did you say your doing 'The Phantom.'?"
"Yeah, why?" Ken asked.
"I've always wanted to be in that. It was one of my mom's favorite plays. I swore that I would be in it somehow." Julie said with a cloud crossing over her face.
"Hey, we should all try out! That would be so fun!" Connie said with a smile.
"Heh... no, no, no Cons. Bad idea," Charlie insisted.
She furrowed her eyebrows. "Why?"
"Eh, I don't sing."
"And the world's a better place because of it," Adam said with a grin.
"Hey, shut your face, Banks," Charlie said with a mock glare.
Julie looked up at Connie and then the other guys. "Wait guys, that is a great idea. It would be fun."
"Fun?" Charlie asked. "I would think humiliating is more accurate, but its an in the eye of the beholder."
"Charlie, have you ever sung in public before?" Julie asked him, ignoring the rest of the team.
"I'll give you a cookie if you can guess," he said, taking a bite of pizza as he held up one of the two cookies.
She grinned sweetly at him, "No."
"Wow, mighty perceptive, aren't you? Well, in all fairness enjoy your cookie," he said, handing the cookie over.
"Thank you!" She said, "Now I have a deal for you."
"Is that so? Please, do enlighten me of this deal," Charlie said.
Julie was busy eating her cookie, she looked at him with innocent eyes, "What?"
"Aw, you're not gonna tell me?" he asked, feigning heartbreak.
"Tell you what?" She asked, still concentrating on the cookie.
"The deal," he said taking a sip of his coke as they continued ignoring the other Ducks.
"Oh yeah," she said, "Give me a sec."
He blinked and waited a few second, "...Well?"
She put the last of her cookie in her mouth, looked at him, and smiled. "Okay. I really want to do this play. But I would feel better with the whole team being in it, so that I'm confortable with the people I'm working with. This is were my deal comes in. Want to hear it?"
Charlie looked at her warily. "Yeah," he said uncertainly, "I think..."
"Okay. You really want to get a triple deke past me, right?" she said playing with her hair.
"Well... yeah," he said, his worry mounting as he began to figure out where this was going.
"If you try out, I'll tell you a way that might help you," she said.
"He let out a groan, "But can't you just tell me and PRETEND that I tried out? I doubt it'll make any difference anyways."
"NO!" she said, "You don't know that you can't make it because you've never tried."
"Oh, trust me, I do," Charlie said with raised eyebrows.
"Fine, you'll just have to figure it out on your own then," Julie said.
"That's not fair..."
"If your not going to help me, I'm not going to help you," she said smuggly.
"Crazy how that works..." he said to himself. "Fine, fine. Even though I know it's pointless, I'll humor you. But ONLY because I need to improve my game, that's all," he insisted.
"Thanks Charlie," she said and then turned to ken. "Hey Ken, when are tryouts?"
"Tomorrow after school you pick up the part you're auditioning for, and then next week you try out," Ken answered.
"Cool, thanks Ken," she said and winked at Charlie.
"How exciting...I can hardly wait," he said with minimal enthusiasm.
Julie laughed, "Oh come on Charlie, you're going to find that you have fun."
"Bah," he said with a grin.
"Fine, be that way. But at least try to have fun," she said, looking at him pathetically, "For me."
He let out an exaggerated sigh, "Fine, fine. I'll TRY."
"Thank you Charrrlie," she said and hugged him.
"Bah; hush your mouth Jules," he said lightly, sipping his drink.
"Why?" she said sweetly.
He held a finger to his mouth and leaned over and whispered, "Can you keep a secret?"
She nodded.
He grinned impishly. "So can I!"
She looked at him with a confussed look on her face. "Keep a secret about what?"
"If I told you, then it wouldn't be a very good secret, now would it?" Charlie asked.
"He has a valid point," Averman said, nodding and sipping through his straw.
"Bug off Averman," Julie snapped.
"Yes ma'am," he said and shut up.
"And don't call me ma'am," she continued.
"Yes ma....Julie," he said and continued sipping through his straw.
"Thank you," she said and then turned to Charlie.
"You know Charlie, you said I wasn't being very fair a few minutes ago. But now YOU'RE the one not being fair. You bring up a secret but then you don't tell me what it is after I said I can keep it," she said.
He shrugged. "I am the exception to every rule," he said jokingly.
"Ha, ha, very funny," she said.
"Yes, I know," he said with a grin.
She looked at him and then rolled her eyes. She then looked up and saw something and grinned. "I'm going to go talk to Linda."
He shrugged. "Go ahead; knock yourself out. It's your braincells, after all."
"I'm just curious about details of your relationship," she said grinning evilly.
"Why is that?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm just curious," she said.
"It's not all that interesting."
"I just want to know what your like outside of hockey," she said.
"Just as an opening tip, there's not much to tell; life and hockey have difficulty co-existing with me," he said with a shrug.
"I was kidding Charlie. I'm not going to talk to her. I just wanted to get your attention," she said.
"Hm, that wasn't very nice," he said.
"Sorry. I didn't know any other way to do it," she said softly.
He grinned, "No prob."
She grinned back at him, looked at her watch, and sighed. "I guess we should get to class."
"Meh, class is over-rated," he said with a grin.
"I agree, but if we don't go we can't play, and if we can't play I can't tell you how to get past me with your triple deke. So don't you think we should go?" she resained with him.
"Minor deteal..." he said with a shrug.
"You wanna play, you got to go to class," she said.
"I personally think that's a stupid rule, but oh well. No one listens to me anyway," he said jokingly.
"You're right," she said.
"Shush, you weren't supposed to say anything..."
She laughed and grinned big at him, "Come on, let's go to class."
"If you insist."
"I do," she said. "In that case, let's go," he said.
She smiled at him and then stood up, walking out of the cafeteria and to their class.
Okay, well that is the prologue; the rest will get better. I promise. You'll just have to hang in with us and review. I hope you liked it. The next chapter will be up as soon as possible. Thanks for reading and please review; it means a lot to us to know what you guys think. Talk to you soon.