Hey this is the next chapter and it's the first date, Charlie and Connie.

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" Julie I've been told to wear something warm and bring my ice skates, what the hell does Charlie have in mind?"

" Well I assume it's going to be something to do with ice Skating," Julie said from her spot on her bed.

" Well I know that, but ice skating for a date when we are Hockey players. I have a feeling this won't turn out well" sighed Connie running her fingers through her hair. She had hoped Charlie would at least have some creativity. " No! Bad Connie think positive he might surprise you," she told herself.

" You gotta admit it was slightly romantic how he asked you out, but embarrassing for me"

Flashback

It was approximately 5 days and 12 hours since the girls had assigned the boys the task of basically wooing the girls in a fairytale by being their knight in shinning armour on their trusty steed to take them away in to the sunset. However they weren't knights but hockey players, there was no horse just ice skates and they weren't going to take them into the sunset but protect them on the ice. So maybe things weren't a fairytale. But it was still amusing to see them rush back and forth glancing at them every moment to see what they were up to. Connie and Julie both had the assumption that when they were talking one of the lads would be listening seeing if they could grasp small bits of detail.

Over things had become more noticeable, like Connie had discovered that the Bashes were working a few hours here and there at that garage down the road, they both came back sweaty with grease on their faces, which surprisingly caught the attention of the varsity cheerleaders on a positive side. Nobody were more surprised than the Bash Brothers them selves.

Goldberg had been cooking a lot and once asked the girls if they'd try some of his food. This confused but over whelmed the girls at his culinary skills.

Now 5 days later Connie and Julie were in their dorm rooms at 11pm. Connie was platting her wet hair hoping it would turn out wavy in the morning, as she had just been in the shower. Julie was in there at the moment. A knock at the door had startled her, as she didn't think any one would be around this late after curfew.

Opening the door she saw Charlie Conway smiling at her with his hands behind his back.

" Oh Charlie I wasn't expecting you come in," she told him she had realised who he was. She returned the smile as she closed the door after him.

" So Charlie what brings you here at 11 o'clock?" she asked him patting the spot on her bed next to her.

" Well Connie I was wondering if you would like to come on a date with me this Saturday from about half 3 to 8." His confidence was high and his voice was strong but his eyes showed a little nervousness in them.

" Charlie, I'd love to go on a date with you," she smiled joyfully back at him.

Letting the air out that he didn't know he was holding and wasn't sure why he was holding it as he knew she'd say yes. Bringing his hand to his front he smiled when he noticed her eyes widen in surprise. In his hand was a delicate red rose that had a red ribbon with a bow wrapped around it.

" Charlie it's beautiful," she whispered tears were in her eyes that made Charlie smile to know the tears were of happiness.

" I'm glad you like It." he placed the rose in her hand.

" So is there anything I'll be needing for this date?" she asked him while still looking at the rose.

" Yeah, wear warm article clothing and bring your ice skates. Oh and don't have a big lunch" Slightly confused at his request she said nothing but nodded her head.

Just then the bathroom door opened and Julie walked out in just a towel.

" Connie have you…" her words suddenly froze in her throat as she saw Charlie standing there. In sudden surprise she let go of her towel, which unfortunately fell to floor. It was a whole 5 seconds till it dawned on them both what had happened. Charlie's face turned a dark pink and looked anywhere but Julie. Julie squeaked and picked up the towel covered her body and ran back into the bathroom.

Connie stared at the retreating back of her friend to her male friend who stood there blushing furiously, it was obvious Charlie had seen Julie standing there naked and dripping wet. Smirking when she saw him readjust his pants to hide his little friend. Acting like she had seen anything she stood up and addressed him.

" Er Charlie is there anything else you need to tell me,"

" Er… I'll pick you up here, I – I better be going, it's erm – late," stuttered Charlie.

Pitying her friend, she told him not to worry she'd talk to Julie, and she opened the door and the still blushing Charlie walked out giving a gentle kiss on her cheek.

When Charlie had left she rushed over to the bathroom and swung open the door. Julie was sat on the toilet her head in her hands as her shoulders shook. Sighing she walked over to her and pulled her into a hug, holding her and rubbing her back hoping to sooth her. Once the tears had stopped and she had calmed down she looked up to Connie her eyes all red and puffy from her crying. " I can't believe I did that, he saw everything," The embarrassment stage had taken over the tears.

" I know Hun, he was just as embarrassed as you were." She told Julie.

" What embarrassed at seeing an ugly girl like myself naked." She sniffed rubbing her arms. Connie's voice quickly turned from comforting to serious at her friend's statement.

" Julie Gaffney don't you ever say your ugly, you are a beautiful woman with an amazing body!" Julie smiled at her. Connie was definitely right and she now had Charlie to back up what she had said, Julie had round C cup boobs a flat trim stomach, a curvy and plump bum with long legs. This was her reward after her hard work as a Hockey player. She also ate healthily but not in minute portions as she had a healthy appetite.

" Thanks Con,"

" Your welcome Hun, and I know he didn't think you were ugly as I saw him readjusting his trouser bottoms so I think you had a pretty big effect on him," Giggled Connie. At this Julie smiled and begun to giggle herself. When she had stopped laughing Julie turned to Connie and asked him why Charlie came round.

" He came to ask me on a date," Julie smiled and kissed her cheek and shooing her out of the bathroom.

End of Flashback

Thinking back to the day Connie agreed with her and looked back at her wardrobe. She had already thrown 2 outfits on to the bed that just weren't right for this date.

" Connie why not this," Connie turned her head to Julie who had pulled out a pair of skinny black jeans.

" I never saw that, it'll be perfect but what about the top?" scratching her head she routed through her draw of t-shirts. After 5 minutes of searching in the draw she flopped on the bed and groaned.

Laughing at her friend, Julie looked through the pile of clothes on the floor that Connie had not yet put away: and would be there for much longer as she could never be bothered. Routing through the pile she saw the perfect top to accompany the jeans. It was a long white t-shirt with a simple design of printed black flowers running down the right side of the top. It was a simple cut and would work perfectly. Throwing the t-shirt on to the bed where it landed on Connie's head. She then went back to the wardrobe and rummaged around till she found a pair of black 3-inch heeled boots.

" There you go Connie dear, now mummy has picked you out your outfit why not go and get changed. Julie childishly told her acting like a mum.

" Okay Mummy," she replied in character.

Both laughing Connie walked into the bathroom and got her self changed.

10 minutes later Connie came out looking ready to go on her date. The outfit complimented her long legs gorgeously and the top elongated her short torso. She was much shorter than Julie, she was an impressive 5ft 6inches where as herself were 5ft 2 inches tall.

" Connie you look absolutely gorgeous Hun, come here and let me get my tongs on your hair," she said holding the heated metal in her hand. Connie sat at the vanity table and let Julie have her way with her hair. When she had finished it was 3 o'clock and her hair was in ringlets of curls. Julie next set to her face she had natural beauty so Julie decided a small amount of make up was due. Only using a pale blush, black mascara, grey eye shadow and a neutral lip-gloss. She was left waiting for Charlie.

While she gathered her skates and an extra pair of woolly socks. The ones she had on were yellow with watermelons. The woolly pair was when she skated. She did not wear any jewellery as she never wore it she didn't see the point to it; it had always bugged her.

" Connie?" shouted Julie who was in the bathroom.

" Yeah Jules,"

" I'm going to go and see Kenny I said I'd study with him today, have fun," Julie told her when she picked up her bag of books.

" I will, I've known him since we were kids, it'll just be a little strange him being romantic towards me."

" Just relax it will be fun for you, I'm going to go now I kinda don't want to run into Charlie at the moment you know after…"

" Yeah I know but you can't avoid him forever, if you run into him just act normal," Connie advised.

" Okay will do, cya later Con." And with that Julie walked out of the door.

Julie had set off to the library were she was meeting Ken she had offered to help him in trigonometry it was one of the subjects in maths that she also found difficult but she was able to do it if she thought hard. However her mind had changed her channel of thought to what Connie had said earlier " you can't avoid him forever," signing she knew she couldn't but she wished she could even though it would hurt a little inside. The problem with looking down when she was thinking was running in to a brick wall. However this brick wall had feet. She had landed on the ground with a thump. Looking up she saw the one person she did not want to run into.

" Hey Charlie," she said nervously her cheeks burning.

" Hey Julie," he said awkwardly offering his hand to help her up. Taking the strong grip she felt butterflies flutter in her stomach.
Sighing he scratched the back of his neck. It was a known habit the ducks knew he did when he was nervous. " Look Julie I'm sorry about Thursday night."

" Charlie it wasn't your fault, things happen," she said steadily she was slowly becoming less nervous and she could know longer feel the heat on her cheeks.

" I know but, it shouldn't have happened really, I feel quite bad cause I… you know," he said his cheeks and neck darkening.

" Charlie look, I was embarrassed that you saw me naked but it's in the past, it happened, were still friends right?"

" What? Hell yeah Jules cause were still friends." He told quickly. Looking down at his watch it told him he had five minutes to go. And he didn't want to be late.

" I'd love to stay and chat Jules but I really have to go," laughing Julie sent him on his way. Turning around she smiled and headed on her way to the library.

Knocking on the door Charlie waited nervously. " Don't screw this up Connie has been your friend for years, so you'll be fine," he said in his head. " Great now I'm talking to myself." The door opened and his mouth dropped; standing in front of him was Connie Moreau, his brain was telling him that but his eyes weren't. " Relax man, take a deep breath and let's do this,"
" Hey Connie you ready to go?"

" Hey Charlie just let me grab my bag and we'll go," She walked into the room grabbed her bag with her skates and jacket and walked out of the door.

" So Mr Conway where are you taking me?" she asked him as they walked in time with one and other.

" Well first Miss Moreau we are going to have dinner."

" Thank god im starving," he chuckled; he knew Connie loved her food.

" So does the date have a theme?"

" What is this Con, twenty questions," laughed Charlie. Connie just whistled and smiled sweetly causing him to laugh harder. " And yeah it does,"

" Oh what is it?"

" Well," he drawled

"Tell me tell me!" she said her voice full of bounce.

" Okay, it's called things of the past,"

" Oh, so does this mean were going to do something that we did once before,"

" Kinda, it's something that we did as kids and we haven't done in years and something that has strong memories to us both,"

Connie didn't say anything till she got into the Charlie's car. She was thinking about what he said, what had they done as children what they had not done for years and what memories.

" Charlie where we going?" she asked as she watched Eden Hall disappear.

" The park." Was all he said? So in a huff she sat there looking out of the window. " Okay Cons the date has gone well, he was on time, he's doing something that I said to Julie on Saturday that wanted to do, were not walking and we have had a laugh."
Charlie soon pulled up in the parking lot that was across from the park and together they walked to the road. Taking a deep breath he took Connie's hand in his own and looked at her, she was looking at him and smiled. " Score," his thoughts went.

They walked in silence basking in the views of a frozen pond, not many people were at the park as the trees were leafless and there was frost on the ground. But they loved it. Charlie took her through a row of trees were they would climb and try and jump to the next tree when they were young; this had resulted in Connie braking her leg. She smiled at the memory, it seemed he was taking her through memories the two had shared once they were growing up. Finally he took her to a tree they had sat under through out the summer before they met Bombay. " Charlie why are we stopping here?" she asked it was an old memory that filled so many feelings.

" Because that's were we are going to eat, stay here," and with that she saw him jump to a branch, that was once too high for them to reach, and climbed up. She suddenly noticed a woven picnic basket and she realised what was happening, through out her life Charlie and herself had always come to this spot and had a picnic.

" Charlie, this is amazing," she gushed as he jumped safely to the ground.

" Thanks, I had a feeling you'd like it, and with the Goodwill Games and Eden Hall we haven't had a picnic in ages." He told her as he laid the chequered blanket on to the ground. He took her hand and they sat down. He handed the basket to Connie as after so many picnics he knew she just loved to get the food out of the bag. Peering inside the basket her mouth watered. She one by one brought out the food inside and laid them on the blanket in front of them. Handing Charlie a paper plate and a nap kin, she looked at the food. There were ham and cheese triangle finger sandwiches, cocktail sausages, lumps of cheese on sticks, pickled onions in a tub as well as pieces of flapjack, cookies, and prawn cocktail and salt and vinegar crisps mixed in a tub. There was a pack of sweets that turned your tongue blue and green. Sweet apricots, toffee bonbons, slice of chocolate cake each. To drink they had orange and blackcurrant juice.

" Charlie I'm in shock," she admitted this was the menu of food they had as a child. " Where did you get all this," she asked him as she picked two ham sandwiches.

" Well the sweets, cheese, sausages all the stuff like that I bought last night and left them at mums, the other stuff I baked. Mum wasn't impressed though kitchen was a mess and she made me clean it up," Connie laughed all the years she had known him he hated to clean.

" Charlie?"

" Yeah Cons."

" Have a cheese sandwich," she gave him a cheese sandwich and the duo laughed. They ate the meal and chatted it took so long to eat what they were going to eat it was getting dark.

" What time is it?" she asked him as she helped pack up the plates into the basket.

" It's about 6, this means we have plenty of time, lets take these back to the car and head to our nest destination. Charlie folded up the blanket took the basket out of Connie's hand and offered his arm.

" Your such a gentleman Charlie Conway," laughed Connie as she took his arm and the two walked back to the car through the way they go there.

Back in the car they drove through Minneapolis Connie looked out of the window as they passed the mall.

" I spoke to Julie earlier," Charlie said breaking the silence around them.

" Oh how did that go?" she was uncertain, as Julie didn't want to see him.

" It was alright and we have forgiven each other but I don't know why she needed to be forgiven but she told me not to worry," rambled Charlie his face was a delicate pink once again. It darkened when she saw the smirk Connie was showing. The tension broke and both laughed.

" Well I am glad that you two are both on talking terms and no longer embarrassed," Connie slyly said as he saw his face darken. " Okay, okay I'm sorry" raising her hands in defeat.

" So you should be, and between you and me it wasn't a bad sight," he told her cheekily.

" Charlie Conway! I am surprised at you." She said mocking her surprise. Charlie laughed at her.

" Where here," Charlie hoped out of the car and before she could open the door Charlie had opened it, smiling at him she took his extended hand and stood up. He took hold of her bag and together they walked out of the parking lot.

" Charlie where are we going?" She didn't recognise the place until she saw just one tree. Her mouth dropped as she looked at the man beside her. " Charlie is it really?"

" Yeah it is" together they walked down a street they had done numerous occasions in the past. Past an old barn and through a tight hole between two bushes to the lake where they had first met Bombay,"

" The pond, it's where we first started,"

" Yeah, I brought you here as it brings the date to the last part of our past before our worlds changed." Charlie said taking her hand and squeezing it tightly.

" Do you still feel like Madonna after so many years?" He asked her looking to the part where Bombay drove the limo on to the pond when they first met him.

Laughing she nodded her head. She couldn't talk as she gazed at the pond there were so many memories, Goldberg and his net, the time she pushed Karp and like a domino effect the guys fell to the ground. The day they met Bombay, the number of coaches they had scared off.

" Fancy a skate," he asked her looking into her eyes. Smiling she nodded her head between them they put on their skates. The temperature had dropped since they had been to the park so they both put their coats, gloves and scarves on. Gliding on to the ice Charlie offered his hand to Connie, which she took and together they glided around the lake.

" Charlie, race ya," giggled Connie as she saw him fall on to the floor.

" No, your quicker than me you'll win," he pouted. Connie laughed more " Soo you'd only race with me if you would win well that's not fair on me either." She laughed.

" Fine Cons I'll race you… 1 2 3 go," he shouted and set off before she realised what had happened.

" Charlie!" Yelled Connie as she skated after him.

" I win I win," he chanted as he saw the scowling face that was shot in his direction. Laughing he skated up to her.

" Charlie Conway you big cheat," she hit him in the chest lightly but the hit still managed to over power his balance and he fell to the floor.

" Your still the Velvet Hammer then." She laughed remembering the day Averman named her that.

" You could say that," they spent the next hour on the ice falling, racing, and dancing till it was time to leave.

Climbing back in to his car they drove back to Eden Hall, the drive was slowly easing her into an easy sleep. She had missed the rest of the journey and when she woke up she realised that Charlie was slowly laying her down on her bed in the dorm.

" Charlie, Why didn't you just wake me up?" She asked him as she sat up.

" You looked so peaceful asleep I didn't want to wake you," he shrugged sitting on the bed beside her.

" I really enjoyed myself it made me feel young once again and I want to thank you Charlie, it was honestly amazing." She smiled at him. Smiling back at her he moved forward placing his lips on hers the kiss was quick but not rushed. He pulled back and she smiled at him like she had done all afternoon.

" I better head back to my dorms before they start to looking in dorms to see who isn't there." He told her standing up. She stood up with him and they walked to the door. She opened it for him and with a small kiss on her cheek he walked down the corridor.

Closing the door behind her she peeled off her boots and put them on the side. Grabbing the white notebook she opened the page were it said Charlie Conway.

She began to write...

He asked me out in private and wasn't over the top he gave me a one red rose which was very romantic of him I would say.

The date started off good he arrived just a bit earlier so we were out of the door at half 3, we had a good laugh as we walked to the Charlie's car. He was polite and the conversations flowed naturally as there was know awkwardness. There was a theme to the date. This was, things of the past.

He drove us to a place were he could park. It was just over the road to the park in Minneapolis. He offered me his hand as we walked over the road, which was very sweet of him.

As we walked to his destination we walked through a row of trees where we had jumped we were very little. There were two trees a little further apart than the rest and when I was young I jumped from one to the other but I didn't jump far enough and fell to the ground I had broke a bone in my leg and had to have crutches for six weeks. Even though it was a painful thing to happen the memory I had forgotten till today so it was nice to be reminded. He had done something that I wished to happen on a date, which was something that reminded me of the past. It was like he read my mind as the next place we went was the large maple tree that was in a far and high corner of the park. It was a place where Charlie and I would have picnics before we ever started playing hockey. The meal we had was mostly home cooked which was sweet of him, as well as surprising as Charlie's memory wasn't all that good but he had managed to have all the food we ate when we were young, even the same crisps.

After we ate we drove to a place that is not just special to me, but special to all the original ducks, like – Averman, Goldberg, Guy and Charlie and the old ducks Jesse, and his younger brother Terry, Peter and Karp the pond was a place that we all shared a bond with. The pond was were District 5 would practice for the hockey games it seemed back then the more we practised the worst we got. It was a place were we most likely gave one coach a heart attack and a place were we met the man that would lead us onto greatness: Gordon Bombay. But most importantly it's were it all started, it was the place that has brought us to where we are now. And even if it sounds silly if it wasn't for that pond I don't think the ducks would even exist. So Charlie taking me there was the most amazing thing he did. We had fun we fell and raced, we could now skate properly on it instead of falling over all the time. Unfortunately it soon came to an end and Charlie took my hand and we walked back to the car.

I was so exhausted from everything I slept till we got back. Charlie carried me back to my dorm instead of waking me. Then he kissed me there was no tongue, it wasn't wet. It was short and sweat, a lot like how we shared our first kiss at the age of 5, it was a way Charlie had once shut me up however at that time kisses were gross and we wiped our mouths with the back of our hands but now it wasn't. It was a kiss that didn't show love but a friendship that has been strong and a bond that will never break.

I would rate Charlie on Romance as: a 9 because he didn't over do it. The skate on the ice was a very romantic thing to do, as the sky was full of stars surprising for Minnesota. The moon was full. He was romantic as a person little things such as offering his hand and arm. Taking my bag from out of the car with out a second thought. A way for Charlie to improve would be for him to offer a pair of gloves or a scarf even though I wouldn't except it him offering me it would of marked him a little higher.

I would rate Charlie on Creativity as: a 9 because it was something that was special to us both it was a time line of some sorts it started at the age of 5 with the kiss to the age of 11 were we met Bombay on the lake to finally back here at Eden Hall in the present. It was nearly perfect however if he wanted to make a place, which was special, he could have set of a few fire works or something to make it even more magical.

I would rate Charlie on effort as: an 8 because he showed his cooking abilities as a baker and he had gone out himself to buy the bits that wasn't cooked. It showed he had come by before he called for me as the picnic basket was in the tree. For him to make a bigger effort he could ask me how I was feeling if I needed anything.

I would rate Charlie on been a gentleman as: an 8 because he did act like one but it was rather jokingly which made me think he wouldn't act like it on a real date but just to get a higher grade. However he did take me up to my room that was very gentleman like. For an improvement it would be for him to take it seriously and not make it seem like a joke.

I would rate the date as: an 9 because it was brought back many memories and it made me think of something my mother once told me as a child. "Never forget were you grow up as it's your childhood." As well as the memories I had fun I felt young and a child. For me to make it better it could have done with a big bang at the end that something that will forever make it stick in your mind and make it better than all the other dates.

Now the date is over I would rate how I feel at the end as: an 8 because I loved how it brought back special memories as a child but I feel like there was something was missing.

In total I would grade Charlie with a respectable 51.

Closing the book she walked into the bathroom and stripped to her fluffy lilac pyjamas. It was the 5th of October so the weather outside was becoming colder and snow was falling now. It was also beginning to darken earlier. Her favourite season was winter one it was the hockey season and as a child she loved to watch the snow fall in the darkness of the night.

Walking over to the window seat she sat there with a bottle of water in her hand gazing out of the window. It was now black and was just starting to snow.

The door opened and in walked Julie. Seeing her friend at the seat she smiled grabbing a bottle of water from the mini fridge herself and climbed on to the opposite side of the seat.

" So how was it?" she asked her eagerly wanting to know what he had done.

" It was really good actually out of 60 I gave him 51 which is a good score I would say."

" Yeah so what you do?"

" Well the date had a theme behind it this was things of the past. We did things we did in the past when we were children like walked through a row of trees were I once broke my leg from not reaching the tree I was jumping too. A picnic under the biggest maple tree in the whole of the park we had the same lunch as we always did. He baked some of the food as well. Then we went to a place that was so special to all the nine original ducks."

" What is it?" the original ducks never spoke so much of their past before they joined the group probably because nobody had asked.

" The pond, the pond is where District five was created, and I think if it wasn't for the pond, the Ducks wouldn't be here,"

" Wow, that's something. Who are the nine original ducks," she asked as she could only think of 8.

" Now I know who you are thinking but it's not them, the first ever members of the hockey team are Charlie, Averman, Guy, Goldberg, Jesse and his little brother Terry, Peter Marks, Dave Karp and myself."

" What about Fulton and Adam?" she asked clearly confused.

" Fulton join the team by accident it was only when he accidentally smashed Bombay's car window did Coach see his potential however Fulton couldn't skate so he had to learn before he joined the team. Adam was the enemy if we were at high school then he would have been Varsity," Julie's eyes widened and listened to what Connie said. " He however was on the wrong team as he actually lived in District 5 so he had to move teams at first we didn't except him but in the end we became good friends. There were also two others Tommy and his sister Tammy Duncan they were both figure skaters but Tammy was my best friend probably because we were the only girls and we bonded." Explained Connie. Julie sat there in amazement they had never asked about the team and what they were like back in the beginning. But it seemed there were a lot of things they didn't know.

Connie walked over to the notebook on her bed and handed it to Julie who opened and read it. She however carried on watching the snowfall heavier to the ground.

" Wow that is really impressive very creative and you get worse the more you practiced." she chuckled.

Smiling at her she spoke " yeah every year we would come bottom of the table. But we only lost one game by 5 goals and we nearly scored once." Julie mouth dropped.

" Seriously?" she asked trying to believe it.

" Yeah, Goldie was afraid of the puck every time someone shot it towards the goal he'd get out of the way. We couldn't skate, score or win. But Bombay came and he may have been a prick at the beginning but he changed and the team won the game and then the tournament." She told her. Julie was in shock the team that she was apart of, that had done so much and achieved so much was rubbish in the beginning. She wasn't surprised Bombay changed how they played it was obvious that all the ducks respected the ex coach and they would kill anyone who disrespected him. He was a father to him.

Sitting in silence they watched the snowfall from the window.

I really like how this turned out and I've had the idea of this in my head for ages so I hope you like it. Next up will be Julie and Adam.

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