SORRY FOR THE LATENESS!

"I don't like her," Dean stated bluntly. Him, Guy, Charlie, Adam and Fulton were heading to the girls' room to see how move in was coming along when Dean began complaining.

"No, you just don't like the fact she knocked your ass over on the ice," Fulton shot back.

The three others walked ahead of the Bash Brothers once they started throwing punches at each other. But like all their fights it ended up in a laughing fit and the two with their arms around each other's shoulders.

"Why did he come again?" Guy asked, receiving a shrug from both Charlie and Adam.

The guys got to the door at the end of the hall. Guy knocked only to have the door swung opened. The five Ducks looked down at the one who opened the door, a little red head smiling up at them. Next came AJ, she walked up behind the little girl placing her hand on the mountain of curls. "Hey guys," She said opening the door more and moving aside so the boys could enter. "Connie your guy is here."

The guys chuckled at the blushing Guy. He just pushed them away and went to Connie.

"So, who's this?" Charlie squatted down to Luna's level.

"This is Luna," AJ said. "Luna this Charlie, Adam, Dean and Fulton. Did I get that right?" Charlie nodded. "Sweet. Don't be offend that she doesn't talk to you. She's a mute so she talks through sign language."

Once again Luna's hand shot out to shake hands. Charlie smiled as he, gently, took her small hand. "It's nice to meet you."

Luna let go to sign. AJ just laughed at the fact Luna's nickname for Charlie is Captain Duck.

"What she says?" Adam asked.

"She made a nickname for Charlie," AJ went over to her bag to finish unpacking. "It's captain duck.

"I like it!"

Luna happily clapped at the reaction. She then looked at Adam, rich boy. Next was Dean, hothead. Then Guy, Connie's boy. Finally, was Fulton but Luna just looked up at the 6'2" boy, thinking.

AJ told them what she signed; all liking their nicknames, Dean however just huffed at his. "But she doesn't yet know what to call Fulton."

"Well when you do figure it out you can tell me, okay?" Fulton spoke, smiling down at her. As Luna shook her head agreeing her curls ended up in her face.

Luna skipped over to AJ so she could put her curls up into a bun

"You girls wanna get something to eat? It's on Banks," Guy said getting a high pitch What from Adam.

"If it's on Banks then sure," Connie smiled, pecking her boyfriend on the lips. "You gonna ask Linda to come, Charlie?"

"She can't, she got a student council meeting," he replied. "We're going out later."

Connie nodded then glanced over at AJ. "It would be a good opportunity to get to know a few of the Ducks."

AJ felt a tug on her shirt. Looking down at Luna, she gave into the puppy dog eyes she was receiving. "Sure."

Charlie took a well-deserved slap on the arm from Connie after making a sex joke in front of Luna. While the guys were recovering from the joke, AJ was trying to convince the innocent little one that it didn't have anything to do with sex.

Finally succeeding AJ shot Charlie a death glare followed by an eye roll and small smile.

"So, AJ," Connie got her attention. "How long have you lived in Minnesota?"

AJ scrunched her eyebrows together, thinking, "Like 6 years."

"Then how come we're just finding out about you now?" Adam asked then continued to say, "You're an amazing hockey player."

"Like I said before I busted my knee against the Hawks, which was the game before playing the Ducks," AJ took a sip of her coke. Adam looked down at his hands, picking at his nails, feeling guilty. AJ saw this and said, "I don't blame you, Adam." He looked up at her, wide eyed. "I know you were a Hawk but it wasn't you who did it, it was the Larson kid."

Adam didn't know what to say so he just nodded his head.

After that, they stayed at the diner until Charlie had to leave for his date with Linda. As he left Connie and Guy decided to go and hangout be themselves, leaving behind Adam, Dean, Fulton, AJ and Luna.

Luna tapped Dean on his shoulder to get his attention. He looked down to her poking at the paper place mat in front of her. On it was a tick tack toe board created by a blue crayon.

"Oh, I'm so gonna kick your butt!" Dean grabbed the red crayon as Luna's face told him he was going to lose.

Adam and Fulton chuckled at the determination on their teammate's face as AJ just rolled her eyes, smiling.

Fulton, who was now sitting next to AJ since Connie left, turned his body a little to talk to her. "Are you Luna babysitter?"

"Nope she's my sister," AJ said without thinking while watching the two kids playing across the booth.

Adam leaned forward, placing his elbows on the table to look around Fulton, at AJ, confused.

AJ's eyes widen as she realized what she just said. She looked at the two boys next to her. She could clearly see the confusion on their faces, the same confusion everyone gets when she says that. No one believes her since Luna has bright red curls and pale green eyes, whereas AJ had dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes.

"She's my foster sister," AJ said looking away.

Before the boys could ask anything, a loud grunt was heard from across the table. The three looked over to see Dean with his head face down on the table and Luna with a giant smile on her face as she pumped her small fists in the air.

"Dude you just got your ass kicked by a 10-year-old girl," Fulton burst out laughing.

"Shut it!" He snapped back only resulting in the rest of the group to laugh.

The group of five were walking back to the school when they ran into Rick, his varsity buddies and a few cheerleaders.

"Look what we have here hockey wannabes," the comment from the captain add his crew laugh and the Ducks groan at the stupid comment.

"Just leave us alone," Adam said pushing past them.

Unfortunately, Rick grabbed Adam's wrist pulling his to a stop, making Adam wince in pain at the action. He wrist still gets sore at certain movements. Dean and Fulton noticed the wince and pulled their teammate away and stepped between the two groups. AJ just stepped back keeping Luna away.

Rick laughed and put his hand up in a surrender motion. "Look we didn't come here for a fight, we'll save that for the ice," he said. "I just came to tell you that with our new additions, including your old goalie, you Ducks don't stand fucking a chance."

"That's what you said last year, yet we still kick your asses and sent you home crying," Dean shot back, angrily.

Rick huffed. "Not this year." The variety past them but not before stealing a glance and comment at AJ. "Not even this foster home trash can save you."

AJ stopped Fulton and Dean from starting an actually fight and glared directly at the varsity captain. "Like you said we'll save it for the ice but know this... you just started a war you won't win."

Like I always say, I hoped you liked it and PLEASE comment! Thank you! (EDITED: 8/18)