I walked into my hew school and held my breath. It was the first time I had gone to a school that didn't require a uniform. It was also the first time in six years that I didn't have Adam in the same school. Even though I was mad at him, I was so used to have him around. I nervously walked down the hall and before I could make it to the office I was dog piled by a bunch of Ducks.
"Come on guys get off me." I said with a laugh. Charlie helped me to my feet and handed me a piece of paper.
"I went a head and got your schedule. You got the same classes as me." Charlie said with a smile.
"Then what are you waiting for? Lets get to learnin'." I said and Charlie lead me to our first class. I was surprised at how far they were in the curriculum. I had always heard that private schools were always harder but I was struggling a little. When we got to science I was glad to see I was actually about a month a head of them.
Mr. Calando was annoyingly obsessed with science and seemed to be under he impression that we all shared his love for it.
"Miss Witts, can you tell me which one of these is oxygen?" he asked me.
"Red." I said in pure boredom.
"That right. The red balls are oxygen." Calando said happily. I looked at Charlie and rolled my eyes. He smiled back. I lost interest in the class after that, till the teacher walked out of the room and everyone seemed to start bombarding Charlie.
"Leave me alone guys, I don't want to talk about the team." Charlie said annoyed.
"Yeah sure, Coach's pet." Peter teased. "Every one knows he likes you best."
"Likes his mom you mean." Karp said taking it to far. Both Charlie and I stood up.
"Take it back Karp." Charlie demanded. Every one on the team was on their feet at that moment. Soon Atoms were flying around the room. I took a chance and grabbed Karp, brining him close to me so only he could hear what I had to say.
"I never want to hear you say anything like that about Bombay again." I warned.
"What's it to you?" Karp asked pushing me off him.
"Just don't." I warned again. Soon the teacher and the principal came rushing into the class room. We all rushed to find our seats. Charlie was the only one that couldn't find his chair.
"I have never in my life…" the principal said angrily. "What do you have to say to yourselves?"
We all looked at each other and started to quack. That resulted in them being in detention an me in the principal's office.
"I must apologize for the behavior of your new class mates." She said and I held back laughter. "I know the school you came from. They frown at behavior like what you had witnessed. I also now they have a low tolerance for bad behavior."
"Yes ma'am. It's a very well behaved school." I said pretending to be serious. "Unless your known as a traitor then you get tripped, ganged up on an your food spilled down your front."
"Excuse me?" the principal looked very confused.
"I left my old school to be with my friends." I informed her. "And that's here I should be right now. Not because you think my parents will give big donations."
"Miss Witts, I will
ignore that last comment. Please leave my office." She demanded. I
smiled and started to leave but stopped at the door. "Do you have
something you would like to say?"
"Yes." I said boldly.
"Quack, Quack."
"Detention! You may join the others." The principal ordered. I walked out of the office and was shocked to see Bombay.
"What did you do?" Bombay asked me. "Isn't this your first day of school?"
"Yep." I said as the principal walked out of her office.
"Detention is tat way Miss Witts." She said angrily.
"Actually, I'd like to have a word with her and there are some other Students I'd like to see as well." Bombay said.
"Who are you?" She questioned.
"I'm her… their hockey coach." Bombay replied an handed her a paper. "If you could tell me where I can find each of them please."
The principal looked down at the paper then glared back at Bombay. I giggled and Bombay looked down at me.
"They are in room 223." She said in almost a whisper.
"All of them?" Bombay asked in disbelief.
"All of them." The principal replied and my giggles turned into actual laughter. Bombay nudged me but I couldn't stop.
"Miss Witts will take you…" She paused and looked past us. I turned to see Jason standing there with Alex an he didn't look happy.
"Well Amore Jane Witts, what did a goody good do to land herself in detention?" Alex asked and I started to giggle again.
"Stop laughing Amore, this isn't funny." Jason demanded. "Now what did you do?"
"She and some class mates…" The principal said as if the memory pained her. "Quacked at me."
I giggled even harder and this time Bombay had trouble not laughing as well.
"Ma'am is it ok if I go ahead and take my sister home?" Jason asked. "My parents got me out of school to get her and I really must get back."
"And who is he?" the principal asked indicating Alex.
"Our cousin from New York." Jason replied. The principal nodded.
"When's the next practice Coach?" I asked and Bombay smiled.
"Today at four." He replied.
"See you then." I replied with a smile. Jason lead the way out and all three of us burst into laughter the moment we were off school property.
"I cant believe you all quacked at e principal." Alex said putting me in a headlock. "The Hawks would never sow that much loyalty to their team."
"That's because Hawks are self-centered birds. They only think of themselves. But Ducks, they're friends for a life time." I replied ad Alex let me go.
"dang girl, that's deep." Alex said in disbelief.
"Well most of he team don't have any thing else to look forwards to. Playing the game is their escape. Becoming god friends is just a bonus." I said then paused Adam was leaning against my brothers car, waiting for us.
"Did I forget to mention we brought your new teammate with us." Jason asked and quickly got in to the drivers set of his car.
"Ale I got a question for you." I said and he turned towards me. "Do you like torturing me by always needing a ride from my brother to pick Adam up or do you just not know how to drive your car?"
"Neither." Alex said with a cocky smile. "His car is just cooler."
"And it can fit more than two." Adam said surprisingly friendly. I glared at him and got into the car. When Alex and Adam got in, Jason took off but not in the direction of home. I didn't complain knowing that where ever Jason and Alex where taking us, was going to be fun. Adam leaned over towards me. "Do you now where we're going?"
"Not a clue." I aid as if I was bored. Jason glared at me in the rear view mirror. I gave him a what look. He just shook his head in response. I had a feeling that the were taking us to a place where we used to go when we were younger. The farther out of town we went I knew where we were heading. Adam seemed to know as well. He looked over at me and smiled. I just rolled my eyes and looked out the car window till we made it to out destination. It was the old log cabin with a small pond next to it. I belong to my dad but we hadn't been there in at least two years. Before that we would spend every New Years Eve with the Banks family there. Jason and I would play two on two against Alex and Adam starting at 6:30 am till way past dark. We only stopped when we needed a twenty minute break. We'd all be n Hawk uniforms. Jason and I wore the older jerseys while Adam and Alex wore the new ones. Then on or last year there our parents surprised us with our own family jerseys. The Witts family jerseys were black and red with the family crest on the front. My dad was number 40 and read Mikey. Mom's had the number 39 with Wittsy. Jason had the number 14 that read Blitz and mine was number 11 with the name Squirt. The Banks team colors were red and gold with there family crest also on the front of their jerseys. Phillip had the number 41 wit the name Philly. Diane had the number 40 with the name Ane. Alex had the number 14 with the name Monster ad Adam had number 10 with the name All-Star.
"Come on guys what are we doing here?" I asked. Jason and Alex go out of the car and ripped off their coats to reveal their family jerseys. I couldn't help but laugh. "Nice, but we have a small problem. I threw my jersey out."
"You mean this?" Adam said bringing my jersey out of his bag. I gawked at him in surprise. I didn't know he had saved it. I hasn't even known he saw me throw it away. "I just thought you might have regretted throwing it away so I saved it."
I couldn't help but smile at him. "Thanks All-Star."
He smiled back and we climbed out of the car. Jason and Alex exchanged victory glances. I glared at both of them. "Come on you two nerds. Lets just play."
We got onto the ice and I skated around them one at a time like I used to do. I skated up behind Jason and spun him around a couple of times before I skated on. Jason chased after me. He almost caught me but I spun out of his way.
"Dang Squirt, how did you learn that?" Alex asked.
"I had to learn away to get away from Larson and McGill at the games. One day I was getting chased by Guy and Jesse and I did that. It worked so I decided to try it on the ice." I said with a smile.
"It's a good move." Adam complemented. I shrugged and we played till the sun went down. I had completely forgotten about practice. Alex and Adam beat us 5 to 2 but it was still a close game.
Back in the car Adam nervously turned to me. "How are the Ducks taking it?" I mean me being on their team?"
"I'm not going to lie." I said honestly. "They hate you."
"Amore!" Jason warned and I rolled my eyes.
"I wasn't finished Blitz." I said then turned back to Adam. "But the Ducks stick together. Just let them know your loyal to them and you'll fit right in. There Jason you can protest now."
"No need." Jason replied.
"But today doesn't mean were friends again Adam." I said sadly. And Jason shook his head. "You really hurt me and I'm not ready to forgive you yet."
