Joshrox116- I'm glad you liked it, lol. It's was definitely the effects of
a tad too much caffeine and sugar. I'm just glad I wrote it down before I
forgot. ^_^ I was waiting impatiently for my friend Liz (RossRachelForever)
to some over and spend the night so I decided to finish up the chapter. You
can tell where I picked up gain...has a slightly different mood. ^_^
Soccerbaby- Lol...sorry about that. I need to fill up the chapter so it wasn't only four pages long and that's what I ended up with. It started our fairly normal but then...yeah...this will be back on track. When I get writer's block, strange things happen...but thanks for the review and this will be a MORE normal chapter. ^_^
Liz- Lol, yeah. I remember you being over here. You got the sneak preview. Lol...I know,I was just kiddin' with ya. I knew that you knew and said ya had been on my account. I was just bein' me! ^_^ Lol, and as the thing for Eric, knock yourself out and drool all ya want. Lol...*rolls eyes* you crack me up...
Okay, I'm sorry this is out so late. I have to finish reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" for my Honors Pre-AP English class before school begins and I just got it. I spent all morning reading it and I've only read 96 of 296 pages...I'm exhausted...not to mention I'm running out of ideas here! ^_^ But I'm sure I'll come up with SOMETHING! *begins shaking violently* I wanna start another fic but I know for a fact if I do, this and "The Man He Chose Not To Be" will never get finished...it very torturous...so I'll just have to endure the pain...lol. This chapter gets back with the plot and thus starts the deciding moments for Charlie. Dun dun dun! Who will he pick? Lol...I have a twist coming up, sorta...lol...I'm trying to keep you guys interested. Not always the easiest thing in the world...lol...anyway...on to Chapter 8 and sorry for talking so much!
Disclaimer- C-chan doesn't own the Mighty Ducks.
-Chapter 8-
...the lights went out.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" they all screamed.
"Where'd the lights go? What happened to the electricity?!" Adam yelled, feeling around for a wall.
"Watch your hands Banks!" he heard Connie yell.
"But that wasn't me!" Banks said defensively.
"No, it was me!" Portman said, grinning in the dark.
Connie growled and waved her arms around, trying to hit him but unable to find him in the dark.
"Man, that's MY girlfriend you're touchin'! Hands off!" Guy exclaimed angrily. He couldn't FIND Portman, but he didn't care.
"It's not like I MEANT to, I was actually trying to find Julie." Portman confessed, still grinning.
"Gee, thanks! That's MY girlfriend! Thanks a lot, man." Adam said while glaring at the shadow he THOUGHT was Portman. He couldn't quite tell though.
Portman grinned again. Julie began crying because her computer had shut off and she knew the blackout wasn't good for it. Adam groped around in the dark until he found her on the bed and sat down to untie her.
Once everyone had finally calmed down again, it got quiet.
"I'm dieing of starvation..." Goldburg grumbled, his stomach aching for food.
"I say we all just go to sleep and eat a big breakfast. It's getting to late to get any food anyway." Charlie suggested.
They all agreed and made places to sleep whether it was on the floor or on a bed. Suddenly the lights came back on but none of the Ducks even stirred. They had already fallen asleep.
~~~*~~~
The next day, they all woke up in a daze. They looked at the clock. They had thirty minutes to get back to their own dorms, get dressed, and get to class. The girls decided it was fair payback for trashing their dorm room.
Charlie went with Fulton because he had run out of clean clothes and Fulton's dorm was closer. He would borrow a pair of clothes, wash them, and give them back later. Fulton said he didn't mind.
They soon met back up in front of the school and each ran in their own respective directions.
Charlie and Adam met up in class and sat down to talk about the sheer weirdness of last night's events and how hungry they still were. Charlie promised to 'forget' about last night if Adam promised to 'forget' about last night. And so they had a mutual understanding to disregard anything and everything that took place the night before. It was for the sake of both of their pride.
Ellie walked in, grinning ear to ear. She was walking on air since she had been aloud to stay in the dorms. She didn't know why, she just thought it was the COOLEST thing. She had never lived in a dorm before!
She sat down next to Charlie with a wide smile.
"Morning Charlie!" she chirped.
"Good morning..." Charlie muttered, wondering why she was so happy.
"HOW can you be so...upbeat?" Adam asked, bewildered.
She was about to say something but stopped. "I don't know...I'm not USUALLY a morning person...but I guess I'm just happy this morning. That's a good question Adam..." she muttered, her mood instantly changing to one of deep thought.
Before any of them could expand upon their conversation, the teacher began class.
~~~*~~~
Ellie met up with Charlie in the hallway and noticed his shirt.
She grinned and walked up. "I like your shirt." She said, laughing. The saying on it sounded like something her friend Sarah Lutz would say.
He looked down at it and read it. He had just grabbed something random from Fulton's closet. He laughed too when he read it.
"Yeah, it isn't even mine. It's Fulton's." he admitted.
"The guy DOES have a good sense of humor." She said with a grin as they walked up to the other Ducks.
They greeted each other briefly before separating again for their next classes. Ellie walked off to Choir again while Charlie, Adam, Fulton, and Russ headed for History. Julie, Portman, and Luis had English. The rest of the Ducks had Math.
Before they knew it, the Ducks and Ellie were heading for lunch. Julie was trying to convince Goldburg she didn't WANT any more sweets. Many of them darted to the lunch line, knocking anyone who dared get in their way OUT of the way. None of them had eaten for at least 24 hours. Ken was starving because he had no meat on his bones and he hadn't had time to make lunch that morning. Averman gave him some chips and Julie gave him half her sandwich to hold him off. Ellie was telling Charlie how much her skating skills were beginning to improve. They were starting to get comfortable around each other again.
Linda bit her tongue to keep from screaming. That GIRL was with Charlie AGAIN! Who did she think she WAS?!
"Grrrr!!!!" she growled to herself as she clenched her eyes shut. She didn't know how much of this she could take. And what was that on Charlie's shirt?
Her jaw dropped when she read it. How could he be so inconsiderate?! That was one of the MEANEST things she had ever read in her LIFE! That poor beaver...
Then she saw Ellie tug at Charlie's arm to get his attention and something inside Linda snapped. That was it, she was mad at BOTH of them now!
But before she could get over there, Dwayne asked Charlie if he could talk with him for a moment. Charlie obliged and the two boys walked off. Linda decided she could wait awhile. Their slow, painful deaths could wait a few more minutes...
Charlie turned a confused glance at Dwayne. For once he didn't have his normal confused/dazed/goofy expression.
"Dwayne?" he said, raising an eyebrow at the fellow Duck.
Dwayne took in a breath and looked Charlie in the eyes. "I just wanted to tell you to make sure you have your intentions straight."
Charlie furrowed his eyebrows and blinked. "Huh?"
Dwayne took in another breath and said again. "Make you sure you have your intentions straight. With Ellie, I mean. She's a gullible girl and I don't want'er to get hurt. I think she really has feelings for you, Charlie. So if you have absolutely no intention of returnin' those feelins', don't lead'er on. You may just be jokin' around but if she lets herself believe there's more to it, she could seriously get hurt. If you leave room for interpretation, she's gonna to believe what she wants to happen. And that may not be the reality. Look, I just don't want'er to get hurt. That's all." He said seriously to Charlie.
Charlie pursed his lips and nodded. He really didn't know where he stood with Ellie. It was all so confusing to him. He had a girlfriend that he loved, but Ellie was really growing on him. He didn't know what to do anymore. He wanted both, but he knew he couldn't. He could only have one. The question was, which one?
The two walked back to the table solemnly. Ellie raised her eyebrows at them in question but Charlie just smiled and Dwayne said it wasn't anything important, just a quick question. Ellie reluctantly let them off and decided to interrogate Charlie and Dwayne later...
Meanwhile, Linda watched. She hadn't heard them but she decided the lashing could wait till later that day. Right now she was going to sit and eat lunch with Charlie. His death could wait till later. She would also save her comment about his shirt till then.
She walked over and sat down next to him.
"Hi Charlie." She said with a grin on her face.
Charlie turned to smile at her. "Hey Linda."
Ellie turned a sour face to the other girl. "Hi Linda."
Linda mirrored Ellie's distaste. "Hello Ellie..."
There were few more moments of silence before the table erupted into random conversation.
~~~*~~~
Charlie was at his locker getting his stuff. They didn't have hockey practice after school that day so he was actually going to be able to walk Linda home.
He saw Linda walk up and prepared to tell her the good news. He figured all rough edges would be mended when she realized he really WAS a responsible boyfriend, just not ALL the time.
"Hi Linda." He said as she walked up.
She smiled back. "Hi Charlie. Um, I think we need to have a talk..."
Charlie looks at her, visibly confused. "Huh? We do?"
She nodded, grabbed his arm and pulled him a few feet away, though Charlie didn't know why. There was nothing to pull him away from. Just his locker. And it wasn't like his LOCKER was going to stop her from saying whatever she felt needed to be said. He figured she just did it for the effect.
"Yes, we do. Charlie, things aren't really working out." She said quietly.
Charlie furrowed his eyebrows when the words clicked in his mind. "What do you mean? Are you breaking up with me?!"
She bit her lip before her face hardened slightly. "It's just I don't feel you're being totally honest with me. You're always spending time with HER! We haven't done anything together in a really long time!" she retorted back, her tone changing slightly.
"What? You're breaking up with me over Ellie?" he asked, narrowing his eyes.
"No, that's not the only reason. You have an attitude problem too and you're easily angered. You're obsessed with hockey and you're wearing an offensive shirt!" she complained, pointing accusingly at his back shirt with a phrase written in white.
Charlie blinked and read it. "What? "Save a Tree, Eat A Beaver"? How is that offensive? It's saving the trees!" Charlie protested.
"At the expense of a poor helpless beaver!" Linda shot back.
"Linda! It's just a shirt! It's supposed to be funny! Laugh! Ha ha! Ya know, a joke?" he said rolling his eyes.
"Well it's still offensive. How can you wear that? Oh well, I still can't believe you're spending more time with ELLIE than me! Your girlfriend!" Linda said again.
"So that's what this is all about? Ellie?" he nearly shouted back.
"No, not necessarily. But you need to choose. You can't have both of us. So tell me, who will it be? Me or her?" Linda asked, folding her arms across her chest and narrowing her eyes.
"I-uh." Charlie stuttered, not really sure. He hadn't had time to really decide. Dwayne had said the same thing at lunch but he hadn't seriously thought if over yet. Now he had to choose or he could lose Linda.
She raised her eyebrows and began tapping her foot. "Well?" she questioned.
"I-I don't know." He admitted, his brain swarming with confusion. He didn't know what he wanted.
"Well you're going to have to choose, Charlie Conway. Me or Ellie?" she asked again.
Charlie blinked and furrowed his eyebrows in thought. Who WOULD he rather be with? Now was NOT the time to go through pros and cons...
He had wanted Linda so bad before, but did he now? They shared many of the same interests; music, pizza, and hatred for the school.
But it seemed Ellie liked music and pizza too. He didn't know about the hating the school thing, but he knew for sure Ellie had been more pleasant around him then Linda had lately.
And he really enjoyed hanging out with Ellie. She seemed carefree and different. Sure, she wasn't strong in sports but neither was Linda. Sure Linda came to games but that was only after he spent many long hours, or at least minutes, forcing her to come and watch. Ellie had come voluntarily and refused to leave him alone if he didn't let her come.
But then again, Ellie hadn't even known her own home state HAD a hockey team.
Linda had never heard of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
But neither had Ellie.
This was hurting his brain!
Charlie bit his lip as he continued thinking. He had to think fast. Linda wasn't going to wait forever. Why couldn't he have thought this over sooner?!
He really enjoyed teaching Ellie to skate and she had a broad interest in everything. She had a good sense of humor and she didn't seem the type to blow up over something stupid.
Linda seemed a little more high-strung. Not horrifically high-strung, but still. She had gotten pretty bent out of shape over Ellie. And she was breaking up with him over it! Unless this was a test or something...his head!
"Charlie? Who will it be?" Linda asked, furrowing her eyebrows and sighing impatiently. He sure was taking a long time with this. Why didn't he just answer? It shouldn't be THAT hard to say he would rather be with her then Ellie!
Charlie then remembered just a few moments ago when Linda had bashed him for liking hockey. She also had just said he had an attitude problem and was too easily angered! How rude can you get?
He frowned slightly and narrowed his eyes. He didn't know if he could take that. He had been too busy defending the shirt, which he happened to find FUNNY, to retort about the OTHER insults. How could she seriously expect him to choose her after her telling him everything WRONG with him?
He sucked in a breath and looked her square in the eye. He had his answer. He was going to straightened this out once and for all...
Soccerbaby- Lol...sorry about that. I need to fill up the chapter so it wasn't only four pages long and that's what I ended up with. It started our fairly normal but then...yeah...this will be back on track. When I get writer's block, strange things happen...but thanks for the review and this will be a MORE normal chapter. ^_^
Liz- Lol, yeah. I remember you being over here. You got the sneak preview. Lol...I know,I was just kiddin' with ya. I knew that you knew and said ya had been on my account. I was just bein' me! ^_^ Lol, and as the thing for Eric, knock yourself out and drool all ya want. Lol...*rolls eyes* you crack me up...
Okay, I'm sorry this is out so late. I have to finish reading "To Kill A Mockingbird" for my Honors Pre-AP English class before school begins and I just got it. I spent all morning reading it and I've only read 96 of 296 pages...I'm exhausted...not to mention I'm running out of ideas here! ^_^ But I'm sure I'll come up with SOMETHING! *begins shaking violently* I wanna start another fic but I know for a fact if I do, this and "The Man He Chose Not To Be" will never get finished...it very torturous...so I'll just have to endure the pain...lol. This chapter gets back with the plot and thus starts the deciding moments for Charlie. Dun dun dun! Who will he pick? Lol...I have a twist coming up, sorta...lol...I'm trying to keep you guys interested. Not always the easiest thing in the world...lol...anyway...on to Chapter 8 and sorry for talking so much!
Disclaimer- C-chan doesn't own the Mighty Ducks.
-Chapter 8-
...the lights went out.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" they all screamed.
"Where'd the lights go? What happened to the electricity?!" Adam yelled, feeling around for a wall.
"Watch your hands Banks!" he heard Connie yell.
"But that wasn't me!" Banks said defensively.
"No, it was me!" Portman said, grinning in the dark.
Connie growled and waved her arms around, trying to hit him but unable to find him in the dark.
"Man, that's MY girlfriend you're touchin'! Hands off!" Guy exclaimed angrily. He couldn't FIND Portman, but he didn't care.
"It's not like I MEANT to, I was actually trying to find Julie." Portman confessed, still grinning.
"Gee, thanks! That's MY girlfriend! Thanks a lot, man." Adam said while glaring at the shadow he THOUGHT was Portman. He couldn't quite tell though.
Portman grinned again. Julie began crying because her computer had shut off and she knew the blackout wasn't good for it. Adam groped around in the dark until he found her on the bed and sat down to untie her.
Once everyone had finally calmed down again, it got quiet.
"I'm dieing of starvation..." Goldburg grumbled, his stomach aching for food.
"I say we all just go to sleep and eat a big breakfast. It's getting to late to get any food anyway." Charlie suggested.
They all agreed and made places to sleep whether it was on the floor or on a bed. Suddenly the lights came back on but none of the Ducks even stirred. They had already fallen asleep.
~~~*~~~
The next day, they all woke up in a daze. They looked at the clock. They had thirty minutes to get back to their own dorms, get dressed, and get to class. The girls decided it was fair payback for trashing their dorm room.
Charlie went with Fulton because he had run out of clean clothes and Fulton's dorm was closer. He would borrow a pair of clothes, wash them, and give them back later. Fulton said he didn't mind.
They soon met back up in front of the school and each ran in their own respective directions.
Charlie and Adam met up in class and sat down to talk about the sheer weirdness of last night's events and how hungry they still were. Charlie promised to 'forget' about last night if Adam promised to 'forget' about last night. And so they had a mutual understanding to disregard anything and everything that took place the night before. It was for the sake of both of their pride.
Ellie walked in, grinning ear to ear. She was walking on air since she had been aloud to stay in the dorms. She didn't know why, she just thought it was the COOLEST thing. She had never lived in a dorm before!
She sat down next to Charlie with a wide smile.
"Morning Charlie!" she chirped.
"Good morning..." Charlie muttered, wondering why she was so happy.
"HOW can you be so...upbeat?" Adam asked, bewildered.
She was about to say something but stopped. "I don't know...I'm not USUALLY a morning person...but I guess I'm just happy this morning. That's a good question Adam..." she muttered, her mood instantly changing to one of deep thought.
Before any of them could expand upon their conversation, the teacher began class.
~~~*~~~
Ellie met up with Charlie in the hallway and noticed his shirt.
She grinned and walked up. "I like your shirt." She said, laughing. The saying on it sounded like something her friend Sarah Lutz would say.
He looked down at it and read it. He had just grabbed something random from Fulton's closet. He laughed too when he read it.
"Yeah, it isn't even mine. It's Fulton's." he admitted.
"The guy DOES have a good sense of humor." She said with a grin as they walked up to the other Ducks.
They greeted each other briefly before separating again for their next classes. Ellie walked off to Choir again while Charlie, Adam, Fulton, and Russ headed for History. Julie, Portman, and Luis had English. The rest of the Ducks had Math.
Before they knew it, the Ducks and Ellie were heading for lunch. Julie was trying to convince Goldburg she didn't WANT any more sweets. Many of them darted to the lunch line, knocking anyone who dared get in their way OUT of the way. None of them had eaten for at least 24 hours. Ken was starving because he had no meat on his bones and he hadn't had time to make lunch that morning. Averman gave him some chips and Julie gave him half her sandwich to hold him off. Ellie was telling Charlie how much her skating skills were beginning to improve. They were starting to get comfortable around each other again.
Linda bit her tongue to keep from screaming. That GIRL was with Charlie AGAIN! Who did she think she WAS?!
"Grrrr!!!!" she growled to herself as she clenched her eyes shut. She didn't know how much of this she could take. And what was that on Charlie's shirt?
Her jaw dropped when she read it. How could he be so inconsiderate?! That was one of the MEANEST things she had ever read in her LIFE! That poor beaver...
Then she saw Ellie tug at Charlie's arm to get his attention and something inside Linda snapped. That was it, she was mad at BOTH of them now!
But before she could get over there, Dwayne asked Charlie if he could talk with him for a moment. Charlie obliged and the two boys walked off. Linda decided she could wait awhile. Their slow, painful deaths could wait a few more minutes...
Charlie turned a confused glance at Dwayne. For once he didn't have his normal confused/dazed/goofy expression.
"Dwayne?" he said, raising an eyebrow at the fellow Duck.
Dwayne took in a breath and looked Charlie in the eyes. "I just wanted to tell you to make sure you have your intentions straight."
Charlie furrowed his eyebrows and blinked. "Huh?"
Dwayne took in another breath and said again. "Make you sure you have your intentions straight. With Ellie, I mean. She's a gullible girl and I don't want'er to get hurt. I think she really has feelings for you, Charlie. So if you have absolutely no intention of returnin' those feelins', don't lead'er on. You may just be jokin' around but if she lets herself believe there's more to it, she could seriously get hurt. If you leave room for interpretation, she's gonna to believe what she wants to happen. And that may not be the reality. Look, I just don't want'er to get hurt. That's all." He said seriously to Charlie.
Charlie pursed his lips and nodded. He really didn't know where he stood with Ellie. It was all so confusing to him. He had a girlfriend that he loved, but Ellie was really growing on him. He didn't know what to do anymore. He wanted both, but he knew he couldn't. He could only have one. The question was, which one?
The two walked back to the table solemnly. Ellie raised her eyebrows at them in question but Charlie just smiled and Dwayne said it wasn't anything important, just a quick question. Ellie reluctantly let them off and decided to interrogate Charlie and Dwayne later...
Meanwhile, Linda watched. She hadn't heard them but she decided the lashing could wait till later that day. Right now she was going to sit and eat lunch with Charlie. His death could wait till later. She would also save her comment about his shirt till then.
She walked over and sat down next to him.
"Hi Charlie." She said with a grin on her face.
Charlie turned to smile at her. "Hey Linda."
Ellie turned a sour face to the other girl. "Hi Linda."
Linda mirrored Ellie's distaste. "Hello Ellie..."
There were few more moments of silence before the table erupted into random conversation.
~~~*~~~
Charlie was at his locker getting his stuff. They didn't have hockey practice after school that day so he was actually going to be able to walk Linda home.
He saw Linda walk up and prepared to tell her the good news. He figured all rough edges would be mended when she realized he really WAS a responsible boyfriend, just not ALL the time.
"Hi Linda." He said as she walked up.
She smiled back. "Hi Charlie. Um, I think we need to have a talk..."
Charlie looks at her, visibly confused. "Huh? We do?"
She nodded, grabbed his arm and pulled him a few feet away, though Charlie didn't know why. There was nothing to pull him away from. Just his locker. And it wasn't like his LOCKER was going to stop her from saying whatever she felt needed to be said. He figured she just did it for the effect.
"Yes, we do. Charlie, things aren't really working out." She said quietly.
Charlie furrowed his eyebrows when the words clicked in his mind. "What do you mean? Are you breaking up with me?!"
She bit her lip before her face hardened slightly. "It's just I don't feel you're being totally honest with me. You're always spending time with HER! We haven't done anything together in a really long time!" she retorted back, her tone changing slightly.
"What? You're breaking up with me over Ellie?" he asked, narrowing his eyes.
"No, that's not the only reason. You have an attitude problem too and you're easily angered. You're obsessed with hockey and you're wearing an offensive shirt!" she complained, pointing accusingly at his back shirt with a phrase written in white.
Charlie blinked and read it. "What? "Save a Tree, Eat A Beaver"? How is that offensive? It's saving the trees!" Charlie protested.
"At the expense of a poor helpless beaver!" Linda shot back.
"Linda! It's just a shirt! It's supposed to be funny! Laugh! Ha ha! Ya know, a joke?" he said rolling his eyes.
"Well it's still offensive. How can you wear that? Oh well, I still can't believe you're spending more time with ELLIE than me! Your girlfriend!" Linda said again.
"So that's what this is all about? Ellie?" he nearly shouted back.
"No, not necessarily. But you need to choose. You can't have both of us. So tell me, who will it be? Me or her?" Linda asked, folding her arms across her chest and narrowing her eyes.
"I-uh." Charlie stuttered, not really sure. He hadn't had time to really decide. Dwayne had said the same thing at lunch but he hadn't seriously thought if over yet. Now he had to choose or he could lose Linda.
She raised her eyebrows and began tapping her foot. "Well?" she questioned.
"I-I don't know." He admitted, his brain swarming with confusion. He didn't know what he wanted.
"Well you're going to have to choose, Charlie Conway. Me or Ellie?" she asked again.
Charlie blinked and furrowed his eyebrows in thought. Who WOULD he rather be with? Now was NOT the time to go through pros and cons...
He had wanted Linda so bad before, but did he now? They shared many of the same interests; music, pizza, and hatred for the school.
But it seemed Ellie liked music and pizza too. He didn't know about the hating the school thing, but he knew for sure Ellie had been more pleasant around him then Linda had lately.
And he really enjoyed hanging out with Ellie. She seemed carefree and different. Sure, she wasn't strong in sports but neither was Linda. Sure Linda came to games but that was only after he spent many long hours, or at least minutes, forcing her to come and watch. Ellie had come voluntarily and refused to leave him alone if he didn't let her come.
But then again, Ellie hadn't even known her own home state HAD a hockey team.
Linda had never heard of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
But neither had Ellie.
This was hurting his brain!
Charlie bit his lip as he continued thinking. He had to think fast. Linda wasn't going to wait forever. Why couldn't he have thought this over sooner?!
He really enjoyed teaching Ellie to skate and she had a broad interest in everything. She had a good sense of humor and she didn't seem the type to blow up over something stupid.
Linda seemed a little more high-strung. Not horrifically high-strung, but still. She had gotten pretty bent out of shape over Ellie. And she was breaking up with him over it! Unless this was a test or something...his head!
"Charlie? Who will it be?" Linda asked, furrowing her eyebrows and sighing impatiently. He sure was taking a long time with this. Why didn't he just answer? It shouldn't be THAT hard to say he would rather be with her then Ellie!
Charlie then remembered just a few moments ago when Linda had bashed him for liking hockey. She also had just said he had an attitude problem and was too easily angered! How rude can you get?
He frowned slightly and narrowed his eyes. He didn't know if he could take that. He had been too busy defending the shirt, which he happened to find FUNNY, to retort about the OTHER insults. How could she seriously expect him to choose her after her telling him everything WRONG with him?
He sucked in a breath and looked her square in the eye. He had his answer. He was going to straightened this out once and for all...
