((Disclaimer: I don't own any part of the ducks. Not the movies' characters or the actual NHL team. Just the non-movie characters are mine. Never Will I Break is a song by 3 Doors Down.))

The girls' weekend went as it usually did: they sat around eating junk food, messing with make-up and watching stupid movies.

It was late Sunday night, and the dorms were quiet, as was custom because of the 9 p.m. curfew. Connie was listening to her Discman, eyes closed, completely zoned out. Julie was on the next bed, attempting to finish her homework. In between her studying, she stopped to realize how far away summer already felt. Then she thought about Dean, which naturally gave her the guiltiest feeling in the pit of her stomach. Of course she was pissed off at him for not telling her why he left, but at the same time, she had such intense feelings for him, that she was beginning to question what her and Adam were. It wasn't that she didn't have some feelings for him too, but she wanted to make things right with Dean before she started something new with Adam.
Meanwhile things with Scooter were just as awkward as ever, especially since Julie knew it was his idea to pull the shower stunt. The two of them had joined together numerous times to play pranks on their teammates, and the clothes in the shower was classic. Plus he was absolutely gorgeous AND single. Obviously Julie did not need any more male drama in her life, but it didn't hurt to look.

The next day at lunch, the team was sitting at their usual table, when Averman announced Varsity team "Check out the new jackets guys." Which in turn led to sniggers behind cartons of milk as Riley addressed us. Adam was standing in his shadow looking a little tense, but nodding along agreeing with the crap that flowed out of Riley's mouth. Something about they were all on the same side now and to celebrate that fact they were all meet for dinner because it was an Eden Hall tradition. Julie narrowed her eyes in suspicion, this seemed a little fishy to her. But the entire Varsity team was wearing silver straight faces, even Adam, except of course Scott who was grinning like a baboon. After being reassured by Adam that this was legitimate, the team agreed to go. And again that was sadly the only thing to keep them sane in between the immense workload and hockey boot-camp with their drill sergeant, Coach Orion. He seemed to be fueled by the fact that they didn't win and worked them even harder.

It felt like years had passed when Friday night finally came. Connie was curling her hair in the small mirror while Julie got dressed.
"You look really pretty, not trying to impress anybody, are we?" Julie asked her. Connie rolled her eyes.
"No, asshole isn't my type. But we don't get to go out often, at least not to somewhere as nice as the Minnesota Club, so I'm just using this rare opportunity to look nice. And maybe someone will actually notice." Julie had been in the process of putting on her shoe, but at Connie's words, looked up.
"Anyone in particular?" She asked and Connie grinned at her reflection. Julie smiled too, maybe Connie was finally moving on, or at least thinking about it. Julie stood and smoothed out the folds in her dress, her mind still racing. "Listen Con, I know the whole team seriously believes these guys but I still think this could be a joke."
"Jul, what could they do? We're going to be surrounded by people in a really nice place. They wouldn't do anything extreme. And they're not dimwitted enough to poison our food or anything dangerous like that. Besides Banks says it's cool. I think we should just enjoy ourselves and let them treat us." Julie sighed.
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
Then a knock came at the door and Julie opened it to see Adam standing there, grinning slightly. "Hey, are you guys ready?"
Connie snorted as she put mascara on. "Wait a second, you're driving us?"
"No princess, Scooter is downstairs waiting for us."
"Scooter as in Scott, the goalie?" Julie wondered out loud.
"Yeah and it's a quarter to six, so we have to get going."
"Okay, I'm done." Connie said, while pressing her lips together to smooth out her lip gloss.

Connie and Julie sat in the backseat together while Adam sat up front with Scott. The Corvette sped past the Eden Hall gates and into downtown Minneapolis with ease.

"So, Scooter, why don't you have a girlfriend?" Connie asked while Scott looked at her through the rearview mirror.

"Unfortunately I have high standards for my girlfriends. Perky, blonde and stupid isn't really my type. And in case you haven't noticed, that basically defines the average Eden Hall girl." Julie smiled at this. "Besides I'm kind of waiting for someone."

Julie's insides squirmed and she blushed. He did not just say that. But how did Julie know he was talking about her? But it was pretty…awkward, Julie mumbled as she followed Scott up the steps and into the prestigious restaurant. It was even more awkward when he pulled out the seat for Julie to sit down, and then took the seat next to her. Despite her earlier thoughts though, Scott was the perfect gentleman the entire evening and it didn't turn out to be as bad as she thought. Although Goldberg offered her a piece of every course he received, which was really annoying. Adam successfully avoided everyone's eyes the entire night and only speaking when spoken to. Julie was sort of happy about it, in the sense that, she had to tell him that they couldn't be…whatever it is that they were over the summer, but she didn't have the guts to do it tonight. Julie could barely stomach that she had broken the heart of one dinner guest already, so tonight was not the night.

"…I'd like to welcome, the future state champs, the Eden Hall Freshman. Here, here."

Julie toasted to his words, while still thinking in the back of her mind he was a complete bullshitter. He had to be an expert by now. Getting teachers to go easy on him, if not with Daddy's money than with hockey complaints, and then there was the fact that he too was gorgeous. "We're just glad you loaned us Banksie so we'd have a chance to beat you guys in the annual Freshman-Varsity showdown. Now we have one last surprise…fellas, Banksie." Adam reluctantly stood up with the rest of his teammates and left the room.

The waiters entered with the flaming cake and handed Charlie the bill.

"857 dollars?" Charlie mumbled. Holy Shit, Julie thought. She hadn't even thought of that as a prank. And she had only brought twenty bucks with her.

Julie's POV
The owner came in, starting cursing like a raving lunatic then assigned each of us tasks. If we all worked three hours, then he'd let us go. They divvied up the tasks amongst us and the night crew, and obviously gave us the most tedious. Dwayne and I had to stack the dishes and prep then for the dishwasher. Why in the world that was a job was beyond me, because at home I just throw everything in the dishwasher. It was a redundant and irritating three hours, especially because Dwayne was completely inept at his job.

Once they were done the entire team, for the second time in the last week, did the walk of shame all the way back to Eden Hall. At the gates Russ tapped me on the shoulder and everyone else formed a circle around the two of us.
"What?" I asked of his expectant face.

"I know you have a plan for these guys." He said with eyebrows raised. "So come on evil mastermind, lay it out." I grinned. Yes while washing dishes, my twisted mind came up with an idea.

"Okay, but everyone has to do exactly as I tell you. This has to be foolproof, because if anybody gets caught we are in deep shit. Is everyone clear?" Everyone nodded. Julie glanced at her watch before inhaling deeply. "Okay, it's midnight. Everyone is going to go change in all black. Except Dwayne, you don't even have to change. I want you to go to the stables get a horse and patrol two buildings."

"What does patrol…?"

Russ cut him off. "Watch, cowboy. Just shut up and listen." Julie smiled gratefully at Russ.

"Okay first, at least two of us are going to need to go into the administration building, into Dean Buckley's office."

"Julie, are you INSANE?" Connie breathed.

"Look all we're going to do is borrow his pets." Julie said with an evil grin. Russ smiled at this, knowing exactly what she was talking about. "Use a vacuum cleaning to suck them out. Another group needs to stop by the science lab and pick up a few things and bring them to the Griffith building. Well, somebody needs to stay outside the dorms to see into them through the windows too. Look this needs to go smoothly, so if you're out say it now." Everyone looked at her, almost in awe. "Okay then lets go."

Charlie and Russ decided on their own to be the ones to steal the ants from the office. Fulton, Ken and Luis grabbed tubing and rope from the lab while Averman, Goldberg and I stood watch outside.

"Ugh, I swear to god, Connie was late for her birth." I mumbled while peering around the corner for anyone walking by.

"Guy isn't here either…heyyy now." Averman said with a knowing smile on his face.

"They're broken up Averman." I responded with a scowl.

"Whatever you say kitty cat." Averman said, and then proceeded to meow at Goldberg who played along. They both looked utterly ridiculous especially since Goldberg was wearing an army helmet, complete with netting, and Averman was clawing at it making hissing noises.

"What the fuck is going on here?"

I felt my heart leap to my throat and I turned around expecting to see a teacher but instead saw Fulton, Luis and Ken standing there holding the nicked items.

"Hey sorry we're late, we forgot where to meet." Connie had just found us, Guy following behind her, with paint on his cheeks. He looked like an incredibly crap ninja.

"Yeah well losers weepers." Goldberg told them with a satisfied smile. "You guys gotta be the ones to sit outside the dorm windows."

"What? Why?" Connie exclaimed.

"Shush!" I reminded her. "Obviously because you're late. Here take these." She handed them a pair of binoculars and a two-way radio. "I have one, Dwayne has the other." Guy looked at me like a kid who got coal on Christmas. "Stop sulking. We have to set up before Charlie and Russ get here."

After making sure Connie and Guy could see, the six of us went inside and found the right hallway. It wasn't hard to spot, there were championship banners everywhere.
"How did they all manage to get rooms on the same floor?" Ken whispered while they looked around to see if anyone was coming.

"Rich daddies donating to the school probably." I whispered back. "Coast is clear let's go." All the room in hallway were dark, their occupants hopefully dead asleep. "Start by tying rope around each doorknob, securely." I added with a sour look at Averman.
Meanwhile Luis and I started stuffing tubing underneath the doors. Ken and Averman did the same through the top window panels, while Goldberg and Fulton tied all the smaller ropes to one long rope.
(a/n: Okay we all know what happens, I'm just gonna speed it up until after they leave)
End Julie's POV

Everything had gone exactly according to plan and revenge was oh so sweet. Seeing as how it was now one in the morning and they were meeting Varsity at 5, it hardly seemed worth it to go to sleep. Well Connie fell asleep with a happy smile on her face, Julie was having trouble. She had no idea what was going to happen tomorrow, but she knew she was gonna try my hardest to kick ass. She was congratulated in tenfold by the team for the brilliance of her plan. But laying in bed staring at the ceiling she could not help but feel anxious for the morning.