"Geez guys, its nice to know who my real friends are" Connie Moreau spat with venom as she glared at her two teammates and childhood friends talking to her enemy. Julie Gaffney was right beside her glaring at the foursome with equal contempt.
"We are your friend Connie but this is your business with Tammy, whatever it is, not ours" Averman replied feeling sick to death of being told who he can and can't talk to. First it was Adam, now it was Tammy.
"Oh so you call losing our captain and Fulton none of your business" Julie glared.
"Its not Tammy's fault they left. They chose to leave us, it should be them you're mad at" Goldberg spoke up.
Bec and Tammy just watched the exchange in confusion wondering what the hell they were talking about.
"DON'T TELL ME WHO TO BE MAD AT!" Connie screamed and Tammy finally stood up. Connie Moreau didn't scare her.
"JUST SHUT UP AND TELL ME WHAT THE HELL I S SUPPOSED TO BE MY FAULT HERE!" Tammy screamed in a tone that was a notch higher than Connie's.
Julie even shied back a little not expecting such a tiny girl to yell that loud.
Connie's face grew eerily stony as she stepped towards the tiny blond girl and got right up in her face.
"Fulton left the Ducks because of you and your asshole of a boyfriend. That's what is your fault and Charlie also left too" Connie said in a low voice.
"You do realise how stupid this sounds right?" Bec interjected not quite believing what she was hearing.
"And you do realise this has nothing to do with you?" Julie shot back.
"I see, much like Rick and Tammy's relationship has nothing to do with either of you, or Fulton or Charlie for that matter" Bec replied not scared of the two female hockey players standing before her.
Julie's face tightened even further and Connie's was starting to twist in disproportion.
Tammy felt extremely grateful that she had at least one friend on her side willing to stand up for her.
Goldberg and Averman took the opportunity to slip away and alert the other Ducks. They knew the male Ducks like Guy and Dwayne would help defuse the situation. They only hoped they got back with the cavalry before any blood was spilled.
"Hey guys why do you look like you've been running?" Ken looked up from his homework as the two Ducks burst through the door looking like they were about to die.
"Where's everyone?" Averman asked feeling disappointed that the room was almost empty, bar Ken.
"Cafeteria" Ken answered glancing back down at his homework.
"Come on Wu, we have an emergency" Goldberg regained enough breath to haul the little Bash Brother to his feet and march him out the door.
"But" Ken started.
"No buts, we're gonna have a war if we don't hurry up" Goldberg affirmed hoping that none of the girls had thrown any punches or slaps yet.
"Who the hell does Orion think he is?" Charlie angrily kicked at a stone on the sidewalk as he and Fulton strolled down the street at a pace that was somewhere between pissed off and not caring.
"I dunno, but he's right about the Ducks being gone. Its just not the same this year Charlie. Portman's bailed, Bombay's gone, Banks is on another team. We just don't have that spark like we used to" Fulton said thoughtfully as he shoved his hands in his pockets.
"I guess we're the only true Ducks left then" Charlie agreed with Fulton's point but he wasn't going to let the Ducks die, even if he was the only one left. The others had pretty much made their choice when they sold out to Eden Hall earlier that day.
Fulton didn't exactly agree with Charlie's opinion but he didn't voice his objection. He knew it was pointless to get into an argument with Charlie, especially when it came to the Ducks. The truth was, in Fulton's mind anyway, was that they were no better than the Ducks who chose to stay on at Eden Hall.
Not one of them, including Charlie and himself, went out of their way to get in contact with any of the old team. Didn't they all have a right to be a part of the Ducks too, if not in the team but in the friendships they'd formed?
He completely understood why Tammy would choose someone like Rick over himself. Rick hadn't abandoned her once the team went global. Granted, Rick wasn't around for all of that and Tammy did move to California but he could have looked her up whilst they were in LA couldn't he?
And now came the hard part, how was he ever going to tell Charlie how he felt about all of this?
Ah worry about it tomorrow the voice in his head told him and he tried to get his head back into the conversation at hand. Charlie had stopped moaning about the Ducks and was now in full swing planning mode. His brilliant plan for tomorrow was going to the Mall of America.
Fulton just smiled and nodded in the appropriate places. Hey it wasn't like he had anywhere better to be.
"Why are you even here? Do I matter that much to you?" Tammy had finally fought back.
"See? you are so full of yourself Tammy Duncan!" Connie screamed again.
"I'm so full of myself? Have you taken a good look at yourself lately Connie? You are the most self-righteous person I know, well aside from Charlie when he gets in a mood, but you're pretty damn close!" Tammy didn't care what she was saying anymore. If Connie wanted to start it then she was going to finish it.
"How DARE you talk about Charlie like that. You have no right" Connie screamed again and Bec rolled her eyes. Sheesh there was just no getting through to some people Bec thought.
"What are you rolling your eyes at?" Julie snarled and Bec immediately went on the defensive.
"You and your idiotic friend there. You think that everything bad that has ever happened to you is someone else's fault. Why don't you grow up, take responsibility for what's going on in your little Duck world and stop blaming Tammy for things that aren't her fault!" Bec let it rip. Julie was a little taken aback and Connie was seething.
It was like a scene from a bad horror movie when the zombies start making an illegible noise and charges at their prey like a soldier on a mission and Connie was no exception.
Well except for the zombie part. However she did scream like a banshee and lunged at Tammy managing to knock them both off balance and back onto the grass.
Bec and Julie stared at the scene before them in shock. There was hair pulling, biting, slapping, the works. It was your classic cat fight scene except it was between a hockey player and a figure skater rather than two skanky cheerleaders.
"Get off of her, we have a meet in two weeks!" Bec suddenly was the voice of reason and leapt into the scuffle to drag her friend out.
"So we have a game on FRIDAY!" Julie joined the fight and pretty soon no one knew who was fighting who. It was a tangle of hair, hands, fingernails, at some stage there were some teeth.
"Oh my god!" Ken looked horrified when the boys finally arrived only to find they were way too late.
"Girls, enough!" Guy was trying to be the mediator but he foolishly tried to pull Connie out of the rumble only to have Julie chomp down on his hand.
"OW! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Guy jumped back holding his hand.
Of course he didn't get a response because the girls were too busy fighting each other.
"That's it, I'm gonna put a stop to this and hopefully I suffer no repercussions" Dwayne decided to take charge and marched off towards the sprinkler system.
"Good Lord he's brave" Luis realised what Dwayne was about to do.
"I'd hate to be him if they ever catch him" Goldberg agreed knowing that what Dwayne was about to do was incredibly risky.
"Girls y'all have to the count of one to stop this fightin' otherwise I'm stoppin' it for yas" Dwayne gave the girls a chance to stop him from doing what he was about to do but he was ignored so he lifted the hose and fired.
"ARGH!" was the reply and the girls immediately detangled themselves from each other and started checking their hair.
Averman, Goldberg, Guy, Luis and Ken all stared at the dripping wet foursome in front of them. Connie had a scratch on her forehead, Tammy had a massive cut on her cheek and some scratches on her neck, Julie was sporting scratches on her arms, chin and legs and Bec had a cut lip.
It wasn't a pretty sight.
"DWAYNE!" Connie and Julie yelled and it didn't take much for Dwayne and the rest of the boys to drop the hose and run like the wind.
Tammy and Bec were left alone both dripping wet and wondering what the hell had just happened.
"Are you okay?" Bec asked hoping that any injuries they'd sustained were very minor. Coach Marquardt would have a fit if they couldn't attend their first meet skating for Eden Hall.
"Yeah are you?" Tammy asked feeling like her pride had been more bruised than any body part. She was just glad that the Cowboy had stepped in when he did.
"Still alive and kicking, those bitches have nothing on me!" Bec joked and puffed out her chest, very much like she did to Adam in the hallway earlier.
"Or me!" Tammy laughed getting the joke.
"Come on lets go get some dry clothes on" Bec threw an arm around her friend and they made their way towards the dorms.
so there's the catfight, next chapter will have some Fulton/Tammy interaction (I know I've been cruel leaving it until now but you won't be disappointed - I hope)
CUPIDSANGEL - I hope you enjoyed this catfight, I figured Dwayne needed to be the rescuer for a change (well in fairness he did save Connie from Olaf Sandersen in D2, but he didn't get much in D3)
GALINDAPOPULAR - Thanks for the review, I hope the catfight is okay. I know you like drama and a little conflict!
SILVERRAIN1.3 - thanks for your review, I thought Averman captured the 'crap I'm in trouble now' atmosphere with that line. Glad you enjoyed it!