Declaimer: I do not own any of the Mighty Ducks.

Rock the House

Alex got out her black bikini with a white rhinestone skull and crossbones on the left side. She was surprised to find it a little too big. She untied the strings and tightened them. She had lost two pant sizes since the last time she wore it.

"Going somewhere?" Portman's voice said from behind her. Alex froze. Both Connie and Julie had gone out with some of the boys and left Alex behind. She could have sworn she had locked the door.

"How did you get in here?" She asked struggling to get her bikini top tied. She wondered how long he had been there. She kept her back to him as she still struggled to get the top tied. She felt him take the strings in his hands and tie it for her.

"That to tight?" He asked softly in her ear. He stepped back and flung himself on Julie's bed.

"It's fine." Alex replied unsure how to react with him. "You still haven't answered my question."

"There is a connecting door to our rooms that unlocks from our side." He said looking at the pictures sitting on the desk in between Alex and Julie's bed. Two of them were of Julie with her friends and family and the rest were Alex's. One was last year's squad picture. Two of them were of her and Andy and there was one of Alex and her friends before the Fears. The last one Portman seemed to keep going back to. It was of Alex and Duane. Duane was leaning up against a tree with Alex in his arms. They both looked like they were happier than they had ever been before. That picture was taken two days before Duane was killed. Alex prayed that Portman wouldn't ask about it. And too her relieve he didn't. "You still haven't answered me."

"I'm going to the pool wit h Michael." Alex said pulling on a t-shirt with the Beatles logo on it. Portman gave her a look the said disgusting but she ignored it. "Why are you in my room?"

"Got bored." Portman replied with a stretch. He looked up at Alex and smiled. "How about you ditch the Webster and go to the pool with me?"

"Jealous are we?" Alex said trying to hide her smile. She was surprised at how easy Portman was to get along with.

Portman sat up on the bed. "I don't trust him."

"And why would that be?" Alex asked with a laugh. She plopped down on her bed across from him.

"I heard him bragging to Luis on how he lost his virginity and how he had someone picked out to bang next." Portman said standing up so that he was standing over Alex. He reached over and lifted her chin so that they were looking each other in the eyes. "You have enough pain in your life, you don't need to be used as a sex toy as well."

"How do you know about the pains in my life?" Alex asked moving away from him, but he stopped her and placed the picture of her and Duane in front of her face. Alex looked away from it and fixed her eyes on Portman.

"In this picture you both look like you'd never leave each other's side yet the sight of it brings tears to your eyes. Only something really fucked up could make you that sad." He said placing the photo back in its place. "Every guy that is not related to you has a crush on you…well except for Reed. Hell even I think your pretty damn hot. We don't want to see you get hurt."

"Then why don't you meet Michael and me at the pool?" Alex suggested. She grabbed her towel and flip flops and headed for the door. "Then you can watch him to make sure he doesn't bite."

"I'm serious!" Portman protested.

"So am I." Alex said with a sigh. "But I can take care of myself. If I need a bodyguard I'll call you or Fulton."

She left Portman in the room and walked down the hall to Michael's room. She took a deep breath and knocked on the door. Michael opened the door and stepped out into the hall. He put his hand around her shoulders. "You ready to go?"

"Yep." Alex said with a smile. They went back by Alex's room just as Portman was leaving. Alex quickly moved Michael's arm away from her. She was shocked by her own reaction but tried hard not to blush. Portman walked past and winked at her. Alex ignored it but Michael seemed to have a problem with it.

"What was that all about?" He asked as soon as Portman had entered his room.

"What was what about?" Alex asked playing confused.

"You didn't see him wink at you? Or come out of your room?" Michael asked sounding a little annoyed.

"No I didn't see it." Alex said with a shrug. "He was most likely trying to get to you. That one of his not so many talents."

"Let's just get down to the pool." Michael said. They waked through the lobby and to the heated pool area. Michael picked a spot in the back to set their things. Alex sat down on one of the beach chairs and Michael sat down next to her. He was about to say something when there was a loud noise and Fulton and Portman cam into view fallowed by Adam, Charlie, Guy, Connie, and Julie. They past By Alex and Michael as they climbed into the pool.

"You didn't invite them did you?" Michael asked sounding a little disappointed.

"No, I didn't invite anyone." Alex lied and to her relieve he believed her. Michael moved closer to her and placed a arm around her waist. He looked her up and down with such a begging look in his eyes that Alex soon felt uneasy. He leaned toward her till their lips met. Alex did not pull away but she didn't return the kiss either. He was a very good kisser. Alex then was reminded of how good Duane could kiss and pulled away from Michael. "I'm sorry, but I'm not ready for this."

"So your just going to leave me with a small kiss?" Michael asked in disbelief. It was almost like he had never been put off before. But with his looks Alex wouldn't be surprised.

"Yes, that's all you'll be getting from me." She said getting up from the chair and walking toward the exit.

"Hey Alex, do you know hoe to play the color game?" Portman called after her. Alex smiled. She had loved the color game. She nodded and turned back towards the pool She took her time getting to the others and as soon as she reached them, Portman picked her up and she placed a hand around his neck to keep herself from falling backwards. She was surprised at how strong he really was.

"This is just a game to be able to hold a hot girl isn't it?" Adam asked quietly.

"Yes and when you learn how to play I'll be in your arms next." Alex said with a smile. Then she looked up at Portman "Don't pick too hard of a color."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll pick an easy one." Portman said dunking Alex into the water. He said a color and brought her back up.

"Yellow." She got dunked again and brought back up.

"Red." Dunked.

"White." Dunked.

"Black." Portman flipped her upside-down and let go. Alex and smiled. Then turned to Adam. "Do you get it?"

"Yep." He replied taking her in his arms. He dunked her and said a color then brought her back up.

"Red." Dunked.

"Blue." Dunked.

"Black." Dunked.

"Pink." Dunked

"Yellow?" Dunked.

"Aquamarine." Dunked.

"Ok… Green." Flipped. She came up and smiled. "Fulton help me dunk Portman!"

Fulton and Alex got Portman and dunked him and Alex got a mischievous look on her face. "That color brown!"

"Black." Dunked.

"Red?" Dunked. They dunked him fifteen times before Portman got sick of it. "What the hell it the color! I give!"

Fulton and Alex put him down and Alex pointed to a sign. "That color brown."

Portman grabbed Alex and dunked her three times. Alex cam up and grabbed him around the neck with both arms making her face come close to his. "If you wanna dunk me, your coming down with me!"

"Awe!" Connie and Julie exclaimed together. Alex and Portman froze as they looked over at them.

"Why do you have the look of 'oh how cute' on your faces?" Alex said not letting go of Portman.

"Because," Julie said with a smile, "you don't realize how cute you to look together."

"What?" Alex and Portman said moving away from each other. Fulton laughed as he picked Alex up and started to move towards the stairs. "Come on every one. We've been here for more that an hour."

He put Alex down and she grabbed her things and met Fulton at the door. He left her at her suit door and she went in and immediately called the shower. Connie and Julie groaned as they shook from being wet.

"Don't worry. I don't take that long of a shower." Alex reassured them. Hers was ten minutes. Connie's was fifteen because of her long hair and Julie took the fastest. Seven minutes.

"So what's going on between you and Portman?" Connie asked nonchalantly. She looked over at Alex who was watching Ghostship for the hundredth time. Alex had either ignored the question or didn't hear it. She soon noticed the silences of the room and noticed Julie and Connie waiting for an answer. "Oh, you were talking to me?"

"Yes I was talking to you." Connie said sitting down on her bed. Julie quickly laid down beside Alex on her bed. It was the normal girl talk positions. "Spill everything."

"There is nothing to spill." Alex said going back to the movie, but the others weren't giving up.

"Come on you two are like so cute together!" Julie said with a wink towards Connie. "I mean he's so into you!"

"Yeah he was so glad you knew the color game." Connie added. "He looked so disappointed when you guessed the color. He wanted to keep you in his arms!"

"You two are so full of B.S." Alex said with a laugh. "He only thinks I'm hot."

"Where did you get that little piece of information?" Connie asked sitting on the edge of her bed. "Did Fulton tell you?"

"No actually Portman told me himself." Alex said hurriedly. "Any one want some popcorn?"

"Your not getting out of it that easy." Julie said pulling Alex back down on the bed. "When did you two start talking anyway? Last time I knew you wanted to rip his head off and feed it to a shark."

"No I wanted to feed it to a panda bear. It was today when you two where out. He came in and we started to talk." Alex replied with a sigh.

"Tell all!" Both girls exclaimed as they made themselves comfortable. Alex took a deep breath and told them about how he got into the room and what he told her about Michael. She left out the tying her swimsuit and the picture part but the girls seemed to still think that same thing.

"You should totally ask him out!" Julie said wit ha giggle but Alex blew it off. "I'm not ready to date yet."

"You cant keep mourning Duane." Connie said placing a hand on Alex's shoulder. "He'd want you to move on and be happy again."

"I know that." Alex said holding back tears. "What happened to him is still so fresh in my memory. I just cant get him out of my mind."

Connie took some of Alex's hair and started to mess with it. "You need to go to a party!"

"A party?" Alex said unsure where they were going to find one. Julie got up and knocked on the connecting door between theirs and Portman's room. Fulton answered the door surprised. "You rang?"

"No I knocked." Julie said rolling her eyes. "Alex need a cheer up. Do you guys know where we could find a party?"

"How about right here?" Fulton replied. "We can play some music and open this door so we have more room."

"Sounds peachy keen to me!" Connie said taking Alex into the bathroom and starting to put up her hair. In no time both rooms where filled with Ducks and Cheerleaders. Luis had gone out and bought munches and lots and lots of Mountain Dew. Adam, Dwayne, Portman, and the quadruplets brought their CDs so the rooms were jumping with music. The boys moved the couch and chairs out of the girls' living room making a dance floor. Alex was impressed. The Ducks knew how to throw a party. When the first slow song played Alex was swept away by Adam. She was glad he was a real gentleman and didn't bug her like Michael or Luis.

"Do you know what your sisters remind me of?" Adam asked her in the middle of the song.

"Polly Pocket? Prima Dona? Oh no I got it a Tinkerbell?" Alex joked.

"Your close but no." Adam said with a laugh. "One of those rip off Barbies you find at Dollar General."

"You mean those made out of cheep plastic and with hardly any cloths." Alex said in between giggles.

"The very same." Adam said with a smile. The song ended and they broke apart.

"I never would have guessed you were so funny." Alex said with a wink. "You should talk more."

"My good looks over power my shyness." He replied returning her wink. Alex watched him walk up to Julie and Connie and listen to them talk.

"Scamming out your next fling?" Fulton said next to Alex.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Alex replied playfully punching him.

"You were kissing Michael at the pool, then playing the color game with Portman," Fulton said blocking Alex's punches as they started to get harder. " Now your dancing with Cake-eater."

Alex froze and gave him an offended look. "To get the facts straight Michael kissed me, but I didn't kiss back and I pulled away!"

"I'm just messing with you." Fulton said pulling on her hair. "But I think Portman enjoyed the color game."

"Who wouldn't!" Portman said walking up to them. He placed his elbow on Alex's shoulder and she shrugged him off. "I'm surprised you all could party."

"Hey Alex! We're playing My Humps!" Sami yelled over to her sister! "Get over here!"

"Alex rolled her eyes and stepped past Fulton and Portman and met her sisters on the dance floor. They had made a dance to the song and it was the only dance Alex had a big part in. The music started to play and the Conway girls rocked the hotel.