[A/N]: Sorry for the long wait! Please enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own The Mighty Ducks or any of the characters identified with the movies.
"Wh-What are you doing here?"
Fulton was flabbergasted. Tammy Duncan, his childhood crush turned soulless bitch was standing in front of him. She had come to Eden Hall, to see him? After condemning him? It simply didn't make sense.
Although years of social climbing had made Tammy Duncan a complete and utter heartless b-tch, Fulton Reed couldn't help but again notice what those years had done amazing to her physically. She was flawless. Smooth silky hair; perfect skin, curvy figure, and small quirky smirky smile.
Just looking at her made all of his prepubescent feeling arise, and that's what agitated him the most.
Fulton wanted to hate the girl in front of him, but he found that he just couldn't.
It had to be a dream, it simply wasn't possible; so Fulton took a deep breath and shut his eyes.
"Um… Fulton… are you alright?"
Wait a minute… that sounded like genuine concern. Something had to be wrong. Maybe she was a fembot sent to destroy the Ducks…
"I'm fine. I'm just surprised you had the audacity to show your face here after what you did."
Okay, maybe that was a little too cold…
And just as he said it, Tammy turned her face to the ground in apparent shame and stared at her feet.
"Actually… I came to apologize. We used to be friends, and you stood up for me on more than one occasion. I shouldn't have overlooked that and asked them to do that too you. I regretted it the moment I got home, and was devastated." A tear dropped down from underneath her bangs as more slowly began to stain her cheeks. "I just… I don't even know. It was like a continuous LSD trip… I was high on the power. When that rush faded… I began to realize… how much of a monster I've become… Even Tommy won't really talk to me anymore… he's ashamed to have such a bitch for a sister! Fulton I am so so so sorry for all the pain I have caused you… I don't know how to explain to you… I'm just really sorry!"
Fulton wasn't sure when he pulled her into an embrace, but suddenly he realized that she was in his arms, crying against his shoulder as he rubbed her back comfortingly. His mind was screaming at him… but she just felt so… right against his body that he couldn't bring himself to push her away once he realized their position. He didn't even know what to say or if his mouth could even function. For years he had dreamed of her realizing the error of her shallow ways and finally coming to him to realization. But he had convinced himself that that was just a fantasy; an imaginary screenplay that would never be personified. Yet there was Tammy's physical being in his arms, sobbing her heart out, wearing her emotions on her sleeve and being the Tammy he knew years ago. It didn't matter if it was improbable anymore; all that mattered was that she was there now.
It was a few minutes before he realized her crying had slowed a little and she had pulled away slightly.
"I don't expect you to forgive me…"
Fulton smiled at her comfortingly and leaned in to place a soft and sweet kiss upon her slightly swollen and tear stained lips. And when he pulled away he saw a glimmer of a smile on her lips. "I could never stay mad at you. How about we go catch a movie?"
A sob caught in her throat, Tammy managed to find the voice to respond. "I'd like that a lot. "
"Banks I need your… dude that's what a lock is for."
Adam rolled his eyes. "It's a movie, Spazway. We weren't doing anything."
"Because you're too much of a preppy cake eater to do anything with your girlfriend? Glad you've finally realized it."
As Adam rose to begin a juvenile (although he'd never admit it) face off with his roommate and best friend, Annie couldn't help but laugh to herself. These arguments were fairly common in room 218 yet they seemed to never get old. Good thing because the movie was fairly boring.
"Well then, whatever you've done I'm not fixing."
"I didn't mess up…"
"Yet. You always mess up. And I always get to be the clean up crew."
"Don't you mean cleaning lady?"
Annie had to bite her lip to suppress vocal laughter. Good thing she had popcorn.
"Shut it Charlie."
"Hey don't blame me. You're the neat freak."
"And you're a slob."
"Team Super Mom."
"Burnout."
"Over achiever."
"Pushy"
"Push-Over."
"Bull sh_t."
"It's so true so don't deny it. Actually I'm surprised you didn't deny super mom."
"Well someone has to babysit you. Pity; fifteen and still needs a nanny."
"You are aware that you just referred to yourself as a nanny, right?"
"Go to hell."
"I know, I need to but I need you to come with me."
"Charlie I am not going to do anything immoral or illegal with you."
"Who ever said anything about anything starting with an i."
"Do you realize the idiocy that spill out of that hole in your face."
"I should probably get that check out then shouldn't I?"
"Good go and leave me be."
"But I need you to come with me!"
"No."
"Banksie…."
"Hell. No."
"Pwetty Pwease Bwankswie?"
"And we've regressed to our toddler state. Still No."
"But I am hopeless without you. You complete me."
"And that is completely not going to work."
At this point Charlie had a full out pout on his face and Annie had buried hers into the pillow to avoid ruining the hilarity of the situation.
"No."
"Fine. I'll go shopping for the dance myself. But when Linda hates it and dumps me you get to deal with me being in here all the time whining to you about how you let me down. And I'll be so upset that I'll be crying all night, keeping you up and never letting you have a moment's peace."
"I'm in the middle of a movie. Can't your shopping trip wait until later?"
Charlie let his head sag as he turned around towards the door, "I guess."
At this point Annie, half giggling, was finally able to maintain herself for long enough to form words.
"Adam go. It's not like we were watching the movie anyway…"
"I KNEW IT!"
"Go shop or no one will ever here the end of it." She continued blatantly ignoring Charlie's outburst. "My roommate is gone for the weekend anyway. So I'll see you later."
And with a wink, and a good-bye kiss to Adam, she headed for the exit and left, but not before making swift contact with the back of Charlie's head. "See you later Eeyore."
"Eeyore? How did she figure it out?!"
"Where you get you're moping strategy from? It had to be below a Kindergarten level so it's really not that hard to figure out." Adam said as he grabbed his coat. "Let's go."
A wicked grin spread across Charlie's face. "Off to the female created prison and hell for everything male."
And then he skipped out of the room, leaving Adam actually flabbergasted.
He sighed, "I really need a different roommate next year," and followed after his captain.
"Is this too girly for me?"
"Julie that dress is pink."
"I'm not allowed to wear pink?"
"You never wear pink… you have said you detest the color many times before… what's up?"
"Well maybe I just want a change of pace."
"I doubt Dean wants to see you in pink."
"This has nothing to do with Dean."
"Okay, than I would suggest that you bring my best friend back and let her know that this girl who has taken over her body is trying way too hard to convince everyone that she is better off without Scooter. Everybody already knows it. The whole hallway scene kind of took care of that."
As the female goalie sighed and placed down the ruffled pink gown, Connie inwardly grimaced. She knew that Scooter had more of an impact on Julie than anybody realized, including Julie herself. It was often easier to see things when not analyzing oneself. Sure Julie was over Scooter Vanderbuilt romantically, but at least subconsciously, Julie cared about what people thought of her, and wanted no part of people thinking less of her because of anything that happened with Scooter Vanderbuilt. Connie wasn't sure if Julie regretted losing her virginity to a senior who she had convinced herself she was in love with, but the young Gaffney definitely didn't want that fact broadcast across the school.
"You know if he hasn't said anything yet, he most likely never will."
"Yeah well I'll feel a whole lot better once graduation is done and over with. Damn it! I just can't find anything I like."
Connie smile and shook her head and pulled Julie over to a midnight blue cocktail dress with rhinestone embedding around the bottom. "What about this one?"
How Julie had not noticed the perfect dress, she'd never be able to even fathom. But Connie was the one with the eye for clothing. She simply nodded and took a dress in her size and dashed off to the dressing rooms leaving a smiling friend behind to follow her with her own selection of dresses a gold baby-doll style cocktail dress on the top of her pile.
"Oh I am good."
"So do you guys have dates for the End of the Year Dance?"
"Guy you don't need to say it so curiously. Just because you're the one with the long time girl friend doesn't mean that the other Ducks can't get a date. "
Luis chuckled from a sofa towards the back of the lounge that went ignored by the rest of his male teammates.
"Yes Guy, we all have dates. So deflate."
"I wasn't being cocky about…"
"Yes you were."
"No I was honestly just curious…"
"No you wanted to isolate those who didn't have dates."
"Why do you think I have such bad intentions."
"The grin on your face."
"What grin?"
"Th' one that goes from one of y'all's ears and stretches all the way to th' other."
"I'm not trying to…"
"yeah you are."
"I'm fighting a losing battle aren't I?"
"Yes." Russ, Ken, Dwayne, Luis, Averman, and Goldberg all answered simultaneously.
Guy sunk down into the chair, defeated and misinterpreted.
"And to answer you're real question" Averman responded. "I'm going with Melinda."
"The girl from the Improve Club?"
"Yes, Russ."
"Well I'm going with Kyra Rockmore. She goes to the public high school. Gotten maintain South Central somehow."
"I know what you mean partner. I asked the captain of the equestrian team, Ashley, and by golly, she said yes!"
"What a concept, Dwayne."
"Shut up, Luis."
"Well, Goldberg. We all know that I'm escorting the very attractive Allie Sheridan to this event. Who has the pleasure of attending with you?"
Goldberg smirked. "Amelia Hayden."
Luis' jaw dropped. "The captain of the swim team is going with you to the dance?"
"What can I say? She likes the food at the deli."
"I hope that didn't have any hidden meanings in it, which would make it ridiculously disguisting." Guy said as he turned to the Asian former Olympic skater next to him. "What about you, Ken?"
"Yeah, you got a date Wu?"
"Actually yes. I am attending with Kristen McKinnon."
Luis raised a surprised eyebrow. "You asked the president of Student Council?"
"Actually she asked me."
Luis pouted for a very brief moment before he retorted. "Mine's still a cheerleader."
There was a uniform eye roll before Russ Tyler responded.
"Mendoza get you're head out of you're a_s an stop acting like one."
It was Luis' turn to roll his eyes. "Jealousy."
Dean Portman chose that minute to enter the lounge sunnier that humanly possible for the enforcer.
"I take it you finally got the balls to ask Julie to the dance and she said yes."
"Shut up Medoza." Dean said as he sunk into a chair in bliss.
Nothing could ruin this day. It had turned out great.
But as he looked around the room Dean Portman did notice something off.
"Hey, where's Fulton."
Dwayne shrugged. "I saw him walking with some blonde girl earlier. Must have been asking her to the dance or somethin'."
Dean leaned further into the chair. "Oh okay. That's good."
I'm REALLY sorry about the long delay in the update. I've been fairly scatter-brained lately and been going through friend withdrawl. Anyway, I tried to make this one longer to make up for the long wait, and I figured I'd address my reviewers from the last chapter in a big thanks!(and apology :D)
Kopycat: Thanks! I'm really glad you find it exciting. I really strive to stay away from romance as much as possible (which is why there isn't a lot of detail on those areas). The movies are sports/action movies and I've tried to keep this story fairly close to the action-ness. Just with adding somethings Disney would have edited and a little more humor.
Kay: Thanks!
Galindapopular: I'm so happy to hear that you love it! And thanks for being a constant reviewer! The reviews are really what propel me to write, I love having my work read and appreciated! Again sorry for the long wait for the update!
Again PLEASE REVIEW! They really speed up the updates actually by motivating me!
Also check out my new story His Brother's Shadow. It's only got one chapter but I would really like some feedback on it before I even think about continuing with it.
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