Disclaimer: I don't own the Ducks or anything related to the movies. I just borrowed them for some fun. Enjoy!
Banking on Your Heart
"So Becky how was the date?" My dad asks as soon as I enter the house. Adam had gotten me out of the car and wheeled me up to the door before kissing me good night. As soon as he was back in his car I went in the house.
"It went well." I tell him.
"Where did you go for dinner?" Mom asks.
"We went to Mickey's Diner and Casey Conway was our waitress." I answer.
"Who won the game?" Dad asks.
"The Stars beat the Wild 6 to 4." I tell them.
"What time was the game over?" My mom asks.
"We got out of the building around 8:30." I respond.
"So where have you been the rest of the time?" Dad asks.
"Well we decided to go get dessert. He took me to Niki's Pastry Hut." I say as I hand over the box to my dad. "She sent this home to you guys. Turns out Niki is Adam's aunt. She gave us our dessert, cookies for the team, and Danishes for both of our families. We visited with her for a while and then he brought me straight home."
Dad opens the box and his face had a pleasant surprised look about it. "Wow I never knew that was Banksie's Aunt that run that. It is the best pastry shop in the area." Dad says as he hands the box to my mom.
"This was very generous of her." Mom says. "We will have these in the morning."
"Is that all you guys want to know?" I ask.
"Yes I think we got what we need to know." Dad says and mom nods.
"Alright then I am going to check my email and shower before going to bed." I tell them.
"Alright Good night Becky." Dad says.
"I will be up in about ten minutes to help you if you need it." Mom says.
"Thank you mom! I am a little exhausted tonight so I will need the help." I tell her.
I get upstairs and go into the computer room to check my email. When I check it I find an email from Mr. Melson.
Greetings Miss Orion,
I am sorry I upset you on Friday however I hope that you are ready to show Mr. Banks many of your paintings and drawings tomorrow. Please meet Dean Buckley and myself in the Dean's office at 7:00 am. I really look forward to hearing more about these pictures and paintings. Can you tell me why you were so against showing him before?
Sincerely,
Mr. Melson
Art Instructor
Eden Hall Academy
I finish reading the email and decide to respond.
Greetings Mr. Melson,
I am sorry I acted so disrespectful on Friday. The reason I didn't want to show Adam my work is because I feared he would know it was him that I was interested in and I wasn't quite ready for that. However after talking to him Friday night and telling him about my feelings I feel ready to share my work with him. I guess with him being my boyfriend I can't keep hiding my work from him. Again I apologize for my rude behavior on Friday. I will see you at 7 am tomorrow morning.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Orion
Student
Eden Hall Academy
I sent my email off and finish going though my emails. The next email is from Linda wanting to know how the date went. I email her back and tell her I will tell all on Friday night when we have the girls' night.
I then see I have an email from Kathy Banks. I click and open this email.
Dear Becky,
I just wanted to say hi and check on a few plans for Friday night. I know Friday night is the dance at school so do you still want to do the sleep over then? I am cool with it if you do. Also I want to know what you girls will want for snacks or meals and what other items I should have on hand. Email me a list of what I need to have. Oh and the attachment is a coupon from my sister. She called just after you two left and told me she really liked you. Well got to run talk to you later.
Love,
Kathy
Dear Kathy,
Thank you for emailing me. The date with Adam was better than I had expected. Yes we are still going to do the sleepover Friday. However we are going to get ready here then my mom will bring our stuff over while we are at the dance. After the dance we will come over to your house and we can do spa treatments, movies, or whatever.
I recommend having nail polish in several colors (there are a bunch of cheap ones at the local drug store). Have nail clippers, files, bowls for soaking feet and hands, foot soaks or fizzes, lotions to rub into feet and hands, foot scrubs, pumice stones, nail brushes, etc. Pretty much anything you can think of that you need for a good at home foot treatment or hand treatments. Pick up a couple of chick flicks and popcorn, pop, candy, frozen pizzas, ice cream, and anything like that.
Make sure you keep receipts and we will divide the cost amongst us. If you could do me a favor and get some cute little slippers and bathrobes for all of us I would really appreciate it. Mom and I are going to pay for that as a thank you for everyone coming to my birthday/supporting Adam and I. Anyway I am going to trust you to plan a fun night. Just think about what you liked doing at parties with your friends when you were our age which was just what a couple years ago? Well I have a few more emails to respond to before getting ready for bed. Take care and I will be in touch again later this week.
Love,
Becky
I continue checking over my email and I see that Mr. Melson has responded.
Greetings Miss Orion,
I fully understand now why you were so upset and I except your apology. Also I ask that you forgive me for being so pushy on Friday. Adam has agreed to that time as well so I am looking forward to seeing you both.
Sincerely,
Mr. Melson
Art Instructor
Eden Hall Academy
I smiled at the email and respond letting him know I forgive him too. Then I checked my email from a group I belong to. The group is for those who have suffered a trauma and it is set up though the hospital. It is an update on how the event went the night before and on what advances the hospital is planning to make. Also it highlights some of the events, meetings, and other things that the group can help out with or go to for the next week. I read over it and scream.
Mom and Dad rush into the room to see what is going on. I point to the screen and they see the trauma survivor profile.
Rolling Away a Winner!
By Nadine Maxwell
Rebecca Orion is not a victim of a traumatic accident but rather a survivor. At the event Saturday night Becky as she goes took the stage just after her mother told of the reasons she supports the hospital events. Becky's speech brought the room to tears. As I looked around I realized that not one dry eye was in the crowd. Becky the youngest of three children was in a bad car accident back in 1991.
Her father who at the time was playing for the Minnesota North Stars was torn when the team moved in 1992. He didn't want to give up hockey but at the same time he loved his daughter so much that her recovery was more important to him. So he retired from hockey in order to stay here where Becky's friend and doctors were. When I spoke to him during the dance after the speeches he said that he never regrets his decision because his daughter is now a normal teen.
"I don't know if we had moved back then if she would have survived the move since all her support and doctors were here. I never regret the decision to give up my career to stay here because my daughter is a happy healthy normal teen except as she said in her speech she spends her days rolling not running around. My daughter makes friends easily because she has an ease with people. She can tell you the story of each person she knows as well. She makes it a point to know and love what makes a person the person she meets. For that I admire her. She has been friends with all the kids on the team I coach." He added as he glanced out and watched his daughter dancing with her boyfriend. "Recently she ended up dating one of my players and though many might think that is odd to me its not. I watch them together and I see two teens that basically complete one another. I rarely see that amongst teens and as a father I never thought I would think it of any male my daughter dated but Adam Banks has been so good for my daughter. I just hope that the challenges they will come up against will only strength that bond and not hurt it."
Watching the young couple dance I seen what he meant. Adam, Becky's boyfriend and a volunteer at the hospital, moves Becky's chair from side to side while looking into her eyes. I have known Becky since the day she was brought into the hospital. Becky wasn't expected to make it though that first night but she is a fighter and surprised us all. Not only did she pull though that first night but she soon began overcoming other challenges we gave her. Though in her speech she jokes that I wouldn't take her bad moods the truth is she rarely had bad moods during her hospital stay. She was a real trooper the only time a bad mood would hit is when she would not know what was going on. She believes in open communication and hearing things from the person themselves because often her doctors would only talk to her parents. It became so bad that Becky finally asked her parents if they could just work with Dr. Nigel because he was the only doctor that would tell her what was going on and what was needing to be done. Her parents finally gave in and Dr. Nigel was the go between when anything was needed to be done. As soon as that happened Becky's recovery began to speed up dramatically and as you can see now days she is a very happy normal teenage girl.
At that point there was the picture of Adam and me sitting at the table.
I know that because of Becky's courage I have grown as a nurse and a human so I thank her for teaching me the things I needed to learn. If you are interested in learning more about Becky please contact the hospital and we will try to get her to write a profile for the website. Becky is a writer for her school newspaper. She writes about the hockey team. She also loves her Art classes because she loves painting and sketching. If you know of a trauma survivor please let me know so we can do a highlight profile about them in the next newsletter.
"That was an excellent article!" My mom says. "So why did you scream?"
"I was shocked is all. I mean I didn't know she was taking the picture for this reason or that she was even considering me for the newsletter profile. Dad I love what you said." I respond.
"I meant what I said." He says as he leans over and kisses my forehead. "You should forward that to all the Ducks."
"I guess I can." I tell him.
"Please do send it to them. They will all love it and they will like the picture of you two. You looked so cute together in your matching outfits." My mom adds.
I press forward and add all the Ducks' email addresses. I then type in a small message at the top of the newsletter.
Dear Ducks,
This came in tonight from a group I belong to. There is an article in there Dad wanted all of you to read. I love you all and will see you at school tomorrow.
Love,
Becky
I hit send and Dad smiled. "Well you will be either getting responses or will hear about it tomorrow at school."
I smile at Dad and then finish checking my email. I am about to log out of my email since I had finished checking it an email comes though.
My Dearest Becca,
Did you also forward this article to my mom? If not I will send it to her. That was an awesome article and I loved the picture but more over I love the girl in the picture.
Love,
Banksie
My Dearest Banksie,
I only forward it to the Ducks. I appreciate you emailing it to her. Goodnight see you at 7am tomorrow.
Love,
Becca
P.S. I loved that picture too but move over the man in it with me.
After that I logged out of my email and headed in to shower before going to bed. Soon I am in bed. It didn't take long before I fell asleep.
Author Note: Would love to hear from my readers as to how the story is going! I am going to go work on the next chapter for Quack Attack.