Life's Full of Little Surprises

Disclaimer: I own absolutely none of the 'Mighty Duck' characters or the rights to the "Mighty Duck" franchise, that honor belongs to Disney. So I would appreciate that I wouldn't get sued over something I don't own.

Summary: Dani's life couldn't be going better. She has finally made it to the Olympics, doing the sport she loves the most. But... after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota things change. First she is constantly badgered by her brother, then she falls for one of his friends, and, of course, there is always a stalker!

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PrincessH- Thanks. I hope that you didn't hurt yourself when you feel out of your chair in laughter. Your injury would be on my mind and I would feel guilty, and I don't thing that I could write well with guilt on my mind!

RIP MuM i love you so much- I'm glad that you liked all of the conversations in the last chapter, I wanted to make them interesting. I hope it worked!

Bad Best Friend- Yes, there is a lot of drama, but that's just the life of a teenager. Drama, drama, drama. Everyone goes through such things and I just try to bring some real life experiences to my story. Or maybe my life is more dramatic then most? Thanks for your opinion!

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Charlie sighed and looked over to the clock next to his bed. 2:39 in the morning. His mind was way too preoccupied to allow him to sleep. The thoughts that raged in his mind were those of Linda. He liked her a lot, emphasis on a lot, but, to him, they had lost the romantic-ness of their relationship and seemed to be dwindling as friends.

When they first started dating they would joke, kiss, go out, kiss, walk hand in hand, kiss, etc. It was almost as if all of the passion, or whatever it , had left them. He wanted to be with her, but their differences were starting to take their toll. Damn people like Adam and Dani, who's differences were the fire in their relationships! Wait, were they in a relationship? Oh, who cares.

Charlie sat up in his bed and ran his hand through his hair. He swallowed, it felt as if thick glue was coating his throat and mouth. Throwing his blankets off of his legs, Charlie walked over to his bedroom door, and walked out.

As he made his way into the kitchen, Charlie was preoccupied by the sobbing and shuttering figure of his mother. She was sitting at the dinning room table, staring at a piece of paper, with her hand over her mouth in disbelieve, "Mom?" He asked as he walked towards her.

"You should be in bed." She whispered back to him in between her sobs. Her attempt to stifle them was going badly and that worried Charlie.

"I couldn't sleep." Charlie told her, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine."

"No you're not Mom." Charlie said, "You're a mess." He took notice of her disheveled hair, tear stained face, and puffy red eyes. "What happened?" She shook her head. Charlie turned his attention to the paper on the table. Even though it was upside down, he could still read it, and he felt his mouth drop as he did so, "Divorce papers?" He asked in a hushed voice. "That deadbeat! I'm going to kill him!"

"No, Charles Lucas Conway, you are not." Charlie looked into her eyes and saw the fire of pain in them. "I can't believe he doesn't think that the baby is his." She whispered.

"What?" Charlie called out indignantly.

"Charlie!"

"Sorry Mom, but that's not right." She mumbled something about 'that's life', but it didn't sooth Charlie's bitterness and anger. "But, Mom, it's okay. I'll help you raise the baby. The way I see it is that you raised me on your own and I turned out perfectly fine, so with both of us raising the baby, no reason he should turn out to be the next Bill Gates or something." Casey laughed as Charlie gave her his signature crooked smile.

"Thank you, Charlie." Casey replied as she wiped a tear off of her face, "But what if it's a girl?"

Charlie thought for a moment, what if he did end up with a little sister? "Oprah! A white Oprah."

"Charlie, I don't want you to give up everything for me and the baby." Casey said, once she took into consideration what Charlie had pledged.

"I don't see me needing to do that." He replied as he put his arms around his mother and hugging her, "I love you mom."

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"Hey Fulton." Dani said as she sat by him in front of his apartment building. "Where is my brother?" Fulton looked up from the book he was reading, To Kill A Mockingbird, and thought for a second.

"No idea." Was his response. He went back to the book.

"Fun?"

"Not really. Kinda, I guess." Fulton replied, "But I have to get it finished for this test in English." Dani nodded, understandingly. He looked back up, "Know that I think about it, I think Portman said that he had to call Alec."

"Call Alec? About what?"

"The fact that Max told his parents that Alec and Cami were going around and shopping for engagement rings." Dani's eyes popped and Fulton laughed, "Your eyes are going to fall out."

"Ha ha." Dani replied as she stood up, "Then I guess that you will have to do." Fulton raised his eyebrows as Dani pulled him to his feet by his arm. "Come on." She said as she led him behind the apartment complex.

"Were are we..." He was stopped by Dani lightly pinching his lips together.

"No questions." Dani said sternly as they stopped at the supply shed that held the superintendents affects. To Fulton's surprise she pulled out a key, opened the door, and shoved him in, locking the door behind him.

As a result of the push, Fulton had fallen to the ground and his hair had fallen into his eyes. So imagine his surprise when he heard, "Fulton?" He stood and pushed his hair out of his eyes, and there she was. Tammy was standing at the other end of the shed, completely bewildered.

"Tammy, hi. Did Dani kidnap you too?"

"Yes, I have no idea what that psycho loon is thinking." Tammy replied as she slid down the wall to sit. Fulton took the time to take her in. Her hair was in a ponytail, she was wearing low waisted, flare jeans, a mid-drift tank top that had sheer fabric sown on to cover her arms and stomach, and a pair blue and gray flip flops. Needless to say, Fulton was very glad he had a good amount of self control.

"Well, does anyone ever when it comes to Portman's?" Tammy laughed lightly and shook her head in agreement. Fulton walked over to the other end of the shed and sat down next to Tammy. He pulled his hand away quickly when it brushed against Tammy's, he was rather embarrassed at the moment.

"Fulton, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry about what happened with my mother." Tammy said, "It was extremely rude and hurtful of her."

"Thanks Tammy. Just so long as I never have to be in that situation with her again, I'll be fine." Tammy nodded and turned her head away, "You, on the other hand, I wouldn't mind." Where did that come from? Fulton cringed as his sentence left his mouth, she was going to think he was a stalker now. He turned his head away and silently cursed at himself, whilst Tammy turned back to face him.

She placed her hand under his chin and turned his head back to face her, "Do you really mean that?" She asked. The look in Fulton's eyes was enough to give her her answer, "After what had happened, I was scared that you wouldn't want to see me or talk to me again."

"There is no way that would happen." Fulton assured her, "I was worried about the same with you."

"Oh, Fulton. I care about you too much to let someone like my mother to get in between us, I just didn't know how you felt."

"You didn't?" Tammy shook her head, she looked slightly ashamed as she dropped her head down, "Tammy..." Fulton said as he placed his left hand under her chin, so that she looked back up. He leaned over, as well as pulled her closer, and gently planted his lips on hers.

Tammy's hands soon found Fulton's stomach as she ran them over it, towards his chest. She could feel the years of hockey working the muscles under his thin shirt. Her hands found their way over his chest as they rested on his neck, pulling him closer. As she wrapped her arms around his neck, Fulton moved his left hand from her chin to the back of her head. Her hair was like silk under his fingers. He placed his other hand around her middle, felling her thin and toned figure skating stomach.

The kiss was heavenly to both of them, but Fulton pulled away and stared into her eyes. "I've missed you." He whispered.

"You have no idea." Tammy whispered back. "You really don't." She pulled him into another heavenly kiss, but this time it was cut short by the shed door opening.

"Now, was that really so terribly difficult?" Dani's voice asked. Tammy and Fulton looked over towards the doorway, where Dani was standing with her arms crossed across her chest. "You two are the weirdest people that I have ever met, you know that right."

"Yup." Tammy replied as Fulton nodded.

"That's nice." Dani said, "Now get off the floor and get out of there." Tammy and Fulton obeyed, but Tammy moved her arms and wrapped them around Fulton's waist, while Fulton draped his arm around her shoulder. They walked out of the shed and watched in amusement as Dani closed the door behind them, locked it, ran over to the superintendents house, shoved the key through the crack between the window and the windowpane, and ran off, "I didn't do anything." She whispered.

"Dani is a kleptomaniac." Tammy said while she shook her head. "Although, I shouldn't be complaining." Fulton laughed and kissed her again, "My mother is going to be pissed." Tammy added when they pulled away.

"My mom is going to be ecstatic. She loved you from the first day you met."

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Adam read the letter he had been sent for the millionth time. "Meet me at Eden Hall, behind the hockey dorms, at 5:30. Dani." What on Earth did she want to meet him for at the hockey dorms at Eden Hall? He had taken to bus to avoid any questions from his parents. "Adam!" He turned and saw Dani standing at one of the tables behind the dorms (for homework purposes in nice weather, apparently) with a bottle of cran-grape juice and two Styrofoam cups.

"Dani, whats going on?" He asked, eying the cups and juice.

"Oh, this. It's sad, but it was all I could come up with a the moment." She poured the juice into the cups and gave one to Adam, "This is a toast to a well-conceived plan, well-executed." She clinked her cup to his and gulped down the juice, "Wow, I forgot why I liked this stuff." She mumbled.

Adam laughed, "I guess this means that Fulton and Tammy are together, or at the very least, close enough." Dani nodded and smiled. "I'm glad I could help, I think they will be good together."

"I agree." Dani replied. She placed her cup on the table and caught Adam off guard by hugging him. "Thank you, you have no idea how much it means to me that you were willing to help." He smiled and returned her hug. When Dani pulled away, Adam looked straight into her eyes, leaned in, and kissed her.

Dani responded by placing her arms around his ribs and pulling him in closer. God, he was a good kisser! She didn't quite know what she felt when she was around Adam, but she liked it, it made her happy. Adam pulled away, but kissed her lightly before fully breaking away. "Dani, you have no idea what it means to me that I met you."

"That's sweet, Adam." Dani replied softly.

"It's the plain, honest truth." Adam responded, "I have to tell you that I would not have enjoyed this year nearly as much as I did." Dani smiled and blushed a little, "And I was wondering if you, well, if you wanted to... How do I say this?" He asked himself.

"Simply would be easiest." Dani said.

Adam chuckled, "There's that charming wit at work again." He mumbled, "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go out with me again. As, you know, and actual couple?" He felt heat raise in his cheeks as Dani stared at him in shock.

"Adam, are you asking me to be your girlfriend, or am I just being paranoid."

"Um... The first option." Adam replied hesitantly.

Dani smiled, "I'd love too." Adam's eyes widened as he heard her replied, but he smiled.

"Really?" He asked. Dani nodded as Adam leaned in to kiss her once more.