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- Weird chapter? Still in shock? Well I should hope so, that was kind of the reaction that I was hoping for! I'm glad that you like the way that the story is coming along and I hope that this chapter fits in nicely with what you are expecting (even if you don't expect what happens).

mickEmousina- Rick making out with Scooter, Scooter with Julie? Which is more gross, that is the question. Well, this should pan itself out nicely, don't you think? I personally can't wait to see what happens between Julie, Rick, Scooter, and Dean... But then again, I'm writing this, so of course I have to be interested in what I'm writing or else the story will be boring.

Thank you to BrokenAngel1753!

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Charlie sighed and twiddled his thumbs as he waited for his mother to arrive at the hospital for her appointment with her OB/GYN, Dr. Kimber O'Neill. He was sure that his mother would be rather surprised to see him there, but he wanted to be with her through her pregnancy, unlike his jackass of a stepfather... Excuse him, ex-stepfather, "Hello Charlie." Charlie jumped.

"Oh, hi Dr. O'Neill." Charlie replied.

"Are you going to be joining your mother today?" Charlie nodded, "Even after what happened last time?" She joked, a smile gracing her somewhere-between-full-and-thin lips.

"That was a long and large needle!" Charlie defended himself while grimacing, "I didn't intend to faint, but you poked a huge needle through my mother. It was odd." Charlie shuttered, remembering the long needle that Dr. O'Neill had used to remove some of the baby's DNA to check for genetic diseases.

"At least we know that the baby is healthy." Dr. O'Neill reasoned. Charlie nodded as he looked out the window, waiting for his mother. "Do you think your mother will want to know if it is a boy or girl of not?"

"Probably not, she has this thing about surprises."

"What about you?"

Charlie thought for a moment, would he want to know whether the baby was a boy or girl if his mother didn't? Shaking his head, Charlie replied, "No, if my mom doesn't want to know, then I'll go through the anxiousness and surprise with her." Dr. O'Neill nodded.

"Charlie?" A voice called. Charlie smiled, his mother had arrived for her appointment. Casey walked up to her son and hugged him, "I thought that you weren't coming this time, after what happened."

"Yeah." Charlie said sheepishly, "Can we forget about that?" Casey laughed, "So, don't we have an appointment to get to?"

"Actually, I'm early." Casey replied.

"And I'm getting in what few moments of peace that I have left in the day, because after you two, I'm going to be busy." Dr. O'Neill added. "So, I think that you can wait a few minutes." Charlie sighed causing the doctor and his mother to have to stifle their laughter, they knew that he got a little queasy when it came to being a an OB/GYN appointment. "Don't worry, you won't have to wait too long."

"Yeah, yeah." Charlie mumbled, looking down the hall. A door opened and he saw Adam, Monica, Mrs. Banks, and Mr. Banks exit with a male doctor about 45 years old with light brown skin. Mr. Banks had his hand wrapped and he was holding it close to his ribs, "Hey Adam." Charlie called.

Adam made his way over to his friend and the slapped palms, "Hey." He replied.

Casey waved politely, "What happened to your hand?" She asked Mr. Banks, who blushed lightly and motioned that it was nothing. Adam sighed and reenacted his father shutting his hand in a window. Neither of his parents saw it, so he was in the clear to show the others. Charlie jumped when his mother groaned. He looked over in concern, "Kidney shot." She said to calm down her son, "This kid has one nasty kick."

"Or slap shot." Charlie added hopefully. Adam laughed lightly and Casey sighed and shook her head, Charlie had a one track hockey mind sometimes. "What, it might be."

"Nurse Gonzalez, what the heck are you doing?" The male doctor spoke out of the blue. He was facing the door that lead to the pediatric ward, his outburst causing Dr. O'Neill's attention to go to the door as well. There a very attractive Latina women was still moving her shoulders in a dance like manner.

"Hi, Mattie." Dr. O'Neill added.

"Dr. O'Neill, Dr. Courbet." Mattie replied, "Sorry about that, but I just saw the thing that everyone in this hospital wants to see. Or at least, I can see it coming." She smiled happily.

Dr. Courbet smiled, "Is someone about to kill McAllister?"

"Very close." Mattie said; Dr. O'Neill clapped happily. "I can see it coming. It will happen soon."

"Um... Who is 'McAllister'?" Mrs. Banks asked.

Mattie sighed, "Dr. Irvin James Louis Quincy McAllister." She said in an irritated high-pitched voice, "He's the head of pediatric medicine here at the hospital. He's rude to the staff, has horrible manners, thinks that everyone is below him, practically blows off his patients and their parents worries or questions, and believes that he is the godsend of children's medicine." She gave a disgusted sigh.

Dr. O'Neill took over, "Needless to say, he isn't very popular. Everyone knows that one of these days one parent is going to be sent through the roof and will lose their patience with him." She pulled her hair behind her shoulders, "And if I weren't here, the little idiot would have much of a job. I'm the one that gets them out of there."

"And I'm that one that has to fix all of the long term mistakes that he made." Dr. Courbet added, "I'm the adult specialist, after all. Who is losing it?"

"There's this 10 year old girl in physical therapy, her father has had it to China and back about 20 times with him." Mattie said as the door slammed open. "Speak of the devil." She added. All of the group turned to the door and Charlie and Adam felt their jaws drop as they saw their coach and Becky enter, Becky obviously attempting to calm her father down. "Hey Becky."

"Hi Mattie." Becky replied, "Hey Monica." Becky noticed that her father seemed to calm down once he saw the people in the hallway. More then likely he was trying not to look like a complete jackass in front of his captain and best player. He lowered his gaze and ran his hand through his hair without saying a word. "Daddy, isn't that Uncle Eric's car?" She asked, pointing out the window.

Ted looked in the direction that his daughter was pointing. Sure enough, right outside the window was his brother's car, so what was he doing here? "Yes, it is."

"Do you think he's okay?" Becky asked in a worried voice.

"Oh he's fine." A voice said from the doorway of the room at the very end of the other side of the hall, "He's peachy, just a big worrywart. Not that I blame him." Tammy walked up to them with a big smile on her face. Not to miss a beat, she managed to flick Adam in the ear when she passed; he gave a sigh of discomfort and Tammy sighed, "Big baby."

"Um, Tammy." Charlie said once he stopped all of his laughter from Adam getting flicked, "What the heck are you doing here?"

Tammy sighed, "Um, that's a rather complicated matter that would be best not discussed here." She said cryptically. Charlie furrowed his eyebrows and nodded, even though he had no idea what she was talking about, but he had a feeling that that was what Tammy wanted. "Oy... Queen Stubborn enters."

"A-ha, a-ha..." Adam stiffed as he heard Dani's 'cynical' laugh. He had heard plenty of her laughs and categorized them, he wasn't sure why; all that mattered was that he knew that she was there and he didn't want to be, "'Queen Stubborn'? At least I'm the queen, Princess. Forgive me for hating hospitals and syringes." She pulled up her arm to show a blue bandage wrapped around her elbow. "Now, I'm going to the car, you guys... do whatever."

The look in Tammy's eyes showed that she was franticly trying to think of something, and when her eyes brightened, "Mathieu!" She called. A tall and lean blonde gentlemen with a air of poise and respectability exited the room at the sound of his name.

"Qui?" He asked as he stopped near the group.

"Could you do me a teeny-tiny favor?" Mathieu nodded, "Great, that's fantastic. Could you carry Dani to the car, please."

"Huh?" Dani and Mathieu asked together. Charlie looked over and noticed that Adam had a look on his face that indicated he was trying not to swallow his tongue.

"So that she doesn't hurt herself."

"TAMMY! I fainted on the ice, big whoop." Dani argued. "I am perfectly capable of walking 25 feet to the car." Tammy cast a pleading glance to Mathieu, who accepted her idea and lifted Dani off of her feet and into his arms. "Mathieu!" Dani protested as the young man walked forward.

"Oh, come on, Dani." Tammy called after her, "Let the tall and handsome French guy carry you to the car. He's got a lovely accent." She laughed and turned to the group, "Well, that's my coach." She pointed down the hall towards Eric and Joey. "Gotta go." She bounded off towards the car.

"That was Dani." Becky told Mattie as she and Ted left in confusion.

Adam walked over to a wall and began making his head collide with it, "I am an idiot... A complete moron..." He repeated each over and over as he banged his head on the wall.

"I must agree." Charlie said. Adam shot him an angry glare, "What? You had Dani. Beautiful, smart, funny, athletic Dani. And what do you do? YOU BROKE UP WITH HER!"

"Gee, I didn't feel bad enough already. Thanks, Charlie."

"Welcome, Banksie." He siad, "As your friend, it is my job to help you rectify your mistakes. And that, my friend, was one big mistake."

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Dani sat in her room, just reading. Today was one of those days that she could relax, for more then one reason. First, she hadn't received a 'gift' from her 'secret admirer' in three days. Second, she had fainted on the ice earlier that day, so the doctor said that she had to take it easy for a couple of days. That meant minimal to no practices, which was fine with her coach as long as if was only a couple of days; he didn't need a stressed out and exhausted skater. And third, Dean wasn't trying to bug her to get her to talk to him.

"Come in." She said as a knock came on the door.

"Bonjour, mon chere." (French: Hello, my dear.)

"Hi Mathieu." Dani replied, putting her book down, "Thanks for putting up with me earlier, I was being a big pain."

"Qui." Mathieu agreed. Dani scoffed indignantly as she playfully slapped him on the arm, "At least you are okay." He added. His watch beeped, "Oh no, I have to go. Josephine promised to take me around the city." Dani nodded, "Although, I must ask, why do you and the other team members and your coach call Josephine 'Joey'?"

"It takes less time to say, Monsieur Cartier." Dani said, Mathieu's name was spoken in a near perfect French accent (acquired by her because Doe was in love with all things France and had taken to learning all about them, pulling her and Leah and Eve along for the ride. Dani didn't know much of the language, but she had the accent down perfectly). Mathieu nodded and left.

Tammy came into the room just as Dani pulled her book back up, "Did Mathieu just leave?"

"Uh-huh." Dani replied, "He wanted to make sure that I was okay, lovely French gentlemen." Tammy nodded as Dani put her book back down, "Tammy, I know what you did at the hospital and I wanted to say thanks, but you don't need to."

"Do what?" Tammy asked, feigning confusion.

"Tammy, the only reason you asked Mathieu to carry me was so that Adam would get jealous." Tammy knew that she had been caught the moment she had walked into the room, "You didn't need to, that won't make him want to take me back."

Tammy smiled, "Dani, I want to repay you for what you did." Dani furrowed her eyebrows in bafflement, "You did what it took to get me and Fulton together, and I thank you for that. A lot, I thank you." Dani laughed, "Adam was, and is, really great for you, I could see that he made you happy." Dani lowered her gaze, "I want to thank you for not giving up on me and Fulton, and the only way I can think to do that is to get you two back together if it is the last thing that I do."