SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING; WORK HAS BEEN KICKING MY ASS! BUT I FINALLY GOT AROUND TO FINISHING THIS CHAPTER! HOPE YOU LIKE IT! SORRY IN ADVANCE FOR ANY GRAMMAR OR OTHER MISTAKES.
*Friday Night*
"Ouch! That must have hurt!"
AJ gritted her teeth as she picked herself off the ice, ignoring the pain shooting down her right arm, and rushed to the opposing team's player to fight for the puck. Succeeding, AJ past it to Connie, who slipped between two players and scored with seconds to spare.
Connie threw her arms up as she skated her way to AJ. The two girls embraced and cheered before getting engulfed by their bigger teammates.
In the locker room, Bombay and Orion were giving the typical after game speech, pumping the Ducks up for the next game.
"Shit," AJ tried rubbing her shoulder but it was too sensitive.
"Do you think it's broken?" Connie asked as she pulled off her pads. Her fellow defensemen eyed her, worried but one Bash Brother had more concern in his eyes then the rest.
AJ managed to move her shoulder in a circular motion, even though it was painful to do so. "No, just bruised."
"Make sure to ice it later," Orion ordered.
"Will do, Coach."
"Now, get change and enjoy your weekend!"
The two coaches disappeared into their share office as the Ducks followed his orders.
Charlie suggested they celebrate at the diner which, everyone but AJ, agreed; she just wanted to ice her shoulder with some peace and quiet.
"That's a good idea. We can't have you damaging it even more," Charlie stated, as they made their way out. "Just get some rest and we'll see you tomorrow."
"Yes, Captain," AJ mocked with a salute.
Charlie laughed, rolling his eyes. AJ waved, with her good arm, as she headed in the direction of her dorm room. Luckily, she didn't have to worry too much about Luna, since she was spending the weekend at Hayden's house. So, she could finally relax without having anyone loud noises around her.
"Congratulation Ducks!" Charlie's mom greeted them. The flock of Ducks headed to their usual booths, thanking her on their way. Charlie gave her a quick peck on the cheek before joining his team and Linda, who meet up with them. The Captain snaked his arm around her waist sliding her closer before whispering something in her ear, resulting in a giggle.
"You two really need a room," Averman commented with a fake gag and Russ and Dwayne agreeing.
"Shut up, Averman."
He threw his hands up in defense. "I'm just saying."
Linda just laughed as she snuggled herself more into Charlie's side.
"You boys just don't get what this is like," Connie added from Guy's side.
"And they'll probably never know," Guy's countered.
"We are young, wild and free," Averman pushed his glasses up with a smirk on his face as he tried to be sexy. "What's the fun in settling down with one girl at this age?"
"Don't ever make that face again, no girl will ever come near you if you do," Portman chimed in from across the booth. "But for once I agree with him."
"Hell must have frozen over for that to happen," Fulton cracked while pushing the other Bash Brother.
The rest of the team burst into laughter. The rest of the night resulted in the Ducks chatting about her regular teen stuff with a small food fight in between.
"Goodnight, Charlie," Linda pecked him on the lips before deepening it. Pulling apart she blushed, something he still does to her even after all this time together.
"Goodnight," He pecked her lips again before leaving with a goofy smile on his face.
Connie came up next to her. "You two are so cute together."
"Yeah," She drew out longingly.
Connie laughed. "Come on before the hall monitor comes by."
The girls entered Connie's dorm to find AJ laying on her bed with an ice pack on her right shoulder and computer on her lap. "Hey," she called out when she noticed the two.
"Hey." Connie and Linda plopped down on Connie's bed right before Lucy, Linda's roommate, walked in, sitting on the end of AJ's bed.
AJ carefully pulled herself up in a sitting position, placing her laptop on the bed and crisscrossing her legs. "What's wrong with you?" She asked Lucy, realized Lucy wasn't her normal cheerful self.
Lucy didn't bother trying to hide it. "I have the most ridiculous and stupid crush on someone."
The three other girls glanced at each other before pegging her with who is was.
The blonde just huffed, scratching the back of her neck. "Um its…" The last part was inaudible.
"Who?" Connie asked again.
"Dean."
"What?!" AJ's voice went up an octave.
"As in Portman? And our teammate?" Connie asked, hoping she wasn't right.
Lucy just nodded her head. "I told you it was stupid."
"Totally stupid!" Linda stood, walking over to her, grabbing her by the shoulders and shaking her a bit. "I mean he is totally hot and all bu…"
"Dude!"
"Linda!"
Linda's hands shot up. "Seriously, I'm not the only one in this room who thinks that."
"But not all of us think his is," AJ stated, shaking her head.
The three just stared, dumbfounded, at her.
"Don't give me that look," AJ rolled her eyes. "Let's get back to Lucy's problem."
"Fine," Connie looked back at Lucy. "Dean's a great guy but when it comes to having him as a love interest, he's not the best."
"I know! It's just a crush!" Lucy crossed her arms, pouting. "It's not like I'm brave enough to do anything about anyways."
"That's true," AJ instantly received a slap from Linda. "Ow! Shoulder!"
"Oops, I'm sorry."
"Look, you three don't have to worry about anything." Lucy gave them a smile. "He wouldn't go out with someone like me anyway."
Even though Lucy was a "nerd" of the school, she was far from ugly. She just always hid it behind thick rimmed glasses and baggy clothes. Her blonde hair was as straight as a board but framed her face perfectly, when wearing it down and she had cute brown doe eyes behind the glass.
"Alright, subject change!" Linda threw her gaze at AJ. "Any boys you have your eye on?"
"Nope," AJ said bluntly.
"Come on," Lucy narrowed her eyes at AJ. "Not even a certain Bash Brother?"
AJ's mind drifted back to the day at his house. She, honestly, doesn't know what she feels for her friend and teammate.
"Nope."
"I find that hard to believe." Linda wiggled her eyebrows at AJ.
"You should have seen his face when that guy shoved you into the wall; Fulton was ready to kill him." Connie commented with a smirk. "And the way he looked at AJ in the locker room while we were talking about her shoulder. It was the cutest thing."
AJ groaned and fell back into her pillow, instantly regretting it, making her groaned in pain this time.
The girls laughed.
Linda took out her phone to text Connie. We should set them up on a double date!
Connie read the message and smiled, devilishly. Agree!
The two giggled, receiving odd looks from AJ and Lucy.
"What are you two giggling about?" AJ asked.
"Nothing." The two answered simultaneously.
"I think we should be scared," Lucy joked.
"Agree!" AJ threw a pillow at Connie, instantly starting a pillow fight. The girls laughed as they fought each other and while trying to avoid hitting AJ who was sitting cross legged on her bed cracking up to the point her cheeks started hurting.