The next morning Star woke with a start to sound of Shakira blasting from Nicci's stereo.
Whenever wherever was not one of Stars favorite songs especially not at 7:00 in the
morning.
"Ugh." She groaned putting a pillow over her face. The sign in front of the school said
Welcome to Eden Hall not Welcome to Hell, yet there she was sharing a room with the
devil herself.
"Nicci, turn that off please I hate Shakira."
"Sorry my friend from the U.K., Cat, and I belly dance to this song." The bouncy girl
switched off the radio.
"And what does Luis think of you belly dancing skills?"
Nicci giggled and turned crimson. "He likes it. Now come on get up we have breakfast in
twenty minutes."
Cole was again waiting by the cafeteria door as Star and Nicci headed in.
"Star hold on a second." Cole commanded, his tone slightly edgy.
"Go on I'll be in, in a second." Star told Nicci then glared at her brother, "What is it
Cole."
"Star you know I hate those ducks. They're the reason Bryon didn't make J.V…."
"I knew that already and I'm not gonna argue with you about this. You lucky I'm even
speaking to you after what you did to Charlie. And the shit you pulled at the dance Cole I
should've called the police. Adam is a great guy and you know it. You had nothing bad to
say about him in your letters, until he rejoined the ducks. Now I'm going to eat with my
new friends and my new boyfriend and you can kiss off." With that she spun on her heels
and tromped into the lunch room.
Star settled into a seat between Adam and Kat putting her head in her hands. Suddenly
she wasn't in the mood to eat not to mention she was getting a migraine the size of Utah.
"So did you guys decide on a prank?" Kat questioned taking a bite of her bagel.
"Not yet we'll talk it over at practice." Charlie answered still slightly lumpy from the
nuts.
"Just don't get yourself into trouble." Mari Anne warned.
"Don't worry babe." Portman put his arm around her shoulder.
"Girls don't like to be called babe, Dean." Linda snapped.
"Hey Charlie you better watch your girl man" Portman grunted.
"I just had a brilliant idea!" Julie yelled from her end of the table, "Ken, how good are
you with a computer?"
"Not bad why?" Their resident technology whiz answered.
"I'll tell you at practice." The goalie replied with a sly smile on her face that could only
lead to trouble.
The rest of the day went off without a hitch and soon it was dark. Star and Nicci were
just about ready to climb into bed when they heard the sound of pebbles on their window.
"Who's there?" Nicci called in a loud whisper sliding the screen open.
"It's us." Adam stepped into the moonlight with Luis.
"What do you want? It's past curfew!" Star stuck her head out to get a better look at
them.
"We're going to pull off our prank. We wanted to come see you lovely ladies first." Luis
was smooth even at 11:30 at night.
"Why?" Nicci asked, confused.
"If we get caught we'll be kicked out before tomorrow morning." Her boyfriend told her.
"Why, what are you doing?" Star was now worried.
"We can't tell you, we don't want you to get in trouble too." Even in the dark Adam's
eyes gleamed.
"Banks, Luis, let's go!" They heard Guy call from the shadows.
"Goodbye my sweet Nicci." Luis blew her a kiss and sneaked off.
"Night, Star." Adam yelled up
"Good night Adam. Be careful." Star said back, "Love you."
"I will, I love you too." With that Banksie disappeared into the night.
It was decided that the whole team didn't need to be along for this mission. It was too
dangerous. Connie and Julie were keeping watch on the roof of the girls' dorm, which
was right across from the school, the could see almost everything, while Guy, Luis,
Adam, and Ken would be sneaking into the school's main office. The lights were turned
off, and it appeared to be empty. The boys had to pick the lock on the office door to get
into the room. The ducks knew from experience with their ant prank on the varsity that
the office was the only room that they locked during the night.
"Flashlight." Luis whispered, once the boys had made it into the room. Adam nodded
and turned his on, flashing it in the corners of the room. It was empty.
The plan was to tap into the school's main student database and change the varsity
player's grades, failing them in numerous subjects, to make them ineligible to play in
their game on Friday. They were in luck that report cards were due out that Thursday.
"Okay." Ken said sitting down at the office computer. "Let's get crackin'."
It only took a few minuets for Ken to hack into the database. After he was in, it was no
problem. Guy read off a list of names from the varsity roster, and Ken changed the
grades. Just as they were about to turn the computer off, and head back to their dorms,
Connie's frantic voice came over the walkie-talkie.
"The Dean's coming!" She exclaimed.
The boys panicked.
"Time for plan B!" Luis whispered.
"Separate, abandon mission, get yourselves out! The enemy is approaching at rapid
pace!" Julie's yelled into her walkie-talkie.
The boys ran out of the room, leaving everything as they had found it. The computer had
shut itself down just in time. The boys separated, each hiding in a different class room.
That had been the emergency plan. If the dean only caught one of the ducks, he couldn't
punish the rest of the team.
"Is everyone secure?" Ken asked.
"I'm in the back closet of the music room." Adam answered.
"I'm hiding in the teacher's lounge. Hey, have you guys ever been in here before? It's
tight! They've got a mini fridge with sandwiches and-"
"Shut up Mendoza!" Ken commanded. "This is Sixteen, and I'm in the science lab."
There was a silence over the ducks' radios as they waited for Guy to report in.
"Where's Germaine?" Banks asked, after no response had been made.
"Did anyone see him after we left the office?" Ken asked, his palms starting to sweat.
"He was the last one out." Adam replied.
Luis cursed to himself. "Where are you, Guy?" He mumbled. Praying that he hadn't be
caught.
"Should we send out a search and rescue?" Julie asked, from the roof.
"No. Give him a minuet. What's the status on the dean?" Adam asked.
"No sign. He's been in there for three and a half minuets now."
"If he's not out in ten, lets look for Guy." Luis said, nervous that the dean had found him.
The ducks waited for a few more minuets before Connie broke radio silence.
"The Dean is leaving!" She reported, just as she saw him walk out of the building. "Find
the lost duck and get out!"
Just then Guy's voice came over the intercom. "I'm in the office you morons, you left
me!"
"Guy, is that you?" Ken asked into his radio.
"Naw, it's the queen of England." Guy answered in an annoyed voice. "Who else would
it be? I'm locked in."
Quickly the boys ran to the office, and picked the lock to let Guy out.
"What happened?" Ken asked, once they were out of the building.
"I crawled under the desk. The dean sat down to work on the computer. He was like two
inches from me!" Guy said. "I almost passed out; I had to turn off my radio."
"God, I can't believe we pulled it off." Luis exclaimed.
"Yeah, the varsity is gonna flip when they find out that they can't play!" Banks laughed.
"Man, I should have asked you to change me Algebra grade while we were in there,
Kenny." Luis joked.
Ken shook his head. "No more of that, for me. My computer hacking days are over
with."
Star was a nervous wreck the whole night wondering if Adam had been caught so
nervous in fact she got less then four hours of sleep. She woke with the sun the next day
pulling on a pair of tight fitting dark blue flares and bright yellow sweater she left the
room. Gently she tapped on Adam and Portman's door, taking care not to wake the people
sleeping in surrounding rooms.
"Star what the heck are you doing?" Portman came to the door scratching his bare chest.
"I umm." She averted her eyes to not be staring at the chiseled pecks on the Bash Brother.
"I wanted to make sure Adam got back all right last not."
"Banksie, your girls here get up." Portman said, kicking Adams bed.
Adam stirred slightly and opened his eyes. "Star?"
"I wanted to check on you, but now that I'm here get up so we can go to breakfast
together."
The team sat in their usual seats that morning giggling about their latest adventure, well
all but Nicci, Star, Mari Anne, Kat and Linda that still didn't know what was going on.
So what did you do?" Linda asked over her yogurt.
"You'll find out in about ten seconds, sweetie." Was Charlie's answer.
It was at that exact moment when coach Wilson walked in and stormed straight to the
Varsity table.
A few seconds later a roar of "You're kidding? All of us?" Came from Riley.
"Even me?" Scooter asked puzzled over how that could've happened.
"Even you Scooter, now we have to forfeit the last game of the season." With that,
Wilson stalked off.
The ducks broke into hysterical fits of laughter slapping the table and crying.
"You didn't?" Stars jaw dropped.
"We did." Fulton nodded, "All thanks to the little bash brother." he patted Kenny on the
back.
"You guys are gonna pay for this." Cole snarled as the team marched past the J.V.
"Thanks a lot guys." Scooter's voice was small and disappointed and he shot Julie a
sorrowful glance.
"Oh great now even Scooter hates us. That's not a good thing." Julie declared and
everyone else agreed.
Whenever wherever was not one of Stars favorite songs especially not at 7:00 in the
morning.
"Ugh." She groaned putting a pillow over her face. The sign in front of the school said
Welcome to Eden Hall not Welcome to Hell, yet there she was sharing a room with the
devil herself.
"Nicci, turn that off please I hate Shakira."
"Sorry my friend from the U.K., Cat, and I belly dance to this song." The bouncy girl
switched off the radio.
"And what does Luis think of you belly dancing skills?"
Nicci giggled and turned crimson. "He likes it. Now come on get up we have breakfast in
twenty minutes."
Cole was again waiting by the cafeteria door as Star and Nicci headed in.
"Star hold on a second." Cole commanded, his tone slightly edgy.
"Go on I'll be in, in a second." Star told Nicci then glared at her brother, "What is it
Cole."
"Star you know I hate those ducks. They're the reason Bryon didn't make J.V…."
"I knew that already and I'm not gonna argue with you about this. You lucky I'm even
speaking to you after what you did to Charlie. And the shit you pulled at the dance Cole I
should've called the police. Adam is a great guy and you know it. You had nothing bad to
say about him in your letters, until he rejoined the ducks. Now I'm going to eat with my
new friends and my new boyfriend and you can kiss off." With that she spun on her heels
and tromped into the lunch room.
Star settled into a seat between Adam and Kat putting her head in her hands. Suddenly
she wasn't in the mood to eat not to mention she was getting a migraine the size of Utah.
"So did you guys decide on a prank?" Kat questioned taking a bite of her bagel.
"Not yet we'll talk it over at practice." Charlie answered still slightly lumpy from the
nuts.
"Just don't get yourself into trouble." Mari Anne warned.
"Don't worry babe." Portman put his arm around her shoulder.
"Girls don't like to be called babe, Dean." Linda snapped.
"Hey Charlie you better watch your girl man" Portman grunted.
"I just had a brilliant idea!" Julie yelled from her end of the table, "Ken, how good are
you with a computer?"
"Not bad why?" Their resident technology whiz answered.
"I'll tell you at practice." The goalie replied with a sly smile on her face that could only
lead to trouble.
The rest of the day went off without a hitch and soon it was dark. Star and Nicci were
just about ready to climb into bed when they heard the sound of pebbles on their window.
"Who's there?" Nicci called in a loud whisper sliding the screen open.
"It's us." Adam stepped into the moonlight with Luis.
"What do you want? It's past curfew!" Star stuck her head out to get a better look at
them.
"We're going to pull off our prank. We wanted to come see you lovely ladies first." Luis
was smooth even at 11:30 at night.
"Why?" Nicci asked, confused.
"If we get caught we'll be kicked out before tomorrow morning." Her boyfriend told her.
"Why, what are you doing?" Star was now worried.
"We can't tell you, we don't want you to get in trouble too." Even in the dark Adam's
eyes gleamed.
"Banks, Luis, let's go!" They heard Guy call from the shadows.
"Goodbye my sweet Nicci." Luis blew her a kiss and sneaked off.
"Night, Star." Adam yelled up
"Good night Adam. Be careful." Star said back, "Love you."
"I will, I love you too." With that Banksie disappeared into the night.
It was decided that the whole team didn't need to be along for this mission. It was too
dangerous. Connie and Julie were keeping watch on the roof of the girls' dorm, which
was right across from the school, the could see almost everything, while Guy, Luis,
Adam, and Ken would be sneaking into the school's main office. The lights were turned
off, and it appeared to be empty. The boys had to pick the lock on the office door to get
into the room. The ducks knew from experience with their ant prank on the varsity that
the office was the only room that they locked during the night.
"Flashlight." Luis whispered, once the boys had made it into the room. Adam nodded
and turned his on, flashing it in the corners of the room. It was empty.
The plan was to tap into the school's main student database and change the varsity
player's grades, failing them in numerous subjects, to make them ineligible to play in
their game on Friday. They were in luck that report cards were due out that Thursday.
"Okay." Ken said sitting down at the office computer. "Let's get crackin'."
It only took a few minuets for Ken to hack into the database. After he was in, it was no
problem. Guy read off a list of names from the varsity roster, and Ken changed the
grades. Just as they were about to turn the computer off, and head back to their dorms,
Connie's frantic voice came over the walkie-talkie.
"The Dean's coming!" She exclaimed.
The boys panicked.
"Time for plan B!" Luis whispered.
"Separate, abandon mission, get yourselves out! The enemy is approaching at rapid
pace!" Julie's yelled into her walkie-talkie.
The boys ran out of the room, leaving everything as they had found it. The computer had
shut itself down just in time. The boys separated, each hiding in a different class room.
That had been the emergency plan. If the dean only caught one of the ducks, he couldn't
punish the rest of the team.
"Is everyone secure?" Ken asked.
"I'm in the back closet of the music room." Adam answered.
"I'm hiding in the teacher's lounge. Hey, have you guys ever been in here before? It's
tight! They've got a mini fridge with sandwiches and-"
"Shut up Mendoza!" Ken commanded. "This is Sixteen, and I'm in the science lab."
There was a silence over the ducks' radios as they waited for Guy to report in.
"Where's Germaine?" Banks asked, after no response had been made.
"Did anyone see him after we left the office?" Ken asked, his palms starting to sweat.
"He was the last one out." Adam replied.
Luis cursed to himself. "Where are you, Guy?" He mumbled. Praying that he hadn't be
caught.
"Should we send out a search and rescue?" Julie asked, from the roof.
"No. Give him a minuet. What's the status on the dean?" Adam asked.
"No sign. He's been in there for three and a half minuets now."
"If he's not out in ten, lets look for Guy." Luis said, nervous that the dean had found him.
The ducks waited for a few more minuets before Connie broke radio silence.
"The Dean is leaving!" She reported, just as she saw him walk out of the building. "Find
the lost duck and get out!"
Just then Guy's voice came over the intercom. "I'm in the office you morons, you left
me!"
"Guy, is that you?" Ken asked into his radio.
"Naw, it's the queen of England." Guy answered in an annoyed voice. "Who else would
it be? I'm locked in."
Quickly the boys ran to the office, and picked the lock to let Guy out.
"What happened?" Ken asked, once they were out of the building.
"I crawled under the desk. The dean sat down to work on the computer. He was like two
inches from me!" Guy said. "I almost passed out; I had to turn off my radio."
"God, I can't believe we pulled it off." Luis exclaimed.
"Yeah, the varsity is gonna flip when they find out that they can't play!" Banks laughed.
"Man, I should have asked you to change me Algebra grade while we were in there,
Kenny." Luis joked.
Ken shook his head. "No more of that, for me. My computer hacking days are over
with."
Star was a nervous wreck the whole night wondering if Adam had been caught so
nervous in fact she got less then four hours of sleep. She woke with the sun the next day
pulling on a pair of tight fitting dark blue flares and bright yellow sweater she left the
room. Gently she tapped on Adam and Portman's door, taking care not to wake the people
sleeping in surrounding rooms.
"Star what the heck are you doing?" Portman came to the door scratching his bare chest.
"I umm." She averted her eyes to not be staring at the chiseled pecks on the Bash Brother.
"I wanted to make sure Adam got back all right last not."
"Banksie, your girls here get up." Portman said, kicking Adams bed.
Adam stirred slightly and opened his eyes. "Star?"
"I wanted to check on you, but now that I'm here get up so we can go to breakfast
together."
The team sat in their usual seats that morning giggling about their latest adventure, well
all but Nicci, Star, Mari Anne, Kat and Linda that still didn't know what was going on.
So what did you do?" Linda asked over her yogurt.
"You'll find out in about ten seconds, sweetie." Was Charlie's answer.
It was at that exact moment when coach Wilson walked in and stormed straight to the
Varsity table.
A few seconds later a roar of "You're kidding? All of us?" Came from Riley.
"Even me?" Scooter asked puzzled over how that could've happened.
"Even you Scooter, now we have to forfeit the last game of the season." With that,
Wilson stalked off.
The ducks broke into hysterical fits of laughter slapping the table and crying.
"You didn't?" Stars jaw dropped.
"We did." Fulton nodded, "All thanks to the little bash brother." he patted Kenny on the
back.
"You guys are gonna pay for this." Cole snarled as the team marched past the J.V.
"Thanks a lot guys." Scooter's voice was small and disappointed and he shot Julie a
sorrowful glance.
"Oh great now even Scooter hates us. That's not a good thing." Julie declared and
everyone else agreed.