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Chapter 4
CHARLIE'S P.O.V
Me and Fulton sat at the arrival's lounge waiting for fellow duck Dean Portman. We had all got accepted to the same college. I suppose in one way I was looking forward to college, I mean c'mon it's got to be easier that school, you get to choose how many subjects you want to take and been as we were on a hockey scholarship we only had to really excel in hockey.
I didn't know the exact names of the college the other guy's had been accepted to but we had got in UCLA. I was nervous about meeting our new team, I mean they weren't going to be anything like the ducks where they. Probably something like the old varsity team at Eden Hall when we first arrived there. The coach wasn't going to be anything like Coach Bombay or Coach Orion.
As I was staring into space, I felt a tug on my sleeve. It was Fulton trying to tell me Portman was on his way through now. We stood and went to greet him. He hadn't changed much over the summer, still tall and toned. In fact out of all the ducks he was the least changed throughout our years at Eden Hall. Most of us had shot up in height and become more athletic.
"Yo Dude's, what's happening". Portman tapped knuckles with Fulton then hugged him. Then he came to me and gave me a hug.
"How's your summer been"? I asked as we each grabbed our bags and made our way to the departures lounge. Where we had to wait about an hour until our flight was due.
"Not bad, crashed a few parties you know". Portman answered.
After that I seemed to let everything he was saying go in one ear and out the other. I had too much on my mind to think about other than Portman crashing parties.
CONNIE'S P.O.V
I squeezed in the back of a cab with Guy and Goldberg. We were headed to the airport to catch a flight to California to meet Russ. You see we had been accepted to UCLA. Personally I would have rather have got into a college with Julie, in fact with all the ducks. I had spent the last 7/8 years of my life with the ducks. They were more than just friends they were my family.
I notice Guy looking at me. He took my hand and gently squeezed it. It was his way of reassuring me. We had, had our ups and downs over the last few years, we even spent a year not dating each other. But we always seemed to end up back together. We eventually admitted defeat to our feelings and realized that we must be soul mates. Well that was fine by me. I loved Guy more than I had ever done before, we hardly ever argued anymore and when we did it was only about stupid little things that we didn't agree on.
"This sucks you know". Goldberg finally piped up making me jump out of my own thoughts.
"What does Goldie"? Guy asked him.
"Not getting into college with the rest of the ducks. I mean what am I now, goalie or defenseman"? He asked for what seemed the 100th time that summer.
"You can try out for both Goldie". I said as irritation raised slightly in my voice until I realized he was a scared as me about the tryouts. I knew they weren't proper tryouts as we'd already been accepted for hockey scholarship but it was still a big thing learning to become a new team member of a totally different team.
"Look, no matter what happens, we've got each other. We're going to be fine. We'll always be ducks, but for the next few years we're going to be something else". Guy told us calmly. He always had a way to put things into perspective like that. He was right though, we'd be fine. I'd always have the ducks and I'd always have Guy.
LUIS'S P.O.V
I pushed my last bag into the back of the cab outside Averman's house. I'd stayed at his for the last few days with Kenny and Dwaine so we could all catch the same plane out to our college in California. It had been a little cramped but we'd had fun. We even managed to have a few games of street hockey with the ducks, though we were missing three members - Julie, Adam and Russ. Julie and Adam had already gone off to college and Russ was meeting Connie, Guy and Goldberg somewhere.
It seemed really weird you know. I'd come to join team USA four years ago thinking after the goodwill games I'd go back to being a normal teenage boy back in Miami. The ducks slogan fitted us well though - Ducks fly together. Those four years had been the best time of my life, I was just sorry we weren't able to stay together.
I know it sounded stupid but I really hoped that we'd be able to stay as a team and turn professional. I suppose thinking about it now, it was just a dream.
"Luis, get in will ya". Averman tugged my sleeve from inside the cab. I slid into the seat, still not really listening to Dwaine chat to Kenny and Averman.
I was actually sad to leave Minnesota, it had been my home away from home for so long. As the cab drove down the main road, I found myself staring at the familiar sight's I had gotten used to seeing day in day out. I couldn't help but bring memories flooding to the surface as we passed certain things that I had done with the ducks. This was definitely a sad day.
Well what do you think? PLEASE R&R!!!!!
Chapter 4
CHARLIE'S P.O.V
Me and Fulton sat at the arrival's lounge waiting for fellow duck Dean Portman. We had all got accepted to the same college. I suppose in one way I was looking forward to college, I mean c'mon it's got to be easier that school, you get to choose how many subjects you want to take and been as we were on a hockey scholarship we only had to really excel in hockey.
I didn't know the exact names of the college the other guy's had been accepted to but we had got in UCLA. I was nervous about meeting our new team, I mean they weren't going to be anything like the ducks where they. Probably something like the old varsity team at Eden Hall when we first arrived there. The coach wasn't going to be anything like Coach Bombay or Coach Orion.
As I was staring into space, I felt a tug on my sleeve. It was Fulton trying to tell me Portman was on his way through now. We stood and went to greet him. He hadn't changed much over the summer, still tall and toned. In fact out of all the ducks he was the least changed throughout our years at Eden Hall. Most of us had shot up in height and become more athletic.
"Yo Dude's, what's happening". Portman tapped knuckles with Fulton then hugged him. Then he came to me and gave me a hug.
"How's your summer been"? I asked as we each grabbed our bags and made our way to the departures lounge. Where we had to wait about an hour until our flight was due.
"Not bad, crashed a few parties you know". Portman answered.
After that I seemed to let everything he was saying go in one ear and out the other. I had too much on my mind to think about other than Portman crashing parties.
CONNIE'S P.O.V
I squeezed in the back of a cab with Guy and Goldberg. We were headed to the airport to catch a flight to California to meet Russ. You see we had been accepted to UCLA. Personally I would have rather have got into a college with Julie, in fact with all the ducks. I had spent the last 7/8 years of my life with the ducks. They were more than just friends they were my family.
I notice Guy looking at me. He took my hand and gently squeezed it. It was his way of reassuring me. We had, had our ups and downs over the last few years, we even spent a year not dating each other. But we always seemed to end up back together. We eventually admitted defeat to our feelings and realized that we must be soul mates. Well that was fine by me. I loved Guy more than I had ever done before, we hardly ever argued anymore and when we did it was only about stupid little things that we didn't agree on.
"This sucks you know". Goldberg finally piped up making me jump out of my own thoughts.
"What does Goldie"? Guy asked him.
"Not getting into college with the rest of the ducks. I mean what am I now, goalie or defenseman"? He asked for what seemed the 100th time that summer.
"You can try out for both Goldie". I said as irritation raised slightly in my voice until I realized he was a scared as me about the tryouts. I knew they weren't proper tryouts as we'd already been accepted for hockey scholarship but it was still a big thing learning to become a new team member of a totally different team.
"Look, no matter what happens, we've got each other. We're going to be fine. We'll always be ducks, but for the next few years we're going to be something else". Guy told us calmly. He always had a way to put things into perspective like that. He was right though, we'd be fine. I'd always have the ducks and I'd always have Guy.
LUIS'S P.O.V
I pushed my last bag into the back of the cab outside Averman's house. I'd stayed at his for the last few days with Kenny and Dwaine so we could all catch the same plane out to our college in California. It had been a little cramped but we'd had fun. We even managed to have a few games of street hockey with the ducks, though we were missing three members - Julie, Adam and Russ. Julie and Adam had already gone off to college and Russ was meeting Connie, Guy and Goldberg somewhere.
It seemed really weird you know. I'd come to join team USA four years ago thinking after the goodwill games I'd go back to being a normal teenage boy back in Miami. The ducks slogan fitted us well though - Ducks fly together. Those four years had been the best time of my life, I was just sorry we weren't able to stay together.
I know it sounded stupid but I really hoped that we'd be able to stay as a team and turn professional. I suppose thinking about it now, it was just a dream.
"Luis, get in will ya". Averman tugged my sleeve from inside the cab. I slid into the seat, still not really listening to Dwaine chat to Kenny and Averman.
I was actually sad to leave Minnesota, it had been my home away from home for so long. As the cab drove down the main road, I found myself staring at the familiar sight's I had gotten used to seeing day in day out. I couldn't help but bring memories flooding to the surface as we passed certain things that I had done with the ducks. This was definitely a sad day.
Well what do you think? PLEASE R&R!!!!!