DOWNSTAIRS
Gordon Bombay sat across the table from Sara Williams and her child's father Stannson. He began by explaining how bad Danni did NOT want to go. She had a life in America, friends, and taking her to a completely different country wouldn't only be bad for her physically, but mentally as well. After talking for at least thirty minutes straight, he stopped and waited for them to plea their case.
"Well, Coach Bombay you seem to know what is better for my daughter than I do," scowled Sara.
" No, Ms. Williams, that is not it at all," Bombay tried to recover, " She has told me she wants to stay with her friends, no her brothers, Matt and Mark. I don't think it is fair to take her from them."
"Mr. Bombay, I refuse to allow my daughter to push her father out of her life, just becauseā¦"
"Why not," Gordon interrupted, " he pushed her out of his."
Sara raised her hand to slap him, and Stannson grabbed her arm and said, " He is right, she stays."
Stannson stood up shook hands with Bombay, " You know her better than I."
"Maybe if you spent time with her first and took her for a summer," Bombay offered.
"Maybe, I have never even seen her play you know,"
"No, you haven't." Danni whispered from the top of the stairs as she cried and heard him leave, again.
Two weeks later
"QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK, QUACK," the crowd and the J.V. Ducks cheered at their opening game. They skated out for warm-ups.
"I am nervous," Danni whispered to Matt.
"Come on, you nervous," Matt sneered, jokingly.
"You are right, I'm not the one with the new girl friend." as she glanced in Julie's direction.
"No, you're the one with the new boyfriend," glancing in Fulton's direction.
They skated in to start the game, Mark caught Danni scanning the crowd.
"Who are you looking for?"
" No one," Danni said as she caught a glimpse of her father and Gordon Bombay, "absolutely no one."
