Notes: The song in this fic is Invincible by Pet Benatar. I thought it fit so well in the fic. I promise not to make a habit out of it. Lyrics at the end of the chapter. I saw Pat and her husband at the fair in July. Awesome performers! Loved the show a lot. Almost as much as, I loved the show of Jewel. I've lately been 'obsessed' with the song The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe. It's such a sad song. My muse is trying to figure out how to make a songfic out of that. I am still saying no! Just a warning I took German in high school so I will not be typing what they said in Spanish class.
Links to the other two stories of the series:
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=845659
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=915899
Don't Need Sympathy
"Oh come on Banks. It wasn't that bad." Guy Germaine said as we entered our dorm. I had to duck a little. I grew a few inches this summer.
"Easy for you to say. You didn't have a light almost hit you."
"You are still paranoid. It was just an accident. They aren't after you again."
"Maybe you are right."
Guy put on a Pat Benatar CD. He's become obsessed with her CDs. Her song Invincible was playing.
There was a knock on the door. Guy went to see whom it was. It was Charlie Conway and Mikah Riley. He let them in. "Hey." Charlie said.
"What's with the Pat Benatar music?" Mikah asked.
I looked up from setting a picture of his whole family on my desk. It had everyone in it. My parents, Jeffrey, Christina, Kiley, Rhiannon, and Keith were in it. "Hey. Guy's been obsessed with her music for awhile."
"Better then listening to The Freshmen by the Verve Pipe every day." Guy shot back with a grin.
"Blame it on Marcy. She leant me the CD and then I had to buy it." I quickly changed the subject. "Settle into the Varsity dorms all right?" I asked. I know Charlie hadn't been too excited about making Varsity at first.
"Yeah. Why are they bigger then the JV dorms?" Charlie asked.
"I don't know. Never thought of it." I said looking at Guy who shrugged.
"They want to keep their state champions happy I guess." Mikah said. He turned and looked at me. "You okay? That was really close."
"Yeah I'm okay." I said.
"The Dean was saying he was going to do a thorough look to see what happened. Probably just a loose light fixture." Charlie said. "Thank goodness someone saw it falling and yelled at you to move."
I sank onto my bed. "I just don't want another year like last year's."
"It won't." Charlie said.
"How do we know that?" I asked.
They exchanged looks. "Just as I thought. We don't."
"We didn't know last year either!" Mikah said. "My own brother was in on it and I didn't know."
He had a point. Maybe I am being paranoid. It could have just been an accident. Things like that happen all the time right?
"Oh yeah we did come for a reason." Charlie said breaking the silence. "The others are meeting us in the quad." The quad was like a rec room in each dorm.
We walked out of the dorm. The door clicked after we walked out. I kind of like that sound. Makes me feel that my stuff is safe.
We walked into the rec room. All of the rest of Varsity was in there. Very few Ducks hadn't been moved up to Varsity. Goldberg, Portman, Luis, Dwayne, and Russ were the only ones that hadn't.
I looked at my schedule. I had Spanish III first today. It wasn't like I needed to take the class but if I took all four years of Spanish in high school, I wouldn't have to take it in college. I wasn't even sure I was going to college. Depends on what happened.
I managed to get seventh period as a free period. It was offered to junior and seniors. But other then that I really didn't like my schedule.
We all compared schedules. I was happy to see I wasn't the only one with a bad course load. And I thought it was senior year that the classes piled up.
I walked into Spanish. There were the same people that were in Spanish II. I took the seat I sat in last year.
The teacher came in and greeted us. She quickly explained to us that we were supposed to stand up when our name was called and say something that we did this summer. In Spanish of course. I said my brother and sister both got married this summer, and that I was best man at my sister's wedding. I stumbled on a few words. You didn't get much practice on your Spanish in Minnesota. But I was going to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving.
Most people said about the same thing. They went on vacation somewhere. The life of the rich. Too bad the other Ducks that were in Spanish III were in a different class.
I looked from clock to teacher. Come on bell ring. I silently pleaded. I hate Spanish class. The bell rang finally. Now I was off to English. Great idea to put those back to back. Averman, Larson, Marcy, Fulton, Portman, Dwayne, and Russ were all in the class. My seat was behind Averman. The same welcome back speech along with the announcement that we'd be reading To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Crucible this year to name a few. Sounds better then Lord of the Flies we had to read last year.
After the class was my free period. I went back to the dorm to get my hockey gear. I was going to do some practicing before practice. I went to the locker room and to my old locker. Still the same. I changed and headed out to the ice.
I like the ice when no one's on it. I put the puck on the ice and took some practice shots at the empty goal. The time always flies by when I do this. I get lost in my own practice.
"You're here early." A voice said from behind me causing me to jump. I turned around to see Charlie standing there.
"Oh hey. I don't have class seventh period thought I'd practice."
"Do you do anything else?"
Touché. "I did want to ask you something."
"What is it?"
"I never did get to ask if you were okay with me being captain. Wilson named me captain before they decided who'd be moved up."
"I understand. After what happened last year..."
"Hey I don't want anybody's sympathy." I said. "Just forget it happened.
"If you say so."
The conversation stopped when the others came on the ice.
This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won't anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
This shattered dream you cannot justify
We're gonna scream until we're satisfied
What are we running for?
We've got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there's no where we can run to anymore
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
Won't anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
Links to the other two stories of the series:
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=845659
http://www.fanfiction.net/read.php?storyid=915899
Don't Need Sympathy
"Oh come on Banks. It wasn't that bad." Guy Germaine said as we entered our dorm. I had to duck a little. I grew a few inches this summer.
"Easy for you to say. You didn't have a light almost hit you."
"You are still paranoid. It was just an accident. They aren't after you again."
"Maybe you are right."
Guy put on a Pat Benatar CD. He's become obsessed with her CDs. Her song Invincible was playing.
There was a knock on the door. Guy went to see whom it was. It was Charlie Conway and Mikah Riley. He let them in. "Hey." Charlie said.
"What's with the Pat Benatar music?" Mikah asked.
I looked up from setting a picture of his whole family on my desk. It had everyone in it. My parents, Jeffrey, Christina, Kiley, Rhiannon, and Keith were in it. "Hey. Guy's been obsessed with her music for awhile."
"Better then listening to The Freshmen by the Verve Pipe every day." Guy shot back with a grin.
"Blame it on Marcy. She leant me the CD and then I had to buy it." I quickly changed the subject. "Settle into the Varsity dorms all right?" I asked. I know Charlie hadn't been too excited about making Varsity at first.
"Yeah. Why are they bigger then the JV dorms?" Charlie asked.
"I don't know. Never thought of it." I said looking at Guy who shrugged.
"They want to keep their state champions happy I guess." Mikah said. He turned and looked at me. "You okay? That was really close."
"Yeah I'm okay." I said.
"The Dean was saying he was going to do a thorough look to see what happened. Probably just a loose light fixture." Charlie said. "Thank goodness someone saw it falling and yelled at you to move."
I sank onto my bed. "I just don't want another year like last year's."
"It won't." Charlie said.
"How do we know that?" I asked.
They exchanged looks. "Just as I thought. We don't."
"We didn't know last year either!" Mikah said. "My own brother was in on it and I didn't know."
He had a point. Maybe I am being paranoid. It could have just been an accident. Things like that happen all the time right?
"Oh yeah we did come for a reason." Charlie said breaking the silence. "The others are meeting us in the quad." The quad was like a rec room in each dorm.
We walked out of the dorm. The door clicked after we walked out. I kind of like that sound. Makes me feel that my stuff is safe.
We walked into the rec room. All of the rest of Varsity was in there. Very few Ducks hadn't been moved up to Varsity. Goldberg, Portman, Luis, Dwayne, and Russ were the only ones that hadn't.
I looked at my schedule. I had Spanish III first today. It wasn't like I needed to take the class but if I took all four years of Spanish in high school, I wouldn't have to take it in college. I wasn't even sure I was going to college. Depends on what happened.
I managed to get seventh period as a free period. It was offered to junior and seniors. But other then that I really didn't like my schedule.
We all compared schedules. I was happy to see I wasn't the only one with a bad course load. And I thought it was senior year that the classes piled up.
I walked into Spanish. There were the same people that were in Spanish II. I took the seat I sat in last year.
The teacher came in and greeted us. She quickly explained to us that we were supposed to stand up when our name was called and say something that we did this summer. In Spanish of course. I said my brother and sister both got married this summer, and that I was best man at my sister's wedding. I stumbled on a few words. You didn't get much practice on your Spanish in Minnesota. But I was going to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving.
Most people said about the same thing. They went on vacation somewhere. The life of the rich. Too bad the other Ducks that were in Spanish III were in a different class.
I looked from clock to teacher. Come on bell ring. I silently pleaded. I hate Spanish class. The bell rang finally. Now I was off to English. Great idea to put those back to back. Averman, Larson, Marcy, Fulton, Portman, Dwayne, and Russ were all in the class. My seat was behind Averman. The same welcome back speech along with the announcement that we'd be reading To Kill a Mockingbird, and the Crucible this year to name a few. Sounds better then Lord of the Flies we had to read last year.
After the class was my free period. I went back to the dorm to get my hockey gear. I was going to do some practicing before practice. I went to the locker room and to my old locker. Still the same. I changed and headed out to the ice.
I like the ice when no one's on it. I put the puck on the ice and took some practice shots at the empty goal. The time always flies by when I do this. I get lost in my own practice.
"You're here early." A voice said from behind me causing me to jump. I turned around to see Charlie standing there.
"Oh hey. I don't have class seventh period thought I'd practice."
"Do you do anything else?"
Touché. "I did want to ask you something."
"What is it?"
"I never did get to ask if you were okay with me being captain. Wilson named me captain before they decided who'd be moved up."
"I understand. After what happened last year..."
"Hey I don't want anybody's sympathy." I said. "Just forget it happened.
"If you say so."
The conversation stopped when the others came on the ice.
This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won't anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
This shattered dream you cannot justify
We're gonna scream until we're satisfied
What are we running for?
We've got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there's no where we can run to anymore
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
Won't anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore
We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be Invincible