Hi! Yea I know the whole point of this story was the actual hockey game but
I some how lost that perspective when they went bowling. Sorry if you don't
want to read any more because of my note. Thanx to C-Chan the only one who
was replied to the last two chapters.
~~~Luis's POV~~~
This definitely not the best place to be but I have no choice but to be. I am her cousin maybe that will stop Fulton and Portman from kicking my ass. I had to say something quickly
"I don't think you guys are freaks or traitors. I don't think any of them really do." I say knowing that wasn't gonna help me at all. Portman, Charlie and Julie were still with them maybe I could convince them to come back. There is no way the Ducks could fly with out them. Everyone looks shocked that Issy and Me are cousins though I don't blame them; I would be just as shock if Bri, Emma or Froggy were related to Jules, Portman or Charlie. We stand there in this big awkward silence.
"Um. Maybe we should do something besides stand out here quietly." Issy states. We start skating off to no place in particular. I start talking to Charlie and Julie. Now is my shot to win them back.
"The team really needs you two." I tell them.
"Yea, So." Charlie says.
"Look. You guys don't have to forget about Fulton, Issy and the rest of them. Just play hockey with the ducks. I'm still on the team and have time for my cousin." I tell them. They nod. We basically skate around for a few hours then everyone heads back to his or her dorm room. When I get back to my room (which I share with Russ) I see Russ, Goldberg, and Averman.
"Hi." I say to them and sit on my bed.
"Talking about how we are gonna be the rainbow freaks, we play Stanton next Friday." Goldberg informs me. The group keeps ranting about how much they hate the group. I grabbed my photo album and started looking at the pictures, some were my friends back home, and some were my family, and the rest where of the ducks. I stopped at a big picture of me my brothers and sister, my cousins and my mom and Dad. It was taken when I came home from the jr. Good will games. I was in the middle with Issy next to me. My arm was draped across her shoulders and she had me by the waist. I had various other people clinging to me as well. I was remembering that day until some one brought me out of my thoughts.
"The one with the Pink hair, first of all, what was she on when she decided pink was her color? And secondly she needs to learn to keep her big mouth shut." Averman said with animosity strong in his voice.
"SO what if she has a big mouth, She really cool, so are the rest of them. Your to busy classifying and labeling that you didn't get the chance to meet these people." I tell him sternly. Ok that sounded very Disney.
"Standing up for your girlfriend and her friends now. That's 4 loser ducks." Goldberg says to the rest of the small group.
"Actually it's 3 loser ducks, Russ, Averman, and Goldberg. Averman can have my room I'll go stay with Portman." After I say that I walk down the hall to Portmans room and knock on the door. He opens it.
"What do you want Mendoza?" he asks.
"A place to stay." I answer simply.
"Not here, Not enough room I have a roommate." He tells me.
"No you don't and neither do I." I tell him. Portman lets me in and I recap the night's events. He is really mad. He calls Charlie and tells him about it. I guess either, Charlie or Connie tells Jules but the next day we find a nice table and sit at it just the 4 of us.
~~~Fulton's POV~~~
I hate phones. There one huge conspiracy. This time is no different. I wake up to the phone ringing impatiently.
"Hello?" I answer groggily.
"Sorry, did I wake ya?" The boy on the other end asks.
"Yes." I tell him the truth stubbornly. He laughs.
"Fulton! Check your hockey schedule!" He shouts at me. Whoa can you say mood swing.
"Man, Charlie, aint it a bit early for hockey?" I asked glancing at the digital clock that reads 8:30 am.
"Dude, we play you guys this Friday!" Charlie tells me.
"Damn." I say. I can't say I wasn't expecting that though. Charlie told me about Luis rooming with Portman and why.
~~~Friday~~~
The 'Rainbow Freaks' showed up looking different. Issy's pink hair was not done up in long spikes but straight down going a little passed her shoulders, Emma's wavy bright red hair was pulled into a loose ponytail instead of her weird but stylish hair styles, Bri's blue hair was pulled back into a tight bun and Froggy's short spiked green hair hung loosely stopping at the center of his ear. Issy scans the visitors bench of any sign of Luis.
"Chill out. I'm positive he's ok." I reassure her. But for some strange reason in the pit of my stomach I didn't believe it.
~~~Charlie's POV~~~
Coach is really mad that Luis isn't here. Issy keeps scanning the team, probably looking for Luis. I smile at her and She smiles back. Coach sends Me, Guy, Connie, Goldberg and Adam onto the ice. I take the face off and so does Issy.
"Is Luis here?" She asks.
"No, he didn't take the bus with the rest of us. He probably took his car and got lost don't worry about it." I tell her. The ref blows the whistle. Issy takes the put and passes it to a boy on her team. Goldberg goes to slam into him but he passes the puck to Issy right before. Issy takes off toward the net where Julie is waiting. Goldberg pops up from nowhere, which is near impossible for someone with his statue. He checks Issy and takes the puck. He skates past me and passes the puck to Adam. Adam makes a beeline for the goal. He shoots and Emma, Stanton's goaltender, saves it. The entire game went like that. Uneventful mostly. We lost it in over time. 1-0. Fulton took his shot and nobody seemed to want to stop it. We went back to our temporary lockers disappointed and defeated.
~~~Fulton~~~
We had just finished getting changed when Issy's cell phone rang.
"Hello." She said Grinning like a Cheshire cat. There was a pause.
"Yes, ma'am." She said. Another pause, the person was supposedly speaking. Issy's grin disappeared and her eyes watered.
"Ok, I'll be there as soon as possible." Issy tells her and hangs up. She walks out of the locker room and we all follow her. She leads us right to the visitor's locker room. Issy ignores all the spiteful name-calling and catcalls and goes straight to the bench where Julie, Portman, and Charlie were sitting. They must have noticed the tears in Issy's eyes because they gave me worried looks and I shrugged.
"I got a call that Luis," She began loud enough for the locker room to hear. Her voice was shaky and a few tears escaped her eyes. Issy took the end of her long sleeve shirt that was to big for her and wiped her face with it then continued. "Was involved in a 5 car pile up. He was in the middle car. He is in Jamison Memorial hospital." Everyone one looked at each other with saddened shock.
"Why should we believe you?" Russ asked after the shock subsided. This got a chorus of 'yeas' from people who were still upset we beat them.
"Does it look like she's lying?" Julie snapped at him. Pointing out the fact that Issy is crying.
"Why did you get the call? He's family or coach would have if she's telling the truth." Connie said. This received yet another chorus of yeas.
"Because I am his Family! My mom and his dad are brother and sister! I am one of 2 family members in Minnesota!" Issy yells at them. "So who's the other one and why didn't she get the call?" Goldie asks. "Because I don't have a cell phone!" Bri says grabbing Issy's sleeve. They calmly walk out. Portman, Julie, Charlie, Emma, Froggy and I all follow.
"Umm.How are we gonna get there?" Charlie asked. I thought for a moment.
"We could take my truck." I tell them. I lead them to my truck. We decide that Charlie, Emma and Bri the three smallest should sit in the cab of the truck while the rest sit in the bed. I reluctantly am forced to give Charlie my keys. We sit in the bed of my truck. Issy is looking more pale buy the minute. "So, Bri is your sister?" Julie asks softly. "Step. She's not close to Luis like I am though. But yes, she is his family as well. As soon as Charlie parks it she jumps out. I get out and run to catch her.
"Issy!" I call. Unfortunately she doesn't. As I run I think of something that might get her attention.
"Isabella Marie Cortez!" I call. The strange thing is now I realize someone is running with me and called out the same thing at the same time. It's Bri. Issy looks behind her and stops. When catch up to her she grabs us by the arm and pulls us along at her pace. She slows down as she enters the hospital.
"Hi Jeanne. Can you give me the state of Luis Mendoza?" Issy asks.
"No, I can only give it to family members." Jeanne the nurse says.
"Jeanne, Its me Isabella and that's Briana." Issy says.
"Oh, Issy, Bri, I didn't recognize you. Dramatic hair color change." Jeanne comments.
"Can I visit my cousin?" Issy asks.
"No, sorry, He went blue ten minutes ago." Jeanne said remorsefully. Issy starts crying again. The others come join us.
"All these for Luis?" She asks Issy. She nods.
"And about 8 more coming." Bri says. Jeanne looks shocked but then nods.
"Please sit down, you know where everything is already." She tells Bri and Issy. Sounds like their here all the time. After about 30 minutes Jeanne comes over to us.
"Luis, Is stable but you still can't see him." She says. We nod. Suddenly the other eight of Luis's group comes in. They go up to the front desk.
"We are here to see Luis Mendoza." Adam says.
"Cannot be seen right now, sorry. The rest of the people waiting to sees Luis are over there if you care to join them." Jeanne says. Adam, Guy, Ken, Connie, and Dwayne take the seats around us, while Russ, Goldie and Averman take seats on the other side of the room. An hour later everyone except me is asleep. Jeanne notices this and comes o me.
"When Issy wakes up you can tell her that she can see Luis as long as she has an escort." Jeanne said.
"Uh. Why does she need an escort?" I ask.
"2 years ago her dad died, in this hospital, when she found out her dad died she asked to see him. We decided it was ok, that she just wanted to say good-bye. But after she saw her dad she got made that the doctor couldn't help her dad and started breaking things. We sent her to a physiatrist to get her to control her anger. Ever since she's been very happy." Jeanne said. Well, that explains her always happy and annoyingly cheerfulness and Her Angry blow up on occasions. Jeanne walked away and I decided I should wake up Issy. I shake her slightly. She slowly wakes up and realizes where she is.
"Issy you can see Luis now." I tell her. Issy jumps up and smiles at me.
"You have to come with me." She tells me, I nod. We walk over to Jeanne.
"Jeanne, what room is he in?" Issy asks, then adds: "This is both of our friend Fulton, He'll escort me." Jeanne nods and gives us directions to room 321. We found the room and walked in. Luis must have just regained consciousness and asked 'Where am I?' because the nurse just said: "Jamison Memorial Hospital and half the waiting room is here to see you."
"Luis!" Issy said rushing over to the bed. The nurse left.
"Issy, What are you doing here?" Luis asked
"Visiting you. Now, tell us what happened? Issy instructs.
"Uh.I was driving to the hockey game, I was at a stop light with 2 cars in front of me and 1 car behind me. Suddenly the car behind me slammed into me and I slammed into the other car and it into the next car. Now, I am here." He says then suddenly passes out. Issy grabs his hand.
"Fulton, please go get a nurse." She instructs me calmly. I lean out the door as a nurse passes by.
"Excuse me, ma'am!" I call to her. She follows me into the room. Issy tells her and she takes a look at his chart.
"It's perfectly normal for him to fall in and out of consciousness, But you should stay in here, even though he is unconscious he can still here you and fell you presents." She informs us. Issy nods. She pulls a chair up to his bed and I sit in a chair in the near corner. For a while everything was quiet for a while. I close my eyes for a few minutes, then here it. "In trouble In it deep This is a secret that I can keep Make it right Count on me To be the best friend I can be When your world is spinnin upside down I'll be the one to turn it around Say the word Make a call and I'll be there Anytime anywhere" Issy sung softly. I look at her. She notices me. "I thought you were asleep." She's says. "I wasn't." I tell her. Luis's eyes open. I stand up and walk over to the bed. He didn't notice me earlier so he seems shocked I'm there. "Hey Mendoza." I say. "Uh..HI Fulton."
~~~Issy~~~
The Nurse came in to the room while he was awake and checked him out.
"You two should be happy He is perfectly well. We are going to move him into a bigger room in the north wing so that all.16 of you can see him." She said smiling. She took Luis bed and all out of the room and into the elevator. Fulton and I walked out into the waiting room where everyone was awaking and talking. I said hello to everyone then walked over to were Goldberg, Averman and Russ were sitting.
"Listen, I know you don't like me and my friends. But I am still happy you were considerate enough to come here." I look all three of them in the eye and walk away.
"Wait," Averman says. I turn around.
"Your not so bad, if you ignore your friend stealing ways." He says.
"Look," I say pointing to where the rest of the group was sitting. "I could care less if you don't like me or my hair color. But I am not going to let you accuse me or my friends of stealing your friend when everyone else is sitting over there talking and hanging out with him." I tell them. They all stare at me.
"You guys tried to make him chose you over us and frankly that's not what friends do. Now you can go over there and talk to your friends and maybe even make friends with us the 'Rainbow Freaks' or you can sit here and cast us dirty looks all night. Whatever I don't care." With that said I walk off and join the others.
~~~Luis's POV~~~
This definitely not the best place to be but I have no choice but to be. I am her cousin maybe that will stop Fulton and Portman from kicking my ass. I had to say something quickly
"I don't think you guys are freaks or traitors. I don't think any of them really do." I say knowing that wasn't gonna help me at all. Portman, Charlie and Julie were still with them maybe I could convince them to come back. There is no way the Ducks could fly with out them. Everyone looks shocked that Issy and Me are cousins though I don't blame them; I would be just as shock if Bri, Emma or Froggy were related to Jules, Portman or Charlie. We stand there in this big awkward silence.
"Um. Maybe we should do something besides stand out here quietly." Issy states. We start skating off to no place in particular. I start talking to Charlie and Julie. Now is my shot to win them back.
"The team really needs you two." I tell them.
"Yea, So." Charlie says.
"Look. You guys don't have to forget about Fulton, Issy and the rest of them. Just play hockey with the ducks. I'm still on the team and have time for my cousin." I tell them. They nod. We basically skate around for a few hours then everyone heads back to his or her dorm room. When I get back to my room (which I share with Russ) I see Russ, Goldberg, and Averman.
"Hi." I say to them and sit on my bed.
"Talking about how we are gonna be the rainbow freaks, we play Stanton next Friday." Goldberg informs me. The group keeps ranting about how much they hate the group. I grabbed my photo album and started looking at the pictures, some were my friends back home, and some were my family, and the rest where of the ducks. I stopped at a big picture of me my brothers and sister, my cousins and my mom and Dad. It was taken when I came home from the jr. Good will games. I was in the middle with Issy next to me. My arm was draped across her shoulders and she had me by the waist. I had various other people clinging to me as well. I was remembering that day until some one brought me out of my thoughts.
"The one with the Pink hair, first of all, what was she on when she decided pink was her color? And secondly she needs to learn to keep her big mouth shut." Averman said with animosity strong in his voice.
"SO what if she has a big mouth, She really cool, so are the rest of them. Your to busy classifying and labeling that you didn't get the chance to meet these people." I tell him sternly. Ok that sounded very Disney.
"Standing up for your girlfriend and her friends now. That's 4 loser ducks." Goldberg says to the rest of the small group.
"Actually it's 3 loser ducks, Russ, Averman, and Goldberg. Averman can have my room I'll go stay with Portman." After I say that I walk down the hall to Portmans room and knock on the door. He opens it.
"What do you want Mendoza?" he asks.
"A place to stay." I answer simply.
"Not here, Not enough room I have a roommate." He tells me.
"No you don't and neither do I." I tell him. Portman lets me in and I recap the night's events. He is really mad. He calls Charlie and tells him about it. I guess either, Charlie or Connie tells Jules but the next day we find a nice table and sit at it just the 4 of us.
~~~Fulton's POV~~~
I hate phones. There one huge conspiracy. This time is no different. I wake up to the phone ringing impatiently.
"Hello?" I answer groggily.
"Sorry, did I wake ya?" The boy on the other end asks.
"Yes." I tell him the truth stubbornly. He laughs.
"Fulton! Check your hockey schedule!" He shouts at me. Whoa can you say mood swing.
"Man, Charlie, aint it a bit early for hockey?" I asked glancing at the digital clock that reads 8:30 am.
"Dude, we play you guys this Friday!" Charlie tells me.
"Damn." I say. I can't say I wasn't expecting that though. Charlie told me about Luis rooming with Portman and why.
~~~Friday~~~
The 'Rainbow Freaks' showed up looking different. Issy's pink hair was not done up in long spikes but straight down going a little passed her shoulders, Emma's wavy bright red hair was pulled into a loose ponytail instead of her weird but stylish hair styles, Bri's blue hair was pulled back into a tight bun and Froggy's short spiked green hair hung loosely stopping at the center of his ear. Issy scans the visitors bench of any sign of Luis.
"Chill out. I'm positive he's ok." I reassure her. But for some strange reason in the pit of my stomach I didn't believe it.
~~~Charlie's POV~~~
Coach is really mad that Luis isn't here. Issy keeps scanning the team, probably looking for Luis. I smile at her and She smiles back. Coach sends Me, Guy, Connie, Goldberg and Adam onto the ice. I take the face off and so does Issy.
"Is Luis here?" She asks.
"No, he didn't take the bus with the rest of us. He probably took his car and got lost don't worry about it." I tell her. The ref blows the whistle. Issy takes the put and passes it to a boy on her team. Goldberg goes to slam into him but he passes the puck to Issy right before. Issy takes off toward the net where Julie is waiting. Goldberg pops up from nowhere, which is near impossible for someone with his statue. He checks Issy and takes the puck. He skates past me and passes the puck to Adam. Adam makes a beeline for the goal. He shoots and Emma, Stanton's goaltender, saves it. The entire game went like that. Uneventful mostly. We lost it in over time. 1-0. Fulton took his shot and nobody seemed to want to stop it. We went back to our temporary lockers disappointed and defeated.
~~~Fulton~~~
We had just finished getting changed when Issy's cell phone rang.
"Hello." She said Grinning like a Cheshire cat. There was a pause.
"Yes, ma'am." She said. Another pause, the person was supposedly speaking. Issy's grin disappeared and her eyes watered.
"Ok, I'll be there as soon as possible." Issy tells her and hangs up. She walks out of the locker room and we all follow her. She leads us right to the visitor's locker room. Issy ignores all the spiteful name-calling and catcalls and goes straight to the bench where Julie, Portman, and Charlie were sitting. They must have noticed the tears in Issy's eyes because they gave me worried looks and I shrugged.
"I got a call that Luis," She began loud enough for the locker room to hear. Her voice was shaky and a few tears escaped her eyes. Issy took the end of her long sleeve shirt that was to big for her and wiped her face with it then continued. "Was involved in a 5 car pile up. He was in the middle car. He is in Jamison Memorial hospital." Everyone one looked at each other with saddened shock.
"Why should we believe you?" Russ asked after the shock subsided. This got a chorus of 'yeas' from people who were still upset we beat them.
"Does it look like she's lying?" Julie snapped at him. Pointing out the fact that Issy is crying.
"Why did you get the call? He's family or coach would have if she's telling the truth." Connie said. This received yet another chorus of yeas.
"Because I am his Family! My mom and his dad are brother and sister! I am one of 2 family members in Minnesota!" Issy yells at them. "So who's the other one and why didn't she get the call?" Goldie asks. "Because I don't have a cell phone!" Bri says grabbing Issy's sleeve. They calmly walk out. Portman, Julie, Charlie, Emma, Froggy and I all follow.
"Umm.How are we gonna get there?" Charlie asked. I thought for a moment.
"We could take my truck." I tell them. I lead them to my truck. We decide that Charlie, Emma and Bri the three smallest should sit in the cab of the truck while the rest sit in the bed. I reluctantly am forced to give Charlie my keys. We sit in the bed of my truck. Issy is looking more pale buy the minute. "So, Bri is your sister?" Julie asks softly. "Step. She's not close to Luis like I am though. But yes, she is his family as well. As soon as Charlie parks it she jumps out. I get out and run to catch her.
"Issy!" I call. Unfortunately she doesn't. As I run I think of something that might get her attention.
"Isabella Marie Cortez!" I call. The strange thing is now I realize someone is running with me and called out the same thing at the same time. It's Bri. Issy looks behind her and stops. When catch up to her she grabs us by the arm and pulls us along at her pace. She slows down as she enters the hospital.
"Hi Jeanne. Can you give me the state of Luis Mendoza?" Issy asks.
"No, I can only give it to family members." Jeanne the nurse says.
"Jeanne, Its me Isabella and that's Briana." Issy says.
"Oh, Issy, Bri, I didn't recognize you. Dramatic hair color change." Jeanne comments.
"Can I visit my cousin?" Issy asks.
"No, sorry, He went blue ten minutes ago." Jeanne said remorsefully. Issy starts crying again. The others come join us.
"All these for Luis?" She asks Issy. She nods.
"And about 8 more coming." Bri says. Jeanne looks shocked but then nods.
"Please sit down, you know where everything is already." She tells Bri and Issy. Sounds like their here all the time. After about 30 minutes Jeanne comes over to us.
"Luis, Is stable but you still can't see him." She says. We nod. Suddenly the other eight of Luis's group comes in. They go up to the front desk.
"We are here to see Luis Mendoza." Adam says.
"Cannot be seen right now, sorry. The rest of the people waiting to sees Luis are over there if you care to join them." Jeanne says. Adam, Guy, Ken, Connie, and Dwayne take the seats around us, while Russ, Goldie and Averman take seats on the other side of the room. An hour later everyone except me is asleep. Jeanne notices this and comes o me.
"When Issy wakes up you can tell her that she can see Luis as long as she has an escort." Jeanne said.
"Uh. Why does she need an escort?" I ask.
"2 years ago her dad died, in this hospital, when she found out her dad died she asked to see him. We decided it was ok, that she just wanted to say good-bye. But after she saw her dad she got made that the doctor couldn't help her dad and started breaking things. We sent her to a physiatrist to get her to control her anger. Ever since she's been very happy." Jeanne said. Well, that explains her always happy and annoyingly cheerfulness and Her Angry blow up on occasions. Jeanne walked away and I decided I should wake up Issy. I shake her slightly. She slowly wakes up and realizes where she is.
"Issy you can see Luis now." I tell her. Issy jumps up and smiles at me.
"You have to come with me." She tells me, I nod. We walk over to Jeanne.
"Jeanne, what room is he in?" Issy asks, then adds: "This is both of our friend Fulton, He'll escort me." Jeanne nods and gives us directions to room 321. We found the room and walked in. Luis must have just regained consciousness and asked 'Where am I?' because the nurse just said: "Jamison Memorial Hospital and half the waiting room is here to see you."
"Luis!" Issy said rushing over to the bed. The nurse left.
"Issy, What are you doing here?" Luis asked
"Visiting you. Now, tell us what happened? Issy instructs.
"Uh.I was driving to the hockey game, I was at a stop light with 2 cars in front of me and 1 car behind me. Suddenly the car behind me slammed into me and I slammed into the other car and it into the next car. Now, I am here." He says then suddenly passes out. Issy grabs his hand.
"Fulton, please go get a nurse." She instructs me calmly. I lean out the door as a nurse passes by.
"Excuse me, ma'am!" I call to her. She follows me into the room. Issy tells her and she takes a look at his chart.
"It's perfectly normal for him to fall in and out of consciousness, But you should stay in here, even though he is unconscious he can still here you and fell you presents." She informs us. Issy nods. She pulls a chair up to his bed and I sit in a chair in the near corner. For a while everything was quiet for a while. I close my eyes for a few minutes, then here it. "In trouble In it deep This is a secret that I can keep Make it right Count on me To be the best friend I can be When your world is spinnin upside down I'll be the one to turn it around Say the word Make a call and I'll be there Anytime anywhere" Issy sung softly. I look at her. She notices me. "I thought you were asleep." She's says. "I wasn't." I tell her. Luis's eyes open. I stand up and walk over to the bed. He didn't notice me earlier so he seems shocked I'm there. "Hey Mendoza." I say. "Uh..HI Fulton."
~~~Issy~~~
The Nurse came in to the room while he was awake and checked him out.
"You two should be happy He is perfectly well. We are going to move him into a bigger room in the north wing so that all.16 of you can see him." She said smiling. She took Luis bed and all out of the room and into the elevator. Fulton and I walked out into the waiting room where everyone was awaking and talking. I said hello to everyone then walked over to were Goldberg, Averman and Russ were sitting.
"Listen, I know you don't like me and my friends. But I am still happy you were considerate enough to come here." I look all three of them in the eye and walk away.
"Wait," Averman says. I turn around.
"Your not so bad, if you ignore your friend stealing ways." He says.
"Look," I say pointing to where the rest of the group was sitting. "I could care less if you don't like me or my hair color. But I am not going to let you accuse me or my friends of stealing your friend when everyone else is sitting over there talking and hanging out with him." I tell them. They all stare at me.
"You guys tried to make him chose you over us and frankly that's not what friends do. Now you can go over there and talk to your friends and maybe even make friends with us the 'Rainbow Freaks' or you can sit here and cast us dirty looks all night. Whatever I don't care." With that said I walk off and join the others.