~* I DON'T OWN THE DUCKS OR ANYTHING ELSE*~
Kory Montel sat in the back seat of her father's SUV and watched as the radiant green leafs of Georgia slowly became the brilliant golds, cranberries and oranges of Fall in the North. They blanketed the sides of the highway like a brightly pigmented quilt. The scenery passed at such a speed that if one lost focus for just a second all they would see was a swirl of color.
She and her family had moved many times through the course of her life, being a military brat she'd grown accustom to the frequent changes in homes. This however would be the first time they'd live anywhere farther North then Maryland. This time, the Montels were heading for Minnesota.
Charlie Conway skated up the street with a line of loud and sweaty teens behind him. With one day left until the beginning of Senior year the Ducks had been out terrorizing the city and with the noon sun now high in the powder blue sky, he was leading the group back to his house for sandwiches and soda. Ever since Casey had married Charlie's stepfather and they'd moved into the middle class neighborhood, Charlie had been having the team over as much as possible, hoping the drive Marcus, his step dad, out of the house.
"Hey Charlie, I didn't know you were getting new neighbors." Guy stated as they came to a stop in the captains driveway.
"Neither did I." Charlie replied wiping his sweaty forehead with his sleeve. "Well, we better go offer to help them out."
Hearing no objections he led his friends back out of the driveway and through the gate in the next door yard. He found a women with short blonde hair standing under the shade of a porch opening boxes franticly and assumed that she must have been the women of the house.
"Excuse me?" He climbed the steps to the patio, leaving the rest of the Ducks on the grass below.
"Yes?" The women looked up from her box.
"Hi, I'm Charlie Conway, I live next door, anyway, I'm the Captain of the Mighty Ducks, I don't know if you've heard of us, either way, my team and I came over to see if you wanted any help bringing in boxes."
"That's very sweet of you Charlie, we certainly could use the assistance, thank you."
"No problem." Charlie cocked his head in the direction of the U-haul as a signal to the team to get to work.
A half hour later Charlie carried the last tote into the house not having the foggiest idea where it was going. It read 'dad's den' on it but that didn't help as he hadn't had to bring anything in there yet. In the hallway he noticed a medium height girl with light brown hair, walking in the opposite direction, so he called out to her.
"Excuse me?" No response "Hey, do you know where the den is?" Still no answer. Finally frustrated he charged up behind her and spun her around.
The girl screamed, dropping the lamp she was carrying, it shattering on impact. The commotion caused a huge man in his early forties to come charging up from the basement, he was dressed in fatigue pants and his muscles looked to be bigger then Charlie's head.
"What the hell did you do to my little girl?" The man barked.
"You're little girl was ignoring me, I was just trying to find out where to put this." Charlie defended himself.
"You little punk, she wasn't ignoring you, she didn't hear you, she's deaf!"
LATER THE DAY
The sun was now setting and Casey and Marcus had set up the grill for last barbeque to say goodbye to summer and welcome in the Autumn. They had invited the Ducks and the Montels over and while everyone else was mingling and having a good time, Charlie was sitting in the grass separated from the congregation.
He felt awful for the ay he had acted at the Montels' that afternoon and couldn't stop thinking about how much of an ass he was. That was the type of thing that if he'd done when he was still seeing Linda, she would've given him the silent treatment for a week. Lucky for him she'd decided mid Sophomore year that dating wasn't for her, when she could spend all her free time saving the Whales or selling Girl Scout cookies.
"I didn't know what you like on you burgers, but your mother asked me to bring this to you." A female voice said from the rear of him.
"Thanks." As he turned to except the food he found a pair of deep set greenish blue eyes staring down at him.
"You're welcome. Would you like a soda?" The girl handed him a can of Coke.
"Thanks again."
"You're welcome again."
"Wait a minute, I thought you were deaf." Charlie said with a smile as the girl lowered herself to the ground beside him.
"I am, well 70% anyway, I can't hear you if you're more then a foot away, but I can read lips. I'm Kory." She extended her hand.
"Charlie, nice to meet you." The boy looked her over and tossed some thoughts around in his head. He found her cute, but not as cute as most of the girls at Eden Hall. The school was full of gorgeous girls, perfect girls, in fact Charlie was actually starting to get sick of the Mary Sue student body. "Where are you from?"
"I was born on Pearl Harbor actually, but most recently we live in Georgia. I miss it a lot, all my friends were there, we lived there six years. But I guess I'll get use to it here, like I did everywhere else. But honestly if daddy told me tomorrow we were going back, I'd pack the house myself. Oh speaking of my dad, I' sorry about how he acted, he's really overprotective."
"It's okay, I should be apologizing for how I acted, I was totally rude."
"Don't worry about it, you're not the first to do something like that, I'm use to it." She bumped his shoulder lightly.
"So where are you going to school?" He asked washing a bit of his burger down with a long swig of soda.
"My parents pulled some strings and got me into Eden Hall, your mom said that you and your friends go there too, is it nice?"
"Not really, most of the people are really jerks. I wouldn't have lasted this long without the hockey team."
"Oh, well at least I'll know you."
"True, so do you wanna go meet the rest of the Ducks, before they leave? I'll do the formal introductions."
"Sure."
By the end of the night Kory had been introduced around and couldn't wait to start school in the morning. Even if she was home sick.
Kory Montel sat in the back seat of her father's SUV and watched as the radiant green leafs of Georgia slowly became the brilliant golds, cranberries and oranges of Fall in the North. They blanketed the sides of the highway like a brightly pigmented quilt. The scenery passed at such a speed that if one lost focus for just a second all they would see was a swirl of color.
She and her family had moved many times through the course of her life, being a military brat she'd grown accustom to the frequent changes in homes. This however would be the first time they'd live anywhere farther North then Maryland. This time, the Montels were heading for Minnesota.
Charlie Conway skated up the street with a line of loud and sweaty teens behind him. With one day left until the beginning of Senior year the Ducks had been out terrorizing the city and with the noon sun now high in the powder blue sky, he was leading the group back to his house for sandwiches and soda. Ever since Casey had married Charlie's stepfather and they'd moved into the middle class neighborhood, Charlie had been having the team over as much as possible, hoping the drive Marcus, his step dad, out of the house.
"Hey Charlie, I didn't know you were getting new neighbors." Guy stated as they came to a stop in the captains driveway.
"Neither did I." Charlie replied wiping his sweaty forehead with his sleeve. "Well, we better go offer to help them out."
Hearing no objections he led his friends back out of the driveway and through the gate in the next door yard. He found a women with short blonde hair standing under the shade of a porch opening boxes franticly and assumed that she must have been the women of the house.
"Excuse me?" He climbed the steps to the patio, leaving the rest of the Ducks on the grass below.
"Yes?" The women looked up from her box.
"Hi, I'm Charlie Conway, I live next door, anyway, I'm the Captain of the Mighty Ducks, I don't know if you've heard of us, either way, my team and I came over to see if you wanted any help bringing in boxes."
"That's very sweet of you Charlie, we certainly could use the assistance, thank you."
"No problem." Charlie cocked his head in the direction of the U-haul as a signal to the team to get to work.
A half hour later Charlie carried the last tote into the house not having the foggiest idea where it was going. It read 'dad's den' on it but that didn't help as he hadn't had to bring anything in there yet. In the hallway he noticed a medium height girl with light brown hair, walking in the opposite direction, so he called out to her.
"Excuse me?" No response "Hey, do you know where the den is?" Still no answer. Finally frustrated he charged up behind her and spun her around.
The girl screamed, dropping the lamp she was carrying, it shattering on impact. The commotion caused a huge man in his early forties to come charging up from the basement, he was dressed in fatigue pants and his muscles looked to be bigger then Charlie's head.
"What the hell did you do to my little girl?" The man barked.
"You're little girl was ignoring me, I was just trying to find out where to put this." Charlie defended himself.
"You little punk, she wasn't ignoring you, she didn't hear you, she's deaf!"
LATER THE DAY
The sun was now setting and Casey and Marcus had set up the grill for last barbeque to say goodbye to summer and welcome in the Autumn. They had invited the Ducks and the Montels over and while everyone else was mingling and having a good time, Charlie was sitting in the grass separated from the congregation.
He felt awful for the ay he had acted at the Montels' that afternoon and couldn't stop thinking about how much of an ass he was. That was the type of thing that if he'd done when he was still seeing Linda, she would've given him the silent treatment for a week. Lucky for him she'd decided mid Sophomore year that dating wasn't for her, when she could spend all her free time saving the Whales or selling Girl Scout cookies.
"I didn't know what you like on you burgers, but your mother asked me to bring this to you." A female voice said from the rear of him.
"Thanks." As he turned to except the food he found a pair of deep set greenish blue eyes staring down at him.
"You're welcome. Would you like a soda?" The girl handed him a can of Coke.
"Thanks again."
"You're welcome again."
"Wait a minute, I thought you were deaf." Charlie said with a smile as the girl lowered herself to the ground beside him.
"I am, well 70% anyway, I can't hear you if you're more then a foot away, but I can read lips. I'm Kory." She extended her hand.
"Charlie, nice to meet you." The boy looked her over and tossed some thoughts around in his head. He found her cute, but not as cute as most of the girls at Eden Hall. The school was full of gorgeous girls, perfect girls, in fact Charlie was actually starting to get sick of the Mary Sue student body. "Where are you from?"
"I was born on Pearl Harbor actually, but most recently we live in Georgia. I miss it a lot, all my friends were there, we lived there six years. But I guess I'll get use to it here, like I did everywhere else. But honestly if daddy told me tomorrow we were going back, I'd pack the house myself. Oh speaking of my dad, I' sorry about how he acted, he's really overprotective."
"It's okay, I should be apologizing for how I acted, I was totally rude."
"Don't worry about it, you're not the first to do something like that, I'm use to it." She bumped his shoulder lightly.
"So where are you going to school?" He asked washing a bit of his burger down with a long swig of soda.
"My parents pulled some strings and got me into Eden Hall, your mom said that you and your friends go there too, is it nice?"
"Not really, most of the people are really jerks. I wouldn't have lasted this long without the hockey team."
"Oh, well at least I'll know you."
"True, so do you wanna go meet the rest of the Ducks, before they leave? I'll do the formal introductions."
"Sure."
By the end of the night Kory had been introduced around and couldn't wait to start school in the morning. Even if she was home sick.