One Last Time

Chapter 2: Getting to Know You

By aznJEDI13

Disclaimer: Disney owns the Mighty Ducks. I own the plot and any original characters in this series.

Notes: This was written as pure fun. I hope that this does not offend anyone and if it does I did not by any means do it on purpose. Sorry I didn't have time to fix the grammar and all that fun stuff!

This takes place ten years after D3. Enjoy!

One Last Time: Getting to Know You

'…It's been a long, long time since, since I spent some time with you…and now I find I'm missing that old familiar tune, the song your heart has played me, a rhyme I once knew…"

There comes a time in life when everything changes, you change, your friends change - life changes. It is those changes that throw you into a whirlwind, a hurricane of emotions.

It was around this time that she lost everything she had once held dear and had to assimilate herself to all new things.

She had lost her friends to new adventures, new feelings, and new engagements. They had went their separate ways during this time, said goodbye in a way none of them were use to and had left leaving no trace of tomorrow.

She had lost them. She knew from the first day she had woken up without them that she had lost them and nothing would ever be the same. There was just no way to communicate with people so far away, so different, so changed that all she knew about them was their name.

Sure they had kept in touch here and there, seen each other at weddings and funerals, and talked idle chatter on pointless topics. Sure they had and they remained good friends, but long gone were the best friends. Long gone were the late night phone calls and the long, but fun sleepovers. The mindless conversations and laughter that lasted for days until no one could exactly remember what they had been laughing about were to gone.

It was also during that same time that she had lost him.

They had tried, they really had. Things just didn't go the way they had planned – things didn't happen the way they had planned and wanted them to. Life threw them together and then ripped them apart. She didn't think it was fair and she blamed him, not life, for that. He could have done something to stop it, he could have tried harder – but he didn't.

But she had let him slip away.

And here she was, twenty-five years old…and alone.

She had never been alone for such a long time before, she had grown up in the comfort of his warm embrace and in the familiarity of his soft kisses.

She could forgive him for what he had done to her, but she could never forgive him for making her so dependent on him. Why couldn't she just live life without him? Why was something so simple so hard?

Taking a sip of her wine, she smiled slightly at Ken who in turn smiled back.

He watched her intently, everyone was watching her, waiting for her to blow, waiting for the reaction they knew they would get.

She laughed quietly, "Do you want something Ken?"

He approached her and shook his head; "It's Kenneth now." His voice was deeper, his hair shorter – he had grown up just like the rest of them.

And somewhere in the back of her mind she wondered what did he look like now…

"Oh, forgive me," She mocked a tone meant to be used in the presence of royalty, "Kenneth."

He held out his hand, "It's been a long time Connie."

She reached and pulled him into a hug, "That it has…has it been long enough though that we're suppose to shake hands instead of hug?"

He laughed and gripped her tighter, "Course not."

He pulled back and she looked at him, "Well look at you, no scrawny body anymore."

He laughed, smiling. She continued, "I saw your performance last winter, I was in awe of you."

He blushed, "Thanks. That means a lot."

She reached and touched his arm gently, "I'm sorry though about the…you know."

He grew solemn slightly and then took a sip of his cup of Corona; "It's all right. I'll get them next year."

"I know you will."

He smiled, "Thanks for hosting this. I was just thinking of trying to have us all get together, you just beat me to it." He paused, "You feeling better nowadays?"

She smiled slightly, "Yes." Then paused, "Most days."

He nodded solemnly, "We all wish we could do something."

"You all did." She smiled slightly, "You helped me get out."

He nodded, "So what are you doing now, Connie?"

She sighed, "Nothing really. I just don't know the direction my life is taking, you know?"

He nodded. "You working anywhere or anything?"

"Well I've got to get financial support somewhere." She paused, feeling tears come to the corners of her eyes, "I'm teaching at a school down the street."

Ken reached out and hugged her. She continued, her voice cracking, "Thanks…it's just so hard…"

He nodded, "Shh…it's okay Connie. I'm here."

After a few minutes, she pulled out of his embrace, "Thanks Kenny…you've always been there for me."

He looked away and grew solemn; "It's not his fault."

"I know." She paused, biting her lip; "The fault was mine."

To Be Continued…

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