The next day, Natasha, Carmie and I were walking to gym when we were
rounding the corner. Suddenly, we heard muffled voices.
"who's that?"
"don't know."
"let's go see"
we looked beyond the wall and saw Charlie and Linda. They looked pissed off.
"forget it Charlie! You are never going to make me happy!"
"oh yeah, Linda? Well, THAT'S TOO BAD. Let's just end it here and now."
"fine! I won't have any regrets about this, I swear!"
"fine!"
quickly, before Charlie could see us, we turned and ran as fast as possible. Then we remembered, we still had to get to gym, which was in the other direction!
"come on, let's just walk straight past him and onto the gym."
They both agreed. Slowly, we walked swiftly past Charlie. Charlie saw us and stared. Then we started edging away away away...
And eventually, we got to gym without getting killed.
"wanna go play another game of hockey after school?"
"you think the ducks will be there?"
"who gives a damn? Do they own the rink?"
"no... LET'S GO!!"
straight after school, we rounded up all of us, and ran over to the rink. With all our equipment ready, we looked around and were relieved to see no ducks around.
"whew. Ok, let's get this game started."
We skated out onto the ice and started our game. Separated into 2 teams, we carried out an aggressive yet fun game of ice hockey. After the game, we hi- fived and were getting ready to leave. I pulled off my skates and slipped on my shoes.
"nice game, Siyi.." Natasha commented.
"haha.. thanks! You too!" I replied.
"yeah, let's get going. I need to sleep before going for dinner!"
we laughed at what Carmie said. "OK, let's go."
We ran back to our dorms and changed out of our.. wet and icy clothes. I slipped on a adidas shirt and some board shorts. Carmie immediately went to bed. Natasha, tessa, Hannah and ruying went to take long showers.
"hey Julia, wanna go for a one-on-one? Basketball?" I asked.
Julia grinned. "ok."
We walked to the basketball court slowly. "how are you adjusting to the track here?" Julia asked.
"its ok. The ducks showed up for my training, I think you know that."
"yeah I do. Cos you came to watch mine too."
I laughed.
We grabbed a basketball and started our one-on-one. I let all my arms take control and played a good game. Although Julia won in the end, because I was never good at basketball, I just liked to play it, I felt really worked out. We sat on the benches and poured water over our heads. It was something we always did in Singapore. Suddenly, some big guys came over and grabbed the basketball from us.
"hey! We were using it!" I scolded.
"so? Get another." They replied.
Both had sharp spiky hair and big mouths. they started a game of basketball. These were definitely the Varsities of the ice hockey. Ooh, I hated this. They were just picking on us because we were freshman and had just transferred.
"forget it." Julia said. "its not worth it."
"ugh... its so... irriatating!" I complained. We left the court and headed back to our dorm. We found everyone doing their own thing. I shrugged and lay down for a nap.
~Ducks~
"so... what you think about jean's friends?" adam asked.
"coolbesetic. Good sportswomen." Russ said.
"yeah. I mean, they play ice hockey and man! Are they powerful!" averman commented.
"Charlie? What about you?" adam asked.
"huh? Oh.. umm.. yeah, they're great..." Charlie replied solemnly.
"hey, what's wrong man?" asked fulton.
"nothing... just broke up with Linda..." charlie said.
Everyone was shocked. They had that idea that Charlie and Linda were going to be together forever.
"dude... are you serious?" russ asked.
"yeahh.. its alright.. there are better fish in the sea." Charlie said.
"umm.. yeah, just don't stress it ok?" adam said.
Charlie silently nodded his head.
Then he looked up and stared at the ducks.
"we need girlfriends." He said.
All the ducks looked at him with cocked eyes.
"dude.. what are you saying? I mean, why we need girls for?" russ asked.
"come on, think about it. When you have a girlfriend, you have someone to talk to, you have someone to confide in, you have someone to take to the movies, you have someone to... well... lots of things!" Charlie said.
"and someone to sleep with you're saying!" averman quickly said.
"no! I'm just saying anyway." Charlie replied.
"you got a girl in mind?" adam asked. "I already got jean."
Charlie stared at the ducks as they gave him suspicious grins.
"no one.. I mean, I'm just saying." Charlie said.
Suddenly, Siyi ran up the hall the ducks were walking down, sweating.
"Adam! Adam! Wait!" she cried.
She ran up to adam and passed him a note.
"it's from jean. I decided to play messenger." She said, smiling.
"oh, thanks..." adam said. Then he looked at Charlie. Raising one eyebrow, he looked at the other ducks. Charlie was staring at Siyi with eyes that were really big.
"Charlie.. is... anything wrong?" siyi asked.
"Huh?" Charlie snapped out of his trance. "oh.. nothing..." then charlie smiled not to anyone, but more to himself.
"who's that?"
"don't know."
"let's go see"
we looked beyond the wall and saw Charlie and Linda. They looked pissed off.
"forget it Charlie! You are never going to make me happy!"
"oh yeah, Linda? Well, THAT'S TOO BAD. Let's just end it here and now."
"fine! I won't have any regrets about this, I swear!"
"fine!"
quickly, before Charlie could see us, we turned and ran as fast as possible. Then we remembered, we still had to get to gym, which was in the other direction!
"come on, let's just walk straight past him and onto the gym."
They both agreed. Slowly, we walked swiftly past Charlie. Charlie saw us and stared. Then we started edging away away away...
And eventually, we got to gym without getting killed.
"wanna go play another game of hockey after school?"
"you think the ducks will be there?"
"who gives a damn? Do they own the rink?"
"no... LET'S GO!!"
straight after school, we rounded up all of us, and ran over to the rink. With all our equipment ready, we looked around and were relieved to see no ducks around.
"whew. Ok, let's get this game started."
We skated out onto the ice and started our game. Separated into 2 teams, we carried out an aggressive yet fun game of ice hockey. After the game, we hi- fived and were getting ready to leave. I pulled off my skates and slipped on my shoes.
"nice game, Siyi.." Natasha commented.
"haha.. thanks! You too!" I replied.
"yeah, let's get going. I need to sleep before going for dinner!"
we laughed at what Carmie said. "OK, let's go."
We ran back to our dorms and changed out of our.. wet and icy clothes. I slipped on a adidas shirt and some board shorts. Carmie immediately went to bed. Natasha, tessa, Hannah and ruying went to take long showers.
"hey Julia, wanna go for a one-on-one? Basketball?" I asked.
Julia grinned. "ok."
We walked to the basketball court slowly. "how are you adjusting to the track here?" Julia asked.
"its ok. The ducks showed up for my training, I think you know that."
"yeah I do. Cos you came to watch mine too."
I laughed.
We grabbed a basketball and started our one-on-one. I let all my arms take control and played a good game. Although Julia won in the end, because I was never good at basketball, I just liked to play it, I felt really worked out. We sat on the benches and poured water over our heads. It was something we always did in Singapore. Suddenly, some big guys came over and grabbed the basketball from us.
"hey! We were using it!" I scolded.
"so? Get another." They replied.
Both had sharp spiky hair and big mouths. they started a game of basketball. These were definitely the Varsities of the ice hockey. Ooh, I hated this. They were just picking on us because we were freshman and had just transferred.
"forget it." Julia said. "its not worth it."
"ugh... its so... irriatating!" I complained. We left the court and headed back to our dorm. We found everyone doing their own thing. I shrugged and lay down for a nap.
~Ducks~
"so... what you think about jean's friends?" adam asked.
"coolbesetic. Good sportswomen." Russ said.
"yeah. I mean, they play ice hockey and man! Are they powerful!" averman commented.
"Charlie? What about you?" adam asked.
"huh? Oh.. umm.. yeah, they're great..." Charlie replied solemnly.
"hey, what's wrong man?" asked fulton.
"nothing... just broke up with Linda..." charlie said.
Everyone was shocked. They had that idea that Charlie and Linda were going to be together forever.
"dude... are you serious?" russ asked.
"yeahh.. its alright.. there are better fish in the sea." Charlie said.
"umm.. yeah, just don't stress it ok?" adam said.
Charlie silently nodded his head.
Then he looked up and stared at the ducks.
"we need girlfriends." He said.
All the ducks looked at him with cocked eyes.
"dude.. what are you saying? I mean, why we need girls for?" russ asked.
"come on, think about it. When you have a girlfriend, you have someone to talk to, you have someone to confide in, you have someone to take to the movies, you have someone to... well... lots of things!" Charlie said.
"and someone to sleep with you're saying!" averman quickly said.
"no! I'm just saying anyway." Charlie replied.
"you got a girl in mind?" adam asked. "I already got jean."
Charlie stared at the ducks as they gave him suspicious grins.
"no one.. I mean, I'm just saying." Charlie said.
Suddenly, Siyi ran up the hall the ducks were walking down, sweating.
"Adam! Adam! Wait!" she cried.
She ran up to adam and passed him a note.
"it's from jean. I decided to play messenger." She said, smiling.
"oh, thanks..." adam said. Then he looked at Charlie. Raising one eyebrow, he looked at the other ducks. Charlie was staring at Siyi with eyes that were really big.
"Charlie.. is... anything wrong?" siyi asked.
"Huh?" Charlie snapped out of his trance. "oh.. nothing..." then charlie smiled not to anyone, but more to himself.