Disclaimer: None of the original ducks are mine, only the Duncan parents,
the figure skating coach and Britney.
Tammy's POV
After we won the championship game, Coach Bombay treated us to pizza. My feet were still a little sore from having getting knocked over by that Hawk. I was still pretty pissed at him. He had ruined my perfect glide after making my first (and only) goal. When we got home, Tommy and I went straight to bed. After we got home from school that Monday, our answering machine was blinking that we had a new message. I clicked it.
"Hello, this message is for Tammy and Tommy Duncan. My name is Katharine Davis; I am a coach at the Parker Academy in Chicago, Illinois. I saw you two at the Pee-Wee State Championship game Friday evening, and you are both very talented skaters. We would like to offer both of you full figure-skating scholarships to the Parker Academy starting next fall. Please call me to confirm this, my number is 234-5755. My hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday"
My heart felt like it had stopped in my chest. I, Tamara Roxanne Duncan, was going to go the Parker Academy and figure skate full-time, I had dreamed of going there since I was 4 years old and had discovered ice- skating. The Parker Academy was one of the best schools for its figure skating program in the country. It was the happiest moment of my life.
"WHOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!! TOMMY, PACK YOUR BAGS WE'RE GOING TO PARKER!!!!!!!!" I screeched.
"What?" Tommy said, coming into the kitchen.
"I SAID, PACK YOUR BAGS, WE'RE GOING TO THE PARKER ACADEMY TO FIGURE SKATE!!!" I screeched in his face
"Oh, cool," he said and walked off. 'Oh cool'? That's all he had to say for being accepted into one of the best and most competitive schools for figure skating in the country.
"Darling, what's all the screeching for? I can hear you outside" said my mom, coming in the door from work. She's a pharmacist and my dad is a doctor.
"TOMMY AND I ARE GOING TO PARKER!!!!"I yelled for the third time.
"Darling, that's marvelous. We'll have a huge celebration dinner tonight. I'll make your favorite spaghetti and meatballs," she said. My dad was pretty excited, too. He goes to a lot of seminars in Chicago, so he'd be able to come see us frequently. And he was even more happy that he didn't have to pay anything. Who cared about the money?? I WAS GOING TO PARKER!!!!!!
Three months later I swung the door open to my new dorm room. It was late August, and I was finally at Parker. The room held two beds, two nighttables, two desks, two dressers, and a huge walk-in closet. No one was in the room, so I started unpacking. On both of the desks were envelopes, one of them said "Tamara Duncan" and the other said "Britney Jones" She had to be my roommate. I opened the envelope to find a letter welcoming me to Parker Academy. "Hi, I'm Britney Jones," said a voice. I turned around to see a pretty red haired girl. She had friendly green eyes and a scattering of freckles. "Tamara Duncan. Call me Tammy. What are you here for?" I asked her. "I play hockey. What about you?" she asked. "I'm a figure skater. I used to play hockey, though. I was on the team that won the Pee-Wee State Championship in Minnesota in January," I answered. I knew that coming from a figure skater, it sounded like a lie, but it wasn't. I could prove it by showing the photo that my mom took of me, Tommy and Coach Bombay with the trophy. And I could show you the tape my dad made of the game and me scoring a goal. "Really? That's pretty cool. The farthest I've ever gotten to winning anything big was winning a game against our biggest rival," she answered. "Say what say to grabbing our skates and going for a spin on Parker's private rink. You could show me some of your figure skating stuff and then we'll compare hockey moves," "Sounds cool," I said. Britney sounded cool, so why not??
Fifteen years later
I was so nervous. I was about to compete at the highest level of figure skating known to man. I was competing at the 2016 Olympics in British Columbia. After I'd graduated from Parker Academy, I'd gone to Duke University and studied English Literature and Criminal Justice and done figure skating. During my senior year, I'd gotten a letter saying I was invited to compete at the Olympics. Besides be accepted to Parker Academy, it was the happiest moment of my life. My brother, Tommy, thought so, too. He had dropped figure skating at Parker Academy because he'd been made fun of, so he went back to hockey. Now Tommy, Britney, my parents, my boyfriend Michael, and Coach Bombay were all sitting in the stands cheering for me. I heard that Charlie, Banks, Goldberg, Averman, Guy, Connie, Jessie and Fulton had made Team USA and went to compete in the Junior Goodwill Games. They'd won the gold-medal and then gotten a scholarship to some preppy school in Minnesota called Eden Hall. Every day before I went to a figure skating practice, I saw that picture of me and the Ducks winning the state championship and remembered how much fun that had been
"Now ladies and gentlemen, please welcome three-time national champion and United States figure skater Tamara Duncan," the announcer said over the loudspeaker.
I took a deep breath and stepped onto the ice. The song "Take My Breath Away" began to play. I started by making a quick lap around the rink and started the routine. As I moved, I forgot all about the judges or scores or what other people thought or who was better than me, all I thought about was the incredible feeling. The song ended and I finished with a jump and a pose. The crowd roared with applause and I knew I'd been awesome. An hour later, after all the skaters were done, they announced the winners. They gave the bronze and the silver medals and neither was me. I started getting a sick feeling in my stomach, I was afraid after all my hard work, I'd get nothing. "And now ladies and gentlemen, the gold medal winner of the 2016 Olympic figure skating competition is......Tamara Duncan!!" the announcer said. The crowd screamed with joy and I felt numb. I'd done it, I'd accomplished my dream. I was a gold medal winner in figure skating......
the figure skating coach and Britney.
Tammy's POV
After we won the championship game, Coach Bombay treated us to pizza. My feet were still a little sore from having getting knocked over by that Hawk. I was still pretty pissed at him. He had ruined my perfect glide after making my first (and only) goal. When we got home, Tommy and I went straight to bed. After we got home from school that Monday, our answering machine was blinking that we had a new message. I clicked it.
"Hello, this message is for Tammy and Tommy Duncan. My name is Katharine Davis; I am a coach at the Parker Academy in Chicago, Illinois. I saw you two at the Pee-Wee State Championship game Friday evening, and you are both very talented skaters. We would like to offer both of you full figure-skating scholarships to the Parker Academy starting next fall. Please call me to confirm this, my number is 234-5755. My hours are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday"
My heart felt like it had stopped in my chest. I, Tamara Roxanne Duncan, was going to go the Parker Academy and figure skate full-time, I had dreamed of going there since I was 4 years old and had discovered ice- skating. The Parker Academy was one of the best schools for its figure skating program in the country. It was the happiest moment of my life.
"WHOOOOOOO-HOOOOOOO!!!! TOMMY, PACK YOUR BAGS WE'RE GOING TO PARKER!!!!!!!!" I screeched.
"What?" Tommy said, coming into the kitchen.
"I SAID, PACK YOUR BAGS, WE'RE GOING TO THE PARKER ACADEMY TO FIGURE SKATE!!!" I screeched in his face
"Oh, cool," he said and walked off. 'Oh cool'? That's all he had to say for being accepted into one of the best and most competitive schools for figure skating in the country.
"Darling, what's all the screeching for? I can hear you outside" said my mom, coming in the door from work. She's a pharmacist and my dad is a doctor.
"TOMMY AND I ARE GOING TO PARKER!!!!"I yelled for the third time.
"Darling, that's marvelous. We'll have a huge celebration dinner tonight. I'll make your favorite spaghetti and meatballs," she said. My dad was pretty excited, too. He goes to a lot of seminars in Chicago, so he'd be able to come see us frequently. And he was even more happy that he didn't have to pay anything. Who cared about the money?? I WAS GOING TO PARKER!!!!!!
Three months later I swung the door open to my new dorm room. It was late August, and I was finally at Parker. The room held two beds, two nighttables, two desks, two dressers, and a huge walk-in closet. No one was in the room, so I started unpacking. On both of the desks were envelopes, one of them said "Tamara Duncan" and the other said "Britney Jones" She had to be my roommate. I opened the envelope to find a letter welcoming me to Parker Academy. "Hi, I'm Britney Jones," said a voice. I turned around to see a pretty red haired girl. She had friendly green eyes and a scattering of freckles. "Tamara Duncan. Call me Tammy. What are you here for?" I asked her. "I play hockey. What about you?" she asked. "I'm a figure skater. I used to play hockey, though. I was on the team that won the Pee-Wee State Championship in Minnesota in January," I answered. I knew that coming from a figure skater, it sounded like a lie, but it wasn't. I could prove it by showing the photo that my mom took of me, Tommy and Coach Bombay with the trophy. And I could show you the tape my dad made of the game and me scoring a goal. "Really? That's pretty cool. The farthest I've ever gotten to winning anything big was winning a game against our biggest rival," she answered. "Say what say to grabbing our skates and going for a spin on Parker's private rink. You could show me some of your figure skating stuff and then we'll compare hockey moves," "Sounds cool," I said. Britney sounded cool, so why not??
Fifteen years later
I was so nervous. I was about to compete at the highest level of figure skating known to man. I was competing at the 2016 Olympics in British Columbia. After I'd graduated from Parker Academy, I'd gone to Duke University and studied English Literature and Criminal Justice and done figure skating. During my senior year, I'd gotten a letter saying I was invited to compete at the Olympics. Besides be accepted to Parker Academy, it was the happiest moment of my life. My brother, Tommy, thought so, too. He had dropped figure skating at Parker Academy because he'd been made fun of, so he went back to hockey. Now Tommy, Britney, my parents, my boyfriend Michael, and Coach Bombay were all sitting in the stands cheering for me. I heard that Charlie, Banks, Goldberg, Averman, Guy, Connie, Jessie and Fulton had made Team USA and went to compete in the Junior Goodwill Games. They'd won the gold-medal and then gotten a scholarship to some preppy school in Minnesota called Eden Hall. Every day before I went to a figure skating practice, I saw that picture of me and the Ducks winning the state championship and remembered how much fun that had been
"Now ladies and gentlemen, please welcome three-time national champion and United States figure skater Tamara Duncan," the announcer said over the loudspeaker.
I took a deep breath and stepped onto the ice. The song "Take My Breath Away" began to play. I started by making a quick lap around the rink and started the routine. As I moved, I forgot all about the judges or scores or what other people thought or who was better than me, all I thought about was the incredible feeling. The song ended and I finished with a jump and a pose. The crowd roared with applause and I knew I'd been awesome. An hour later, after all the skaters were done, they announced the winners. They gave the bronze and the silver medals and neither was me. I started getting a sick feeling in my stomach, I was afraid after all my hard work, I'd get nothing. "And now ladies and gentlemen, the gold medal winner of the 2016 Olympic figure skating competition is......Tamara Duncan!!" the announcer said. The crowd screamed with joy and I felt numb. I'd done it, I'd accomplished my dream. I was a gold medal winner in figure skating......