Dislcaimer: I once again, do not own the Ducks. Drat!

Chapter Three:

"Connie, what am I going to do?" Julie sighed as they did laps for their afternoon practice. "It's obvious Dana and Adam had some history together."

"Well the main thing now, is that you find out if he likes you back." Connie whispered as some of their teammates skated by.

"Jules, we need to talk," Charlie skated up to them.

"Sure," She nodded as she skated off with Charlie.

"After bio, I kind of got the hint you were interested in Banks. Is that true?" He whispered.

By her blush, he knew he had hit the mark.

"But there's a problem, Charlie. This girl named Dana, who's in our history class and probably had her own history with Adam. I don't stand a chance if he likes someone else." She claimed as she skated off to the front.

Oh boy. This is going to be tough, Charlie notified to himself.

Noticing Banks a few strides ahead of him, he caught up to Adam.

"One question: Do you still like Julie?" He asked.

"What do you mean by still? I've always liked her." Banks admitted.

"She kind of got the hint that you were interested in a chick named Dana." Charlie advised.

"No, I'm not interested in Dana. And how did you know that Julie likes me?" Adam stated, not wanting to get his hopes up.

"I just asked her." He confessed.

"Are you serious?" Banks demanded. He looked Charlie in the eye and dropped his voice to a whisper. "You didn't tell her I liked her?"

"Nope." He grinned brightly. "I figured you should do that." He put his arm around Adam shoulder. "Now if I were you, I'd ask her out. You better do that before someone else does."

Banks was still reveling in fact that Julie liked him. "So, you're one hundred percent sure, she likes me?" He double-checked.

"A hundred and ten percent." Charlie grinned.

He smiled. Now Adam knew that nothing could get in his way. Nothing.

"Nice practice, team." Coach Orion called when practice ended. "It looks like we're prepared to take on Ridgemont tomorrow."

The team cheered.

"Now get out of here, all of you!" Coach jokingly yelled.

Adam skated up to Julie and took hold of her shoulder.

"Hey," He said.

"Hi. Is there something up with the assignment?" She asked worried.

"No, the assignment's fine. It's about the dance tonight. Do you have a date to the Autumn Harvest?" He asked.

"Um, no." Julie admitted. This was it. She hoped. Adam's going to ask me to the dance!

Before Adam got the chance to ask her, Coach Orion came up to the both of them.

"Good, the two of you are still here." He said. "Banks, we need to talk about your defensive skills. You've been slow on the man-to-man face-offs. And Julie, I'm worried about your focus. Your concentration isn't usually as sharp as it normally is."

Thanks Coach. You've got great timing. Adam wanted to hurl his stick across the empty rink, but instead tightened his grip on his stick.

"Coach you can talk to Banks first. I'll meet you in your office when I'm finished changing." Julie proposed before Adam could protest. She quickly skated to the other end of the rink and headed to the lockerroom.

"Did he ask you out yet?" Connie wondered as she and Julie exited the lockerroom.

She shook her head. "He was about to but Coach interrupted us. I have to meet Coach Orion in his office. He says my focus is off."

"Hmm, I wonder why?" Connie teased.

Exiting the lockerroom were the rest of the Ducks, except Adam.

Charlie came up to her.

"No luck, yet, huh?" He asked.

She shook her head. "Adam was about to ask her, but Coach interrupted."

"Damn," Charlie muttered.

"Are Banks and the Cat going to the dance?" Russ questioned loudly.

"Coach interrupted before he could ask." Charlie answered.

The Ducks shook their heads in frustration. They knew that their teammates' unrequited crushes with one another had gone on for far too long. It seems like now desperate times call for desperate measures. That... and a massive Duck intervention.

"Charlie," Adam said when he opened the door to their dorm room. "We need to talk."

"I heard from Connie, that you were close to asking Julie out." He said, reading Adam's mind. "You know, it's not only Connie and myself that think that you and Julie would make a good couple. All the other Ducks' think so too. We're just surprised the two of you haven't gotten together sooner." Charlie admitted.

"Everyone knows I like her?" Adam exclaimed in disbelief.

"Pretty much." He nodded. He knew that Adam must have felt slightly betrayed. "Look, I haven't told anyone about your crush on Julie. It's just that we've all noticed that two of you get extremely awkward around one another and we all assumed that the two of you liked each other. We do have eyes, you know."

Adam fell back on his bed.

A knock at the door made them both jump.

"Maybe it's Julie?" Charlie was optimistic.

Adam opened the door with hope in his heart.

"Dana, hi." He mumbled trying to hide his disappointment. His heart took a nosedive.

"Can I come in?" She asked.

"Um, Charlie and I were about to get started on our homework before we headed out to the dance." Adam admitted.

"I know this is last minute but do you have a date for the Autumn Harvest?" Dana wondered.

"Um, no." He replied cautiously.

"Great! I want you to pick me in half an hour. Bye." Dana claimed as she skipped down the hall, leaving a stunned Adam at the door. "Does mean I now have a date?"

"You never said yes..." Charlie hinted.

Adam's lips broke out a smile. "It seems I need to pick up my date."