Chapter 33 – False Identities

"I talked to the concierge and the Palace Theatre on Monday is having a marathon of old movies, An Affair to Remember, Casablanca, The Parent Trap, and Breakfast at Tiffany's. After the Romania game I was thinking we could had over," Connie told the girls.

"What time does it start?" Marie asked.

Connie said, "At three. I know we might miss one or two, but it gives us something to do after the game."

"I'm in," Regan said before taking a bit of the bread.

"What do you say, Jill?" Connie asked the young lady.

"It sounds fun," Jill replied.

Marie looked over at the entrance and noticed three guys were looking around. They noticed their table, but didn't come over because the hostess lead them to a table. The girls entered another conversation about a bar that the guys wanted to go to that night. Apparently he band knows practically every song and Jimmy said that in Boston, there was a group that knew practically every song where the audience could go up on stage and do their thing. So they heard the band does the same thing here.

"Hey, if they know any Blondie songs we should get up there," Regan suggested.

"Or Grease," Marie piped.

"What are Silky and you going to sing? 'You're the one that I love'?" Connie kidded.

"That would be cute," Regan stated. "Maybe Rizzo and I could sing it?"

"Maybe he can sing 'there is worse things I could do'," Marie laughed.

Jill smiled. "Is he pregnant?"

Connie, Marie, and even Regan laughed. At that moment though, they didn't notice one of the guys walk up. Marie was the first to notice him and was the first to quiet down.

"Hi, I was sitting over there with my buddies and I just had to come over," he said when all eyes were on him.

Regan sat up in her chair, looked over at Marie, looked up at the guy and smiled. "That's nice."

"I'm Jack," the guy introduced himself.

Jill right away had a feeling something was up. Underneath the table, her foot hit Marie's foot. When Marie looked over at her, she mouthed OC. "So… what brings you to Lake Placid?"

"I am actually playing," he replied, "more like I'm out right now because I injured my knee."

Marie tucked her hair behind her ears and then leaned on her hand. "That's cool."

"Which competition are you playing in?" Connie inquired just to make sure he's not talking about the hockey team.

Jack looked back over at his friends and then back to them. "My two buddies over there and I are on the US Hockey team."

Regan placed a hand on his arm like she was interested. "You mean you're Jack O'Callahan? I always thought he was hot."

"He's all right," Marie said while shrugging. "I'm more of a Dave Silk fan."

"He's here if you want to meet him," the guy mentioned.

Marie looked over at the table where the friends were sitting at. She almost laughed out loud because neither one looked like her Dave. "Is he the dark haired guy?"

"No, the other guy. The dark haired guy is Mark Johnson," he replied.

Marie looked back at the Jack imposter and smiled. "My friend here…" she put a hand on Jill's arm, "…likes Mark. I'm going to see for a second if she wants to go over." Marie turned to Jill and whispered, "Is that the guy on the bus?"

Jill nodded. "I can't believe he's still trying to steal my brother's identity."

Marie looked back up and decided to wave the other two over. When they came over, they introduced themselves to the girls. For about five minutes, the girls listened to them bullshitting about the game tonight and how the team "knows" they're going all the way. Marie got up to go to the bathroom and that was when Silk, Rizzo, Rammer, Rob, Cox, and Jack came in. She started to laugh a little and decided to stay.

"Hey," Rob said when he reached the table first. "Who are these guys?"

Connie tucked a piece of her hair over her shoulder revealing the engagement ring on her finger for the first time to them. "Guys who say they're on the hockey team. That's Jack, Silk, and Mark."

Marie wrapped her arm around Silk's waist and leaned in to tell him that "Dave" was his imposter.

"What!" Silk exclaimed before looking over at the guy. "He doesn't even look like me," he quietly said after turning back to Marie.

"That's for damn sure," Marie stated before kissing him.

"Excuse me, I thought…"

"No, you assumed I didn't have a boyfriend," Marie said to fake Silk. "But I do wanna know something."

"What's that?"

"What it feels like being caught, twice?"

"What?"

Marie smiled. "You guys are pathetic. Dave… meet Dave Silk, the real Dave Silk."

The fake Dave, his eyes widened. "You're shitting me right?"

"I can't believe you would try to pass as me," Jack said to his fake Jack. "First off, you're an idiot. Where are the crutches?"

Regan chuckled. "Did you guys actually think we were stupid? Who got played more?"

Cox and Rammer were talking and they saw a US trooper walk by outside. Rammer was the one to leave the group to get the guy. When he came in with him, the fake guys got nervous and were ready to book it. Rizzo and Rob blocked the other way to the back.

The fake Dave looked over at Jill and shook his head. "I knew you looked familiar."

"Didn't the bus trip from the airport teach you a lesson?" Jill asked before the trooper lead them out of the restaurant.

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It was the second period and the US had the puck in the Norwegian zone. Pav was near the right side of the goal. When he got the puck, he passed it right away to Silk. Silk one timed the puck and it went straight in. The girls were on their feet cheering, even Gayle who was with them.

When the third period came and played through, the team won 5-1. The fifth goal was by Buzz who flew up the right ring and scored on a breakaway. It was so cool. Gayle jumped up and down and when he looked up where they were sitting, she pointed at him and gave him thumbs up. The US team was now 2-0-1. It might not be much, but nobody thought the team would have a record like that.

vvv

Marie exited the bathroom and smiled when she saw Silk sitting on the bed. "Hello Mr. I scored a goal in the game today." She leaned down and gave him a peck on the lips. When she went to walk away, his arms didn't budge. She looked down at him and gave him a questioning look before he settled back on the bed and took her with him. She shrieked before laughing and settled next to him.

"What a day," Silk sighed.

"It's only going to get better," Marie replied, "drinking beers and singing, what could be better?"

Silk chuckled before turning onto his side and put an arm across her waist. "I'm not going to be able to get up if we don't go now."

"Let's go," Marie said when sitting up.

Silk's hand went up to her hair and his fingers started to twirl the ends. When she looked back at him, he sat up and kissed her. He fell back on his back and took her with him again. After a few minutes, there was a knock on the door.

"We're going over to the bar," Connie's voice said on the other side.

"Ok," Marie called out. She looked over at the door and then back down at Silk. "Did you lock the door?"

Silk nodded and they started to laugh. Lesson #1 was learned but at the wrong time. They sat up and went out.

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The Lake Placid Pub and Brewery was busy for 8:30. The group did find a couple tables on the side that were close together. Jannie had brought a date who was an interpreter for the Olympics. They met when a couple of the guys went to the Palace Theatre and got a little crazy with the furniture. She came over to them, yelled, and caught Jannie's attention. On Valentine's Day, he went looking for her and gave her a mug with hearts on it. When the girls heard the story, they awed.

"This song is really sad," Jill replied. "I never heard it before."

Marie nodded. "Last kiss is a sad song."

"Where oh where can my baby be. The Lord took her away from me. She's gone to heaven so I got to be good. So I can see my baby when I leave this ol' world." The guy on stage finished and the crowd applauded for him.

"Next up, Mac singing Dream on," the announcer guy said into the mike.

When Rob got up there, the band stated to play the familiar Aerosmith song. Rob took out a scarf and wrapped it around the mike. The group chuckled. Rob was a big Aerosmith fan. When he got to the Dream on part, he took the stand into his hands and actually posed like Steven Tyler.

"That was scary," Connie said when he came back. "I didn't know I was marrying Steven Tyler."

Marie giggled before taking a sip of her beer. "That was really entertaining."

"Why thank you," he replied.

After a couple more songs, Jannie, Christian, Cox, and Broten got up on the stage. When the first cord started playing, everybody laughed. "Here we come, walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from every one we meet. Hey, hey we're the Monkees and people say we monkey around. But we're too busy singing to put anybody down."

Regan was laughing so hard that tears were running down her face. "Who looks like Davey Jones?"

"Christian?" Marie really wasn't sure. She really didn't care because all she knew she was impressed with their performance.

When they were singing, they did weird dance moves. One was where someone was sitting on the ground, the other guy was on his knees behind him, the next guy was somewhat squatting, and the guy behind him was standing. They started to sway like how the Brady Bunch would if they sang. After they were done the group decided to give the group a standing ovation.

When a group of guys got up, they started to sing Kiss' song Rock and Roll All Nite. They got the crowd involved with them. People were clapping, singing along. Connie had mentioned it was ashame that the group didn't have the face paint and clothes, otherwise they could have been the members of Kiss. That group got a big standing ovation when they were done.

Connie, Marie, and Regan went up and sang One Way or Another by Blondie. Regan was the one to get the crowd into the performance. She even got off of the stage and went over to Rizzo and sang the last verse to him. When she was done, she put her hands up and bowed before turning to Rizzo again and giving him a kiss. She might have had a few drinks too many.

Marie had gone to the bathroom after hearing a few more songs. When she came back, she saw Rammer and Jill talking in the back of the bar. She thought they were cute, but was a little concerned. When she got back to the table, she mentioned her concern over them to Silk.

"I'm not worried. He asked me if he could talk to her. I guess it's because she's my sister," he replied.

"But aren't you a little concerned that he's 'leaning'?" she asked.

"Leaning?" he questioned before taking a swig of his beer.

Marie tilted her head and gave him a lopsided smiled. "Yeah, leaning. When a guy leans his hand next or near a girl's head on a door or wall when he's talking to her, it means he wants her, he needs her, he wants to kiss her."

"Who's leaning?" Regan asked when looking up from Rizzo.

"Hey, Rizzo… do you know what leaning means?" Silk asked.

"I heard the term before from Regan," he told them. "Before you two got together, you did it a lot."

Marie smiled against the beer bottle before taking a sip. "That's true. It didn't really occur to me."

"Clueless," Regan whispered.

Marie smirked at her. "Whatever."

Silk looked over at his sister and teammate. If Rammer wanted to kiss her, that was fine with him, but if he wanted more it wasn't going to happen. He made a mental note to talk to him later.

Verchota, Cox, Bah, and Buzz got up to go on stage. Verchota was the one to start singing when the band started to play Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. The other three guys just stood behind him. Nobody knew how this performance was going to end but when the Big Huge Part came everybody was impressed.

"I see a little silhouetto of a man," Verchota started singing the line.

The other three joined him for the next line. "Scaramouche, scaramouche, will you do the Fandango. Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me."

"Galileo," Cox sang first in the high pitched voice.

"Galileo," Verchota sang in his deep voice.

"Galileo," Buzz sang next.

"Galileo," Bah sang last.

All together sang, "Galileo Figaro, Magnifico."

"But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me," Verchota sang.

"He's just a poor boy from a poor family. Spare him his life from this monstrosity," the other three sang.

"Easy come easy go, will you let me go," Verchota sang.

"Bismillah! No, we will not let you go, let him go. Bismillah! We will not let you go, let him go. Bismillah! We will not let you go, let me go," all three sang together.

The other three dropped out when the next line came up for Verchota to sing. "Will not let you go, let me go. Will not let you go let me go."

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no."

"Mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go," Verchota sang.

Then all together sang. "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!" When the heavy metal part started to play, all four guys started to jump up and down on the stage. When that happened everybody in the crowd started to cheer for them. It was hilarious yet awesome. They were impressed even more. When Verchota finsished the song, he acted like he just scored a goal or was called up on stage during a prep rally. The crowd stood for them. The rest of the night didn't compare to that act.