hey all, here's chapter 2! hit the review button when you're finished, ok?

disclaimer: The Ducks belong to Disney. Fred and Cecilia belong to Cimmy. Lex, Jeff, and their band belong to NYgoldfish54.

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Chapter 2: What If
By Cimmy

Fulton's POV

It's going to be a long plane ride, I just know it.

We hadn't even gotten to the waiting area yet, when Adam and Charlie went into another insane row. They are so childish.

Adam dashed off with the words 'God, you're dumb'. That guy and his comebacks. It's sad.

"We have to get him!" Connie kept wailing, while Guy tried his best to get Charlie to calm down.

Portman did his best too, with trying to push Cecilia onto the conveyer belt. Luckily, Goldberg grabbed her before she ended up on the plane to Anchorage as luggage.

Now we're on the plane, being bored. Boredom makes several people hyper.

I lean back in my seat and thank God that I was placed next to Connie. She fell asleep the second the plane took off.

The rest of the looney toons did not.

I don't know why, but somehow it irritates me that Portman rather makes hell, then hang out with me.

He stayed with me after school ended. Maybe we spent TOO much time together? We might've grown tired of each other already.

I watch as Portman grabs Cecilia and pushes her across the aisle. He treats her like his own, personal yo-yo sometimes, probably because she's so small that no matter how much she tries to get away, she just doesn't have the strength to do it. Sometimes I think she'd suit better as a tennis-player or something, rather then a hockey-player. She does have the ball-experience, that's for sure.

Oh, that sounded nasty.

Guy whines from the seat behind me. "Are we there yet?" he groans and kick Averman's leg.

"Cut it out, man!" Averman shouts back. When Guy kicks once more, in complete contempt, Averman gets up from his seat and back away towards Charlie. Probably to rat on Guy.

Instead he walks right into the stewardess, who's slowly backing her way along the aisle with the food-cart.

Sausages go flying everywhere and Charlie gets most of the gravy on his clothes. He gives up a piercing yell, flies up from his seat and starts to jump up and down. Man that must've been hot.

At least he spared us the food. I hate airplane-food.

Connie, who's wide awake now, takes a leap over me and hurries over to help Charlie. I can't help but laugh when Charlie continues with the screaming, completely convinced that he's a burn-victim.

"It's not funny!" he bellows at Adam and me. "It's hot!"

I shrug and try to keep the laughter under my breath. Adam does not.

I see Portman lean over the seat on the other side of the plane. He's grinning and laughing, just like the rest of us. Poor Charlie.

Suddenly he turns to look at me, and smiles. Not the grinning smile he had on before. That smile he gives me sometimes, just to show me that he knows I'm alive.

And once more I wonder.

What if the others know too...?

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Adam's POV

Finally, we're off the plane. What a pain.

Charlie is still pissed that I laughed when he was supposedly 'in a lot of pain'. It's just gravy, for crying out loud! Not lava!

"This is so cool! I've never been here before," Connie cheers. "Look, there's a sign that says 'Disney World'!"

Jeez, calm down. She's giving me a headache.

"As far as I'm concerned..." Averman begins, but is cut off by a piercing yell, not unlike Charlie's feminine scream earlier.

"There you are!" Lex shouts and waves at us. She's standing on a bench so we can see her better. Or to get attention, I don't know. She jumps up and down a few more times, until she decides to come and meet us. People watch as she's skipping towards us.

"What took you so long?" Charlie grins, trying to cover up his bruised ego.

"What happened to your clothes?" Lex replies with a smile. "Don't they serve the food on plates anymore? What's that? Gravy?"

Portman puts an arm around her shoulder and pulls her away from Charlie, who's looking furious again. Then Charlie gives me a raged look. What did I do?

Guy and Connie follow us towards the exit sign. Guy is complaining as usual, while Connie tries not to kill him.

Portman keeps talking to Lex, while giving Fulton odd looks. And I, I can't do much else then to keep with the program and follow them wherever they go.

Suddenly Portman disappears. Lex finds Jeff outside the store, which sells candy. Or the candy-store, whatever.

"I thought you wouldn't come back to get me," Jeff says with his mouth full of Twix. "Hi, everyone."

We all say hi, some of us with much more enthusiasm then others. Hint: Charlie.

Fred shoves my arm. "Where's Cecilia?"

"Where's Portman?" I reply.

Fred shrugs and looks around. Then he says hi to Jeff again. It's weird. Sometimes I get the feeling that they should trade lives. Lex and Fred have much more in common then Cecilia and Fred have. They're both rich, had a messy childhood, and they both have a parent problem.

On the other hand, Jeff and Cecilia have lots in common too. In a more strange, weird sort of way…like they enjoy talking about dyed nose hair.

"That was the plane ride from hell!" Guy mutters when we continue the walking. Everything is 'from hell' according to him. If he doesn't like something, it's 'from hell'.

"Connie, tell him to shut up," Charlie begs.

"Shut up," Connie says, mostly to herself.

Charlie turns around and sighs loudly. "Seriously, where are those two idiots?"

There's a scream coming from behind us, followed by a splash. I don't even have to look to know what's just happened.

Guy starts to laugh. "She needed to cool off," he grins, and even though the joke wasn't funny, I laugh too.

Portman just shoved Cecilia into the fountain by the stairs. I look down at her. She's surrounded by fishes, probably wondering what the hell she's doing in their pool.

I think Portman's main ambition is to kill Cecilia on this trip. He must really dislike her.