Chapter 18:
disclaimer: I do not own the Mighty Ducks, and I am not getting paid to do this...
I so forgot where I left off– I have been all over the place lately– so I think this is the place. Ok thanks for the reviews guys...
ADAM"S POV:
Talking to Julie was a little too weird, we were never really friends. We just skipped right passed that part and started dating. She was the first and only girl I had ever loved– she was also the first to break my heart. I was over it now though; after all it had been a year. It took a summer in Europe to get passed that time in my life. I met other girls there– and it didn't hurt to date someone new. Before that summer I felt like whenever I did anything with another girl that in some weird way I was betraying Julie. We had dated for two years so that was one of the major problems that I found when I tried to move on. But that definitely was no longer the case.
I was lying on my bed with all these things going through my head; I wanted to forgive her but I don't know if I could manage being friends with her. Yeah than there was the whole Jesse situation, I guess I would have to forgive him too. I missed his friendship, aside from Charlie he was one of my best friends but I don't know I would have to see.
" What are you doing? Visualizing your strategy for tonight?" Charlie said as he entered.
" Hey Charlie. What's up?" I asked as I sat up in bed
" Nothing much. Just trying to relax before the game" he said and he shrugged.
" Wow this is going to be weird" I responded.
" Don't worry about it. Just do what you have to do." he said.
" Same to you, but better because I would prefer it if you guys won" I said truthfully. I knew that life would be Hell if the Ducks won but they deserved it way more than the warriors did.
" You don't mean that you know?" he said as he turned on the television and started flipping through the channels. " I know you too well, you're not the type to throw a game" he added.
" No, I'm not. And don't get me wrong I am gonna have to score one or two goals on you guys tonight. But it just sucks to play against you guys"I said.
" I can imagine. It will be weird. But than again I have played against you in the unofficial JV/ Varsity showdown and in practice, oh yea than there was the pee wees. If my memory serves me correctly did you or did you not check me into the boards" he said, and I laughed.
" Yes, I did. So sorry about that by the way" I apologized..
" Well it's a little late. But I accept your apology" He said
" Oh thanks so much, I feel so much better about things." I joked.
" There's nothing on t.v. You wanna play Mortal Combat or something?" he asked.
" Sure" I said and picked up the controller.
LILY'S POV:
" What do you wear to a hockey game?" Katie asked me as she was going through my closet and tossing various items on my bed. I was lying on the coach reading Vogue, well looking at the pictures.
" I don't know... clothes" I responded as I flipped through the pages.
" Well that's a given" she said throwing a pink sweater at me. " You have so much pink. Too much actually" she commented.
" Sorry. It just sort of happened." I responded.
" Can you help me please" she pleaded obviously she had given up on picking out an outfit on her own.
" Fine" I said and I closed the magazine and walked over to her at my closet.
" By the way what is wrong with your clothes?" I asked.
" I hate them all right now. Besides you have better taste than me." she said
" That's so true" I said throwing a pair of jeans on the bed. " I guess jeans would be good, are you cheering for the ducks or the warriors?" I asked.
" I don't really care. I will not be too devastated either way. But since your man is on the Warriors I guess I will have to cheer for the Warriors since your man is on the team" she said.
" Okay than I guess you should wear something red" I said even though I knew she hated to wear red. She claimed it didn't match well with her hair.
" Why would I want to do that?" she said staring at the red shirt I handed to her.
" Well the Warriors wear red duhh." I informed her. I don't think she had ever been to a hockey game, even though it was a huge thing here.
" Oh that makes sense than. But your not wearing red?" she asked pointing to my pink sweater.
" Yes, but pink is a shade of red or something. So its almost like wearing red." I reasoned.
" Yeah, whatever" she said lying down on top of my bed and my clothes.
" Here where this" I said and threw a light green ballet top on top of her stomach.
" It's not red" she said sitting up and looking at it.
" Yeah well you hate red and I wouldn't want you pouting all night about how bad you look in red" I responded.
" Thanks" she said picking up a pair of jeans and a top and heading off into the bathroom.
" Hurry up we are going to be late" I yelled, and for once she listened because she was out in like two minutes.
" How do I look" she said as she flattened her hair with her hands.
"Great now lets go. They will kill us if we are late again" I said referring to the people that we were supposed to meet at the game.
Charlie's POV:
Things were extremely tense in the locker room. Usually we were very loose and joked around. But this was a big game– and we all knew it– it wasn't for a title, but it was for our pride. We were all ready to take the ice but as usual we had to wait for Connie and Julie.
" We ready" Coach Orion said as he entered.
" All but two of us" I replied and as soon as I said this Connie and Julie entered chattering away.
" Okay Ducks lets go" Coach said as we all headed out onto the ice. Varsity was already out there, and just from warmups they looked tough. I guess our victory last year made some people angry– not my problem.
We took turns taking shots at the goal– and Julie was tough as usual– only Guy made it passed her and it was a lucky shot. Julie at the time seemed to be staring at something across the ice not the puck. I didn't know if this was good or bad . On one hand we had a kickass goalie, but than again only one of us could score on her and Scooter was also pretty amazing.
I noticed that Adam managed to score on Scooter though. Oh well Julie was a better goalie. Even though I suspected there was some weird conflict between Adam and Julie I knew that would not affect the Cat Lady she never let anything get in the way of how she played. Warm ups were over before I knew it and Coach called us over for his little pep talk. I didn't pay that much attention it was something about defense– the usual thing– but I did participate in our usual quaking.
Portman, Fulton, Guy, Jesse, Julie and I skated to our positions. I looked up in the stands and saw my mom sitting with my step- father, Steve. He wasn't a bad guy but she could do way better than him– like maybe Coach Bombay. I also saw Linda sitting with her animal activist friends– kinda weird people but very nice– all except that idiot Josh. I knew he only joined that club to be near Linda, because I have defiantly seen him wearing leather.
I shock my head in a successful attempt to get my head together. I skated forward to take the face off against Banksie.
" Good luck man" he whispered.
" You too" I said and the puck was dropped and things began.
