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Chapter Four
"Good Times and Bombay"
The next morning, Julie and Adam were waiting patiently outside Ken's dorm room, when he exited. He looked a little surprised to see them there. But before he could ask, Julie answered, "We're going to help you get Clarice."
Ken groaned inwardly. This could end in nothing but disaster. "Guys, I've really got it under control." Ken insisted.
Adam laughed. "I'd say. Have you even talked to her?"
Ken blushed. "well, not exactly-"
"Then that's not under control." Julie interrupted as they entered their Math class.
Ken just stopped where they stood. There she was. Clarice Snow, the prettiest girl, he'd ever seen.
"Talk to her." Julie whispered.
Ken opened his mouth, and nothing came out. Adam elbowed him but he couldn't make the words come. This was worse than when he tried to trash talk. When he was around her, he couldn't even form words, much less stutter.
Julie sighed. This was going to be a lot harder than she thought.
That afternoon, the ducks all went blading. After everything that has happened, they all definitely needed some fun.
"Hey Goldie, race ya!" Russ cried as he set off at a furious pace through the streets of Minneapolis.
"How funny, my dear friend, for you're going to l-o-s-e, lose!" Goldberg crowed.
Soon the race was on and everyone else joined in. Adam and Charlie lagged a bit behind everyone else.
"So, Conway, what's up with you and Connie?"
"What do you mean?" Charlie asked.
"Jules said you went out last night."
Charlie laughed. "To the park, we just hug out, Adam that's all."
Adam smirked. "You like her don't you?"
Charlie shook his head. "Whatever, Banksies." He said as he skated off.
"You do! Don't you?" Adam followed.
They finally came to stop at the bottom of a large hill, Russ in the lead.
"Oh, yah! I beat you, you, and you, and-"
"But you still can't beat me, can you Tyler?" A voice interrupted.
The ducks looked to find none other then Gordon Bombay.
"Coach!" Was the cry as they all rushed to welcome him.
"It's been too long, ducks." He said. And it had been. Gordon hadn't been don since Christmas.
"you better no stay away so long again!" Connie scolded.
Bombay laughed. "Yes, ma'm."
Dwayne suggested a pickup hockey game like old times, so they all headed to the court.
On the way, Gordon fell back to walk next to Charlie.
"So, how's it going, Charlie?"
Charlie thought a moment. "Pretty good, coach."
Bombay gazed at the other ducks a moment and then frowned. "Where's Guy?"
Charlie was silent.
"Charlie?"
Charlie sighed. "I don't think Guy's going to want to be a duck again for awhile if ever again."
Cordon looked concerned. "Why?"
Charlie quickly filled him in on the whole Connie situation.
"Is she ok?" He wanted to know.
Charlie nodded. "Yah, I think she's just angry."
Bombay nodded and then changed the subject. "How's Your mom?" He asked. Bombay missed Casey. He wished things could've worked out between them.
Charlie glanced at him. "She's getting married in July."
This news hit Gordon like a ton of bricks. He could hardly believe it. His Casey was getting married? She's not yours anymore, a voice said to him. He sighed.
By this time, they had reached the court, so Bombay pushed all the bad news to the back of his mind and got ready to have some fun.
The pickup game began. An hour later, the score was tied. That was when Goldberg saw them.
"Hey, Charlie isn't that Linda?"
They all looked and sure enough, there she was walking hand in hand with Guy on the other side of the street.
Connie skated over to stand next to Charlie. "It's as if, he's trying to make me jealous." She murmured.
He glanced at her. "Are you?"
She shrugged. "Surprisingly, no."
Charlie had the sneaking suspicion that Connie was right. He also thought that maybe Linda was trying to make him jealous or something. As if he would ever go back with her. Fulton had told him, that she wanted him back. A couple of weeks ago, he may have considered it, if she had truly changed, but now, he didn't know, he just felt different.
After the sighting, the game was pretty much over. Everyone was too bummed out that Guy was hanging with the enemy (What they had taken to calling Linda after her and Charlie's break up). They all went their separate ways, some back to the dorms, others to their homes with the promise that Bombay would be in town for awhile.
Charlie said his goodbyes and headed for his house, someplace he didn't go very often since Jeff, his mom's fiancée moved in.
"Mom?" He called as he entered.
"In the kitchen." Was the response.
"Hey mom." He said as he sat down at the counter.
"Hey sweetie, how was your day?"
"Fine, Coach's in town."
Casey Conway stood up from where she'd been going through the cabinet. "Oh?"
"Yah." They were both silent a moment.
"Mom?" Charlie asked finally.
"Yes?"
"Um… Why didn't you and coach work out?"
Casey sighed. "It was just a lot of things, Charlie."
Charlie nodded and headed upstairs to his room. It was the same reply, he always got. He supposed the real reason they'd called it quits was because Bombay never called. But, Charlie didn't hold it against him. He had been a player in the minors. That had to have been so cool. But, he still wished they could've ended up together. He guessed some things just weren't meant to be.
AN- Thanks for reading! Thanks so much for the 3 reviews, your support means a lot. Also about the whole Casey getting married, I know in the movies, she was already married, but in my story she isn't.
