DISCLAIMER:I DON'T OWN THE MIGHTY DUCKS

Chapter Five

"Invitations and Conversations"

It was finally Friday and school was over for the week. It was a warm spring day and the Ducks were just hanging out at the park.

"Maybe we should do something." Charlie commented from his seat at the picnic table next to Connie.

"Nah." Portman said.

"So, Ken you talked to Clarice yet?" Fulton wanted to know.

"Yeah, right." Russ interjected.

"I'm working on it."

Everyone rolled their eyes, knowing he was lying.

"You know what we could do?" Averman said.

"What?" Dwayne wanted to know.

"We could go to the mall."

Connie and Julie were the first to agree and the rest of the guys quickly followed suit.

Once there, they split up and agreed to meet up at eight for dinner.

Julie and Connie headed to a department store to look for some new clothes. They browsed though the juniors section a moment before Julie saw the dresses.

"Oh, let's look at the prom dresses!" She cried.

"We do have Junior prom coming up soon." Connie agreed as they headed that way.

After trying on half the dresses in the store, Connie settled for a sparkly pink halter dress that ended right above her knees. Julie chose a blue one with the same make, only it was spaghetti strap.

Averman, Goldberg, and Ken had headed straight for the game store.

"Dude, the new Resident Evil's coming out!" Ken cried.

Goldberg and Averman rushed over to see it's release date.

"It'll be out in time for the summer." Averman read.

"Yah, but look at the price." Goldberg added glumly.

It was going to be sixty bucks. They had no clue where they would get that money.

Dwayne and Luis had went to a couple stores, talking as they went.

"So, Dwayne, have you talked to that blonde chick anymore?" Luis asked.

"At school but that's it."

"Maybe you should ask her out." Luis suggested.

Dwayne shook his head. "Nah, a pretty little girl like her would never go for a guy like me."

Luis rolled his eyes. "Whatever, man. She was totally digging you."

Dwayne laughed. "Nuh uh."

Luis nodded.

"Really?" Dwayne asked.

Luis shook his head, laughing as he coached his friend on how to tell if a girl liked you.

Portman and Fulton headed to the music store.

"So, do you think they'll have the new Green Day CD?" Fulton asked.

"Yah, but you know what would be even better …." They glanced at each other.

"The new My Chemical Romance CD!" They bellowed simultaneously.

Yah, there was nothing better than just hanging out with your best friend.

Russ, Charlie, and Adam had walked around awhile but had finally come to the food court jut to hang out. They were just laughing at a joke, Russ told when Linda showed up.

"Hey Charlie." She said flirtatiously.

"Hey." he replied.

"So, what are you guys up to?"

"What does it look like?" Russ cracked.

Linda ignored him and smiled at Charlie. "So, Charlie…"

"Listen Linda, you and I both know it's over. So can we just cut the crap?" Charlie asked annoyed.

Linda sighed. "This is exactly why you and me never worked. You can never listen to me, you always have to babble on about hockey or something."

Charlie stared at her. "Me? You never wanted to hear anything I had to say!"

Linda laughed. "Whatever, Charlie. Bye." She said, flouncing off.

Charlie stood, fists clenched. That girl never ceased to amaze him, she could push his buttons like no one else. He gazed helplessly at Russ and Adam.

"We know man, if she were a guy, you'd have knocked his block off by now." Russ said, placing a comforting hand on his friends shoulder.

"Yah, let's go meet the Ducks for dinner. I'm starving." Adam said quickly.

Dinner at Chick-Fil-A was uneventful. Everyone swapped stories and showed their purchases except Connie and Julie. They said no one was going to see their dresses until they wore them. Everyone was pretty tired, so as soon as they ate dinner, they all began to disperse. Until Adam remembered something he had to tell them all.

"Oh, guys my parents are having this big, formal party tomorrow night and I was hoping you guys would come."

There was silence all around. A fancy party wasn't exactly the Ducks scene.

"It could be fun…" Adam trailed off.

"I'll be there, Banksies." Charlie said finally, feeling he owed it to his best friend.

After Charlie agreed, the other ducks slowly followed.

"Great, thanks guys." Adam said, hugging Julie to his side.

"well, you couldn't have a party without us." Portman said, grinning.

At the time, none of them realized how interesting this party would be.