Disclaimer: We don't own the Ducks and probably never will because they belong to Disney. However, Emaliar Malfoy does own Bella, Emily, and a few other random characters.
A/N: This is the sequel to the other Mighty Ducks fic "The Way Things Are". We recommend you read that one first. However, this can also be read as a stand-alone story. Please read and review.
Chapter 2
Outside the Performing Arts Theater before the All-school assembly August 25, 1997
Charlie and I began to make our way down to the Performing Arts Theater before the All-school assembly when I saw her. She turned her head and we made eye contact making me feel extremely nauseous. "Um, I'll see you later," I murmured to Charlie and bolted to the nearest bathroom. No sooner had I locked the door on the stall I felt my breakfast begin to make its re-appearance. I had just finished emptying my stomach when I heard the door open.
"Adam, Adam are you in here?" I heard.
Charlie.
"In here," I groaned still holding my stomach as I unlocked the door to the stall.
"Shit, man; are you alright?" Charlie asked.
"Geez, I dunno Charlie? Do I look alright?" I spat.
"What's with this attitude?" Charlie asked.
"What attitude?" I spat.
"You're acting like I did when you were put on Varsity," Charlie said.
Then he begins to make the connection.
"Are you mad because I get to play hockey and you don't?" Charlie asked.
"Of course, I am. I want to be back out there. I want to feel the exhilaration when your gliding down the ice and it's just between you, the puck and goalie. I miss that," I said as I flushed the toilet and walked to the sink to wash my hands.
"That doesn't explain all this though," Charlie said gesturing to my vomit-stained jersey.
"Right, the new girl, it's Emily from the Goodwill games…" I said.
"The one you have a crush on," Charlie said.
I shook my head, because it had just hit me that maybe I did have a crush on her at some point. But there was someone else in my dream. Someone who I wasn't supposed to like, Though apparently… I did. Someone who was talking to Emily at this very moment instead of being thousands of miles away from her. That's when I felt nauseous; not when I saw her. When I saw him. Then I had to throw up again.
Charlie winced.
"Come on let's just go to the assembly," I said after I finished, and I wiped my mouth with toilet paper.
"Are you sure?" Charlie said.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Let's go," I said.
Charlie didn't look convinced. But we walked out anyway.
Afterschool.
As Charlie and I were heading down to the ice rink, I was proud of myself for managing to ignore most of the strange looks that I was getting from the student body. I did receive the occasional "Are you alright," and got sympathetic looks from the teachers and Dean Buckley I wish that I could ignore that. The same with my stomach, I could not keep it at bay every time that I saw him in class on that first day. Which was 5 classes together that day. This was going to be a long year.
Did I mention that just about everyone in Minnesota has heard about my near suicide last year?
When we finally made it to the locker room Bella sent a death stare in me and Charlie's direction.
"You're late," She hissed.
"Gee love you too ace," Charlie and I said together.
"You are so lucky that coach is still trying to find the new kid that's playing, or I would so slit your throat right now," Ace said.
"Sorry we got a little preoccupied," I said.
"Shit, what the hell happened to you?" Bella asked scrunching up her nose at the smell protruding from my shirt.
"Nothing," I muttered.
"Anyway,' Bella began. 'I spoke to Coach Orion earlier about the team. Coach Wilson has quit as Varsity Coach and Coach Orion got the job. There is going to be actual varsity tryouts but from what he is thinking is that 5 of us are going to get left down on JV and Julie is probably one of them and..."
"Wait If Julie is going to get left down on JV who's goalie then?" I asked.
"Scooter and Huey were junior's last year and not a senior like the rest of them. Anyway, they wasn't the only ones. There's 14 more of the old varsity guys plus me, there is 23 spots total. Which means there is 8 spots to fight over. Plus, there is some new transfer kid from, well God knows where. The rest of you including the new kid transfer must deal with the tryouts. And the four worse sophomores' will be joining Julie on the JV," Bella said.
She hadn't mentioned me, not at all. I didn't exist, I was a nutcase. Nothing had changed over the summer.
A/N: So, what do you think? Please read and review. Who do you think is the new transfer student (not Emily the other one)?
