PORTMANS' POV
Woo hoo! I am the champion at Guitar Hero!
"Pay up losers!" I commanded and the rest of the guys, minus Guy of course since he was my partner, handed over their cash. I split it in half and handed Guy his shares.
"Thanks man" Guy said happily. No doubt he'd be spending it on that blond chick of his.
Well who am I to talk? I'm doing the same thing with Julie aren't I?
"As King of the Guitar I declare we go play some puck!" I shouted waving my hands in the air because I was still feeling victorious, that and sometimes it was the only way to get the team's attention.
"YEAH!" the guys shouted back at me. Man it was cool being so loud!
"What's all the commotion in here?" Russ asked sticking his head in the door.
"Just in time Tyler, we're gonna play some puck" I invited my teammate along.
"Alright!" Russ declared happily.
It turned out he had Julie, Dwayne, Averman and Connie with him so the team was complete.
"Last one on the ice is a rotten egg!" Charlie called racing out the door.
"Gee what are you Charlie five?" Connie teased Charlie but she too was about to take off down the hallway.
Charlie turned around and grinned at her. Oh boy was he gonna get it! Connie was the Queen of Payback, well she jointly shares it with Julie I guess.
So I wasn't surprised to see her shove Charlie, stick her tongue out at him and pull Averman along behind her.
"Is he alright?" Averman was trying to stop to see if Charlie was hurt.
"He'll live, come on!" Connie laughed. She knew he would be.
"Looks like Spazzway's the rotten egg!" Banks laughed as he passed Charlie sprawled out on the floor.
Fulton, Julie and I all passed Charlie and Banks at the same time
"That's it!" Charlie declared from somewhere behind me. He must've pushed Adam because the next thing I knew Fulton had crashed into me, I crashed into Dwayne who crashed into Russ, and the list goes on until the entire team fell in a heap on the floor.
"No running in the halls. You have now earned yourselves a weeks detention. Report to the detention room at lunchtime on Monday" I looked up to see Mrs Madigan scolding us.
"Good one Spazzway" the group grumbled slowly rising to their feet.
Charlie grinned sheepishly "Sorry guys".
"That lady's obviously never had the entire team in detention before" Goldberg said.
The District 5 Ducks immediately knew what he meant.
"I WILL NOT QUACK AT THE PRINCIPAL" Connie said with a smile.
"I WILL NOT QUACK AT THE PRINCIPAL" the rest of them joined in.
I stared at them, even Fulton was chanting "I will not quack at the principal"
"Pity Bombay won't come and bust us out this time. You think Orion might?" Averman pushed his glasses up.
"Doubt it" Guy replied coldly.
"Oh well it was worth a shot!" Averman said. Either he didn't catch the coldness or he was choosing to ignore it.
I was about to ask them what the hell they were talking about when Russ spoke up.
"Would one of you idiots mind telling the rest of us what the hell "I WILL NOT QUACK AT THE PRINCIPAL" means?"
"Yeah!" Julie and I said at the same time.
Whoah! That was kind of scary.
I felt my stomach flip when she smiled at me but it soon turned heavy when she regained her composure and scowled at me instead.
"Back in the D5 days Karp and Peter started a fight with Charlie over Bombay and we quacked at the principal. We got detention, Bombay broke us out. End of story" Averman contributed drawing my attention back to the question.
"Right" Russ said not quite understanding. Couldn't blame him, I still had no idea what they were talking about.
"One of those things you had to be there for huh?" Adam asked not understanding either. I forgot that he didn't go to the same middle school as the District 5 Ducks.
"I spose" Goldberg shrugged obviously wanting to change the subject.
"What was the fight about?" Julie asked directing the question at Charlie.
"Bombay has the hots for Charlie's mom!" Guy laughed. He sure cheered up in a hurry!
"At least my mom wasn't in Sports Illustrated!" Charlie shot back.
Wait! What?
"Shut up about that" Guy warned. His smile had disappeared.
"No way! Mrs Germaine was in Sports Illustrated? Was she naked?" I had to ask.
Julie smacked me in the arm and it was quite hard.
"Jeez Cat what was that for?" I glared at her. The first time in days that she touches me and it's a slap that would probably leave a mark.
"Show some respect for Mrs Germaine" Julie scolded.
I didn't respond, I knew she was right.
"Thank you Julie" Guy was glad at least one of the Ducks was on his side.
"Guys I hate to break up the pleasure of teasing Guy about his mom but are we gonna go play puck or what?" Russ asked.
"YEAH!" the rest of the team yelled.
JULIE'S POV
When we arrived at the rink we found Rick the Dick and his gang of idiots leaving the ice. I knew what this meant, we weren't going to be playing an actual game because we didn't want Varsity to see our new plays.
"Hey Dwayne did you bring your rope?" Charlie asked and Dwayne perked up considerably.
"Sure did!" he replied enthusiastically.
"So who's up for some Cowboy Round-up?" Charlie asked grinning.
"ME!" everyone on the team shouted. It was one of our favourite games.
We all scattered and Dwayne came after each and every one of us.
"Yee-haw! Look out Julie I'm a comin' for ya!" Dwayne yelled swinging his rope over his head.
Much to my horror, I actually squealed and took off. Thank god I didn't have all of my padding on.
I could hear Dwayne skating behind me and I knew he was going to catch me at any second now.
I was suddenly pushed aside and fell awkwardly to the ice, landing on my ankle.
Damn, it hurt like hell.
I looked up and saw that it was Portman who pushed me.
"Portman what the hell?" I asked trying not to cry, now that he'd emotionally hurt me, he was going for the physical as well.
"I'm sorry I was just trying to keep you in the game" Portman replied looking horrified that he was the cause of my being injured.
Maybe he didn't mean it.
"So you try to break her ankle instead?" Luis replied angrily.
"You want some Latino?" Portman stood up puffing his chest out.
Oh great, now they were going to fist fight.
"Guys don't fight!" Charlie tried to break it up before anything started.
"Julie are you okay?" Adam knelt down beside me. The first person to ask me yet.
"I think I sprained my ankle" I replied trying to ignore the pain, it was hurting really badly.
"Come on I'll help you off the ice" Fulton offered his hand to me. Probably before Portman could do anything else stupid.
"Thanks Fulton" I said and allowed him and Adam to help me to my feet.
They set me down on the trainer's bench in the locker room and Connie gently took off my skate. I tried not to let the pain show.
"It's a little swollen but not too bad" she assessed.
"I got ice!" Portman pushed his way into the crowd with some ice.
He was desperate to help in any way he could.
"Thanks" Connie said tight lipped and I was grateful she didn't rip his head off. I honestly don't think he meant to hurt me.
Fulton found me some old crutches in the trainer's office while Connie and Adam bandaged up my ankle with Portman hovering around them. I could see they were both trying their hardest not to yell at him.
"I'm gonna find Coach Orion" Charlie announced making a hasty exit.
As much as I didn't want him to tell the Coach, I knew we had to inform him of any injuries. I couldn't play like this.
"I'm really sorry Jules" Portman said hanging his head.
"You didn't mean to do it" I replied smiling at him to let him know I wasn't mad at him.
"Come on guys out – we need to get changed" Connie ushered the rest of the team out. The boys must've changed in the other room when Connie was strapping my ankle.
"So does this mean you're not mad at him anymore?" Connie asked me with a smirk as she brought my clothes over to me.
"I don't know, I know he didn't mean for me to get hurt, he just thought he was helping to keep me in the game" I replied.
"He obviously cares about you" Connie spoke up.
"Maybe but he cares more about cheerleaders" I replied with a frown.
"So find someone else who cares about you and only you, you definitely deserve it" Connie smiled at me.
"Yeah I guess" I agreed with her and she helped me off the table and handed me the crutches.
I was surprised to find the rest of the team waiting for us outside the locker room.
"Why are you guys still here?" I asked.
"Duh what does it look like? We're waiting for you girls to hurry up!" Goldberg replied cheekily.
"We're big girls now" Julie replied with a smile. It was still nice to know they wanted to protect us from any baddies.
"We know" the boys chorused.
"Well if it isn't the Ducks" Rick Riley and Biff Cole interrupted our conversation.
I glared hard at them and noticed that Portman and Fulton had flocked to mine and Connie's sides.
"I guess Ducks Fly Together includes injuring your own players huh?" Cole remarked eying me. I just glared back at him.
"I could just as easily put you through that wall again if you wish" Portman threatened.
"Do that and you'll be kicked off the team" Cole retorted but Rick held his hand up to shut him up.
"So Moreau, I hear you have your little carrot top boy-toy now. When are you gonna stop dating Ducks and find yourself a real man?" he looked over at Connie who was fuming.
Oh her comeback was going to be interesting.
"Averman is more of a man than you'll EVER be. Did you forget your own girlfriend ditched you for a Duck?" Connie replied putting Rick back in his place.
And there it was! God bless Connie Moreau and her witty comebacks!
"Watch your back little Duckies – we'll be coming for you when you least expect it" Rick delivered yet another empty threat before walking away, dragging Cole with him.
"So who wants pizza?" Goldberg piped up changing the subject mainly for Connie's benefit. I placed a hand on her arm to calm her down a little.
"Great idea Goldie" Charlie had rejoined the group.
It was decided that the boys would join us in our room this time for pizza and movies. I couldn't help but look forward to it, it sounded like a great way to relax before Coach Orion found out we had detention AGAIN.
SPIKEYHAIRGOOD - well at least she's sort of not mad anymore! But you'll have to see the next couple of chapters (which I'm working on right now, I've found some inspiration!) for what happens.
ELYSE BLACK - yeah, unfortunately, Dean is dumb, or he's in denial! The dance will come in the next 2-3 chapters (and the cheerleaders will be the targets of Connie & Julie's revenge!)
HIDING IN THE SHADOW - nah you're not weird, and the revenge will be happening at the dance (see above comment for further info)
HOCKEY-GIRL90 - yeah Dwayne is a sweetheart.
DONNA79 - yep a certain bash brother must remove head from butt before continuing with things, but he'll see sense eventually.
GALINDAPOPULAR - no thank YOU for giving ME lots to read at work!! I love your stories, I'm working on the revenge plot at the moment.
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