Life's Full of Little Surprises

PrincessH- I am more then happy that you enjoyed my last chapter. I try to update as much as possible, but I might not be able to as much as a normally might. My week's are going to get hectic soon, but I will try to update a frequently as possible.

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ZELINIA- Violence is always good for entertainment, but I have never understood why. Oh well. I found out my little antics mistake after I had saved the latest chapter on the Internet (that's what I get for updating at three in the morning after being in the sun all day while wearing a polyester band uniform, they are EVIL!). But thank you for correcting me.

pipsqweek91- You really like the way I write Scooter? COOL! Anyway, I think because Portman is a fictional character, it might be hard for you to marry him; but try if you must! I noticed my lack of phrasing creativity, but I was updating at three in the morning and I was tired, so I didn't bother to fix it. Better creativity to come, I promise.

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Dani was sitting on her bed in the dorm room she was sharing with Gia and Tammy; her mother had gotten her own room, and Coach Orion and Tommy shared a room. She was thinking very intently about Adam; he was really cute and he seemed nice, but if anything ever happened Dean would soon become Superman and come to her rescue, weather she wanted it or not.

After about ten minutes she was pulled from her thoughts by her two figure skating pals, "So, what is occupying your mind so much that you can't pay attention to a rant about the screwed up government?" Gia was waving one of her dark hands in front of Dani's face.

"Nothing." She replied feebly and without any conviction.

Tammy gave out a tiny gasp, "Dani has a crush on somebody!" She squealed; she looked rather pleased with herself. 'Am I that transperant?' Dani asked herself while trying to look completely indifferent.

"What gives you that idea?" She asked somewhat coolly. Tammy said that it was completely obvious, "Says the girl who was macking on a guy she knew in the sixth grade, had a crush on, and hasn't seen in about four years." Tammy gave her a scandalized look.

"Okay, now I KNOW something is going on." Gia exclaimed, "Who is he? Is he cute? Does he have a brother?"

Dani giggled; there was no use in denying it, they were going to find out eventually, so it was better they hear it from her then from someone else, "Okay, you caught me. I don't know if he has a brother, but he is probably about a 12 on a 1 to 10 hotness scale." Gia circled her hands, asking for more information, "Okay, your promise you won't tell anyone; especially not Dean?" They nodded their heads, a little too eager, "Adam Banks." Her statement was met with way-too-excited squeals and she buried her head in her pillow.

Tammy spoke up, "I knew him before and, trust me, he is a great guy. Sweet, caring, chivalrous, pretty much the works."

Dani scowled, lifting her head from her pillow, "Thank you for telling me that. Now I have another reason to hate you at the moment." She pouted as she layed her head back down.

"Why do you hate me for saying that?" Tammy asked, rather bemused.

"Because, now he seems more perfect then he did before. I have no chance with him. Even if I did, Dean would absolutely FLIP if he ever found out. This would cause him to rip Adam apart and them call up my other brothers to clean up the leftovers. Did I ever mention how protective my brothers can get?" Gia and Tammy nodded. Dani looked at the clock; it read 11:45 pm. "We had better get to bed." The other agreed and they got into their beds. Before Gia turned off the light, Dani looked out the window and got a strange feeling, one that she had never felt before.

The light flickered off and everything and everyone in the room was enveloped in darkness. Gia and Tammy shuffled in their beds while saying their last good nights, which Dani replied to. She turned over and pulled the covers up to her neck, while burying her head even farther into her pillow. Despite everything she did, she couldn't shake the feeling that she was being watched.

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The next day Adam was awaken by his alarm at his customary 9:30 AM. The previous Thursday, everyone had agreed to meet at the deli that Goldberg's parents owned at noon; one little problem, it was raining and he didn't have a ride as both of his parents where at work. This meant walking or taking a bus, neither of which he wanted to do. After about 15 minutes of thinking over his little problem, he decided on the bus.

It took him about 30 minutes to get to the deli, but he had made it there, even if he was rather wet. "What happened to you?" Charlie joked.

"What do you think?" He snapped back. Charlie just put up his hands in surrender and mumbled an apology. Everyone was there, including Terry and Jesse. They greeted each other and tried to come up with something to do, this ended in argument. Half of them wanted to go to the movies, some of them wanted to go to the arcade, the rest wanted to go to the Mall of America and just lounge around.

"You do know that you can do all of that stuff at the Mall of America, right?" A voice asked, startling them all. They looked around and saw Dani, Gia, and Tammy standing by the door, it was Tammy that had spoken, "Hi Mr. And Mrs. Goldberg." She smiled sweetly.

"Tammy! Well, we haven't seen you in a while." Mrs. Goldberg exclaimed. Tammy told her where she had been and then directed herself to the group in front of her.

"But like I was saying, you can do everything at the Mall of America. So just go there and figure out what you want to do then, it worked for us." She pointed at herself, Dani, and Gia. Everyone nodded in agreement.

All in all, Dani was amused at the fact that they had to have Tammy's intervention to help them figure out something to do. She had to laugh at the way they took this information when she told them, it was like someone had scrunched up their face muscles and left them that way. But then her phone rang and that broke the mood of humor that had enveloped the deli. "Yellow!" She answered.

"IF you three think I am going to sit here all day and wait for you, then you all have serious issues!" It was her Coach Orion.

"Actually Coach, I do have issues; four of them. They're called brothers. " She smiled as Dean threw a can of Pringles at her head, and she caught it, causing him to wallowed in disappointment. She listened to his rant about how they would be doing Lutzes, Axles, and Loops until their legs fell off if they where late. "Yes Coach. Bye." She turned to her teammates, "Coach says we gotta go. If not our legs will fall off."

"HUH?" Averman, typical.

"He says that when he is mad. It means we will be doing a lot at practice tonight." Then she looked at the Pringles can, "Man, I have been craving these things all week." Then she looked at the price, "$1.10! You can't get these for less then $2.00 back home." She rushed up to the counter and bought the Pringles, "See you later, my issue!" She called as she ran to her Coaches car, followed closely by Gia and Tammy.

Adam found it intensely funny that Dani found ways under Dean's skin they way she did. He hadn't met a person like that; well, he had, but Dean had completely decapitated them; he seemed reluctant to to that kind of thing to Dani. He felt his attraction to her build as the day went on; throughout the movie, arcade games, and random window shopping (or, in Julie's and Connie's cases, actual shopping) she was always on his mind. He noticed a voice in his head that said 'At least talk to her. Listen to Scooter!'.

The sad thing about his weekend was he didn't know that Dani's head was preoccupied by thoughts rather similar to his own. Funny how things work out like that, isn't it?

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I know, short and not my best. I am trying to break threw a bout of the evilness that is writer's block. I hope you all forgive and bare with me, I really do want to know what you think. I hope you keep reading!