Life's Full of Little Surprises

Disclaimer: I own absolutely none of the 'Mighty Duck' characters or the rights to the "Mighty Duck" franchise, that honor belongs to Disney. So I would appreciate that I wouldn't get sued over something I don't own.

Summary: Dani's life couldn't be going better. She has finally made it to the Olympics, doing the sport she loves the most. But... after arriving in Minneapolis, Minnesota things change. First she is constantly badgered by her brother, then she falls for one of his friends, and, of course, there is always a stalker!

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PrincessH- I agree with you, I hate older brother. Same as you, I don't have to worry about it, because I don't have any... YAY US! I'm glad that you liked the last chapter and hopefully you will like the rest of the story.

BrokenAngel1753- Yup, Adam dumped her, and it's all Dean's fault. Don't you hate break-ups like that? Getting back together might happen later in the story, so stick around to find out!

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Sighing angrily at the math homework that was on his desk, Greg Goldberg threw his pencil over his head, onto the floor, and proceeded that by banging his head on the faux wooden desktop. "Ow... Ow… Ow..." He murmured as his head collided with the desk. Why did he have to get stuck in Advanced Geometry? Sure, he was better at math then most, and much better at it then the majority of other subjects that he took, but honestly it was starting to get a little bit annoying.

"You know that that kills your brain cells, right?" A voice asked from the bathroom doorway.

"Do I look like I care, Dwayne?" Goldberg asked monotonously. He sighed heavily again and stared at the door, "I'm going out... I'll worry about homework later." Dwayne waved as he watched his roommate stalk out of the room with a huff. He was really unhappy about something, but Dwayne wasn't sure what. Oh, well, he'd get over it eventually.

As Goldberg walked, he thought. Not really about anything important, but he had a bad feeling about something and he wasn't sure what about. He wasn't exactly watching were he was going, so he was rather surprised when knocked into a small figure and tripped on a large book. "Oh, sorry." He mumbled as he attempted to shake the stars from his eyes.

"That's okay, Greg." A tiny voice replied. Goldberg was shocked to hear someone call him by his first name, considering it barely ever happened. He looked up and saw Tarah Oldman, a very nice and pretty girl from Luis' Creative Writing class. She was also in the band, so the Ducks knew her from getting congratulations after games and such; the band was full of nice people like that, but most people just thought that they were weird.

"Greg?" He asked.

"It's your name, isn't it?" Tarah asked.

"Well, yeah." Goldberg said, "But most people just call me Goldie or Goldberg."

Tarah shrugged, "I like the name Greg." She explained, "It was my great grandfather's name and he and I were pretty close before he died."

"Oh, you can call me it if you want."

"Thanks." Tarah said cheerily as she picked up the book that Goldberg had tripped on. It was all three of the Lord of the Rings books in one, no wonder it was so big. Several papers had fallen out of Tarah's arms, and Goldberg took this opportunity to be chivalrous and lunged at the papers as the attempted to fly away. He shook the dirt from them, placed them in order by the numbers on the upper right corner, and handed them back to her. "Thanks." She repeated with a smile. Man, he would chase after papers for a girl, too. Damn it, why did he have to be so sweet? Sure, he wasn't a Dean Portman or Adam Banks, but who cared?

"You already said that."

"Two different times, two different meanings, same message." Tarah said, "Sorry, it's something that my great grandfather used to say all the time. You know, you're a really sweet guy." She waved it off and leaned forward, kissing him on the cheek and pulled back with a look for what-the-hell-did-I-just-do, "Um. Bye." She said quickly and ran off.

"Whoa." Goldberg said, not able to think of anything else.

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"Goldie? Goldie? Goldberg?" Charlie asked in a singsong voice. Goldberg had been in an entirely too chirpy mood every time that any of them had seen him in the last two days. Right now he happened to be humming along to some weird rock ballad from the '80's and he was beginning to scare his present teammates, "Oh, dear Gregory?"

Goldberg looked around the table at everybody, "What?"

"Dude, you were humming again." Fulton said as he lifted a pizza slice to his mouth, "And you haven't taken a slice of pizza yet." He changed his voice to motherly concern, "Are you feeling alright?"

"Ha ha." Goldberg replied, deadpanned. "Funny. Hysterical. A bundle 'o laughs." He shook his head and pulled a slice of one of the pizzas on the table. It was surprising to all of them how easy it was to get pizza on campus, if you pay with your own money and cleaned up the mess, the Dean had no problem with it.

"Has anyone seen Portman lately?" Ken asked, looking around the room and noticing that, yet again, Dean Portman was no where to be seen.

"He's probably begging Dani to talk to him again." Fulton said, remembering the incident between the siblings. Adam heard this and lowered his head to his pizza, but no one noticed. "She just can up to him and poured a milkshake over his head."

"She had a reason." Tammy called as she entered the room after listening to the conversation from the doorway, "And if he didn't tell you, then it's not my place to tell, so get that look off of your face." She pulled a pizza slice to her face and took a bite. "Oh, sausage and onions... Who ordered this?"

"That would be me." Julie said.

"A girl after my own heart."

"Dani! Talk to me!" Dean's voice carried into the room as Dani huffed through the door and Dean followed her. "Dani, please. Dani-Girl, what did I do? What can I do to make you talk to me?"

"What can you do?" Dani asked frighteningly calm, "WHAT CAN YOU DO?" Well that ended fast, "You can mind your own damned business for once in your life, you asshole." Adam sunk down into his seat even more and hoped that neither twin would notice him doing so.

"Dani..." Dean tried to protest.

"Dean, I am going to be here until school gets out, maybe a little before." Dani explained, "How about you leave me the hell alone that whole time. That'll be hunky-dory don't you think?" She stormed out of the room and let the tears flow once she had left. Adam had hidden from the argument and she knew it. He was almost inhumanly perfect, but she didn't care, she wanted to be with a guy that would treat her well, and she knew that he would. She wanted Dean to stop treating her like that sickly little girl that he originally hadn't come to Eden Hall for. She could take care of herself, but he didn't seem to comprehend that.

"What the fuck is going on?" Dean asked himself out loud.

"If you need to ask that, then you are a fucking moron." Tammy replied. Everyone around her stared, "What?" She asked. "Is it a crime for a girl like me to swear?"

"Tammy, would you please at least talk to her for me?"

"Um." Tammy feigned thought and sighed, "No." Dean gave her a defeated look that none of the Ducks had ever seen before, "I stick to what I said before, if you need to ask then you're a fucking moron." Dean looked over to Connie and Julie for support and answers, hoping beyond hope that Dani had confided in them. They shook their heads and held up their hands in a we-don't-know-anything gesture.

"No offense." Dean said, "But women are just plain weird."

Connie, Julie, and Tammy looked from one another and back to Dean, "We know."