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 had figured that the last few chapters needed a little bit of explaining, so I am glad that a lot was explained with the last chapter. I am hope that everyone feels the same way. Thanks for letting me know that my plan of explanation worked.

Tinkerbell821- First of all, you being satisfied makes me satisfied. If you really demand another chapter, perhaps you can demand in a quite way... Or not, your choice. Secondly, this story is really your favorite Mighty Ducks fic? Really? Wow! That is really mind blowing and I thank you on very many levels.

A big thanks to Soccer-Bitch!

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After all of the events and stress of the last week and a half, Dani was more then ecstatic to get time alone with Leah, Eve, and Doe. Eve and Doe had arrived three days after Dani had seen her parents, but she hadn't seen Leah more then 10 minutes at since she had been out on her date with Gunnar. It was like the girl was glued to him and vice versa. Not that Dani could fault them, though, Leah deserved some happiness in her life, particularly because of her bitchy step-aunt and cousin that she was forced to live with.

"So, Le?" Dani asked, sipping on an iced tea, "How are the bitch monster from hell and Satan?"

Leah laughed, "Phyllis and Nevaeh are perfectly fine." Dani couldn't help but laugh out in awe of the irony that the most evil and demonic child that she had ever met had a name that was 'Heaven' spelled backwards, "The last thing that Phyllis said to me was 'Where the hell are my damn cigs, you lazy whore'. She's one to talk, considering she won't take the time to buy her own cigarettes and she always out until three in the morning."

"Leah, I thought that Phyllis was 45. And I know that she looks no where near as good as Mrs. Portman." Doe said. Leah nodded, "Does she wear those hoochie shorts and halter tops?" Leah shook her head, "Oh, that's good."

"Actually, she wears micro mini skirts, tub tops, and costume jewelry." Leah said.

"Okay, that was more then I cared to know." Doe replied as he shuttered.

"Well, I hate to take this conversation in a different direction," Eve broke in, "Oh, wait, no I don't. But anyways, my father is having a couple of really high-end couples coming from out east for a couple of weeks over the summer. I have to show their daughters around..."

"Why are they coming?" Dani asked.

"Something to do with a big project that the company is doing." Eve explained, "He said that this could make the company, so I won't be able to do anything the week that they are there."

Leah opened her mouth to console Eve, as everyone that she had meet during her father's business ventures were considerably dull, but she stopped when something else caught her eye, "Guys, have you noticed that that guys eye's haven't moved. Even though he's reading?"

"Gee, that was random." Dani exclaimed.

"What guy?" Doe asked.

All of the girls rolled their eyes, "You man whore." They said, causing Doe to laugh sarcastically in their direction. Leah, however, pointed towards a bench that was just out of earshot. On the bench was a tall, skinny, and lanky young man that didn't look much older then themselves. He had dark brown hair that contrasted beautifully with his pale skin. Even though he was a fair way aways, they could still see his bright and shining green eyes staring intently at one spot on the page that he was attempting to read, while nervousness read on his face like a Dr. Seuss book to anyone with the concept of what a rhyme was.

"He's hot..." Doe said, but was cut off by the young man's eye's flicking upward as he was approached by a girl that was fairly short, but not too short, with blond hair. The young man quickly put his book down and pulled the girl in for a loving embrace and a passionate kiss, "Damn! All the good ones are either straight or unavailable! And this one's both!"

"I thought you had someone." Dani said, recalling her first conversation with Doe in front of the Ducks.

Doe shrugged, "He wasn't my type. He was into steroids and all that jazz because he wanted to get into some random college of another. Plus, he was really obsessive and had rancid halitosis."

Dani felt a small smile tug at the edge of her lips as the other girls had the same look on their faces. She looked over at the couple again and smile largely, but her smile drooped as the man let the girl go and her face was revealed, "Holy crap!" Dani and Leah whispered at the same time, "Gala!" The duo rushed to find something to cover their faces with, and sighed happily as the found a large newspaper, "I thought Gunnar said that their father didn't allow Gala to date anyone." Leah whispered while Eve and Doe looked on in massive confusion.

"That was my understanding." Dani replied, "I guess he doesn't know. I figure Gunnar doesn't either." Suddenly a light bulb went off in Dani's head, "Although it does explain a few things."

"Like what?" Leah asked.

"Like where she went so quickly after picking me up from the hospital after my attack, and why she's been scampering off all the time." Dani replied.

"What the bloody hell are you two talking about?" Eve asked.

Dani and Leah sighed, "We'll tell you later." They whispered in unison.

"Women..." Doe said, "People wonder why I'm gay."

"Shut up, Doe." Leah said, "I don't know if I can keep this from Gunnar. I can't keep secrets that well."

"We know..." Dani replied. "You're a blabbermouth." She added with Doe and Eve. Leah stuck her tongue out at them and Dani laughed. She immediately quited down and pulled the newspaper closer to hers and Leah's faces when Gala and her guy walked passed them.

Dani sighed, "I have a feeling that Gala isn't as Ice Princess-y as she acts."

Leah nodded, "And something tells me that she doesn't really have a problem disobeying daddy's orders. Is it just me, or does she look really happy with that guy?"

"It's not just you." Eve said, "I don't even know what's going on, and I can see that that was one of the most caring couples that I've seen in a long time."

"Just like Dani and Adam." Leah piped in.

"How in the hell did Adam and I get into this?" Dani asked deadpanned.

"If you don't know then you aren't ready too." Doe replied.

Dani scoffed, "Oh, shut up." She snapped, "He broke up with me, so can we get off of the subject, please?"

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It was one of the rare times that Becky had no one around to bother her or something of that sort, so she was going take advantage of it as much as she could. Don't get her wrong, she didn't want to stay away from everyone all the time, but she needed time to herself at the moment. She decided that the best place to get away would be the Figure Skater's classroom, as no one was occupying it at the moment and it wasn't down a flight of stairs. She wasn't sure how long she was going stay all alone, but she didn't want to think about that just yet. Pulling out her favorite book, Phantom of the Opera, Becky leaned leaned back as much as possible and tried to forget about everything, just as she had done ever since becoming paralyzed.

After about 15 minutes, Becky became aware of a figure standing in the doorway, wondering whether he should come in or not, "Are you just going to stand there? This is a free country."

"I didn't know if it would bother you or not." He replied.

Becky turned, "Like I said, free country." She knew that she sounded a little mean, but she didn't mean to. That was the way that she sounded sometimes, particularly when she had had a bad time at her physical therapy sessions.

"Let me guess," The boy said, "bad time at PT?" Becky raised her eyebrows in astonishment, "My sister had a hard time with health when she was young. Once she fell so hard on the ice during practice that she broke her leg in four places; another time she tripped over my brother's hockey puck on the stairs and smashed her arm through the window and she had to had therapy to get all of the feeling and ability back. I know what it's like to be put through that kind of thing, so just tell me if you want to be left alone."

Becky smiled, "No, that's okay." She put her book on her lap and extended her hand, "Becky Orion."

The boy took her hand and shook it, "Caleb Portman." He said as he dropped her hand, rather reluctantly.

"So you're Dani's brother?" Caleb nodded, "When did she break her leg?"

Caleb sighed in thought, "I think it was about 7 years ago. I was only 3, but I remember her being really scared that she wouldn't be able to walk right again. And it was only 2 years later, just 5 months after she finished her physical therapy for her leg, that she tripped on Dean's hockey puck."

"Wow, I never knew that Dani went through that." Becky replied.

Caleb shrugged, "Dani's like that. She doesn't want people to know because she hates getting peoples pity."

"I can understand that," Becky replied, "I hate getting it too."

"So she doesn't really talk about it."

Becky nodded, "Did she ever get the 'it seems that there are too many injuries to fully heal' speech?" Caleb cringed and nodded, "I hate that."

"Dani just told them to shut their pie holes when they started to give that speech." Caleb replied, "She pretty much refused to believe that she would never skate again; she loved doing it to much."

Becky sighed, "So all I have to do is think about something that I love to do that I can't do unless I have movement in my legs and let that motivate me?"

"Pretty much." Caleb said, nodding, after he faked thinking for a moment. Becky laughed, "So, just think about yourself, not the doctors."

"Thanks." Becky said, looking him in the eyes for the first time. He was like a mini-clone of his older brothers, but they all had a different sparkles to their eyes. The oldest, who Dani had introduced to her as Alec, had a brainy look in his eye that was completed when he wore his glasses, which was any time except when he was working out or playing one sport or another. Dean had a cocky twinkle in his eye, but this was no surprise as he had a grin to match. Felix, only being two years old, had that adorable innocence that was portrayed thought his eyes that could melt someone even if they wanted to be mad at him. Caleb, however, just seemed interested. Becky didn't know how to describe it, but it was like he never stopped doing anything for fear of not knowing... If that made any sense at all.

What Becky didn't know was that Caleb was interested in her, but he wasn't quite sure why, considering he was 10 and had his whole life to think about girls. 'Ah, who cares!' Caleb asked himself as he took a huge risk and placed his lips gently on Becky's.

To Caleb's immense surprise, Becky didn't slap him... Actually, she didn't pull away at all! He figured that it was confusion that caused this reaction, he was confused himself. At least it had happened, and that was a... "HOLY SHIT!" A voice screamed, causing Caleb and Becky to simultaneously pull back.

"Dani!" Caleb exclaimed as he looked over towards the door and his older sister, "Hi." Dani was speechless, just staring at the scene in front of her with a mortified expression on her face.

"I should be going." Becky said, rolling her chair away with a solitary glance back to Caleb before turning back around, biting her lip in a smile. This expression didn't calm Dani, it just made her even more confused... And she hated being confused.

After watching Becky leave, Caleb turned to his sister and smiled in an attempt to make seem funny, "Hey, Dani. Guess what? I broke Dean's record."

"I can see that." Dani replied through clenched teeth.

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All of the Ducks had decided to stay at Adam that night, except for Julie and Connie, who were staying with Piper across the street. At the moment, they were all sitting in the Banks' back yard, not doing anything in particular. That was, until Dani came storming into the vicinity being followed by a rather frightened looking Caleb, "Sit down." She snapped in a whisper as she snapped her fingers and pointed at the chair nearest to the cluster of Ducks.

"Dani?" Dean asked as she came closer with a pained smile on her face.

"Dean." Dani said, "I would like to inform you that your record has been broken." Dean's eyes widened as what Dani said penetrated his brain. He looked over at his younger brother and furrowed his eyebrows.

"With who?" He asked, deadpanned.

Dani chuckled, "She's ten, lives here, and we know her."

Dean was momentarily confused, but decided to take the time to work out whatever Dani was thinking. It couldn't have been Monica, she was inside and had been all day. Nor could it have been Ana, because she was in New Mexico. One name popped into his head that he couldn't shake, "Dan... Please, please, please tell me that it wasn't Becky..." Dean looked to Dani, who looked to Caleb with a you-better-be-the-one-to-explain-this look on her face. Dean, however, got the message loud and clear, "You little freak!" Dean yelled as he lunged at his brother, being pulled back by Fulton and Dani, "You made out with my Coach's daughter?" He asked indignantly.

"I didn't make out with her." Caleb protested, "I just kissed her. It's not like I was thinking about the record anyway."

"What were you thinking about?" Dean asked.

"She's cute."

"You're 10!" Dean and Dani replied in unison.

"So." Caleb replied, "It's not like it was Dean's record to begin with. Dani, your first kiss was when you were 5!" Adam felt his jaw drop as Dani's face turned bright red.

"It was Kenoi and we were 'married'." Dani snapped back.

"Married?" The Ducks asked in shock.

Dani shook her head, "Not really married... You know how little kids do that, they pretend that they are married and stuff. That's what we did."

"Uh-huh." Adam said, completely confused. He hadn't intended to say that out loud, so when Dani stared at him, he recoiled a little.

"Adam Banks!" A female voice that sounded very Jamaican called from the doorway as the women came closer.

"Yes, Claribel?"

A plump young women stopped in front of the group, "Has your mother been unhappy lately?"

"I don't know." Adam said, "Why?"

"Because she has been rearranging my refrigerator." Claribel replied tartly as she stomped back into the house.

Dani smiled, "If a rearranged refrigerator was my biggest problem, then I would be on top of the world."