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- Yeah, it was kind of cute, wasn't it? But, it's not only Dean that Becky and Caleb's 'relationship' could cause complications for. Dani could be affected as well because, if anyone forgets, her coach is Becky's uncle. I wonder how that would work out? Thanks for reviewing!

Tinkerbell821- I love going camping! Even if it is in the rain. I sincerely hope that you has fun on your trip. I am glad that you were so excited to see the last update when you got home and that it warmed you to the core after being in the rain. Thanks!

A big THANK YOU is due to mickEmousina!

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Very few times in his life had Ted Orion found himself so worried and twitchy and fidgety that he couldn't work, even at 8:30 in the morning. But ever since the attack on his brother and Dani, he found that that was the way that he felt. He threw his pen onto his desk and stalked out of his office to try and find something to preoccupy himself with. Knowing that Becky was around somewhere, he decided to try and find her and offer to take her to get ice cream.

Stepping out of his office and walking up the stairs to find Becky, Ted was shocked, and ecstatic, to see his brother sitting in a wheelchair while being fawned over by an obviously hysterical Joey. Ted couldn't make himself move as he watched the young women pace, mumble incoherently in French, and kneel next to Eric, asking if he needed anything. While the 12 year age difference still weired him out a little bit, he could tell that his brother truly cared about the young women and vise versa.

Noticing that Eric was rolling his eyes at Joey's current state of hysteria, Ted chuckled to himself and looked away as Eric grabbed Joey's arm and pulled her into a tender kiss. "Relax." He said, "I'm fine, I promise."

Joey sighed, "I know, I'm sorry." She said, a sob being held in very noticeable in her accented voice, "Il est juste que je t'aime tellement. J'ai été effrayé." (French: It's just that I love you so much. I was scared.)

Eric gently stroked her cheek with the back of his hand, "Je t'aime, aussi." (French: I love you, too.), "But I'm fine. There is nothing to worry about." Joey kissed him again and hugged him carefully so that she didn't pull on his stitches. Once she pulled away, Eric called to the doorway that his brother was standing in, "Are you just going to stay there, or are you going to come in?"

Ted stumbled for a moment, he hadn't known that Eric knew that he was there, "Well, it was such a touching moment, I didn't want to interrupt." Eric rolled his eyes and chuckled.

"Joey, I don't think that I have ever introduced you to my brother, Ted." Joey shook her head, "Ted, this is Josephine Cartier, my girlfriend. Joey, this is Ted."

Joey held out her hand, "It is a pleasure to meet you." She replied, "Eric has told me much about your family. Becky is a beautiful girl."

"Thank you." Ted replied as he took a moment to look at her. She was average in height, only about 5 feet 5 inches, and she had a skinny-yet-toned figure skater's figure. Her skin was pale, but it didn't give her a sickly look; quite the contrary, it was very beautiful on her. Her face was heart shaped and she had sparkling gray eyes and plump lips; her face was framed by long, naturally bright blonde hair that was liberally streaked with red, "And speaking of Becky, have either of you seen her?"

Eric shook his head, "No. I was actually looking for her. I was hoping that you two would join Joey, Mathieu, and I for dinner tonight."

"We'd love too." Ted replied, "Just as soon as we find her." As if on cue, the door to the outside opened and three girls entered, followed by a very familiar boy that none of them knew.

"Hi, daddy." Becky said, "Uncle Eric, you're okay!" She rolled her chair over to her uncle's and hugged him.

"Hi honey." Ted replied as he leaned down and hugged her, "Monica, Ana. Ana, when did you get back from New Mexico?"

"Last night." Ana said, "Mama didn't want me go out today, but I convinced her to let me." Ted nodded. He was ecstatic tenfold when he found out that Becky had finally made some friends. Both of the girls were nice and did well in school and seemed to genuinely want to be friends with his daughter; that was all that he asked. Now, who was the boy?

"Daddy?" Becky said, "This is Caleb." She said, indicating the boy, who held out his hand.

"Nice to meet you, sir." Caleb said, "Dean told everyone a lot about you."

"Dean?"

Caleb nodded, "Yeah, my brother." Then he turned his attention to Eric, "And because my parents aren't here to thank you and all that jazz, I will. Thanks for what you did for Dani, you saved her life, after all."

Eric nodded, "It was nothing."

"Getting stabbed in the stomach was nothing?" Caleb asked incredulously, "If you insist. At least the lunatic is going to jail." Just as he finished a sharp pain shot through his jaw and he raised his hands to his jaw.

"What's wrong?" Becky asked.

"Spacers." Caleb replied simply.

"Getting braces?" Monica asked; Caleb nodded. "Ouch."

"Tell me about it. Plus, Dean's horror stories don't help." At that moment, Caleb's watch started beeping, "Crud. I have to go or my parents will flip." He said, "Bye." He said, waving. While it seemed he was talking to everyone, the only one he really wanted to talk to was Becky...

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As a tea pot whistled, Dean pulled three sausage links, two scrambled egg in a holes, and a third of a small pan of hash brown potatoes out of their pans and onto a plate. He took the tea pot off of the stove and poured it into a medium sized cup with black tea bag sitting in it. Fulton placed the plate and cup onto a platter along with orange juice and pulled threw the tea bag away. He also pulled put two more plates and placed one scrambled egg in a hole on each, along with two sausage links each and a third of the hash browns on each. Dean placed two more glasses of orange juice on the platter.

Fulton picked up the platter, careful not to drop anything, while Dean took the extra plates for Fulton and himself. Several weeks after her attack, Bethany Reed had been released from the hospital, and ever since, Dean and Fulton had been doing everything that they could to help her until she full healed. That included making her breakfast on a weekend basis, while friends of Bethany's helped her during the week.

One person in particular that Fulton noticed was looking after his mother was her co-worker, Forrest Kowalski. Fulton had known for the longest time that the suave and handsome doctor harbored feelings for his mother, and at first he was very reluctant to let their relationship go beyond being friends. But ever since his mother had been attacked, Fulton started to feel differently. Forrest had been there for her since she was hurt, he personally oversaw every medical treatment that Bethany was given to make sure that she was given the utmost care possible. Maybe it wouldn't be that bad if she started dating that doctor?

"Mom?" Fulton asked through the door.

"Come in." Bethany replied. Fulton pushed the door open with his foot and Dean closed it with his when he walked his, "Oh, breakfast."

"That it is, Mrs. Reed." Dean said as Fulton placed the plater over her lap and pulled off his and Dean's orange juice, "Enjoy." He added as he handed Fulton his plate and took his own orange juice.

Bethany sighed as she picked up one of the egg in a holes, "Thank you, boys."

"Mom?" Fulton asked.

"Yes, sweetie?"

Fulton took a deep breath, "Do you like Doctor Kowalski?"

Bethany raised her eyes, "Of course I do. I like all of my co-workers."

Fulton shook his head, "No, I mean do you like him? As in, are you attracted to him?"

Bethany looked shocked for a moment, dropped her egg in a hole, and cast her gaze downward, "Fulton, honey..."

"Mom, it's okay if you do." Fulton admitted, albeit hesitantly, "I mean, he's smart, relatively attractive, and he makes fairly ridiculous amounts of money... Plus he likes you and he seems like a nice guy." Dean raised his eyebrows, this was a part of his best friend that he hadn't seen before.

"Honey." Bethany said as she leaned forward slightly and hugged her son. Dean smiled; Fulton had no problem with the man that had a crush on his mother, while his father was in jail for attempted murder and assault. There was nothing that could make their lives better.

That was, until the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." Dean offered. He placed his plate and glass of orange juice on his chair and left towards the front room. Wiping his hands on his jeans, Dean thought about what was going on between the mother and son in the other room. That was all that he was thinking about... Until he opened the door. Standing there were two girls, obviously twins, with blonde hair and blue/green eyes. One of them had on sweatpants, a hooded sweatshirt and tennis shoes, while the other had on slim jeans, a detailed long sleeve shirt, a long jacket, and tennis shoes.

"Hi." The girl in the sweatpants and sweatshirt said. Dean couldn't help but notice that she had a very slight southern twang to her voice, "Are Bethany and Fulton here?" Dean nodded.

"Can we see them?" The other girl asked. Dean nodded again and moved out of the way, "Thank you." Dean closed the door as the second girl that had spoken pulled off her jacket and hung it on the hook next to the door.

Dean motioned for them to follow him as he led them to Bethany's room. Knocking on the door, he waited for Bethany to allow him in, "Bethany, Fult, you two have visitors." He said as he moved aside and let the girls in. He was shocked to see Fulton and Bethany's jaws drop.

"Aunt Bethany!" The first girl said, "Fulton." Fulton and Bethany remained silent and shell-shocked, "You know what, T.J?" She said to her sister, "I think it's brother sandwich time."

"You know what, D.J." T.J. replied, "I think you're right!" With that, both girls raced to Fulton and pulled him into a gigantic hug.

"T.J?" Fulton asked, "D.J?" Both girls nodded as they let go and carefully hugged Bethany, noticing her injured stomach.

"Is anyone going to explain what happened?" D.J. asked Bethany.

"Here's a wacky notion." Dean said, "Someone explain who the hell you two are."

"Portman, these two are D.J. Jeffreys and T.J. Jeffreys." Fulton said, "There my sisters." Dean raised his eyebrows, "Well, technically, they are my half sisters. Same dad..."

"Oh." Dean said simply, "Why did I not know that you had sisters?"

Fulton shrugged, "How come I didn't know that you had three brothers and a sister?" He retorted.

T.J. and D.J. snickered, but went back to the subject they wanted to know about, "Aunt Bethany, what happened?" D.J. asked.

"Dorian." Bethany replied bitterly.

"Are you serious?" T.J. said. Bethany nodded, as well as Fulton, "Oh, my god."

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Sitting on a bench just outside of her dorm building, Dani was waiting for Gala to show up. Just after seeing Gala and her guy in the park, she was more then curious about who said guy was, so she called Gala and asked her to meet her at her dorm. This way they could get away from any unwanted attention, press wise or anything else.

"Dani?" Gala's voice sounded through the icy wind. Dani stood and turned to face Gala as she came, "What was so important that you wanted to talk to me about."

Dani smiled, "Hey Gala. I was wondering, where were you yesterday around, say, 2:45?"

Gala raised her eyebrows, as if she was confused, "That's all you want to know?" Dani nodded, "I believe I was just leaving practice and going back to the hotel."

"Really?" Dani asked, "So you weren't with an absolutely gorgeous guy in a park and kissing him like there was no tomorrow?" She raised her eyebrows as Gala started to look panicked, "Don't worry, I haven't told anyone."

"Thank you." Gala whispered in relief.

"So, would you mind telling me who said gorgeous guy is?" Dani asked jokingly.

"You really want to know?" Gala asked. Dani nodded quickly, "He is my boyfriend. His name is Sindri Hallbjorn."

"But I thought that your father didn't like you dating." Dani replied.

Gala shook her head, "He doesn't. He does not know that Sindri and I are dating. Sindri cleans that rink that I practice at and he used to play hockey with Gunnar until Gunnar went to the Junior Goodwill Games. My father thinks that anyone with less money with us is not as good as us. If he ever found out that Sindri and I were together, he would never let me see him again. If he had too, he would make Sindri lose his job."

"Oh my God." Dani said.

"I can not even tell Gunnar." Gala said, "And it kills me that I can't. But, I love Sindri and I know that if Gunnar finds out, then my father will find out." Tears dripped down Gala's delicate cheeks as she continued, "Sindri does not care if I win gold or not. He loves me for me. All my father loves is what ever can get him noticed and what gets him more money. He would never understand why I love someone who works hard to get money and doesn't make others work for him."

"Others?" Dani asked, "Others like you and Gunnar?"

Gala nodded, "When he found out that Iceland lost the Junior Goodwill Games, he was furious." She sniffled and wiped another tear off of her face, "He hit Gunnar so hard that I cried. Gunnar couldn't, it would be showing weakness in father's eyes. He still has those marks. They are all over his back." Gala took a deep breath before continuing, "Whenever I do something that father sees as unacceptable he yells at me and slaps me in the face. Sindri is always there for me, to comfort me."

"It looks like you and Gunnar got the short end of the stick." Dani said, "I'm sorry."

Gala turned quickly towards Dani. Her tears were gone and fire replaced it in her eyes, "You can not tell anyone! Please. You have to promise me that you will not tell anyone that you saw Sindri and I together. If you tell anyone, I know that my father will find out."

"I promise." Dani said, placing her hands on Gala's shoulders, "You have my word that no one will find out about you two from me." Gala sighed in thanks, "You're lucky, though. You found a guy that loves you and is willing to risk anything to be with you." Gala chuckled and nodded. She turned and began walking away, "Where are you going?" Dani called.

"Where do you think?" Gala said with a light laugh.