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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Bad Best Friend- Trust me, I've had more characters then that in a single chapter before... Come to think of it, I think I kind of confused some people at that point. Anyway, I thought some silly and awkward story telling was exactly what was needed. I hoped that it would be like real brothers, so I am glad that you think so!
AznIntegra- It's nice to know that you would date Dani if she was a real person. I'll let the person that she is based after know that you feel that way. I did try to make her personality as close formally mentioned person as possible. As for complex... You have no idea. Adam's mom is taking the news that her baby boy has a girlfriend perfectly fine... It was just sort of dumped on her, you know. It will take her a few moments and then she will be squealing with excitement that he found someone and she will badger him for details. Mothers... 'Embarrass Jamie Day'. I never thought about that. It must be!
PrincessH- I'm glad that you liked the Dani/Adam interaction. I do want to make them as believable as possible. The person you are speaking of I would assume is Abigail Johanson, Cole's girlfriend. She is a conniving little bitch and she wants to get back at the Ducks for whatever reason, so who knows what she will do. I guess we have to find out... Thanks!
sphinx005- Yeah, I hoped that people would enjoy Jamie being embarrassed in front of Thalia, because you know that he wouldn't have told her about that or the stealing of his clothes. You would be correct, Adam did let the cat out of the bag (figuratively speaking, of course). Perhaps in his want to irritate Jamie, he forgot that his mother was in the room... And I think he knows perfectly well how mother gossip works. You're right, Dean really was being an ass when it came to Dani and Adam being together. Hopefully it won't happen like that this time.
Thank you mdgirl18!
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It had been almost a week since Corrine Banks had had her asthma attack and her ever overprotective husband had begged her to take the week off of work. She had reluctantly agreed when she had been reminded by her eldest son that she would get more mother time in with Monica and she would see Adam more and get to bug him about giving more information about this new girlfriend that he had... Since when did he have a girlfriend and who was she? These were the things that mothers needed to know and she didn't know them. Maybe Adam had told Charlie, then Casey might know. She would have to ask.
A knock came on the bedroom door and Corrine readjusted her reading glasses and replied, "Come in."
"Hello, Mrs. Banks." Claribel said as she entered the room with a platter of breakfast.
Corrine placed the the book that she was reading on her lap and sighed, "Claribel, you didn't need to do that. I could have eaten downstairs."
Claribel shook her head, "No, no. Your staying here for the time being. It was no trouble anyway, so don't you worry about it." She said as she placed the tray in her hands over Corrine's legs and laid the newspaper next to the tray.
Corrine smiled at the young women in front of her, "Claribel, I need to tell you something."
"I'm all ears, Mrs. Banks."
"I heard about your son... Xavier, if I am remembering correctly." Claribel nodded, "I wanted to extend my sympathy... My older sister died of Leukemia." Claribel wanted to thank her, but she couldn't get the words out. Finding out that Xavier had Leukemia was the hardest thing she had ever gone through, "I don't want this to seem like a stereotypical rich women move, but I know that the area of the city that you live in isn't exactly the healthiest, so I want to offer you and Xavier the guest house..." Claribel looked shocked, "I know from personal experience that medical bills can get through the roof, so stay for as long as you like... If you want to."
"Mrs. Banks." Claribel breathed, "I... I don't know what to say."
Corrine smiled, "Just think about my offer and give me an answer when you are ready... And don't feel compelled to accept it if you don't want to. It's just there if you do."
"Thank you, Mrs. Banks." Claribel said as she turned and walked out of the room. Corrine knew that if Claribel did decide to take her offer then Philip would need a little persuading... And if she was good at anything it was persuasion.
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In usual Duck fashion, all of the hockey players were eating their breakfast and joking around like morons. The night before, Adam had told his teammates about what had happened to his mother and they had been very supportive, particularity of his decision to call Jamie. They all hoped that they would be around to see Mr. Banks' reaction to his oldest son's return.
"Hey, guys." Russ said, causing all of the attention of the group to go to him, "I'm a walrus." They all laughed loudly when they saw Russ with waffle sticks stuck up his nose.
"Hmm... Cleaver." A mousy voice said. The group turned and saw Abigail Johanson looking as bitchy and made up as ever, "Really witty." She flipped her long and bottle red hair (nope, not blonde) and smirked.
"What the hell do you want?" Julie asked, still very pissed off about what Abigail had done and said at the beginning of the year.
Abigail chuckled, "Actually, I wanted to talk to Banks."
"Really?" Adam asked, placing his pop tart back on his plate, "Why is that?"
"I just wanted to congratulate you." A shocked silence enveloped the Duck table. What was she going on about? "I mean, I really was starting to wonder whether or not you actually had the balls to take a stand on something... And you do... Yay!" Adam looked around the table for help about she was talking about, but he just got the same looks in return, "I mean, not many people have the guts to date someone like this psycho's sister." She said, pointing to Dean, "But I guess you do... Unless that little love fest in the Locker Room was something else?"
Adam went pale and Dean looked from him to Abigail. Had he heard that right? Was the Cake-eater dating his sister again? He raised his eyebrows and shrugged while going, "Hmm."
"'Hmm'?" Adam asked mimicking Dean's shrug, "Just 'hmm'?" He mimicked the shrug again.
Dean nodded, "She could do worse... I mean, Dan could be dating someone like Cole... Oh wait," He looked back over to Abigail who had her jaw dropped and her eyes widened indignantly, "He's your boyfriend. Oops." Abigail stomped away in fury and Dean quietly went back to his Cheerios.
Across the table, Adam furrowed his eyebrows... Had that really happened or was this just a wonderful dream that he didn't want to wake up from? Was that Dean Portman giving his permission for Adam to date Dani? Well, maybe not permission, because Dani would have dated him even without 'permission', but that was beside the point. The point was that Adam wasn't being thrown into a wall at the moment and that was a good thing. Adam picked his pop tart back up and began to eat it, the bell ringing just as the uncomfortable silence was getting unbearable. Adam shot up and left while going over what had happened in his head and praying that it had really happened.
Just as Adam prepared to enter his class, a hand grabbed his backpack and threw him into an empty classroom. When Adam finally saw who it was, he panicked. It was Dean... 'Shit... He's going to kill me!' Adam thought, "Portman? What are you doing?"
"We have a few rules to go over." Dean replied.
"Um... Rules?" Adam asked.
Dean nodded, "Yes, rules. Rules when it comes to dating my sister" Adam gulped, "Rule 1, if you are not a gentleman at all times, I get to hurt you." Adam nodded, he was glad to know that he wasn't getting killed, "Rule 2, you can hold hands, hug, all that jazz, as long as I don't have to see it... If I see it, you have a problem. Rule 3, you break Dani's heart, I break your knees, got it?" Adam nodded, "Good, because I have one final rule." Adam motioned for him to continue, "You know how ancient cultures revered women as goddesses and worshiped them?"
"Yes." Adam replied, somewhat timidly.
"Good, the final rule is if you don't treat Dani like the goddess that she deserves to be treated like, you will be killed... By me." Dean said, "Do you understand all of the rules?"
Adam nodded and Dean smiled while turning to leave, "You know, Portman, even if you hadn't said that, I still would treat her that way. I would do all of those things."
Dean stopped and sighed, "I know, but I also want you to know that I care about my sister and I want her to be happy."
"I know." Adam replied, "She feels the same about you."
Okay, this is kind of short, but it gets the point across. I hope you all like it and can forgive me for not writing more. Thank you all for waiting for this chapter. I would have had it up sooner, but I have had a lot to do lately. Thanks again to everyone!