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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AznIntegra- Thank you for reviewing! Myrka does have a little bit of Dani in her, and the reason for that is that she picked up on Dani so much after they first originally met. After all, Myrka was a child in desperate need of a friend and Dani is as friendly as they come... At least when she likes you. The tango of love between Gordon and Casey was so evident in the first movie, and somewhat in the sequels, that I really don't have much to say about anyone else for the two of them, but that doesn't mean that I can't make Charlie and Myrka squirm a little bit over it... Particularly Charlie because he's had do deal with it since he was in the D-5 Ducks. Like I said before, Dani is the sister and therefore is good at the arm twisting. Of course Dean is a grumpy little man about his inability to resist his sister's arm twisting, but what's he going to do about it?

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It had been a while since she had gone back to work, but Corrine Banks was glad that her husband had convinced her to take a while off before heading back after her asthma attack, it had given her time to spend with her children and she got to know Claribel better. But now that was over and she was back to work at her interior design company.

"Mrs. Banks?"

"Yes, Elena?" She replied to the young women that was training under her.

"Something is here for you." Elena said.

"Send it in." Corrine said without looking up. Elena nodded and walked out of her mentor's office. Moments later, Corrine looked around in shock at what had happened in her office, "What the...?" She asked out loud, although it was more of a question to herself, when 12 dozen (that's 144, if you don't want to do the math) pink and orange striped tulips where carried into her office and set around her, "Thank you." Corrine said as the men who had carried her flowers in left.

"Mrs. Banks?"

"Yes, Elena?"

"Who are these from?" Elena asked, sniffing one of the flowers, "Ah... That's really pretty."

"Yes, they are." Corrine said, "But I have no idea..." She stopped when she saw a card on the flowers that had been set on her desk. Corrine plucked the card off of it's stand and she read, "Oh..." She whispered, "Philip."

"What?" Elena asked quickly, "What did he write? I wanna know!"

Corrine chuckled, "To the most gorgeous Poindexter in the world, meet me in the science lab." She held her hand over her mouth like she was going to cry.

"That's romantic?" Elena asked.

Corrine sighed, "When we first started dating, Philip always took me to the science lab and had an amazing array of flowers and chocolate covered strawberries and raspberries. His father was one of the biggest contributors to our college, so he could get away with it... He paid the custodians to clean it up. Philip choose the science lab because I was the biggest science dork in the world."

"Uh-huh..." Elena replied, "And science comes out in Interior Design how?"

Corrine chuckled again, "It doesn't. I was always a huge fan of Interior Design, but my parents told me that I had no future if I went that route... They wanted me to become a famous scientist." Elena nodded, "Well, when I met Philip, my friend Ginny told him about my secret desires. He took it upon himself to introduce me to people in the industry. My parents nearly killed him." Elena chuckled, "And when they found out that we were getting married, they nearly died... And when we had the kids..."

"Let me guess." Elena said, "They threatened to disinherit you."

"Something like that." Corrine said.

"So, you going to meet him?"

"Tonight I will." Corrine said, "Maybe things are turning out better then I thought that they would."

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Adam had never been happier at any time in his life then he was when he was with Dani. Sure, becoming part of the D-5 Ducks, winning the Junior Goodwill Games, and being switched back to the Ducks and pummeling the Varsity the year before were good, but Dani made him fell a way that he had never felt before and it hurt him that he wouldn't get to see her every day once she went back to Chicago... Which was in 24 hours.

But that was in 24 hours. Now Adam was with Dani in the kitchen of her dorm room, and he was very happy to say the least. Dani had her arms around Adam's neck, his hands on her waist, and the two were kissing like there was no tomorrow. After a while, Adam slowed down until he managed to pulled his lips away, although his hands were still on his waist, "Have I gotten better?" He asked.

Dani laughed, "To be honest, you weren't that bad to begin with." Adam smiled smugly, "But, yes, you sort of have." Adam laughed along with her and leaned in to kiss her again, "Isn't anyone going to be wondering where you are?" She asked.

"No." Adam replied, shaking his head, "They know where I am, they're just not crazy enough to actually stop me. And to be honest, I kind of think that Dean wants me to be here. Is that weird or what?"

"Dean's an idiot." Dani replied, "I should know, I shared the womb with him."

Adam chuckled, "Yeah, I don't think I know anyone else who could have dealt with that."

"It's Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection." Dani said, "I was naturally selected to deal with Dean... Great, huh?"

"Fantastic." Adam replied, sarcastically.

"He's not so bad." Dani said, somewhat defending her brother.

"Says the women that is naturally selected to deal with him." Adam quipped.

"Ha ha." Dani replied, deadpanned, "I didn't know that my "Darwin's Theory" comment was going to make such an impression. Maybe I'll have to market it or paten it or something. Hey, a way to make money! That's me, always thinking."

"You are amazing." Adam replied.

"Well thank you." Dani said. Adam smiled, but he became confused when he saw Dani's familiar, smiling demeanor change into scared and business like, "What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"What's wrong?" Adam asked. Dani gave him a look that said 'I have no idea what you are talking about', but he knew that she was lying, "Liar." He stated bluntly, "What is it?"

Dani sighed, "Adam, I should have told you this when you got here. Before we started kissing." Adam crossed his arms, a nervous habit of his, and raised his eyebrow in worry, "I don't think that we can work out."

"W-W-What?" Adam sputtered. Had he heard that correctly?

"Adam, you are a wonderful guy and I really care about you." Adam nodded, "But with me going back to Chicago tomorrow, I don't think that we can work out a long distance thing."

"Dani..." Adam managed, not able to think of anything else to say.

Dani sighed, like she was going to cry, "Adam, I just don't think that this will work." Adam sighed, knowing that there was something that she was not telling him, "Please, for both of us, let's just leave it at this." Adam walked over to her and put his hands on her arms, "Adam, please."

"What are you not telling me?" Adam asked.

'Everything.' Dani thought to herself, "Nothing... I just don't think..." She walked towards Adam, causing him to back up against the door, "Please, just leave." Adam could tell in her eyes that she wanted to tell him something, but she was fighting with some part of herself that he had never seen before.

"Dani, what is going on?"

"Nothing!" Dani yelled, "Just go!" Adam had never heard her yell like that before and he was sure that she was going to go off the deep end if he stayed. That in mind, Adam opened the door and left. When he had closed the door again, Dani wrapped her arms around herself and fell to the floor in tears.

Adam was almost in tears himself. So this is how Dani felt when he dumped her; like a complete nothing that existed for the sole purpose of existing. On opposite side of the door, Adam and Dani had the exact same thought, "I love you." They whispered, hoping that the other would get the message.

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Corrine and Philip Banks sat in their kitchen, smiling and laughing like they had when they were kids. Philip had made his famous Chicken Cacciatore and had personally hand dipped strawberries and raspberries in milk and white chocolate. It was shocking to most people that Philip Banks knew how to cook, mainly because he choose not to disclose that bit of information to just anyone.

"What do you think?" Philip asked.

"It's amazing." Corrine replied, "Philip, not that I'm complaining or anything, but why the change?"

"What do you mean, dear?" Philip asked, holding up a milk chocolate covered strawberry.

Corrine sighed, "You've been different since my little trip to the hospital." She said, "I was just wondering why."

Philip sighed and dropped the strawberry, "Dear, I got a huge wake-up call that night." Corrine nervously fidgeted, "It all became clear to me at that point. Everything you tried to tell me about Adam and Monica and Jamie... I just didn't see it before." Corrine sniffled, "And then Jen came to see me at my office and scared my secretary half to death." Corrine chuckled, "She told me that your parents wanted you to divorce me and that you were wondering whether you should or not. Is that true? Did you want a divorce?"

A tear dripped down Corrine's cheek, "No." She replied, willing herself not to cry, "But I thought that it might be the only way to save our family."

"What are you talking about, Corri. It would have ruined our family, not saved it." Philip insisted.

Corrine chuckled, "Corri?" She asked.

"What?"

"You just called me 'Corri'." Corrine repeated, "You haven't called me Corri since before Jamie was born."

"I haven't done a lot of things, Corri." Philip replied, "And I see now that there are a ton of things that I should have been doing that I wasn't. I want you to know that that's over now and I want you to be happy." Corrine smiled and Philip leaned over, kissing her. Corrine responded with kissing him back.

"Oh god!" Two voice called, causing the two to look up. Monica and Jamie were in the room with their eyes covered. Jamie shoved himself against a wall while Monica crouched in the corner.

"Jamie?" Corrine asked, "What are you doing here?"

Jamie sighed, "My loving and beautiful fiancée said that I had to personally re-invite you to the wedding in person." He explained, "So here I am... Is it safe?"

"Ha ha." Philip replied, "Very funny, Jamison David."

"Nice to know you have a sense of humor, dad." Jamie said, lowering his hands from his eyes, "So, are you two going to be able to make it?"

Philip and Corrine smiled to each other, "We wouldn't miss it for the world." Philip replied, "Besides, if your fiancée made you come all the way back home just to re-invite us, how could we resist?"

"We couldn't." Corrine answered.

"That's good to know." Jamie said. The four family members were having a very sweet moment until the sound of a door slamming ended it, "What the hell..." Jamie mumbled.

Seconds later a clearly upset Adam entered the room, "I'm not here, just ignore me." He said before starting up the stars.

"What's wrong?" Jamie asked, jokingly, "You look like you just got dumped." Adam turned back around and glared at his older brother, "Oh, you did just get dumped."

"I don't want to talk about it." Adam said, as he made his way up the stairs.

Corrine sighed, "Oh, my poor baby." She whispered, starting to make her way towards the stairs.

"Mom." Jamie said, "It might be best if we just let him cool off a little before anyone tries to talk to him." Corrine nodded and sighed as she heard her son's door slam, "Wow, I never expected Dani and Adam to break up... They seemed so solid."

Corrine nodded in agreement, 'That's what scaring me.' She thought to herself.

Okay, I know that you all probably hate me right now, so I'm sorry, but I had to end this way. Speaking of ending, I only have one or two more chapters to write in this story, so it's almost over. I hope that everyone had thoroughly enjoyed this story and I hope that you all can forgive me for the way that everything ended up like. Thank you so much to everyone!