A/N..Here's the second part of chapter 2. And it divulges a little more into Becki's family. I've mentioned in the previous chapter, that Tom, from the alumni board is Becki's uncle. In the movie, Riley is how they spell the name, but when I started writing this story, I didn't realised the Jack, and his Reilly was spelt like this...so for the purpose of the story have changed all to Reilly. Hope doesn't confuse people!! Please review, let me know what you think of this chapter and then I will post the th next chapter! Enjoy! Kiki ;)
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The next day, after school, Becki was in the ice rink at school, she had music, 'Michael Jackson's, The Way You Make Me Feel' loudly blaring and was spinning around the ice. Charlie, Adam, Guy and Averman walked out from the change room, and heard the music. "What in the world is that" said Guy. "Maybe Coach is rocking out to some tunes" said Averman. They laughed and headed out to the rink, and saw Becki just as she launched herself into a toe loop and then a triple toe loop. "Whoa" said Adam. "Yeah" said Charlie. They looked at Becki in amazement as she went from the jump into a flying camel spin. The music stopped and Becki stopped and looked around. Coach Orion came up behind Charlie, Adam, Guy and Averman. "Sorry" said Becki, when she saw them. "No, it's okay Becki" replied Coach Orion, as he skated onto the ice. The others followed him. "They have pee wee hockey practice down at the local rink today, and I just thought maybe I could practice somethings here" said Becki. "It's fine Becki, anytime you want to skate here" said Coach Orion. Becki nodded. "That stuff you were doing, was amazing" said Charlie. Becki looked at him. "It was simple stuff" replied Becki. "Simple, you call that simple" said Averman. Becki laughed. "Well it is for me" said Becki. They laughed, as the others skated on to the ice. "Hey Becki, you came back to us" said Dwayne. "No, I was just skating" said Becki. "You're more then welcome to stay" said Charlie. "Thanks, but I can't, I'm sorry" said Becki, looking at him. He nodded. "Have a great practice guys, I'll see you tomorrow" said Becki, and skated off. A chorus of "byes" followed and Becki skated off the ice and changed into street shoes and headed on home.
Math class the next day. The teacher was up at the board writing some of the equations up that she wanted the class to do. "Becks" whispered Charlie, who was sitting at the desk behind her. "What?" asked Becki, not turning around. "Here" said Charlie, passing a note over to her. Becki laughed and took the note from Charlie and opened it. Scrawled in messy handwriting was written "Are you going to sit with us today?" Becki picked up her pen, and wrote back "If I'm allowed to!!" followed by a little smilie face. She folded it back up and held it out behind her back. Charlie grabbed it and read the reply. Becki turned around and looked at Charlie who nodded with a smile. "Yeah" said Charlie, in a whisper. Becki nodded and turned back around, and noticed that the girl to the side of her was looking at her with interest. Becki just looked at her and smiled, not knowing much about the girl who was looking at her, except her name, Linda Kane. Linda just looked at her, and then at Charlie, who was copying what was written on the board. Becki started to write down what was written on the board also. "Now, I want everyone of you to have this done and on my desk at the start of tomorrow's lesson" said the Maths teacher, turning to the class. Almost the whole entire class groaned. "If it's not done, there will be a pop quiz, and it will be ten times harder then what the homework is" said the teacher, as the bell rang signalling the end of the period. Charlie stood up and threw everything into his folder. Becki quickly finished writing down the last equation. "Becks, you coming?" asked Charlie. "Two seconds" said Becki, and she finished writing, and closed up her folder. "Did you get them all?" asked Charlie. Becki looked at him. "Yeah" replied Becki. "Good, I'm borrowing your notes at lunchtime" said Charlie. Becki laughed as she stood up. "Didn't get all the questions Charlie?" asked Russ, as he walked over to them. "Nope" replied Charlie. "Well you can borrow my notes, just as long as you don't expect me to do the actual homework for you" said Becki, as they walked out of the classroom, with Luis, Connie, Portman and Russ. "It might be a good idea Beck, then Charlie might get something better then a B grade for once" said Portman, with a laugh. They all laughed. "See you guys at break" said Connie, and walked off to her next class. "Yeah sure thing" said Luis. "Which way you going Becks?" asked Charlie. "That way" replied Becki, pointing down the corridor. "Me too" replied Charlie. Becki nodded. "See you guys later" said Becki. "You're going to join us today?" asked Portman. "Yeah" replied Becki. Portman nodded. "Well later then guys" said Portman "See you guys" said Luis. "Bye" replied Becki. Portman and Luis walked off to their next class. "So it's this way right" said Charlie. "Yeah" replied Becki with a laugh as the two of them started to walk down the corridor. Linda walked out of the classroom and looked at the two of them walking down the corridor laughing, and then with a frown, headed off to her own class.
Saturday morning, Becki walked down to the skate shop and walked inside. "Hey Charlie" she said, walking inside. "Hi" replied Charlie, who was sitting at the counter, reading something. "What you doing?" asked Becki, jumping up on the bench. "Looking at the plays for the game later today" said Charlie. Becki nodded. You're coming to watch right?" asked Charlie, looking at her. "Wouldn't miss it" said Becki. "Good" said Charlie, with a smile. Coach Bombay came out of the back room. "Hey Charlie, I just got to run down the shops for a minute, you be right here?" asked Coach Bombay. "Yeah, sure Coach" replied Charlie. "Hey Beck" said Coach Bombay, when he saw her. "Hi Gordon" replied Becki. "What you doing here?" asked Coach Bombay. "I was bored, had nothing else to do" said Becki. Coach Bombay laughed. "Well maybe I should make you work here then, since Charlie never seems too" said Coach Bombay. "Hey, come on" said Charlie, with a laugh. "Seriously?" asked Becki. "Yeah if you want, you wouldn't be paid anything, but it would keep you out of trouble" said Coach Bombay. "Don't worry I don't get paid either, it's slave labour" said Charlie. Becki laughed. "Sure thing, I don't mind not getting paid, if I get to hang around and talk, it's cool" said Becki. Coach Bombay laughed. "Yeah, well I do expect work sometimes" said Coach Bombay. Becki nodded and Charlie laughed. "So where's Jans' anyway?" asked Becki. "He's taking a couple of days off, he wasn't feeling the best, so I told him I would handle things for a couple of days" said Coach Bombay. Becki nodded. "Okay, I have to go and grab a few things down the road, and then we should head off Charlie" said Coach Bombay. "Yeah sure thing Coach" said Charlie. "Okay, back soon and if any customers come in, be nice" said Coach Bombay. Becki and Charlie both laughed. "I think between Becks and me, we can manage, We know a thing or two about hockey" said Charlie. Coach Bombay nodded. "Okay" he said and walked out of the shop. "Of course, I know much more about hockey then you" said Becki. Charlie looked at her and laughed. "You're kidding right" said Charlie. "No" said Becki. "Come on, you can't be serious" said Charlie. "You bet I am" said Becki. Charlie laughed. "Okay then, who has been voted most valuable player the most times?" asked Charlie. Becki looked at him and laughed. "Gretzky, he's won eight times, including seven times in a row" said Becki. Charlie looked at her. "At least make it hard" said Becki. "Well if you're so cluey, give me one" said Charlie. "Okay, the most goals scored in a season, 1985-86" said Becki. "Gretzky" replied Charlie. Becki imitated a buzzer sound. "Wrong" said Becki. "Come on, it is not" said Charlie. "Yeah, it is, the player was from the Oilers, but it was Jari Kurri, with 68 goals" said Becki. Charlie looked at her. "That was a trick question" said Charlie. Becki laughed. "No, it wasn't" she replied. "Okay know all, US Olympic hockey team, 1980" said Charlie. "What about them?" asked Becki. "Players, name them" said Charlie. Becki laughed and looked at Charlie. "You want me to name everyone on the team" said Becki. Charlie nodded. "You do realise Charlie, that I've met these guys" said Becki. "Well it should be easy then" said Charlie, with a laugh. Becki laughed also, as the door of the skate shop opened and Rick Reilly, former Eden Hall student and Warrior Varsity hockey captain, and now student of the University of Minnesota, Duluth, walked in. "Well, well if isn't Captain Ducky" said Rick. "What do you want?" asked Charlie, looking at him. Rick laughed. "This is a skate shop and I need my skates sharpened" said Rick, looking at Becki. "What the hell are you doing here?" he asked. "Should be asking you the same question" replied Becki. Rick looked at her. "I'm visiting my parents for the weekend, and needed my skates sharpened" said Rick. Charlie looked at the two of them, slightly confused. "Your reason for being here Rebekah is what?" asked Rick. Becki looked at him. "I thought you were told you weren't to play hockey anymore" said Rick, with a laugh. "I'm not playing hockey, I'm just here talking to Charlie" said Becki. Rick looked at her and nodded. "Talking, with a Duck" said Rick, looking at Charlie. "Okay, what is your problem with Becks?" asked Charlie. "Oh, I don't have a problem, with her doing anything. But I know someone who will" said Rick. "So, what you're going to go and tell granddad, that I'm hanging around the hockey team, Rick?" asked Becki. "Well he won't be too pleased to here it, now will he" said Rick. "Wait, your granddad?" asked Charlie, looking from Becki to Rick. "Yeah, Jack Reilly, he's my grandfather, I think you've heard of him" said Rick. Charlie looked at Becki and she nodded. "You two are related?" asked Charlie. "Unfortunately" said Becki. Rick laughed. "That means that the head of the alumni board, is your uncle then" said Charlie, looking at Becki. "Yep" replied Becki. Charlie laughed. "Now you hate her right" said Rick. Charlie looked at him. "No. But you, yeah" said Charlie. "Oh, that just makes me so sad" said Rick. Becki just looked at Rick. "Don't worry Rebekah, I won't tell granddad, you're hanging out with the Ducks" said Rick. Becki just looked at him. "So skates" said Charlie. "What?" asked Rick. "You want them sharpened" said Charlie. "Oh right" said Rick, getting them out of his bag, and handing them to Charlie. "Back in a minute" said Charlie. "Take your time, don't stuff them up" said Rick. "I think I know what I'm doing" said Charlie. "Yeah sure" said Rick. "Becks, you be okay out for a minute?" asked Charlie. "Yeah, fine. I can handle him" said Becki. Charlie nodded with a laugh and went out the back to sharpen the skates. "So how's the figure skating going?" asked Rick, with a laugh. Becki looked at him. "I hate it" replied Becki. "Why, you're good at it, you've won heaps of times" said Rick. "Okay, so I don't hate it, hate it. But it's not hockey" said Becki. Rick looked at her. "And it sucks that I'm not allowed to play" said Becki. "Look most of the time I agree with granddad, and I do think that it's dangerous for girls to play. But I've seen you play, and you can handle yourself" said Rick. "Well can you please tell him that" said Becki. "No way, he'll bite my head off" said Rick. Becki groaned. "It's so frustrating, I'm good at hockey, why the hell can't he see that" said Becki. "You want to know what I think Becki" said Rick. "Not really, but go ahead" said Becki. "You're his only granddaughter, and he cares about you" said Rick. "Great, so if I was a guy like you, Will and Paul, he wouldn't have a problem with me playing hockey" said Becki. "Probably not" said Rick, with a laugh. Becki laughed also. "Becki, think yourself lucky, really. You went to live in New York, and got to play there. I was here and had no choice but to play for the Hawks, with granddad as coach" said Rick. Becki nodded. "You got off easy" said Rick. "Yeah" replied Becki. Charlie came out of the back room with the skates. "Okay all sharpened and ready to go" said Charlie, handing them over to Rick. "Thanks, how much?" asked Rick. "Fifteen dollars" replied Charlie. Rick nodded and grabbed some money out of his pocket. "Twenty, keep the change" said Rick. Charlie nodded and rung up the sale. "Well, thanks for this, and I'll catch you later" said Rick. "Yeah see you" said Charlie. Rick nodded. "See you on the ice, Rebekah" said Rick, with a smile. "Yeah, sure Rick" said Becki. Rick nodded. "See you Charlie, thanks" said Rick. "Yeah see you" said Charlie. Rick walked out of the skate shop. Charlie looked over at Becki. "What?" asked Becki. "Your cousin is a jerk, you know that right?" asked Charlie. "He can be, but he's okay if you know him" said Becki. "Yeah, I know him and I hate him" said Charlie. "Look Charlie, most of my family are a bunch of arse holes, but Rick's generally been the nice one, at least to me" said Becki. "Really?" asked Charlie. Becki nodded. "His brothers, Will who is older, and Paul who is younger. Are like my grandfather, say girls shouldn't play hockey. But Rick has never been like that" said Becki. "He just came across as a jerk last year at school" said Charlie. "Yeah, well that's just macho guy crap. He's not bad, once you get to know him" said Becki. Charlie nodded. "One thing I don't get though" said Charlie. "What?" asked Becki. "You said your family isn't rich" said Charlie. "My mom and dad aren't. Mom made the decision not to live off the riches of my family. My uncle Tom however, did" said Becki. "What exactly does your family do?" asked Charlie. Becki looked at him. "Jack, my granddad, is editor of the Minneapolis Times, and also the owner of it. And he also owns about five other papers around the US" said Becki. Charlie looked at her. "Really?" asked Charlie. "Yeah, he inherited it from his father, and my Uncle Tom will inherit it from him, and then either Will, Paul or Rick will inherit it later on" said Becki. "Wow" said Charlie. "Yeah, but I don't have the family money, and it doesn't bother me, because I can do without it" said Becki. Charlie nodded. "But my granddad is paying for my tuition at Eden Hall, so that's why I had to quit playing hockey, Charlie. If I didn't I wouldn't be going there anymore" said Becki. "Yeah, I get it now. But I still think it sucks" said Charlie "Me too, Charlie, me too" replied Becki, and the two of them continued to sit around the skate shop and talk.