"Hello?" I said after mom handed me the phone.
"Hey Mory, where have you been?" Charlie said on the other line. "Your brother told me I could reach you here…. But he also said not to say my name and just say I was a guy from the team. What was that about?"
I was mad when I heard that. I was wondering why I had not been hearing from any of them. I just didn't expect that my parents where keeping them from me. I was guessing they were doing that to help me with the movie. I sighed heavily. "No clue but I'm mad now."
"Will you guys shut up! I'm trying to talk to her!" Charlie said to some one on his side of the line. I was guessing that he was hanging out with the team.
"So who's all with you?" I asked. I could hear some of them yelling my name and I couldn't help but smile.
"Oh just the team. So why aren't you coming back?" Charlie asked.
I was dreading hat question. I wasn't sure how I would tell him. "Well actually… I've moved with my mom, as you've probably figured out. So I live further into Hawk territory and my parents have sort of…well…I'm back on the Hawks."
"What!" Charlie said. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. I could hear the team in the back ground question what was going on. "Shut up guys! Ill tell you later."
"I hate it Charlie. The Hawks are worse to me now that I'm back. And Reilly acts like he doesn't notice." I said holding back to tears. "I've tried to tell my parents, but the only one that seems to hear me is Jason.
"Well tell you parents that we've gotten better. We tied with the Cardinals!" Charlie said excitedly. "And we have three new players."
"No way! Who are they?" I asked. It was good to hear from Charlie and I didn't want to miss any news he had to offer.
"Tammy and Tommy Duncan, and Fulton Reed." Charlie replied. "And we have a name! No more D-5 for us. We are now the Ducks!"
"The Ducks?" I said with a giggle. "wow let me guess Bombay came up with the name?"
"Hey don't make fun. Ducks are smart and loyal animals." Charlie said. "Not like a Hawk that are animals that cant work well together and would rather eat each other than get along."
"Believe me. I'd rather be a Duck." I assured him. I heard some one at my door and saw Jason standing their. I smiled happily but my but it soon faded when I realized he wasn't alone. Four of the Hawks were there. Banks, Larson, McGill and Brown. I couldn't believe they were there.
"What are they doing here?" I asked bitterly.
"What?" Charlie asked.
"Oh sorry Charlie I got an unexpected and unwanted visit from four Hawks. I'll call you later when I get rid of them." I said and hung up the phone before Charlie had a chance to say good bye.
"Mom invited them." Jason said apologetically. "She said you needed a cheer up."
"so she invited them? Wow she really knows me doesn't she." I said sarcastically. Jason gave me a pity shrug.
"So Witts, nice place you've got here." Brown said reaching for a stuffed toy cat Bombay had given me for my birthday last year. I slapped his hand away.
"Touch my things and you'll loose your shooting arm."
Danny dropped his hand and backed away. Jason smirked. My mom walked in behind Jason and put her hand on Adam's shoulder.
"Its been along time Adam." Mom said and Adam smiled up at her.
"Its good to see you Jane." Adam said then smirked at me. I knew my mom still had her dream about me and him. I just wish she would have forgotten it.
"Amore, darling, Gordon Bombay is down stairs. He would like to have a word with you." Mom said with a fake smile. She always seemed to have a problem with Bombay after I was born. She walked out of the room and the Hawks glared at me.
"What's Bombay doing here?" Larson asked. "He's the D-5 coach."
"Correction, he's the Ducks' coach." I aid walking out of the room. I found Bombay in the living room. "So you stopped being a jerk I've heard."
"I see you've got company. I'll come back later." Bombay said. I could feel the Hawks behind me. Not just their presents but their actual bodies. They were acting like over protective males. Jason walked up behind them and pulled them back a little.
"Go ahead and tell her Bombay." Jason said putting his arm around my shoulders and sitting me down on the couch.
"I found a way to get you back on the team." Bombay said happily. I could have fainted right then and there.
"But she's a Hawk." Adam said and I turned to glare at him.
"She is now because she moved into your district." Bombay said with a crooked smile. man was he a lawyer. "But by Pee Wee hockey league rules, Amore Witts may play on the team she started with at the beginning of the season. Or if you want to get real technical, Amore can transfer to the public school that the Ducks go to and be free to play on the Ducks team."
"But mom and Dad will never go for it." I said sadly.
"Your Dad has no problem with it." Bombay said with a smile.
"Dad said you can even move back home." Jason said giving me a hug.
"She wont be going." I turned to se my mother standing in the doorway to the kitchen. Bombay stood up to protest but mom held up her hand. "I'll be moving to Los Angeles in a couple of weeks, and Amore will be coming with me. Jason is already in a good school and I don't want him to leave. But there are so many good schools for Amore to attend there. She will be finishing the season with her Hawk friends. Then we are gone.
"What!" Jason and I exclaimed.
"You heard your mom." Adam said with a smile. "Your staying a Hawk."
"Then I'd rather not play at all." I said angrily getting to my feet. "Oh wait I already don't play, so what's the difference. Five years on the team Adam, and I never even stepped foot on the ice during a game."
I then turned on my mom. "And you! I can't believe you! They are not my friends. They have made my life a living hell. But maybe if you were around you'd know that. So since we are so conveniently moving. Why don't you be a good mother for once and let me do what I want. And what I want is to finish the hockey season as a Duck."
Mom had her hand over her heart and looked very surprised by my actions. She recovered quickly. "How dare you talk to me like that Amore Jane Bombay!"
As soon as the name slipped out of her mouth, she clapped her hand over her mouth.
"What did you call her?" Bombay asked in surprise.
"I think its time for you four to leave." Jason said quickly escorting the four boys out of the house.
Bombay questioned mom one more time. "Jane, what did you call her?"
"Nothing Gordon, it slipped." Mm said shaking her head.
"Gordon? I thought you hated him." I said in surprise.
"She never used to. Isn't that right Jane." Bombay said walking up to her. "You see Amore, your mother and I used to go together during our years during Eden Hall. That was till your father met her. We were fine till about thirteen years ago when our law firm sent us on a business vacation to Italy. You lied to me Jane."
"I didn't lie to you Gordon." Mom said as a tear streamed down her face.
"Then why name her Amore? I thought you loved old fashion names." Bombay asked getting a little angry. "And then you ask me to be her Godfather. I should have known then."
"Amore go up stairs." Mom said calmly.
"No I want to hear…"
"Go upstairs Amore." Bombay interrupted me. I angrily turned around and headed up the stairs, but I didn't go all the way up. There was a moment of silence before Bombay broke it. "Why didn't you tell me Jane?"
"Oh like it was not obvious. Look at her Gordon. Look at her hair color, look at her eyes." Mom said sadly. "And what was I supposed to tell you when you asked. Yes Gordon I'm pregnant with your child. I wasn't even sure if she was yours till she got that damn strawberry blond hair."
"Your basing this all on her hair color?" Bombay said in disbelief.
"You know both mine and Mike's parents and you know us. But I also know your mother Gordon." Mom said with a sigh. "Don't deny it. I saw it in your eyes tonight. You see your mother in her and so do I. We were just lucky that she took after me in more ways."
Bombay sighed. "Yeah your right. We were also lucky that Jason got Blue eyes. So why do you not want her to be on my team? Because of me?"
Gordon…Out of both my kids, Amore is the one who lives and breaths hockey." Mom said with a laugh. "You know as well as I do that I hate the game. The only reason Mike played was because he liked to hit people. Now you…You never played when I knew you, but you had love of the game. Now that you're the coach I'm scared that you and Amore will come to close and Mike will see the resemblance."
"He already knows." I heard Jason say as he walked in to the room.
"How do you know this?" Mom asked worriedly.
"Mom, I've known for a long time that she wasn't dads. But I never expected her to be Bombay's kid." Jason said. "Dad asked me last year if I knew who it was. I said no. we had a long talk about how he suspected that Amore wasn't his when you always took her with you when you left but not me… You know this is so stupid. Amore come on in here."
"We sent her to her room." My mom said.
"You really think she went?" Jason asked with a laugh. Mom was about to answer when I walked in. I walked up to my brother and he put his arms around me in a worm brotherly hug. "See mom, you were so worried about dad finding out that you've missed everything about her. God I've practically raised her."
"And I'm sorry for that baby." Mom said giving me a hug.
"So I guess I'll stay a Hawk." I said disappointedly. Mom and Bombay exchanged looks then mom turned back to me.
"You know what love." Mom said with a smile. "You can be a flying pony for all I care. Be a Duck if that makes you happy."
I gave m mom a hug and started to head up the stairs.
"Hey where are you going?" mom called after me.
"Up stairs to call some one." I replied happily.
"No your not. You need to start packing." Mom said with her hands on her hips. I sighed. I couldn't believe she was still going to make me go to LA. "Your father…Or Mike…well anyway, he'll be expecting you home in a couple of days…After I call him. and you've got to be ready to go to that public school."
"And if I recall, I don't believe Charlie is home." Bombay said with a smile.
"Charlie? Who said I was calling Charlie?" I asked and both Bombay and Jason gave me a look. "Alright. I was calling Charlie, wait how would you he isn't home? I just talked to him before you got here."
Bombay went to the door and signaled for some one to come in. soon my whole house was flooded with Ducks.
"You brought the whole team!" I said giving them all hugs. Bombay shrugged.
"I thought you might need help packing." Bombay said giving me a hug. It was very awkward.
"So… what am I supposed to call you know?" I asked and Bombay ran his hand threw his hair.
"Lets just stick with Bombay or coach." Bombay said almost nervously, which I thought was funny considering who Bombay was.
"Will do Coach." I said ad lead the Ducks to my room.