Chapter 6: What The Hell Was That For?

"So what do you guys think of Frankie?" Charlie asked as he and the rest of the Ducks (minus Fulton and Frankie) sat down at their usual table for breakfast the next morning, which happened to be a Thursday.

"I like her she seems to be very nice, plus she's a Duck" Julie said with a smile as the others nod.

"Hey Charlie?" Adam asked catching his caption's attention who sat beside him. "Did you or any of the other Ducks notice something strange about Frankie?" he asked as the D-5 Ducks nodded.

"Now that you mention it, I did notice something different about her…I just can't put my finger on it" Charlie said, but before he could continue that thought Luis interrupted him.

"Yeah, I like her" Luis commented picking up the conversation Julie had started as he took a bite out of what maybe could be described as scrambled eggs.

"Luis, you like anything so long as it as a long pair of legs" Connie commented as Julie laughed before gave her a high five.

"Hey! I recent" Luis said as he frowned.

"Don't let Fulton hear you say that Casanova, Francesca is his sister after all" Portman said as he used his fork to push his food around his plate.

"Your one to talk Portman, you were the one that was eyeballing her yesterday or did you forget" Russ said as Portman glared at him.

"I also wouldn't call Frankie 'Francesca'. She hates it when people call her by her full name" Adam said as he recalled when called Frankie by her name when he was first starting out as a Duck. He winced at the memory or the possible injuries he would have gotten Fulton hadn't been there.

"Shut up" Portman with a glare, he was still slightly upset that he hit on his best friends sister. I mean, it was his best friends' sister; there was no way Fulton would allow him to go out with her.

Before he could continue thinking about how Fulton would kill him for even looking at his sister, given his reputation with women a familiar voice interrupted his thoughts.

"Good morning Dean" Frankie said as she sat down next to him, she once again wearing her sunglasses, which she seemed to always be wearing.

She smiled at him after setting her bag down beside her as Fulton sat on the other side of her, "Ducks" she nods at the other Ducks in greeting.

"Morning" the Ducks reply as they continue to eat.

"So how have you been Frankie?" Connie asked as she turned her attention from Guy to Frankie.

"I could be better, have you been keeping my boys in line?" she asked before she continued, "Anyway, great job on beating the Varsity last year" Frankie said as the Ducks smile.

Connie smiled happily, "Trying to anyway, Julie's been a big help" she said as Julie nods with a smile.

"You know about that?" Guy asked who sat beside Connie.

"Good to know" Frankie said as she gave a small laugh before turning her attention to Guy.

"Oh I know all about it, I know about the incident with the fire ants, the freezing of the Varsity clothes, although I don't approve that you did it to Cake-eaters clothes" she said as she looked at Charlie while Adam just smiled.

"Uh-yeah, about that" Charlie said sheepishly, but Frankie continued.

"I also know about Dean's little strip show in the penalty box" she said, causing Portman to smirk at the memory.

"I also know about your attitude towards Couch Orion when you quite the team" she said before looking at Fulton, "Which remind me" she said slapping Fulton in the back of the head.

Fulton gave a loud grunt before turning and glaring at his sister, "What the hell was that for?!"

"That was for quitting the team in the first place, you should have known better" she said before looking at Charlie, "That goes for you too Spazway, you should have known better that just because the coach took away the 'C' doesn't mean he took away the person who earned it. I'd hit you as well, but your out of arms reach" she said as Fulton continued to glare at her a few moments before turning back to his food.

"Yeah" Charlie said as he smiles, but also slightly creped at how she said almost the same thing or as close to the same thing that Hans said before he died "And you don't know how glad I am about that" he said as Frankie turns and looks at Adam.

"Would you please?" she asked him as he smiles at her before smacking Charlie in the back of the head.

"Ah!" Charlie yelled out as Adam hit him in the back of the head. "What was that for?!" he yelled as Adam looked at him innocently.

"What, she said please. Besides, Frankie is scary when she's angry" Adam admitted as he gave a nervous laugh as Charlie nodded, "True."

"Anyway, we better get to class, they start in a few minutes" Julie said as the Ducks nod before standing up and tossing their trays and exiting the cafeteria.

A few minutes later the Ducks went their separate ways so that the only remaining ones were Fulton, Portman and Frankie, who was walking between the two Bash Brothers, her arms linked with her brothers.

"Damnit!" Frankie cursed as she stopped, causing the other two to stop as well.

"What's wrong?" Fulton asked as he turns to face his sister. "Fulton, I forgot my bag. Do you think you could…" she trails off, but was interrupted by Fulton who just smiled.

"You don't even have to ask, I'll go get it, you go on ahead and just make sure you stay with Portman" Fulton says as he removes Frankie's arm from his before taking her other hand and placing it on Portman's arm before looking at Portman who was looking at him in confusion.

"Watch out for her, don't want her running into the Varsity just yet" Fulton said as Portman nods, figuring that he put her hand on his arm so she wouldn't get lost in the crowed on their way to class, I mean it was her first day after all.

"Don't worry so much Tank" Frankie said using the old nickname she used when she was younger.

"I'll be fine, besides, I've got the big bad Bash Brother to protect me" she said as she linked her arm with Portman.

"Alright, see you in a second" Fulton said as he turned and ran back towards the cafeteria while Portman and Frankie continued towards their class.

They were silent for a few moments before Portman finally decided to break it.

"Why didn't you tell me you were Fulton's sister that first time we met?" he asked as they both continued down the hall.

"You never asked and besides, he's my twin, I thought you would notice. Besides the only thing that's different between us is the fact that I have blue eyes while he has dark brown" she said as Portman nodded that was true that that he thought about it.

"Guess your right" he said as they walked into class before he walked over to his seat, "You can sit between Fulton and me" he said as she nodded before placing her hand on the desk next to his and moved around it and sat down.

A few minutes later Fulton walked into class with Frankie's bag, "Here you go Siren" he said using his own nickname for her, which caused her to smile happily.

"Well, Mr. Portman, Mr. Reed" Mr. Barber said as he turned his attention towards the class. "Good to see you both on time" he said as he looks at Frankie. "Let's hope you aren't like your brother Ms. Reed, he has a tendency for tardiness" he said before turning to the whiteboard.

"One can only hope" Frankie commented, causing Fulton and Portman to smirk.

"Now, if you get your books and turn to…" he began as class continued to drag on and on.

((A/N: Ending it there, hope you liked it. Review, message and please, no flames.))