The Mighty Ducks

Playing Time

(Tessie POV)

"Uh, just so you know. We suck, well except Tessie." Averman says and I grin at him. "Thanks man." I say as I grab my stick and my skates. "I'll decide who sucks around here." Dad says and I roll my eyes. We started to play but like I said before...They suck. "Get off me." Peter says as the guys pile on top of him. I was off to the side watching this play out. "They really suck." I hear my dad say. "The Pete-meister. Mr Rabble-rouser. Passing the puck over to Jesse-roonie, the enforcer." Averman says as Jesse falls. "That hurt." Averman says but as he gets up he sees Connie and I duck. "Oh, it's the Connie-meister, the velvet hammer. And it's Tessie-roonie" Averman says and I smirk as Connie knocks him over. "Hi, coach. I'm Connie." Connie says and I skate away from them not wanting to hear their conversation. "What did your old coach have you do?" Dad says. We all look at each other knowingly. 

"He just yelled a lot." I say with a shrug. "That's how her hurt his arm." Karp says. I roll my eyes. 'Heart Karp.' I say mentally. "His arm?" Dad questions. Everyone but me nods. "Yeah, one minute he's yelling at us, ''Little bastards, where'd you learn to play ? Oh, you suck, you ! Skate better, you bast--" Jesse cuts himself off as he grasps his chest and falls over making us all laugh. "Heart attack great. All right, look. I gotta make a call. Keep scrimmaging. You, you, you, you and you you four." Dad says pointing at random people. "We got name you know." Jesse says and they nod. "I'm sure you do. And I'll bet they're very nice names. l may even learn 'em. But I already know my daughter's name. For now, I'll be in my office. Oh, and if you need anything, fax me." Dad says going into the limo. "Geez, what a jerk." Peter says. "Where do they find these coaches anyway?" Jesse says and I laugh a bit. "We're impressionable kids right? Shouldn't we check his qualifications?" Goldberg asks and we nod. I smirk. "I have an idea guys." I say and they nod we huddle up.

"On three!" I exclaim. "One...Two...Three!" I exclaim and we start messing with the limo. Karp and Peter had their mouths on the window, and the rest of us were pushing it back and forth. I start giggling a lot but then Charlie opens the door and we all go inside of the limo. "Woah" We all say. "Oh, cool!" Connie says. "Is that a real phone?" Charlie asks trying to grab it but Dad pulls it away. "Yes and I'm really on it." Dad says annoyed. "Not anymore. Thank you." Jesse says grabbing the phone. "Who should I." Jesse says trailing off trying to figure out who to call. "Watch the upholstery." Dad says and we laugh then start talking. "we want a ride." Connie says and we all start chanting it. "I could kill one of 'em just to set an example." Lewis my dad's driver says and my eyes widen. "Not yet Lewis. Take 'em for  a spin" Dad says. We cheer then start talking to each other until a really bad smell fills the air. We start sniffing the air. "Goldberg!" We exclaim plugging our noses. "It wasn't me alright." Goldberg says and we scoff. "Young man what did you eat?" Dad asks and Goldberg looks shocked. "Nothing! It wasn't me!" Goldberg exclaims, we are still driving on the ice. "Open a window." Connie and I say. "Oh, man ! It's my mom! She looks pissed." Charlie says looking out the window and soon Dad shoves him forward, I look outside and there she was...Mrs. Conway. "Oh man." I say. We stop and Dad ushers us out. "Alright out." Dad says and we get out. "Goldberg why'd you have to ruin the fun." Guys says to Goldberg and Goldberg looks shocked. I hear Mrs. Conway and my dad arguing. "Sorry my mom ruined it guys." Charlie says walking over to us. "It's all right Charlie." We all say and he nods walking with his mom. "Tessie let's go." I hear dad say and I shake my head. "Imma walk home with Connie and Guy," I say and he nods while walking in the limo. Everyone that was there looked at me in shock. "He's your dad?!" They exclaim and I nod. "Yep, come on Conns and Guy." I say. "Bye people!" I exclaim and they wave at me. 

"You guys excited for the game tomorrow?" I ask and they nod. "Totally." Connie says and Guy nods. "You guys are so cute together." I say and Connie turns bright red. "Oh I see my house I have to go guys!" I say and they nod. "Bye Tessie." Connie says hugging me. I fist bump Guy.  "Bye Tessie." He says and I smile. "Bye." I say running to my house. I walk inside and I close the door. "Why didn't you tell me you played for the district 5 team." Dad says and I shrug. "You were at work so often so I just didn't." I say with a shrug. Dad nods and rubs his forehead. "Okay, I'm gonna head up to bed. Love you Tess." Dad says and I look at him shocked. "I l-love you too Dad." I say and Dad goes up. This is weird. 

(The Next Day)

I wake up and I grab my red jacket with my last name on the back of it. I grab my skates and my stick and rush downstairs. I see my dad and he smiles at me while drinking his coffee. "Good morning Tess." He says and I look at him wearily. "Hey dad." I say grabbing my toast. Okay what is going on? "So you excited for the game today?" Dad asks and I nod. "Yeah." I say and he smiles. I bite into my toast as I put all of my 'gear' into my bag. "You ready Tess? He asks and I nod, we get into the car and he drives to the ice rink. As soon as we get there I hop out of the car and I rush inside. I meet up with Connie and we talk for a bit until we put on our makeshift gear and get ready. We all crowd around my dad as we watch the hawks chant. "Win, win, win, win!" They chant and I roll my eyes. "All right guys gather around. Come on come on." Dad says and we gather. He starts to do the cheer and we look at him as if he's crazy. "Yeah we're fired up." Dad says.  Our first game...Great.