Summary: One unexpected night sparks an unexpected friendship, but nothing is more surprising than the love it creates.

Disclaimer: We don't own a thing.

A/N: So the pairing is very unconventional, but I saw ConniePortman around somewhere, got intrigued, wrote a songfic and just couldn't help myself from continuing. I'm co-writing this with galindapopular, and we hope you guys like this story. Anyway, on to the story, and please review to tell us what you guys think.

Oh, if you want to catch up on the night before this chapter, then you should go check out my Lives Through Lyrics story. The chapter in there is titled 'Follow Through'.

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"So, what do we do?" Connie asked Portman and he smiled down at her, replying, "Enjoy it."

Rolling over in bed, to face the ceiling, Connie could have sworn that it was all a dream. It was a dream that she had a fantastic night just talking with Dean Portman, with walking around with Dean Portman, and holding hands with Dean Portman.

'It had to be a dream,' Connie thought to herself, looking over at Julie, still sleeping, feeling a pang of guilt in the pit of stomach. Connie threw her legs over the side of the bed, grabbing onto the side of the mattress, and stared at her feet, inches away from the wooden floor. Looking at the time, she saw that she received a text message. Flicking the phone open, pressing buttons to get to her messages, she smiled at the message that said, 'So I think we should hang out today. Call me when you wake up.' It was definitely not a dream.

Connie quietly tip-toed to the door, opening it and closing it quietly, sitting down on the carpet across from the door. She dialed Portman's number with a different and odd feeling of butterflies in her stomach. Connie smiled at the sounds of his voice, and said, "Hey. What are you doing up so early?"

"Couldn't really sleep last night," Portman said, his voice quiet. "Why did you wake up so early?"

"It's eleven-thirty," Connie said, clasping the phone tightly to her ear.

"That sounds early to me," Portman said, and Connie gave a laugh. "So you wanna hang out today?"

"Sure," Connie said, instantly. "Wait."

"What?"

"What about the others finding out?" Connie bit her lip. This was something she wasn't expecting at all. It wasn't something she could just push away either. This made her feel good inside, and wasn't sure she wanted to throw all of it away, just yet.

Portman took a few seconds before answering, "Why can't fellow team mates have a brunch together?"

Connie smiled, "That is true."

"Well come on, get dressed, and I'll meet you in front of the cafeteria in fifteen minutes," Portman said, and Connie stood up.

"Sounds good. See you there," Connie made sure not to say his name, just incase Julie was awake and could hear her through the door. Connie ended the phone call, and entered the room, still trying her best to be quiet when she closed it.

"Connie?" Julie asked, groggily.

Not quiet enough. "Hey," Connie turned around, with a smile. "Did I wake you?"

"Oh no, it's okay. I just woke up to see you come in," Julie said rubbing her eyes. "Where'd you go?"

"Uh," Connie looked at her phone. "I just wanted to make a phone call." Connie grabbed clothes, and ran into the bathroom, "I'm gonna go have brunch with..." Connie paused before saying the name, closing her eyes, hoping Julie won't freak out. "Portman."

"Portman?" Julie asked; not mad, just confused.

"Yeah," Connie said, pulling her socks on. "I'm meeting him in front of the cafeteria."

"That's kinda… weird," Julie said, as Connie walked out of the bathroom.

Connie shrugged, "Really? Oh. Hm." Connie grabbed her keys, "I'll see you later?"

Julie gave a nod, "Yeah. Have fun."

"With Portman?" Connie gave a laugh, "How much fun can someone have with Portman? Bye Jules," Connie said, before closing the door behind her. This was definitely going to be difficult.