Disclaimer: I do not own the Mighty Ducks or any character from the movie. I do however own Coby.
Author's Note: I want to thank everyone who read the first story and reviewed. I hope you all will read the revised story. What there is of it as of now. And check back for the rest. Thanks all. Also thanks to my friend Random. This story was inspired by an RP we were doing at one time.
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Julie "The Cat" Gaffney was now a Senior at Eden Hall Academy. Things were off to a good start this year. All her classes were going great. She was going to graduate at the top of her class. If she worked hard enough she might even be in the running for Valedictorian The Ducks had a great hockey season ahead. They were going all the way this year. She just knew it. Even her personal life was going good. She and Dean Portman had a serious relationship. One that had become serious with in a few months. All in all they had become the schools most unlikely couple in the last year. Even if their relationship was on an on-again-off-again basis.
Julie was now sitting in biology class. It was the last class of the day and Julie was trying desperately to pay attention. They were going over the human reproductive system. They had worked their way through the basic anatomy. "I already know all of this. And if there is someone here who doesn't know the difference between the female and the male reproductive system then they have a serious problem." she thought as she doodled in her notebook out of boredom. Their teacher Ms. Fields did eventually get Julie's attention. Julie perked up some when Ms. Fields started to talk about the early signs of pregnancy. "Most women may not realize at first they are even pregnant." Ms. Fields sat on her desk looking at all the girls in the class. "I want you girls to pay close attention to this list. I'm going to give you the Top Ten Signs of pregnancy." Ms. Fields walked from her desk to the board. She took a dry erase maker and started to write on the board. "Okay now…these are in no particular order. 1. Missed Period, 2. Tender Breast, 3. Nausea, 4. Fatigue, 5. Frequent Urination, 6. Headaches, 7. Spotting, 8. Light Headedness, 9. Constipation, 10. Heartburn." Julie did a mental check list as Ms. Fields talked. By the end of the lecture Julie could hardly make herself move. "No, it couldn't be. It's the flu. It has to be the full." Julie convinced herself that all she had was the flu or may be even just a stomach virus. Therefore, pushing any other thought out of her mind she pulled herself from her desk and walked out of class. Now she needed to focus on hockey. She dropped by her locker to drop off her books and grab her duffle and head off to the rink for a fun field afternoon of hockey practice.
As soon as she walked into the locker room and that sweaty smell mixed with the other odors of a locker room hit her senses Julie felt a wave of nausea wash over her. She had to step back out into the hall and take several deep breaths. "Oh man. "Don't they ever clean in there, or is the aroma absorbed in the walls and floors?" She stood out a several minutes before she felt like she could go back into the locker room. When she did go back inside she still didn't feel too well, but it wasn't as bas as before. She sat on the bench in front of her locker taking deep breaths and fighting the nausea. "I will not get sick, I am not sick. There is nothing wrong with me." She told herself.
"What's the matter does the kitty have a fur ball?" Portman smirked as he passed by Julie on his way to his locker. Julie looked at him without saying word, just glaring. She turned back to her locker and pulled out her pads. Portman came over and sat down next to her giving her a puppy dog face. "Jules, come on now, you know I was just joking." Julie pulled her shirt off and her pads on. She glared at Portman again. "Julie, what's eating you, what's wrong?" Julie closed her eyes and swallowed as another wave of nausea washed over her. "I think I'm coming down with the flu or a stomach virus." Portman made a slight face and stood up. "Well you can just keep that." Then he smiled. "Awe…poor kitty…" he kissed the top her head. "Get changed, you don't want to be late for practice. Orion's wound up tight enough as it is."
Portman headed on out to the ice and left Julie alone to finish changing. "Where's Gaffney?" Orion asked as Portman skated out onto the ice. "She's still changing. She said something about having the flu or something." Julie did eventually get changed and made her out to the ice with plenty of time to spare.
"Come on Ducks! Look alive! If you play our next game like this we'll never get anywhere." Orion was really drilling them in practice. He was dong everything in his power to ensure that they were ready for anything this season. He had them do so many laps that Julie lost count, then after that they scrimmaged for what seemed like days.
At the end of practice all any of them wanted to do was find a hole to curl up and die in. "I have never been so tired in my life. This is worse than our first practice with Orion." Goldberg whined as he plopped down on the bench. "What's got him so crazy anyway? It's not like we never come this far before." Portman threw a towel at Goldberg. "Dude, it's our last year here, and we're going to the top! We need to work hard. So, suck it up Goldberg."
Julie was the last one to come back to the locker room after practice. She wasn't in any real hurry to go back in there. She said a silent prayer through as she walked back. She prayed that she could get changed and out of there without feeling sick again. No such luck. After just a few minutes of being in there she was feeling sick again. At least it wasn't as bad this time. She still changed as quickly as she could and got the heck out of there. When she got outside she took a deep breath and let it out. "Fresh air does a body good." She sat bag on the ground and leaned against the wall waiting for Portman. It was easy to tell when he had come out. All she had to was listen to him boasting about who'd he managed to check that day. Then there was also the goofy antics of Portman, Fulton, and Guy as they came out acting like a bunch of two year olds. Julie rolled her eyes and laughed.
"Hey babe!" Portman walked over wrapping his arms around Julie's waist and kissing her deeply. "Hey!" she smiled returning his kiss. "Some practice huh?" he smirked. "Well me and guys are going out…do something with this left over adrenaline. Wanna join us?" Julie leaned up kissing his cheek. "No thanks, I'm going to go get some rest. Try to fight this bug." Portman frowned, "You'd rather rest than be with me?" He shrugged and kissed her softly. "Suit yourself, but you're going to miss all the fun." Julie rolled her eyes again. "I'll take my chances."
Portman and the 'guys' went off to probably play some pool. That had recently become their new favorite past time. "Oh yeah…I do believe you owe me twenty bucks for that shot." Guy smirked. Portman looked at Fulton who was up next. Fulton adjusted his bandana. "I wouldn't talk just yet there Guy. After this shot I believe you're going to owe me thirty bucks." Fulton lined up the shot and with ease he sunk it. Guy grumbled under his breath. "What's that?" Fulton smirked.
Julie did just what she said she was going to do. She went back to her room and crashed. Thankfully she didn't have any homework or it wouldn't have gotten done, because Julie didn't move again until the following morning when her alarm went off. She rolled onto her back and blinked her eyes. "Why's the alarm going off now? It's not time yet." She rolled onto her side so that she could see the clock. "Oh god…I slept that long!" With a heavy sigh Julie got up out of bed and wobbled her way to the showers. She stood under the shower letting the hot water just beat down on her. It was relaxing. Getting out of the shower she felt refreshed and ready to start the day. She also noticed that she felt much better. "Hmm…must've been something I ate." Julie didn't think anymore about it. She got ready like always and headed off to school.