((This
is a two part songfic, the two parts being complete opposites. I
own no part of the Ducks.
Summary:
Chapter 1:
Mixtape (Butch Walker)
If you've read any of my fics, I have
Julie and Dean together in the future. But what if (hence the title
of the story) she chose Adam instead?
((This is going to be told
through Dean's point of view.))
The gym is filled with red
and white balloons, and of course the graduating Class of 1998. Now
some would ask why the school would have the reunion after eight
years and not ten. Well I don't know the answer to that question,
but I do know that there is really only person I am most anxious to
see.
And there she is. The light catches the green glint in her
eyes.
"Dean! Oh my god!" She runs over and throws herself in
my arms, and all the memories of ten years ago come rushing back to
me. "Hey, how are you?"
How am I, are you kidding?
You
say hello, inside I'm screaming I love you.
"You look so
good." She said with a smile. I can't even stop myself from
grinning. How could she even be focused on me? She is taller,
curvaceous, her blonde hair falling far below her shoulder
blades.
"Yeah, yeah so do you." I manage to stammer out. She
must be the perfect woman, and I'm the biggest idiot on the face of
this planet.
You say goodnight, in my mind
I'm sleeping next
to you
"So rumor has it you're gunning for the minors."
Julie asked, genuinely interested. To be honest, I was much more
focused on how beautiful she looked.
"Oh yeah. Uh, tryouts are
coming up. Definitely hoping for it."
"You'll be great. I
always believed in you." A pang of guilt hit my stomach, don't
remind me of how I let you go, please don't.
"I wanted to show
you this." I say reaching for my pocket. I pull out a tape and hand
it to her.
"Oh my gosh, you still have this?" She asked with a
smile. "I can't believe you kept this."
"Yeah, well not
all the songs sucked." I say with grin.
"Hey, hey. Well maybe
if someone listening to something besides the Bone Club you'd have
some taste." She handed it back, and I couldn't help but notice
the giant diamond on her ring finger. My jaw slackened and I stared.
She caught on and smiled.
"Oh yeah, so I guess you heard."
What?
"Oh, of course. Congratulations."
"Thanks."
Someone called her from across the room. "I'll be right
back."
You drive away from my car crash
of a heart
And I don't know
I put the
tape back into my pocket, making a mental note to listen to it in the
car.
But you gave me the best mixtape I have. And even all the
bad songs ain't so bad. I just wish there was so much more than
that…about me and you.
"Portman!" Fulton called behind
me. I broke out of my trance and went over to hug him. Of everyone he
and I had kept in touch the most. "It's pretty crazy to see
everyone again, huh?"
"Yeah." I say looking around. Well
things had certainly changed. Averman and Ken were business partners,
Ken had two kids, Connie had married Rick Riley of all people and she
was pregnant, and then…Julie.
"When did Julie get
engaged?"
"Last month. Funny how her and Banks are gonna be
married. I mean when they dated we all made jokes about it but of
course, nobody was actually serious."
"And yet here we are."
I respond. I see Julie again not far from me, her hand clutching
Adam's tightly, Connie next to her.
You talk to him, and it
burns me like the sun
You talk to her, and you say that you feel
like he's the one
I talk to me, but you can't hear the pain I
feel
You don't know
And the night continued the exact same
way. Through all the speeches, jokes, drinks, I could only focus on
one thing. At the end of the night I had already grabbed my coat and
was waiting by the door.
"Hey,
you." She greeted me.
"Hey."
"Did you have a good
time?"
"Yeah, yeah it was great."
"Good." She looked
awkwardly at her feet. "I'm sorry we didn't keep in touch.
You'll come to the wedding right?"
"Uh, sure."
"I'm
so glad. I've really missed you and everyone. It has been way too
long."
"Yeah."
Oh, don't turn around and say bye
again
"I just wish we could turn back time. At least then we
were close. I mean at least we're still friends."
Yeah it
crushes my head when you call me your friend and I'm not the same
person from back in the day in the back of the class that you thought
was gay.
"Friends…" She smiled meekly.
No I can't
find the words cause I lost them
The minute they fell out of my
mouth
"Okay, I guess this is goodbye." She came close and
hugged me.
And it's love and I'm in it, so give me your
lips
And just let me kiss 'em
And let's get messed up and
listen to probably...
"Bye." She started to walk away. Do
I just let her go?
The best mixtape I have
And even all the
bad songs ain't so bad
I just wish there was so much more than
that
About me and you
About me and you
About me and
you
About me and you
About me and you
"Jules wait."
She turned. Now what? "Um, congratulations, again."
She smiled
then waved and I watched her walk out of my life for the second
time…
About me and you
