Once again, a shout out to my fabulous reviewers. Please R & R if you have the time. My ego is loving it- and you.

Galindapopular- Do not blush, the praise is all warranted. I can't wait for the 3rd part of the Catlady series (at least that's what its called in my head) to come out. I'm glad you like this story. I didn't realize how exciting it was to get reviews all the time!

ElyseBlack- Noah is great. I didn't want to put OC's in my story but he popped in. There will be couple more integral ones, but I don't want them to overshadow. Can't wait for the update- but now I finally realize how hard it is to update all the time, so take your time.

Pylea- thank you so much for the review, I think all girls secretly have names for their boobs, even if they don't admit it. I'm glad I have made it realistic, when I write it, I kind of wish I was at the school with them.

Disclaimer- Well, considering Uncle Steven won't give me a call, let alone a DNA swab, I'm still waiting. But never fear- I have been in contact with Emilio and he's going to do his best to convince him to contact me. But until Emilio persuades him that I'm a good person,Disney and Uncle Steven own the rights

I went and got Connie from Charlie's room. For once, they were actually clothed. Connie jumped at the chance for a girls' night and so did Charlie. I expected he needed some manly time to hang out with Adam. Sometimes this involved trying to find out if Adam was gay, other times it really was manly time, where they watched sports and debated over who was the best defenseman in the NHL.

Once we stepped into the hallway of our dorm, it was chaos. Girls were screaming and running between rooms, and I could see Noah outside our door, watching them all with interest.

'What is going on?'

'Well ladies, since tomorrow is the first day of senior year, all the ladies want to look their best. Plus they have heard that there is new male transfer students or something, which I for one, am excited about. Oh, and Tammy moving in shook them up a little. Yasmeen was pretty, but Tammy is gorgeous. So it's a competition to see who will look better on the first day' he laughed as two girls ran past, squawking to each other about the use of a hair straightener.

'Oh yes, the dreaded first day. Guess we can't stay up all night huh?'

'Well ladies, its only 7. We have 4 hours to bitch, moan and watch Sisterhood of the Traveling pants until lights out. Plus, I have to co-ordinate your outfits for tomorrow' he grinned, pushing open the dorm door. Tammy ran in behind us.

'Oh my god, a girls night in! How exciting. You must be Noah. Fulton has told me so much about you. Give me about 15 minutes to gather my stuff and throw my boyfriend out of my room. He's organizing my books in alphabetical order' she shuddered, skipping out of the room. Fulton liked everything to be neat, tidy and preferably alphabetized or colour co-ordinated. Including his socks. It was weird.

'I love her already!' Noah looked delighted, fishing out a black long sleeved shirt with Metallica written on it from my closet. 'Julie, this is disgusting. Under no circumstances are you to wear this outside this dorm room. I mean it'

'It's Portman's'

'Then you shall give it back and let him wear it. He can't dress properly anyway. Who doesn't wash their bandana in a month? And he played hockey in it. Breeding ground for disease' Noah sighed in disgust.

While we waited for Tammy, he organized our outfits for the next day, while Connie and I set the room up. I apparently was wearing jeans and a white eyelet style sleeveless peasant top, which Noah pronounced as too cute for words. He picked out a denim miniskirt and singlet top for Connie, with a headscarf. I shook my head as he looked at the clothes laid out on the bed.

'You are as camp as a row of tents you know?'

'I'm aware of that. I like to think I'm the male Rachel Zoe of styling.'

Once Tammy was in, we gossiped, ate, did our nails (including Noah's toes), ate, watched the Sisterhood and cried and gossiped.

' God I love that movie. Its just so sad. And Kostas, what a babe. Lena should have just given it right up to him on the docks. Boy, I think I need to go to Greece now. So you promise not to oppose me Tamara, for homecoming queen? I believe I am the incumbent you know' Noah directed at Tammy.

'I promise. I will be your campaign manager.' Tammy laughed. I think a friendship had started.

Mrs. Siles, the dorm monitor poked her head in with 10 minutes of curfew time to go.

'Girls, no males in the dorm rooms with the door shut after 9pm…oh Noah, its you' There was an unspoken rule amongst dorm monitors and staff that Noah was to be considered a girl, and could sometimes stay over in a girls' room. He had even tried to move to our dorm block, but the Dean claimed it was 'healthier' to have him with the boys. I don't know about healthier, as Noah got to ogle boys in the showers.

'Don't worry Mrs. Silar, I am going now. Ta ta girls- see you in the morning' he kissed my forehead and squeezed my hand as he left with Tammy. I could see Ken standing at the end of the hall and I waved to him. He grinned, nodded once and left. I never had to worry about anything if Ken was around.

As I lay in bed, I wondered where Portman got to after Noah's outburst. I had a feeling Fulton would have gone to find him not long after we left the table. Despite all that had happened, I still loved him. You couldn't just erase that feeling over one incident.

'Or could you?' I murmured as I drifted off to sleep.

We had been training over the summer, and the Ducks had come back early to train the week before school started. Kind of like an after summer hockey camp thing. This meant that Coach Orion had allowed us the first day for school to be training-free. Thank god.

I woke up to my alarm playing 'Smile' by Lily Allen. I slammed the snooze button repeatedly, but it wouldn't go off. Desperately, I threw it against the wall.

'First day Jules. I am impressed. I thought it would be at least a week before you would have to buy a new one.' Connie was up, showered and changed. I noticed that she had changed the outfit that Noah had picked out slightly.

'Morning Connie. Noah will kill you'

'Yeah I know. But I just remembered that I had this top and Noah didn't see it last night. He needs to totally get over himself'

I shook my head as I showered, changed and left the dorm, knocking on Tammy's door to get her for breakfast. She was annoyingly perky for a first day at a new school.

'Why are you so cheery?' I grumbled as we stood in line for waffles.

'Cause I didn't have training, I got enough sleep, I get waffles, I have a new school where I already have friends and a sexy boyfriend. Why are you so grumpy?'

'She tossed and turned all night, thinking about the 'situation'' Connie looked sympathetically at me.

'How do you know?' I asked grumpily, holding out my plate for bacon.

'Because when I got up, you mumbled 'Portman, compass, stabbing, heartbroken and cheese' all in the one breath' she grinned. 'Although I am wondering about the cheese'

I threw her a look and sat down at an empty table. I could see the rest of the Ducks filing in and sitting at random tables. The exodus and breakup had begun.

'Morning ladies. And don't we look fine this lovely day?' Russ sat down with a gigantic plate of food.

'I second that, big black man with scary head and tattoos' Noah sat down and stuck his hand out to Russ. 'I'm Noah Simmons'

'The gay boy?'

'I see my reputation has preceded me' Noah grinned.

'Nice to meet you man'

What followed was a weird, manly, homeboy type shake. Noah looked horrified.

'You are not going to pull a gun on me are you?' Russ just laughed as Fulton and Kenny sat down.

'Where's Portman?' I asked Fulton quietly. He kissed Tammy on the cheek before glancing at me.

'He's on his way. He's a bit cut up Jules. He wants to make things right'

I glanced at my waffles. It was the first day of school and I was feeling guilty for…what? I had no idea. Maybe for spilling my guts and telling Portman that I loved him. Maybe for having sex with him on a lawn. I didn't know whether I wanted to hear his bullshit- on the other hand I did. He might tell me he made a mistake and declare his love for me again. I hated being indecisive. It wasn't me at all.

'Morning all' Charlie sat down with a broad grin.

'What is with everyone today? They are so cheery' Noah echoed my unspoken thoughts.

'I think it has to do with being all back together or something. By the way Noah, I changed the outfit up a bit- hope you don't mind?'

Noah looked her over and nodded his approval. His eyes lit up as a dark haired boy with a lip piercing went past out table.

'And who is that fine specimen of man?'

'He's a transfer from New York. Kale Jones. He's my room mate for the next year' Russ grimaced as he tasted his eggs 'What is this shit?'

'Powdered eggs dude. You think we have chickens here?'

'It's disgusting. Someone should be shot'

'Oh goody. Gang violence already and school hasn't even started' Noah remarked dryly.

'Hi' Portman had reached the table and put down his plate. Next to Noah. I started to hyperventilate silently.

'Good morning Portman. How did you sleep?' said Noah sweetly. Like sugar was coating his tongue.

'Fine' He glanced at me with his eyebrows raised. 'Jules, how are you?'

'Fine' I could see the rest of the table looking at me. I dug into my waffles and began to eat. The rest of them followed in silence, although I could feel Portman's eyes on me the entire time.

First day of school. First assembly. After the fiasco that was freshman year, when the Minnesota ducks stormed the stage in their rollerblades, they mace sure that all doors were locked by a certain time, with a guard standing at each. Waste of time really. Plus, it was pretty amusing to see Connie tangled in the curtain.

I was next to Noah and the new boy Kale. Noah was right- he was good looking. He had thick dark hair that hung over his right eye, a lip piercing and bright green eyes. He was dressed simply in a white shirt and blue jeans but they were tailored to fit his body. Something screamed to me that he was extremely wealthy. I wondered if he was as pretentious as some of the people at this school.

'Hi I'm Noah. Noah Simmons. This is Julie. And you are..?'

'Kale Jones. Nice to meet you both' he shook Noah's hand and winked at me with a little grin. Whoa. This guy was hot.

We turned back to see the Dean take the stage. I don't know who dressed him in the mornings, but plaid and brown corduroy do not go together with a polka dotted bow tie. I could see Noah pretending to gag, although I was pretty sure he wasn't pretending.

'Good morning students! Welcome back to another glorious year at Eden Hall Academy. No doubt, you will find yourself overcome with greatness, at a school that prides itself on the determination, studiousness, athletic capability and prowess and above all friendships that will last you to your dying days!'

'Who writes this shit?' Kale muttered.

'He does' Noah and I chorused in unison.

'Well he's a moron. God, I wish I could get out of here' Kale sighed, looking around for the exit. Noah swooned and I laughed softly, attracting the attention of Fulton and Portman who were sitting in front of me. Fulton turned around and looked at me quizzically. Portman turned around and narrowed his eyes at Kale.

'And we cannot forget, the 3 time national champions, these students are the best at what they do, the Eden Hall Ducks cheerleaders! And our own Varsity ice hockey team, who have also won 3 national championships in a row'. The Dean definitely affirmed to the whole school of the importance of the ice hockey team over the cheerleaders.

Suddenly, there was a commotion at the side of the room and I watched three people ran through the auditorium with masks on their faces. Naked. Oh dear Lord. The Ducks beanie was a dead giveaway for Charlie. The others, I deduced, were Luis and Russ, purely on the size of their…bodies. They had Ducks jerseys covering the other parts that were not suitable for PG viewing.

'Man, pay up. I told you he would do it.' Reluctantly, Fulton handed over a twenty to Noah, who was gloating.

'You knew about this?'

'Jules, what is one thing that Charlie never does?'

I groaned. 'Back out from a dare'

'The boy is just too easy- and Luis was just a bonus'. He grinned wickedly at me. I could see the grins on most of the student population as the three men left the room. Well, if the ladies didn't know Russ Tyler, they sure did now.