Author's Note: Didn't I say this one would be up soon? OK, so this one is fraught with my world famous injokes! Usual rules apply, you pick up on one, you leave it in your review, I give you a shout out in the next author's note, also you get the satisfaction of knowing you are as big a pop culture dork as I am. They go from very obvious, to slightly less obvious, to pretty damn hidden, and you have to know some really random stuff to get it. There are three. Anyway, enjoy the story.
Disclaimer: I still don't own the Ducks, or anything involved in Disney World. I also don't own, Indiana Jones, Star Wars, or Aerosmith.
Chapter 7: Living the Movies
The next morning proved to be a hassle getting out of bed and going, but thanks to Julie standing over beds clapping her hands to get everyone up and moving they made it to MGM Studios by noon. They walked around a little and then ended up a the theater in one of the corners of the park. They all sat together waiting for the Indiana Jones Action Stunt show to start.
"Here's what I never got about Indiana Jones," Ken said, "why was he so afraid of snakes?"
"They explain it in Last Crusade," Charlie pointed, "he falls into that one train car full of snakes."
"Right, but I mean, snakes aren't that scary," Ken said.
"Hey," Russ said, "have you ever been up close and personal with a snake? It's scary shit man!"
"When were you up close and personal with a snake?" Averman asked.
"I fought off a whole plane full of them." Russ said, "it wasn't pretty."
"Yeah, ok, snakes on a plane," Goldberg rolled his eyes, "That would never happen, you're full of it. It sounds like the plot of a bad movie."
"Yeah, I am," Russ laughed, "but you have to admit, that would be funny."
"Guys, shut up." Julie said, "the show's starting."
After the show, they all just walked around a little bit. They got some food, took some pictures, and planned the rest of the day.
"Are we hitting The Great Movie Ride?" Adam finally asked, as they walked past the exterior of The Chinese Theater.
"I don't know Banks," Guy said, "I mean, do you want to? Isn't the Great Movie Ride a boat?"
"It is at that Guy!" Charlie said. "Huh, that's funny. I thought, no boats."
"The Great Movie ride is different," he explained, "things happen, you get hijacked by a gangster."
"It's still a boat," Charlie said, "you go on it, and you break your goal. That's all I'm saying."
"Just get on line Conway," He said shoving him.
Portman walked up to Julie, who'd been avoiding him, as best she could since the night before.
"You want to sit together?" He asked. He wondered why she was acting so weird.
"I guess so." She nodded. Why was she doing this? It wasn't as if anything was different, so they had danced, then talked all night, nothing really changed. And then she thought of sitting for eighteen full minutes (she had looked up the exact timing in her guidebook) with him in the dark and smiled. "Of course."
"Great," he said, "Look, about last night,"
"Last night was great," she said, "let's just leave it at that OK?"
"OK," he said quietly, but he didn't want to just leave it at that, he wanted to go forward. "Come, on the line's moving."
After the ride they split into groups. The eaters headed towards The Old Hollywood section, there was more food there. Charlie, Adam, and Dwayne went to go on Star Tours. And Connie, Guy, Julie and the Bash Brothers headed into the Old New York area, to go on the studio back lot tour, which was Connie's favorite. As they looked at the set of the Old New York Skyline, they stopped.
"Does it really look like that?" Fulton asked, he had never actually been anywhere.
"Sure," Portman said, "I mean, there's more ads and stuff, but largely yeah, that's what it looks like."
"You've been to New York?" Julie said, staring at him.
"Babe," he laughed, "I'm the king of that city."
"Really?" She laughed, "how many times have you been there?"
"Well, two," he said shyly, "But I totally ruled while I was there."
"Of course you did." Julie laughed bumping him with her hip, "Come on, let's get this tour thing over with so we can go on Aerosmith."
"AH!" Fulton shouted, "I've been waiting since we started planning the trip to go on Aerosmith!"
"Right, and we're meeting the others there in like forty five minutes, so let's go!" Julie said.
"I swear to God," Connie whispered to Guy, "I'm going to take the freaking map and hit her with it if she tells us to move it one more time."
"I always loved Star Wars," Charlie said playing around in the gift shop that followed Star Tours. "Until Episode II,"
"Agreed," Adam said, "the love story totally killed that movie."
"See, I was thinking more that Hayden Christianson guy," Charlie shook his head, "God, he sucked, there must have been a million actors better for the part."
"Hey Charlie," Dwayne pointed, outside the door. "Look." Charlie turned around and looked.
"Banks get the camera!" He said excited. "There's no one around him, I'm getting my picture." He walked out and right up to the man in the Mickey costume. Adam and Dwayne followed. He posed for the picture, shook his hand, and then walked around with this huge smile on his face.
As they all gathered in front of The Aerosmith Rock'n Rollercoaster, Portman finally pulled Julie out of the crowd.
"Look I really want to talk about yesterday," he said.
"What's to talk about," she said, "I mean, we danced, what's the big deal?"
"It's more than that," he said, "Come on, you know it is!"
"It doesn't have to be," she said, she was afraid, she knew she wanted it to be, but she wasn't so sure he wanted it to be. "I mean, if you don't want it to be."
"I do want it to be," he said, "Look, we can take it slow if you want, one step at a time?"
"I'd like that," she said. "What comes next then?" He took her hand.
"Just this," he said, "can you handle that?"
Luis's cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and smiled. He had called her earlier and left her a message, saying where they were, that kind of thing.
"Hello," he said warmly.
"Hi," she said, "I'm on my way to MGM, I got out early."
"That's great." He said, "I think we're staying here all night."
"You're gonna do the Fantasmick thing?" Aimee laughed, "I'll stick around for that. It's a good show."
"Yes, we've all seen video clips of it online," Luis said.
"Julie has remarkable talents doesn't she," Aimee nodded.
"Oh yes," he said, "very remarkable. Call me when you get here OK?"
"Definitely," she said, "bye."
"Bye." He hung up. He walked over to the group, who were all chatting excitedly, especially Charlie, who couldn't stop babbling about finally getting to meet Mickey. "Good news guys! Aimee's on her way."
"Princess bringing any of her snotty friends again?" Fulton sniffed.
"Aimee," Luis corrected him, "no, it's just her."
"That's fine then." Fulton said. "Can we get on line for the ride already? I'm dying for it."
"Seriously!" Portman said raising his hand for a high five. He leaned down and whispered in Julie's ear, "Do you mind if I,"
"Ride this one with your Bash Brother?" Julie laughed, "Like I would try to keep you two apart on an upside down roller coaster with a rock theme. Go ahead."
"You get Tower of Terror though!" He kissed her on the cheek, "it's even scarier than the mansion, which means more grabbing." She hit him in the chest. "I'm kidding, I'll take care of you so the scary ghosts can't get you."
"That's all I ask." She laughed and walked over to Connie.
"So what's the deal?" Connie asked.
"We're taking it slow." Julie shrugged.
"No!" Connie said, "you two have been moving at a snails pace for five years!"
"I know," Julie said, "but last night, well, it kinda freaked me out. He sensed that and so now we're just seeing what happens."
"Fine," Connie rolled her eyes, "but does this mean another goal met?"
"I think so," Julie laughed, "So that just leaves you and Guy, and the eaters."
"Guy and I are doing it tomorrow night." Connie said.
"But tomorrow night we were going to," Julie started, panicked.
"NO!" Connie said, "No Julie micro managing. The rest of you can do whatever you had planned, but Guy and I are going to The Magic Kingdom, watching the fireworks, and kissing in front of the castle. Are we clear?"
"I guess we can change some things around," Julie moped, "that way we can all do the Magic Kingdom fireworks."
"Come on," Connie said, "I'll sit with you on the ride."
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