:::Julie's view:::
"Well, I guess this is it." Portman said as I was about to leave for my gate. We had landed in Chicago about half an hour ago. I had stayed with Portman to get his luggage, he was about to take a cab home, and I was going to get on my next plane to head back to Bangor.
"Yeah, the last good-bye." I said with a smile.
"I had fun this year, Cat. See you soon?"
"Yeah." I nodded.
Portman gave me a big hug before he said goodbye one last time and turned and walked away. I stood there watching him. He looked back once. I smiled, he nodded and turned back, and that was it. I headed for my gate.
:::Connie's view:::
Three and a half hours into summer vacation and I was going crazy. So far I had gone home, unpacked, ate dinner, and watched a `Friends' re-run. Now what? I stepped out onto the front porch. My dad wasn't home from work yet, so I had the house to myself.
"I'm SO bored!" I shouted out into the street. Nobody was out in their yards, or in the streets so no one heard me. I sighed as I plopped down on the step. I started picking at a leaf that I tore off of one of the bushes that grew in our flower bed.
"Knock knock." I heard a voice shout from the street. Guy was standing there in his old ducks jersey, warm-up pants, and his roller blades.
"Whose there?" I asked, smiling slightly.
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive YOU!" He said skating up and kissing me on the cheek."
"You dork!" I giggled. "How did you know I'd be out here?"
"Because I know you." He replied.
Guy and I weren't really going out anymore, we were just friends, really good friends...for now. Everybody said that we should be together, and we knew that we would probably end up together. But we weren't rushing anything.
"It's..." He paused to look at his watch. "It's nearly four hours into summer vacation and your already bored out of your mind."
"So?" I asked.
"So lets go do something." he suggested.
"Like what?" I asked giving him a look.
"I don't know, we could just skate around until we find something to do...like old times."
I rolled my eyes. "Guy Germaine, you are NOT going to use this summer to get back together with me. I refuse!"
"Well, you say that now. But you'll change your tune."
"And why is that?" I asked, playing along.
"Because, I'm going to win you over with my...charm."
"Your charm?" I asked. "Excuse me while I laugh."
"You know you love me, for the stud that I am." He joked.
"Yeah, well, Pride goes before the fall. Come on, we can watch a movie or something." I said motioning for him to come in.
We settled down in the living room with Armageddon, until my dad came home and iterupted us.
"Hey, Sweet-heart." He said coming in. "I'm just here to grab a bite. I'm going to have to pull an all niter, so I wouldn't mind if you went to stay with one of your friends." He had come in and gone straight to the kitchen, he was sort of yelling to me, but as he walked in to find Guy and I on the couch together his expression changed. "Oh, um- nice to see you Guy."
"Hi Mr. Moreau." Guy greeted my father.
"Well, um, I'll leave you two alone." He said slipping back into the kitchen...yup. It was going to be a long summer.
:::Julie's view:::
I smiled as the plane flew over Bangor. I was SO happy to be home. The feeling of seeing my family standing there at the gate for me, the first time I had seen them in two months, since spring break. I hugged my mom, dad, and my brothers and we went to go get my bags, talking a mile a minuet about various things. The year, hockey, the flight home, my friends. I was so happy to be back.
"So, Julie, what are you going to do this summer?" My oldest brother, Jim asked as we got into the car.
"I don't know." I replied. "I guess I'll just hang around the house, try to make myself useful."
"Useful?" My mom asked, grinning. "Who are you, what have you done with my daughter?"
"Mo-om." I groaned.
"No, seriously. Is she still up in Minneapolis?"
I sighed, loudly, as to express my frustration.
"Oh, hey. I told Connie that I would call her when I got home. Can I used your cell phone, Dad?" I asked.
"Can't you wait until we get home?"
"Please?" I begged.
"Fine." He said handing it to me.
I dialed Connie's home number. To my surprise it wasn't Connie that answered, it was Guy.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Guy?"
"Julie?"
"What are you doing over there?"
"Why are you calling, are you home already?"
"Yeah I just got in. What about you? Explain yourself!" I demanded.
He laughed. "Were just watching a movie. Connie went to go talk to her dad for a second before he went back to work."
"Oh, well tell her that I'll call her later tonight."
"Okay. Good to hear that you got home safe. I guess I'll talk to you later."
"Bye." I said, smiling as I pressed the `end' button on my dad's cell phone and handed it back to him.
"Now, Julie. Lets get one thing straight." My mom started. "You are not going to be making long distance phone calls to Minnesota every day. One call, once a week, max. I don't need you racking up phone bills this summer."
I sighed. So much for an open line of communication.
Later that day I was skating around the neighborhood. I didn't know who or what I was looking for, just that I wanted to see what had changed. I noticed a couple of kids skating on the other side of the street.
"Jamie! Mara!" I yelled.
"Julie?" They cried as the skated across the street. "We thought you were gone for good!"
"No, I just got back from school!" I explained.
"Wow. You look so different!" My friend Jamie told me.
"Really?" I asked. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing." Mara filled in. "It's just that we haven't seen you in such a long time."
"It's good to see you." I told them.
"Um, yeah. Well we've got to go. Were going to a party." Mara said.
"Oh...well then I guess we can just talk later."
"You can come if you want." Jamie filled in. But I knew that they really didn't want me tagging along.
"No, that's okay. Later though."
"Yeah, Later!" The said as they skated off.
I sighed. It was just as I had feared. My friends had changed, or was it me? Was my mom serious? Did the year away really make me into a different person? What if no one liked me now? At that moment all I wanted was to talk to someone. A year ago I would have gone to Jamie or Mara, or one of my other friends. Now all I wanted to do was call Connie...
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Fluff fluff fluff....hehehe- so there is my chapter for the day....I'm really hyper...which is bad because it's late- 10:10....I need help and it sounds like Julie does to...should I keep her depressed or start making her summer better- oh and sorry for concentrating so much on Julie. It's just that my ORIGONAL idea was for it the be all about Julie and her summer back in Maine- but then I decided to include everyone else....complaints anyone??? review please!!!!!!
"Well, I guess this is it." Portman said as I was about to leave for my gate. We had landed in Chicago about half an hour ago. I had stayed with Portman to get his luggage, he was about to take a cab home, and I was going to get on my next plane to head back to Bangor.
"Yeah, the last good-bye." I said with a smile.
"I had fun this year, Cat. See you soon?"
"Yeah." I nodded.
Portman gave me a big hug before he said goodbye one last time and turned and walked away. I stood there watching him. He looked back once. I smiled, he nodded and turned back, and that was it. I headed for my gate.
:::Connie's view:::
Three and a half hours into summer vacation and I was going crazy. So far I had gone home, unpacked, ate dinner, and watched a `Friends' re-run. Now what? I stepped out onto the front porch. My dad wasn't home from work yet, so I had the house to myself.
"I'm SO bored!" I shouted out into the street. Nobody was out in their yards, or in the streets so no one heard me. I sighed as I plopped down on the step. I started picking at a leaf that I tore off of one of the bushes that grew in our flower bed.
"Knock knock." I heard a voice shout from the street. Guy was standing there in his old ducks jersey, warm-up pants, and his roller blades.
"Whose there?" I asked, smiling slightly.
"Olive."
"Olive who?"
"Olive YOU!" He said skating up and kissing me on the cheek."
"You dork!" I giggled. "How did you know I'd be out here?"
"Because I know you." He replied.
Guy and I weren't really going out anymore, we were just friends, really good friends...for now. Everybody said that we should be together, and we knew that we would probably end up together. But we weren't rushing anything.
"It's..." He paused to look at his watch. "It's nearly four hours into summer vacation and your already bored out of your mind."
"So?" I asked.
"So lets go do something." he suggested.
"Like what?" I asked giving him a look.
"I don't know, we could just skate around until we find something to do...like old times."
I rolled my eyes. "Guy Germaine, you are NOT going to use this summer to get back together with me. I refuse!"
"Well, you say that now. But you'll change your tune."
"And why is that?" I asked, playing along.
"Because, I'm going to win you over with my...charm."
"Your charm?" I asked. "Excuse me while I laugh."
"You know you love me, for the stud that I am." He joked.
"Yeah, well, Pride goes before the fall. Come on, we can watch a movie or something." I said motioning for him to come in.
We settled down in the living room with Armageddon, until my dad came home and iterupted us.
"Hey, Sweet-heart." He said coming in. "I'm just here to grab a bite. I'm going to have to pull an all niter, so I wouldn't mind if you went to stay with one of your friends." He had come in and gone straight to the kitchen, he was sort of yelling to me, but as he walked in to find Guy and I on the couch together his expression changed. "Oh, um- nice to see you Guy."
"Hi Mr. Moreau." Guy greeted my father.
"Well, um, I'll leave you two alone." He said slipping back into the kitchen...yup. It was going to be a long summer.
:::Julie's view:::
I smiled as the plane flew over Bangor. I was SO happy to be home. The feeling of seeing my family standing there at the gate for me, the first time I had seen them in two months, since spring break. I hugged my mom, dad, and my brothers and we went to go get my bags, talking a mile a minuet about various things. The year, hockey, the flight home, my friends. I was so happy to be back.
"So, Julie, what are you going to do this summer?" My oldest brother, Jim asked as we got into the car.
"I don't know." I replied. "I guess I'll just hang around the house, try to make myself useful."
"Useful?" My mom asked, grinning. "Who are you, what have you done with my daughter?"
"Mo-om." I groaned.
"No, seriously. Is she still up in Minneapolis?"
I sighed, loudly, as to express my frustration.
"Oh, hey. I told Connie that I would call her when I got home. Can I used your cell phone, Dad?" I asked.
"Can't you wait until we get home?"
"Please?" I begged.
"Fine." He said handing it to me.
I dialed Connie's home number. To my surprise it wasn't Connie that answered, it was Guy.
"Hello?" He answered.
"Guy?"
"Julie?"
"What are you doing over there?"
"Why are you calling, are you home already?"
"Yeah I just got in. What about you? Explain yourself!" I demanded.
He laughed. "Were just watching a movie. Connie went to go talk to her dad for a second before he went back to work."
"Oh, well tell her that I'll call her later tonight."
"Okay. Good to hear that you got home safe. I guess I'll talk to you later."
"Bye." I said, smiling as I pressed the `end' button on my dad's cell phone and handed it back to him.
"Now, Julie. Lets get one thing straight." My mom started. "You are not going to be making long distance phone calls to Minnesota every day. One call, once a week, max. I don't need you racking up phone bills this summer."
I sighed. So much for an open line of communication.
Later that day I was skating around the neighborhood. I didn't know who or what I was looking for, just that I wanted to see what had changed. I noticed a couple of kids skating on the other side of the street.
"Jamie! Mara!" I yelled.
"Julie?" They cried as the skated across the street. "We thought you were gone for good!"
"No, I just got back from school!" I explained.
"Wow. You look so different!" My friend Jamie told me.
"Really?" I asked. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing." Mara filled in. "It's just that we haven't seen you in such a long time."
"It's good to see you." I told them.
"Um, yeah. Well we've got to go. Were going to a party." Mara said.
"Oh...well then I guess we can just talk later."
"You can come if you want." Jamie filled in. But I knew that they really didn't want me tagging along.
"No, that's okay. Later though."
"Yeah, Later!" The said as they skated off.
I sighed. It was just as I had feared. My friends had changed, or was it me? Was my mom serious? Did the year away really make me into a different person? What if no one liked me now? At that moment all I wanted was to talk to someone. A year ago I would have gone to Jamie or Mara, or one of my other friends. Now all I wanted to do was call Connie...
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Fluff fluff fluff....hehehe- so there is my chapter for the day....I'm really hyper...which is bad because it's late- 10:10....I need help and it sounds like Julie does to...should I keep her depressed or start making her summer better- oh and sorry for concentrating so much on Julie. It's just that my ORIGONAL idea was for it the be all about Julie and her summer back in Maine- but then I decided to include everyone else....complaints anyone??? review please!!!!!!