:::Averman's POV:::
That night the pavilion was cleared out for a councilors meeting. Camp was winding down and there was one week left. I still hadn't made my move on Jamie. I was kicking myself for that. I really liked her, and we worked great together. She was so beautiful. I wanted nothing more than to be her boyfriend, that was it. After the meeting everyone started to walk back to their cabins. I had decided to stay back there for a while and think, but I wan't the only one who had the same idea. Jamie wasn't moving from her spot on a picnic table a few feet away either.
"Hey." She called to me.
"Hey." I replied.
"So, what are you going to do when you get back home?" She asked, as she walked across the pavilion to sit down next to me.
"I don't know. Just hang around with my friends I guess. Until school starts, that is."
Jamie nodded.
I hesitated. "IreallylikeyoualotJamie!"
"What?" She asked.
"I said that I- I like you...a lot."
She giggled a little bit. "I know, Les. I like you too."
"Really?" I asked.
She nodded. "Your not like any of the boys I know back home."
"Is that- good?" I asked.
Jamie laughed. "Of course it is. I just wish that summer could go on forever, you know? I wish that we didn't have to go back home."
I sighed. I knew the feeling.
"So, I guess you can e-mail me and stuff, right? I mean, I'll give my addy before we leave and-"
"It just won't be the same." I sighed.
"But there's always next summer, right?"
"Yeah...there's always next summer."
:::Charlie's POV:::
I was pulling my hair out. I hated summer. I hated the fact that I couldn't be like every other normal kid, and sit back and relax. I needed something to do. I needed action. I didn't care if I got it in the form of school work, or what, but I needed somewhere to place my energy. I guess that's why I'd been practicing so much that summer. Maybe I should have just caved, and got a job like everybody else.
"I can't stand this!" I sighed to myself as I got up off of the couch and pulled my skates on. I didn't know where I was going, but it didn't matter. I ended up skaing to the park. It turned out that the varsity liked to hang out there a lot. I noticed Scooter, and a girl that I didn't recognize a few feet away. He may have broken up with Julie, but he was still more or less on our side.
"Hey Scooter!" I greeted him.
"Oh, Hey Conway, what's up?"
"Nothing much." I replied, glancing towards the girl.
"This is my cousin, Haley." Scooter said motioning to the pretty brunette.
"Charlie Conway." I said, shaking her hand.
"She's going to be a freshmen at Eden Hall next year."
"Oh really?" I asked, arching an eyebrow. Okay, this was it. I could not WAIT for school to start.
:::Julie's POV:::
School started in three weeks, and we had planned out, through our yahoo group, and our free web based chat room, along with several telephone calls, and conversations, that all of the non-local ducks would come back a week early, so that we could have some time to recollect ourselves before school started. I was staying with Connie, Portman was staying with Fulton, and Russ, Luis, Dwayne, and Ken were staying with Banks, who had a huge house, with plenty of room for everybody else.
I was getting kind of nervous, school started in soon, which ment hockey season started soon, and I hadn't practiced all summer long. I was worried that without practice I would lose my touch. I knew that I would have some time back in Minnesota before the season started, but I decided to go down to the old arena where my old travel team used to play. We always used to practice early on Saturday mornings in the summer. When I walked in heads turned to my direction.
"Hey, it's Julie the cat!" One of my former team-mates yelled. I smiled at the smell of the rink. I had loved playing on my all girls travel team, but after winning the junior good will games, and becoming a duck, things just hadn't felt right anymore. I asked my old coach if he minded if the team took some shots on me that morning, and he said that he didn't mind. I found that I was a little out of practice, but so much that it would be a problem to come back from. After the practice a few of my old friends asked if I wanted to hang out that day.
"Sure." I replayed, knowing that I had no where else to be. At the end of the day, Rachel Gregory, Laura Cane, and Jaycee Williams ended up back at my house to spend the night. I had forgotten all about the good times that we had shared together on the road, playing hockey together before I left for Eden Hall.
"Wow, Julie, is this your team?" Jaycee asked picking up a framed picture of the team from off of my dresser.
"Yup." I replied smiling. The three girls crowded around the picture.
"Wow, he's hot!" I heard Lara exclaimed.
"Who?" I asked.
"The captain!" She exclaimed back. "Fine as wine in the summer time!" She muttered.
I laughed. I had never thought that way about Charlie. We got to talking about my team, and my old team, and what had changed. Finally I had found people back home that I could actually talk to. Maybe these last two weeks at home wouldn't be so bad after all.
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That night the pavilion was cleared out for a councilors meeting. Camp was winding down and there was one week left. I still hadn't made my move on Jamie. I was kicking myself for that. I really liked her, and we worked great together. She was so beautiful. I wanted nothing more than to be her boyfriend, that was it. After the meeting everyone started to walk back to their cabins. I had decided to stay back there for a while and think, but I wan't the only one who had the same idea. Jamie wasn't moving from her spot on a picnic table a few feet away either.
"Hey." She called to me.
"Hey." I replied.
"So, what are you going to do when you get back home?" She asked, as she walked across the pavilion to sit down next to me.
"I don't know. Just hang around with my friends I guess. Until school starts, that is."
Jamie nodded.
I hesitated. "IreallylikeyoualotJamie!"
"What?" She asked.
"I said that I- I like you...a lot."
She giggled a little bit. "I know, Les. I like you too."
"Really?" I asked.
She nodded. "Your not like any of the boys I know back home."
"Is that- good?" I asked.
Jamie laughed. "Of course it is. I just wish that summer could go on forever, you know? I wish that we didn't have to go back home."
I sighed. I knew the feeling.
"So, I guess you can e-mail me and stuff, right? I mean, I'll give my addy before we leave and-"
"It just won't be the same." I sighed.
"But there's always next summer, right?"
"Yeah...there's always next summer."
:::Charlie's POV:::
I was pulling my hair out. I hated summer. I hated the fact that I couldn't be like every other normal kid, and sit back and relax. I needed something to do. I needed action. I didn't care if I got it in the form of school work, or what, but I needed somewhere to place my energy. I guess that's why I'd been practicing so much that summer. Maybe I should have just caved, and got a job like everybody else.
"I can't stand this!" I sighed to myself as I got up off of the couch and pulled my skates on. I didn't know where I was going, but it didn't matter. I ended up skaing to the park. It turned out that the varsity liked to hang out there a lot. I noticed Scooter, and a girl that I didn't recognize a few feet away. He may have broken up with Julie, but he was still more or less on our side.
"Hey Scooter!" I greeted him.
"Oh, Hey Conway, what's up?"
"Nothing much." I replied, glancing towards the girl.
"This is my cousin, Haley." Scooter said motioning to the pretty brunette.
"Charlie Conway." I said, shaking her hand.
"She's going to be a freshmen at Eden Hall next year."
"Oh really?" I asked, arching an eyebrow. Okay, this was it. I could not WAIT for school to start.
:::Julie's POV:::
School started in three weeks, and we had planned out, through our yahoo group, and our free web based chat room, along with several telephone calls, and conversations, that all of the non-local ducks would come back a week early, so that we could have some time to recollect ourselves before school started. I was staying with Connie, Portman was staying with Fulton, and Russ, Luis, Dwayne, and Ken were staying with Banks, who had a huge house, with plenty of room for everybody else.
I was getting kind of nervous, school started in soon, which ment hockey season started soon, and I hadn't practiced all summer long. I was worried that without practice I would lose my touch. I knew that I would have some time back in Minnesota before the season started, but I decided to go down to the old arena where my old travel team used to play. We always used to practice early on Saturday mornings in the summer. When I walked in heads turned to my direction.
"Hey, it's Julie the cat!" One of my former team-mates yelled. I smiled at the smell of the rink. I had loved playing on my all girls travel team, but after winning the junior good will games, and becoming a duck, things just hadn't felt right anymore. I asked my old coach if he minded if the team took some shots on me that morning, and he said that he didn't mind. I found that I was a little out of practice, but so much that it would be a problem to come back from. After the practice a few of my old friends asked if I wanted to hang out that day.
"Sure." I replayed, knowing that I had no where else to be. At the end of the day, Rachel Gregory, Laura Cane, and Jaycee Williams ended up back at my house to spend the night. I had forgotten all about the good times that we had shared together on the road, playing hockey together before I left for Eden Hall.
"Wow, Julie, is this your team?" Jaycee asked picking up a framed picture of the team from off of my dresser.
"Yup." I replied smiling. The three girls crowded around the picture.
"Wow, he's hot!" I heard Lara exclaimed.
"Who?" I asked.
"The captain!" She exclaimed back. "Fine as wine in the summer time!" She muttered.
I laughed. I had never thought that way about Charlie. We got to talking about my team, and my old team, and what had changed. Finally I had found people back home that I could actually talk to. Maybe these last two weeks at home wouldn't be so bad after all.
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Thank U to all of my reviewers....just 2 more chapters to go....*sigh* keep the feedback coming please :o) :o) :o) -kat