As Julie was walking to her second period class when noticed Scooter standing by his locker
with some of the other varsity players. She glanced at him, receiving a glare back in return. Julie
felt her heart crumble. She thought that she and Scooter had overcome every possible odd, they
had gone past their J.V. ,Varsity labels, gotten their team-mates to half-way go along with it. She
thought that Scooter would be her first boy friend, for sure, especially after the night that they
had spent together at the dance. It had all been pure magic until they had to rescue Adam from
the rest of the Varsity. All day long Julie really wasn't herself. Her thoughts about Scooter were
taking over her mind. She couldn't even pay attention during class, a task that was usually
relatively easy for her.
"Hey, Julie!" Goldberg hissed during social studies that day. "What'd you get for number seven?"
He asked
"45" She whispered over her shoulder.
"45 was not the first president of the confederacy."
"I'm sorry, Goldberg, I'm not paying attention ask Linda."
Not only was Julie's head not on her studies that day but it also wasn't on hockey at practice
either. Coach Orion nearly had a cow when she allowed Averman to score off of her.
"All right, what's wrong with Gaffney?" He demanded of the players waiting on the bench for line
change.
"Boy trouble." Connie put as simply as her boyfriend had "girl trouble" days before
"Jesus, what is it with you guys lately? That's it practice is over." He blew the whistle angrily as
Julie missed another save.
Star climbed down from her perch on the bleachers when Adam came freshly showered from the
locker room.
"What's the matter with Julie?"
Her boyfriends arms came around her slim waist and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Scooter's really pissed about the grade thing. He hasn't spoken to her all day. You've known
him for a long time, does he usually hold a grudge?"
"The Scott Anderson I know would take a lot of shit from people he doesn't like, but if someone
he cares about screws him over it takes along time for him to forgive. And he really cared about
Jules."
"That's not good, we need our goalie back for the game on Friday. Julie just isn't doing her job."
"I'll talk to Scooter." Star shrugged.
"Thanks." Adam pressed his lips to her cheek, "So do you wanna grab a burger?"
"Not right now, I've got two goalies to get back together. Maybe around seven?"
"Whenever you want baby. See you later?"
"Yup, bye Hun."
"Bye."
Then they parted Banks to his dorm and Star to varsity's. She ran into Riley on the way up the
stairs and was surprised to find him still speaking to her. Despite the fact she was dating a duck.
Rick told her that he and Scooter shared a room and gave her the number while heading out to
find Mindy. When Luis left her for Nicci she'd gone crawling back to Riley and being as he was a
guy and she was gorgeous he took her back. Varsity captains date head cheerleaders that's just
how it is.
Star knocked on the door lightly and waited for a "come in." hearing none she pushed it open
slowly. She found Scooter laying on his bad staring moodily at his ceiling as if the ceiling had in
some way insulted him.
"Hey Scooter, you got a minute?" She tried to sound cheerful without sounding patronizing.
"I've got a lot of minutes, no practice, the teams all been benched." He grumbled
"Yeah I heard. You have to admit that was a pretty good prank." Star chuckled Scooter only
scowled.
"Okay Scott you know coach Wilson is going to fix everything so you can play Friday. This has
noting to do with being benched, what's the real problem?" Sat was already getting annoyed with
his thick headedness.
"I really like Julie, I thought she liked me too. Why would she let her team do this to me if she did
though?"
"Look at it this way, when you were letting your team cover her clothes in chewed up gum, did
you not care about her?"
"I see you're point." He conceded.
"I'm going to tell you something a smart guy said to me one 'Life is a lot like hockey, you can't
stop everything that comes at ya, so concentrate on what you know you can.'."
Scooter grinned hearing the words of wisdom he'd given her when she found out her parents
were sending her to Paris.
"Now, I know you can't stop this stupid prank war, but you can stop the pain you and Jules are
both in right now." Star finished.
"Thanks Star, sometimes I wonder how you and Cole are related." The senior got up from his
bed and headed to the door,
"Only by blood." Star goofed, following him out
Even alone in her dorm Julie wasn't herself, her science book sat open on her desk but homework was the furthest thing from her mind. She hadn't thought about what that stupid prank was going to do to her relationship with Scooter. She knew the only thing about Eden Hall he cared about beside her and Star was hockey. And she'd messed up hockey for him, and his feelings for her.
Thinking about everything that was going on with Scooter just made her feel worse. Julie threw her pencil down against her notebook. There was no way that she was going to be able to do her homework that night.
"I need to get out of here." She mumbled to herself.
Julie stood up from her spot on her bed, and grabbed a jacket. As she flung the door open she found a varsity hockey player standing there, with his hand up, like he was about to knock on the door, and goofy, surprised look on his face.
"Scooter?" She asked. "What are YOU doing here?" She asked, coldly.
"I came to talk to you, can I come in."
"Actually I was just leaving. I've got somewhere to be." She lied. Inside, Julie was kicking herself. Why had she just said that? She was in agony over Scooter being mad at her, and here he was, standing there, ready to apologize. "I was going to go on a walk!" She put in, before Scooter could say anything. "I don't suppose that you'd....wanna come?" She hinted.
Scooter nodded. With that the two started on their way, around the Eden Hall campus.
"So?" Julie asked, after Scooter hadn't spoken up for a while.
"Listen, Julie. I don't want to beat around the bush. I love you, and I know you love me, and I also know that we can't let this stupid prank war come between us."
Julie nodded. "I feel stupid for taking it this far."
"Lets just know that anything that happens during the prank war, doesn't affect us."
Julie nodded. "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too." He smiled, leaning to kiss his girlfriend, something that he hadn't been able to do for a long, long time.....
After they parted Julie smiled and tugged Scooters hand dragging him back to her dorm where they got comfortable on her bad snuggled closely together and watched Big Brother.
with some of the other varsity players. She glanced at him, receiving a glare back in return. Julie
felt her heart crumble. She thought that she and Scooter had overcome every possible odd, they
had gone past their J.V. ,Varsity labels, gotten their team-mates to half-way go along with it. She
thought that Scooter would be her first boy friend, for sure, especially after the night that they
had spent together at the dance. It had all been pure magic until they had to rescue Adam from
the rest of the Varsity. All day long Julie really wasn't herself. Her thoughts about Scooter were
taking over her mind. She couldn't even pay attention during class, a task that was usually
relatively easy for her.
"Hey, Julie!" Goldberg hissed during social studies that day. "What'd you get for number seven?"
He asked
"45" She whispered over her shoulder.
"45 was not the first president of the confederacy."
"I'm sorry, Goldberg, I'm not paying attention ask Linda."
Not only was Julie's head not on her studies that day but it also wasn't on hockey at practice
either. Coach Orion nearly had a cow when she allowed Averman to score off of her.
"All right, what's wrong with Gaffney?" He demanded of the players waiting on the bench for line
change.
"Boy trouble." Connie put as simply as her boyfriend had "girl trouble" days before
"Jesus, what is it with you guys lately? That's it practice is over." He blew the whistle angrily as
Julie missed another save.
Star climbed down from her perch on the bleachers when Adam came freshly showered from the
locker room.
"What's the matter with Julie?"
Her boyfriends arms came around her slim waist and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"Scooter's really pissed about the grade thing. He hasn't spoken to her all day. You've known
him for a long time, does he usually hold a grudge?"
"The Scott Anderson I know would take a lot of shit from people he doesn't like, but if someone
he cares about screws him over it takes along time for him to forgive. And he really cared about
Jules."
"That's not good, we need our goalie back for the game on Friday. Julie just isn't doing her job."
"I'll talk to Scooter." Star shrugged.
"Thanks." Adam pressed his lips to her cheek, "So do you wanna grab a burger?"
"Not right now, I've got two goalies to get back together. Maybe around seven?"
"Whenever you want baby. See you later?"
"Yup, bye Hun."
"Bye."
Then they parted Banks to his dorm and Star to varsity's. She ran into Riley on the way up the
stairs and was surprised to find him still speaking to her. Despite the fact she was dating a duck.
Rick told her that he and Scooter shared a room and gave her the number while heading out to
find Mindy. When Luis left her for Nicci she'd gone crawling back to Riley and being as he was a
guy and she was gorgeous he took her back. Varsity captains date head cheerleaders that's just
how it is.
Star knocked on the door lightly and waited for a "come in." hearing none she pushed it open
slowly. She found Scooter laying on his bad staring moodily at his ceiling as if the ceiling had in
some way insulted him.
"Hey Scooter, you got a minute?" She tried to sound cheerful without sounding patronizing.
"I've got a lot of minutes, no practice, the teams all been benched." He grumbled
"Yeah I heard. You have to admit that was a pretty good prank." Star chuckled Scooter only
scowled.
"Okay Scott you know coach Wilson is going to fix everything so you can play Friday. This has
noting to do with being benched, what's the real problem?" Sat was already getting annoyed with
his thick headedness.
"I really like Julie, I thought she liked me too. Why would she let her team do this to me if she did
though?"
"Look at it this way, when you were letting your team cover her clothes in chewed up gum, did
you not care about her?"
"I see you're point." He conceded.
"I'm going to tell you something a smart guy said to me one 'Life is a lot like hockey, you can't
stop everything that comes at ya, so concentrate on what you know you can.'."
Scooter grinned hearing the words of wisdom he'd given her when she found out her parents
were sending her to Paris.
"Now, I know you can't stop this stupid prank war, but you can stop the pain you and Jules are
both in right now." Star finished.
"Thanks Star, sometimes I wonder how you and Cole are related." The senior got up from his
bed and headed to the door,
"Only by blood." Star goofed, following him out
Even alone in her dorm Julie wasn't herself, her science book sat open on her desk but homework was the furthest thing from her mind. She hadn't thought about what that stupid prank was going to do to her relationship with Scooter. She knew the only thing about Eden Hall he cared about beside her and Star was hockey. And she'd messed up hockey for him, and his feelings for her.
Thinking about everything that was going on with Scooter just made her feel worse. Julie threw her pencil down against her notebook. There was no way that she was going to be able to do her homework that night.
"I need to get out of here." She mumbled to herself.
Julie stood up from her spot on her bed, and grabbed a jacket. As she flung the door open she found a varsity hockey player standing there, with his hand up, like he was about to knock on the door, and goofy, surprised look on his face.
"Scooter?" She asked. "What are YOU doing here?" She asked, coldly.
"I came to talk to you, can I come in."
"Actually I was just leaving. I've got somewhere to be." She lied. Inside, Julie was kicking herself. Why had she just said that? She was in agony over Scooter being mad at her, and here he was, standing there, ready to apologize. "I was going to go on a walk!" She put in, before Scooter could say anything. "I don't suppose that you'd....wanna come?" She hinted.
Scooter nodded. With that the two started on their way, around the Eden Hall campus.
"So?" Julie asked, after Scooter hadn't spoken up for a while.
"Listen, Julie. I don't want to beat around the bush. I love you, and I know you love me, and I also know that we can't let this stupid prank war come between us."
Julie nodded. "I feel stupid for taking it this far."
"Lets just know that anything that happens during the prank war, doesn't affect us."
Julie nodded. "I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too." He smiled, leaning to kiss his girlfriend, something that he hadn't been able to do for a long, long time.....
After they parted Julie smiled and tugged Scooters hand dragging him back to her dorm where they got comfortable on her bad snuggled closely together and watched Big Brother.