With tuxes ordered, the five Ducks made their way back out into the mall. Three hours later, they were finally done. Fulton decided to ride home with Connie and Guy so that Julie and Portman could go out on a date. After deciding of dinner and a movie, they headed towards the cinemas to see what was playing and when. "Does Averman still work here?" Portman asked.
"I don't know, he might," Julie answered as they walked up to the manqué with all of the movies and times listed. "What movie do you want to see?"
"I don't know, what do you want to see?"
"I'm not sure," Julie replied.
After finally settling on a movie, they found that they had two hours until it started, so they went to dinner. "So my love," Portman said while they were walking back to the cinemas, "Fulton said that you and Connie are gonna set him up with a date for the dance."
"Yep," Julie replied as she glanced down at their joined hands, "we have a few ideas already."
"Anyone I know?"
"Maybe."
"Am I going to be kept in the dark on all the details for this dance?"
"No, you know what your tux looks like," Julie said with a smile.
"If I wasn't in love with you," Portman said as he pulled her closer.
"Well lucky for me, you are," Julie replied as she snuggled closer to him while they continued walking.
"Lucky for me," he corrected as he wrapped his arm around her.
After arriving back at Eden Hall Academy, the two decided to take a walk around the school grounds. They walked hand in hand in a comfortable silence for a while. "We should have done this years ago," Portman finally said then pulled her in for a kiss.
The end of book one, to be continued in book two.