Author's Note: I'm going to make the I love you statements a little bit
clearer in this chapter.
"No he can't be dying." Connie said crying.
"This can't really be happening." Goldberg said in shock.
"God I hope he makes it through." Portman said still holding Julie tight in his arms.
"God please be with Luis and please help him through this and make it out alive." Julie prayed quietly.
"Did you say something sweetheart?" Portman asked looking down at her.
"No I was just saying a prayer." Julie said.
The team waited in the waiting room for about another hour crying and praying. Julie was thinking about Luis's last words to her. "I love you." She though to herself. "Did he really mean that as friends or something more?" She asked herself.
"He couldn't." she said to herself. "He knows I go out with Dean and love him."
"But he may have thought those were his last words to me and wanted to let me know how he felt." Julie said. "Man this is confusing."
"You ok Jules?" Portman asked when he came over and put a loving hand on her back.
"Huh hum yeah I'm fine." Julie said coming out of her trance. "Just thinking about something."
The doctor came in with his head down and the ducks knew that he had bad news. But instead of coming over to them he went over to a woman with a small child in her arms that had fallen asleep on her shoulder. Julie overheard their conversation.
"I'm extremely sorry but your husband has died." The doctor said sympathetically.
"No!" The woman said and started to cry.
The doctor hugged her and they went to go see her now deceased husband.
"That's so sad." Julie said.
"What is?" Portman asked. He had not heard the conversation between the woman and the doctor.
"That woman's husband just died." Julie said.
"She had a little boy with her." Julie said. "He couldn't have been more than two years old." She said and paused a moment. "That was his dad that just died."
"It's ok Jules." Portman said rubbing her arm and moving a strand of hair out of her face.
"I can't imagine growing up without my dad." Julie said but was interrupted by the doctor coming back out.
"Is he ok?" Charlie asked.
"We are not sure if he is going to make it yet but I came out here to tell you that he is in stable condition at the moment." The doctor said and relieved faces came over the ducks.
"So what are the chances of him surviving?" Connie asked tearing up a little bit.
"He has a 25% chance of making it through the night and if he makes it through the night he will be just fine." The doctor said.
"25%?" Julie said almost to herself. "That's not that much."
"Don't worry Jules." Portman said kissing her on the forehead. "He's going to make it through this. He's a fighter."
"Yeah I know he is." Julie said.
"Can we see him?" Fulton asked and the doctor nodded.
"Follow me." The doctor said and the ducks followed.
They got in the room and Luis looked over at them. They all went over and gently hugged him and sat down.
"How are you feeling?" Goldberg asked breaking the silence.
"Better." Luis said his voice cracking.
There was another long awkward moment of silence in which Luis made eye contact with Julie. She looked at him and felt a little queasy. She knew the answer to the question she had asked herself earlier.
She gulped as she looked up a Portman and then thought to herself.
"He really does like me as more than a friend." She thought and looked back over at Luis.
The ducks started to talk again but Julie tuned them out. "Man what am I going to do?" She asked herself.
"First Fulton now Luis." She thought and looked over at Fulton who was laughing at something Averman had said.
"I love Portman." Julie said to herself. "Why don't they get that?"
"Ain't that right Jules?" Charlie asked and she snapped out of thought.
"Huh um yeah right." She said not knowing what she was talking about.
She went back into her thought after that and looked over at Luis and then at Portman.
"I could never love another person." She said to herself but accidentally mumbled out loud.
"What?" Portman asked looking over at her.
"Oh nothing." Julie said and smiled at him.
The doctor came in and told the ducks they would have to leave for the night.
"Can't we just stay in the waiting room?" Adam asked.
"If you insist but it is not very comfortable sleeping in there." The doctor said.
"We don't care we just want to stay." Ken said and the rest of the ducks nodded.
They went back in the waiting room and found comfortable positions to sleep.
Averman, Goldberg, Adam, and Ken all slept on the floor. Fulton, Charlie, and Russ all slept in chairs because the two couches were taken. One was taken by Julie and Portman who were nestled in and looked very comfortable together. The other was taken by Connie and Guy but they were not as close together as Julie and Portman. Dwayne slept on a table and started snoring.
"Great we're going to have to listen to that all night." Russ said and everyone told him to shut up.
"Fine I will." Russ said and turned in his chair.
Julie was thinking again and felt Portman breathing on her neck. His strong arm was around her waist and for the first time since she saw that bear with Luis in his mouth she
felt safe and she felt like everything was going to be ok. She smiled and snuggled in even closer to Portman.
"I love you Jules." She heard Portman say and didn't have to think of her response.
"I love you too Dean." She said and smiled again. "I will never stop loving you."
"Same here baby." Portman mumbled as he went off to sleep.
Soon Julie was asleep and it was morning in no time.
"The doctor came in and everyone came up to him still a little sleepy.
"Did he make it?" Ken asked yawning but he was very anxious to know the answer.
"Yes and he can go home tonight." The doctor said smiling.
The whole team cheered and did high fives as he showed them to his room again.
"Well I guess we're not going to go back to the cabin again." Russ said.
"We still have to get our stuff." Dwayne said.
"Oh yeah that's right." Russ said.
"I wish it wasn't over already." Fulton said.
"Well we can go back next year." Julie said.
"Dude that would be awesome." Portman said and the team agreed.
The team laughed and talked the whole day till Luis was finally released from the hospital.
They went back to the cabin and to get their stuff.
"You know what I think we should do?" Averman asked as Ken helped him into the van.
"What's that?" Connie asked putting Averman's stuff in the back.
"I think we should call are parents and stay for another week." Averman said and everyone turned to look at Luis and then at Julie.
"Well it is fine with me if ya'll want to stay." Julie said and they all cheered and then shut up and looked at Luis again.
"What?" Luis asked.
"Do you want to stay?" Fulton asked.
"Have I ever turned down an opportunity like this?" Luis asked and they all cheered again. "Wait!" Luis said and the team looked at him.
"What?" Fulton asked. "Are you in pain or something?"
"No but I will only stay under one condition." Luis said and smiled.
"What's that?" Dwayne asked.
"No midnight walks in the woods." Luis said.
"You got it." Julie and Connie said together and the team laughed.
"Well let's go call our parents and get all of our stuff unpacked again." Portman said.
Author's Note: Ok I didn't want to end the story just yet so I decided to make it a little bit longer. I need some ideas that can happen during the next week though so review please. Anyways hope to hear from ya'll.
"No he can't be dying." Connie said crying.
"This can't really be happening." Goldberg said in shock.
"God I hope he makes it through." Portman said still holding Julie tight in his arms.
"God please be with Luis and please help him through this and make it out alive." Julie prayed quietly.
"Did you say something sweetheart?" Portman asked looking down at her.
"No I was just saying a prayer." Julie said.
The team waited in the waiting room for about another hour crying and praying. Julie was thinking about Luis's last words to her. "I love you." She though to herself. "Did he really mean that as friends or something more?" She asked herself.
"He couldn't." she said to herself. "He knows I go out with Dean and love him."
"But he may have thought those were his last words to me and wanted to let me know how he felt." Julie said. "Man this is confusing."
"You ok Jules?" Portman asked when he came over and put a loving hand on her back.
"Huh hum yeah I'm fine." Julie said coming out of her trance. "Just thinking about something."
The doctor came in with his head down and the ducks knew that he had bad news. But instead of coming over to them he went over to a woman with a small child in her arms that had fallen asleep on her shoulder. Julie overheard their conversation.
"I'm extremely sorry but your husband has died." The doctor said sympathetically.
"No!" The woman said and started to cry.
The doctor hugged her and they went to go see her now deceased husband.
"That's so sad." Julie said.
"What is?" Portman asked. He had not heard the conversation between the woman and the doctor.
"That woman's husband just died." Julie said.
"She had a little boy with her." Julie said. "He couldn't have been more than two years old." She said and paused a moment. "That was his dad that just died."
"It's ok Jules." Portman said rubbing her arm and moving a strand of hair out of her face.
"I can't imagine growing up without my dad." Julie said but was interrupted by the doctor coming back out.
"Is he ok?" Charlie asked.
"We are not sure if he is going to make it yet but I came out here to tell you that he is in stable condition at the moment." The doctor said and relieved faces came over the ducks.
"So what are the chances of him surviving?" Connie asked tearing up a little bit.
"He has a 25% chance of making it through the night and if he makes it through the night he will be just fine." The doctor said.
"25%?" Julie said almost to herself. "That's not that much."
"Don't worry Jules." Portman said kissing her on the forehead. "He's going to make it through this. He's a fighter."
"Yeah I know he is." Julie said.
"Can we see him?" Fulton asked and the doctor nodded.
"Follow me." The doctor said and the ducks followed.
They got in the room and Luis looked over at them. They all went over and gently hugged him and sat down.
"How are you feeling?" Goldberg asked breaking the silence.
"Better." Luis said his voice cracking.
There was another long awkward moment of silence in which Luis made eye contact with Julie. She looked at him and felt a little queasy. She knew the answer to the question she had asked herself earlier.
She gulped as she looked up a Portman and then thought to herself.
"He really does like me as more than a friend." She thought and looked back over at Luis.
The ducks started to talk again but Julie tuned them out. "Man what am I going to do?" She asked herself.
"First Fulton now Luis." She thought and looked over at Fulton who was laughing at something Averman had said.
"I love Portman." Julie said to herself. "Why don't they get that?"
"Ain't that right Jules?" Charlie asked and she snapped out of thought.
"Huh um yeah right." She said not knowing what she was talking about.
She went back into her thought after that and looked over at Luis and then at Portman.
"I could never love another person." She said to herself but accidentally mumbled out loud.
"What?" Portman asked looking over at her.
"Oh nothing." Julie said and smiled at him.
The doctor came in and told the ducks they would have to leave for the night.
"Can't we just stay in the waiting room?" Adam asked.
"If you insist but it is not very comfortable sleeping in there." The doctor said.
"We don't care we just want to stay." Ken said and the rest of the ducks nodded.
They went back in the waiting room and found comfortable positions to sleep.
Averman, Goldberg, Adam, and Ken all slept on the floor. Fulton, Charlie, and Russ all slept in chairs because the two couches were taken. One was taken by Julie and Portman who were nestled in and looked very comfortable together. The other was taken by Connie and Guy but they were not as close together as Julie and Portman. Dwayne slept on a table and started snoring.
"Great we're going to have to listen to that all night." Russ said and everyone told him to shut up.
"Fine I will." Russ said and turned in his chair.
Julie was thinking again and felt Portman breathing on her neck. His strong arm was around her waist and for the first time since she saw that bear with Luis in his mouth she
felt safe and she felt like everything was going to be ok. She smiled and snuggled in even closer to Portman.
"I love you Jules." She heard Portman say and didn't have to think of her response.
"I love you too Dean." She said and smiled again. "I will never stop loving you."
"Same here baby." Portman mumbled as he went off to sleep.
Soon Julie was asleep and it was morning in no time.
"The doctor came in and everyone came up to him still a little sleepy.
"Did he make it?" Ken asked yawning but he was very anxious to know the answer.
"Yes and he can go home tonight." The doctor said smiling.
The whole team cheered and did high fives as he showed them to his room again.
"Well I guess we're not going to go back to the cabin again." Russ said.
"We still have to get our stuff." Dwayne said.
"Oh yeah that's right." Russ said.
"I wish it wasn't over already." Fulton said.
"Well we can go back next year." Julie said.
"Dude that would be awesome." Portman said and the team agreed.
The team laughed and talked the whole day till Luis was finally released from the hospital.
They went back to the cabin and to get their stuff.
"You know what I think we should do?" Averman asked as Ken helped him into the van.
"What's that?" Connie asked putting Averman's stuff in the back.
"I think we should call are parents and stay for another week." Averman said and everyone turned to look at Luis and then at Julie.
"Well it is fine with me if ya'll want to stay." Julie said and they all cheered and then shut up and looked at Luis again.
"What?" Luis asked.
"Do you want to stay?" Fulton asked.
"Have I ever turned down an opportunity like this?" Luis asked and they all cheered again. "Wait!" Luis said and the team looked at him.
"What?" Fulton asked. "Are you in pain or something?"
"No but I will only stay under one condition." Luis said and smiled.
"What's that?" Dwayne asked.
"No midnight walks in the woods." Luis said.
"You got it." Julie and Connie said together and the team laughed.
"Well let's go call our parents and get all of our stuff unpacked again." Portman said.
Author's Note: Ok I didn't want to end the story just yet so I decided to make it a little bit longer. I need some ideas that can happen during the next week though so review please. Anyways hope to hear from ya'll.