Julie, Connie, Banks and Guy all sat in the boy's dorms watching Mothman Prophecies. Julie was leaning back on Banks. Connie and Guy were laying on Guy's bed. Suddenly Adam's cell phone vibrated on Julie's back and the then rang twice and then vibrated and then rang twice. He pulled the the phone out of his pocket.

"I better take this it's my brother," Adam said making Julie sit up. He pushed talk.

"Hello?"

"Hey Adam. It's Michael."

"Hey Mike."

"Mom and Dad called me. Man this really bites. You're gonna miss basically the whole season of hockey of in your junior year. I feel bad for you."

"Yea I know... this really pisses me off. Why couldn't I get treatment in the off season."

"Mom was really worried about you. She was in tears."

"You think that's bad? You should of seen her at the doc's office.... I mean I was flipping out she didn't need to be flipping out too." Mike laughed. "Look Mike I gotta go ... Julie and I were watching Mothman Prophecies."

"You've only seen that 100 times. Alright I'll talk to you later. Behave yourself."

"Yea, I'll try. Bye."

"Bye."

Adam hung up and slid the phone back into his pocket. He took his place behind Julie and they finished watching their movie. Connie and Guy stood up.

"We're gonna go grab a bite to eat. You guys wanna come along?" Connie asked.

"You want to?" Adam asked Julie.

"Um, not really... do you?"

"Nope. See ya later, guys," he called as Connie and Guy walked out the door.

"What did Mike have to say?" Julie asked turning around and lying on top of Adam.

"Nothing really," he said. She put her hand on his arm, forgetting about his bruises, and went to push herself up.

"OUCH!" Adam yelled.

"Oh my God! I am so sorry," she said.

"No, no, it's okay," he said. His arm throbbed painfully where she had pushed on it. She laid back down on the bed next to him.

"Are you okay?" she asked looking concernedly at his arm. He put his fingers under her chin and tipped her mouth up to meet his. They shared a long kiss. When they pulled apart Adam's phone rang again. "Stupid phone." Julie stood up, walked across the room, and looked at the pictures on the dresser.

"Hello?"

"Adam, it's Dr. Barnes. I'm calling about your chemo..."

"Oh, yeah, did you want me to come in today?" Adam asked.

"Yeah, and somebody will need to come along to drive you back to school."

"Okay, when do you want me to be there?"

"Um, in about two hours. Is that okay?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'll be there. Bye." He hung up the phone .

"Hey, Jules?"

"Yeah?"

"Will you come with me to chemotherapy?" he asked.

"Sure... When are we going?"

"In about two hours," he said.

"Are you nervous?" she asked him sitting back down on the bed next to him.

"Yeah, I mean, if the chemo doesn't work there's not much left that they can do..."

"It'll work, Adam. I know it will. You'll be fine," she said taking his hand and kissing him again. He let out a nervous sigh. "I know you'll be okay," she said again. "C'mon. Let's go eat before we go." She stood up and pulled him to his feet. They walked hand in hand to the mess hall. They each grabbed a cheeseburger and some fries and sat down at the ducks table with Fulton, Portman, Kenny, and Luiz. They quickly chowed down their food.

"Dude, how are you feeling, Banks? You're looking a little pale or something," Fulton said taking a huge bite of his burger.

Adam looked at Julie. "I'm fine I swear." Julie and Adam got up from the table and dumped their trays in a nearby trash can.

"I'll see you tomorrow at practice, man," Portman said.

"Yea, uhh bye," Adam said remembering the only way he would get near the ice is if he became the team's waterboy. Banks looked at his watch they had 15 minutes or so to get there.

"Ready?" Julie asked as they walked down the front stairs of Eden Hall.

"Kinda... I guess so," Adam said looking over at Julie. "You're awesome."

Julie smiled." Thanks, I think"

"You didn't let me finish. You're the best friend I ever had and thank you so much for coming with me." He leaned in to kiss her again.

They climbed into Julie's green Mitsubishi Eclipse and pulled out of Eden Hall. They came to a red light beside The Overlook Motel and saw Guy's green convertible pulling out of the lot and right beside them at the light. Connie was sitting in the passenger's side of the car and her hair was sticking up everywhere. Guy was another story. He had Connie's pink lipstick all over his white collar of his shirt and on his neck.

"Looks like they stopped for a little dessert on the way home," Banks said laughing as Connie looked over and tried to fix her frizzy hair, but got her handcuffs on her left hands stuck in her hair. She finally got them out and then waved.

"Yea, I'd say." Banksie and Julie laughed almost all the way to the doc's office, which helped Adam get rid of his butterflies until he saw the huge white sign on the front of the brick building.

He parked the car and took in another unsteady breath as he pulled the keys out of the ignition and handed them to Julie.

They walked into the waiting room, Julie sat down, and Adam got in line.

"Next," the woman with the monotone voice asked.

"Adam Banks..."

"Oh, yes. You are supposed to go right back to her office and your parents were not invited today. So you can bring whoever you brought to take you home back to the room with you." The woman pushed a yellow piece of paper under the window which basically said what she had just said. "Just go on back there when your ready." She smiled and Banks went over to sit by Julie and handed her the note.

"Do you wanna come back with me back to the room?" He asked looking deep into Julie's eyes.

"Sure, I guess so," She said thoughtfully.

"Thanks," he smiled and she grabbed his hand and they walked down the endless hallway again. They reached the office and the second they were in there Dr. Barnes led them to the radiation room. She showed Julie a place to stand behind a large pane of glass with Dr. Barnes and a few other people overseeing the session. Julie watched as the green lasers passed over Adam's body time and time again. It seemed to take forever, but she couldn't even imagine how Adam was feeling. Once the chemo. was over Julie walked to the door to meet Adam. He looked awful. He was paler than he'd been even before and it seemed as though he could barely stand on his own two feet.

Dr. Barnes said something about calling him later that week. Adam wrapped his arm around Julie's shoulders and she helped him out to the car. She opened the side door and Adam slid in. She grabbed her keys and walked to the driver's side and started the car.

"How do you feel?" Julie asked trying to smile.

"Um... I guess better than expected," he said wheezing a little.

When they finally got to the dorms and Julie again got out of the car and helped Banksie back to his dorm. Guy and Connie were sitting on Guy's bed. Julie sat Banksie down on the bed and sighed.

"Hi," Connie said looking at Banks who was collapsed on the bed and Julie was sitting on the end of his bed. Julie noticed they had changed, but Connie's hair was messed up and she was wearing one of Guy's shirts. Connie's handcuffs were around Guy's bedpost.

"Did you guys have a good time at the resturant?" Julie asked smiling at Adam who smiled back.

"Yea, the food was great," Guy said.

"Good... were did you go?" Banksie asked smiling.

"Friendly's," Connie said.

"Ruby Tuesday's," Guy said at the same time. Banks and Julie shot them an awkward glance.

"I mean Ruby Tuesday's," Connie said slyly.

"You wouldn't have happened to stop at the Overlook for a quick dessert... did ya?" Julie asked smiling at Guy and Connie. They all laughed and Guy said he was going to go for a walk and Connie volunteered to go with him.

"Bye," Julie said closing the door. "Do you need anything Adam?" She went over and sat on his bed.

"Come here," he said. She laid down on the bed beside him. He put his arms around her shoulders. "Thanks for coming today. I really appreciate you for it. I am so lucky to have you as a girlfriend and I have to tell you something." Julie rolled over to face him.

"What?" She asked a little worried.

"I-I love you," he paused and looked into her light blue eyes. She looked up at his pale face and his blue eyes. She paused for a few seconds and returned the romantic, flirty look Adam was giving her.

"And I'm madly in love with you." He pulled her in close and they shared a long, passionate kiss. He laid flat on his back and she rolled on top of him. He squirmed in pain and then kissed her again this time longer than before. She touched his face and ran her fingers through his hair. She laid down flat on top of him and he whined and squirmed again.

This time she rolled off of him. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you."

"I'm fine," he whispered but winced in pain. His body was aching like crazy were Jules had just been laying. "It's my fault. I'm sorry."

"No, it's not Adam," they smiled and she stroked his hair lightly and then they wrapped their arms around each other and fell asleep in each other's arms.