Julie's POV
All the ducks are over here helping me out and Portman is at work.
Well I wouldn't exactly say they were 'helping' me out.
Goldberg is rummaging through my refrigerator trying to eat all of my food.
Luis is looking in the mirror in my living room even though he has nobody to look good for.well unless he still has a crush on Connie which I highly doubt.
Averman, Russ, Dwayne, and Ken are all fighting over who is better at hockey.
Guy and Connie are having one of their lover's quarrels.
Adam and Charlie are talking about..something and Fulton is the only one actually 'helping' me with the babies.
But that is perfectly fine because it eases my mind when the ducks are around just acting like...well ducks.
I can't wait for Portman to get home.
My day just gets about 20 times better when he walks through the door and I see his smiling face.
But today when he walked through the door there wasn't a smile on his face. He actually looked very upset about something.
I debated with myself weather to ask him what was wrong now or when the ducks left and I decided that later would be better.
Portman's POV
How am I going to tell Julie?
She will never understand what I want to do.
I took my mind off of what I was thinking about for the time being and waited until the ducks were gone to tell her.
Fulton and Connie were the last one's to leave and as I said my good-byes and showed them to the door I could feel Julie's eyes lock dead on me.
"What's wrong?" She asked. She has this weird way of knowing when there is something wrong.
"Well let's sit down." I said and I grabbed her hands as we sat down on the couch.
"Alright now tell me." She said in a soft understanding voice.
Just as I was about to tell her Matthew started to cry.
Julie got up and went and soothed him and was back in no time.
"Ok I don't know how to start." I said and looked up into her beautiful eyes.
"Just tell me." She said softly.
"Well.I think it would be best for the both of us if...I quit high school and got another job." I said and she immediately got a disapproving look on her face but still was very understanding.
"Portman I know it's getting hard to pay the bills and stuff but we'll manage. There is no reason for you to quit high school on your senior year." She said.
"Jules we need more money and my boss won't give me a raise." I said.
"But you're never going to be able to get a good job if you don't get your diploma." She said. Ok so she had a point.
"Jules." I started but she cut me off.
"And if you quit school you're quitting hockey too..and the ducks." She said trying hard not to cry.
"I know and I have thought about this for a long time and I think this is just the right thing to do." I said not even believing myself.
"All we have to make it through is 6 more months and we can do it." She said. "And I'm sure if we run too low on money then we can ask one of the ducks to borrow money and pay them back later. I'm sure they would be happy to help."
I was quiet for a minute as I thought about what she had just said and then I looked up into her pleading eyes.
"Alright." I said as I sighed.
"Thank you so much baby. You're the best." Julie said kissing me.
Just then the phone rang and Miracle started to cry.
"I'll get the baby, you get the phone." Julie said and I nodded.
"Hello?" I said when I picked up the phone.
"Hello Mr. Portman?" A voice on the other line said.
"Yes." I said. Nothing good could come after those words.
"You need to be in court next Friday concerning your and Mrs. Portman's ability to be fit parents." I tried to keep my cool as I heard these words come out of the person's mouth.
"But the police already came by and said we were ok." I said holding in my rage.
"Well new evidence has emerged and you need to be in the county court this Friday at 5:00 p.m." He said. By the way he said it you would have thought I murdered someone or something.
"Fine." I said and hung up the phone.
I turned to look at Julie who had a very concerned look on her face as she laid Miracle back in her crib.
I could tell she knew what had just been said over the phone and I went and hugged her as she hung her head to hide even more tears.
"Everything is going to be just fine." I said as I rubbed her back and she lay her head against my chest.
I heard a sniffle and then she looked up and locked eyes with me. What she said next made a shiver run down my spine.
"No. This is only the beginning."
AN: Yeah kind of a lame end to a chapter I know. PLEASE REVIEW!
All the ducks are over here helping me out and Portman is at work.
Well I wouldn't exactly say they were 'helping' me out.
Goldberg is rummaging through my refrigerator trying to eat all of my food.
Luis is looking in the mirror in my living room even though he has nobody to look good for.well unless he still has a crush on Connie which I highly doubt.
Averman, Russ, Dwayne, and Ken are all fighting over who is better at hockey.
Guy and Connie are having one of their lover's quarrels.
Adam and Charlie are talking about..something and Fulton is the only one actually 'helping' me with the babies.
But that is perfectly fine because it eases my mind when the ducks are around just acting like...well ducks.
I can't wait for Portman to get home.
My day just gets about 20 times better when he walks through the door and I see his smiling face.
But today when he walked through the door there wasn't a smile on his face. He actually looked very upset about something.
I debated with myself weather to ask him what was wrong now or when the ducks left and I decided that later would be better.
Portman's POV
How am I going to tell Julie?
She will never understand what I want to do.
I took my mind off of what I was thinking about for the time being and waited until the ducks were gone to tell her.
Fulton and Connie were the last one's to leave and as I said my good-byes and showed them to the door I could feel Julie's eyes lock dead on me.
"What's wrong?" She asked. She has this weird way of knowing when there is something wrong.
"Well let's sit down." I said and I grabbed her hands as we sat down on the couch.
"Alright now tell me." She said in a soft understanding voice.
Just as I was about to tell her Matthew started to cry.
Julie got up and went and soothed him and was back in no time.
"Ok I don't know how to start." I said and looked up into her beautiful eyes.
"Just tell me." She said softly.
"Well.I think it would be best for the both of us if...I quit high school and got another job." I said and she immediately got a disapproving look on her face but still was very understanding.
"Portman I know it's getting hard to pay the bills and stuff but we'll manage. There is no reason for you to quit high school on your senior year." She said.
"Jules we need more money and my boss won't give me a raise." I said.
"But you're never going to be able to get a good job if you don't get your diploma." She said. Ok so she had a point.
"Jules." I started but she cut me off.
"And if you quit school you're quitting hockey too..and the ducks." She said trying hard not to cry.
"I know and I have thought about this for a long time and I think this is just the right thing to do." I said not even believing myself.
"All we have to make it through is 6 more months and we can do it." She said. "And I'm sure if we run too low on money then we can ask one of the ducks to borrow money and pay them back later. I'm sure they would be happy to help."
I was quiet for a minute as I thought about what she had just said and then I looked up into her pleading eyes.
"Alright." I said as I sighed.
"Thank you so much baby. You're the best." Julie said kissing me.
Just then the phone rang and Miracle started to cry.
"I'll get the baby, you get the phone." Julie said and I nodded.
"Hello?" I said when I picked up the phone.
"Hello Mr. Portman?" A voice on the other line said.
"Yes." I said. Nothing good could come after those words.
"You need to be in court next Friday concerning your and Mrs. Portman's ability to be fit parents." I tried to keep my cool as I heard these words come out of the person's mouth.
"But the police already came by and said we were ok." I said holding in my rage.
"Well new evidence has emerged and you need to be in the county court this Friday at 5:00 p.m." He said. By the way he said it you would have thought I murdered someone or something.
"Fine." I said and hung up the phone.
I turned to look at Julie who had a very concerned look on her face as she laid Miracle back in her crib.
I could tell she knew what had just been said over the phone and I went and hugged her as she hung her head to hide even more tears.
"Everything is going to be just fine." I said as I rubbed her back and she lay her head against my chest.
I heard a sniffle and then she looked up and locked eyes with me. What she said next made a shiver run down my spine.
"No. This is only the beginning."
AN: Yeah kind of a lame end to a chapter I know. PLEASE REVIEW!