One Last Time

Chapter 4: Dreams

By aznJEDI13

Disclaimer: Disney owns the Mighty Ducks. I own the plot and any original characters in this series.

Notes: This was written as pure fun. I hope that this does not offend anyone and if it does I did not by any means do it on purpose. Sorry I didn't have time to fix the grammar and all that fun stuff! I'm not very good at writing fight scenes so please excuse it and I'm not very good at writing mean insults either!!!

This takes place ten years after D3. Enjoy!

One Last Time: Dreams

'…Yesterday, looking in your eyes, I caught a glimpse of tomorrow,

That's when I realized that dreams come true…'

Tears were streaming down her face, mingling with strands of dark brown and ruining eyeliner and mascara all together. And she clung to Julie, once more, as if she was a lifeline, as if she was life itself. She was use to the familiar embrace and she took comfort in it.

"Connie." Julie whispered. She was sitting against the wall; caressing the back of Connie's neck as her best friend wept in her lap against her pregnant stomach and she tried to soothe her. "Connie." She repeated.

Connie stirred and turned to face her, "Jules."

"Let's get you to bed and to some pills."

Connie stood silently and leaned on Julie for help her to the room that Connie directed as to where she slept. Julie turned the bed and then helped Connie in under the covers before reaching over and finding some pills for her.

"Here you go, Connie."

Connie nodded and took them.

"Good night, Cons."

Julie turned to leave, but felt a hand on her arm. Connie whispered, "Can you stay for a second Jules?"

She nodded and sat on the bed before Connie and watched her take her pills. Once she had swallowed them, she spoke again, softly, "Why are you still here, Jules? Why haven't I scared you away yet?"

The cat-lady shook her head, "What makes you think that, Connie?"

"I scared him away."

"Connie…"

She shook her head; "It's all right. I know." She then bit her lip, "He blames me, you know?"

Julie's brows creased in consternation, "For what?"

"For everything." A single tear trickled down her face; "I don't understand why everything went wrong Jules." Julie nodded, "I thought we had been in love."

"I know, Cons." Julie paused, "Get some sleep, Connie. We can continue this some other time."

Connie nodded and closed her eyes, not knowing that sleep would bring back memories that would make her cry all over again.

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"Connie?" She turned to face him as she picked up her stuff.

His gaze met with hers and he rubbed his head with a towel. His skin was still wet and she clearly could tell he had just gotten out of the showers. "Yeah Luis?"

He smiled, that charming and charismatic smile of his, "You wanna catch a movie tonight?"

She smiled in return, "As in a date?"

"Yeah?"

She thought about it for a second, "Sure, why not?"

He nodded and came towards her, "I'm glad you said yes."

He came closer after he said that and pulled her towards him for a kiss. His lips awkwardly met hers, but soon after she pushed him away.

"What the heck do you think you're doing?" she yelled, pushing him against the opposite bench in the locker room.

"What?" He yelled back, "You didn't want that? Tell me you didn't want that!"

She shook her head, dropping her stuff, "I'm not like those other girls, Luis, I thought you would've known that by now!" She paused, her eyes narrowing at him, "If that's all you want, go date one of those sluts who only want that too!"

He was hurt by that remark, she could see it in his eyes. He walked closer to her and looked her in the eye; her petite form shrank more under his large frame.

She prepared herself for the retort she knew was coming, "At least I get around, Connie! I don't wait for my ex-boyfriend to come around." He paused, staring into her eyes more intensely, "In case you didn't notice, he replaced you with a slut! Obviously, he didn't want someone that would save herself for him!"

She slapped him across the face then with a blow she didn't know she had in her. He wiped his lip, bleeding from the bite that had occurred during her slap. He shook his head, angry eyes looking at her, glaring at her.

And he charged her.

She was scared, who wouldn't be? He was double her size. He took hold of her petite form and was just about to make her pay for slapping him upside the head.

"Don't you lay a hand on her Mendoza!"

Luis turned from Connie to look at the intruder. "Germaine," He growled, "This is between me and Connie…" He pointed at Guy, "You stay out of this."

Guy charged, "Connie ya all right?"

She tried to shake from Luis' grasp, but settled for talking, "I'm fine Guy, I can take care of myself."

He came towards her still, "Don't take another step Guy."

Guy laughed bitterly, "Go take your drunken state back to the dorms Luis, don't harm people."

"Harm?" Luis laughed evilly, "Me and Connie we just having a little fun!" He pulled Connie into his arms. She struggled out of his grasp, but couldn't fight him.

"Dude, man! I told you, get your hands off her!" Guy charged and tried to desperately to pull Connie out of out Luis' arms. Finally, he succeeded even though Connie was thrown to the other side of the locker room.

Guy stared for a split second as Connie hit the ground, "If she has one broken bone in her body, so help you God!"

Luis wiped some blood from his mouth; "Suddenly you're so protective of her, huh Guy? That's new…last I heard you had replaced her with some ditz…what happened to make you come crawling back to her?" He spit some blood off to the side, "Oh, I get it…you couldn't get other girls, so you come crawling back, trying to be the hero with the one girl you know will take you back on the get go!"

With the all the anger burning inside of him, Guy threw the first punch. Luis, almost the same built, charged him and the two hit the ground and rolled there. Luis picked him up and threw him against the back screen of one of the benches. Guy charged again and threw another punch before tackling him to the ground and holding his hands behind his back.

"Get out of here man!" And with that he picked Luis up and threw him out. He watched as the Miami skater ran out of the locker room.

Guy then went over and helped Connie up, picking her up with both hands, "You all right, Cons?"

Connie nodded, feeling for any pain, "I'm fine Guy." She paused and smiled, "Thank you."

He smirked and hugged her, "No problem."

"How much of that did you hear?"

He went over and picked up his stuff, "Just about all of it."

"I'm sorry."

He grew serious, "Connie," He paused, "Listen, about what he said…"

She shook her head, "It's all right Guy, I know."

He nodded, "Well, I guess I'll see you around then."

She nodded, "See ya, Guy."

He continued to make his way out, the bag growing heavier as he thought about the words spoken between Connie and Luis. He didn't want to look over his shoulder because he knew whom would be there and yet there was this feeling that started in the pit of his stomach and ended right in the middle of his heart.

Once at the door, he breathed heavily and muttered. "Crap." He turned around, "Connie."

She was just about to leave when he called her name, "Guy-"

She didn't have time to respond anymore than that because he crushed her lips with his own in a desperate, passionate kiss. One that both of them had been waiting for, for a very long time. They kissed not once, not twice, not three times, but many more – one after the other.

Finally, he pulled away, as if remembering air was needed to breath and he could not survive off her kisses, "I've made mistakes Connie." She nodded, not aware of the tears that had begun to fall down her face. "But if you'll have me back?"

She smiled and bringing her hand to the back of his neck pulled him in for an another kiss. "I've been waiting Guy."

"I know." He pause, smirking, "I haven't been waiting." He stopped briefly watching her reaction to his words, "I knew it would be you all a long." And with that, they kissed again and didn't stop until they needed air.

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To Be Continued…

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