One Last Time
Chapter 5: Surprises
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!
This takes place ten years after D3. Enjoy!
One Last Time: Surprises
'…Someday we'll know why I wasn't meant for you…'
She never knew thirty-five stairs could actually be so tiring or boring for that matter when you walk them alone. It was especially hard too, she thought, seeing as she could barely see her feet. She held the rail the entire time and Adam met her by the stairs.
She launched herself in his arms and he laughed, tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
She wanted him to kiss her senseless, but she knew he never would in front of those who gave him the nickname 'cake eater', but still she pulled his lips towards her for a sweet kiss. One that was sure to get 'oohs' and 'aws' and that it did.
With his help, she walked over to the couch and snuggled against him where in turn kissed her hair. Then he helped her put her feet up on the coffee table. He looked at her then, not knowing if he should talk or what because he knew very well what had gone on.
"Where's Connie?" he finally decided to ask.
"She's sleeping," Julie mumbled, ready to collapse her self.
"Your feet hurt?"
Julie smiled, "So much."
He took off her sandals and began to massage her two bare feet now. There was magic in his hands, she knew that for a fact and it wasn't from playing hockey that she knew that.
"You're so wonderful." She spoke after a few moans in delight. He pulled back then and put her sandals on, settling for conversation instead of anything else now.
"Why'd you two go up stairs?"
Julie sighed, remembering. "Showing me her house."
"This is hers?" He asked, surprised.
"Yes and Guy's. Split ownership."
Adam nodded, pulling her closer, "I see."
They sat in silence after that, each of them contemplating in the silence. "Adam?" she finally asked.
"Hmm?"
"Are you sure?" She questioned, sitting up to look him in the eye.
"About what?"
"Taking a few years off."
He smiled and kissed her cheek, "I'm very sure." He leaned forward and placed his hand on her tiny bulge, "I want to be a father…I'm going to be a father." He laughed, "And then I'll play hockey."
She smiled, "If you say so."
They sat in silence some more, observing all around them.
"Jules?" He asked.
Julie opened her eyes then to look at Adam, "Yes?"
"Anything happen that I should know about?"
She shook her head, a worried look growing on her face. "Not really." She bit her lip and spoke again, "She wants to know why everything happened. She said she scared him away. She said he blames her."
Adam shook his head, "Ah…that doesn't sound like Guy. He had a reason no doubt, but of course he doesn't blame her…" His voice trailed off and he laughed, "At least not for everything."
Julie hit him playfully; "It's not funny." She stared off thoughtfully, "She said they had been so in love that she doesn't understand."
He kissed the top of her head, "They had been in love and they probably still are." He glanced at her, "She ever tell you why they divorced in the first place? When she first went into treatment, he was ready to stay by her side until death do them part."
Julie shook her head, "She hasn't told me why they divorced. I've kinda always wondered. How can you go from loving someone so much to wanting to divorce them because of 'irreconcilable differences'?"
"Maybe they didn't divorce because of that," He paused, "Remember in college that crazy double date we had with them."
Julie laughed, "Of course! It had been our first real date!"
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"What is it?"
"A date."
Julie laughed and then her brows creased in consternation, "Trying to set me up again Connie? Don't worry, I'll find someone someday."
"It's Adam." Connie blurted out.
Julie gave a sigh of relief – at least it wasn't Carter, Guy's crazy and womanizing roommate. The last date with the guy, he had tried to kiss her and she had slapped him so hard she thought his face was going to fall off.
Going out with Adam wouldn't be so bad so she decided to give it a try. They talked in the car on the way there, but their conversation didn't get good until later.
"Why are you looking at her?" Connie had scolded Guy, who promptly didn't hear her until she hit him.
"What?" He asked, feigning innocence as the waitress left.
"You were staring." She pointed out, next to him.
He shook his head, "No, I wasn't. I wanted to see the score of the game."
"You're lying." Connie shook her head and threw a frustrated glance over at Julie.
Guy blew it off, "Whatever," He paused, growing slightly romantic and leaning forward for a kiss, "You know I only look at you."
"Lying again." Connie sighed.
"Connie!" He spoke loudly. Julie almost started laughing.
"How long have you two been dating?" Julie asked, trying to changed the conversation.
Guy smiled knowingly and roped his arm around Connie and pulled her close. She smiled up at him. Both answered at the same time with two different answers, "Two years." And "A year and sixth months."
Adam's mouth dropped, either one was a pretty long time and he hadn't known they had since gotten back together.
"What's wrong Adam?" Connie asked.
The waitress came back and placed the food in front of them while Guy's head perked up. Connie sighed.
"Guy?" Connie asked once the waitress had left and he was intently watching the game.
He turned his head to look at her, '"Yeah?"
As he turned his head, she pushed forward and firmly pressed her lips to his. It took him a second to reciprocate and feel what was happening before he dropped the fork he was holding to kiss her back properly. They kissed more than once, more than twice – more than a few times.
This caught Julie in so much surprise that she almost spit out the food she had been eating and Adam nearly dropped his drink.
"Connie!" Julie screamed in surprise and laughter. She threw a napkin at them seeing as they hadn't stopped, "Get a room!"
Guy pulled back, laughing, "What was that for?"
Her brows creased, "Don't look at other girls."
He laughed some more and roped his arm around her and pulled her close, kissing the tip of her nose, "I will if I get that in reward!" she playfully hit him, "Hey it was a joke!"
She snuggled closer to him, "You're not very funny."
He smiled flirtatiously, "I'm not very funny…you use to think I was funny!"
He leaned forward, only to have Julie interrupt, "So what time is the movie?"
Connie looked down at her watch and turned to Julie as Guy pulled his arm away; "We have a half hour."
"What movie did you choose?"
Guy laughed, pouting and muttering a string of cuss words before turning back to his food and half listening to the conversation filled with "who's in that?" and "he's hot."
"I've got to use the restroom Guy."
He looked up from where he had been eating, "What?"
Connie laughed, "The restroom, Guy…I can't get out."
Guy laughed slightly and slid out of the way for her. Connie stood up and roped her arms around his neck as he held her by the waist. She pushed forward to kiss him. "Talk to them." She whispered and left for the restroom.
He sat down and smiled slightly at Julie. Julie reached across the table and like a sister gently touched his hand, "You all right Guy?"
He smiled, "Of course."
Adam leaned forward to look at the blond young man; "You're not hiding anything are you?"
"No." He smiled, "No, I've got everything. A great life, a great girlfriend, great friends." He shook his head then, "No, something's not right. Is it that obvious?"
Adam shook his head profusely yes and like a couple Julie answered verbally, "Yes, it is."
Guy leaned forward to take a sip of his soft drink, "I've been offered an internship,"
"That's great Guy!" Julie smiled happily.
"In California."
Julie's smile died, "Oh," She bit her lip, "Connie's really going to miss you, have you told her?"
He smiled slightly, "Yes. We've argued about the whole thing." He paused and looked straight at Julie, "Because I've asked her to come with me."
They didn't talk much about anything until they were just about to leave even then Connie hadn't said anything about Guy's asking her to leave and that worried Julie. Because maybe Connie was going to tell him no.
At the theater, she thought maybe she would get a chance to talk to Connie, but she was wrong. Guy and Connie didn't even watch the movie.
So on the way back, Guy stopped off at the most romantic cliff she had ever seen. She could see every star from here. He and Connie quickly excused themselves and went off to talk, Julie assumed or to continue what they hadn't finished at the theater.
They came back a while later and Julie, who was sitting in the backseat with Adam, noticed something on Connie's hand.
"What's that on your hand?" she asked Connie then.
Connie turned around, "What Jules?"
"Your hand, Connie and I know you know what I'm talking about."
Guy laughed and looked at her from the driver's seat where he had begun to pull out of the parking space, "We might as well, I don't think I can hold it in any longer."
Connie pushed her hand back for Julie to see, "Guy's proposed and I've accepted."
He chuckled softly, "Can't you say it romantically, you make it sound like its a normal every day thing."
She laughed, "It is a normal thing! Guy, you've been proposing to me since we were five and you said hey babe wanna get married!"
"We were playing house and it was your idea!" He laughed.
Julie squealed happily and interrupted them, "Congratulations Guys," Julie paused to think, "So does that mean you're going with him Connie."
Connie sighed and looked forward, "You told them?" She sighed again.
He shrugged his shoulders, "You said to make conversation."
Connie started to play with the ring now around her finger, "I love Guy." She smiled glancing at him, "And he loves me. I would want nothing more to be his wife," She paused, "And to go wherever he needs to go."
Julie nodded and nudged Adam slightly. He knew what she meant. She wanted to be in love just like that, just like them.
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Julie felt like laughing and crying at the same time as Adam pulled her closer to him. She tried to smile in contentment, but she wasn't sure of her emotions at that point. He kissed the top of her head trying to be supportive and to comfort her and just let her know he was there.
"Guys?"
Both she and Adam looked up then to see Connie smiling down at them. Julie smiled back, "How you feeling Cons?"
Connie nodded, "All right."
"Sleep well?" Adam asked.
Connie smiled, "Like a baby."
Julie motioned for her to sit down and that she did. Connie smiled at them. "You two always made a cute couple."
Julie blushed, as did Adam, "Thanks Cons." She reached out and touched her best friends hand gently, "Do you want to finish that conversation?"
Connie nodded and took a glass off the table with her name on it. She sipped it quietly; "I miss him Jules."
"I know you do." Julie's eyes narrowed. "We all do. Why couldn't he come?"
"His team is in New York."
Julie nodded. Connie's eyes creased in pension, "Adam, how come you aren't with your team?"
Julie and Adam exchanged a glance; "We were going to tell everyone." She began.
He finished, placing his hand on Julie's pregnant belly, "I've decided to take some time off and be a father."
Connie nodded and smiled, "Guy did the same thing." She paused, "You'll be a wonderful father Adam."
Julie smiled, "Yes he will." She snuggled closer to him and watched her best friend. It looked as if Connie was remembering…
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She had left them to go shopping with Julie for some more clothes. She told him she wasn't going to be gone more then a couple hours. She had left with her little princess hugging her leg and refusing to let go.
Guy, being the good father, smiled proudly picked up their daughter easily with one hand almost and told her to leave while she could still get away. As she drove off, she could hear screaming from a little girl who was missing her mommy.
She hadn't been gone just a couple of hours, she had been gone five.
When she came home, there were two bodies on the couch in the most adorable sight she had ever seen. Guy was on the bottom; his hand on the remote as the TV played softly. His eyes were closed and shut tightly as he dreamt softly. He lay, his feet at one end of the couch and his head at the other end.
On his chest laid their two-year-old daughter, sleeping soundly with her daddy's arms wrapped supportably and protectively around her. Her light blond hair was crushed on her daddy's chest as her arms lazily hung down.
Connie smiled. She went over and kissed her husband softly on the lips. His eyes fluttered open, "Hey." She breathed.
He smiled back groggily, "Hi."
"Want me to take her?"
He shook his head and glanced at his daughter, "No I've got her."
Slowly he got up and wandered to the bedroom to put her down. Connie waited on the couch for him to come back. When he came back, he grabbed the control and started flipping through the channels. She cleared her throat.
He looked over, "Oh, I'm sorry I didn't notice you there." He played.
She laughed and hit him slightly. He turned off the TV and welcomed her closer. She reached over and to smooth the hair on the top of his head before tracing his jaw line. "How was everything tonight?"
He sighed, "It was fine…minus the yelling and screaming."
She laughed, "And yet she still loves you enough that she falls asleep on you."
He smiled, "We were watching Cinderella."
She nodded and reached to pull his face closer to hers, "I see." She paused, looking hungrily into his eyes, "You remember what happened to Cinderella after they discovered she fight the shoe?"
He laughed, "Course I do! Cinderella and the Prince lived happily ever after."
"And then they kissed."
He pushed forward to meet her lips, "And then they kissed."
At that point their lips met in passionate kisses. She pulled away a second later and looked him in the eye, "Is she asleep?"
He smiled knowingly, "Well on her way to dreamland."
Mischievously, she pulled him up, "Then what are we waiting for!"
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"Earth to Connie." Adam called.
Connie blinked and looked back at him, "Oh sorry Adam."
Julie looked at her worriedly, "What were you doing?"
"Remembering." Connie simply replied.
Adam nodded and smiled.
"Is it hard, Cons?" Julie asked.
Connie nodded. "On most days it is. Sometimes, if I'm lucky I get preoccupied. Sometimes."
Julie's eyes narrowed, "When's the last time you saw him?"
Connie grew silent, except in a whisper she spoke quietly, "At the hospital."
Adam had been listening so far, finally he spoke up, "It's probably hard for him to come back to the past. Guy's always had problems with that. Once he gets over something, he's over it. Until then, he just can't stand things from then – it only hurts too much."
Julie looked at Adam and then at Connie, "Cons you never did tell us why exactly you two divorced." Connie looked away, as if Julie had opened an old wound. Julie understood, "You don't have to say anything Cons."
"Hey there Connie." Connie turned at the sound of her name to look at the figure. It was Dwayne. She smiled at him.
"Hi Dwayne."
"Can I speak to you for a second?"
"Sure." She looked at Julie and Adam, "Excuse me for second Guys."
Both nodded and once she had left Julie turned to Adam, "I wonder what that's about." He shrugged his shoulders. "Do you know something?" She asked.
He laughed, "No, but I'm taking a wild guess on that one!"
Julie's face grew with a look of shock on it. "Oh no!" She joined in his laughter.
The doorbell sounded then
"Julie can you get it?" Connie called.
Julie nodded and left the warmth and comfort of Adam laughing.
She opened the door, not expecting to see the person before her. His eyes danced with confusion upon seeing her face.
"Julie?"
"Guy?"
To Be Continued…
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