Ok I just realized how very filler-ish that last chapter was. I was trying
to write a Adam/Julie and Connie/Guy chapter but it made it seem boring.
Oops I think I'm losing my touch (not that it was much to begin with...)
Sassy –4eva: I am glad that you reviewed!!!!!! And that you liked the Adam/Julie stuff!!!!
Natasha Hyatt: First hello new reviewer! I am also a fan of Julie and Portman fics but for this one I made it Julie/Adam as you can tell...ok then. I am SO happy that you think that Paige is neater then the average OC! I can't stop smiling. Thanks about the Dwayne thing I think that he's pretty easy to write and I'm kind of working on making the others more into their characters. I hope that you won't be disappointed about how Connie and Guy resolve their quarrel.
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"Connie?" Guy asked as soon as he saw her standing on the other side of his door.
"Why aren't you talking to me?" she demanded putting her hands on her hips. In her 'I'm not moving in till I get an answer' stance. He had seen it multiple times before.
"I am," he answered simply. She gave him that look that he knew too well. It meant that he had to tell the truth. This is what Guy did he would come back with snippy responses whenever he was upset compared to her who would just go silent which was an obvious hint because Connie was hardly ever quite which was part of the reason Guy loved her so much.
"Did you tell Charlie about how you love me?" he asked.
"Yes" she responded though she didn't quite understand why he would need to know that.
"Before or after you told me?" he asked further
"Before...Guy I don't get why this has anything to do with going into short answer mode" she told him earnestly still in her stance at the other side of the door.
"I don't get why you wanted to tell him before you told me" he said leaning against the doorframe.
She was quite as she processed what he had just said searching for the right thing to say. "I wanted to tell you as soon as I knew but I was afraid" she confessed
"Of what?" he asked. Connie wasn't the girl to get afraid at least not in with Guy. She was fearless on ice and she used that in life.
"That you don't love me back," she said relaxing her stand and crossing her arms.
Guy's face softened as he pulled Connie into his dorm and his arms. "Well I do" he told her stroking her hair.
"I know that now," she said rolling her eyes. He chuckled slightly. It felt good to open the lines of communication again the lines that kept them so close. It was strange how it seemed like their relationship didn't really grow-up. In the sense that when they were kids like all other children they were open and told the truth straight out and they still do that now it just sometimes took a little bit a more effort. But just a little bit.
"Why would you tell Charlie?" he asked
"I know he isn't exactly the guy you would normally take your relationship problems to is he? I mean look at his choice of girlfriends," she giggled and he smiled at her.
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Second Day of February (a Monday)
"Do you think that Bombay will finally start to ease off of us now?" Julie asked Adam as they walked toward the main room of the third floor dorms. Yesterday they had a game (which they won whoop go Ducks!!!!)
"I doubt it," he answered though he didn't mind the extra practice except for the fact that it took away from time that he could be spending with Julie.
All of the residents of the third floor were gathered in the large room waiting for their report cards before they went to school for the day.
A middle-aged women came from behind them almost ghost like. They hadn't heard her coming. She was wearing a very prim business suit and her hair was pined back tightly. She dropped the box full of report cards she was holding and picked up the first ten.
"Averman, Lester!" she called sharply. He quickly got up and took his report with a salute and "M'am Thank you M'am" She gave him a stern look and he just as quickly retreated to his seat on the coach.
"Banks, Adam!" she said loudly even though he was standing right beside her and she knew who he was. He took the paper silently and opened it seeing his usual As.
"Conaway, Charlie!" he ripped it opened and found his usual Cs but there were a lot less then before Bs had replaced them. And of course his A (in gym)
"Gaffney, Julie!" she excitedly opened the envelope and ran her gaze down the paper...
"Germane, Guy!"
... 'A+...A.... A+.....A+......A.....A-......A......B+. A B+? In which subject?'
"Goldberg, Greg"...
' Geography! How could that be? There must be some sort of mistake'. Adam saw her worry and asked her what was the matter.
"I got a B+," she said as Goldberg passed by.
"Count your blessings your lowest mark is my highest" the second line goalie commented.
"Hunter, Paige!" she slowly went up to accept the sheets of paper that would decide whether or not she would still be able to play hockey. She lifted the flap and pulled out the crisp sheets. She skipped looking at all of the separate grades and saw her average her fait. It was a C!
"Hell yeah!" she yelled happily as she grabbed the closest person to her who happened to be a thrown Dwayne into a quick hug.
"Mendoza, Luis!" he sprinted over and took his report.
"Good news?" Dwayne asked still a little surprised.
"Yep" she smiled patted him on the shoulder and walked back to her seat on the couch in between the Bash Brothers.
"Monroe, Connie!" she sluggishly went to get her sheets. She was still only half awake.
"Portman, Dean!" the teacher called.
"Here goes nothin'" he went to get his card.
"Reed, Fulton!" Fulton gave Paige an overdone panic look that caused her to laugh as he went to get his papers.
They both slumped back into the coach at the same time squishing Paige who quickly shoved them over so she could breathe.
"Robinson, Dwayne!" they soon heard a "Yee Haw!"
"Tyler, Russ!"
"Wu, Kenny!"
"So?" she asked impatiently trying to look at their marks "Are you guys going to keep on bashin'?"
"I got a C+ average" Portman said satisfied with his grade "How about you man?"
"B- average" Fulton said in disbelief.
"Way to go. I never knew you were a brain" Paige congratulated.
"Neither did I" he agreed.
All of the report cards told them that they would all still be able to play.
"I think we should celebrate! Not only for the report cards but also for the game we won!" Russ said loud enough for everyone to hear.
The Bash Brother simultaneously said "Paaaarty!"
"Where?" Kenny asked as he looked over his As. Only one A, the rest A+.
They paused in till Fulton pointed out "Charlie is now nicely settled in that big house of his"
"What?" Charlie asked he couldn't just have a party at his house without asking his mom or step dad.
"Great! Party at Charlie's on Friday!" Portman called out "Invite who ever and as many people you want!"
"As long as they don't belong or couldn't invited Varsity!" Fulton added.
"Wait! No!" Charlie tried to stop them but most of the Ducks were already chanting "Party!" so his cries went unheard.
Paige walked over to his as the rest of the chanters went to their first period classes.
"Looks like there is going to be a little get together at your house this Friday" she said
"A 'little get together'? They've probably invited half of the school by now" he collapsed on a near by chair.
"I don't think so," she stated as she sat down on his lap and wrapped an arm around his shoulders.
"Really?" asked hopefully.
"They've probably invited more then half" she teased but he just groaned. "I'm kidding. The Ducks have discretion...some where...deep down" they heard a squeal of "Party" from down the corridor. "Really deep down"
"I hope so," he said as he started to kiss her passionately.
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Charlie was going to ask his mom about the party but then she informed him about her and his step dad were going on a trip for a couple of days so he thought it would better just to host the party and clean it up before she got home with out telling her. That way she wouldn't have to worry. He was really doing her a favor. At least that was what he kept telling himself.
The Ducks just had an excruciating practice and the three girls were exiting their change room when Bombay approached them.
"Hey guys. I mean girls," he quickly corrected eyeing Julie who was wearing a satisfied grin because he had recognized the difference. "I need to talk to Paige" he continued "Good job on your report cards by the way. But Julie what was with the B?" he finished teasingly but Julie just mumbled something about not reminding her before hanging her head and walking down the hall with a slightly annoyed Connie following behind.
"So Coach what's up?" Paige asked "I've been steering clear of trouble so much so that I can't even see it in my rear view mirror anymore"
"I know and that's why I wanted to congratulate you on your grades. There's been a large improvement," he said smiling proudly.
"Oh" she tried to suppress a smile and turned it into a cocky grin "Well now that I know that you're watching me I thought I might as well put on a show to keep the 'rents entertained. Glad to see you like the performance. Stay tuned I might do some volunteer work" she said perkily "Do you think that the audience would like that?"
"Paige I was just trying to congratulate you. You don't have to bit my head off" he said irritated. He didn't know why she was always acting so hostile towards him.
"Congratulations noted can I go now?" she sighed rolling her eyes.
He considered objecting but there probably any use in trying to confront her about her attitude now so he nodded solemnly.
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Julie knocked on Adam's dorm door. She waited for him to answer while rearranging her straps of her light purple flowered knee length dress.
"Hey" Adam greeted "You look great"
"Thanks. You ready to go?" she asked happy that she no longer needed to bite her tongue whenever Adam commented her like she used to.
They were walking towards the main room to meet the rest of the Ducks to go to Charlie's.
"Do you know that this is our first party we went as" she stopped herself from saying 'boyfriend and girlfriend' because they weren't officially going steady yet. "Together"
"It is" Adam nodded
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Charlie, Paige and Fulton dropped the iceboxes packed with pop cans onto the kitchen table. The house was filled with students on the main floor and in the basement.
"Discretion huh?" Charlie asked looking around at the dancing teenagers.
"I said really deep down" she pointed out meekly.
It was pretty late into the night and the party was at its high point. Fulton slumped onto the table and sighed "Another dateless party"
"Hey man it's o- Hey! Don't do that with the lampshade! It's not a hat you crazy drunk!!" Charlie hurriedly went to recap the lamp.
"Reed try to enjoy yourself," Paige begged even though she wasn't having much of a good time herself. She departed from the noisy mass of people and went up the stairs to the bathroom. Walking back from the restroom she passed by a half open door. She heard the television coming through and went back to the source. She entered the room and saw Portman sitting on a coach flipping through the channels. She plopped down beside him.
"What are you doing up here? I heard that you were a big partier back in Chicago. A real bad ass" she inquired
'A bad ass' that pretty much covered it. "That was Chicago and how about you? Aren't you supposed to be a bad ass too?" he counter asked turning off the TV.
"Oh the stories I could tell" she grinned as some of the memories of her past aroused in her mind.
He smiled with her "Me too. But that was back then" his smile faded.
"Yeah now we're keeping our noses clean" she agreed but she was curious about his stories. "So what were some of the worst things you did?"
"Stole a car" he answered simply shrugging.
"I've been there" she said understandingly.
He scoffed "Yeah right" that was a little hard to for him to believe.
"It was a Honda" she laughed "of all the cars to steal. I jacked a Honda. I was tripped up at the time though. If I was clean I think I would have chosen a nicer car"
"Your serious?" he asked
"Yep. What kind did you steal?" she questioned curiously
"BMW" he answered as she let out a whistle "but I had to ditch it because of the cops"
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Flash back to sometime when Portman wasn't at Eden Hall but all of the other Ducks were.
Portman and Dave were walking along a Chicago street when they came across a BMW. They were admiring it when Dave suggested that they steal it. Portman looked up and down the street and then quickly started to brake into the vehicle. He finally opened the door and slipped into the car and unlocked the other door and Dave climbed in.
Portman then busied himself with hot wiring. When he got the engine going they pulled out of the space and started to drive around.
He was driving down a street when the blue and red lights of a police car came flashing from behind them.
"Shit man your speeding" Dave cursed and he peered around to stare at the police car.
"Fuck" Portman breathed as he started too look for some kind of exit out of this mess. If they pulled him over they would be caught red handed with stealing. How stupid could he be? He needed a way out he couldn't go to jail. He spotted an indoor parking lot. He drove faster clenching the steering wheel and got into the building.
"What the hell are you doing?" Dave scream as he started going up floors. "Trying to ditch them?"
Portman looked into the review mirror and he could barely see the cop car. "Get ready to go" he ordered as he brought the car to a halt and leaped out. Dave and Portman ran to the stairs and started jumping down the stairs in till they reached the ground. He looked behind his shoulder and saw two uniformed men chasing after him.
Portman grabbed Dave's arm and pulled him into a subway station. They cut into the crowd and went into the subway. The doors closed and they watched the two cops disappear as they traveled into a tunnel.
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"Do you miss it?" Paige asked seeing the different emotions playing on his face.
"I don't know at certain times" he answered "How about you?"
"Certain times" she agreed "like sometimes I want a little of excitement just to get the rush back you know?" she confessed "When your heart starts to beat so fast, your stomach starts to tighten and you don't know what going to happen next but you can't wait for it"
He looked over at her and studied her beauty the look of craving in her eyes of something from her past slowly fade. On impulse he leaned in and brought his lips to her soft ones in a gentle kiss.
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Charlie had finally got the lamp back to normal and was looking for Paige. His search had led him upstairs. He heard Portman and Paige talking so he walked over to the room and heard her say "...and you don't know what going to happen next but you can't wait for it" as he opened the door just to see Portman kiss her.
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End of Chapter
Something WILL happen with Julie and Adam in the next chapter. So just hold on. Besides that I hope you liked this chapter. What did you think of the Portman flashback?
Sassy –4eva: I am glad that you reviewed!!!!!! And that you liked the Adam/Julie stuff!!!!
Natasha Hyatt: First hello new reviewer! I am also a fan of Julie and Portman fics but for this one I made it Julie/Adam as you can tell...ok then. I am SO happy that you think that Paige is neater then the average OC! I can't stop smiling. Thanks about the Dwayne thing I think that he's pretty easy to write and I'm kind of working on making the others more into their characters. I hope that you won't be disappointed about how Connie and Guy resolve their quarrel.
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"Connie?" Guy asked as soon as he saw her standing on the other side of his door.
"Why aren't you talking to me?" she demanded putting her hands on her hips. In her 'I'm not moving in till I get an answer' stance. He had seen it multiple times before.
"I am," he answered simply. She gave him that look that he knew too well. It meant that he had to tell the truth. This is what Guy did he would come back with snippy responses whenever he was upset compared to her who would just go silent which was an obvious hint because Connie was hardly ever quite which was part of the reason Guy loved her so much.
"Did you tell Charlie about how you love me?" he asked.
"Yes" she responded though she didn't quite understand why he would need to know that.
"Before or after you told me?" he asked further
"Before...Guy I don't get why this has anything to do with going into short answer mode" she told him earnestly still in her stance at the other side of the door.
"I don't get why you wanted to tell him before you told me" he said leaning against the doorframe.
She was quite as she processed what he had just said searching for the right thing to say. "I wanted to tell you as soon as I knew but I was afraid" she confessed
"Of what?" he asked. Connie wasn't the girl to get afraid at least not in with Guy. She was fearless on ice and she used that in life.
"That you don't love me back," she said relaxing her stand and crossing her arms.
Guy's face softened as he pulled Connie into his dorm and his arms. "Well I do" he told her stroking her hair.
"I know that now," she said rolling her eyes. He chuckled slightly. It felt good to open the lines of communication again the lines that kept them so close. It was strange how it seemed like their relationship didn't really grow-up. In the sense that when they were kids like all other children they were open and told the truth straight out and they still do that now it just sometimes took a little bit a more effort. But just a little bit.
"Why would you tell Charlie?" he asked
"I know he isn't exactly the guy you would normally take your relationship problems to is he? I mean look at his choice of girlfriends," she giggled and he smiled at her.
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Second Day of February (a Monday)
"Do you think that Bombay will finally start to ease off of us now?" Julie asked Adam as they walked toward the main room of the third floor dorms. Yesterday they had a game (which they won whoop go Ducks!!!!)
"I doubt it," he answered though he didn't mind the extra practice except for the fact that it took away from time that he could be spending with Julie.
All of the residents of the third floor were gathered in the large room waiting for their report cards before they went to school for the day.
A middle-aged women came from behind them almost ghost like. They hadn't heard her coming. She was wearing a very prim business suit and her hair was pined back tightly. She dropped the box full of report cards she was holding and picked up the first ten.
"Averman, Lester!" she called sharply. He quickly got up and took his report with a salute and "M'am Thank you M'am" She gave him a stern look and he just as quickly retreated to his seat on the coach.
"Banks, Adam!" she said loudly even though he was standing right beside her and she knew who he was. He took the paper silently and opened it seeing his usual As.
"Conaway, Charlie!" he ripped it opened and found his usual Cs but there were a lot less then before Bs had replaced them. And of course his A (in gym)
"Gaffney, Julie!" she excitedly opened the envelope and ran her gaze down the paper...
"Germane, Guy!"
... 'A+...A.... A+.....A+......A.....A-......A......B+. A B+? In which subject?'
"Goldberg, Greg"...
' Geography! How could that be? There must be some sort of mistake'. Adam saw her worry and asked her what was the matter.
"I got a B+," she said as Goldberg passed by.
"Count your blessings your lowest mark is my highest" the second line goalie commented.
"Hunter, Paige!" she slowly went up to accept the sheets of paper that would decide whether or not she would still be able to play hockey. She lifted the flap and pulled out the crisp sheets. She skipped looking at all of the separate grades and saw her average her fait. It was a C!
"Hell yeah!" she yelled happily as she grabbed the closest person to her who happened to be a thrown Dwayne into a quick hug.
"Mendoza, Luis!" he sprinted over and took his report.
"Good news?" Dwayne asked still a little surprised.
"Yep" she smiled patted him on the shoulder and walked back to her seat on the couch in between the Bash Brothers.
"Monroe, Connie!" she sluggishly went to get her sheets. She was still only half awake.
"Portman, Dean!" the teacher called.
"Here goes nothin'" he went to get his card.
"Reed, Fulton!" Fulton gave Paige an overdone panic look that caused her to laugh as he went to get his papers.
They both slumped back into the coach at the same time squishing Paige who quickly shoved them over so she could breathe.
"Robinson, Dwayne!" they soon heard a "Yee Haw!"
"Tyler, Russ!"
"Wu, Kenny!"
"So?" she asked impatiently trying to look at their marks "Are you guys going to keep on bashin'?"
"I got a C+ average" Portman said satisfied with his grade "How about you man?"
"B- average" Fulton said in disbelief.
"Way to go. I never knew you were a brain" Paige congratulated.
"Neither did I" he agreed.
All of the report cards told them that they would all still be able to play.
"I think we should celebrate! Not only for the report cards but also for the game we won!" Russ said loud enough for everyone to hear.
The Bash Brother simultaneously said "Paaaarty!"
"Where?" Kenny asked as he looked over his As. Only one A, the rest A+.
They paused in till Fulton pointed out "Charlie is now nicely settled in that big house of his"
"What?" Charlie asked he couldn't just have a party at his house without asking his mom or step dad.
"Great! Party at Charlie's on Friday!" Portman called out "Invite who ever and as many people you want!"
"As long as they don't belong or couldn't invited Varsity!" Fulton added.
"Wait! No!" Charlie tried to stop them but most of the Ducks were already chanting "Party!" so his cries went unheard.
Paige walked over to his as the rest of the chanters went to their first period classes.
"Looks like there is going to be a little get together at your house this Friday" she said
"A 'little get together'? They've probably invited half of the school by now" he collapsed on a near by chair.
"I don't think so," she stated as she sat down on his lap and wrapped an arm around his shoulders.
"Really?" asked hopefully.
"They've probably invited more then half" she teased but he just groaned. "I'm kidding. The Ducks have discretion...some where...deep down" they heard a squeal of "Party" from down the corridor. "Really deep down"
"I hope so," he said as he started to kiss her passionately.
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Charlie was going to ask his mom about the party but then she informed him about her and his step dad were going on a trip for a couple of days so he thought it would better just to host the party and clean it up before she got home with out telling her. That way she wouldn't have to worry. He was really doing her a favor. At least that was what he kept telling himself.
The Ducks just had an excruciating practice and the three girls were exiting their change room when Bombay approached them.
"Hey guys. I mean girls," he quickly corrected eyeing Julie who was wearing a satisfied grin because he had recognized the difference. "I need to talk to Paige" he continued "Good job on your report cards by the way. But Julie what was with the B?" he finished teasingly but Julie just mumbled something about not reminding her before hanging her head and walking down the hall with a slightly annoyed Connie following behind.
"So Coach what's up?" Paige asked "I've been steering clear of trouble so much so that I can't even see it in my rear view mirror anymore"
"I know and that's why I wanted to congratulate you on your grades. There's been a large improvement," he said smiling proudly.
"Oh" she tried to suppress a smile and turned it into a cocky grin "Well now that I know that you're watching me I thought I might as well put on a show to keep the 'rents entertained. Glad to see you like the performance. Stay tuned I might do some volunteer work" she said perkily "Do you think that the audience would like that?"
"Paige I was just trying to congratulate you. You don't have to bit my head off" he said irritated. He didn't know why she was always acting so hostile towards him.
"Congratulations noted can I go now?" she sighed rolling her eyes.
He considered objecting but there probably any use in trying to confront her about her attitude now so he nodded solemnly.
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Julie knocked on Adam's dorm door. She waited for him to answer while rearranging her straps of her light purple flowered knee length dress.
"Hey" Adam greeted "You look great"
"Thanks. You ready to go?" she asked happy that she no longer needed to bite her tongue whenever Adam commented her like she used to.
They were walking towards the main room to meet the rest of the Ducks to go to Charlie's.
"Do you know that this is our first party we went as" she stopped herself from saying 'boyfriend and girlfriend' because they weren't officially going steady yet. "Together"
"It is" Adam nodded
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Charlie, Paige and Fulton dropped the iceboxes packed with pop cans onto the kitchen table. The house was filled with students on the main floor and in the basement.
"Discretion huh?" Charlie asked looking around at the dancing teenagers.
"I said really deep down" she pointed out meekly.
It was pretty late into the night and the party was at its high point. Fulton slumped onto the table and sighed "Another dateless party"
"Hey man it's o- Hey! Don't do that with the lampshade! It's not a hat you crazy drunk!!" Charlie hurriedly went to recap the lamp.
"Reed try to enjoy yourself," Paige begged even though she wasn't having much of a good time herself. She departed from the noisy mass of people and went up the stairs to the bathroom. Walking back from the restroom she passed by a half open door. She heard the television coming through and went back to the source. She entered the room and saw Portman sitting on a coach flipping through the channels. She plopped down beside him.
"What are you doing up here? I heard that you were a big partier back in Chicago. A real bad ass" she inquired
'A bad ass' that pretty much covered it. "That was Chicago and how about you? Aren't you supposed to be a bad ass too?" he counter asked turning off the TV.
"Oh the stories I could tell" she grinned as some of the memories of her past aroused in her mind.
He smiled with her "Me too. But that was back then" his smile faded.
"Yeah now we're keeping our noses clean" she agreed but she was curious about his stories. "So what were some of the worst things you did?"
"Stole a car" he answered simply shrugging.
"I've been there" she said understandingly.
He scoffed "Yeah right" that was a little hard to for him to believe.
"It was a Honda" she laughed "of all the cars to steal. I jacked a Honda. I was tripped up at the time though. If I was clean I think I would have chosen a nicer car"
"Your serious?" he asked
"Yep. What kind did you steal?" she questioned curiously
"BMW" he answered as she let out a whistle "but I had to ditch it because of the cops"
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Flash back to sometime when Portman wasn't at Eden Hall but all of the other Ducks were.
Portman and Dave were walking along a Chicago street when they came across a BMW. They were admiring it when Dave suggested that they steal it. Portman looked up and down the street and then quickly started to brake into the vehicle. He finally opened the door and slipped into the car and unlocked the other door and Dave climbed in.
Portman then busied himself with hot wiring. When he got the engine going they pulled out of the space and started to drive around.
He was driving down a street when the blue and red lights of a police car came flashing from behind them.
"Shit man your speeding" Dave cursed and he peered around to stare at the police car.
"Fuck" Portman breathed as he started too look for some kind of exit out of this mess. If they pulled him over they would be caught red handed with stealing. How stupid could he be? He needed a way out he couldn't go to jail. He spotted an indoor parking lot. He drove faster clenching the steering wheel and got into the building.
"What the hell are you doing?" Dave scream as he started going up floors. "Trying to ditch them?"
Portman looked into the review mirror and he could barely see the cop car. "Get ready to go" he ordered as he brought the car to a halt and leaped out. Dave and Portman ran to the stairs and started jumping down the stairs in till they reached the ground. He looked behind his shoulder and saw two uniformed men chasing after him.
Portman grabbed Dave's arm and pulled him into a subway station. They cut into the crowd and went into the subway. The doors closed and they watched the two cops disappear as they traveled into a tunnel.
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"Do you miss it?" Paige asked seeing the different emotions playing on his face.
"I don't know at certain times" he answered "How about you?"
"Certain times" she agreed "like sometimes I want a little of excitement just to get the rush back you know?" she confessed "When your heart starts to beat so fast, your stomach starts to tighten and you don't know what going to happen next but you can't wait for it"
He looked over at her and studied her beauty the look of craving in her eyes of something from her past slowly fade. On impulse he leaned in and brought his lips to her soft ones in a gentle kiss.
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Charlie had finally got the lamp back to normal and was looking for Paige. His search had led him upstairs. He heard Portman and Paige talking so he walked over to the room and heard her say "...and you don't know what going to happen next but you can't wait for it" as he opened the door just to see Portman kiss her.
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End of Chapter
Something WILL happen with Julie and Adam in the next chapter. So just hold on. Besides that I hope you liked this chapter. What did you think of the Portman flashback?