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AN: Hey I'm back. I didn't have any internet for um about 2 weeks. Yeah, it
sucked. But anyways, thanks again to everyone who has reviewed. I'm trying
to make the chapters longer but I just wanted to get this posted before I
left for work. Thanks again and reviews are always more than welcome.
As time went on Julie and Dean became more and more comfortable with each other. They came to know one another's moods and so forth. Dean's grades became better and so did Julie's (if that's even possible). As practices became longer their studying was either cut short or pushed back late at night. It was their second year at Eden Hall and they had to keep performing to show their worth to everyone.
One Thursday afternoon the pair was sitting around Dean's room not really studying. They had already studied a lot this week and didn't have much for Friday. So it was mainly goofing off and talking going on.
"You know I was held back in middle school. That's why I'm a year older than all of you." Portman suddenly said out of the blue. Julie looked up from the book she was perusing.
"Okay. That's certainly random." Portman continued.
"Didn't you ever wonder why I'm a year older than you? Why I'm so much bigger and better looking? It's because in middle school I started not really doing any school work and skipping all the time and I got held back. That's why my parents arranged for a tutor. They didn't want it to happen again."
"Yes." Julie nodded her head in agreement. This did explain a few things about Dean.
"I really am smart. I just don't like to perform in school too much. Because then when I fail, I just end up disappointing people." Julie didn't know what to say. This was certainly quite a revelation coming from the big bash brother.
Dean didn't normally open up to people like he was doing with Julie. But there was something about her that made him trust her without question. He knew she'd keep everything to herself. Unlike most of the Ducks who as soon as they got good gossip spread it around to the entire team. Many a things had gotten blown out of proportion because of the team's bad gossiping habit. He could tell that just like him, Julie had lots of secrets she wanted to keep to herself.
"So Catlady, what's your big secret? You know quite a few of mine. Namely, I'm a rich boy just like Adam and I've gotten held back, what about you? What are your secrets? What makes you tick?" Julie just stared back into her book.
"I don't have any secrets. My life is perfectly normal thank you very much." Dean did not find this answer suitable and pressed forward.
"Come on we all have secrets. I know you do. I can see it in your eyes." At this point Julie didn't know what else to do but collect her things and get out of the room. If there was one thing in her life she didn't like to discuss it was her life outside of the Mighty Ducks and Eden Hall.
"Dean, I gotta go. I just remembered I'm meeting Scooter in 15 minutes for dinner. We can do the rest of the homework tomorrow." Julie picked her backpack up off the bed and left Dean's room before any more questions could be asked leaving a dumbfounded Dean Portman sitting there wondering what had just happened.
The next day at school Julie was at her locker when Rachel, Dean's girlfriend approached her. Rachel studied with them from time to time and she and Julie had become friends. "Jules, what's up? Dean says you're mad at him or something."
Julie looked at the girl. Since coming to Eden Hall, Rachel was the only other female besides Connie that she had allowed herself to be friends with. Julie didn't really like having females as friends that much. She found they were too catty and conniving. She didn't need that in her life and so avoided it as much as possible. "I'm not mad. He was just asking some stupid questions that I didn't to answer so I left. And besides that I had to go meet up with Scooter anyways."
Julie shut her locker and the two started to walk towards class. "Alright, he was just worried you were mad at him. I thought I'd come and check it out. So how are things with you and Scooter anyways? Still going alright?" Julie nodded happy Rachel changed the subject. They kept discussing Scooter until they got to their respective classrooms and went their separate ways.
As time went on Julie and Dean became more and more comfortable with each other. They came to know one another's moods and so forth. Dean's grades became better and so did Julie's (if that's even possible). As practices became longer their studying was either cut short or pushed back late at night. It was their second year at Eden Hall and they had to keep performing to show their worth to everyone.
One Thursday afternoon the pair was sitting around Dean's room not really studying. They had already studied a lot this week and didn't have much for Friday. So it was mainly goofing off and talking going on.
"You know I was held back in middle school. That's why I'm a year older than all of you." Portman suddenly said out of the blue. Julie looked up from the book she was perusing.
"Okay. That's certainly random." Portman continued.
"Didn't you ever wonder why I'm a year older than you? Why I'm so much bigger and better looking? It's because in middle school I started not really doing any school work and skipping all the time and I got held back. That's why my parents arranged for a tutor. They didn't want it to happen again."
"Yes." Julie nodded her head in agreement. This did explain a few things about Dean.
"I really am smart. I just don't like to perform in school too much. Because then when I fail, I just end up disappointing people." Julie didn't know what to say. This was certainly quite a revelation coming from the big bash brother.
Dean didn't normally open up to people like he was doing with Julie. But there was something about her that made him trust her without question. He knew she'd keep everything to herself. Unlike most of the Ducks who as soon as they got good gossip spread it around to the entire team. Many a things had gotten blown out of proportion because of the team's bad gossiping habit. He could tell that just like him, Julie had lots of secrets she wanted to keep to herself.
"So Catlady, what's your big secret? You know quite a few of mine. Namely, I'm a rich boy just like Adam and I've gotten held back, what about you? What are your secrets? What makes you tick?" Julie just stared back into her book.
"I don't have any secrets. My life is perfectly normal thank you very much." Dean did not find this answer suitable and pressed forward.
"Come on we all have secrets. I know you do. I can see it in your eyes." At this point Julie didn't know what else to do but collect her things and get out of the room. If there was one thing in her life she didn't like to discuss it was her life outside of the Mighty Ducks and Eden Hall.
"Dean, I gotta go. I just remembered I'm meeting Scooter in 15 minutes for dinner. We can do the rest of the homework tomorrow." Julie picked her backpack up off the bed and left Dean's room before any more questions could be asked leaving a dumbfounded Dean Portman sitting there wondering what had just happened.
The next day at school Julie was at her locker when Rachel, Dean's girlfriend approached her. Rachel studied with them from time to time and she and Julie had become friends. "Jules, what's up? Dean says you're mad at him or something."
Julie looked at the girl. Since coming to Eden Hall, Rachel was the only other female besides Connie that she had allowed herself to be friends with. Julie didn't really like having females as friends that much. She found they were too catty and conniving. She didn't need that in her life and so avoided it as much as possible. "I'm not mad. He was just asking some stupid questions that I didn't to answer so I left. And besides that I had to go meet up with Scooter anyways."
Julie shut her locker and the two started to walk towards class. "Alright, he was just worried you were mad at him. I thought I'd come and check it out. So how are things with you and Scooter anyways? Still going alright?" Julie nodded happy Rachel changed the subject. They kept discussing Scooter until they got to their respective classrooms and went their separate ways.