A/N.: Hey guys. I'm up in hickville at the moment so I can't thank you for
your reviews, but you know I appreciate them. I should be glad my dad even
has a computer even if it is super slow and has no internet. Anyway we just
watched Scooby-Doo and Casper. It was pretty great. Garette is so cute in
casper. Just in case you were wondering. On with the story then...
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The blonde hairdresser that was doing Cassie's hair grabbed a bottle of hair spray and sprayed Cassie's firey red hair, keeping into place, well hopefully. Knowing Cassie it was bound to fall out before the wedding even started, hell before we left the parlor. Anyway Connie took Cassie's place while Cassie took hers beside me.
"So did your dad ever reply to the invitation?" She asked as she picked up a magazine off the table next to her.
"No... but if he would have I would have left him and Stevie at the airport," I laughed. "They would have made it anyhow.. they must have hick connections or something." She smiled and went back to reading the magazine.
*~*Flashback~*~
"Make sure you write," Tommy said as he hugged me. Jamie pulled me out of his grip and handed me a cell phone.
"How about you just call?" she suggested and then leaned down to hug me. "Make as many calls as you want to.. I signed it under Tom's name meaning he has to pay the bills." she chuckled and I thanked her.
"Have a great time in Minnesota dude," Joey smiled and I threw my arms around his neck. "I think this is going to be the first time in like 5 years that we're going to lose the state championships."
"Shut up! You guys'll do fine without me," I pecked him on the cheek. Joey and I weren't exactly together together... we both wanted to stay friends. I mean I liked him and all, but you know how long distance relationships end. Plus with high school beginning that was the last thing I needed.
"Julie sweetie." Oh God, it was them. I turned to see Stevie and Jack, standing behind me with huge grins on their faces and cameras. Oh man why now?
Stevie grabbed me by the wrist. "Jack quick get a picture." Her arms were up in the air and I was standing in front of her giving her a dirty look. I was sure these pictures were going to turn out just beautiful. I was also sure Jack would use them in his Christmas cards he was going to send out to the friends he had- well the two of them- claiming we were a perfect family.
Joey 's eyes got big and were sending me a questionable look as I rolled mine and walked away. "Julie sweetie! I heard you were getting a new coach!" Stevie called behind me.
"I remember I was there and I told you that..." I mumbled to myself.
"If you don't like him... you can come live with Stevie and I," Jack bellowed.
Thanks," I nodded. "Right you'll be the first people I come running to and it's Stevie and me dumbass." I again said to no one in particular as I boarded the plane.
* * *
I met up with Dwayne, Kenny, Russ, and Luis when I got off my plane.
"So Portman and Bombay ain't coming?" Dwayne asked on the verge of tears.
"I'm afraid not my friend," Russ slapped his back real hard. We all piled into a van that was taking us up to Eden Hall. As soon as we where there a man showed us where our dorms would be and who we were rooming with, even though I kinda already knew. Connie. All of the ducks had decided to move into the dorms. Figure it would be easier then skating to school every morning especially when we had practice early in the morning. The guy then told us to hurry up and get down the gym, because an assembly being held in our honor.
At this assembly, we met the oh so wonderful Varsity team, who you could tell really loved us from the start and the other ducks pulled the 'we're the ducks' thing that made us the laughing stock of the whole school. Things eventually got better for me though.
"I can't believe we beat the Varsity!" Connie exclaimed as we entered into the girls locker room.
"I know the Eden Hall ducks!"
"I saw Scooter kiss you," Connie told me as she turned in her locker combination. "Is there something going on between you two?"
"I don't think so. He was probably just goofing off," I pulled off my jersey and the rest of my pads and hopped into the showers. Quickly we go dressed and ready for pizza that Coach Orion was treating us to. I slid into a pair of jeans and a tee-shirt and threw my hair back into a messy bun.
I walked out of the locker room with my bag slung over our shoulder. Banksie came out the same time. A smile spread across his face as he came over to me.
"Hey I was wondering if you were doing anything on Friday," he said.
"I don't think so why?" I replied adjusting the strap on my bag.
"Do you wanna go--"
"Hey Julie!" I turned to see Scooter running up the hall after me. "Do you wanna go out with me to dinner on Thursday?"
"Like on a date?" I inquired. He nodded. "Surely."
"How does 8 sound?"
"That's great see ya," I turned back to Adam. "What were you saying?"
"Nevermind. I just had a question on the math homework," he dismissed himself and went and met up with Charlie and Guy while I wandered off to find Connie who had left the locker room before me. ~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~**~~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~ (I don't know what that was ^. I just got bored.)
~*~A few months later~*~
I was sitting in my dorm room doing some good old Algebra, my favorite, and watching some new reality show when a majority of the ducks filed into my room lead by Connie.
"What's up guys?" I closed my book and stood up, stretching all the while.
"We were just going out to eat, but Connie forgot her purse," Guy explained as he brushed a lock of his blonde hair put of his eyes.
"So you all had to come with her to get it?"
"Yea, they couldn't just wait outside for five freakin' minutes," Connie mumbled as she dug around under her bed.
"Whatcha watching?" Averman asked as he threw himself onto my bed and began to flip through the channels with the remote.
"Nothing much--"
"Do you wanna come with us?" Charlie asked. Guy, Charlie, Connie, and Adam were now searching for Connie's purse while Averman turned on the discovery channel and Goldberg raided our mini fridge.
"Yea I guess. Whose taking us?" I slid on some sneakers. The ducks all looked at each other.
"Oh man," Averman groaned. "Do we have to walk again?"
The rest of the ducks nodded.
"Found it!" Connie exclaimed. She held her jean purse in the air. "Lets get walking maybe we can make it there before it closes."
"How about I ask Scooter to take us?" I said as a knock came from the door. The ducks nodded in agreement. Adam opened the door and there stood Riley and Scooter.
"Speak of the devil," Adam took a step back.
"It's nice to see you too Banks," Riley stated from behind Scooter.
"Jules, we need to talk," Scooter looked down at the carpet as I walked out the door, shutting it behind me. "I think... we should just be fr...fr.."
"Spit it out already,"Riley chimmed in.
"Shut up dude. I think we should break up," was all that he said before turning and walking down the hall.
"Did you see her face?" Riley asked.
"Shut up, I said," Scooter elbowed him into a wall. I leaned back against the wall and vowed that I wasn't going to cry. I just told myself over and over that I wasn't going to cry. Averman stumbled out into the hallway.
"Are you okay?" he whispered. Damn it, I was going to cry. I nodded my head as the rest of the ducks came into the hallway.
"You know what. I think we should walk," Goldberg announced. "I think we could all use the fresh air." The rest of them agreed. I felt a tear roll down my cheek.
"I'm just gonna stay here," I ran into my dorm and slammed the door.
I heard the ducks surrounding the door. "Should we go in and talk to her?" Guy asked quietly.
"What do you think you're going to say to her? Do you have some kind of break up advice for her? You've dated one person you're whole life and haven't ever broken up like once." That was Averman. "Ouch!" he started mumbling to himself.
"I'll take care of it," Connie said and the door opened.
"Go away! I don't wanna talk!" I snapped. The door closed again.
"I'll try when we get back." With that everything went silent. I changed into a pair of PJ pants and laid there for a few minutes crying before I heard someone cough behind me.
"Connie I said I don't wanna talk!" I rolled over. "Just go away-- Oh, Adam."
" I was in the bathroom and they kinda left without me. Are you okay?"
"No."
"Are you just gonna sit there or are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" he sat on the end of my bed.
"Nothing I'm fine," I retorted and tried to get off the bed. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me back onto the bed.
" You just said you weren't and you're not going anywhere until you tell me. Don't make me guess," Adam released my wrist and stared me right in the eyes.
"Nothing's wrong I just got something in my eye," I rolled on my side on the bed.
"I know what's wrong. You're pregnant aren't you? Scooter got you pregnant or at least that's what you thought, but he denies it. What really happened though was you slept with Scooter's cousin, George, because they're twins and there was a mix up at the hospital when they were born. George fled town leaving you broke and the baby fatherless and Scooter became an alcholic now and he is always coming home drunk and you hate him. Plus now that you're pregnant you've gotta quit the hockey team--"
"Yes Adam," I cut him off before he made my life into anymore of a soap opera. What he just said could have made a great episode of Days of Our Lives. "You hit the nail right on the head."
"I warned you not to make me guess. Did I not? What's wrong? I'll guess again."
"No! Scooter... he.. uh... broke up with me," I felt a new batch of tears coming on, but I blinked them back.
"Do you want me to beat his ass for you?" he offered.
"No, that's okay, but it would be funny to see you try."
"What are you saying?" he asked a little offended.
"Oh nothing."
"Great now that I know what's wrong. I'm gonna leave, because you said I could not beat him up and I can't do much else for you."
"NO!" Opps I didn't mean to yell like that. "Why don't you stay and watch a movie with me?" By the end of the day my sides hurt so bad from laughing I thought I was going to die.
"So do you wanna go out to eat with me? On a date?" Adam quickly said after the movie ended. I thought about it for a few minutes before nodding.
"Let me just change my pants," I replied. I grabbed my jeans off the end of the bed and went into the bathroom. Just as I got my PJs off the phone began to ring, scaring the hell out of me. "Adam grab that for me!" I yelled figuring it was one of the ducks.
"Hello." pause. "Adam, yeah, she's here hold on." pause. "Julie! Tommy's on the phone."
"Tell him to let me finish getting dressed," I yelled back.
"She's got to get her pants on we were just..." he stopped when he realized what he had said. "No we weren't doing anything." pause. "We were just fooling around and watching movies." a longer pause. "No I didn't mean like that. I meant we where just umm... talking and stuff." I bounded out of the bathroom and grabbed the phone from Adam.
"Tom, don't harass people. What's up?"
"MAYBE I should ask you the same question," he replied.
"Shut up! Seriously, I'm gonna hang up I was about to leave for dinner. What do you want?"
"I need you to come home for a week," he whispered.
"Why?"
"You've gotta be there for the court hearing next week and our lawyer wants to talk to you," his voice sounded rather annoyed.
"What now?"
"He wants full custody of you.. Jack that is."
"Damnit," I grumbled. "When's my flight?"
"Tonight, I already booked you a cab and everything. It'll be there in about an hour or so."
"Thanks for the notice," I rolled my eyes and sat down beside Adam on my bed. "Bye."
"Bye." The other line went dead.
"What's going on?" Adam inquired a look of worry appeared on his face. I had to explain my whole living situation to him then. "So no dinner then?"
"I'm sorry Adam, I really am. I promise we can do something when we get back."
I was greeted by Tommy and his lawyer at the airport the next day. We got right to work. Two days later we landed in court. Mr. McClarin, Tommy's lawyer, said that I was old enough to suggest who I wanted to live with and the jury would take that into consideration. My father never showed up for the trial though. He had been rushed to the emergency room after being in a hit by a parked car. He was drunk and coming out of a bar when he ran into the car and sustained minor head injuries, but he went to the hospital anyway. I didn't see why after that little episode they didn't just let me live with Tom. I mean who gets drunk enough to run into a parked car? The trial was pushed back until the begining of 10th grade for me.
Jamie and Tommy told me they were trying for a baby before I left. I was so excited. I was going to an aunt. When I got back to Eden Hall. Portman was the first person I saw. Out of nowhere he asked me to be his girlfriend. I was so shocked and all I just said yes. Meaning I had to decline dinner with Adam for the 2nd or third time now. I felt bad, but hell you only live once.
A/N.: Hey hey. Aww and Julie and Adam still didn't go out.I'm not a Julie/Portman fan so you know this relationship won't be long lived, but whatever. Who do you think will win the trial and will Adam and Julie ever get a date.. dun dun dun. *coughs* Review man!! I don't know how many times Julie turned down Adam.. Well lets see.. 1with scooter, 2 when she went to maine, and three when she came home. So 3 I guess. But I don't know if you'd count the time with scooter, because she didn't know he was going to ask her out to dinner. I dunno. Just forget I ever asked. I got shoom my mom is here to take my away from hickville. God Bless her. ~Joc~
~*~Beans~*~remind me to tell you about staying out of the beans. Haha yup beansness. In the book catcher in the ry, the dude just ordered a hooker, but now he won't have sex with her, because he's too depressed. Aww poor little guy. ~~Joc~~
The blonde hairdresser that was doing Cassie's hair grabbed a bottle of hair spray and sprayed Cassie's firey red hair, keeping into place, well hopefully. Knowing Cassie it was bound to fall out before the wedding even started, hell before we left the parlor. Anyway Connie took Cassie's place while Cassie took hers beside me.
"So did your dad ever reply to the invitation?" She asked as she picked up a magazine off the table next to her.
"No... but if he would have I would have left him and Stevie at the airport," I laughed. "They would have made it anyhow.. they must have hick connections or something." She smiled and went back to reading the magazine.
*~*Flashback~*~
"Make sure you write," Tommy said as he hugged me. Jamie pulled me out of his grip and handed me a cell phone.
"How about you just call?" she suggested and then leaned down to hug me. "Make as many calls as you want to.. I signed it under Tom's name meaning he has to pay the bills." she chuckled and I thanked her.
"Have a great time in Minnesota dude," Joey smiled and I threw my arms around his neck. "I think this is going to be the first time in like 5 years that we're going to lose the state championships."
"Shut up! You guys'll do fine without me," I pecked him on the cheek. Joey and I weren't exactly together together... we both wanted to stay friends. I mean I liked him and all, but you know how long distance relationships end. Plus with high school beginning that was the last thing I needed.
"Julie sweetie." Oh God, it was them. I turned to see Stevie and Jack, standing behind me with huge grins on their faces and cameras. Oh man why now?
Stevie grabbed me by the wrist. "Jack quick get a picture." Her arms were up in the air and I was standing in front of her giving her a dirty look. I was sure these pictures were going to turn out just beautiful. I was also sure Jack would use them in his Christmas cards he was going to send out to the friends he had- well the two of them- claiming we were a perfect family.
Joey 's eyes got big and were sending me a questionable look as I rolled mine and walked away. "Julie sweetie! I heard you were getting a new coach!" Stevie called behind me.
"I remember I was there and I told you that..." I mumbled to myself.
"If you don't like him... you can come live with Stevie and I," Jack bellowed.
Thanks," I nodded. "Right you'll be the first people I come running to and it's Stevie and me dumbass." I again said to no one in particular as I boarded the plane.
* * *
I met up with Dwayne, Kenny, Russ, and Luis when I got off my plane.
"So Portman and Bombay ain't coming?" Dwayne asked on the verge of tears.
"I'm afraid not my friend," Russ slapped his back real hard. We all piled into a van that was taking us up to Eden Hall. As soon as we where there a man showed us where our dorms would be and who we were rooming with, even though I kinda already knew. Connie. All of the ducks had decided to move into the dorms. Figure it would be easier then skating to school every morning especially when we had practice early in the morning. The guy then told us to hurry up and get down the gym, because an assembly being held in our honor.
At this assembly, we met the oh so wonderful Varsity team, who you could tell really loved us from the start and the other ducks pulled the 'we're the ducks' thing that made us the laughing stock of the whole school. Things eventually got better for me though.
"I can't believe we beat the Varsity!" Connie exclaimed as we entered into the girls locker room.
"I know the Eden Hall ducks!"
"I saw Scooter kiss you," Connie told me as she turned in her locker combination. "Is there something going on between you two?"
"I don't think so. He was probably just goofing off," I pulled off my jersey and the rest of my pads and hopped into the showers. Quickly we go dressed and ready for pizza that Coach Orion was treating us to. I slid into a pair of jeans and a tee-shirt and threw my hair back into a messy bun.
I walked out of the locker room with my bag slung over our shoulder. Banksie came out the same time. A smile spread across his face as he came over to me.
"Hey I was wondering if you were doing anything on Friday," he said.
"I don't think so why?" I replied adjusting the strap on my bag.
"Do you wanna go--"
"Hey Julie!" I turned to see Scooter running up the hall after me. "Do you wanna go out with me to dinner on Thursday?"
"Like on a date?" I inquired. He nodded. "Surely."
"How does 8 sound?"
"That's great see ya," I turned back to Adam. "What were you saying?"
"Nevermind. I just had a question on the math homework," he dismissed himself and went and met up with Charlie and Guy while I wandered off to find Connie who had left the locker room before me. ~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~**~~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~**~*~*~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~ (I don't know what that was ^. I just got bored.)
~*~A few months later~*~
I was sitting in my dorm room doing some good old Algebra, my favorite, and watching some new reality show when a majority of the ducks filed into my room lead by Connie.
"What's up guys?" I closed my book and stood up, stretching all the while.
"We were just going out to eat, but Connie forgot her purse," Guy explained as he brushed a lock of his blonde hair put of his eyes.
"So you all had to come with her to get it?"
"Yea, they couldn't just wait outside for five freakin' minutes," Connie mumbled as she dug around under her bed.
"Whatcha watching?" Averman asked as he threw himself onto my bed and began to flip through the channels with the remote.
"Nothing much--"
"Do you wanna come with us?" Charlie asked. Guy, Charlie, Connie, and Adam were now searching for Connie's purse while Averman turned on the discovery channel and Goldberg raided our mini fridge.
"Yea I guess. Whose taking us?" I slid on some sneakers. The ducks all looked at each other.
"Oh man," Averman groaned. "Do we have to walk again?"
The rest of the ducks nodded.
"Found it!" Connie exclaimed. She held her jean purse in the air. "Lets get walking maybe we can make it there before it closes."
"How about I ask Scooter to take us?" I said as a knock came from the door. The ducks nodded in agreement. Adam opened the door and there stood Riley and Scooter.
"Speak of the devil," Adam took a step back.
"It's nice to see you too Banks," Riley stated from behind Scooter.
"Jules, we need to talk," Scooter looked down at the carpet as I walked out the door, shutting it behind me. "I think... we should just be fr...fr.."
"Spit it out already,"Riley chimmed in.
"Shut up dude. I think we should break up," was all that he said before turning and walking down the hall.
"Did you see her face?" Riley asked.
"Shut up, I said," Scooter elbowed him into a wall. I leaned back against the wall and vowed that I wasn't going to cry. I just told myself over and over that I wasn't going to cry. Averman stumbled out into the hallway.
"Are you okay?" he whispered. Damn it, I was going to cry. I nodded my head as the rest of the ducks came into the hallway.
"You know what. I think we should walk," Goldberg announced. "I think we could all use the fresh air." The rest of them agreed. I felt a tear roll down my cheek.
"I'm just gonna stay here," I ran into my dorm and slammed the door.
I heard the ducks surrounding the door. "Should we go in and talk to her?" Guy asked quietly.
"What do you think you're going to say to her? Do you have some kind of break up advice for her? You've dated one person you're whole life and haven't ever broken up like once." That was Averman. "Ouch!" he started mumbling to himself.
"I'll take care of it," Connie said and the door opened.
"Go away! I don't wanna talk!" I snapped. The door closed again.
"I'll try when we get back." With that everything went silent. I changed into a pair of PJ pants and laid there for a few minutes crying before I heard someone cough behind me.
"Connie I said I don't wanna talk!" I rolled over. "Just go away-- Oh, Adam."
" I was in the bathroom and they kinda left without me. Are you okay?"
"No."
"Are you just gonna sit there or are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" he sat on the end of my bed.
"Nothing I'm fine," I retorted and tried to get off the bed. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me back onto the bed.
" You just said you weren't and you're not going anywhere until you tell me. Don't make me guess," Adam released my wrist and stared me right in the eyes.
"Nothing's wrong I just got something in my eye," I rolled on my side on the bed.
"I know what's wrong. You're pregnant aren't you? Scooter got you pregnant or at least that's what you thought, but he denies it. What really happened though was you slept with Scooter's cousin, George, because they're twins and there was a mix up at the hospital when they were born. George fled town leaving you broke and the baby fatherless and Scooter became an alcholic now and he is always coming home drunk and you hate him. Plus now that you're pregnant you've gotta quit the hockey team--"
"Yes Adam," I cut him off before he made my life into anymore of a soap opera. What he just said could have made a great episode of Days of Our Lives. "You hit the nail right on the head."
"I warned you not to make me guess. Did I not? What's wrong? I'll guess again."
"No! Scooter... he.. uh... broke up with me," I felt a new batch of tears coming on, but I blinked them back.
"Do you want me to beat his ass for you?" he offered.
"No, that's okay, but it would be funny to see you try."
"What are you saying?" he asked a little offended.
"Oh nothing."
"Great now that I know what's wrong. I'm gonna leave, because you said I could not beat him up and I can't do much else for you."
"NO!" Opps I didn't mean to yell like that. "Why don't you stay and watch a movie with me?" By the end of the day my sides hurt so bad from laughing I thought I was going to die.
"So do you wanna go out to eat with me? On a date?" Adam quickly said after the movie ended. I thought about it for a few minutes before nodding.
"Let me just change my pants," I replied. I grabbed my jeans off the end of the bed and went into the bathroom. Just as I got my PJs off the phone began to ring, scaring the hell out of me. "Adam grab that for me!" I yelled figuring it was one of the ducks.
"Hello." pause. "Adam, yeah, she's here hold on." pause. "Julie! Tommy's on the phone."
"Tell him to let me finish getting dressed," I yelled back.
"She's got to get her pants on we were just..." he stopped when he realized what he had said. "No we weren't doing anything." pause. "We were just fooling around and watching movies." a longer pause. "No I didn't mean like that. I meant we where just umm... talking and stuff." I bounded out of the bathroom and grabbed the phone from Adam.
"Tom, don't harass people. What's up?"
"MAYBE I should ask you the same question," he replied.
"Shut up! Seriously, I'm gonna hang up I was about to leave for dinner. What do you want?"
"I need you to come home for a week," he whispered.
"Why?"
"You've gotta be there for the court hearing next week and our lawyer wants to talk to you," his voice sounded rather annoyed.
"What now?"
"He wants full custody of you.. Jack that is."
"Damnit," I grumbled. "When's my flight?"
"Tonight, I already booked you a cab and everything. It'll be there in about an hour or so."
"Thanks for the notice," I rolled my eyes and sat down beside Adam on my bed. "Bye."
"Bye." The other line went dead.
"What's going on?" Adam inquired a look of worry appeared on his face. I had to explain my whole living situation to him then. "So no dinner then?"
"I'm sorry Adam, I really am. I promise we can do something when we get back."
I was greeted by Tommy and his lawyer at the airport the next day. We got right to work. Two days later we landed in court. Mr. McClarin, Tommy's lawyer, said that I was old enough to suggest who I wanted to live with and the jury would take that into consideration. My father never showed up for the trial though. He had been rushed to the emergency room after being in a hit by a parked car. He was drunk and coming out of a bar when he ran into the car and sustained minor head injuries, but he went to the hospital anyway. I didn't see why after that little episode they didn't just let me live with Tom. I mean who gets drunk enough to run into a parked car? The trial was pushed back until the begining of 10th grade for me.
Jamie and Tommy told me they were trying for a baby before I left. I was so excited. I was going to an aunt. When I got back to Eden Hall. Portman was the first person I saw. Out of nowhere he asked me to be his girlfriend. I was so shocked and all I just said yes. Meaning I had to decline dinner with Adam for the 2nd or third time now. I felt bad, but hell you only live once.
A/N.: Hey hey. Aww and Julie and Adam still didn't go out.I'm not a Julie/Portman fan so you know this relationship won't be long lived, but whatever. Who do you think will win the trial and will Adam and Julie ever get a date.. dun dun dun. *coughs* Review man!! I don't know how many times Julie turned down Adam.. Well lets see.. 1with scooter, 2 when she went to maine, and three when she came home. So 3 I guess. But I don't know if you'd count the time with scooter, because she didn't know he was going to ask her out to dinner. I dunno. Just forget I ever asked. I got shoom my mom is here to take my away from hickville. God Bless her. ~Joc~
~*~Beans~*~remind me to tell you about staying out of the beans. Haha yup beansness. In the book catcher in the ry, the dude just ordered a hooker, but now he won't have sex with her, because he's too depressed. Aww poor little guy. ~~Joc~~