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Chapter 9

Good Morning to You Too

The harsh ringing of the phone jerked Adam awake, gently entangling himself from Julie, he reached behind him to answer.

"Hello?"

Charlie's cheerful voice greeted Adam, "Hey Cake-Eater, just called to say Ms. McKay cancelled practice again, but we're going down to the UCLA track at noon for some light conditioning."

Adam rubbed his eyes and glanced at the clock, 7:24, "Uh, yeah that sounds great. I'll meet you there."

Charlie's voice cut him off before he could hang up the phone, "By the way, have you seen Cat Lady? Connie said she didn't come back to their dorm."

Adam looked down at the peacefully sleeping Julie and hid his smile. "Uh, she's over here. She came by to talk and was too tired to go back. She's crashing on your bed." All right, he'd twisted the truth a bit, Julie had fallen asleep in his arms. But Charlie didn't have to know that.

"Yeah, I'm sure that's what happened." Charlie gently chided over the phone.

"No, dude, I'm serious. That's all that happened."

"Aw, c'mon Banksie, I know that. I'm just messing with you. You're too much of a gentleman to do anything. Anyways, catch you guys later."

"Bye, Charlie." Adam hung up the phone and returned to the bed.

"Who was it?" Julie mumbled, stifling a yawn.

"Charlie. We have conditioning at noon. Go back to sleep." Drawing Julie gently to him, he drifted back to his peaceful slumber.

Julie stirred in Adam's arms two hours later as the morning sunlight greeted the two. She smiled as she thought of last night. They had stayed up and talked before falling asleep. Groggily, she opened her eyes to find Adam's crystal blue gaze studying her. Surprised, she bolted upright in bed, knocking heads with Adam. Equally as shocked, Adam jerked backward, the momentum sending him off the edge of the bed.

Laughing hysterically, Julie peered over the side of the bed to find Adam lying in a heap on the floor, holding his head and groaning.

"Good morning to you too. Glad you find this funny," he grumbled. "Damn, you have a really hard head."

"I'm sorry," Julie choked out. "But you scared me."

"All I was doing was looking at you." Adam protested, still trying to shake the woozy feeling in his skull.

"And look what happened." Julie giggled, "You look really ridiculous down there."

"Yeah, well we'll see who's laughing in a second." Adam reached out and grabbed Julie's arm which was dangling from the side of the bed. Pulling her off the matress, he wrestled her to the ground. They tussled for a minute before Adam pinned her. Breathing heavily, Adam grinned,

"Give?"

Julie looked at him wordlessly, her eyes tender. Adam stared back and gently brushed a stray hair away from her face. He leaned down and their lips met. He pulled away, about to apologize when she grabbed his shirt collar. Jerking him back, she pulled him down for another kiss. A warmth washed through his body as he deepened the kiss, feeling her soft lips respond against his. Julie wrapped one hand around his neck as she kissed him back, murmuring delicately as he parted her lips, allowing his tongue access. After a few moments he broke away. She lifted her gaze to his and sighed. Smiling devilishly, Julie flipped him on his back, pinning him to the ground.

"Yeah, I give." Clambering off of Adam she held out her hand, "C'mon, Loverboy, let's eat. Practice starts in two hours." Adam grinned as he pulled her to him for one more kiss.

Yea!!! Julie and Adam kissed! Can we all say FINALLY! Okay, so next up is the famous, "Her name is Julie not Babe" scene that many writers I know,( including myself in addition to a lot of wishful thinking) bases the Adam/Julie pairing on. Adam defends his lady's honor a little more differently than in the actual movie. Who says chivalry is dead? Stay tuned.

Roxie