They had avoided each other for several days until they were forced to practice together.
Coach Orion had sensed some tension between the two and had decided that it would be a great idea for them to work together, him trying to score goals and her trying to defend the net against them.
They managed to get through it without any dramas and barely said more than four words to each other that mainly consisted of "Better luck next time".
After practice she had showered and changed as fast as possible and left the locker room before anyone could talk to her.
A few hours later Connie, Charlie, Goldberg and Fulton had shown up at her door ready to drag her off for pizza with the team.
No one cared that she didn't want to go, especially for a reason that she refused to tell, they had decided she needed cheering up so here she was looking like she had just stolen something as she was tiptoeing behind Fulton with her head down trying to avoid being seen by him.
She didn't have to go to such trouble though. She saw him sitting at the table with the rest of the team at the same time her saw her and sitting on his lap was some random girl she'd never seen before.
She didn't bother with an explanation to the others as she just turned on her heel and walked out as calmly as she could. She couldn't let him see that he had gotten to her.
The second she was out of the door she started running. She could hear footsteps behind her and him calling her name. She ignored him and tried to run even faster. He caught up with her, grabbing her arm and spinning her around.
"It's not what it looks like" he tried to reason with her, tried to explain his actions. She wasn't having any of his bullshit excuses.
"So a girl sitting on your lap isn't what it looks like? Funny it looked EXACTLY like that to me or do you honestly think all the alcohol turned me blind too?" she shot back.
She had no idea where the sarcastic comments came from they just seemed to escape her mouth before she knows what she's saying.
"Julie, she just came and sat on my lap but I swear I'm not interested in her, honest" he pleaded like a cheating partner who had just been caught out, only him and Julie weren't together at all.
She stared hard at him on the outside, inside her stomach was doing somersaults "I'm sorry but what exactly makes you think I CARE about you and some girl?" she shot at him.
He tried to touch her arm but she shook him off "Why did you run then?" he asked a smile creeping across his face.
Julie's heart skipped a beat, he was so cute when he did that. "Since I'm not allowed to have a drink and get crazy I have to get my exercise somehow" she retorted.
He looked quite amused, "Without getting your dinner?" he challenged.
"Oh shut up will you" she responded turning to walk away.
"So you're saying you don't care then?" he called after her, she didn't answer. He smiled to himself, he knew that he had gotten under her skin.
He guessed that he was the first person who had done that in a long time.
She blinked back a tear afraid that if she started crying then she would never be able to stop. There was so much unfinished business between them. She remembered that day well, it was the first time she had let her guard down and given him a glimpse of how she really felt.