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Summary: Prom night begins with a surprise vist, goes on to a fabulous announcement and ends with a shocking confession.

A/N: Alright, go me getting two chapters up in one day! Well, obviously this is the moment of truth, or well, one of the moments...there are a couple more coming. As always, I love reviews!

Prom day, Linda, Julie and Heather all headed over to Connie's after school to get ready. Julie had invited Heather because she was meeting them at Banks' anyway so it made sense. Also since she was still convinces Luis liked Heather she wanted to reach out more. Mrs. Moreau did the girl's hair and they did each other's makeup. Finally they got dressed and piled into the car to go to Banks'

Linda and Heather got out first, and as Julie went to step out Connie pulled on her arm to stop her.

"Oh no!" Connie smiled, scheming in her mind. "You get to make a grand entrance, I'll go first."

"You're crazy!" Julie said. Connie smiled and pulled herself out the car. She walked over to Guy and gave him a kiss.

"You look beautiful." He said, handing her a corsage.

"Thank you." She smiled, "Wait till you see Julie!"

Julie stepped slowly out of the car. All of the guys dropped their jaws. Her dark blonde hair was piled on top of her head in tiny curls and the dress which had looked amazing in the store now was stunning complemented by subtle pearl jewelry. Luis couldn't believe his eyes. The rest of the team smiled, knowing a secret that Julie didn't. Luis walked up to her.

"Wow, Cat," he said, using her nick name, "You look, just wow!"

"You don't clean up so bad yourself." She answered awkwardly.

"Where's Charlie?" Linda asked. "He's the only person not here yet."

"I'm here!" He shouted from a car window. "And I brought a surprise!" He jumped out of the car in his tux and leaving the drivers seat was someone other than his mom. The team all smiled when they saw the face.

"Coach Bombay!" They shouted and charged at him!

"Wow," Bombay laughed as they circled around him, "You ducks look pretty good all dressed up!" They laughed.

"He called this morning," Charlie explained, "And I asked if he wanted to see us off."

"And we all know I have a problem saying no to you guys!" Bombay laughed. Julie smiled, this was the perfect beginning to what she was sure would be an awesome night.

They took a team picture with the Coach and then pictures with their dates. Finally they all piled into the limo, and laughing headed to school, where in one of the prom was waiting. The limo ride was filled with nervous chatter and lots of quacking. Luis and Julie sat quietly though, until Luis smiled and looked at her.

"What?" She said, when she caught him.

"Just thinking about how much it sucks that Scooter is missing you all dressed up and beautiful." Luis smiled, he wasn't being manipulative or even trying to make a move, just saying how he felt. Julie blushed, and smiled shyly.

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"You really think I'm beautiful?" She said.

"Yeah, I do." He smiled back. She thought for a minute if she really hated that Scooter wasn't there. It felt so right, just her and Luis, and the Ducks of course.

They arrived at school and sat at their table. They danced all night and Julie doubted that she ever had so much fun. Some how Luis got the DJ to play a salsa and he taught Julie the dance moves, and she easily caught on following his lead. They all sat down as the Dean stood up to announce the junior prom court.

"Your three female prom attendants," the Dean read off a card, "Linda Potter, Heather Banket and Julie Gaffney!" He said, Julie couldn't believe it and sat in her seat stunned."

"That's you Cat." Luis said, nudging her. She walked up with Linda and Heather to have the small tiara placed on her head.

"Your male prom attendants are, Dean Portman, Guy Germaine and Luis Mendoza!" The three guys hurried onto the stage to get their sashes.

"And finally your prom king and queen, Charlie Conway and Connie Moreau!" The whole duck table went crazy. Fulton and Averman got the whole room to start quacking. Julie smiled, this cemented their status; the Ducks ruled Eden Hall. Once the crowd calmed down they began a slow dance led by the prom court. Connie and Charlie started together but quickly switched partners, since Guy and Linda started out together.

"Congratulations!" Luis said. "Did you think the Ducks would ever actually be crowned Eden Hall royalty?"

"No, not really." She laughed. "But I am happy."

"Good, so am I!" He smiled and pulled her close.

"Thanks for bringing me." Julie whispered.

"Julie?" He said quietly.

"Yes?" She pulled back.

"There's something I've been wanting to do." He said and then he leaned in and kissed her. She didn't say a word, just pulled into him and cried quietly. When the song ended she pulled out of his arms, kissed him on the cheek and walked away, still crying.

"Julie!" He shouted after her and followed her out of the room.

Julie sat on the bench in the rink lacing up her skates, still in her prom dress. She needed to skate, to get away from what she was feeling.

"Julie?" Luis whispered coming up behind her.

"Go away!" She said, "Please, just go away."

"Julie," he said, "I'm so sorry, I just…"

"Luis, why?" She interrupted him tears in her eyes. "Everything was so perfect, and then you just ruined it. What?"

"I don't know Julie," he said. "I just, all I could think about was being with you. And then tonight, you looked so pretty and, well I couldn't help it."

"Luis, I have a boyfriend!" She shouted. "A serious boyfriend, who I love! And who loves me!"

"Yeah, he loves you so much he couldn't even make it to your prom." Luis scoffed. "And you never see him. Russ is more your boyfriend than Scooter."

"He's at college," Julie protested. "He has finals. He loves me, Luis. When he gets back…"

"When he gets back you'll have two weeks together before you go back to Maine." Luis said. "And then where will you be? In the exact place you were before."

"Stop it!" She said, "You don't know anything about it!"

"I know how unhappy you are!" He said, "I know you haven't seen him since March and it kills you. I know you're lonely and you look at Connie and Guy or Charlie and Linda and you wonder why you can't have what they have." He took a deep breath. "You can have that Julie. You can have it with me!" He leaned in and kissed her again, except this time she kissed back. "Are you going to take those skates off now?"

"Luis, we can't rush into this." Julie said, "I can't, I need to think about stuff. I need to figure things out. Give me a week, alright? And then I'll tell you."

"Scooter will be back in a week." Luis pointed out.

"I know." Julie said, "And that way if need be I can end it with him in person." She leaned down and unlaced her skates and then took them off. "I'll talk to you in a week Luis." She leaned in and kissed him. He sat and watched her walk out of the rink. He didn't know how to feel.

Bum, bum bum!