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Summary: Julie makes her decision, and then talks to Scooter and Luis, not together, obviously.
Author's Note: This isn't the last chapter, there's one more coming, which will sort of tie everything together. Thanks to every one who reviewed, and all that. Also, sorry there was kind of more time between the last chapter and this one, I had work all weekend this was the first I could get it done.
Chapter 6: Decision
A week later Julie walked into her dorm after a brisk jog. She was resolute in what she had decided to do. She opened the door to a sight she was pretty accustomed to in the past week. Portman and Heather were passionately making out on Heather's bed.
"Room mate entering!" Julie shouted and threw a pillow at them.
"Hey Cat!" Portman said, at this point he was only wearing an undershirt. "Today's the day of truth, right?
"Shut up!" She said. She wasn't looking forward to either conversation she was going to have.
"Go easy on him." Portman said. He didn't specify which "him" but just walked out.
"You made a decision?" Heather said, concerned.
"Yeah," Julie said. "I don't really want to talk about it right now." As she spoke a knock burst on the door. Julie got up to answer it.
"Hey babe!" Scooter smiled, picking her up and kissing her hard.
"I leave you to it!" Heather said walking out of the room and shutting the door.
"Heather looked a little unkempt," Scooter noted, and then looked at her bed which was wrinkly and sloppy looking. "What's going on there?"
"She and Portman discovered each other," Julie explained. "Scooter, we need to talk."
They sat on Julie's bed and with tears in her eyes she explained the situation. She told him about prom, her conversation with Luis, the party and her talk with Adam. Also she finally told him how she hated the long distance relationship.
"I think it's best if we break up." She ended.
"You're going to be with Luis?" He sighed.
"No," she shook her head. "Not right now. Maybe someday."
"I love you Julie," Scooter said, as if he were making one final plea to change her mind. "I really do.
"I know," she whispered, "I love you too. That's what makes it so hard." He leaned in and kissed her on the cheek, just like the first time.
"Let's call it even." He whispered. She smiled through her tears.
"I hate ties." She squeaked out. Then he stood up and walked out of the room. When she composed herself she walked down the stairs to Luis and Portman's room, and she knocked on the door.
"Hey." Luis smiled.
"Hey," she said. "You wanna take a walk?" They walked through the quad.
"You've been pretty quiet." Luis said, "I don't mean to rush you or anything, but if you just wanted to take a walk I would have said no."
"I broke up with Scooter." She said abruptly. "You were right, the long distance thing wasn't working anymore."
"So does that mean…" he took her hand.
"No, Luis." She pulled away, "it doesn't."
"Um, ok," he said confused. "But I thought that…"
"I know, but here me out." She took a deep breathe. "I need to be n my own for a while. I've been with Scooter for three years, and I loved him, and I love you. I do, Luis. But there is something I love more, and you too, The Ducks. And well, if we do this, if we get together and then it doesn't work out it would hurt them, and us, the team." She started crying. "Maybe is the fall if we both still feel the same way, if we still want to be together, then we'll give it a shot. But not now, do you understand?" She closed her eyes and hoped he did.
"Yeah, I think so," he answered her quickly. "I understand, you're choosing the team over me." Julie nodded. "I guess it's better than you choosing Scooter, but I can't say I like it."
"Luis, I'm so sorry." She said, "I just, I can't, not right now."
"Yeah, I got that." He said and walked away.
Julie walked back to her dorm, curled up in a ball, and cried.
A/N: Ah, I totally did not mean to make Julie emo, but it kind of just happened, anyway, I promise in the next chapter she'll be un emo!