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"I'm never speaking to you again Guy Germaine!" Julie cried angrily as she glared at the retreating back of Guy Germaine.
"Whatever you say Cat-lady…I'll pick you up at 6:30." He called without turning around.
"BAH! I am only going along because Tammy asked me to! I hope you realize that!" She screamed and then slammed the door when he began to laugh.
"How was the weekend?" Connie asked her eyebrow arched in question.
"I had a wonderful time, until right before we left Guy's house." She said with a groan and a blush.
"What happened to ruin it?"
"That jerk attacked me!" Julie screeched and Guy must have been able to hear the yell because from the next room he yelled, "YOU LIKED IT!"
"LIKE HELL!" Julie yelled back, slamming her hand against the wall and then turned back to Connie. "It's an extremely long story. The cliff notes version is that Guy kissed me for the sole purpose of being CAUGHT kissing me and right before I left his mom pulled me aside and asked me to come back but told me to be careful with Guy because and I quote, It's all fun and games until someone gets pregnant! Cons I have never been more embarrassed in my entire life!" Julie concluded before she fell back onto her bed.
"I hate to say it, but the fact that she said that is totally believable. The woman is certifiably insane." Connie said with a laugh. "I wouldn't worry about it."
Julie shook her head and stood up. "Tell me about your date as I get ready to go." She commanded throwing Connie a smile.
Connie laughed, but simply shrugged. "It was a date with my boyfriend, how great could it be?"
Julie stared at her before saying, "That's odd, you used to call me and gush every time you got home from a date with Guy. What changed with you?"
Connie turned to look at a picture of her and Guy she kept on her bulletin board. They looked to be around eleven or twelve. Guy was wearing that old green hat and Connie had her long brown hair pulled back into a half ponytail. They were sitting in the grass; Guy was holding Connie between his legs and her back was against his chest. It looked like she was fighting to get away but she was laughing; her eyes twinkling. Guy was holding on to her tightly, and it looked as though he was tickling her. His face was full of laughter his eyes held an innocence they had not held in years.
"Things were different with Guy. You know that."
"No, I didn't. What made it so different? I would think you would have been more bored with Guy. The two of you were together for ten years!" Julie said with a laugh before pulling on a sweater.
"I don't want to talk about Guy anymore. I'm perfectly fine with Ken." Connie said, somewhat stiffly. Julie shrugged and changed the subject.
"Your jeans were a godsend by the way. Tammy told me they used to say property of Guy Germaine?" She said with a laugh.
Connie stared at her in surprise for a moment and then started to laugh. "I'd forgotten about that. In art one day, he thought this kid was looking at my butt so he stuck his hand in paint and put his handprint on my butt. I was so mad at him, I think my brother Jeremy actually had to bring me a new pair of pants! Then I decided it was cute. Ken would never do something like that, he knows that he doesn't need to protect me, and that I hate people claiming me. I guess that's why things are so different. Guy wanted to protect me from everything, including myself. Ken lets me be me; he knows that I can take care of myself, that I don't belong to him."
Julie stared at Connie skeptically. "You're saying that like it's a bad thing." She watched closely, as her friend shrugged and then glanced quickly over at the picture of her and Guy.
"What'd you think of Tammy?" She finally asked. Julie's face broke into a huge smile and she laughed.
"I like her. She's a Duck, that's obvious."
"Yeah, she is. You should have been around when I first met her. She was a total ice queen. She was a good figure skater, and had absolutely no tolerance for people like the ducks. I hated her because Peter told me Guy said she was cute. She hated me, because she thought Guy and I were vulgar. Than all of a sudden one day, she developed a crush on Jesse. She wanted my help in getting him to like her, and before long she was a Duck."
"They're still dating aren't they?" Connie shook her head. "They broke up like three months before Guy and I did, but I think they're still best friends and all that." Julie nodded, just as the phone rang. Julie answered, handing the phone to Connie when Ken asked for her.
She looked over at the clock; it was almost 6:30. Guy should be there soon. She got up and started putting things in her purse, trying to be quiet. A little after 6:30, Guy walked through the door once again not bothering to knock.
"We could have been naked Guygerman!" Connie yelled loudly.
Guy stopped in his tracks, surprised that not only had she actually yelled at him but also that she had called him Guygerman. She had started calling him that when they were seven or eight it had been a term of endearment. After Tammy started dating Jesse, she had started using it too.
"Uh…I'm sorry?" He said, but as more of a question than an actual apology. Her face turned bright red as she realized what she had done.
"I've got to go Ken. I'll uh call you later." She blurted out, hanging up the phone. "You're forgiven." She muttered to Guy stiffly, before hurrying out the door.
Guy was blinking in confusion, and Julie was staring after Connie in amazement.
"She never yells like that anymore." Julie said in shock, staring at Guy with wide eyes. Guy just shrugged and tried to collect himself.
"Are you ready?" He finally asked she nodded grabbing her purse and her roller blades. The two roller bladed the mile to the skating rink and hurried inside. They had held hands the entire time, trying to stay together but it had made Julie feel extremely uncomfortable.
"I'm still mad at you." Julie muttered as they sat down.
Guy pulled himself out of his thoughts and laughed at her. "No you're not; you think it's as funny as I do." He replied. The two bickered tediously until finally it was Tammy's turn to perform.
"What was going on with Connie this afternoon?" Guy asked casually.
"She's acting weird today. I asked her how her date with Ken went and all she said was that he was her boyfriend so how great could the date have gone."
Guy gave her an odd look but said nothing, only cheering when Tammy landed a particularly hard jump.
"You were great Tammers!" Guy cried as they were running up to congratulate her later that night. She smiled a thank you and then waved at Julie, who also congratulated her.
"Where's Jesse?" Guy asked curiously. Tammy snorted contemptuously before turning away and pulling her hair into a ponytail.
"He's out with Jami Drealen; apparently she's more important than me."
"I doubt it." Guy said, even though he was a little jealous. Jami was extremely hot, and she had been one of the most popular girls at Guy's old school.
"He'll go out with her tonight, and by tomorrow you'll be number one again. No worries." Tammy nodded but made a face.
"She called me a slut!" She finally admitted angrily. Guy tried to hold back his laughter but was unsuccessful, and Julie made a small sound of amusement.
"It's not funny Guygerman!" Tammy said with a scowl. "She told Becca Allens that I was hooking up with both you and Terry when I was dating Jesse and that's why we broke up. You know what a big mouth Becca has! She told everyone!"
Guy shook his head, telling her not to worry about it. "Just start something back; it'll get spread around just as quickly." She shrugged in annoyance.
"I don't think you're helping her Guy." Julie said with a giggle.
"It's so nice to have another girl around again! Jules, next weekend you should bring Connie. I feel like I haven't seen her in forever, she seems to think that since Guy is an idiot the rest of us are too!"
Guy turned to give Tammy a warning look, but in typical Tammy fashion, she continued. "Did they ever tell you that Connie only wanted a break? Guy is the one that ended the entire relationship. Idiot." She muttered darkly, glaring at her friend.
Julie's face had gone from amusement to shock. She was staring at Guy, her eyes wide and her mouth hanging open.
"Now you know my big secret, what's yours?" Guy asked before turning and walking out of the arena. Julie turned to Tammy, her face questioning.
"He's going to want to kill me; I'll see you next weekend."Julie nodded and hurried to catch up with Guy.
"Why didn't you tell me it was Guy that ended things?" Julie asked Connie later that night, when the two girls were lying in bed.
"Excuse me?" Connie asked, sitting up in bed.
"You just let all of us assume it had been you." Connie flipped on the lamp beside her bed and stared at Julie incredulously.
"Guy told you this?"
Julie shook her head slowly and told her what had happened. "If you must know, then yes I wanted to take a break. We were just getting ready to start freshman year at a new school, I wasn't sure if our relationship was going to last, but when I told him how I felt he said that if I had to question our relationship then there was nothing left to question. So yes, Guy broke up with me. He was convinced that if I wanted to break up for even a little while then I wasn't in love with him anymore."
"Well obviously he was right. You hooked up with Ken almost as soon as we got to school." Julie observed.
Connie's face turned red and she glared at her best friend. "Guy can think whatever he wants, I really don't care anymore but I was still in love with him. He just had a hard time believing it." Connie muttered before turning off the light and rolling away from Julie.
The next morning, Connie acted as though the conversation with Julie had never happened. She acted the same as usual, but inside she was a mess. The entire conversation with Julie had messed her up. She had wanted a break from Guy, not the end of their relationship. The way Guy saw it; they were over no matter what. She had ignored him that first day of school and acted like a bitch any other time they talked. She could still remember their first game, the one they tied. Everyone was fighting when she walked into the locker room, but the only person she had heard was Guy. "We let up; it's as simple as that." He had muttered. Those words had her boiling with anger and as she walked past him, she shoved him out of her way and retorted, "You let up I played hard." They were both wondering whether she had been talking about their relationship or the game with that comment.
She sighed and pushed her food around on her plate. Ken walked over, sat down next to her and kissed her on the cheek. She smiled back, trying to hide her irritation.
Her eyes wandered around the room, landing on Guy, Julie and Luis. Guy and Luis were laughing at something Julie had said, and Guy had his arm casually slung around Julie's shoulders. To her surprise the three headed right over to her and Ken, and sat down across from them. Luis and Guy immediately began talking on their own but Julie smiled softly at Connie.
"Listen I'm really sorry about last night." She said apologetically.
Connie glanced over at Guy who was now looking at Julie in interest.
"What happened last night?" He asked curiously.
"You wouldn't tell me, so I asked Connie." Julie said steadily, giving him a fake smile.
His curious smile fell from his face, and Connie felt her face heat up. His eyes shot to her, and then back to Julie.
"I told you to stay out of it Jules." He said quietly.
"And I told you I wanted to know."
By now, most of the Ducks were staring at the three in confusion. "You shouldn't have said anything." Guy growled at Connie.
"She asked." Connie stated simply.
"Well obviously! That doesn't mean you need to tell her." He snapped, his eyes blazing. Connie felt a pang in her heart when she saw his eyes. He hadn't looked at her that way in ages. She shook it off and glared back, not realizing she was causing his heart to jump a little.
"I honestly don't see the big deal; people thought I dumped you when in actuality you dumped me. I'm the one that should be upset here."
"It's complicated, and you think it's easy telling people that I broke up with you because I loved you too damn much?" He asked, his voice catching in his throat.
She opened her mouth to reply, but snapped it shut again. How was she supposed to reply to that? "I…I uh…I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything." She replied uncomfortably.
Guy laughed bitterly and shook his head. "Forget it I don't care anymore." He muttered as he left.
Everyone was staring at Connie awkwardly, as though they didn't know what to say.
"I'm sorry Connie…I guess I don't know Guy well enough yet to realize what will set him off." Julie said in embarrassment."Don't worry about it."
"Cons…you know we haven't really been hanging out enough lately right?" Julie finally asked after a few moments of silence. Connie nodded guiltily.
"Tammy wants me to bring you along this weekend."
"You're kidding right? Tammy and I haven't talked once since Guy and I broke up."
"That's what she told me, she misses you Cons."
"I guess I could…I should probably go home and see my parents this weekend anyway."
Julie clapped in excitement. "I should probably go apologize to Guy." She said sulkily. Connie laughed as she watched Julie walk away.
"Do you want me to come along this weekend?" Ken asked.
Connie worked hard to keep herself from telling him off. "No…you better not. I think Julie really wants a girl's weekend." She said, trying hard to look apologetic. Ken was a great person, but lately he was boring her. "Well alright. Maybe we can hang out Saturday?" He asked hopefully. "I'm staying with my parents for the weekend; we'll hang out next week. I promise."
Later that night, Charlie called a team meeting. The thirteen hockey players all piled into the room Charlie shared with Adam and looked up at their captain expectantly.
"What's going on?" Julie asked cautiously.
"Coach wanted me to talk to everyone; he thinks our playing is off." Charlie said calmly.
Everyone stared at him in surprise. They had won every game they had played so far.
"What are you talking about Charlie? We're undefeated!" Goldberg said with a scoff.
"I know that, I think we're doing great too but Coach said something is off. I'm just saying if anyone on the team has a problem with anyone else get it figured out." He was staring pointedly at Connie well he said this, and she felt her face heat up. "Okay the meeting's over. Adam and I were going to watch a movie if anyone wanted to stay and hang out."
Averman asked what movie they were going to watch.
"The Goonies!" Adam called out. There were several cheers while Averman, Goldberg, Fulton, Portman, Russ, Luis and Guy sat down. Ken had a look of distaste on his face, and Dwayne usually didn't do anything unless Ken did it so he was also walking out the door. Julie had never seen the movie, but she was convinced she would hate it and had been trying to leave but Guy and Luis tackled her and carried her back over by the rest of the group.
The Goonies was Connie's favorite movie, but she felt awkward for some reason. She was turning to leave when Guy called out, "Where do you think your going? This is your favorite movie!"
She turned around in surprise and let out a shriek when he and Charlie rushed her. Guy grabbed her arms and Charlie grabbed her legs, and they dragged her to the bed, dropping her on the floor next to Julie.
Julie was smiling widely at Guy, who was laughing loudly at the expression on Connie's face. He dropped to the floor in between the two girls, and wrapped an arm around each of them. Connie was a little uncomfortable, she and Guy had barely talked in a year and now here he was acting as if they were best friends.
That was when Charlie got the brilliant idea to move the two beds together so everyone could sit on the bed. The eleven of them piled onto the bed, and although it was a tight fit and a tad uncomfortable Connie had to admit she felt better than she had in ages.
"I think I'm in love." Julie stated matter-of-factly as Brand lifted weights on screen. Connie nodded. "I've always liked him too!"
Guy started laughing and grinned at her. "No you didn't!" Guy cried out pseudo indignantly. Her eyes widened as she remembered that Guy knew who she had secretly been in love with when they were younger. He opened his mouth again and without thinking, Connie pounced on him, covering his mouth and screaming.
"GUY!" She cried when he bit her hand and tried to get away from her.
Charlie sighed and motioned for everyone to push them off the bed. He had assumed the two would stop wrestling around when they hit the ground but they did not.
"You keep your mouth shut Guygerman!" She cried, and laughed when he tickled her sides. He must have licked her hand then because she squealed and pulled her hand away long enough for him to yell, "MOUTH!"
Her face turned bright red as the entire room erupted into laughter. She glared at Guy, knowing she was never going to live this one down.
Hours later Julie and Connie headed back to their own room, followed by the rest of the boys.
Charlie had asked Guy to stay behind for some reason. "What's going on Captain?" He asked, his tone a bit mocking when he said captain.
"Thanks Guy." Charlie said simply.
"Thanks for what?" Guy asked uncomfortably. "You know Coach was talking about you and Connie thanks for at least trying to make things better."
"Don't expect us to be best friends Charlie, but I will try to get along with her." Guy said before walking out of the room.
Charlie sat down and turned to Adam who was staring at the ceiling, apparently deep in thought.
"I think that went rather well." Adam jumped slightly, and turned to Charlie with a slightly dazed look on his face. The two boys talked before getting into bed, and then Charlie talked until he fell asleep. Adam had probably been sleeping for a while by the time Charlie finally dozed off but neither boy cared.
Down the hall, Julie and Connie were also lying in bed but the two were showing no signs of turning off the lights.
"You and Adam looked pretty cozy." Connie said slyly.
"We were squished together, we couldn't help it." She muttered in embarrassment. "I saw him grab your hand." Connie retorted, her smiling growing even wider. Julie's blush deepened and she groaned, covering her face with her pillow.
"I was just sitting there and he kind of pulled me against him, and then after a while he just grabbed my hand. He held it the entire movie, I just don't get him!" Julie cried in aggravation.
She really had barely any experience with boys at all. There was a brief relationship with Portman back in the days of Team USA, but it had lasted about two weeks before he called her and told her he'd met a girl in Chicago that was more his speed.
She'd had feelings of some sort for Adam ever since he'd stuck up for her the time Portman had called her babe but he'd never seemed to reciprocate any of those feelings; until that night.
"See how he acts tomorrow, and then follow his example." Connie advised wisely.
"You know everything there is to know about guys. You're so lucky." Julie moaned. Connie laughed and replied, "I went out with Guy for almost ten years, and if I didn't know anything about guys it'd be weird."
The two girls talked for a while longer before drifting off to sleep.
In the room next to theirs, Guy and Luis were wide-awake.
"I cannot believe Connie had a crush on Cory Feldman. That's just weird man." Luis said, laughter hanging on every word.
"I know! Especially when she had a stud like me!" The two boys burst into laughter at that comment, and it took them almost twenty minutes to stop laughing. That's how it usually was in their dormitory, the two boys could laugh at almost anything when they were together and had too many inside jokes to count.
When the boys finally settled down, Luis drew himself up on his elbow and stared at Guy seriously. "But seriously Guy, what was that shit with you and Connie? The uh…the wrestling?"
Guy's face turned crimson and he tried to cover his embarrassment with a chuckle.
"We were joking around Mendoza. I have no feelings for her, and besides she is with Wu now. Although…sometimes I wonder about his relationship with Dwayne." The two boys immediately started laughing again, trying to recall all the times they had seen Ken leave a room with Dwayne hot on his trail.
Goldberg and Averman had gone straight to their room, and played Play Station.
"Connie and Guy are going to get back together." Averman said, while trying to win the game. Goldberg shook his head, his chubby cheeks jiggling. "No, I don't think so. He's over it and she's with Ken."
Averman muttered something about the Kenmiester and Dwayne-a-rooney but Goldberg was hardly paying attention. Not long after the two boys got into a fight, that ended with both boys out of breath and bruised.
Portman and Fulton had gone outside for a smoke, and Portman was muttering about Adam finally getting the balls to go after Julie.
For the most part, the Ducks were extremely tired the next day.
