"Are you honestly wearing that?"

Connie looked down at her outfit and then back up at Julie. "What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" She asked innocently.

"The jeans are great, in fact I love those jeans but the shirt…it's not something you'd usually be caught dead in."

Connie hated to admit that she agreed; she had been looking in the back of her closet when she'd come across the green tie-dyed…thing. It must have been baggy at one point, but it had to have been old because now it clung to her like a second skin. She had had to cut the sleeves off partly, but it looked good. She had gotten lucky enough to find a green eye shadow that matched it perfectly, and coupled that with mascara, eyeliner, and lip-gloss. She knew she looked gorgeous, and the black choker and big black hoop earrings she wore in her ears worked really well. She was wearing black combat boots, and Fulton's first ever leather jacket, which looked good on her. Sure she looked a little biker chick but she didn't care. She looked good.

"I know but I saw it and I knew I had to wear it." She said in a way of explanation.

Julie laughed and turned away, pulling another pair of jeans borrowed from Connie with a button up shirt covering a tiny blue tank top. She had just turned to pick something up off Connie's dresser when the picture caught her eye. It was of the original Ducks, when Jesse, Tammy, and those guys had been part of the team. In the photo, thirteen kids scrunched together but one person stuck out. Guy was wearing the exact same shirt Connie had on. Not surprisingly, he had paired it with a black leather jacket. Connie obviously had either stolen, or been given the shirt and she had copied the outfit Guy had worn almost completely.

"Uh Con? You might want to change." Julie said, trying hard not to laugh.

"Why?"

Julie beckoned Connie over and pointed out Guy in the picture.

"I totally forgot about that! Julie you're my savior!" Connie cried as she ran to her closet and grabbed another shirt. The one she picked up was black and short sleeved, with yellow long sleeves sewn in. The front of the shirt read Jem and the Holograms in yellow and purple cursive writing. She had already had her brown hair crimped wildly, so she parted it differently, threw it over her shoulder, before she ran into the bathroom, and started scrubbing off her make up.

Guy knocked on the door right around that time, and Julie let him in. "Where's Connie? Aren't you guys ready?" Guy asked impatiently. Julie started laughing again and pointed to the bathroom. "Clothing malfunctions." Guy nodded but his eyes caught the green shirt on the floor.

"HEY! I used to have a shirt just like that!" He cried.

Julie started laughing harder and nodded. "I know, we just figured out it was yours."

Guy began muttering indignantly about people stealing his clothes when Connie stalked out of the bathroom. She now had on light purple eye shadow with dark purple glittery eyeliner. Her lip-gloss had a purple tinge to it, as did her cheeks. She was scowling.

"Don't say a word." She muttered irritably at Julie as she shoved her feet into a pair of black ballet shoes. She put on a pair of extremely dangly earrings, with yellow and black stars dangling from them.

"Are you finished yet princess?" Guy asked sarcastically.

Within twenty minutes, the three were dropping off bags in Jesse's room. Tammy squealed when she caught sight of Julie and Connie.

"Connie! I haven't seen you in ages!" She cried as she wrapped her arms tightly around the smaller girl.

"I know! I'm so glad I came tonight!" Connie said in the same voice.

Julie laughed and the three girls made their way into the living room, where they sat and talked. They weren't sure how long they had been there when Jesse and Guy walked into the room accompanied by two girls. The smaller of the two, was a beautiful girl with mahogany colored hair. Her eyes were almost purple. The only thing that would have made her more beautiful was if she had been smiling instead of smirking. Her friend had light brown hair, and light brown eyes. She was cute, but not anywhere near as gorgeous as her friend was.

Connie and Tammy knew these girls very well. Jami Drealen was the type of girl every guy wanted and every girl hated. She was a bitch, and in Tammy's opinion a slut. When Connie and Guy went to school with her, she had always been jealous of Connie and had constantly flirted with Guy in an attempt to steal him from her. Guy of course just assumed Connie was making jealous accusations. Becca Allens was a nice enough person, but she always did everything Jami told her to and she was sort of an idiot.

"We've been looking everywhere for you." Guy said with a smile towards Julie.

"We've been right here all night." Tammy said a little more sarcastically than she had hoped.

Guy gave her a surprised look.

"Sorry, I'm not near drunk enough. I'll be right back." She muttered as she left the room.

"What's up with her?" Guy asked the other two girls. When he got no answer, he turned to stare at them. Julie was on her cell phone, and Connie was staring at Jami's nose, which had clearly been broken, with a sort of triumphant look on her face.

Connie had been the one to break Jami's nose.

When Guy and Connie had broken up for a few days in the sixth grade Jami had quickly moved in on Guy. Guy had agreed to be her boyfriend, mostly to make Connie jealous but one afternoon when they had only been going out for two days Connie and Tammy had stalked out of the school looking like they were on the warpath.

Connie hadn't even said a word before she punched Jami as hard as she could; throwing her entire body into the punch. There had been blood everywhere, but before Becca could help Jami up Tammy had tackled her to the ground and sat on her. Connie had kicked Jami once in the side and warned her to keep her hands off Guy. Then, turning around she kicked Guy hard in the shin before pulling him towards her and kissing him.

Guy pulled himself out of his memories just in time to see Jami glare at Connie, while absent mindedly rubbing her nose.

"Who was that?" Connie asked curiously when Julie hung up her phone.

"Adam." She said blushing deeply.

"He and Charlie want to know if it would be okay if the two of them came and brought Averman and Goldberg." She said with a glance towards Jesse. The boy shrugged carelessly, causing Julie's smile to broaden and Connie to laugh.

"Are you actually going to tell Adam how you feel?" She asked quietly, so no one else could hear her.

"It depends on how he acts tonight. Are you going to tell Ken you want to break up with him soon?" She asked, pointedly.

Connie's eyes widened and she backed away. "Am I that obvious?"

Julie gave her a look and nodded. "Only because I know you so well, but sooner or later everyone else is going to figure it out too." Julie whispered to Connie who much to Julie's surprise glanced quickly at Guy before nodding in understanding.

"What was that?" Julie asked suspiciously.

"What was what?" Connie asked in confusion, like she really had no idea what Julie was talking about.

"You just looked at Guy." Connie was staring at her best friend like she was insane.

"I'm sorry…am I not allowed to look at Guy?" She asked slowly.

Julie stared at her best friend warily. "We were talking about your non feelings for Ken, and your eyes immediately shot to Guy. Explain that." Julie challenged.

Connie's face burned bright red, and then her eyes blazed angrily. "I don't have to explain anything to you Julie! I have no feelings for Guy. I've moved on."

"I was making an observation Cons, you don't have to flip out on me." Julie replied calmly. Almost immediately Connie's face returned to its normal shade and she calmed down. "I'm sorry." She muttered.

When Adam, Charlie, Averman, and Goldberg walked into the room not long after their conversation ended Tammy jumped up in excitement and dove at the four boys. Goldberg and Averman were only too happy to have a cute girl hug them, Adam was amused but Charlie backed away the minute she got too close. She didn't seem offended; instead she shrugged and fell back onto the couch, landing in Connie's lap. Connie made a sound of surprise but laughed. Trust Tammy not to think over a year of no talking could ruin a friendship.

"I haven't seen you boys in years!" She cried happily.

"We saw you last week at the mall." Averman reminded her.

"Well, it felt like forever!" She corrected herself.

Connie and Julie laughed. The four boys sat down, and Connie couldn't help but notice the way Charlie kept sending little glances toward Tammy. After a couple of hours Tammy stood up to get more beers and Charlie offered to help.

"What's taking so damn long?" Guy asked impatiently. Connie laughed quietly. Guy had always been the most patient person she'd known.

"I'm sure they'll be back soon." She assured him, patting him on the knee.

He looked up and their eyes met for a moment before they both looked away. Suddenly Charlie stalked back into the room and thrust the beers in his arms towards Guy.

"I've got to go call Linda." He muttered before leaving the room.

Tammy; who had just walked into the room, had a slightly dazed look on her face as she sat down.

"What's going on?" Guy asked curiously.

Tammy shook her head and then laid it on Connie's shoulder.

"I'm going to go talk to Charlie." Adam announced before leaving the room.

"Tammy what's wrong?" Guy asked quietly after he had pulled her and Connie from the room. "He didn't kiss me." Tammy pouted.

Guy started sputtering, but Connie burst into laughter.

"What do you mean?"

"He was into me! I could tell! He was reaching around to grab a beer. Our faces were really close, and our eyes met and it was one of those moments where you just stare at someone, and your both leaning in for the kill. I've never felt that way before but then…he just pulled away like I'd punched him in the gut and took off. Why didn't he kiss me?" She asked softly.

"Charlie's got a serious girlfriend Tammers." Guy informed her quietly.

"Oh, well than I don't feel bad!" She said happily before running into the other room.

Guy stared after her for a moment before turning back to Connie who was laughing. "She's really something isn't she?" He said affectionately. Connie's laughing ceased and she stared at Guy.

"You like her don't you?" She asked quietly.

He glanced at her in surprise before chuckling.

"Tammy? Yes I like her, she's my best friend but not in the way I used to like you."

Connie blushed at the admission. "We should see what Adam found out from Charlie."

Guy nodded and the two walked back into the living room. Adam was now sitting next to Julie, holding her hand. Connie snuck over to his side and asked what he'd found out quietly.

"He almost kissed her." Adam whispered back.

Connie glanced over at Tammy, who was now sitting in Terry's lap with her head leaning back against his chest. When Charlie walked back into the room he glanced over at Terry and Tammy before sitting down.

Hours later, after Adam, Charlie, Goldberg, and Averman had gone back to campus Connie, Tammy, and Julie were standing in front of four extremely ugly girls.

At least, that is what it would look like to the outside observer.

In reality the girls were none other than Guy, Jesse, Terry, and Tommy Duncan. Somehow the three girls had managed to convince the four boys they would look good in make up and dresses.Truthfully they looked like a bunch of drag queens.

The girls took pictures upon pictures only stopping when Connie remembered something.

"Guy, aren't you like allergic to eye make up?" She questioned.

His eyes widened as he remembered what had happened the last time he let Connie put make up on him.

"Shit!" He cried before running into the bathroom.

Tammy was laughing as she asked Connie to go check on him, and help him clean his face off. Connie obliged.

"I can't believe I forgot about this." Guy moaned when she walked into the bathroom. She laughed before closing the door again. "I should have remembered too."

"Can you do this for me? I'm shit at this stuff." She laughed again as she grabbed the wash cloth from his hand.

She did his eyes first, because it was his eyes that were usually affected. She was washing off his lipstick and glanced up, surprised to find that his eyes were trained on her face. They held the intense look that could make her toes curl, and for a moment it was as if they were still together. Her eyes met with his and as cheesy as it sounds it was almost as if time had stopped. She felt exactly what Tammy had been describing earlier, that moment where they were the only two people in the world.

The wash cloth dropped from her hands, as Guy reached up and caressed her cheek.She turned her face, and kissed his palm. They were both starting to breathe a bit harder and were both leaning in. She had her eyes closed but when his lips touched hers lightly they snapped open. He pulled back, not believing what he'd done and their eyes met again. She knew her eyes were pleading with him to kiss her again, and he knew his eyes were asking her if it were ok. Neither was thinking clearly, because if they had been the moment that first kiss had happened they would have turned and ran. But as it were, they were both in a fantasy world where they had never broken up.

They were in a world where the last year and a half had never happened. He leaned in again and kissed her. The kiss was passionate and intense, something they had not had when they were younger. Guy pushed her softly against the door of the bathroom where he continued kissing her. She kissed back just as intensely, only coming up for air when she desperately needed it. He was sucking lightly on her neck when she shoved him into the sink and started kissing him forcefully. He smiled into the kiss and she laughed softly. His hand was inside her shirt now, resting on the small of her back but they both knew where it would soon be. She moaned softly when he began to lightly run his fingers up her side. He laughed, and kissed her harder because they both knew once his hand reached its destination the moaning would become louder. Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door followed by Tammy yelling, "What the hell are you two doing in there? It can't take that long to wash make up off!"

The two stood in a daze for a moment, Guy's hands still up Connie's shirt where they had been unclasping her bra; and Connie's hands clutching at the front of his shirt. As reality sunk in, Guy shoved Connie away from him harshly before running his hands through his hair in aggravation and disbelief. Connie was staring at him, her hand covering her mouth.

"We—we're coming. Connie accidentally poked me in the eye. We'll be right out." Guy called back in a quivering voice.

"Wash your face; you've got my lipstick on you." He told Connie quietly but brusquely. She did so silently, and then informed him his make up was still in tact.

"I can do it myself this time." He retorted before successfully cleaning the make up off his face. The two walked out of the bathroom, and everyone immediately could sense that the mood from before was gone.

"Can we head over to your house Tammy?" Connie asked quietly the minute she stepped into Jesse's room.

"Um…sure. We'll see you guys tomorrow or something." Tammy said as the three girls left the room. When Jesse was sure they were out of ear shot he turned towards Guy with a smirk on his face.

"So how was it?"

"Getting make up rubbed off my face was just that." Guy retorted tensely.

"Oh come off it Guy, we know you and Connie were in there going at it." Tommy said with a smirk. Guy's entire demeanor changed as he glared angrily at his friends.

"How the hell could you possibly know that?" He snarled.

"After fifteen minutes Tammy made me go see if ya'll were ok. You obviously were since ya didn't even notice when I opened the door." Terry replied.

"If any of you ever mention this again I'll kill you." Guy threatened before stalking from the room.

The three remaining boys burst into laughter.