"Thank you" Tammy replied happy.
Her and Fulton had now exchanged vows and she was no longer Tammy Duncan, she was Tammy Reed.
"Fulton it's a sad day for women everywhere" Julie teased giving her friend a hug.
"I know I know, but Tam's the only woman for me" Fulton looked at his wife.
"And don't you forget it!" Tammy laughed leaning in for a kiss which lasted longer than Julie wanted to watch so she slipped away.
"How are you doing Jules?" Amy asked as Julie sat down at their table.
"Okay, I can't stop looking at him though" Julie admitted talking about Portman who, as the best man was always up on display with the bride and groom.
"Hey guys we're gonna take a Ducks group photo" Charlie rushed up to the group.
"Here I'll hold your purse" Amy told Julie.
"Thanks I'll be back in a minute" Julie felt a little bad for leaving Amy there by herself but Amy didn't seem to mind.
"Come on Jules!" Connie called to her best friend. Things had been so much better since they'd made peace and now Connie was trying to get Julie to forgive Portman.
Julie avoided all eye contact with Dean as the group squished together.
"I wanna stand near Charlie!" Connie declared pushing Julie into a spot. Julie lost her balance and fell, knocking into a tall guy in a suit who of course turned out to be Portman.
"Whoa, watch your step Kitty Cat" Portman said lightly as he caught her.
"Sorry" Julie mumbled not being able to move away as she was squished against him.
"It's alright you can fall on me anytime Julie" Portman whispered.
"You, yes the best man, Portman wasn't it? Yes put your arm around that beautiful blond lady there" the photographer ordered.
"Yeah Portman hug the catlady!" the Ducks egged him on.
Julie wished the earth would open up and swallow her whole.
"Alright!" Portman rolled his eyes and placed his arm around Julie pulling her in closer to him.
She tried not to become too overwhelmed but it was hard when he smelt so good.
She closed her eyes briefly taking in his scent and opened her eyes in time to take the photo.
"Everyone say DUCKIES!" Averman yelled.
"DUCKIES!" the Ducks laughed.
"Beautiful!" the photographer exclaimed putting his camera down.
"Come on the receptions going to start soon" Fulton said and all the guests minus himself, Tammy and the bridal party went back inside.
Julie found Amy talking with Adam and she had to suppress a smile. They seemed to be getting along like a house on fire.
"Hey guys" Julie exclaimed sitting down.
"Hey Jules, glad to see you didn't kill Portman" Adam said with a smirk.
"Shut up Banks" Julie snapped with a grin.
"Are you jealous he's partnering Connie? I bet you wish it was you up there" Adam whispered jokingly when Connie and Portman walked in arm in arm to the bridal table.
"Oh yeah Banks, insanely jealous" Julie rolled her eyes.
"I thought so" Adam laughed back.
Julie watched Portman escort Connie to her seat and then take his own next to Fulton.
He caught her eye and flashed her a smile.
She was surprised to find herself smiling back at him.
Amy nudged Adam and gestured to the pair. Adam grinned.
The speeches came soon after and Fulton gave a beautiful speech about Tammy that had almost every girl in the room crying, Julie included.
Connie gave a speech about Fulton and Tammy back in pee-wees adding "You know a guy loves you if he gets himself kicked out of a championship game because of you" that had the Ducks in stitches.
Portman made a speech about how Fulton used to drive him crazy with talk of Tammy back in high school until he finally snapped and demanded that Fulton look her up and talk to her.
"Best advice you ever gave me!" Fulton cut in raising his glass.
"Most importantly, my fellow Bash Brother and his wife have taught me to go for what you want which is what I intend on doing the second I can get out of this suit" Dean added and Julie suddenly felt everyone's eyes on her.
"Well look out Julie" Averman blurted out and the room laughed.
Once the speeches were over and the dinner was served, it was time for the bride and groom dance.
Tammy had picked some sappy love song by Mariah Carey and she grinned when she saw Fulton's horrified expression.
She laughed out loud when she saw Dean's expression as he watched his Bash Brother and Tammy dance.
"Would the bridal party please take to the floor" the MC asked and Portman, Charlie and Guy each led their partners to the floor.
"Is it me or does Connie and Portman make the strangest couple?" Goldberg laughed as Connie scolded Portman for stepping on his feet.
"Not half as strange as Charlie and that midget of a figure skater" Averman cut in referring to Charlie's partner who was one of Tammy's bridesmaids.
"Yeah makes him look like a giant" Adam pointed out.
"And it goes that the dwarf will ride on the shoulders of the giant through history" Russ mimicked their history teacher in Eden Hall and the Ducks burst out laughing. Amy just looked at them confused.
"Amy care to dance?" Adam offered sensing her discomfort.
"Sure" Amy gladly accepted Adam's hand and he led her out to the dance floor.
"Catlady how about you?" Goldberg asked before the other guys could.
"Come on Goldie lets show them how its done!" Julie laughed.
The song had changed to an upbeat tune and Julie and Goldie were getting down to the best alongside Adam and Amy who couldn't stop laughing at Goldberg's 'robot'.
Then another slow song came on and Julie was surprised to hear it was Metallica's 'Nothing Else Matters'.
"Fulton must have gotten to choose one" Julie laughed placing her hands on Goldberg's shoulders.
"Mind if I cut in?" Portman came out of nowhere.
"Sure" Goldberg stepped away knowing that he'd probably get killed if he didn't.
"Having fun Catlady?" Portman grinned at Julie.
"Yeah are you?" Julie asked.
"Am now" Portman replied.
"So close no matter how far, couldn't be much more from the heart, forever trusting who we are, and nothing else matters" Portman sang along with the music.
Julie stifled a laugh when she saw Fulton trying to serenade Tammy with the song also.
"I've never opened myself this way, life is ours we live it our way, all these words I don't just say, and nothing else matters" Dean continued singing.
He swept Julie around the dance floor, pushing her out and then pulling her back in. Julie wondered where on earth he learned to dance.
"Never cared for what they do, never cared for what they know, but I know" he brought his face down to her ear so that he would whisper to lyrics to her.
Julie resigned and allowed him to pull her even closer to him. She rested her head on his shoulder as his hand gripped her lower back a little tighter.
Amy almost had to stop herself from jumping up and down with excitement, as did Connie.
"Adam look" she hissed pointing to the pair.
"Awesome" Adam was pleased that at least someone was getting it right. He'd been having trouble with his girlfriend back in Anaheim for a few months now and hanging out with Amy these past few days has made him realise that he should move on. Things must have been pretty bad if she refused to attend his friend's wedding with him.
"I never cared for things they say, I never cared for games they played" Portman was still singing when he let go of Julie and him and Fulton formed a two man band.
"I NEVER CARED FOR WHAT THEY DO, I NEVER CARED FOR WHAT THEY KNOW, AND I KNOOOOW"
Then the Bash Brothers were in full mosh mode
"YEAH!" they screamed with their arms above their heads.
And in the middle of the dance floor they started headbanging to the guitar solo leaving a slightly horrified Tammy and an amused Julie staring at them.
Slowly one by one the male Ducks, including Tommy Duncan, Jesse & Terry Hall, Peter Mark, Karp and the other originals who had been invited to the wedding joined in on the action and the girls had to laugh at the sight. Even Tammy was grinning by the end of it.
The group separated when the guitar solo died down a little and the boys returned to their laughing dancing partners.
Dean swirled Julie around the floor again and pulled her in against him.
Julie didn't resist as he gently lifted her head off of his shoulder and cupped her chin.
From there he gently pressed his lips to hers.
Julie pulled away.
"I think we should talk" she said leading him off of the dancefloor.
A/N - thanks heaps for all of your reviews, I think there's only one more chapter left and this story is finished!