Chapter 2:
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Julie's POV
I took a deep breath and dialed the number. I'm sitting on Adam's bed. Of course he has his own phone line in his room. I haven't talked to Dean since my I left Maine. And we barely talked about anything. I'm not sure what it is but it seems so boring now. It was so exciting in L.A., me liking him and seeing him from the corner of my eye. The big bad bash brother, his not so subtle flirting with me. Maybe it's just because I haven't seen him in a while, and it'll be fine when I see him again. But this waiting is making me anxious.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Dean."
"Jules, hi. How are you?"
"I'm fine."
Downstairs I heard T.J. come in with what sounded like 20 people. He has a party every other day when his parents leave. If you wanna call 20 people in a garage a party. It made Adam so angry because he always had to clean it up. The music started in the garage underneath my feet. The floor of the messy bedroom was practically shaking.
"Where are you? A rave?"
"Nope. Adam's place. My temporary home."
"Oh, how long have you been in Minneapolis?"
"Nearly a week now. We're all missing you over here. When are you coming? The scholarship induction is in three days."
"I know. I have a noon flight tomorrow."
"Good. I miss you a lot." I say truthfully.
"I know you do." I laughed. This is old Dean I knew.
"Why are you so cocky?"
"Oh no need to lie, babe. Admit you love it."
"Sure, sure."
"So am I still your boyfriend then, Gaffney?"
"Hey, that's completely up to you. If not then I have a few others already signed up."
"Ouch, who's cocky now?"
"You deserve it." I say laughing. Adam walked into the room soaking wet. He brushed his light brown hair out of his face. "What happened?"
"Charlie pushed me into the pool." I laughed at his face. He seemed to be in a better mood than he was earlier. Especially with T.J. in the garage with his frat buddies. "Is that Dean?" Oh shit, I had almost forgotten he was on the phone.
"Okay Dean I gotta go. Looks like it's a swimming ducks party."
"I wish I was there."
"Yeah, I'll tell everyone you say hi. We'll see you tomorrow. Bye." I put the phone on the receiver on Adam's desk. He was rummaging through his dresser looking for his bathing suit. He kicked off his drenched shoes and pulled off his shirt. I stood there for a minute just watching him. He had the most amazing concentration. He turned around and saw me staring.
"What did Dean say?"
"Oh yeah. He says hi, he'll be here tomorrow." Something changed in Adam's eyes. He turned back around and kept searching for his shorts. I grabbed my flip-flops from the foot of the bed where I had kicked them off. I walked to my room and close the door. Something compelled me to look through the crack in the doorframe. Directly across the hall I could see Adam. He had his bathing suit on and was picking up his wet clothes off the floor and into the hamper. Hockey had toned his entire body. His muscular legs rippled when he walked around the messy room, his arms flexing in the fluorescent light. There wasn't quite a six-pack there yet, but it was well on its way. His shoulders were broad and bulking up. Well he was no Dean Portman but he didn't look bad at all. Slap in the face…Dean. Is it wrong of me to stand here and check out Adam? No, of course not, we're friends, roommates. He's like my brother. Yeah, a really hott brother, said a voice in my head. Shut-up. I grabbed my bathing suit and quickly put it on. Forget it; I don't have a thing for Adam. I'm just missing Dean and going boy crazy. It'll all be okay when Dean gets here. Yeah, that's all it is.
End POV

Adam's POV
I get to pretend once again that I'm not jealous of Dean at all. The anger within me wants to flirt with Julie as much as possible before he gets here tomorrow. And what a better opportunity than a pool party at night? The nice guy hopes to god that Julie doesn't wear a bikini that I can just chill out and stick out tonight. Tomorrow Dean will be here and the temptation will die down. I grab a few towels from the bathroom linen closet and start down the stairs. In the backyard there are clothes thrown over all the chairs. The entire team was in the pool, messing around. Luis, Ken and Dwayne had arrived and were also in the pool. Dwayne with his cowboy hat still on. I laughed and put the towels down on the chair farthest from the water.
"Banks, let's go, get in here." Fulton shouted before being tackled by Guy.
"Yeah, cake eater. It is your pool after all." Jesse said swimming away from Averman.
"Besides weren't you the first one in?" Charlie asked innocently.
"You pushed me in, idiot." I yelled while taking off my sandals.
"Where's Julie then?" I did a cannonball in next to Connie. She shrieked and I laughed. "Didn't you tell her to come down here?"
"Yeah I did. She's probably changing."
"Oh, finally! Get your ass in here, Gaffney!" Connie shouted towards the house. I turned around to see her yelling at Julie. Then I couldn't look away. NO, she wore a bikini, damnit. It was blue with yellow lettering and looked amazing on her. It's a string bikini and tight in all the right places. She is going to kill me. Her hair framed her face as she dipped her toe in the water.
"No, way. It's freezing!"
"No it isn't. C'mon just jump in." I swam over and looked up at her.
"Come on Julie." She smiled and it felt like my stomach had exploded.
"Promise me it isn't cold?" She was so focused on me that she didn't see Charlie get out and come up behind her.
"I swear." He smiled at me and I smiled back. Julie was standing at the very edge of the pool.
"Okay, I'll get in." She said dipping her toe in again.
"So glad you agree." Charlie said as he pushed her forward lightly. She screamed as she was falling. When she resurfaced I don't think she realized that the pool was 8 ft. deep. Instinctively she reached out in front of her and she ended up grabbing my shoulders.
"Holy shit, it's deep." She said as she gained control and started treading water.
"Yeah, are you okay?" I wanted so badly to put my hands around her waist. But she started to let go of my shoulders and move away.
"Yeah. I'm gonna kill Charlie." She laughed and swam over to where Charlie had resurfaced and jumped on his back. Lucky bastard. Another hour of frolicking and pool games, then Averman, Ken, Jesse, Dwayne, and Goldburg left. The remaining eight team members retreated to the bubbling hot tub adjacent to the pool. Thankfully Julie sat opposite me, in between Fulton and Connie. I was between Charlie and Luis. Next to Connie was Guy, as usual then Russ. Charlie had to bring up possibly the most awkward topic ever.
"Okay so how many people in this hot tub are virgins?" He said without the slightest bit of shame, an evil grin on his face, looking around at his team.
"C'mon Charlie, do you honestly except people to just raise their hands?"
"Well," He raised his right arm. "I am."
"Liar." I said laughing. I knew his wasn't. He is my best friend after all.
"Adam the point is to make people feel more comfortable."
"But you are lying." I said pointedly.
"Fine, how many people are not virgins?" Reluctantly Luis and Fulton raised their hands with Charlie. "Hmm, as to be excepted. Wait a minute." He turned on Connie who was practically in Guy's lap. "You two haven't slept together yet?"
"Nope." They said in unison. They were too cute for comfort.
"No way! I thought for sure you guys had done it ages ago."
"Well you thought wrong." Connie snapped, uncomfortable with Charlie's persistence.
"Fine, chill. What the hell are you waiting for?"
"It's none of your business."
"But--"
"Charlie, let it go." I scolded. He never knew when to stop.
"Fine…Russ my man. What are you waiting for?"
"I dunno. I really don't see what the big deal is. I saw a bunch of my friends, 16 years-old with kids. It just seems stupid if you're not--"
"In love?" Julie added. She had been relatively quiet. I knew she was tired and her face was red from the heat of the water.
"So what about you, Julie?" Charlie remarked slyly. I can't help but admit that I'm curious to hear this.
"Nope, never done it."
"Why not? Never been that close to any guy? Or is nobody worthy?"
"Actually I came pretty close once. But I ended up not going through with it."
"Why?"
"It didn't feel right."
"What didn't?"
"The guy, the time, the place. And I don't regret it."
"That's different. Hmm, so that brings us to…Banks." Shit. "Did you raise your hand?" Shit, shit, shit.
"No." Shit…
"Well why not? We both know you've done it." Shit, shut up Charlie.
"You have?" Connie asked slightly surprised. I looked over at her still in Guy's lap. But it was just an excuse to see Julie's reaction next to them. Her face was slightly blank and I don't know what to make of that.
"Yeah how come I never knew about it?" Guy asked from behind the long black sheet that was Connie's hair.
"I'm not all that proud of it. It was a really stupid thing to do."
"Why do you say that?" Charlie asked because he has never heard my take on things.
"I dunno, but like Julie said, I wasn't in love. I did it just to do it. And so when I do find the right person, whenever that is, it won't be as special."
"Wow you're such a woman." Charlie remarked.
"Charlie you were like fourteen. You did it for all the wrong reasons."
"Yeah but it wasn't that big a deal. I guess when I am in love then it might be special or something but I don't take back doing it." I looked over at Julie again. Her face was shining from the reflection of the water and she looked so innocent at that moment. Her eyes drifted up and met mine.
"Okay guys, we'd better get out of here. Before Adam's parents get home."

I got up and led Charlie, Russ, Connie, Guy, Luis and Fulton out of the house. Back near the pool I started picking up abandoned clothes and arranging the chairs. I look over at the hot tub just in time to see Julie stepping out. The water spots on her body glinted in the moonlight. She came over to me and grabbed her clothes from the chair. I smile meekly and she returns it. She sat down on the pool chair and me next to her.
"So that was certainly interesting."
"Leave it to Charlie." I say looking down at my hands.
"Did you mean what you said?" She stared intently at me. "About regretting it because it won't be special when you are in love?"
"Yeah, I did." She smiled again. She stood up and slipped on her sandals.
"You're too good to be true." I took my towel off my own hips and put it over her shoulders. She didn't have one and besides having her that close was kind of painful. She smiled and hugged me quickly. I wish it would never end and that she hadn't done it both at the same time.
"Night, Adam."

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((Next chapter will be Dean coming back and the scholarship induction. I hope you can tell that both of them are starting to crack. It's kind of sad actually. Review, please.))