((Disclaimer: I don't own any part of the ducks. Not the movies' characters or the actual NHL team. Just the non-movie characters are mine. Catalyst is a song by New Found Glory))

Julie's POV
I woke up the next morning feeling slightly relieved. I know that things aren't really over between me and Dean. I still have very strong feelings for him, and I know he feels the same way about me. But those are taking a little vacation for a while. I'm not as innocent a girl as people may think; I have dated lots of guys. I have no problem exploring my feelings further, or making the first move for that matter. Like with Dean, he walked me to my dorm and I kissed him. Just like that. I've gotten to the point where, yes, it would be nice if the guy made the first move, but they usually don't, so you have no other choice. I moved Dean and his lying to me to the back of my mind, and right now I want to focus on Adam. I know he likes me, and I admit that lately I've been attracted to him. My way of figuring things out may be slightly risqué because my way is kissing them. A single kiss says a lot. Of course I do talk to the guy, but not until we kiss and bring out feelings out into the open. That sounds really stupid and slightly slutty, but it's just the way I do it. I'm not exactly a patient person, and tip-toeing around the subject just doesn't work for me. You could say I'm daring, no matter what I'm doing. If my mind is set to it, then you better believe I'm going to do it. So right now my mind is set to figuring out Adam's feelings for me, and what I'm feeling in return, and what the both of us are going to do about it. My biggest issue with all of this is of course Dean, and the team. Nobody knows about my feelings for Adam besides Connie, and I don't think Adam has even told Charlie. Right now the only people who know about Dean and I breaking up are Connie and Adam, and probably Fulton. If it gets beyond those three, then it's public gossip, and the team would have a field day. So for the moment, I'm not telling anyone about the breakup. And until I know for sure what's going on, nobody knows about me and Adam.
I put on the necklace my brother had just sent me and pull my hair into a ponytail. Then a knock comes at the door.
"Come in." I say, knowing it was Adam. He walks in and closes the door behind him.
"Hey."
"Hi." I say with a small smile.
"How are you?"
"Actually, I'm okay. I'm figuring it all out, one step at a time. I just have one favor to ask you."
"Yeah, anything."
"I don't want anyone to know about this whole thing yet. Because we both know that this team and big news don't mix well."
"Yeah, that would definitely be a mess. I wasn't going to say anything. Don't worry."
"I wasn't worried. I trust you, Adam." I say smiling. I grab my inline skates from next to the bed and follow Adam outside. The rest of the team was waiting one street over.
"So let me get this straight. You guys just skate around the entire Twin Cities area, all day, for fun."
"Basically, yes." He laughed at my confused facial expression. "It's a lot more fun than it sounds. Besides you haven't even seen half of the good stuff there is to offer around here."
"I'm pretty sure I saw every tourist attraction there is to offer when I came with Tibbles for the Goodwill Games."
"That's the beauty of the 'hometown', Julie. There is so much that isn't tourist stuff, that all of us who have lived here for years can show you." I still looked at him confused and he laughed again. "Then I guess you're just going to have to trust me."
"Okay." I say, still sounding unconvinced. I'm not all that stable on these skates, and unless you haven't already realized, goalies don't have to skate all that much. I can skate of course, I even did figure skating for two years, but ice is completely different from the road.

((I didn't actually have anything planned for them to see, aside from the usual, like Goldberg's Delicatessen and the Mall and stuff. They already did all of that crap in the last chapter. Besides this is only a set up to the good stuff.))

After five hours of skating around I realized that Adam was right. It was a lot more fun than I expected it to be and with everyone there, there wasn't a dull moment. The only thing that actually shocked me was when Fulton pulled me aside and told me about his conversation with Dean. I wasn't surprised that had told Fulton, but to ask Fulton to apologize for him was kind of unexpected and weird. He was the one who suggested the break in the first place. And if he really wanted to apologize he could just call me and tell me so himself.
We were only two houses away from Adam's when I realize I was skating over really uneven road and lots of gravel. But that wasn't what hurt me. It was that as I was falling I tripped over the curb and twisted my ankle underneath me when I landed in the grass.
"Oww!" I said loudly as I hit the ground. Adam skated over expertly and kneeled to me. I groaned and held my ankle, which felt like it was on fire. "Damn, it hurts!"
"Here." He pulled my leg out straight and slowly pulled off the skate. "Don't put any pressure on it. Do you think you can walk?"
"Are you kidding me?" He smiled.
"Can you hobble on one foot if I support you?" He explained.
"You can't support me and I definitely can't hobble on skates."
"I'll be right back." He got up and skated to his house. This is bad, right before season starts I get hurt. I had broken plenty of things in the past, and felt pain way worse than this. I just didn't want to injure myself further by trying to walk on it yet. If it was fractured I was screwed. I prop myself up on my hands. When I look down I see it beginning to swell.
"Crap." I say to no one in particular. I look towards Adam's house and see Adam running toward me, closely followed by T.J.
"Take off the other skate and grab them both." T.J. said to Adam when he finally caught up with him. Adam pulled the other skate off my foot and held them both by wheels. "Are you okay?" T.J. asked me.
"Yeah, I just need to get inside and put some ice on it." He looked into the road and discovered the source of my fall.
"Okay, we need to get you inside, but that crap might cut up your feet if you walk. So how much do you weigh?"
"What?" I ask, half confused, half shocked.
"Never mind." He put one arm under my back and the other behind my knees. I instinctively put my arms around his neck. "You're pretty light." He said as he carried me with ease towards the house. Adam followed us with my skates. To my further surprise, T.J. carried me all the way to my room, and placed me gently on the bed. Adam came up a few minutes later with a cold compress. "Wrap it and ice it. I'll be back in a bit." He closed the door behind him when he left.
Adam sat in a computer chair at the edge of the bed with my foot in his lap. He wrapped it slowly and carefully, and then held the ice on it.
"This sucks." I say to myself.
"It's probably just twisted, at worse a sprain. Keep it wrapped and ice it and you'll be fine by first practice." He said, practically reading my mind. "Trust me if it were broken you'd be in a lot more pain. If it were fractured you wouldn't be able to move your foot at all."
"Break things a lot do you?"
"I've broken a wrist, a toe and a rib. Fractured a finger and my other wrist. All hockey."
"Yeah well I raise you a broken arm, finger, toe and one of the bones in my foot. Fractured two fingers, another toe, my wrist and my ankle."
"No way that was all from hockey."
"Hockey, figure skating, gymnastics, ballet, karate, and all kinds of other crap. I did basically everything when I was little."
"Interesting." He smiled and adjusted the ice pack. "What about tares, I bet I have more of those than you.
"Oh really? Ligament in my leg, tendon in my hand and muscle also in my leg."
"Tendon in my arm and leg, ligament in my leg."
"We're both pretty messed up."
"Sports will do that to you." He said with a laugh. "It looks like it stopped swelling. You should see if you can put any pressure on it. If it still hurts we'll put the cream stuff on it." He stood and went to the dresser to replace the paper towel covering the compress. I sit at the edge of the bed and timidly put weight on both feet. Just as I start to stand, my ankle gives way and I start falling forward. Adam turns around just in time to catch me. And by catch me I mean him holding me by the waist and me clinging to his arms. He's only a few inches taller than me and when I look up his face is once again barely a foot away.
"Apparently I can't walk yet." I say sarcastically with a short laugh. I really hate awkward situations, and this is one of the worst ones. I finally stand up completely straight but only one foot. Unbalanced I fall forward again, and once again Adam catches me. I steady myself by putting my hands on his shoulders. I look up again and only see his eyes, six inches from mine. He leaned forward slightly as if he were going to kiss me. As if by some miracle the guy would make the first move, but he didn't. He looked at the floor shyly. I take one hand from his shoulder and gently push his face back to look at me. He leaned forward again but stopped right before my lips.
"Julie, I…"
"No, I want you to." And with that I pushed myself up on my one good foot and closed my eyes just as my lips made contact with his. It was even better than I thought it would be. It took everything I had not to laugh at the hilarity of the situation. Even when I completely lost balance, neither one of us seemed capable of breaking the kiss. Instead we both stepped back until we hit the bed. With Adam still holding me securely, I leaned back until I was lying down. Adam suspended himself over me and deepened the kiss. I brought one hand up to his neck and the other to his face, pulling him closer. I ran my fingers through his smooth hair and just as I was hoping it wouldn't end I heard the door open. We both pulled away from each other and turned to see T.J. standing in the doorway. He grinned and shut the door. Adam immediately got up and left the room. I sat up on the bed and laughed.
End POV

Adam's POV
I shut the door and leaned against it. T.J. was standing against the opposite wall with a huge smile on his face.
"Shit." I say simply. T.J. laughs.
"Sorry I uh, intruded." He says, still laughing.
"I think it's a good thing you did." I say honestly. It was so unexpected but so perfect. I cannot believe that had just happened. I had actually stopped myself, thinking she just broke up with Dean and…no she kissed me. And it was amazing. "I think I'm just gonna go and…" I break off mid-sentence. I'm still slightly in shock.
"And take a nice cold shower." T.J. said, handing me the beer he had in his hand.

7-2-06
FINALLY! Hard to believe I wrote this in like two hours and I've been trying to come up with it for like two weeks. I already have half of the new chapter for Duck Pedigree written, so I'll post that this week. Friday, the 7th I'm going on a cruise with my family and friends for 8 days so I won't be able to update. I might even finish the rewrites on Alex and Jay this week so I leave nothing without an update.
Umm, yeah, this is like the BIG chapter, and I'm sorry it's so short and even a little boring, I just needed to get them to finally kiss. Next will be more Julie/Adam action, then school starts where there's Julie/Scooter action.
Most of the reviews I did respond to but I'm going to post them here anyway.
Gaffney06- Thanks for reviewing
Sphinx005- I'm one of the biggest Julie/Dean fans. But I just couldn't deny the obvious chemistry she had with Adam, so I had to write it. But don't worry Dean will be back.
a- Thanks. I ended up doing amazing on my finals, most of them anyway. Thanks for reviewing, I hope you keep reading
Donna79- at first I couldn't understand why people liked Julie/Adam fics but I've grown to appreciate them. Dean will be back again and she talks to him beforehand. I think you'll like the next one.
RIP MuM- You had to have posted that review at like 2 a.m., about the same time I wrote this. I hope you like this one, especially cause Team USA was kind of blegh. Thanks for reviewing.

Please review and keep me inspired.