((I don't own any part of the Ducks. Neither the movies nor the NHL team. Ova Dose on Life is a song by Drake))

Sunday most of the team spent in the library trying to catch up on all of their homework for the upcoming week.

Monday morning everybody was surprised to see that both Charlie and Fulton were absent from their classes. They all assumed this was part of Charlie's little ploy, they did not know what the end result would be but for a while none of the team really cared because it meant no random outbursts during practice with Orion. Tuesday Fulton had returned to classes and practice. He said that Charlie was cooling down and would probably be back soon.

But he still was not in school Thursday morning, and that afternoon the team heard about Hans going to the hospital.

((I'm pretty positive that Fulton and Charlie's amusement park day and then Charlie's mom telling him about Hans happened all in one day, but for arguments sake let's say it didn't, because that really messes up my timeline))

Dean Buckley had excused the team from their classes so they could all attend Hans's funeral. Nobody knew what to say to each other, and especially not to Charlie, who looked capable of murder. Julie just held Connie's hand, and was surprised when Bombay started speaking during the ceremony.

"Every time you touch the ice, remember it was Hans that taught us how to fly."

((I think Steven Brill is under the impression people would automatically assume that Yan the older man from D2 was the same old man named Hans from the first and third movies. But he isn't…. So the new ducks did not really even know Hans. And where the hell is Yan for his brother's funeral? Just saying…))

…

Saturday was a rare warm fall day so Julie sat on the bench in front of the Eden Hall gates. She wanted to get out of her room, off campus, and far away from the thoughts in her head. Of course she was sad about Hans, but not in the same way that Adam was. She felt uncomfortable trying to relate to the older Ducks about the death of someone who was obviously their mentor for many years. After the funeral Connie had disappeared, probably back home to see her family and Julie found herself feeling very lonely. She knew she should actually welcome this, because with the Ducks alone time was a rare commodity. In fact Bombay had scheduled a Duck roller hockey game in the park later that afternoon, but for now Julie was sick of being alone in her room.

Just as she was about to stand up and go back to her dorm room a black Corvette convertible pulled up to the curb.

"Hey Gaffney." Scott said. "Need a ride somewhere?"

Julie smiled, of all the people who could have come by. "Not really. I was just killing time."

"So kill time with the top down on one of the last sunny days you'll see for a long time." Scott said, flashing a perfect set of pearly white teeth. She knew she probably shouldn't, but she got up and got in the car anyway. He smiled and as soon as she closed the door, sped off the on relatively empty Minneapolis road. He was probably going way too fast, speeding into downtown in the sports car, but she did not really care. She knew he was a very good driver, and it distracted her well enough.

"I'm sorry about Hans." Scott said without taking his eyes off the road. She was about to ask him how he knew then he said "Banks told me."

"Thanks." Julie said, watching his eyes, he seemed very sincere. "Is it true that you guys purposefully hurt other team mates and Coach Wilson doesn't say anything?"

Scott finally looked over at her. "Banks tell you that?" Julie nodded. "First of all please don't include me in 'you guys'. I'm here on scholarship, just like you. And I'm between the pipes, I'm not sabotaging any of my teammates." He sighed and made a right onto yet another empty street. "Has it been done? Yes. Am I proud of it? No, of course not. But I only have another year here and hopefully if I play well this season I'll get a scholarship to a good college." Julie bit her lip, wishing she had not said anything. "So if Banks had the balls to tell you that, it must mean he really trusts you." He said with a smirk. "You going after team mates again, Gaffney?"

Julie rolled her eyes. "I did not go after anybody, Scott, oh excuse me Scooter. And for your information I am dating someone, but he's not on the team right now."

Scott let out a bark like laugh into the warm air. "Just because he is on Varsity for now doesn't mean he is not your teammate, Gaffney."

"I'm not talking about Adam, smartass. I was actually referring to Dean Portman." Julie said, trying to downplay her and Adam's brief…whatever it was, the less people that knew about it the better. And saying Dean's name was painful for her because that was the exact person she had been thinking about for the last few days.

"Dean Portman? The enforcer from Team U.S.A.?" Scott came to a stop. Julie realized they were back at the entrance to Eden Hall. "That's a far cry from the guys you're used to be into." Scott said, putting the car in park.

"Well, maybe I'm a different girl than the one who was into guys like you." Julie said quietly.

"Maybe." Scott responded.

"Thanks for the ride." Julie said, getting out of the car.

"No problem. And hey Gaffney," He said as she was walking away, she turned around quickly. "If I don't see you before Friday's showdown, good luck."

"You too Scooter." Julie said with a smirk.

She only had an hour left before she had to meet the team for their roller hockey game so she went back to her dorm room to get her skates.

While she was putting on her white sweatshirt, Connie burst into the room barefoot wearing a large flannel button-down and boys boxers.

"Oh…hey Jul." She said quickly, closing the door behind her and heading towards her closet.

"Woah, woah, woah, WOAH." Julie exclaimed, confused. "Where the hell have you been?" Connie looked down, a rosy blush spreading over her cheeks.

"Um, with Guy." Connie said sheepishly, walking around her roommate to grab her towel and bathrobe from her closet.

"Um, what?" Julie asked.

"Averman went home for the weekend, so I stayed in Guy's room." Connie said, trying hard to prevent herself from smiling.

"For twenty-four hours? What were you doing?" Connie turned an even deeper shade of red and stared at her best friend with eyebrows raised. "Oh…ohhhhh." Julie said, blushing a little herself. "Oh my god, Connie. Are you serious?" Connie simply nodded picking up her shower caddy. "Does this mean you guys are back together?" Connie nodded again. "Thank God!" Julie exclaimed, running over and hugging her friend. "I told you! Finally! So, how was it?" Julie said with a smirk.

Connie smiled. "Amazing."

…

After their roller hockey game the whole team went to Goldberg's deli and it seemed like everything was back to normal. Connie and Guy were back together, and if possible more all over each other. Charlie was smiling and happy, sitting next to Adam, who the entire team had welcomed back with open arms. But all Julie could think about was even in this crowded room among friends, she was missing one person.

Back at the dorms everyone went to their own rooms, in most cases with another member of the team. However since Connie was going with Guy, Julie sat in her room alone before she realized there was one teammate who did not have a roommate.

Fulton opened the door and was surprised to see Julie standing there.

"Hi…Sorry, I just…it just occurred to me that because Dean didn't come to school that you wouldn't have a roommate and…" Julie started mumbling quickly and incoherently.

Fulton looked confused but stopped her. "Come inside Julie."

Her suspicions were right, all of Fulton's stuff was thrown around exactly half of the room and the other bed and desk were bare. Julie sat on the empty mattress. After closing the door behind him, Fulton sat down next to her.

"Are you okay?" Fulton said quietly.

Julie shut her eyes and wished away any tears that could possibly spring up. "Have you heard from him?" She asked instead of answering. She held her breath until he spoke.

"Yeah he called a few days ago. Just asked how things were going with the team…mostly wanted to know about you. I called him yesterday to tell him about Hans, but I left a message with his mom and he hasn't called me back."

Typical Julie thought but pressed her lips firmly together. What the hell was wrong with him, why wasn't he here? Instead of saying this out loud she bit the inside of her lip nervously. Fulton did not seem to mind her silence.

"I miss him too Julie." He said quickly, as if trying to cause her less pain, like when you rip off a bandage. "It's weird because we were together for such a short amount of time this summer, but it feels like I've known him forever."

"So when are they gonna assign you another roommate?" Julie said before he could say anything else.

"I don't know. Maybe they won't…that would be kind of cool. But I know they can't until he mails back that scholarship contract thing we signed, and they said they still don't have it. And until then technically his name is still like reserved a spot as a student or something."

"Oh." Julie said with a nod. A minute of silence went by where Julie just stared at her hands, and Fulton looked contently around the room.

"I'm sorry, Julie." Fulton said breaking the silence. Julie took a deep breath in, again willing herself not to break down.

"It's not your fault." She said quietly. "I still don't know why he isn't here but I mean…it's his choice, and he made it and no amount of me being angry about it or missing him will change that so I guess I'm just gonna have to deal with it."

Fulton wrapped his arm around her opposite shoulder and pulled her into him. "I know how you feel."

Incredibly nothing Fulton said until then had made Julie cry, but remembering when she said the same five words to Dean in the locker room during the Junior Goodwill Games set her off. Tears slid silently down her face and onto Fulton's shirt, but he did not mind, instead he rubbed Julie's arm and sat there with her until she was done.

…

Another Sunday afternoon had the Ducks in the library catching up on their homework and avoiding the Varsity team. They had a short team practice for their away game that was the next day after classes.

Julie had remained silent in her own seat on the bus until she realized who boarded it: Charlie Conway. She was more surprised when Dean Buckley got on the bus.

"I almost missed you. Coach, you mind if I have a few words with your boys?"

"And girls." Julie said quickly. Fulton grinned from the seat next to her.

"Yes of course, and girls." Dean Buckley corrected quickly. Julie rolled her eyes.

…

Are you fucking kidding me? Julie thought when Dean Buckley stepped off with Orion.

"…All I know is, we're gonna fight it." Orion said. "C'mon let's go win a game and maybe they'll stop complaining."

And they did in fact win. Even though they still did not have Dean or Adam, with Charlie back and Goldberg playing defense they managed to pull of a 3-2 win against a St. Paul high school. But because the JV-Varsity showdown being Friday they had no other games scheduled that week.

Orion left them all messages to be dressed nicely and come to the board meeting the next day at 3 o'clock after classes were finished.

They were not surprised to see that the Varsity team was also there, looking extremely pleased with themselves.

Adam joined them and whispered to Julie when they lined up in the board room "If they revoke our scholarships they there is no showdown on Friday."

"What!?" Julie exclaimed. "They can't do that."

Adam nodded. "See the older guy with the white beard. That's Tom Riley, Rick's dad and Eden Hall's wealthiest alumni." Julie rolled her eyes. "I know…I don't know what Orion has planned but he better make it good."

…

And good it was. Julie wanted to burst out laughing at the look on Varsity team's faces. Her sadness that only Fulton saw had been turned into determination to beat the Varsity team that Friday.

Obviously if they thought their practices with Orion were bad before, everyone worked even harder that week. They had four practice days before the show-down. These practices lasted from right after 3pm until 6pm on the ice, and then they put on their rollerblades and skated around campus.

On Friday afternoon Orion convinced the teachers that they needed to get out of classes early. In the middle of this practice he handed out their Duck jerseys. That was it. All the anticipation and it was finally the JV-Varsity showdown.

((Mami: Thank you for reviewing! Julie is not apologizing for kissing Adam, she can damn well kiss any boy she likes, because she and Dean did say that they were not together, she is most definitely not a slut haha. She was not regretting kissing Adam, but she realized that her feelings for Dean were much stronger than they were for Adam, and she did not want to hurt Adam's feelings. But I definitely know what you mean. Again thanks for the review!))