JULIE'S POV

I woke up the next morning feeling very much like I was on a high.

Is that even possible?

I know that the moment you wake up determines whether you'll have a bad day or a good, well in my case it does, but is it possible to wake up in such a state of euphoria that you forget what it is you're even supposed to be doing just because you're so happy?

"Come on dreamer we've got practice" Connie threw my hockey bag in my direction as she gathered up all of her things and threw them into her own bag.

"Okay" I replied mentally kicking myself for forgetting something so important.

What the hell was Portman doing to me?

"So how'd the study date with Portman go last night?" Connie asked me with a sideways smirk.

"It wasn't a date, Dwayne was there too" I pointed out as we left our dorm room and headed down towards the rink.

"Oh my, Julie, you really know how to get the boys' attention!" Connie laughed and I smacked her on the arm. It appeared she was in a good mood this morning.

"You are so bad!" I scolded her.

"Apparently not as bad as you" she cackled.

"So you and Averman huh?" I pried trying to get myself out of the hot seat.

"Yeah what about it?" Connie asked dismissively like she was bored.

"Don't you 'yeah what about it?' me Cons, the entire school is talking about you and Averman being, well…. You and Averman" I couldn't think of anything else to say.

"Let them talk, I don't really care" Connie replied.

"Hold it!" I cried stopping her from exiting the room.

She feigned an innocent look that I wasn't buying.

"Okay, now I know something's up – what is it?" I asked her.

Connie quickly shut the door and made me swear that I wouldn't repeat what I was about to hear to anyone.

"Promise" I swore.

"Psyche! There's nothing really to tell, Averman asked me out, I agreed, we're now dating, that's all there is to know" Connie laughed.

"If you say so" I replied. I could tell there was something she was hiding and we had to get to practice otherwise Orion would kill us.

"I do say so now lets go!" she held the door wide open for me.

Maybe her and Averman do make a good pair, they are just as odd as each other.

PORTMAN'S POV

Practice at 5 am sucks. The only bearable thing about it is that I get to watch Julie display her moves in the goal when we scrimmage. Also I get to stare at her ass when we're doing laps, even though its underneath all of that padding.

There was one thing bothering me though, Fulton had not shut up the entire morning, or last night when I got back to the dorm, about two things, one being about Britney and the other about Julie.

What about Julie? Even I don't know the answer to that one. All I know is that I'm really attracted to the blond goalie. The other thing I know is that she will never, ever look at me in any way other than a womaniser, a team mate and the worst one of the bunch…… a friend.

I know I should be happy that she even wants to be my friend but I can't help but think that it would never eventuate to anything more.

Which is why I'm admiring the girl from afar. Not my usual style but this was Julie "the Cat" Gaffney. She was like a goddess up on a pedestal or something, and I knew that I wasn't the only guy who thought that. Every male at Eden Hall had wondered at least once what it would be like to have the Cat standing naked in front of them.

"PORTMAN! WAKE UP! WE'RE PLAYING A GAME HERE!" Coach Orion's shrill screaming interrupted my thoughts and it was then I remembered we were supposed to be scrimmaging and I'd just let Averman fly past me with the puck.

"Shit!" I cursed under my breath and tried to get my head back into the game. At least Julie was on my team so that I could still score without being distracted. No offence to Goldberg, but he wasn't much to look at.

Practice finally ended at 7.15am. Coach Orion had decided we needed a little more stamina training so he tacked on an extra 15 minutes worth of laps. Oh well, was 15 more minutes that I got to stare at Julie's butt.

Yeah I know I'm sad but hey, if you saw Julie's ass then you'd be staring too!

"Dude what is with you today?" Fulton asked me after we'd finished changing.

"Nothing" I replied.

"Whatever, suit yourself" Fulton dismissed me and gathered his gear.

"Fine I will" I replied feeling a little 5 year old but he was seriously annoying me lately, especially with this whole Britney thing.

Fulton left the locker room with Charlie and I could tell Charlie was dying to ask what was wrong with me the second I was out of earshot.

"Portman come on! You're gonna miss breakfast!" I heard Connie calling to me and it was then I realised that her, Averman and Julie were the only ones left in the locker room aside from myself. At least they were ready to go though.

"Come on hurry up, we don't want to wait all day" Connie told me impatiently.

They were going to wait for me? Well that was a newbie.

I didn't mind though, Julie was in the group.

"I'm hurrying" I said as I put on a clean bandana and shrugged into my leather jacket.

"Okay lets go!" I told them leading the way to the cafeteria.

JULIE'S POV

Connie is a legend. I knew she was only staying behind to wait for Portman with Averman so that it didn't look too obvious that I was the on waiting for him.

I walked next to him the entire way with Connie and Averman following close behind. We were all laughing about something funny that had happened to Charlie the other day when our group was joined by the biggest cheerleader skank I have ever laid eyes on.

"Hey Portman" she breathed and I swear she smelled like a baby prostitute. She probably was for all I knew.

"Hi Britney" Portman replied.

Little Miss Skank aka Britney flirted with my man for the rest of the journey to the cafeteria and would you believe it, the bitch actually sat down next to him at our table!
I thought Charlie was going to have a heart attack and Fulton had this enormous grin on his face the entire time.

So I did the only thing any girl would do, I butted in their conversation.

"Hey Dean are we still on for tonight?" I asked him flashing him my best smile.

"Sure Jules, wild horses couldn't keep me away" he replied with a grin that made my heart stop.

Did he really just say that?

Britney scowled "So I guess I won't be seeing you tonight then" she asked looking all pouty.

To me she just looked like a trout fish with all that lip gloss on.

"Nope sorry, I have to study with Julie tonight" Portman replied not seeming all that sorry he was missing out on getting some action with one of the most popular cheerleaders.

"Fine, I guess I'll talk to you later then" she said in a huff and left our table.

"Finally the wicked witch is gone! Am I the only one who is having trouble breathing from the stench of that hideous perfume?" Connie asked.

"No Cons, I'm gagging too" Averman spoke up and Connie smiled.

Aw that was kind of sweet.

Maybe tonight was the night I'd have a sweet moment of my own.

I couldn't wait!

Sorry its been so long since I last updated. I kinda lost momentum with this fic but hopefully its now back. Thanks to all who reviewed, I'm glad you're all enjoying this story.