PORTMAN'S POV
I woke up feeling like crap, again.
Why does she make me feel like this? Its not like I cheated on her or anything.
The one question played on my mind all night.
How can you lose someone if you never had them to start with?
There was once a time when she had all the time in the world to talk to me. Well at least that's what it felt like. Now she blew me off to go hang with Goldberg.
So now I know its me she's mad at. And I definitely know its me that Connie's mad at too.
Connie wouldn't even tell me why she called me an idiot the other day.
You know what? Two can play at this game, or three if you count Connie.
Oh shut up Dean! Now you're just confusing yourself.
"Portman hurry the fuck up, breakfast will be over soon" Fulton threw a pair of sweaty socks at me.
"Dude you're a pig" I grumbled reluctantly throwing the covers off of me and practically forcing myself to get up.
Great, now all I can smell is Fulton's stinky feet.
I glanced down at my shoulder to see the sock had decided to stick there for a while.
Oh, that's why.
I flicked it off and got changed ensuring I was wearing a clean pair of socks. For some odd reason the thought of dirty socks was making me feel sick.
"Dude are you okay?" Fulton asked me and I realised that I had barely said four words to him all morning.
Usually we'd laugh and joke around first thing in the morning. I guess I just didn't feel much like laughing today.
"Yeah its nothing" I replied taking my time.
"Well hurry up bro" he replied impatiently.
"You go on ahead, I'll catch up with you" I told him hunting for my bandana.
"Okay, see you soon" he said leaving the room.
I finally left the room and realised that I'd need to stop by my locker if I were going to make it to class on time after breakfast.
"Hey Portman" another cheerleader was waiting for me.
"Hi Carly" I replied. Carly and I had 'history' I guess you would call it.
"Dean I was wondering if you could answer something for me?" she asked batting her long, black eyelashes.
Once upon a time this would have driven me wild but the way I was feeling right now, I doubt even a naked Carly would cheer me up.
Maybe a naked Julie might?
Yeah like that'll ever happen.
"Shoot" I told her digging through the trash pile I called my schoolwork.
"Are you and Britney, like an item now?" she asked me.
"Nah we just had a bit of fun is all" I told her.
"Good" Carly smiled and before I knew it she was in my arms kissing me.
Whoah! How did this happen?
I broke off the kiss and gently set her aside before anyone saw.
Just my luck. Connie happened to be walking past.
"Jerk" she called and dragged Averman down the hall with her.
Great! Now she's gonna go tell Julie.
"I gotta go Carly" I told her trying to be as nice as I could.
"Sure thing, I'll see you later" Carly replied bouncing off in her uniform.
I arrived at the cafeteria and noticed that Connie and Averman hadn't arrived yet.
But Julie had.
And damn, there were no seats available next to her.
She and Goldberg were chatting about something and I felt a pang of jealousy. That should have been me sitting there chatting with Julie, not Goldberg.
"Dude you're staring" Fulton nudged me.
I gave him a filthy look and continued looking at Julie. Then Connie and Averman showed up.
"Hi guys" Connie said as they took a seat next to each other.
"Hey" the team managed to reply.
Julie's face lit up "Hi!" she replied brightly.
At least she was happy with some people.
"So we have something to tell you guys" Connie started to say. I was too busy looking at Julie.
"Go on" Charlie sounded a little too eager.
"Okay, well we thought you guys should be the first to know that we are officially dating" Connie said very quickly.
"I knew it!" Julie was the first person to reply and she seemed ecstatic. At least she's smiling again.
I felt a nudge next to me and realised that it was Guy making a very pissed off exit from the cafeteria. And he'd left his girlfriend sitting at our table looking like an idiot.
"Guess he didn't take it so well" Goldberg said nervously looking at Julie.
"Too bad" Connie replied making a face.
"Wow congratulations guys" Ken broke the ice.
"Thanks Kenny" Averman flashed me a grin.
"Yeah congrats y'all" Dwayne was also happy.
"Averman, you da man!" Russ held his hand out for a high five.
"Hear that Cons, I'm da man!" Averman grinned in the worst ever gangsta voice.
"I know babe" Connie replied.
Okay now that's going too far. I started staring at Julie again.
"I'll say congratulations because I am happy for you but you have to promise me one thing" Charlie spoke up.
"What's that Charlie?" Connie sounded defensive.
"Any problems with Guy over this stays off the ice and please don't break any more of his bones"
"The nose isn't a bone Charlie" Adam pointed out. I broke out of my stares and looked at Adam.
Wow, the Cake-Eater has some balls!
And Charlie smacked him across the head for his troubles.
"I know that! You know what I mean!" Charlie threw his hands up in the air like a girl throwing a hissy fit.
Now this was worth listening to.
"Fine, I don't really care what he thinks anyway" Connie replied sticking her nose up in the air.
"Good, I'll tell him the same thing later" Charlie was all smiles now.
Damn! Now that was over I found myself staring at Julie again.
"I have another request" Fulton spoke up attracting everyone's attention, me included.
"What?" Connie asked looking a little scared.
"No making out on the ice, I really don't want to see that" Fulton grinned.
"Me either!" several Ducks called out.
"Fine, but you didn't say anything about the breakfast table" Connie grinned wickedly and turned to Averman.
"NO!" we all cried and lunged for the pair in a joking attempt to separate them.
The someone accidentally knocked over Dwayne and Russ' tower of toast.
"GUYS!" Russ complained loudly.
No one paid any attention except to laugh at him which resulted in the nearest piece being thrown at Charlie's head.
"HEY!" Charlie protested and threw it right back at Russ.
Charlie's shot was pretty bad and it ended up hitting Averman in the forehead. I burst out laughing immediately, hey it was pretty funny.
Fulton joined in on the laughter.
That prompted the full on toast war.
I stopped throwing food when I saw Julie duck under the table.
Maybe this was my chance to sort things out with her.
I was about to climb under the table with her but was stopped by Dean Buckley's shrill voice.
"ENOUGH!" he screamed and the cafeteria grew silent.
"JV Hockey team, stay behind, the rest of you, get to class NOW" he said sternly. Great! Now we're in trouble.
JULIE'S POV
For the little, okay well huge, food fight, we had cafeteria clean up duty for the entire week.
Stupid Adam and Charlie. It was their fault.
I made sure I stayed near Connie and Averman during our punishment. No way was I going anywhere near Portman today. Not after I'd seen him in the hallway with yet another cheerleader this morning.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!" Charlie's voice screamed through the cafeteria.
We all stopped what we were doing and stared at Charlie and Adam.
Fulton and Luis had dumped a bucket of water over Charlie and Adam's heads and whilst Charlie was mad, Adam looked mortified that his clean white shirt was wet and brown.
Dwayne was the one who started laughing first. Charlie glared at him but he only laughed harder. Then Portman joined in on the laughing. Soon enough, we were all laughing at our dripping wet Captain and our Star Player. The sight was incredibly funny.
Eventually Charlie and Adam started laughing too.
"I bet Geeger wishes he were here to see this" Goldberg suddenly spoke.
"Geeger can kiss my ass for all I care" Connie replied curtly.
"Connie remember what you promised" Charlie started looking serious.
"I know, I know" Connie rolled her eyes and winked at me. I smiled in return.
We all returned to our cleaning.
"Kenny you missed a spot" Fulton broke the silence. I looked up to see Fulton looking smug and Ken looking pissed off.
"So clean it up then" Ken shot back at him.
Yay! Go Ken!!
"You're so lucky you're my little bash bro" Fulton warned him and Ken rolled his eyes.
We were all starting to get tired of cleaning tables.
"JV team, you are dismissed to attend practice. However, you are still to report to me in my office first thing tomorrow morning" he said sternly.
"Yes Sir" Charlie replied.
We all started packing up our cleaning supplies and put them into the corner of the room, since no one had access to the janitor's closet.
"Practice is going to be fun!" Averman whispered to me sarcastically.
"Tell me about it" I replied ignoring Portman's staring again.
He had been staring at me all day and it was really starting to piss me off.
We arrived at the locker rooms to find a beet-red Coach Orion waiting at the door for us.
Uh-oh he was VERY mad at us.
"Do I have to even ask why my team was on clean-up duty?" he began his lecture as he glared at Charlie.
"Sorry coach, just a little food fight that got out of hand" Charlie answered looking like a little boy being told off by his mother.
"Just a little food fight? JUST a little food fight? You wasted almost a weeks worth of food, wasted Dean Buckley's time, you're now wasting my time and your little food fight has cost you valuable homework time. Don't for a second think I'm going to let the B rule slide because you've been too busy cleaning up the school to do your homework. I don't want anything below a B. I don't care if I have to bench the entire team. Do you understand me?" Coach Orion was growing redder by the second.
"YES COACH ORION SIR!" Averman screeched. We all turned and stared at him like he was insane, including Connie.
Coach Orion remained tight lipped. I was almost proud at the self-control he was exerting.
"Get your gear on. We're doing laps and I don't want to hear any complaints" Orion barked and entered the locker room heading straight for his office.
I think we all changed in record time as our mood had soured considerably.
Why is it that we never, ever learn that when you piss off the Coach, there's always hell to pay. In this case it was laps for two hours followed by a make up practice session at 5 am tomorrow morning.
We were almost dead by the time we'd finished and no one said a thing in the locker room.
I guess revenge on the cheerleaders would just have to wait.
sorry, I know you were all looking forward to revenge on the cheerleaders, but it will be in the next chapter!
GALINDAPOPULAR: yeah Portman is appearing to be a manwhore!
HIDING IN THE SHADOW: you poor thing, I might add some slapping goodness just for you!
SPIKEYHAIRGOOD: yeah I figured poor Goldberg needed some attention.
MICK EMOUSINA: glad you like this story.
PINKNINJA83: yeah Julie's learning, slowly. As for Connie telling him off, well someone had to!!
FOOTYCHICK: glad you liked the chapter.
ELYSE BLACK: cos Portman's an idiot with his brain downstairs rather than upstairs!!
00MIGHTYADDICT99: revenge is sweet! but you'll have to wait until next chapter for it!
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