PORTMAN'S POV

I was packing my dacks. Well not literally but you know what I mean. Here I was alone in a room with Julie Gaffney, mentally scolding myself not to screw this up. So yeah, you could say I was shit scared.

"Hi" I managed to choke out.

Julie smiled briefly "Hi" she said.

We stood there staring at each other in silence for a bit longer. Geez could this get any more awkward?

I couldn't help but stare intently at the lock of hair that Julie was twirling around her finger and before I knew it I had crossed the room towards her and now had my hand on that one piece of hair.

"Dean what are you doing?" she asked shyly.

I didn't respond, well to be honest I was afraid to open my mouth and have something stupid come out.

So I hauled her to her feet and laid one on her.

I felt her resist slightly at first but then she went with it as her hands made their way around me and up to the back of my neck.

I moved my own hands, one down to the small of her back and the other through her hair to the back of her head.

Hey if I was gonna kiss the princess then I was gonna kiss her good.

It must have been good because she surprised me by opening her mouth and letting me in.

After kissing for a few moments I was acutely aware that Julie was leaning back and pulling me down onto the bed and on top of her.

Uh-oh this can't be good.

I kissed her for a few more seconds but pulled away when I felt her hands tugging at the hem of my shirt.

"Julie" I said trying to get my breath back.

"Just go with it" she replied continuing to try and undress me.

"Julie, stop. We can't" I knew instantly that I'd just hurt her again but she had to know why. I rolled off of her and sat up.

"Why? Aren't I as good as your cheerleaders?" she spat out with venom. Great, I'd gone and royally pissed her off, again.

"No you're not" I felt like an asshole when I saw a tear escape.

"You're even better than any of them which is why I can't go that far with you right now" I continued as I sat there pulling my shirt back down.

"What are you saying?" Julie still looked close to tears.

"I'm saying that you're too special to me to ruin something awesome by rushing into it. I wanna hang out with you and hold your hand and take you out and maybe kiss you some more" I replied. Oh boy would my reputation be ruined if anyone besides Julie had heard that.

Ah fuck it, she's worth it.

"Are you saying you want to be my boyfriend?" she asked sitting up.

"That's exactly what I'm saying" I replied.

"If you want to be that is" I added hoping it was what she wanted too.

"One condition" she looked pretty serious.

"Name it" I replied. At that stage I was willing to do absolutely anything to be with the woman of my dreams.

"No more skanky cheerleaders" she replied.

I laughed and she glared at me.

"Its already been taken care of" I replied smiling.

She leaned forward and kissed my cheek.

"Good" she said and laid her head on my chest.

See this is the kind of thing I wanted to have with Julie. As corny as it sounds, nothing feels better than just having her in my arms.

JULIE'S POV

You could imagine my surprise when Connie opened the door to find Dean Portman standing there.

"I'll leave you two alone" Connie winked at me and left the room. That girl was so cheeky sometimes.

He looked kinda nervous. Oh great! He probably thinks I'm pissed off at him again.

"Hi" he said weakly. I hope the boys hadn't sent him in here.

"Hi" I smiled for a second before we went back to silence.

I couldn't tear my eyes away from him, he looks even sexier when he's nervous.

When I'm nervous, I tend to twirl a lock of hair around my finger. Oh would you look at that, I'm doing it now.

I looked up to see Dean transfixed on my hair and crossing the room towards me.

His hand reached to my hair and the other guided me to my feet and before I knew it his lips were on mine.

Woah! Wait a second, his lips are on mine!!

Just in case this wasn't real, I started kissing him back. I held on to him as though my life depended on it and deepened the kiss.

The solitary thought was running through my head I'm kissing Dean Portman and its fucking awesome!

I knew I had to do something to compete with the cheerleaders who had way more experience with boys than I did so I pulled him down to the bed and lifted his shirt up.

Suddenly he pulled away and reality crashed in.

"Julie" he said breathlessly. I knew that tone.

"Just go with it" I whispered reaching for his shirt again.

"Julie, stop. We can't" he said and I felt my stomach fall out of my butt and my heart shatter.

I could feel the tears coming. But I'd be damned if I allow them to fall in front of him.

"Why? Aren't I as good as your cheerleaders?" I replied throwing every inch of rage I felt right then at him. How could he just kiss me and then say no?

"No you're not" he said and my fears were confirmed.

I grew even more angry when I felt a tear escape. What a bastard!

"You're even better than any of them which is why I can't go that far with you right now" he said pulling his shirt down.

"What are you saying?" I was confused. I didn't understand what he was saying at all.

"I'm saying that you're too special to me to ruin something awesome by rushing into it. I wanna hang out with you and hold your hand and take you out and maybe kiss you some more" he said looking at me with a new expression I hadn't seen before.

Is he saying what I think he's saying?

"Are you saying you want to be my boyfriend?" I asked him, sitting up and facing him.

"That's exactly what I'm saying" he smiled.

"If you want to be that is" he added. He sounded so unsure of himself right then.

"One condition" I knew I had to let him know I was deadly serious about this.

"Name it" he said easily.

"No more skanky cheerleaders" I said. I couldn't be in a relationship with someone if I had to watch my back all of the time.

He laughed and I glared at him. Did he think this was some kind of joke?

"Its already been taken care of" he smiled again.

Okay, what does that mean? Oh well, it's a good enough answer so I leaned forward and kissed his cheek.

"Good" I said and did what I had always wanted to do, well aside from kissing him of course, I laid my head on his chest.

He put his arm around me and we leaned back against the wall.

"So Julie, now that you're my lady, would you please go to the dance with me?" he asked and I almost said yes, until I remembered.

"Dean, I already asked Dwayne to go with me as friends" I replied not wanting to hurt anyone.

"That's cool, you go with Cowboy but will you at least save me a dance?" he asked.

Aw he's so damn cute sometimes.

I kissed his neck since I was too lazy to reach up to his lips.

"Of course I will"

okay, so I thought that would be the end of it, but I did promise cheerleader revenge from Julie and Connie at the dance so I'm adding another chapter or two to this story.

HOCKEY-GIRL90 - yeah it was Dean!!

ELYSE BLACK - I hope this one's to your satisfaction, sorry it took them so long to pull their head out of their asses!

SPIKEYHAIRGOOD - if he ever wants to be with Julie then he had to tell Britney to get lost. Finally they're together!! Wonder how Connie will react?

thanks all for your reviews!!