A/N: Wow guys I'm disappointed in you guys not picking up on the joke...BTW it was the Luis baseball thing. Anyway, once again, thanks for the reviews. I'm writing this faster than I've ever written anything in my life, I think it's because I've been getting so many reviews on it, so yeah, keep those up! But I may not get around to updating this week because I have finals. Oh, and I will now be fitting this story into continuity with my other Ducks story "I know how you feel." Sorry, I felt the need to do this because I've been kinda into comics and Kevin Smith lately, where everything connects to everything else. This was a long note. I'm sorry.

Summary: Jen makes a discovery. Luis and Julie have some flashbacks, and Charlie meets, well, you'll see.

Disclaimer: I still don't own anything.

Chapter 4: Future on the Horizon

Jen walked through the door of the room only half paying attention; she had spent the night in the library trying to finish a group project. She started frantically looking through the papers on her desk for her assignments.

"Julie, did you see where I put my history paper?" She asked and then looked over at the bed to see Julie lying sleeping under the covers. But she wasn't alone. "Oh my god! Finally!" Jen shouted.

"Jen!" Julie said, rustling the blankets, and elbowing Adam to wake him up. "I um, I didn't hear you come in."

"Ow, no he just hit the pad!" Adam said waking up. "Jen," he said coming to, "uh hi. I better go. See you later Julie." He kissed her as he got out of bed.

"Bye." She whispered.

"Bye Adam." Jen said smiling. She squealed and dropped herself on Julie's bed. "Oh my God! Tell me everything! What happened? Who made the first move, you or him? Come on, I want all of the dirty details!"

"First of all," Julie started. "Very little happened. We kissed a little bit, we snuggled, we watched a movie and then he fell asleep. That's all."

"Well, that figures." Jen said disappointed.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Julie said mock offended.

"Please! It took you two five years to kiss each other! I shouldn't have expected you to have had sex!" Jen laughed. "Anyway, who made the first move?"

"It just sort of happened." Julie shrugged getting out of bed. "I mean, I guess I did. I mean, I just sort of asked him if we were ever going to be more than friends, and then he kissed me."

"What was it like?" Jen asked. "I mean, you've only kissed two other guys right?"

"Three." Julie corrected her. "And it was nice. I don't know." She couldn't really explain what she was feeling. "It was weird you know? I mean it's Adam, you know? He's my best friend, besides Connie I mean and well, it's just very weird."

"Three?" Jen asked, "Scooter, Luis, who's the third?"

"Wow, you have major attention issues." Julie rolled her eyes. "The third was Dean Portman, well, actually he was the first. We were thirteen, it was a stupid little crush, can we move on?"

"Ok, look," Jen said, "That boy is crazy about you and I know you say differently, but I'm pretty sure you like him too. So stop over analyzing and let yourself be happy about it."

"I am happy," Julie said, "I just don't know what I'm going to tell Luis."

"Hey Coach." Luis and Charlie said in unison walking into the shop, they were moving slowly, it had been kind of a wild night.

"Hey guys," Bombay looked them over. "Wow, you two look like you've been through the mill. What did you do last night?"

"Portman's in town." Charlie said.

"Ah," Bombay laughed, "No further explanation needed. So Luis, how was Boston."

"Dude, you told him?" Luis said, hitting Charlie on the shoulder.

"Man, he asked me directly!" Charlie said. "You know I can't lie to Coach!"

"Look, Luis," Bombay started, "I know you think that you and Julie belong together, but, maybe it's better that you lay off? Like, when Casey and I…"

"Coach!" Luis said cutting him off. "No offense or anything, but well, I'm really not in the mood for one of your little life experience talks."

"Fair enough." Bombay said. "Well, there's a whole pile of skates back there," he said tossing Luis a pair of protective goggles. "Get to work." Luis laughed and headed back to the sharpening room. Charlie and Bombay sat behind the counter as a pair of ten year old kids walked into the store.

"Would you look at all of this stuff?" One of them said.

"I know!" The other said, equally awed. "Wouldn't it be awesome if we could get some of this stuff for the team?" Charlie smiled and looked at Bombay. Bombay simply nodded.

"Hey guys!" Charlie said, walking out from behind the counter. "How can I help you?"

Luis stood sharpening skates and looked out onto the pond, which wasn't frozen yet, unfortunately. He felt the need to do sprints. It always helped him to clear his head. He had been doing sprints the first time he realized that he cared about Julie as more than a friend. Unfortunately he couldn't just leave work to go to the rink and sprint. If the pond were frozen though...

"Hey! Luis!" Charlie said, popping in. "Come out here, I want you to meet some people."

Julie walked from her last class of the day to her dorm room. She was still terribly confused when she realized there was only one thing that could clear her mind. She rushed up to the room, picked up her roller blades and helmet and raced outside. She pulled the skates on tightened the straps and pulled the helmet on over her hair. She started gliding down the paved path in front of the dorm. This was exactly what she needed. She began to simply let the thoughts stream through her head. She remembered the first time she met Luis, the first time she met Adam. She thought about the night of junior prom, how Luis had kissed her on the dance floor, and then how when she had gotten so drunk she could barely stand up Adam had made sure she made it back to her room and then sat with her all night. She remembered how she felt when she broke up with Scooter and told Luis to wait. She remembered how much fun she had had over that summer, spending time with her old friends from her pre Duck days. But she also remembered how the only Duck that she had talked to that summer was Adam. She remember how happy she had been when both she and Adam got into BC, both with hockey scholarships. Suddenly she realized what it was she had to do. She turned around and skated back towards the dorm.

A/N: Woo, cliff hangers are fun aren't they!