Thanks for the reviews and for the advice. Here is the next chapter.
Note: Thoughts are al going to be in italics from now on.
The Morning After: Part 2
Beep, Beep, Beep
Julie's eyes fluttered open at the sound of her alarm going off. She looked over at the clock and saw it was 6:30. Uh, I must have forgotten to switch the alarm off, she thought. Wearily she sat up and shook her head to try and get rid off the groggy feeling she had. But it was no use. She was glad it was a weekend and that they had the day off training because she felt as if she could barely sit up never mind skate around an ice rink. She was instantly regretting the amount of alcohol she had drunk last night. Both Adam and herself for that matter. Neither of them normally drank and if they did it wouldn't be very much. Obviously they had let themselves go last night and none of the ducks and stopped them. That was no surprise though. Leave it to the Ducks to let you and the boy you've been secretly crushing on for the last three years to get totally drunk. Who knows what could have happened.
At that moment she realised that she was naked. What the hell she thought. What was going on? Then she spotted something across the room that looked to be out of place. She grabbed the sheet of her bed and carefully wrapped it around herself making sure that it wouldn't fall. Once she had secured the sheet she walked over to the other side of the room and picked up what she realised to be a jacket. But it was definitely not hers. It was much too big to be hers but she still recognised it from some where. All of a sudden she got a flash back of the previous night and she remembered where she had seen the jacket before. Adam. The jacket was Adam's. Memories of the night before flooded her mind and she remembered everything. From the moment the party had started, to Adam walking her back to her dorm and her spilling her guts about the way she felt about him and finally to them having sex. She couldn't believe it. The rest of the Ducks had always said that the two were made for each other and while it was true that she really liked him, she had danced around the subject for years. And yet, here they were, having just had sex. It was unreal.
A thousands thoughts ran through her head, adding to the headache she currently had, but then the one thought that made her stop dead in her tracks popped into her mind. Where was Adam? Where is he? She thought. She stood up still holding the jacket and looked around the room. When she was sure that Adam had definitely left, she felt a pang of pain stab at her heart. I can't believe he just left without saying anything. Not even a note to say why he left. He just got up and walked out. And in his haste to leave he forgot his jacket. She couldn't believe that he had just walked out. Adam of all people. I guess the perfect gentleman isn't such a gentleman. A tear rolled down her cheek as she silently raged. After all they had been through together with the rest of the ducks and despite all the feelings she had for him he had still managed to break her heart.
She didn't know what to do. For what felt like years she paced around her room, pondering on how to handle the situation and what to do next. It was at that moment she decided to take a look at the clock and she saw that it was nearly 8 o' clock. She new Connie, her roommate and best friend, would be home soon to change. Her bed hadn't been slept in so Julie assumed that she had spent the night with Guy doing things she didn't really want to know about. She sighed and decided to ask what Connie thought she should do when she got in. For now she resigned to just having a shower and cleaning herself up. All the Ducks were going to go see a movie later on and she wanted to look presentable even though they weren't going until this afternoon. Feeling the warm water fall from the shower onto her slightly stiff body she relaxed and let the water wash away her troubles. She would deal with Adam and their situation when the time came.
Stepping out of the shower and turning it off, she was able to hear the voices of Connie and Guy obviously saying goodbye. She was about to make her presence known when she heard her name mentioned.
"What do you think happened between Julie and Adam last night?" this was Guy. "Who knows what happened between the two of them. I mean they where both pretty drunk. Hey, you never know, maybe Adam got up the courage to tell Julie how he feels." said Connie. The way he feels about me? thought Julie. They must have Adam confused with someone else. If he felt anything for me at all he wouldn't just leave me hanging like he did.
"Maybe Julie did as well" said Guy. Thanks a lot Connie, I confide in you one of my biggest secrets and you go and tell your boyfriend. Some friend you are.
"When do you think those two are going to come out of their little bubbles and finally get together?" asked Connie. If you only knew. I bet you wouldn't be making a big deal about me and HIM getting together as you put it.
"Maybe tomorrow, maybe next week, maybe next year. Who knows." Said Guy replying to Connie's question. Ha, that's what you think. Try never in a million years. Even if Adam and I were the last people on Earth.
"Any way I gotta go. I'll see you later." Julie heard Guy say. Silence and then a door closing. Julie chose this time to enter the room as if she had just got out the shower. "Oh, hey Julie." Said Connie a little nervously wondering how much she had heard of her and Guy's conversation.
"Hey." Julie said with a hopefully believable smile. Connie seemed to have bought it because she started going on to talk about her night with Guy. Having had years of practice, Julie tuned Connie out and started reflecting on her own thoughts. Should I tell her? The last thing I told her was that I liked Adam and she told Guy. But the Ducks were always speculating so maybe Connie hadn't told him anything. And this is much bigger than just a crush that I happen to have on Banksie. She wouldn't just go off and tell everyone. And she is my best friend. She'd feel betrayed if I didn't tell her. She can help me figure this whole thing out. She sighed and then turned to Connie. "Connie I have something I need to tell you. About Adam and me." Connie shut up when she heard those words coming out of Julie's mouth and put her full attention on to her best friend.
"I'm listening."
"Well, Adam and I. we…"
Preview of next chapter:
"WHAT" yelled Connie.
"Keep your voice down." Said Julie. "You heard what I said. We were both totally drunk and it was a mistake."
"And he just left without saying anything."
"Yes." Said Julie dejectedly. She really didn't need reminding of what Adam had done. She threw herself down onto the bed and buried her face in her pillow.
"What are you going to do." Asked Connie.
"I don't know." Said Julie into her pillow.
Please read and review and see what you think. Hopefully now that I've laid the basis for the story, it want take as long to get into the main plot. Can anyone guess where the story is heading?
