A/N-I should be writing my other story but this idea almost ate me alive and my other story, which was supposed to be humor/friendship/romance is turning into a full on angst-fest. So, I'm going to vent some angst here. I just wanted to make something else clear. I do NOT ship Joey/Julia. That might seem like what's going on but, its not!

Julia woke up in a dark room, in a bed she didn't recognize. A clock next to the bed read 2am. She groaned and turned over coming face to face with a sleeping Joe Walker. Julia shot straight up in bed as the night before came rushing back to her. A bar. Joe was there. Getting drunk. Going to his place. Dancing. And then… She got dressed as fast as she could tears streaming down her face. She ran out of the apartment and downstairs to the door. Julia walked outside and sat on the steps. Pulling out her phone she dialed Joey's number.

"Joey," she said shakily, "Can you come get me?"

"Sure," he said, immediately recognizing that something was seriously wrong, "Where are you?"

"I-I'm at Walker's apartment building."

"I'll be there in five."

Joey's car pulled up a few minutes later. Julia was collapsed on the ground. He gently picked her up and put her in the backseat of his car. Turning on the GPS he entered Lauren's address.

"Not Lauren's house." Julia said.

"Okay."

Joey turned the car around and headed back to his place. He gathered her up, carried her inside, and placed her on his couch. He looked her over.

"Are you hurt?" She shook her head.

He got up, went to the kitchen, and made some tea. Coming back in he handed a mug to Julia.

"Do you want to talk about it?" No answer. "Ok… You don't have to. Why don't you sleep here tonight and we can talk about it in the morning." She nodded. "Well, good night." He started to walk towards his room.

"Wait." Julia said, "Can you stay here for a bit? I don't wanna be by myself."

He sat down on the armchair next to her, "Sure." Julia closed her eyes and fell right to sleep. Joey couldn't though. He looked at Julia. This was not the Julia he knew. She looked small and helpless not at all like the big sister figure he had come to know her as. He was curious as to what happened at Joe's but knew not to push it. He didn't want to damage her anymore by making her relive whatever happened. Eventually he fell into a restless sleep.

Joey woke up at 7am. He stood up and stretched his legs. He pulled on jeans, a Starship t-shirt, and some sneakers. Walking into the kitchen he discovered that he was out of coffee. He went to the grocery store and left Julia a note:

Good Morning! I just went to the store to pick up some food and coffee. Be back soon!

When he got back Julia was still asleep. He made a pot of coffee and sliced some fruit. Then he made some chocolate-chip pancakes. Suddenly his phone rang.

"Yeah?"

"Joey!" It was Lauren, "Julia never came home last night! I called everyone, no one knows where she is!" She sounded panicked.

"Lo calm down."

"Don't tell me to calm down when my best friend is missing!"

"Julia is perfectly fine."

"Have you seen her?"

"Yeah." He looked over at Julia lying asleep on his couch.

"Well where is she?"

"She's asleep on my couch."

"I'm coming over!"

"Hold on just a sec." Julia was waking up. She sat up on the couch her hair tousled and her clothes wrinkled. She looked over at Joey and smiled then the events of the night came back to her and she burst into tears. Joey walked over to her and sat down beside her. He reached out and hugged her tight, "Shhhh… Its gonna be ok. Its gonna be ok." He heard Lauren shouting into the phone. He grabbed it and put it to his ear.

"What's going on? Is she crying? What did you do?"

"Lauren! Shut up for just one minute!"

"FINE!" she hung up.

Joey turned back to Julia who was still sobbing into his shirt. "Hey, easy, easy." He rubbed her back. Joey wanted to help but didn't know how. After a while her sobs were reduced to sniffles and he pulled her off of him. He guided her into the kitchen and gave her coffee, fruit, and pancakes. He handed her her phone, which had about fifteen missed calls on it. They sat in silence for a while with only the sound of forks and knives clanking against plates. When Julia finished eating Joey cleared the table. He went into the living room and turned on the TV. A few minutes later Julia followed.

"Joey." She said, "Can we talk?"

He turned off the TV, "Sure."

Julia walked over and sat next to him, "I just don't know what I was thinking. Its just Darren's in LA and it gets lonely being around people in love when the person you love might as well be gone. I was at this bar and Joe was there. We started to talk and I got really, really drunk. Joe offered to drive me home but somehow we wound up at his house. And he started to play music and then we started dancing. One thing led to another. And I woke up naked in his bed. Joe Walker's bed! The love of Lauren's life! I probably ruined their relationship and its probably gonna be over between me and Darren when he finds out! Lauren is never going to forgive me! What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do?" She started to weep.

"I don't know Julia, I don't know. I can't answer that for you. No one can."

A/N-WOW! That was hard to write! It's a little shorter than most of my chapters but this felt like a good point to stop. I hope everyone liked this. It's a little different than my other story. Review, review!