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The Next Thursday (Julie's Birthday)

Julie's Point of View-

Drew and I had went out to eat together almost every night this past weekend when on tour when we weren't driving through the night, even when driving through the night it was me and him up the long hours to drive so it was a lot of bonding time and oddly it was quite nice to hang with him just one on one. It was awesome because Wade and I watched the recorded Raw last night and they played the promo Drew and I had filmed which made me super excited because it meant sooner than later that we would make our on television debut. I got up at 9 AM knowing that Wade wanted me to get lost for a couple hours while he was to 'set up' for my party, which I thought was ridiculous because I knew he was setting up for my party and I could have been an extra pair of hands to help decorate or whatever but I wasn't in the mood to fight with him. I showered before I headed out of the house with my keys just in case I needed them. I slowly walked down the street to where the park was and oddly I kind of liked this park, mainly because it had a swing set that I was able to swing on. I found myself claiming an empty swing as I watched as little kids were running around the other parts of the park as their parents watched from benches that lined along the sidewalk that went through the park and here I was, a newly 28 year old having fun slowly rocking back and forth on the swing, mainly using the balls of my feet to rock myself. I just zoned out thinking about my 28 years of life and what I have amounted to and if anything I was doing was worth it, what most people would do on their birthdays and it doesn't help any I was staring at children that were barely school age if not school age enjoying themselves and not giving a care about the world other than if they can have a juice box with their snack.

"Hey." I heard the male voice that I recognized as Drew's, I slowly looked over my shoulder as he slowly stepped up towards me to stand behind me.

"Hey…" I said as he slowly rested his hands on my back feeling him slowly push me forward and I didn't allow him to push me too far forward.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Life…I'm getting old and just thinking how my life had turned out to be….I just remember when life seemed so simple…"

"When was that?" Drew asked as I looked up at him then looked back ahead of me.

"When we were kids, our hardest thing was if we could color within the lines or not spilling our milk carton at snack time or who we were going to lay next to when nap time came…now it's like a big jumble…"

"What are you confused about?" He asked.

"Everything…" I said.

"You don't have to be confused…why don't you let others worry about some of the things?" Drew asked.

"Because the only person that would do that is my brother and he has his own problems…"

"What about me?" Drew asked as I turned to look at him the best I could over my shoulder.

"What about you?" I asked curiously as he gently grasped my chin the best he could with his first finger and thumb turning my chin to lift my head up to meet his as he lowered his head down to press his lips against mine, it seemed like one of those that you would see in the movie. Unexpectedly, I had felt myself instinctively running a hand through his hair and grasped a fistful of his hair on the back of his head holding him there as the kiss broke when I took a much needed breath before I pushed my lips back against his for another kiss that I much deeply wanted from him. After I broke my lips from his from the second deep passionate kiss, this time it was me giving it to him, when it had hit me what I had just done and oddly what I wanted to do more of. I opened my eyes that I had clenched shut from pleasure of the electricity brewing between the lips that were connected, I stared deep into his blue eyes that were staring back at me that reconfirmed what had just taken place. "Oh god…I didn't….I got to go…." I said as I jumped to my feet and jogged off as fast as I could, I would slow down then would jog a few steps then walked a few steps. In doing so I would look back over my shoulders to not see Drew following me at any moment until I had approached my house letting myself in seeing people I had known hanging around in and out of the house having a blast.

"Hey there's the birthday girl….where's Drew?" Wade asked as he pulled me into a hug then stepped back and his hands still resting on my shoulders.

"Oh…I left him at the park, I had to use the bathroom real bad." I said as I headed down the hall and locked myself in the bathroom where I leant forward against the sink and looked up at the mirror to see my reflection staring back at me. "Why did I do that?" I asked running a hand through my hair before I planted it back onto the edge of the sink. "It meant nothing…it was a simple mistake…right…it was a mistake…it can't mean anything." I said as I nodded in agreement with myself as I stood up to my full height fixing my hair before I flushed the toilet to go along with my story and washed my hands before I exited the bathroom going down the hall just in time to see Wade open the front door for Drew. Drew stepped into the house, he looked over at me and I looked anywhere but him as I was pushing strands of hair behind my ear nervoulsy.

"Come on you two, I have hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill." Wade said as I nodded as I slipped past Drew to follow directly behind my brother.

"Are we going to talk about this?" Drew whispered.

"There's nothing to talk about." I whispered back as I slid out of the screen door and found myself a pool chair on the other side of the pool by itself, I sat down on the chair as I crossed my arms over my chest as I nervously watched everyone and stared at Drew once and a while hoping no one would find out that Drew and I had kissed outside of storyline, oddly enough it wasn't only that but I feared that people would find out that I kissed him back and that I wanted to kiss him more than what I did? Do I like him? I was more confused than I had ever been because I used to strongly dislike the man and here I sat wanting to walk across my backyard and kiss him as passionately as I can.

"You want some food?" Stephan asked as he sat on the edge of the chair beside me as he set his plate on his lap.

"I'll get some in a minute after everyone has gone through." I said.

"What's wrong?" Stephan asked.

"What makes you think that something is wrong?" I asked.

"You seem jumpy."

"I'm not jumpy." I said offensively as he looked at me, "Maybe just a little…"

"Spill…I'm not going to judge or tell anyone." Stephan said as I looked to him then back across the pool at Drew who was talking to Randy and John, "What did Drew do now?"

"It wasn't only Drew…"

"What did you two do that you don't want Wade to know?" Stephan asked I looked over at him seeing him take a bite of his cheeseburger that my brother must have grilled up.

"We kissed." I mumbled.

"You what?"

"Kissed." I said clearer and louder.

"Oh, I know that, you guys kiss all the time in front of the audience."

"Not that time…we just kissed…at the park…"

"You what?" Stephan asked.

"We kissed at the park, and it wasn't storyline…oddly, I think I liked it…" I said.

"What is going to happen now?" Stephan asked.

"I don't know…I am kind of freaked out right now." I said.

"Do you like him?"

"I don't know…I'm so confused…" I said running both my hands through my hair, "I mean, I think he likes me….there were all these signs but I never paid attention and I think in the process I slowly fallen….I can't…not him." I said.

"Sorry honey but I think you like him too from an outsiders point of view." Stephan said.

"How do you know?" I asked as I slowly turned to look at him as I leant forward against my one hand that still had hair grasped in my fist.

"The way you smile every time you talk about him, the look in your eyes every time you go out there with him and the passion behind your kisses screams that you two have chemistry together…it is bound to happen." He said shrugging.

"How long have I had this 'smile' when I talk about him?" I asked.

"You have always played favorites towards Drew, rather you want to admit it or not…" Stephan said as I realized he was right, Drew was always the one that I gave special treatment to and was closest to, even if I didn't want to admit it. Drew was definitely funny, a great friend, he always protected me, he helped me through so much when Wade wasn't around and he has always been there even when I said I didn't want someone there. I think that I have always liked him all along but I was trying to tell myself that I couldn't like him because he was Wade's best friend and I realized that I had been staring afar at Drew and he slowly looked over to meet my eye contact with me.

"Don't tell Wade." I said in beg as I looked over to Stephan.

"No, I won't tell Wade but let me know when you do so I can get front row seats to this murder." Stephan said as he chuckled.

"I would need you there to make sure a murder doesn't happen." I said.

"You're probably right…you going to go talk to your new boy toy?" Stephan asked.

"We aren't dating…we kissed…once…" I said as I was slowly coming to terms to it but yet wasn't, I think it was still processing that this has come about. I stood up heading over to the grill and got there at the same time as Drew, he stepped beside me as he reached across me grabbing a paper plate for himself.

"After you get done eating, why don't you go get into your swimsuit?" Wade asked.

"Okay…" I said nodding as I glanced over to Drew waiting our turns for our food that Wade was cooking on the grill, I got mine first before I headed back to the seat beside Stephan striking up conversations with him since him and I hadn't had much of a one on one time to really talk. After I got done eating, I excused myself before I slipped my way through the clumped groups of people amongst the outside saying hi's and hearing random 'happy birthdays' from people before I slid into the house and headed towards my room to change, I didn't close the door behind me because I wasn't honestly thinking.

"May we talk now?" I heard the Scottish accent say behind me, I didn't have to turn around to know it was Drew and the man that I was dreading to talk to. I heard the click of my door shutting behind him along with the turning of the lock on my knob to lock both of us in here to solve this situation at hand.