He was dreaming again, only this time everything was clear. He saw everyone in the dream, and what was happening. He'd done this before, some sort of premonitions of things to come. He didn't like what he saw, but he was unable to stop it form happening, "Why can't I stop it?" He moaned out in his dream, and softly in reality. Suddenly he bolted upwards breathing rapidly and looking around the room in fear, he turned his head quickly and noticed she was still right where he'd last seen her, sleeping peacefully.

"What am I supposed to do to change it? I'm tired of these dreams haunting me night and day. No more of this, no more." He said softly to himself then shook his head thinking over his dream for a few minutes, then finally he lay back down and after checking that she was still breathing without problems, he slowly drifted back to sleep.

"Still asleep." Daniel whispered to Meg as he gently closed the door to Julie's room, hours later.

"How did you guys know something was wrong?" Meg asked handing her husband his coffee.

"I didn't, Portman did." Daniel answered then continued, "He just said she'd been in there too long, and he just didn't have a good feeling when she'd left."

"Thank goodness he was there, I truly fear what they might have done to her." Meg answered sadly.

"If I think about what they might have done I'd be in jail for murder in less then an hour." Daniel muttered angrily.

Meg nodded then softly suggested breakfast, then spoke again when Daniel looked a bit unsure about leaving.

"Dean is with her, she's safe." Meg smiled then got up and headed towards the door and Daniel soon followed.

Julie was waking up but refused to open her eyes. "I feel like I was hit by a truck." She thought then grumbled that even thinking was making her head pound even harder. She snuggled down a bit in her bed attempting to return to sleep. She fought with the covers a bit then shifted a bit more then after a fight with the blanket she found a comfy warm spot. She lay there content, "Nice and warm, safe and sleepy." She mused half-awake. She was almost asleep when a shocking revelation hit her. "Did the warmth just move?" She pondered a moment then realized she was certainly not alone. She slowly turned over and forced her heavy eyes open and came face to face with Portman.

She stared at him sleeping for a moment before the questions flooded her mind, "What is it? Why is he in here, and just where is here?" She closed her eyes and groaned at the sharp pain that struck her again.

"Jules?" She heard him say softly. She carefully opened her eyes again and met his worried gaze. "Your head?" He stated more then asked.

"Yes." She said quietly, wanting to ask all the questions filling her head but just didn't have the energy just yet.

"Bet you wonder what I'm doing in bed with you huh?" He asked not hiding the amusement as she smiled slightly.

"Yes." She replied.

"You get details later, but for now all I'll say is Mitchell and your darling brother." He remarked and she closed her eyes annoyed. "Rude awakening I know." He smiled and so did she.

"I don't remember anything after I danced with Luis." She said obviously trying hard to think.

"Don't worry Jules, might be best if you don't remember just yet." He said patting her softly on the head.

She smiled, "I think you're right."

"You can think?" He taunted and she gave him an exhausted look.

"You take advantage of the moment and take a cheap shot, enjoy it cause it's the last time my friend." She vowed.

"Whatever makes you happy Jules." He smiled knowing she was feeling better now.

"By the way, where am I?" She asked suddenly and he gave her a stunned look.

"At home in your bed Jules, you didn't know?" He questioned.

"I wasn't sure, but I assumed I was. I didn't exactly look around the room and I'm hardly here long enough to know my own bed. Now that's sad." She said as she rubbed her eyes. "And I'm babbling on and on now."

He watched as she slowly rolled herself over and stared at the ceiling. She took a deep breath and mumbled something he couldn't understand.

"Hey hum.." Dean began then paused; Julie turned her head to look at him once again.

"What?" She asked.

"Ah, nevermind." He said sitting up and running a hand threw his hair.

"No go ahead, what is it?" She asked wondering what it was.

He sighed and sat still a moment then flopped on his side and suddenly became very interested in the loose string on the blanket. After a minutes of more silence Julie spoke again.

"Look, whatever it is you obviously don't know how to say it, so you know what you're going to do?" She inquired.

"What?" He asked looking over at her.

"You're just going to flat out say it. Just lay whatever it is out there ok? Cause I can tell something's been up with your for awhile now." She stated and noticed the surprised look on his face, but she also noticed another expression and didn't' quite know what it was.

"Is he?..No He can't be." She thought then watched him closely, "Is he scared of something?" She asked herself in shock.

"You know something has been on my mind?" He slightly stumbled out.

"Well, yeah kinda. Sometimes you just seem like you're off in another world."

"Tell me about it." He muttered then ignored the knot forming in his stomach and decided enough was enough, "Out with it Portman." He told himself.

"Ok look Jules here's the deal, just let me say everything and don't but in." He started as she opened her mouth and quickly had a hand placed over it.

"I mean it, just listen. " He almost broke his confidence to laugh at the surprised then annoyed look in her eyes. "I suck at words ok? I'm not Luis or something with his freaking Romeo stuff, but fact of the matter is Jules.. I well.." He hesitated and she jerked his hand off her face.

"Whatever it is it better be good and you better say it cause if you don't the minute the drum in my head stops pounding I will pound your head got it?" She grumbled yet smirked.

"Always the fighter, man I love you Jules." He said with ease while he laughed, then all at once it hit him; he realized he'd said love. He watched the stunned look cross her face and he knew he must have turned five shades of red, so instantly he covered.

"You know I mean love ya, ya know that friendly love?" He rushed the words out.

She started to speak more then once but always shut her mouth and continued to stare at him. Finally she did speak, "Yeah I understand what you mean." She said softly and smiled.

"No I don't think you do." He said ignoring himself again and leaned towards her.

"Oh my god is he going to kiss me!?" She asked herself in shock, "Well duh Julie." She answered herself just as their lips started to touch.

"I'm just going to.. WHOOPS!"

They sprang apart at the voice quickly trying to cover both their red faces.

"Uh humm sorry I'm leaving" Meg turned around quickly.

"Don't go." Julie called after her and slowly Meg turned around slightly pink herself.

"Yeah humm I need to go, humm get my shoes. That's it." Dean said quickly and got up and made his way as fast as he could out the door.

Meg smiled slightly and walked over and sat down beside Julie.

"I have rotten timing don't I?" Meg giggled and Julie blushed even more. "For heaven's sake Jules, why are you two so embarrassed? You are engaged are you not?"

"But that's not real!" Julie said quickly, "You know that."

"Maybe its not real to some people," Meg paused then finished as she got up heading for Julie's closet. "But it's obviously not fake to somebody." Meg then disappeared threw the doorway leaving Julie thinking.

"Am I truly awake? Or am I still dreaming?" Julie wondered aloud and sighed weakly full of exhaustion.

"Things sure got confusing while you were sleeping huh?" Daniel asked coming over and sitting where Meg had just left.

She shook her head in agreement, then moaned at the pain returning. "And some things just don't go away." She said placing her hand to her head, thinking that not only about the pain but also thinking it about Alex and Mitchell.