Ohhhhh Marit...I LOVE you and your reviews!

Ok...this chapter seems a little unrealistic, but i just couldn't figure out how to do this...the next few chapters may be rough like this too.

"Would you want me when I'm not myself? Wait it out while I am someone else?"

Julianna was exhausted after waking up at 4 am to start her 5 am shift early that morning. When she and Chris got back to the apartment she quickly changed into sweat pants and a tank top. The two sat down on the couch together and talked for another hour at least. When Jul fell asleep on the couch Chris didn't want to wake her up, so he gently carried her to her bed no more than 10 feet away. He tucked her in and went to grab his bag and pop into the bathroom to at least brush his teeth and wash his face, even though he'd probably get stuck falling asleep in jeans as, he hadn't brought anything to really sleep in. Shutting the light off in the bathroom when he left, he heard someone sniffling in the background.

"Jules?" he whispered.

"Yeah?" she replied, remembering she was supposed to be pretending to be asleep.

"You ok?" he asked walking over and sitting on the edge of her bed.

"I'm fine." She half sat up. "I don't know, I guess it's just that you just remind me of someone."

He smiled as he looked at her face framed by just the moonlight through the window, and the lights of the building from across the street. "Who?" he asked.

"My older brother, Matt" she solemnly replied. "He used to take care of me when I was about 16..." she trailed off. Another tear rolled down her cheek. "He died last year of leukemia. He had been in remission for years, but when it came back there was nothing left for them to try. Cancer runs in my family…My mom died of cancer less than a year after my dad had died in car accident. I've been alone since Matt died, I just…miss him." She started crying harder than before.

Chris had no idea what to do, he just let her cry on his shoulder. She was an amazingly strong girl; he wanted to tell her that, but he just didn't know how to put it.

They both fell asleep to the sound of police cars in the city that never sleeps, but also the city of constant turmoil.

"Nathan, it's almost midnight, can we please go home yet!" Haley whined. "You're the one had wanted to stay in tonight anyway!" She was also kind of worried, Nathan was drinking again. It was an all ages night, but the basketball crew always found a way to get in with the bartender.

"Just a minute, babe" Nathan half slurred.

"Nathan, now or never, because I'm leaving now," she sternly replied.

"But I have the keys!" He punched Tim in the arm thinking he had one upped his wife.

"Actually Nathan, you gave them to me an hour ago. I guess you're too drunk to remember that!" She was getting annoyed now. "You know what Nathan, have fun walking," she spat. She turned around and headed towards the door, hoping in the back of her mind that Nathan would follow her begging for forgiveness. Of course he didn't though, he was just being his asshole self like he always was when he drank.

Hopping in the car, her life felt even less like a fairytale.

Day Three (Finally!)

Saturday March 12, 2005

"Chris…Chris," Julianna gently nudged him, trying to wake him up. It was almost 11, thank goodness she didn't have to work that day.

"Hmm, yeah," He asked, kind of confused after waking up quickly out of deep sleep. "Woah, sorry I just forgot where I was for a second." Julianna laughed. "But I must say, I am presently surprised."

"Good," she smiled giving him a kiss on the cheek. "You hanging out with me today?"

"Do you even have ask that anymore?" he grabbed her waist before she stood up all the way. "You're my only ally in this big city."

"Well then, to actually do anything today, you're gonna have to actually get up!" she stood up and started going through the stuff in her closet, the one closed off part of the apartment. "I'm gonna take a quick shower, when I get out you better at least be out of bed!" she joked.

"Fiiiiiiine," he sarcastically replied.

She walked into the bathroom, but then quickly returned. "By the way.."

"Yep?"

"About all that stuff right before we fell asleep last night, I'm sorry…I just tend to babble on when I get into that mood, and it just all comes out…"

"You have nothing to be sorry about Jules," he smiled, trying to reassure her. She walked into the bathroom, shutting the door.

She was done in a few minutes, and he decided to take a shower. He met Julianna at the counter in the kitchen, she was fixing something small for breakfast. "So do you have to do anything specifically today?" she asked.

"Ummmm, not really. I kind of want to start looking for an apartment, I guess that's somewhat dependent on if I can make it here, but I'll take the chance. And I have to switch banks or something, I have the slip from one of the local banks in Tree Hill."

"Anything else?"

"Yeah," Chris replied, biting his lip.

"And that is…?"

"I have to call Haley," he sat down on the stool next to the counter.

Julianna seemed to just go with it, "Do you have her number? You can look it up online on the laptop over on the desk if you don't."

"Yeah, I'll have to look it up. I'll wait till we're done eating though. He was trying to put it off for as long as possible.

After breakfast he went online to get Haley's number. He'd have to call her house because he couldn't look up a cell number. Julianna handed him the phone when he found it.

Haley woke up in kind of a fog. It was almost 12:15. She was pissed at herself for sleeping so late, but when she saw Nathan wasn't in bed she was even more annoyed. She walked into the kitchen to see if there was anything that looked appetizing. She was starving, she hadn't eaten since the snack she grabbed before they left for Tric the night before. Walking past the living room she glanced over at the couch to see Nathan passed out. She was truly annoyed with him at this point, "he was so trashed he couldn't even make it to bed. I wonder who even dropped him off," she muttered. She had learned that old habits seemed hard to break.

She started boiling water for tea, one of her favorite drinks to try and calm her anger for a few minutes. She ran her hand through her hair as she pulled a cup down from the cupboard. The phone rang, breaking her out of her trance.

"Hello," she stated kind of angrily.

"Ummm, hi," the voice on the other end of the line replied.

"Who is this?" she asked still annoyed.

"It's…It's Chris." Haley stared over at Nathan who was still dead asleep after his night of partying with the boys.

"Hey Chris," she replied in a happier, louder voice, just daring Nathan to wake up. "So how's New York?"

He was kind of confused, she had never talked like this before. "It's good, I'm kind of worried about the music thing though."

"Really?" she had so much faith in Chris and his music, he was so confident all the time.

"Yeah. Haley, can I ask you for a favor?" he asked timidly.

"Ummm, I guess?" she replied, kind of wondering what he was going to ask.

"I met with the CEO of Maverick yesterday. He really liked the demo, but it was the demo with you. He wants you to come to New York for the next meeting which is Wednesday. He was kind of set on you coming I guess."

She was trying to absorb what he was saying. She glanced over at Nathan who hadn't budged since she'd woken up. She was still annoyed and decided to make the rash 'what the hell' decision.

Chris took the silence as a no, as it usually was with Haley. "You don't have to come if you really don't want to Haley."

"No, I think I will," she replied. Chris stood in Julianna's kitchen with a look of shock on his face. "I've got to talk to Luke first and do a few things here, but I want to leave today," she replied, thinking about each word before she said it. "Where are you can I get the number for there, so I can call you when I'm at the bus station?" she asked, taking the initiative.

"Yeah, ummm…wow, ok…hold on." He motioned for Julianna to write down her number. Haley waited patiently, she could tell Chris was kind of shocked that she had actually said yes, and in a way that kind of got her adrenaline going. He gave her the number and the two hung up.

Haley glared over at Nathan again, he was still asleep. She grabbed a piece of paper and started to write him a note:

Nathan,

You know I love you more than anything, and you know I respect you more than anything. Nathan, I want you to go to that camp this summer, because you respect my dreams more than anything. This morning I got an amazing opportunity to give music a shot in New York, I know you know how important that is to me. While I'm gone, please, please, please don't set the apartment on fire! Promise? I'll have my cell with me all the time when I'm there, I want you to call me lots, and I'll call you too!

I love you,

Haley

So, she'd left out how she'd gotten the opportunity, the fact that Chris would be there, and any true details about the situation. She kind of knew he'd be annoyed with her when he woke up, but then again she was pissed off at him. In a way she wanted him to grow up and she was trying to pretend her going away would make him grow up.

Now all she had to figure out was what she was going to tell Luke. Tutor girl wasn't backing down again.