I'm really happy about all the positive feedback! I'm so glad you guys like it! And I'm pretty proud of this story, and I'm super proud of the breakup chapter. Thank you so much for reading! I wont keep you, here is the first chapter from Darren's POV:

October 12, 2021

Darren was sitting on his couch with his feet on the coffee table strumming on his guitar when the phone rang. "Hey Joey." Darren said as he put the guitar down.

"Hey bud. I'm in the neighborhood and I was wondering if it's cool if I stop by for a few?" Joey said as he turned into the parking lot Darren's apartment complex.

"Uh, yeah sure. That's fine. Just buzz when you're here. I'll let you up." Darren replied as he pulled on one of his very faded Basement Art's t-shirts.

"Okay. See you in a few." Joey replied before he hung up.

Darren collected the sheet music and guitar before shoving them away where no one could find them. Darren was currently finishing a piece he had started in college but eventually put away. It was for his Muse, the only girl he ever seemed to truly love, and receive love in return.

Moments later Darren heard a buzz. "Shit. Joey wasn't kidding." He mumbled as he buzzed his best friend up.

Joey came up with a six-pack and Darren looked confused. "What's with the six-pack? It's only noon… I haven't day drank since college…"

"We're celebrating." Joey replied placing the bottles down and handing one to Darren.

"And what are we celebrating?" He asked popping open the cap of his bottle.

"I'm going to be a father." Joey responded, his lopsided smile growing bigger with every second.

"Shit Joey! That's amazing. I'm so happy for you and Lo. That's going to be one hot baby." Darren smiled and took a sip of his beer.

"I actually want to ask you something." Joey said as he took a sip from his own bottle.

"Shoot." Darren replied sitting down on the couch; feet back up on the table.

"Lo and I want you to be the baby's godfather."

"Joey, I'd love to be the baby's godfather." Darren smiled before taking another swig of his beer.

"Cool. Julia's going to be the godmother." Joey didn't think we was going to slip it in so casually, but he knew if he caught Darren off guard he'd probably get a better reaction out of him. He hadn't seen Julia since Meredith and Brian's wedding, so he figured the whole letting him down easily thing wasn't really going to work.

"O-oh…" Darren replied before chugging the rest of his beer and opening another. "T-that's uh…that's cool…"

"You're okay with it?" Joey asked cocking his head. He knew Darren had an issue with it. Not that it was a problem, or that he hated Julia. That wasn't the case at all. Julia was just a sore subject around Darren.

"I'm not going to dictate who you choose as godparents Joey. Julia is Lo's best friend. It only makes sense." He took a gulp of his beer and he got a sour feeling in the pit of his stomach. No, that wasn't a sour feeling, it was butterflies. After all these years even the thought of Julia's presence gave him butterflies.

"How's uh, how's Jules doing anyway? God, Matthews gotta be like four now. Shit." Darren took another swig of his beer.

"I think she's doing well. Lauren was meeting her today to talk about the baby. He's getting so big Darren. I can't wait until I have my own. Practicing with Matt is going to be exciting. That kid's so smart."

"His mother's smart. And beautiful. I bet Matthew looks like his mom." Darren sighed before taking a larger gulp of his beer.

'You need to tell her dude. It's been 12 years since you broke up. You've been keeping your love bottled up for 12 fucking years. You need to tell her how you feel."

"How the hell am I suppose to do that Joey? The last time I saw her was three years ago. Three fucking years ago! You'd think I'd see her more often. And the reason I don't is because whenever I see her I just want to pull her into my arms and kiss her. I love her. And I can't live without her. It was always her Joey. I always wanted her."

May 9 2007

Darren stared at the song in his hands. It was perfect, the lyrics were perfect it conveyed every emotion he could have ever wanted to convey, there was just one problem. Every place it should have said "Sami" it said "Julie."

"Shit." He mumbled under his breath jamming the paper into the drawer in his desk. He couldn't show Julia that song, it was everything he ever felt about her portrayed in a song. Darren sighed and softly sang one of the lines from his new song. "Why can't you see what you're doing to me?"

After a few moments of staring into space Darren got an idea. He needed to see her, he needed to feel her closeness and smell her fruity shampoo. He wrote down the first few verses of "Julie" on a piece of paper, grabbed his guitar and walked over to Julia's building.

Once he got there he banged on the door. He heard her get off her chair mumbling under he breath about how Lauren should stop forgetting her key. When she opened the door he froze. She was beautiful. Even with all the stress of finals she was beautiful.

"I'm sorry I'm not Lauren." Darren said staring into Julia's eyes. What a beautiful shade of green/blue. He thought. They're like the ocean. He snapped out of his daze when she spoke.

"You know," Julia started. "My roommate should be home soon, I don't think she's going to be happy that someone isn't in his room writing music for a web series he's going to be in." Julia smirked.

Darren laughed. "That's actually why I'm here. I'm stuck! I need a little inspiration. And we both know how great you are with words. So…Can you help a brother out?" I'm not stuck. I wrote the whole fucking song, and it's about you. I just wanted to be close to you. God your beautiful. Pull it together Darren. I think she's talking to you.

"Darren I have a final tomorrow. I can't help you right now." Julia fixed her glasses and crossed her arms. God she's even beautiful with her arms crossed.

"Please Jules! Give me like ten minutes! I'll be super quiet. Maybe I just need like a new space to write. The walls of my room haven't spoken to me today." Wow. I'm just full of bullshit remarks today. New place to write my ass. I could write anywhere. As long as I think about you. Wow Darren. You sound like a fucking stalker.

"You're insane. Sit. And be quiet." Julia went back to her desk and Darren followed as he sat at Lauren's.

He began to tap his pencil on the desk and Julia quickly turned herself around. "How far are you?" she asked rolling her eyes and scooting herself closer to Darren

He flashed her the 'I knew you'd break' smile as he replied "I've got a few verses for each song, but I can't seem to finish these two." He pushes over two untitled pieces of work. "this one," he said pointing to one on top. "Is for Sami, I figured it'd make sense if I called it Sami cause like it's about Sami…" he laughed and she shook her head. It's actually called "Julie". But I'd never tell you that.

"Okay." She said fixing her glasses and reading the few lines he had for "Sami"

I've seen her face

I've heard her name

I've lost my place and she's to blame

And I can't stand it

When I'm staring in her eyes

And she's not looking back

It ain't a big surprise

Julia took the paper from Darren's hands and bit the end of her pen. She was silent for a few moments and Darren started to play with the strings of his guitar feeling out the melody for the song.

After about ten minutes she spoke. "Well the character Sami is supposed to be adored by Kevin right? And then Toby falls in love with her too?"

"Yeah..Your point?" God. I feel like Toby and Kevin right now. Darren looked up and pushed a curl out of his eyes.

"What if you add something about him always thinking about her, like that he always hears her when he's falling asleep. Like oh! I've got it!" she took the pen and scribbled a few lines onto the paper. Darren smiled as he read them over her shoulder. That's actually brilliant. Why didn't I think about that before?

"I think I know exactly where to go from here." Darren tried to remember everything he wrote for "Julie" in his room, except for the second verse. He really liked the idea Julia had and it was perfect. After about 30 minutes he turned to her. "Hey Jules." Darren said after dropping his pencil on her bed.

"What's up Dare?" she asked turning around and facing him.

"I think I got it…"

She smiled and crossed her legs. "Well let's hear it."

Darren started to play Sami and tried so hard to keep all the Sami's to Sami. As he played the song a new idea popped into his head. You're a diamond I'm afraid to touch, you're damn near flawless… He needed to get to his dorm quickly to begin writing "The Muse", another song about the girl he was head over heels in love with.

I hope you guys liked this chapter! Writing the events twice means there will be some overlapping but I hope you still enjoy it. Obviously the italics are Darren's personal thoughts. I've started writing the chapter where Julia tells Darren. I'm so excited for that one. I also want to know about what you guys think of Jaime being Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway. It'll play into the story I just want to know if you think it makes sense. Please keep reviewing! They make my day! Until next time!