Queen of New York

Bearer of Bad News

Dan's POV

We're getting deeper in this mess
Take careful contemplation

Why did they have to make me the bearer of bad news?

When Julie said that she demanded she know everything, everyone just looked at me expectantly.

I sighed.

"Well...Julia...you see....Michael and Quinn kind of..."

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" She screamed.

She started pacing the floor, grabbing things, and throwing them. "Can I have one relationship without Quinn coming in and ruining it?"

Phil got up and pulled Julia into a hug. She was crying now.

Everyone stared at me angrily. "Hey! Don't shoot the messenger!" I exclaimed.

Julia released herself from Phil and turned to look at me. "Daniel, why does this always happen? Am I really that horrible of a person?"

That statement broke my heart. She was a beautiful girl, but she doubted herself so much. The tears in her green eyes hurt me so much, I couldn't stand to see her in this pain.

"Julie..." That's all I could manage to say.

She stared at me in horror. "Julie?"

And that's when I realized.

I had called her Julie.

I never called her Julie.

I always called her Julia, occasionally Juliette or Julietta.

"Daniel...what's wrong." She asked me. The situation changed suddenly; from everyone worrying about Julie to everyone worrying about me.

"I-I...." My eyes darted from person to person, but they finally rested on the eyes of Julia.

"I'm sick of it. I'm sick of all this drama all the time. I'm sick of everyone falling in love with each other, and then breaking each other's hearts. I'm sick of everyone being angry and sad all the time. I'm sick of the jealously. I miss when everyone got along, when everyone was happy. Why can't we go back to that time."

Everyone sat in silence, shocked at my sudden outburst.

"Dan, we feel the same way, but there's really nothing we can do." Troye added.

I turned on him. "Like there's really any room for you to talk! You and Connor are just happily in love with no problems whatsoever, and you have the nerve to say that there's nothing to be done? There's so much that can be done to fix this, but no one is getting off their butts to figure it out!"

Julia sighed. "I'm so sorry, Daniel. Everything will be back to normal eventually. We will figure it out. It's just...none of us know how."

I wanted to scream.

"Well, then why don't any of you try to find a way? Any way! Absolutely any idea would work at this point! I just don't understand why you all think that sitting around and waiting it out will fix anything! Julie, what are you going to do about Michael and Quinn?  What are Serenity and Keisha going to do about Calum?  What about Shawn? What happens to Shawn? He still loves you, you know. And it's not like Finn just disappeared. He's bound to come back at some point,"

Julia looked down.

"What?" I demanded. "Why did you do that?"

"Finn has already come back. He came to see me in New York." Julia whispered.

I laughed. "Of course he did! And let me guess, you guys kissed, right?"

Julia didn't say anything. I knew that meant yes.

"Wow. So it looks like Michael isn't the only bad guy here, isn't he! Welcome to the club of being a cause for drama. You were always the one people were causing drama about, but now you're the one causing it. It doesn't feel nice, doesn't it? Well I hope you enjoy your stay in Drama Land, because I'm leaving!"

And with that, I grabbed my stuff, and stormed out of the room.