When the Past Becomes the Future

Fires Need to Burn

"Hold up girlfriend!" Bessy yelled in the parking garage.

"Bessy I really wanna get Levi home. It's late. Let's get dinner this week." She said trying to hurry.

"Absolutely not! I want answers woman!" Bessy exclaimed.

Juliette groaned buckling a sleepy Levi into his car seat then shut the door. "What?" She asked throwing her hands up.

"Umm...you kissed him." Bessy said matter of factly like Juliette didn't know what she had done.

"It was just a celebration kiss, you're reading too much into it." Juliette defended. "Look I'm tired and I know Levi is too. I just wanna get home. Dinner this week like we said?"

"Mmhmm. Text me." Bessy said leery. As Juliette was about to get into the driver's side she was stopped again, "Hey Jules?" she said.

"Oh my god Bessy what?!" She groaned.

"Glad to have you back." She smiled.

"Me too." Juliette smiled back, "Can I go now?"

Back across the street at the event, the guys had finally finished all the press and were returning to their family and friends. Brian's brother noticed him looking around. "They left." He told Brian.

"Without saying bye?" Brian asked.

"Honestly Levi looked like he was gonna pass out at any second." Danny said.

"Quinn! You coming out to celebrate?!" A member of the crew shouted.

"Yeah, I'm in!" he answered trying to put his game face on but in the back of his mind, all he could think about was that kiss.

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"God, I don't remember you being this pushy!" Juliette laughed after she finished ordering her second martini.

"We've been here for 25 minutes already and you haven't said anything yet!" Bessy exclaimed throwing her hand up and accidently tipping her glass of red wine over.

Both girls started laughing uncontrollable, "Geez you don't have to start throwing stuff at me!"

After the waiter came over and helped clean the mess, Juliette finally exploded, "I don't know why I did it okay! You ever feel like when you're with one person you're one way but then when you are with someone else, you are another way?"

Bessy looked up questionably, "Not sure I'm following."

Juliette then sighed trying to figure out how to explain this, "Like with Brian, when we are together I feel like I'm that young carefree girl when I met him. But that girl wasn't a mom and besides a cell phone bill, had no real responsibilities. And David is secure and who I saw myself marrying."

"Listen, obviously I'm a little bias because I love Q so I'll try to give you the best advice I can. People change and grow up. You became a mom, I get it but that just because you're a mom doesn't mean that you can't be carefree from time to time. And as far as secure goes, its not like Q doesn't have a steady job and is sleeping on his mother's couch. But none of that matters, what matters is where your heart is and if its with David than you should close that chapter with Q and just think of him as Levi's dad."

"I never forgot Brian, I mean my kid has his face." She chuckled, "But I really thought I was happy with David even after reconnecting with Brian."

"But...?" Bessy said digging for more to the story.

"He's been acting very strange the past few months." Juliette said.

"How?" Bessy asked.

"Well he is always on his computer. Like he works a lot but its becoming excessive. And anytime I walk into the room he shuts it right away and looked nervous." She explained.