KARA’s POV
"Dude, my girl and I are at a local concert and I can't really talk. I'll call you up later okay? Love you."

I felt like smashing my phone against the wall as the call disconnected. I had to restrain myself with everything in me not to do that.

Instead, I made my way to the balcony and pulled out a bottle of red wine with high alcohol content.

I poured myself a glass.

JULIAN'S POV.

Was she drinking again?

I walked over to her and grabbed the bottle away from her.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing?" She asked dryly, tracing her fingers over the top of the glass cup. "My life is a sorry mess right now."

I sat besides her trying to take away the glass but she didn't budge. She held it more firmly and I just had to let her be so we didn't break it in the process.

"Okay," I let out a sigh. "Tell me about it."

"I'm a loner, always cooked up in my house most of the times with zero friends, I have a workaholic husband who wouldn't even give me any attention but busy clicking pictures with his business partner who happens to be a very pretty lady and the only best friend I have is busy with his stupid girlfriend I hate.You see? My life sucks."

She took a sip of her drink.

"Um.. Can't relate," I shrugged. "My life is pretty perfect,"

"Oh really?" She chuckled. "Says the guy who is jobless, except for freelance writing by the way that I introduced him to. The same guy that has been in San Diego for a while now and his so called fiancèe isn't anywhere to be found. For all we know, she might have actually gotten engaged over there and might just send your ring back to you."

"Okay chill," I raised my hands to the air briefly. "Don't come at me like that. One, I'm not jobless. I do have a job. Just like you said, freelance writing. Which you do as well. And I have businesses waiting for me. I'm just waiting for my girl. Besides, she loves me too much to leave me just like that. She can't get enough of me even while being so far away." I paused for only a second. "Unlike some people I know."

I watched as she opened her mouth dramatically, face in shock as she put her hands over her chest.

"Harsh! You do not have to rub it in."

"You started it. Anyways, I do have a solution to all of your problems which aren't really problems at all."

"Oh yeah? Spill the tea."

I interlocked my fingers together and cleared my throat before I began, "About you being a loner and not having any friends, no one got you chained to this house in the first place. Get the fuck out, go to gatherings. Get a job outside of this house and meet some new people."

"But you know Joey doesn't want me working--"

"Then," I cut in. "You have to explain things to him. And about him not having time for you, maybe you do have a part to play. Spice up things a little."

"Wait... Are you implying that it is my fault?"

"In a way, maybe. Look I'm just saying since his head his filled with work, fill his head with something else. Thoughts of you. It may be distracting, but its gonna be good for you both. Just do some new things to spice your relationship up and he won't be able to resist. Thank me later,"

She wrinkled her nose at me. "Relationship coach, thank you very much."

"Ah yes of course." I smiled a bit. "And about your bro being your best friend you need to understand that you're married now and he also has his life to live. He has a love life now so he can't be around you 247 like before. Get it?"

"You know what? Enough with the lecture. I do not need your opinion."

She chugged down the remaining part of her drink and continued. "What I really need now is to get drunk and forget all these negative vibes. And also get laid."

"Seriously? It seems to me you're already drunk. About getting laid, your husband isn't here,"

She stood up and staggered. I quickly rose to my feet and held her in place.

"You, my friend, can help with that can't you?" She gave a lazy smile.

Okay, this lady was definitely drunk. And nuts.

KARA'S POV

I awoke to someone shaking me and I could hear the sound of his annoying voice saying, "Rise and shine'. It was Julian alright. I knew before I lazily opened my eyes. The curtains had been opened bringing sunlight to my eyes.

Was it his plan to blind me?

I groaned and covered my head with a pillow which he snatched away in an instant. My head was banging.

"Ugh. I feel like shit."

"You should have thought about that before drinking so much last night. Here, have some water and aspirin."

I reluctantly got into a sitting position, my eyes being open for real this time.

He sat just right in front of me holding out a glass and some pills.

I took it from him and threw them in my mouth before taking a sip of water.

"What are you even doing here? Who told you to could come into my room?" I was asking him with a slight frown on my face.

"Well I had to make sure you weren't dead, judging from the fact that you've been sleeping for way too long." He answered.

I struggled to remember what happened the previous night but it was a bit vague.

"What happened last night?"

"Well other than the fact that you drank some wine obviously not good for your system, almost vomited your lungs out, said some crazy stuffs and tried to sleep with me, it was all good."

I spat the water back into my glass, coughing and almost choking.

"Sorry what now?" I looked at him in disbelief.

"You suggested we should have sex last night. You practically almost raped me."