Point Of View 2 [*Do not read until you've read the same chapter of ATW]

Chapter 102 Gotta Get Better

"Do you have a picture of him on your phone so I know what the guy looks like?" Evan asks.

Unfortunately...I do. Because Dave is my awful addiction. I still have quite a few saved on my phone that I can't seem to part with. I rummage through my purse and pull out my phone, swiping through a few before I find a good one, then show Evan.

He studies the photo for a good minute before giving me a slight nod. 

"Good looking lad."

"He's all yours for the taking. Knock yourself out." I scoff.

"Yeah I don't swing that way. but thanks anyway." Evan laughs. "But I'll keep my eyes peeled just in case."

"I'm more concerned about Nate. This media attention is the last thing he needs. Last time, his mother showed up here." I glance up at the TV. "She's insane."

Understatement of the year.

*****

*James*

Julia is a little mother hen. We all know this already. So I'm not surprised she has taken mike under her wing to help him detox. She's currently with him now so he can pack a bag and stay here in this apartment for a little while so she can get him back on his feet. Once again, I think to myself how outstanding of a nurse Julia would be if she worked here. She's gone through detox plenty of times to know what she's doing as well as show compassion to the patients because she's been through it herself. She just needs to heal from her own trauma first so she can help others, though I think she uses helping others to help herself heal...if that makes any sense.

As I think that very thought, there's a knock on the Avalon door, meaning they are back. Paul opens the door and to our surprise, it's Dr. Tremont standing in the doorway, holding a half-asleep half crying Julia in his arms. She holds on to his shirt tightly and whimpers into his chest. It's a good fifteen-minute walk from one side of the Avalon to here so she must have cried the whole way to exhaust herself like this. It's hard to watch her when she's like this. There's no talking to her. She just continues to sob until she eventually falls asleep. Nate has seen it happen many more times than I have but even still, it never gets easy to watch. Even Paul has to look away.

"What the hell happened?" Paul snaps as he closes the door.

Trevor shakes his head as he walks in tiredly, setting Julia down on the couch.

"Cara had an....episode." He whispers. Maggie jumps up on to the couch and lays down right next to Julia who is pretty much asleep. "Does she usually cry herself to the point of exhaustion? Because that's what she just did. It took a lot out of her, and I've only seen a handful of patients who have done this."

"Yes." Both me and Paul say at the same time.

"If whatever happened was bad enough." I add and look back at the now sleeping Julia who still sniffs and whimpers every few seconds. "What happened with Cara?

"She attacked both Julia and Mike in the hallway when she realized her drugs were confiscated. The guard had to restrai-"

"Did Julia see that happen?" Paul cuts the doctor off sharply, already knowing what Trevor was going to say.

Trevor nods slowly. He's put the pieces together already.

"She saw everything."

"SHIT!" Paul runs his hands through his hair. It's not often you see him show emotion but lately, when it comes to Julia, I have seen him slip out of bodyguard mode and show his human side more and more. He has a soft spot for Julia. I can't tell if that soft spot is attraction or if he thinks of Julia like a little sister like Cara, but there's something there. She broke down Paul's wall. Very hard to do.