Juliet Vasquez

**Juliet Grace Vasquez** is the main character of the *ABND* series. She was introduced in *A Brand New Direction* as a sophomore at William McKinley High School. Julie is best friends with John Brown, Alex Zimmerman, Kitty Wilde and Bree Welsh and the mother of Isabella and Gabriella Evans. She joins the New Directions halfway through her sophomore year, as well as the Cheerios. Her sophomore year, Julie watches the glee club from the sidelines but soon becomes a pivotal member of the team. In the adult years, Julie becomes a songwriter and later a professional singer and CEO of JV Records. She gets married to Alex Zimmerman but the two divorce after two years of marriage and becoming parents to Rosalie Zimmerman.

## Series Overview

Julie went through many changes and hardships through the series. In Book 1, Julie is involved in a love triangle with Sam Evans and Ryder Lynn and at some point dates both, though neither relationship lasts. She also experiences trouble with her mental health and experiences a manic episode as part of her bipolar disorder. In Book 2, Julie begins her junior year on top of the social pyramid and grows very close to Kitty and Bree, as well as Jake. She and John go through a major fight over her changing due to her popularity but later make up. She eventually dates Ryder, though his best friend Jake develops feelings for her, too. She also meets her mother, whom she believed to be dead, and they start to have a real relationship until her mother dies, sending Julie through a long period of depression. In Book 3, Julie and Ryder break up and she is pursued by Stefan Montgomery, but she ignores him and dates Jake instead. They date for most of the book, making him the longest lasting relationship she has had throughout the series. She goes through another period of changing when she lets popularity and power get to her head but eventually returns to normal after Alex convinces her that no one can truly change. During the book, Julie discovers a passion for songwriting and gives her material to a band formed by Sam. She battles feelings for him and eventually has sex with him, cheating on Jake and ending their relationship. When Sam chooses to stay with his girlfriend Mandy, Julie decides to shun him and his band mate John out of her life after graduation. During the missing years, Julie attends Stanford University and keeps in touch with most of her friends, especially Kitty and Alex. They often visit her in school, especially after Sam shows up following Mandy having a miscarriage and proposes to her. She rejects him and doesn't see him again for years. Later Julie meets Shawn Lockwood, the heir of a large fortune, and the two fall in love. Shawn proposes and Julie accepts, but he eventually breaks off the engagement when his family thinks she is not good enough and threatens to take away his inheritance. Julie returns to Lima after graduation and continues her work as a songwriter for a year. Her college friends Albany and Luke move there with her and they live together. Julie is generally happy in Lima, though she has grown apart from many of her friends, most notably Bree, Jake, Ryder, John and Sam. She does not reconnect with them until Book 4, when glee club hosts the annual alumni reunion. Sam's band, Crystal Army come to work on their album at Blackbird Records, the label she is writing for. Julie eventually signs with the label as a recording artist herself and moves in with Alex, whom she grew very close to during the time jump. She begins a sexual relationship with Sebastian Smythe but this ends after he refuses to be exclusive with her. Julie realizes she's still in love with Sam just before his wedding and after it is canceled goes on his honeymoon with him and their friends. During this time, Julie has been relying on abusing prescription drugs for energy and while high has sex with Sam again. Julie's debut album comes out and is very successful, but she does not get to enjoy its launch due to trouble with Sam and her health. She later discovers that she is pregnant and the two start considering a relationship, but eventually decide that they are not right for each other and should not risk a failed relationship for the sake of their daughters. Julie gets the starring role in a Disney film and a spot opening on tour for a famous country pop star. In Book 5, Julie grows very close to Ryder during her pregnancy but begins to rethink whether to be romantically involved with Sam or not. At John's wedding to Leila, Julie faints and falls into a brief shock coma, while Sam is shot and put into a longer comatose state. During this period Julie gives birth to twin daughters Isabella and Gabriella and experiences postpartum depression. Ryder reveals that he is in love with her but she chooses to wait for Sam instead. After many errors, she is dropped from her label and her friends worry that the twins will be in danger around her. When Sam wakes up from his coma, he briefly removes the twins from her care, but they later make up and Julie begins recovering. The two start a romantic relationship that only lasts days until Sam realizes he stopped being in love with her long ago and the spark is gone. Over Spring Break, Ryder fights for Julie and eventually proposes but she declines and the two start a romantic relationship instead. She records a duet with Nick Jonas and he asks her to go on tour with him. In Book 6, Julie and Ryder experience trouble in their relationship while Julie balances co-parenting with Sam and her tour with Nick. They eventually split up due to Ryder being unwilling to wait for Julie. She is absent from Lima for many weeks, during which she sees great success in her career but many failures in her personal life. Later she discovers that Ryder has started seeing someone and in her grief, she sleeps with Nick but the two decide not to explore their romance due to her feelings for Ryder. After Ryder rejects her proposal to get back together, Julie returns to her tour and decides to take a break from romance while she focuses on her career. She struggles with her mental health again after suffering from a depressive episode that leads her to a suicide attempt, after which she has a short stay in rehab to recover. Later she meets Caleb Bennett and immediately falls for him, going on to date him as she fulfills many career milestones and accomplishments. She also becomes a judge on the reality TV series Starmaker, after which she returns to Lima to work on her third album and start up a new record label.

## Biography

* A Brand New Direction
* To The Next Level
* Back to the Top
* World of Chances
* Race to the Finish
* Push to the Limit
* It's Not Over Yet

Glease

Julie attends the New Directions' production of Glease with her best friend John. She is impressed by the show and discusses it with him as they leave. When John leaves her alone to pursue Sugar, Julie goes to her locker and overhears Finn and Rachel having a fight. She leaves and John drives her home, where her brother Cory tells her she should join New Directions. As much as she tries to picture herself a part of them, she can't.

The Proposal

Julie sees McKinley full of glee alumni and runs into Jake, a glee sophomore who flirts with her and asks her to dance with them at Sectional. They are interrupted by Kitty, who mocks Julie for quitting the Cheerios earlier that year. Humiliated, Julie walks off and tells Tina and Sugar that she's never going to dance for them.

Later, Julie passes by the lunch room and sees the beginning of Quinn, Santana and Brittany's performance of Come See About Me. Tina invites her into the room and after the performance she, Brittany, and Unique interrogate her about Jake but let her know they don't want her. Finn overhears and asks Julie to join them, but she declines. He instead tells her to come to rehearsals before she makes up her mind.

Rehearsals

Julie attends the New Directions Sectionals rehearsals and Finn tries convincing her to join glee club. She witnesses Marley and Jake rehearsing "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" and continues showing up for their practices.

Later while the choir room is empty, Julie plays "Part of Your World" on the piano and thinks someone overhears her.

Thanksgiving

Julie attends Sectionals with John and Cory. She watches them prepare backstage with Finn but then returns to her seat for the show. When the kids perform "Gangnam Style" and Marley faints, Jake and Finn beg Julie to go in her place, revealing that it was Sam who heard her singing earlier. They convince Julie to go on stage, where she duets with Jake on "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?".

After

It's All Games

Karaoke

Glee, Actually

A Fair Warning

The New Year

Asking Him

Sadie Hawkins Dance

The Men of McKinley

Diva

Valentine's Week Challenge

The Wedding

Hotel

Cheer Me Up

Inspiration

Excited

Trio

Britney x3

Rite of Passage

Payback's a Bree

Hot N' Cold

Awkward

Complicated

Over

Legacy

Adams-Wilde vs Hart-Brown

Misunderstanding

The End of the Beginning

The Fall Musical

War for a Role

Resurface

Never Set Me Free

she really had any 'plans' for New York. Nothing she did was something she could have planned a week earlier. However, her plan may have been getting Rachel kicked out of Glee club as she stated she wanted to, to Brittany and Santana).

Over the Summer

Brand New Day

Burning Bridges

Assembly

The Next One

Captains

Fantasy Mentors

Nearly Famous

Boyfriend Draft

Date Night

Punk

Loaded Gun

The Fall

which leads to Sue saying, "I don't see how that's possible." She graduates and near the end is seen saying bye to Rachel while hugging Santana.

Where Are They Now?

4 Months Later

New New Directions

Reunion

I Will Fall

Off-Campus

Entourage

Quinn is barely seen in a flashback when Will remembers the moment when they won Nationals.

Damaged

The Teen Choice Awards

Plan B

Rush

Accomplishment

Small Bump

Phone Hacks and Skype

1, 2 Step

Daddy Issues

Quinn is first mentioned by Tina that why isn't she in New York to support Rachel for her Broadway Opening Night. Later, Kurt tells Rachel that Quinn sent some flowers praising her for her show.

October

Ben's First Birthday

New Faces, Same Places

Take It Off Or Take Off

Same Directions

Break Free

Perfect Sense

I Will Be

Let It Go

2023 MTV Video Music Awards

Julie talks to Keith, who walks her through the plans for the VMAs with Jake, but she is too distracted thinking through all of her issues with Nick, Francesca, and Crystal Army.

Crystal Army discuss Julie and whether Alex can handle reuniting with her on camera.

Julie and Jake have lunch and discuss their plans for answering questions at the awards show. She assures him that he has been successful all on his own.

The Rhythmix girls think Leila should be concerned about Jake and Julie doing the carpet walk together but Leila says she trusts them both.

Julie and Jake arrive at the awards and people watching back home discuss it.

Julie finds Alex's watch on the ground and then runs into him as he searches for it. They awkwardly reunite and Tyler reminds them that they are on camera, both guys then hugging her before walking away. Julie does an interview, then goes into the arena. Caleb isn't there yet but she finds him backstage with Amity and members of Taylor Swift's squad.

Julie meets Kanye West and finds out the Kardashians are fans of her music. She then watches as Nick performs "Chains" during which Alex asks Julie if the song was possibly written about her, trying to make her and Caleb uncomfortable.

Julie's music video team wins an award and then she and Jake are presented with Best Collaboration. They give their thank you speeches and then go backstage, where they quickly celebrate their win before returning to their seats. Julie also wins Best Female Video and later presents Crystal Army with Best Rock Video.

In Lima, her friends discuss the choices MTV made for ratings when it came to Julie and Crystal Army. Kim Kardashian presents Julie with the coveted Video of the Year award.

AlexEndedFrancescaParty

Julie overhears Alex saying he doesn't like Caleb and gets mad. She hangs out with Caleb, eventually heading to the bar where she sees Alex and John having fun and drinking. She angrily begins to take several shots in a row until Haley arrives and, annoyed, she takes a drink and Caleb out to the dance floor to have fun.

At the after after party, Julie is with Caleb and has now gotten very drunk. She tells Caleb an incoherent story, which Alex overhears and retorts was a bad tale. She gets angry at this and his rudeness and accuses him of being drunk, to which he says that she is, too, and he saw her intake a lot of alcohol throughout the night. She accuses him of stalking her and questions why he wasn't paying more attention to his date, when Haley arrives. Julie becomes more upset and leaves. Alex follows her outside and they argue, with Alex accusing her of being jealous that he's with Haley now. Julie tells him that she's only upset because Alex moved on so quickly that it would've been better if he hadn't told her how he felt at all. After more fighting, she gets sick and begins throwing up. Caleb and Haley arrive and Alex offers his hotel room for Julie to rest until she feels better.

Julie throws up in Alex's hotel bathroom and just as she is finishing, Alex arrives to throw up, too. Caleb helps her to the bed and goes out to get her water while Haley watches over her. The two bond over their mutual annoyance in Alex's general behavior and Julie notes that Haley's a very nice girl. Haley and Caleb take care of her and Alex as they fall asleep side by side.

Alex wakes Julie up to tell her that Caleb and Haley are gone. Later, they return and the four prepare to check out together, but Julie decides to ditch Alex and Haley and avoid an awkward goodbye. Outside, Julie is surrounded by paparazzi who ask her if she wants to press charges against Francesca. Confused, Julie gets into her car and rides away with Caleb, checking online to find out what the photographers meant. She then discovers that Alex has leaked a video secretly recording Francesca's confession to swapping her pills, prompting the hashtag #AlexEndedFrancescaParty to trend all over the internet. She is upset, as this means Alex has set off a public feud that she isn't likely to get away from any time soon.

Julie calls John in hopes of speaking to Alex, who has been avoiding all calls. She berates him for not speaking to her before leaking the videos and the two get into a fight, with Alex claiming he was just trying to help her. Julie is too upset to talk and after blaming everything on him hangs up.

Julie gets a call from Nick, who wants to apologize for Francesca's behavior and assure her they are over. Despite Nick's attempts at making amends, Julie tells him she would rather take several steps back from the entire situation, which means not seeing him anymore unless it's business-related.

The High Road

Julie is followed around by the paparazzi, especially as she prepares to film the next live show for Starmaker. The other judges ask about the Francesca scandal and encourage her to press charges or sue, but Julie informs them that she is choosing to move on from the situation immediately. She is more concerned with which contestant she will send home (Annie, Ronald, Jorge, or Idle Cravings). She is distracted through the performances, even during Annie's despite all of the other judges thoroughly enjoying it. The producers want her to keep Annie and Idle Cravings for as long as she can, but Julie prefers Jorge. Xavier tells her he is eliminating Jason, after which Jason performs Unchained Melody and reminds Julie of how different her life was ten years ago. She then praises him and goes backstage to call her dad and ask for advice. Tony tells her to do whatever she wants and not what other people want her to do. During eliminations she saves Jason from Xavier's elimination, meaning she now has to eliminate two contestants from her team. Despite the producers' pressure, Julie takes her father's advice and eliminates Ronald and Idle Cravings, deciding that from now on she is calling the shots, not the show runners.

Julie calls Alex to remind him of how long they have been friends. She tells him that in junior year when Jake confessed his feelings for her and she rejected him, they found a way to still be friends, which means the two of them as adults now are capable of doing the same. Alex reminds her, however, that she was only friends with Jake shortly before dating him and that it gave him false hope that the same could happen with them. They then apologize to each other for how much they have fought, agreeing that they are now both dating great people. They decide to try to go back to normal, making plans to hang out soon.

Reunion League Tour Rehearse Coffee Dad

Ade and Autumn mention that Julie is about to go on tour and is taking Rhythmix and Lyric to open up for her. Ade expresses a desire to talk to her in hopes of getting a job at JV Records. At the reunion, they are asked if the news about Julie and Alex getting eloped are true.Personality

Julie is generally likable and happy, despite having a series of sporadic emotion moments when she experiences bipolar episodes. As a cheerleader, Julie became the first strong, kind leader of the social pyramid and helped keep order around the school. Julie has a hard time forming close bonds with people, which stems from the absence of her mother in her life, and this has not changed throughout the series. She has had commitment issues throughout the series, especially during the adult years and in her relationship with Ryder.

Julie is a caring person and values loyalty a lot, as evident by her long-lasting friendships with John, Kitty and Alex. She is a talented writer and her songs are all written from personal experience. She is often described as extremely emphatic and is typically and honest and expressive person. She is not shown to be religious and describes herself as agnostic, despite many members of her family being devout Christians.

## Relationships

* Sam Evans
* Ryder Lynn
* Jake Puckerman
* Shawn Lockwood
* Sebastian Smythe
* Nick Jonas
* John Brown
* Alex Zimmerman
* Caleb Bennett
* Dan Roberts
* Andy Winters

*Main article: Julie-Sam Relationship* *(Jam)*
Julie feels attracted to Sam from the beginning of the series but doesn't develop feelings until she has joined glee club. Sam realizes he feels the same way during Mr. Schue's wedding and confesses this to Julie the next week, soon after breaking up with Brittany. The two go on a date and share a kiss in Matchmaker but do not begin dating until Auditions. They last a month before tensions over Julie's growing friendship with Ryder and Sam's lingering feelings for Brittany tear them apart. While Julie dates Ryder, Sam makes small efforts to win her back, but she eventually chooses to be with neither. Throughout the series, they continue to show feelings for each other and Sam is a constant obstacle in Julie's relationships, but neither admits to it, especially after Sam starts dating Mandy and Julie gets back together with Ryder in *To The Next Level*. While Julie is dating Jake, she becomes a songwriter for Sam's band and writes many songs about him. Though Jake is generally cool about Sam and Julie spending so much time together, Mandy is very jealous and constantly threatened by Julie. When Sam reveals his plans to propose to Mandy, Julie becomes concerned for him and they get into a fight. In Until We Can't Ignore Them Anymore, she confesses her love for him and begs him not to marry Mandy. They end up having sex but Sam chooses to stay with Mandy after she reveals that she is pregnant. The two part ways but after Mandy has a miscarriage, Sam breaks up with her and goes to see Julie, proposing to her and getting rejected. He goes back to Mandy and they don't see each other again until the glee club reunion years later. Throughout *World of Chances*, Sam and Julie experience a lot of tension and show jealousy towards each other's romantic partners, but it isn't until Three is a Party that Julie admits she's still in love with him. In Speak Now, Julie attends Sam's wedding to Mandy, where Sam says "I do" but Mandy does not. Distraught, Julie asks Alex to run away with her but he takes her to the band's private jet, where Sam is preparing to go to his honeymoon in Hawaii in hopes of meeting Mandy there. During the trip, Julie and Sam fight a lot until everyone realizes Julie is not ok. It is revealed that Julie has been taking pills and while high she goes to see Sam and confesses her love for him. Again he tries to resist her but they end up sleeping together. He then rejects her due to hopes that he can still get Mandy back, but later changes his mind and tries to win Julie's forgiveness. She rejects him until she finds out that she is pregnant, but keeps this a secret from him until she can figure out whether he is going to stick around now. She eventually tells him about the pregnancy and he seems to be excited, though they are both anxious about becoming parents. They wish to be together but eventually decide that for the sake of their kid they should not start a relationship. Over the summer, Julie and Sam rarely speak and keep the pregnancy a secret from the world. In *Race to the Finish*, they find out that they are having twins and Sam grows anxious about Julie's health due to his past trauma with Mandy's miscarriage. Julie reveals that she is pregnant in Rush and following ruthless negative responses from his fans, Sam reveals himself as the father later in I Am. I Said. They grow closer throughout the next weeks and spend a lot of time thinking about possibly giving their romance a shot, but these plans are thwarted when Sam falls into a coma following the shooting at John's wedding in At Least We'll Both Be Numb. While Sam is in a coma, Julie is extremely devoted to him until the twins are born. After that, she becomes distant and struggles with bonding with their daughters. She also develops romantic feelings for Ryder but chooses to wait for Sam. When Sam wakes up, she is ready to be with him but he is worried about her health. When she begins recovering, they start a romance that only lasts a few days because Sam realizes he has long ago fallen in love with Julie and that she is in love with Ryder. Since then, Sam and Julie's relationship has remained strictly platonic and he has stopped being an obstacle in her love life, though they continue struggling over how to parent the twins and divide custody.

*Main article: Julie-Ryder Relationship* *(Jyder/Rylie)*
Julie and Ryder met prior to the first book, when Julie attempted to tutor Ryder. He eventually gave up on tutoring and they never spoke again until the post-Sectionals party in After. They start off a bit antagonistic towards each other due to Ryder being protective over Marley and suspicious of Julie's intentions and the nature of her relationship with Jake. Ryder continues acting cold towards her until The Wedding, when Julie and Ryder bond over both being single. While Julie and Sam begin dating, Ryder and Julie become good friends and Sam is very jealous of how close they become. In Singing with Feeling, Ryder tries to kiss Julie but she stops him. He confesses his feelings for her and soon after she and Sam break up due to Sam's lingering feelings for Brittany. In Something, Ryder serenades Julie and asks her to the prom, which she says yes to. All is well between them until Jake and Marley's break up causes tensions between them. They eventually make up but Sam makes attempts at winning Julie back. She chooses Ryder, however, and the two begin to date. They are together a few weeks but problems stemming from Ryder's jealousy and Julie's manic behavior during a bipolar episode tears them apart. Ryder spends the beginning of *To The Next Level* trying to win her back and eventually succeeds halfway through, though he once again exhibits jealousy due to her and Jake sharing a kiss on Valentine's Day. They stay together until the beginning of their senior year, when Ryder's insecurities lead him to break up with her. He regrets this when he sees Jake expressing more interest in her, however, but she decides to be with Jake and the two once again become antagonistic towards each other. After fighting for the school presidency, Ryder realizes he has treated Julie unfairly and drops out of the race for her, as well as promises not to intervene with her new relationship with Jake. They stay friends throughout the years but grow apart when Ryder is in Sam's band and she decides to push out the latter. He eventually quits the band due to a fight about Sam not leaving Julie alone, though she never finds out about this. In *World of Chances*, they stay friendly with each other but show discomfort when Julie begins sleeping with Sebastian and Ryder dates Harmony. When Julie becomes pregnant, Ryder becomes a close confidant of hers and the two start to grow close again. In *Race to the Finish*, Ryder is seen as one of Julie's best friends. She is too blinded by her on-and-off relationship with Sam to realize that Ryder is in love with her until Seventeen, when he drives her home after a Christmas party and kisses her. Though Ryder shows affection after that, Julie rejects him over guilt that Sam is in a coma and she is developing feelings for someone else. Ryder continues to be a good friend to her, however, even when she makes all efforts to push him away. When she fails to make her relationship with Sam work, she and Ryder have a lot of tension between them. In Spring Break, Ryder struggles with whether or not to profess his love to her, but in A Decent Proposal he apologizes for all his mistakes over the years and asks her to marry him. She declines but they start dating and move very quickly in their relationship, wanting to eventually work towards engagement. Ryder grows jealous over Julie's friendship with Nick and becomes clingy when she goes out on tour, freaking out when she starts becoming distant. They date for eight months before breaking up in *Push to the Limit* due to Julie's inability to stay put and Ryder's insecurities when she is away. Ryder avoids her any time she is in town after that and very soon after begins dating Brooke. After Julie sleeps with Nick, they fight over whether or not they should have moved on and in Jyder Julie goes to see him in person for the first time since breaking up. They fight and though she wants to get back together, he rejects her and the two part ways for good.

*Main article: Jake-Julie Relationship* *(Jalie)*
Julie meets Jake in The Proposal when he flirts with her and invites her to join glee club. In a sense, he started her journey with New Directions that day and the two have always shared a special connection. At Sectionals, Julie took Marley's place and sang with a duet with Jake. Since then, she and Jake maintained a friendly relationship, nearly sharing a kiss during spin the bottle at the after party. When Jake and Marley break up, he flirts with Julie among other girls, though she never takes his advances seriously. In *To The Next Level*, they are paired up together during a duet assignment and get to know each other better. Jake becomes a close friend of Julie's and is often the first person she goes to during times of trouble. She confides in him solely when her mother returns to town and she even takes him to go meet her. On Valentine's Day, he shows up at her house and surprises her by kissing her, but he denies having feelings for her when she chooses Ryder. Julie and Jake promise to remain close friends and Jake turns to a fling with Kitty in an attempt to forget how he feels about Julie. This doesn't work however and at the start of their senior year he finds himself pulled to her even more. When Ryder breaks up with Julie, Jake begins to pursue her and gives all he's got to convince her to stop trying to win Ryder back. He succeeds and the two start dating in Jalie. For the most part, Jake and Julie have a very great relationship. Julie is there for him when his father comes back into the picture and leaves, and stands by him after discovering that Kitty was pregnant and had an abortion. They start to have trouble in Winter Ball when Julie starts spending time with Stefan and begins falling into the hype of popularity. In Jealousy Jake struggles with seeing her flirt with Stefan and other guys but gets over it, not wanting to repeat the same troubles she had with Ryder the previous year. They have a steady relationship until The Bachelor when Julie mistakenly bids on Alex's basket at the date auction instead of his. After this, they are in detention together during the school shooting and get trapped in Mr. Schue's office with Sam. When Jake leaves to look for Kitty, Julie becomes vulnerable and has sex with Sam. She breaks up with him due to the guilt and her desire to be with Sam, not telling him about the cheating even when Sam rejects her. Jake continues pursuing her and asks her to prom but she says no and goes with Ryder instead. Julie avoids Jake until they are crowned Prom King and Queen together and are forced to share a dance. During this, she confesses that she cheated with Sam and he leaves. They talk and he confesses that he still loves her but can't be near her. Later at McKinley, Jake sees Sam and punches him. He then goes on a streak of bad decisions, flirting with other girls and maintaining a distance in an attempt to get over Julie. He disappears after graduation but tries to see her again during their college years, only to find that she is on a date with Shawn. He leaves and they don't actually see each other again until 4 Months Later. After various awkward encounters, they start becoming friends again and rekindle their romance. In Fun, they sleep together for the first time and begin a brief fling, which she ends in A Mika Story because she doesn't think that they can work out for very long. After this it is awkward at first, but they stay friends and move on. They are on good terms until Julie and Ryder break up in *Push to the Limit* but they make up soon after that and have stayed friends ever since.

*Main article: Julie-Shawn Relationship* *(Shawlie)*
Julie met Shawn in Stanford, where they both attended college. After flirting for a few weeks, Shawn asked Julie out and took her out on romantic yacht dinner, during which they got to know each other. They didn't date for very long but fell madly in love and Shawn eventually proposed. Julie accepted immediately and they were planning the wedding when Shawn's grandfather spoke out against the engagement, citing Julie's family's lack of prestige and fortune as well as her poor career choices as reasons for his disapproval. He threatened Shawn with taking away his trust fund if he married Julie and despite his love for her, he broke up with her. Soon after, he married a different girl whom his family approved of. Years later, Shawn and Julie reconnect and he reveals that he got a divorce and left his family's money, feeling terrible for ever choosing it over her. He calls his decision the biggest regret of his life and reveals that he has written a book entitled *Losing Juliet* about their relationship and fallout. Julie reads the manuscript and starts reminiscing on their romance but eventually forgets about Shawn and decides never to give him another chance. He sticks around town when Andy decides he wants to produce the book into a movie, annoying Julie. Later, Shawn begins dating Harmony and Julie is bothered by the relationship. She confronts Shawn about it, fearing that he is using Harmony the way he used her, and convinces him to leave town and leave Harmony behind. He obeys and isn't heard from again.

*Main article: Julie-Sebastian Relationship* *(Seblie)*
Sebastian saw Julie perform many times during their school years and was impressed by her voice, but the two did not meet until she moves back to Lima following her high school graduation. They see each other during show choir coach meetings and Julie begins assisting him with the coaching of The Warblers. When Sam returns to town, Sebastian pretends to be Julie's boyfriend and asks her to be a writer at his new label, Blackbird Records. Julie accepts and the two spend a lot of time together piecing together new music for Santana. Sebastian is initially rude to Julie, but flirtatious and he begins to favor her at the label after signing her on as an artist. He reveals that he has feelings for her in Secrets and after being rejected starts treating her very poorly at the label. The two start having a secret fling in Winter Wonderland after sharing a kiss under the mistletoe, but their relationship is mostly sexual. Julie explores her sexuality with Sebastian and starts developing feelings for him that are far beyond his own, so she asks him to be exclusive. He denies the offer however and they break off their fling. After this, Sebastian starts becoming antagonistic towards her and shows jealousy towards her relationships, briefly believing that she and Alex are an item before realizing Sam is the one she truly likes. He forces her to date Andy for publicity and continues to hinder her career, later revealing to her that he never liked her to begin with and was only with her to take advantage of her for the label's benefit. In *Race to the Finish* he uses her postpartum troubles as an excuse to drop her from the label but regrets his decision after seeing the success of her music in her new label. He offers her to come back to Blackbird Records but she refuses him.

*Main article: Julie-Nick Relationship* *(Nulie)*
Julie first meets Nick while working on *Cursed* together. Because of their co-star relationship, he occasionally performs in Tracy Moore's tour and the two become very close over the summer of 2021. Nick discovers that she is pregnant and sends her a better fitting dress before the Teen Choice Awards, later appearing there with her and becoming a strong supporter. When Julie is dropped from her label for attempting to steal Santana's song, Nick contacts her in disbelief and tells her he has helped her out and submitted a replacement song for their movie's soundtrack. He pursues her as an artist for his label, SafeHouse Records, and eventually convinces her to sign a record deal with him. Nick constantly pushes Julie to keep pursuing her career and later asks her to record a duet with him for his upcoming album. They write Close together and he offers her a spot opening for him on tour. She eventually takes the offer and goes on the road with him, which becomes an issue and the eventual reason for termination in her relationship with Ryder. Many rumors fly around about Julie and Nick but they deny them. When Julie discovers that Ryder has started seeing someone new, Nick is there to comfort her, having just broken up with his girlfriend, Francesca Durand. The two end up sleeping together and though he suggests that they start a relationship, she rejects him due to her remaining feelings for Ryder. They continue touring together and Julie admits to John that it is still a bit awkward due to their one night together. After Julie's meltdown in The Bell Jar, the label forces Nick to drop Julie from his tour, causing them to grow apart. In #AlexEndedFrancescaParty Nick calls Julie to apologize after discovering that Francesca was the one who switched Julie's pills. Julie tells him that she wants to move past it but it's best if they aren't close friends anymore.

*Main article: John-Julie Relationship* *(Jolie)*
Julie and John start off the series as best friends, which doesn't change until they kiss at the Sectionals after party. Julie develops a crush on John and is very jealous when he dates Sugar and later when Kitty starts to pursue him. She realizes that she is over her crush while discussing it with Ryder at Mr. Schue's wedding reception. They have stayed friends during the remainder of the series, despite facing some minor setbacks and experiencing major fights.

*Main article: Alex-Julie Relationship* *(Jolex)*
Julie first notices Alex in detention, where she sees him smoking. Later, he auditions for *Hairspray* and joins the glee club, but she doesn't interact with him much until the duet competition in Eye of the Tiger when neither of them has a partner and they are stuck working together. Alex seems to annoy Julie at first with his bold statements and observations about her and her personality, but they slowly start to become friends. When Julie becomes an outcast due to her bipolar disorder coming out, Alex offers her comfort and advice. In Book 3, they star in Spring Awakening together after Julie takes Bree's place in the show last minute. They share an on stage kiss and sex scene. Alex and Julie spend a lot of time together due to his friendships with John and Dan, though the two are not particularly close. When the glee club decides that Julie has changed for the worse, Alex talks to Julie alone and assures her that she is still the same good person she always has been. During the date auction, Julie mistakenly purchases Alex's basket, thinking it belonged to Jake. They go on a bowling date together and have a lot of fun. After Julie and Jake break up, Alex expresses concern for Julie. When Julie says goodbye to Sam and John for good after graduation, she goes home and finds Alex there, hugging him and allowing him to comfort her. During their college years, Alex is one of Julie's most frequent visitors at Stanford. They often meet up back in Lima together and grow very close to each other. After Alex graduates from MIT, he returns to Lima and pays her a visit. It is revealed that Alex is joining Crystal Army and while Julie is unhappy at first, she accepts his choice and becomes a supporter. Later, Julie moves in with Alex and the two start becoming best friends, sharing intimate details about their personal lives with each other. Julie does not like Alex's girlfriend Kara and often buds heads with him about her. They experience trouble in their friendship when it becomes difficult to live with each other's habits and Julie moves out but eventually they make up and Alex kisses Julie, citing Sebastian appearing as the reason. He then convinces Sebastian that he and Julie are an item and she is forced to go along with it, though the charade doesn't last. In Sink or Swim, Alex is worried about Julie's mental state and takes her to his family's house, where he pushes her into a pool. After she almost drowns, he saves her but realizes she is high when she starts to hallucinate and kisses him, confessing that she wanted to kiss Sam. After the debacle at Sam's wedding, Julie asks Alex to run away with her and he accepts but he takes her to Sam instead. Alex is very concerned after discovering her abuse of drugs. When Julie finds out that she is pregnant, she immediately tells Alex and he helps her out a lot through her pregnancy. The two go on tour together with Tracy Moore over the summer. Much like with Kara, Julie does not like Tracy for Alex, but keeps quiet. In *Race to the Finish*, Julie and Alex start writing a lot more together and he helps her advance in her album. At John's wedding he is shot while trying to save her and he is a strong support for her during Sam's coma. She names one of her daughters Gabriella Alexandra after him and he is chosen as her godfather. Julie and Alex become even closer later and start to experience fame at the same time. In *Push to the Limit* Alex moves into Julie's house. When Ryder and Julie break up, she turns to Alex for comfort, and he has been a loyal friend to her. After Julie's suicide attempt in The Bell Jar Alex saves her and grows even closer to her, eventually developing feelings for her. She does not reciprocate, however, and their relationship becomes strained due to both of them starting to see new people. However, as time passes they both become jealous of each other's partners and Julie realizes she has feelings for Alex too. Caleb breaks up with her, giving her time to figure it out, and Julie decides to give Alex a chance but his insecurity about not being good enough for her causes him to mess things up on their first date. He leaves the country on short hiatus from her and his band and during this time Julie tries to get over him and Caleb but only manages the latter. Alex finally returns for Jesse's funeral and the two decide to go away together, spending a while locked away in Stefan's cabin. There they make love for the first time and confess their love to each other. They have ups and downs since but Julie decides she loves Alex too much to let anything get in the way and the two propose to each other. When Kara returns, they nearly break up, but stay together regardless and elope while on vacation in Bermuda.

*Main article: Caleb-Julie Relationship* *(Callie)*
Julie meets Caleb after escaping rehab, while staying at a Bed & Breakfast with Alex, Dan and Dean. They later run into each other at a film and television young writers award ceremony, where Caleb is nominated for an award. Caleb invites Julie to visit the set of his TV show, where she is given a cameo. Julie is very taken with Caleb but does not think he feels the same way. Later, Alex invites Caleb to one of their shows on tour, where he tells him about Julie's feelings for him. Caleb then acts on his own feelings and he and Julie begin to date. They get along very well, but often fight over Julie's closeness to Alex and Alex's evident feelings for her.

*Main article: Dan-Julie Relationship*
When Dan joins New Directions, Julie is the first person to be nice to him, so he has a small crush on her. Later, their parents start dating and he gets over the crush, telling her about it when he starts crushing on Harmony instead. Since then, the two have shared a brother-sister relationship only. In the summer of 2014, their parents marry each other and Dan moves into Julie's house. They grow very close after that, with Julie being very protective over Dan. After the college years, Dan experiences more immediate success than Julie does, so she grows a bit jealous of him and the support their parents give him. Later, the tables turn and Dan becomes jealous of Julie's success in music. After a falling out due to his leaked messages, they make up but are never as close as they were before.

*Main article: Andy-Julie Relationship*
Julie meets Andy during her first appearance on The Tonight Show and while she is impressed by him, she grows to dislike him after he is very rude to her. Later, he shows up at Lima after Sebastian offers him an undisclosed large sum of money to be Julie's publicity boyfriend, forcing Julie to end her fake relationship with Alex. Both Alex and Julie dislike Andy, who doesn't like them either and is only intrigued by Bree. Bree begins dating Andy, who finds out about Shawn's book *Losing Juliet* and decides to produce it into a movie. Julie mostly ignores Andy's presence and is secretly glad when he and Bree break up.Songs

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* B1
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* B3
* B4
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* B6
* B7

A Brand New Direction

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To The Next Level

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Back to the Top

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World of Chances

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Race to the Finish

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Push to the Limit

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It's Not Over Yet

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## Trivia

* Julie is an original character, named after a friend of arias3
* Julie went through many face claims, such as Jade Thirlwall, Lucy Hale, Christina Grimmie, and Naomi Scott, but ultimately the readers chose Ariana Grande.