You Make It Real (A Harry Styles Fan Fiction) {EDITING}

Chapter 30

PIPER'S P.O.V.

When that weekend was over, I reluctantly drove Harry to the airport and we said our usual goodbyes, eager to see each other only a couple weeks later. The next week, Riley and I prepared for Cory to move in, cleaning any of our items out that we kept there as if it was a storage room. I had only seen James in class ever since the party, so we planned on studying before our test, which we would take the day I got back from San Francisco. The week we were leaving, which was still unknown to Riley, Cory started to move his things in. That Wednesday, his furniture arrived and a few of his friends came over to help him put it together. I ordered pizza and supplied them with beer in return for their service. Riley thought we were going to the beach for the weekend to stay at my parent's house in Cocoa Beach. I told her to pack some cute dresses for dinners so that she would have some options. That night, I called Harry for the first time all week.

"Hey, Piper. How are you?"

"Great! I'm excited for this weekend."

"Me too. Oh, Liam wants to know if Riley's said anything. He's scared to give away the surprise so he hasn't talked to her much. Is she noticing?"

"She hasn't said anything, no."

"Good," his voice got lower, almost a whisper, "he's really nervous, it's quite funny."

I laughed loudly as someone knocked on the door.

"Come in!"

It was Cory.

"Hey, oh, sorry. Is that Harry?"

"Yeah, it is. What's up?"

"No, it's fine. I'll come back later so you guys can talk."

That was weird, but I nodded and he left the room.

"Sorry, that was Cory. A bunch of his friends are here helping him with his stuff. He should be all moved in by tomorrow!"

"Cool. Bunch of his friends, huh?"

"Don't worry, I know them all. It's all good."

"Okay, well you should get some sleep. I'm gonna make sure to wear you out this weekend."

"Looking forward to it, babe. I'll call you tomorrow. Love you, bye."

"Love you, too."

I was more exhausted than I had realized so I took a quick shower and passed out. At about 3 am, I woke up from a nightmare. I hadn't had nightmares since I came back to school but this one was worse than ever. Every nightmare was the same. I relived Matt dying at least a hundred times, but some were worse than others because I didn't wake up before I reached his motionless body; the worst part. I sat up, sweating and shaking uncontrollably. My door flung open and I heard Cory.

"Piper?"

"What?"

"Are you okay? I woke up to you screaming. Was it a nightmare again?"

I nodded and started to sob, waterfalls of tears streaming down my face. He rushed over to my bed and pulled me into a hug.

"It's okay, you're awake now. It's over. Shhh."

He knew what to do when I had a nightmare but this was worse. 

"Can you get my purse and some water? I need my pills."

He nodded and walked out to the kitchen, returning to my room with a glass of water and the bottle of pills. He opened the bottle and handed it to me and I poured out two pills, feeling the need to double up.