In The Shadows

Chapter 15

Billie looks around her house, everywhere her eyes land there's a person standing or sitting, you can't see the walls or floor the house is so crowded, and for the first time since she and Harry has been together he's not right by her side, and hasn't been for about twenty minutes. It seems like everyone they graduated with decided to come here, and it's getting to the point to where she needs to escape, to breath.
Feeling an arm slide around her waist, lips on her neck, Billie sighs and leans back. "You okay?" Harry asks. "Vance and Luke had me helping them with the pig pit."

Billie shakes her head. "No, there's to many people here, I need to get out of here for a while." Billie says as she turns to face Harry. "You feel like going for a walk with me? I need some air."

"Of course babe." Harry says, hugging her to him, he then takes her hand, pulling her out the back door. "Where we going?" He asks.

"This way." Billie says, as she entwines their fingers together. "I've been meaning to bring you up here before now." Billie says as they make their way up a hill behind the house. "But with school, graduation practice, finals, the wedding rehearsals, I've just never had time before now. And with us getting married tomorrow." Billie pauses and shakes her head. "I need this now more than ever, and I want you here with me." She says as she stops under a huge tree in front of a tombstone.

Harry looks down at the writing on the stone. It read, "Loving wife and mother, Mary Jerica Morningstar" He then looks at Billie and sees a lone tear roll down her cheek. "Oh babe." Harry whispers as he picks her up, sits down so he can lean against the tree, turns her to face him and wipes the tears off her face. "You miss her?"

"So much. I'm getting married tomorrow and as close as I am to my dad, he's not mom." Billie cries as she straddles Harry's lap and lays her head on his chest. "There's things he can't do that my mom would have been able to do had she been here."

"I don't know, your dad is a pretty smart man, I'm sure he can answer any questions you have. Don't sell him short hun." Harry says as he run his fingers through her hair.

Raising her head, Billie looks up at Harry. "I know that, but he can't tell me what it'll be like to make love to a guy for the first time, now will he?"

Harry chuckles. "Good point. I've already talked to Robin about that." Harry says. "Shockingly, he thought we had already done the deed since we sleep together."

"Harry, I'm scared, I don't want to do something wrong and disappoint you." Billie says.

"Oh, Bill, no. You could never do that. Baby look at me." Harry says tugging on her hair slightly. "I have never been with a girl before, I've told you that." He says, kissing her cheeks, nose, eyes. "How will I know if either of us mess up the first time we make love? Baby, we'll just have to do what we feel like doing, what comes naturally, for us. Together we can do no wrong." Harry whispers.

Billie reaches up and runs her hands over Harry's shoulders, down his arms, to hands until she can entwine their fingers together on both hands. "You're right, we've been so in tune with each other since the day we met, we can't mess this up, it's impossible. But I'd feel better if I had some to talk to, do you think your mom would mind filling in?" She asks.

"She'd be honored, I'm sure. You can ask her later when we kick all the assholes out of our house." Harry laughs. "Damn place is so full it's hard to breath in there."

"You ready to head back? We can stay outside where we have more room." Billie says.

"Yeah, if you are. And Billie, thank you for sharing your mom with me." Harry says as he kisses her. "I love you."

"I love you." Billie says as she gets off Harry's lap, pulling him up, turning she keeps his hand in hers as they make their way back toward the house, when they reach the backyard they hear a loud argument around front, they both take off running to see what's going on.
As soon as they round the corner of the house Harry skids to a stop, causing Billie to stop also. "What is it?" She asks.

"Louis' parents." Harry says. "I don't know how they found him or why they even looked after they left him the way they did, but there they are." He points as he wraps his arm around her waist and they walk forward.

"Well, Harry is here." Dan says when he sees Harry walking toward them.

"I live here Dan. Why are you here?" Harry asks.

"Jay wanted to find Lou. It took a while, but then we remembered you moving here." Dan says. "So we thought this would be a good place to look." He says looking at Billie. "Who is the gold digger?"

Harry's eyes narrow, his jaw tenses. "Don't." Harry snaps. "You have no right to say that, this isn't my house it's hers. Mom and Robin live in town. I live here with her, her dad and brothers, Louis does too." Harry says.

"I heard something about a wedding taking place tomorrow." Jay says, speaking up for the first time. "Who is getting married?"

"We are." Harry says, pulling Billie closer to him.

Jay chuckles. "Harry stop joking around. You can't marry her, not when you promised Lottie you'd marry her once you'd graduate."

"Oh fuck off Jay, we were five and three when we made those stupid promises. Not only that but Lottie has been with Jake for the past two years, slept with him several times, I don't want someone like that. I want my Billie, so just leave. You don't do that on your own I'm sure her dad and eight brothers are more than willing to help." Harry yells.