The Demon Within III

Return of the Demon

Katie's POV

"Y-you're what?" I must have heard him wrong, he didn't really just say that he was joining the army, right?

"I am going to become a soldier, I am joining the American army. It pays well, I'll get some great exercise out of it. It's great for our famil-"

"Harry, yes I am sure it pays well, it'll be good exercise, but what about our family? It's great for us? Harry we'll have to live in constant fear of you not coming back, what if three years later your children are waiting with me at the airport and you don't show up? Think of how heart broken we would be." I said in a trembling voice. Harry stared down at as I stepped close enough to cup his cheeks in my hands and leaned up to look him in the eye. "I can't live without you."

Only when Harry's thumb wiped a tear off of my cheek did I realize I was crying. He placed a gentle kiss on my lips and looked me in the eyes, "I'll be fine, I promise you that I will come back."

"Promises can be broken."

"But have I ever broken a promise to you?" I stared at him with teary eyes and tried to remember a time when he had broken a promise, and I couldn't find any memories like that.

"No I haven't, why would I break that streak now? I'll come back to you, alive and well, I promise."

He pulled me to his chest and rubbed my back with his hands in a soothing manner, "When do you leave?"

"In a week. Training starts on Monday."

I hugged his torso tightly and wet his shirt with tears, "Katie, please don't cry."

"H-how long will you be gone?"

"I don't know, but I will have time off to come visit you so no worries right?" He gave me a small smile and pushed a stray strand of hair behind my ear. "Lets get your mind off it. We can leave the kids with mum and go get some dinner? Just you and me."

I felt like my throat had melted together. I couldn't find the voice to speak so I just nodded. "Okay, we'll go wherever you want, so go get dressed and I'll wait for you here." He released me from his hold and stroked my hair, placing a kiss to my forehead, but I didn't move.

"Come on Katie, let go. Just for a few minutes. We've still got a week for cuddles and stuff, so go ahead and get ready." He removed my arms from around him and held me at an arms length, giving a quick kiss on my lips, "Go on Kitten, I'll be getting ready as well."

He smiled and gently nudged me toward to the stairs, slowly, I made my way up and walked into the guest room of Anne's house. I dug through my bag until I found my long-sleeved pink sweater and some jeans and put them on, along with my soft pink converse.

I then walked over to the mirror to do my make up, and jumped when my reflection came into view. My eyes were red, my cheeks were blotchy, and tear stains were visible on my cheeks.

I immediately grabbed my foundation brush to cover them up but a hand stopped me, "No make-up, go natural, you don't need any make-up because you're beautiful without it."

"Harry look at me, without make-up I look like a freak. Please give me my brush." He gave me a one sided smile and held the bag of make-up above his head, "You can have it if you can reach it."

"That's no fair your like, two feet taller than me!"

"Well then, I guess you're going without make-up. Lets go."

I groaned as he dragged me out of the house and into Anne's car that he borrowed, luckily he kept the make up bag in his hand and set it down as he started to drive, I carefully applied it on to my face without him realizing and finished just as we got to the restaurant I had suggested.

We got inside and found a booth waiting for us to order, "You didn't listen to me." Harry says with a pouty face, "What do you mean?"

"I saw you putting the make up on in the car, you can't sneak past my vision. I'm not blind you know."

I was about to tell him he was crazy when a blonde waitress with bright red lipstick came to take our order, "Welcome to Abuelo's my name is Siana and I'll be your waitress today! What would you like to drink?"

Harry's eyes flashed and his smile fell slightly, his hands shook, and his face began to get sweaty, "Harry, babe are you okay?"

"Fine, I'm fine." We ordered and started to eat our food, but Harry looked so jittery and he kept glancing over his shoulder. I noticed our waitress was eyeing our table and became uneasy, "Harry what's the matter--?"

He cleared his throat and stared down at his shaking hands, "You know I'm starting to feel a little ill, can we go home?"

"Of course I'll make you some soup later, I'm sorry you're not feeling well, lets get going yeah?"

We got to the car and started on our way home, most of the time spent in silence, I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel to the beat of the radio, "Whats wrong? Does something hurt or are you nauseous?"

"Uh, just a headache. No big deal."

"So if its 'no big deal', why did you want to leave?"

"Can just get home please?"

I sighed and stayed silent until we reached Anne's house. I got Harry some Advil and handed him a glass of water, "Take this, it'll help with your head."

"Thank you. I'm sorry we had to leave babe I really am, but you can't stop an illness."

"Well that illness better stay until next week so you won't have to leave me, I won't have to worry about you all the time." I looked away from him with my hands in my lap and vision blurred with tears, "Hey, baby look at me," His fingers wrapped around my chin and gently turned my head to look in his direction, "I already told you, I'll be fine, please stop worrying about me." His arm wrapped around my waist, his forehead resting itself on my own and eyes filling with their own tears, "Please."

My lips suddenly were covered by Harry's and we cuddled for the rest of the night, not knowing what lie ahead in our future.

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Third persons POV

After the Styles couple left, Siana, who was more than just their waitress smirked to herself as she made her way back to the kitchen, her waitress uniform disappearing in a flash of golden light and being replaced with a skimpy tank top and shorts, "So, what now Master?"

The Master, who sat in a swivel chair, smirked to himself in his crimson red suit and black tie, his red-tinted glasses glinting in the fires' light, "Now, we wait. We wait for them to come to us, then, and only then," He paused to sweep the blonde into his arms and smirk, looking around at the other girl and man beside him,

"We pounce."

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