Free (Sequel to Through The Dark) Complete

Chapter 46

Harry was standing behind Julie with his arms encircling her waist.  They had been out standing on the beach for quite a while.  There weren't many words spoken.  He was honestly just surprised this had happened as quickly as it did.  "So, I hate to question you right now, because I've waited a long time for those words to come out of your mouth.  But you're sure this is what you want?  There's no question?"

Julie took a deep breath and then smiled.  "I'm as sure as I've ever been about anything.  I don't know if I'm capable of being completely sure about anything, but I know this is where I want to be."  She turned towards him and looked up at him.  "I can't tell you I'm not scared of being hurt again.  And I honestly don't know how I would get through it if we managed to screw this up a second time.  But, I just can't seem to help how I feel when I'm with you.  And you know I HATE not being able to explain it.  Or control it.  But you're it.  You've always been it for me.  I thought I needed to go see how it would be if I was with someone else, so that I had something to compare to how I felt about you.  And I'm really sorry if everything hurt you.  I'm sorry if I caused you pain when I tried to get all this sorted in my mind.  I may do things a bit unorthodox compared to others, but who said I'm normal in any sense of the word?"

Harry chuckled at her last statement.  "You're not that odd, Julie."  He ran his hand down her cheek and slowly looked over her face.  "You may deal with things a bit differently because of what you went through, but it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.  Not even me.  Whatever you did brought you back here, to me, so I'm not going to complain too much."

"So, if it would have taken me somewhere else, then you would have complained?"  Julie asked shaking her head.  "You just may be selfish."

"Yep, I am. I know."  He leaned down and kissed her lips.  "You know, I have some time off now.  Do you think you're going to be able to handle me being around so much?"

"No."  Julie said laughing.  She laughed harder when he slapped at her lightly a few times.  "I'm looking forward to spending more time with you.  Someone made sure we had way too much time apart."

"Someone may have been the one to make sure things ended, but if it was up to me, we would have been back together back before I went to film Dunkirk."  Harry said shaking his head.

"Not my fault.  You knew that I would think of every excuse possible not to let you back in.  So don't pretend otherwise."  Julie said rolling her eyes at him.

"Yeah, and for some reason, I still can't get enough of your stubborn ass and you torturing me."  Harry said back pulling her back into his chest.

"Well, that's good, because it's probably never going to change."  She wrapped her arms tightly around his waist and rested her cheek on his chest.  She looked out over the water and took in everything in front of her.  "I've missed you, so much."  She said quietly.  Her tears threatening to fall onto her cheeks.  "I wasn't exactly sure how much until right this second."

"I've missed you, too.  And no matter what it took for us to get back to this place.  I'm just glad we are."  He rested his chin on top of her head and closed his eyes.  She may be stubborn, and she may need a lot of time to come to conclusions.  She may doubt everything before she starts to open her eyes to the truth, but she always seemed to be able to work through it, eventually see it for what it really was, his love for her.  Maybe to others he'd wasted his time by giving her the time she needed, but he'd had faith.  No one saw what he got to when they were alone together.  No one outside of Niall and Amanda knew how things were.  He loved her.  You can't control who you love.

"Hey."  Julie said looking up at him.  "Get out of your head.  That's my job."  She smiled at him.  "Think maybe you could just kiss me instead?"