Free (Sequel to Through The Dark) Complete

Chapter 57

It had been two weeks.  TWO WEEKS.  Since the craziness started and Harry had FINALLY gotten Julie to leave the house this morning.  Niall's house.  And the only thing she would agree to was to go to his house.  But hey, it was a start.  The only things she had been willing to do the past two weeks was talk to her therapist, but she even did that via Skype.  She hadn't even wanted to leave the house to go there.  Whatever transpired during the therapy session did seem to help the dreams some.  She didn't have them every night.  But she still did sometimes.  Harry struggled with what to do.  He had no idea how to help her.  Amanda couldn't get Julie to talk, and Niall still couldn't either.  Jaime had stopped by the house, but she wouldn't talk to him. Harry was so desperate he'd even asked Jaime to see if Marcus could stop by.  He did, of course, but Julie wouldn't say more than hi to him either.  Zayn had even called Niall to check on her after he'd seen all the Twitter madness.  Harry clenched his teeth through it, but he even asked Julie to talk to him.  But she wouldn't.  Maybe it was time to bring Louis in.  Louis was the only one that seemed to be able to knock some sense into her.  Harry sent a quick text to Louis, and as he was putting his phone down, he heard Julie.  He looked up from the couch when she walked down the stairs from her shower.

"Go out with me."  He said to her.  He put it more as a statement than a question.  "Go with me to dinner."

"Harry.  You know that's not going to go over well."  She said as she made her way towards the couch.  "I can cook.  Or we can order."

"I don't care how it goes over with anyone else."  He pulled her hand so she sat on his lap.  "I want all the haters to see that we're together.  I want to show everyone that we're together and that we're fine.  I want to ignore everything they say and live our lives.  Together."

"I know it sounds simple.  And it sounds good.  And maybe it's how it should be.  But I don't know if I can handle it."  Julie closed her eyes and buried her face in his neck.

"You can, baby.  You can't stay home forever."  He rubbed her back gently.

"I didn't.  I came here.  My home's at Niall's, and this isn't it."  She said.  She sighed when he pinched her sides.  "I know.  But Harry, it's just.  They haven't stopped.  And it's been two weeks."

"I told you to stay off of social media.  I wish you would listen just once."  Harry pulled back and looked at her.  "Please, let's show them we're stronger together.  Please, baby?"

Julie sighed again and twisted her lips at him.  She shook her head when he stuck his bottom lip out at her.  "Ok, fine.  I will go with you.  But when it all goes wrong, I get to say I told you so."

"Yeah, but I don't expect to hear those words.  Julie, I understand that this is hard for you.  It would be hard on anyone.  But, you can't stay in the house forever.  Some people just suck, and some people just go along with the crowd so they don't get left out.  And some people, actually most people, have no clue what is truly going on."  He kissed her lips and then helped her stand up.  "I'm going to shower, and then we can go.  We can have an early dinner.  Save some room for dessert when we're holed back up here."

Julie groaned, rolled her eyes, and shook her head.  "Of course."  She sat back down and turned on the tv.  She didn't know why, because she wouldn't really watch any of it.  She watched him bound up the stairs.  Harry probably wanted to do this quickly so that she wouldn't change her mind.  This whole situation was hard on her; all she really wanted was to have it be her, Harry, Niall, and Amanda.  She knew it was impossible, but right now there was just too much going on, and she couldn't process it all.  Therapy was helping her through. Her therapist was helping her see that she did have Harry for support, and she could count on Niall and Amanda.  The rest, she still couldn't open up to.  She heard the door bell, and seriously thought about ignoring it, but there weren't many people who actually came and rang Harry's bell.  She got up and looked at the monitor which showed who was at the door.  She let out a breath and then opened it.  "Louis, I'm surprised to see you."