Harry let Niall and Amanda in the next afternoon when they came knocking on the door.  "Hey, you guys ready to go?"  Niall asked.

"Julie's still sleeping.  I need to wake her up."  Harry said.

"Still?  As in, still from last night?"  Amanda asked.

"Yeah."  Harry laughed.  "I haven't had the heart to wake her yet."

"Well, you better."  Niall said.  "We have to go like now."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm going."  Harry walked into the room.  He leaned down and kissed her forehead.  "Hey baby, you gotta get up."  He laughed when she barely moved.  "Julie, babe, come on its time to go to the arena."

"I don't wanna get up."  Julie pouted.  "I don't want you to go."

"I wouldn't leave you if I didn't have to."  He said kissing her forehead again.

She finally opened her eyes and looked at him.  "I know.  I just feel, off.  Why don't you go."

"I don't want to go without you."  He said.

"Anyway, you could go for the preshow stuff, and I can take a cab later?  You wouldn't see me for that anyway.  I could shower and take some migraine meds and meet you there."  She said sitting up.

"You sure you're ok?"  He asked touching her head gently.

She took his hand from her head and held it.  "Yes, just a lot of stress and emotions, and I promise I'm ok.  Could you just do me a favor and stop asking?  At least for a little while."

"Yes."  He kissed her.  "Please come as soon as you can. I will have a security person wait for you."

"Not necessary, Harry."  Julie said.

"It is for my peace of mind.  Can't have my girlfriend out in the city by herself.  I would worry too much."  He waited for her response.

She looked around.  "Who is this girlfriend you speak of?  I don't know if I approve.  I'd like to meet her."

"Julie...."  He started.

"She's a lucky girl, Harry.  And trust me, I know firsthand."  She got up on her knees and kissed him.  "And I will tell you, I have the best boyfriend in the entire world."

"Seriously?  That's it?  I've been calling you my girlfriend in my head and to my friends for a couple days.  I would have brought it up sooner if I'd have known you wouldn't fight me."  He laughed.

"I might have before.  But what else could this be?"  She asked.

"Nothing."  He kissed her again.  He couldn't stop smiling.  "Ok, I have to go.  I really don't want to."

"We have tonight, boyfriend."  She said.

"Ok, stop saying that, or I will never leave."  He kissed her again and helped her off the bed.  "Shower, feel better, and get your ass to me as quick as you can."

"Ok, I can do that."  She walked him to the front where Amanda and Niall were.

She waved to them both.  "I will see you all later."

"Wait.  You're not coming?"  Amanda asked.

"Yeah, I am.  Wanna shower and take migraine meds, and then I will be there before show time.  I'm good so please don't ask.  Can't wait to watch my boyfriend and his friends perform."  She kissed Harry and walked back to take her meds and shower.

Amanda and Niall both looked at Harry.  "Holy shit.  Seriously, Harry?"  Amanda asked.

He laughed.  "Yeah, I just called her my girlfriend and, amazingly enough, she just went with it.  Well, she did have one smart ass remark, but I probably would have worried if she didn't.  It was easy."

"Did you just basically put JJ and easy in the same statement?"  Niall asked laughing.

Harry laughed.  "Yes, I did, but I don't think I will get used to it just yet."

Amanda nodded.  "Yeah, that's probably a good decision on your part."  She laughed.  She then walked up and hugged him.  "I'm so happy for you guys.  But If you would have told me yesterday morning this is where we would be today, I'd have called you a liar and told you that you were insane.

"Yeah, me too, but I'm not complaining."  He grabbed his stuff.

"Guess I get escorted by two handsome men today.  I can live with that."  Amanda said taking an arm from Niall and Harry.

"I will borrow you an arm for now, but every part of me belongs to that stubborn, strong, resilient, beautiful woman in the other room."  Harry said.

"I'm telling ya bro, I'd date you if I could."  Niall said laughing again.

Amanda looked at Niall.  "Should I leave you two alone?"

"Nah, we will have time when you leave."  He laughed when she pinched him.

"Shut up, Niall."  Amanda shook her head and laughed.  They left to go to the venue.

Later that day, Julie walked into the venue and into the lounge.  The guys weren't there yet, but Amanda was.  She got up off the couch and ran to Julie and hugged her.  "I'm so happy for you!"

"Why?"  Julie asked.

"Why?"  Amanda said.  "Seriously?  I heard the 'my boyfriend' comment.  It's so great!"

"Oh, I just figured it was kind of obvious.  I mean it's kinda gone beyond casual sex and casual dating a while ago."

"OMG, JJ, can't you just be excited for once?"  Amanda said.

"I'm happy about it, Panda.  I just hope he's able to deal with my ups and downs right now. I can't imagine it's easy on him.  Or you for that matter.  I tried not to involve everyone, but it seems I have."  Julie said.

"Don't.  Please.  I will be here for you always."  Amanda said.

"Ok, let's stop talking about it.  Please."  Julie said.

"Ok. Ok for now.  But don't pull back too much, ok?"  Amanda said.

"I'm trying."  She went to the couch and sat down.

"I know."  Amanda went and sat next to her and put her head on Julie's shoulder.  "I can't believe we have to leave in the morning."

"Yeah, it sucks, but back to real life."  Julie said.

"This is our life now JJ."  Amanda said.

"Yeah, I know.  Seems unreal though sometimes."  Julie said.  She leaned her head back against the couch.  "Before you ask.  I'm fine. I just wish I could get rid of this headache."

"Maybe you should ask Harry for a neck massage."  Amanda said.

"Or I could ask Niall."

"Go for it."  Amanda laughed.  "He probably would."

"Yeah, he probably would."  Julie said closing her eyes.

Amanda got up and met Harry and Niall at the door.  "Hi."  She kissed Niall.  "Harry, JJ's here.  Just so you know she's a little off.  Still has a headache and think she's in her head a little bit.  Keeps saying she's fine, before I even ask."

"Alright.  Thanks, Amanda."  Harry kissed her cheek and started to walk towards Julie.

"You ok?"  Niall asked Amanda wrapping his arms around her.

"Yeah.  Just gonna worry a bit.  It's still so soon after bringing it up. I'm a bit worried.  She does seem to open up more to me, but also seems hard for her."

"She's used to holding it all in and hiding it.  I'm sure it is."  Niall said kissing her lips.  "But you being on her side made her chances a lot better on getting through it."

Amanda smiled at him.  "You're so great. You always have such a way to boost my confidence."

"I believe in no one more then I believe in you, babe."  He smiled at her. 

"Do you just make this stuff up as you go along, or do you have like a book full of it?"  Amanda asked.

"All true and off the cuff, baby."  Niall laughed.

Harry sat next to Julie and put his arm around her when she leaned on his shoulder.  "There's my girlfriend.  Can I help get rid of that headache?"  He asked her.

Julie opened her eyes and looked behind her like she was looking for his girlfriend.  "Oh guess it's going to take some time to get used to that.  Probably not."  Julie said to him.  "But I feel better already with your arm around me."

"Ok, look, I completely adore the fact that you're my girlfriend and you're trying to be more open, but don't change your sassiness and your stubbornness.  You are perfect just the way you are.  I actually like that about you. . It makes you, you.  It's part of who I fell for.  I'm not asking you to change."  He said looking at her.

Julie opened her eyes and looked at him.  "I just don't want to cause anymore tension or drama right now.  I feel like I took over everyone's happiness with my crap past.  It's a lot for me to handle. I can't even imagine what you think.  When you said you wished you didn't have to deal with this....."  Julie said, but Harry interrupted her.

"No, Julie I was angry, and I will be honest I don't really know how to deal with this.  But I meant I wished it didn't happen, and WE didn't have to deal with it.  I won't walk away from you because of this.  I enjoy you and your company, and it's part of you.  Maybe it's not ideal in a new relationship, but I'm going to show you that you're worth every minute of my time."

"See, you're so sweet, and usually I can only think of sarcastic things to say.  I don't want to push you away, but I'm afraid that's all I know."  She said.

"Just knowing that makes it easier.  I'm sure we will both struggle at some point.  We just have to do it together."  He said.

Julie intertwined her fingers with Harry's.  "I've never heard anything so good. Thanks boyfriend."  She said.

He kissed her head.  "I can't get enough of that."

The guys left one more time to do some meet and greet photo ops.  Julie looked at Amanda.  "Hey Panda, let's go stand in line and get a photo."

"Oh, you're brilliant."  Amanda said standing up.

"Let's go be fans one last time before the craziness of being the girlfriends sets in.  I'm afraid it's not gonna stay a secret for much longer.  Even though I'm gonna try."  She said as she and Amanda started walking down the hallway to talk to security about being in the photo op.

"I don't know why you're so crazy about that.  You should be thrilled Harry wants to call you his girlfriend."  Amanda said.

"Oh I am.  To me and to him and our friends.  I don't need him to shout it to the world.  He's never done it before.  Why would he need to now?"  Julie said to her.

"Maybe he never wanted too before and maybe he does now.  Maybe you mean that much more to him.  Ever thought of that?"  Amanda watched Julie shake her head.  "Of course you didn't.  But would you really deny him that if he wanted to?"

"Yeah.  I might ask him to keep it quiet.  Why would it matter if he told everyone about us?  Shouldn't it only matter that we know and our families and friends?"  She asked as they stopped by security to get into the photo ops.

"It doesn't, but he wouldn't want to hide it when he's in love."  Amanda said.

"Oh geezus, will you stop using that word.  We haven't gotten there at all.  Just stop."  Julie said as she got a chill down her spine.

"Oh, you and your fear.  Just let it happen."  Amanda said as she put the pass on to get into the photo op.

"Shut up now.  I'm serious."  Julie said joining her as they walked into the room.  They were the last ones in line, so they stood back and watched the guys interact with their fans.  They were always great to their fans.  They took the silliest funniest sweetest pictures with them.  "Wow," Julie said to Amanda.  "I'm feeling kinda weird about this.  Maybe it was a bad idea."  She laughed.

"What do you mean?"  Amanda laughed at her.

"H looks way too happy to be hugging and picking up all those girls."  Julie said.

"Oh my god!  You're jealous.  I didn't think you could even have that kind of feeling.  Welcome to being a real girl, JJ."  Amanda said laughing.

Julie gave her a look.  "I'm not.  It's not jealousy; why would it be?"  Was that the feeling?  Oh god, she hated it.

"You are.  It's so cute that you don't even know it."  Amanda said.  "And before you say it, I already know you hate me."

Julie just glared at her which made Amanda laugh harder.

As they made their way through the line, they started talking to some fans.  Luckily, they hadn't seen the YouTube video or, at least, didn't recognize them if they did, which was hard to believe because Amanda's purple hair was usually pretty obvious.  They were asked who their favorite was. Julie told them Louis, and Amanda said Liam.  They didn't want to be too conspicuous.  The two fans they were talking to were of course Niall and Harry girls.  They listened to all their ideas about how they wanted to take their pic with Harry and Niall.  Julie had the uncontrollable urge to stab them with a fork.  Amanda couldn't stop herself from laughing.  It was so funny seeing Julie jealous. She could see it in her face and her posture.  It really was humorous to her that Julie didn't even know that's what she was feeling.  She hoped Harry got to realize that JJ was jealous.  Since JJ was still struggling to show all her emotions, she figured it was a way Harry could know she was all in.  It was adorable.  They were only a few people away now.  Louis nudged Niall and Harry when they were in between people, and they looked at the girls.  Julie and Amanda pretended like they didn't notice.  They kept up the act of being nervous fans waiting to meet their favorite band.

When the girls in front of them went up to Harry and Niall, Julie set her jaw and crossed her arms.  The girl was pushing her luck.  And of course, she was young and pretty.  When Harry picked her up to take the picture,  Julie quietly said out loud this time,  "I wanna stab her with a fork."  Only Amanda could hear it, and she burst out laughing loudly.  She then hugged Julie.  "Welcome to the world of jealousy, my friend.  Usually you're the voice of reason, because I'm the unreasonable jealous one; however, I promise this is nothing.  It's just a picture."

"Whatever this is, I hate it."  Julie said.

Everyone looked at Amanda when she laughed out loud.  She still hadn't let go of Julie.  "I know, but it's normal, believe it or not."

When the girls prior to them walked back towards them, they asked if Julie was ok.  Amanda pushed Julie's face into her shoulder when the look Julie gave them could have killed them.  "Yes, she's just really nervous.  We're good."

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