Point Of View 2 [*Do not read until you've read the same chapter of ATW]

Chapter 56 & 57 Dangerous Minds/ The Space Between

*James*

Jeremy Donovan is a dangerous man with a dangerous mind.  But more and more I see Julia start to trust him. I just don't understand! After all he's done to her. It's like he hypnotized her to forget everything. So when Julia broke down in the garden hearing about me and Trisha, it was Jeremy she ran to. Not me. Not Nate. She ran into her bedroom and pushed her bed against the door in the middle of one of her manic episodes. Because of me.  Maybe being with Trisha isn't worth what it's doing to Julia. But she CHOSE Nate. I'm not going to stay single just to be the runner up.

"She barricaded the door with her bed?!" Nate can't believe the strength Julia has when she is in the moment.

"Her adrenaline is full force. What happened outside, James?" Jeremy questions and I now feel responsible for Julia's meltdown.

"She's not too happy hearing I am moving on and the fact that it's with Trisha really upset her." I explain.

"Well, it's a safety hazard to block this door. I'm gonna need everyone's help getting through."

"Casey, can you take Maggie?" I hand Casey the dog's leash and she walks down the hall away from the disruption. You can hear Julia crying inside her room. It's awful.

It took a good fifteen minutes of me, Jeremy and Nate together to push the door open enough for Jeremy to slide in to move the bed away. And once he did, Julia went to him. She unleashed it all on him.  Julia went to Jeremy instead of Nate. Instead of me.

"I think she's had enough visitors for today." Jeremy looks down at now sleeping Julia who cried herself to exhaustion.

"C'mon James. We'll come back another time when things are calm." Casey looks up at me, but I can't take my eyes off Jeremy holding Julia. I just can't believe this!

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*Trisha*

The car ride home was quiet. James looked out his window and didn't speak once. He is still very much in love with Julia but trying to move on. Which is the right thing to do. She didn't choose him. He should be able to live his own life without getting backlash from Moretti. But I get it. I would feel terrible if Nate was upset at me like that. 

Once home we fill Jonah in, and I spend the day trying to cheer James up the best I can. We watch movies, we facetimed his sisters for a little bit even though I didn't think it was a good idea. If they hear James doesn't have a good day, they want him home and away from all of us. They are very protective of their brother.

I gave James his privacy while facetiming Gwen and did little things here and there to straighten up the apartment. But I could still hear their conversation. I think Gwen really liked Julia because when she heard James was dating me, she didn't sound very enthusiastic.

"But it's JULIA. Everyone loves Julia." That was one of the things Gwen said, making me think Julia has been to James's mother's house, or hung out with the Gallo girls and became friends with them. I barely know them. I'm just another woman in their eyes. I'm not Lindsay. I'm not Julia. But then I smiled a little when James stuck up for me.

"You haven't even given Trisha a chance, Gwen. She's so nice and caring and funny. And she helps me out a lot just like Julia does. I really like Trisha. Like REALLY like her. And I need to move on. I deserve to be happy, too, right?"

That shut his sister up. At least for now.

I plop down on my bed that used to be Casey's room until she moved into Jonah's. A bed that hasn't been slept in much later. I end up in James's arms in his room by the end of the night.