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

Chapters 129 & 130 Unbreak The Broken/ All Over The Place

"What did Paul say??" Nate asks.

"She's playing with fire. She's gonna get herself hurt. I thought we were done worrying about this shit."

"I have no clue what you're saying, Gallo."

Jonah walks in to join us and we continue on.

"Will someone please tell me what the hell is happening right now?!"

"She never should have left that room." Jonah says to himself.

"Oh my God people..." Nate mutters. "What happened?"

We can hear Paul and Julia bickering but muffled without understanding any real words since the door is closed.

"Sounds like she pushed Donovan's buttons too far while in a manic episode." Jonah stares down the hall while talking. 

"What do you mean she pushed his buttons too far, Jonah? Did Jeremy do something to her??" The panic in Nate's voice is heard from both me and Jonah.

"No but he could have. She triggered him into one of his own episodes. Julia's may make her become violent to herself and objects around her, but Jeremy is violent towards people around him. She set him off."

Nate bolts up. "What did he do to her? Where the FUCK was Rossi?"

"That's what they are fighting about. This is Julia's mistake not Paul's, Nate."  I make sure Nate knows this is NOT a mistake Paul made.

"Was she or was she not left alone in the Avalon somewhere?" Nate snaps at me.

"He was taking a friggen piss. She was told to stay with Mike in his room. You know, the OTHER bodyguard. Julia took it upon herself to go d-down the hall and grab Jeremy. She took him into an empty room yelling at him over something. Sh- she got into his space and set him off. This wasn't Paul. This was Julia being Julia." I explain.

"What the hell was she thinking?!!"  Nate bursts and we can tell he felt a sharp pain in his chest by the way he winces.

"Is she EVER thinking while in a manic episode??" Jonah chimes in.

"I thought we were over this stuff. I thought once she was-"

"Nate, I said this the other day- just because she is getting healthier doesn't mean her bipolar is magically healed. Every day... every hour... will still be different with her moods. She just may be able to think a little clearer during it. Maybe eventually she'll learn coping skills and healthy ways to stay balanced. That's shit you learn in talk therapy. Medicine won't teach you that."

"Well, she doesn't take advantage of the sessions here. She puts her time and energy into taking care of other people before herself." I furrow my brows.

"That needs to change. If she can't do both.... if she is using people to get out of going to these sessions to better herself then being at the Avalon is pointless for Julia. If she doesn't start going to sessions and learning different techniques to help herself then she should stop helping others with their issues and focus on her and her alone."

"Good luck with that, Jonah Marshall." Nate laughs, full of sarcasm. "Julia thrives off helping others. It gives her a purpose. A reason to live. A reason to keep breathing. You take that away from her it's all downhill."