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Demented ➳ h.s [Editing Starting Soon]

Finally Free

CHARLOTTE’S POV

We threw Raven in the backseat and ignored the continued orgy in the house. Jack locked the warehouse up so no one could get in… or out. Celia took out the map and sat in the backseat, “Okay,” she rushed while I started the car, “if we take the woods, we can get there in two hours.”

“But my car,” Jack complained.

“We’ll buy you a new one!” Celia and I said and I drove off, zipping through the woods. We’d run out of food but no one was hungry anyway. The radio became staticy and the woods were getting thicker and thicker by the minute. We’d made the first two hours of the four hour trip into a half hour. I took that as time to allow Celia to pour some water on Raven to wake her up.

“Where the hell—oh shit. Listen, if you want to kill me like he did, just throw me out the car.”

“No! We’re taking you to the courtroom. Whether you confess to the murders or not, your heart beating is enough proof that Harry didn’t kill anyone. Now shut up, he’s going to be executed if we don’t get there in time.”

“Executed? He wasn’t supposed to die! We were just supposed to keep him in jail and shut you two up. Oh and thanks for stabbing me,” she sat back, angry.

“Told you we should have waited until we got to the courtroom.” Jack was rubbing his temples in circles.

“Oh, way ahead of you. I stuffed like three sleeping pills down her throat. She’ll be out in a little bit,” Celia sounded proud. I was highly irritated. The time ticked by slowly even though the adrenaline was eating away at our brains. I found myself growing cold in the early morning weather, and highly exhausted. I hadn’t slept formally in twenty-four hours or more and it was finally taking over. Those few naps just weren’t enough.“Come on, Char. We can’t have you falling asleep. You gotta get us there.”

I cut through the woods again, dodging the police a few times. They chased us for a little while but gave up. I accidentally busted a tired in the woods so our extra thirty minutes was being eaten up rather quickly. Jack didn’t have anymore spares and we still had two more hours to drive, hoping to make it in one.

We made it to the courtroom a half hour late but we figured it would be fine. We asked around for the courtroom they were in. You could tell they were mid-sentence when announcing his fate. When we got in I heard, “Guilty.”

“Wait!” Celia was yelling, everyone stared.

I spoke up, “We have proof that,”—large breath from running— “Harry Styles didn’t kill anyone!”

A lawyer yelled, “I object! Judge, they cannot just show up like this.”

The judge stood. He was angry at first but said, “It’s been a long morning. Alright, proceed.”

Jack came from behind us, holding Raven, “This,” he said proudly, “is Raven Townsend. She is one of the ‘victims’ of the six murders.” A few gasps expanded in the room, echoing and bouncing off the walls. “In truth, she was one of the murders herself. Seeking revenge on Harry because she thought he was cheating on her during their time together, during her own affair.”

“One of the murders?” asked the judge. “How many were there?”

“Two,” I said. “The other was my brother.”

“And he is where…?”

“Hell. Anyway, we have all the evidence in our car. The files, court tapes, and so on. Harry is innocent.” I looked among the eyes of the court. Gemma, Anne, Louis, and even Johanna and more showed up. Friends, family. Cheshire. It didn’t matter what they believed for a long time what he’d done, it was life or death. Whether you love or currently despise Harry, you had to show up in remorse or comfort for him and yourself.

I looked over at Harry. I’d never seen him cry or even think about the event happening, but a tear was at the bridge of his left eye. He mouthed, “I love you, thank you.” The jury took a minute to re-think and they decided that with the unproven evidence yet the appearance of Raven, they had to let Harry go until further notice. He ran up to me from the stand and hugged me; a nice warm one that he’d never had the energy for before today. Harry was free, we both were.

The police confiscated our evidence which included the laptops… and Jack’s car. We tried to stop them but he didn’t really care. We asked why once we all got outside, Harry still with his family, “Because the tire’s busted. Plus, you two promised you’d buy me a new one.”

“Ugh, fine. When?” Celia and Jack continued that conversation while I walked back into the building. The family and friends of Harry were all gathered around him.

“There she is!” Anne called and hugged me, kissing my cheeks. “Thank you so much. I know you came to Cheshire for a reason, I knew it.”

“It’s no problem, honestly.”

Louis and Harry were in a conversation that everyone was watching, even Celia and Jack returned. “Are we good, man?” Louis held out his hand for a handshake. Harry smiled and hugged him, he hugged everyone, except me.

“Thank you so much. I’m sorry for being an asshole for weeks, but you’re crazy enough to see that I’m a selective asshole.” I smiled, “Seriously. Thank you. I owe you a lifetime, seriously. When you walked in, I was about to be sent off.”

“I know.” I hugged him, “Please make sure you don’t have any more psycho girlfriends.”

“Are you psycho?” I shook my head, “Then we’re good.” Then everyone else came to thank me. Johanna—who’d gotten over her hatred of Harry—, Debra, ex-girlfriends and all. Everyone was just glad that Harry was free to come home. When we walked outside, cameras and microphones from the news stations everywhere all asked the same question, how does it feel to be free once again? “It feels a lot better than sitting in a room by yourself.”


The End

Notes

Sorry the chapter was a thousand times suckier but uh yeah. The end. You guys... this has honestly been the best thing ever. I love all 92 and maybe more of you that have stuck with me all this time. I've made a really good friend along the way (shoutout to @XOXOH) and gotten to communicate with you guys. You all mean the world to me and I hope you're willing to transition to all my other stories to come. Love your cute faces.

The epilogue is next <3

Comments

@Hopeless Directioner
Actually, the whole summary is different. I made up a quote that may or may not go into the story and just the basic summary isn't even a summary, it's suspenseful. Again, I hope you like the new version as much as you liked the old.

svmmertime svmmertime
5/18/14

@Hopeless Directioner
Some will be minute but most will be obvious. Some conversations are edited so that Harry is more closed up. All in all, the story will be longer. There is a new introduction and just a bunch of things I wasn't comfortable with. A lot of editing was needed and the cover was terrible. And so, the edited first chapter is up along with a new introduction. I really hope you like it, darling x

svmmertime svmmertime
5/18/14

@wonderful .
I'm excited to see how it'll be revised! Will the changes be minute or obvious?

@Hopeless Directioner

I will be editing and taking out and adding in parts. Honestly, Demented went waaay too fast in my opinion, and with the plagiarism and all, I found that I really want to rewrite it anyway. I will obviously be keeping this version up but I have already started the new version and the whole first chapter is different. I just think the story could have stretched at least to 35 chapters or more. Again, this WILL stay up, but the new version will be posted separately. Mind you, it will take at least a few months for me to do it since I have other stories, but I'm sick from school today so I'm going to continue. I was hoping everyone would like that it's being revised and bettered a bit, do you?

svmmertime svmmertime
5/16/14