Lyle picked at the lasagna on his plate, clutching the note in his hand. All he could think of was Juls and he had no idea what to do. He had to leave by tomorrow, but he didn't want to say goodbye. He knew what he needed to do but he didn't know if he was strong enough to do it... for Juls
He packed the bag in his room and then went towards the couch, to find a sleeping Erik and Julia. He tapped Eriks shoulder careful to only wake him up
"Huh lasagna- oh Lyle. Where are you going?"
"Back to UCLA" Lyle sighed
"Oh so your really doing that huh" Erik said in a groggy voice glancing over at Julia
"It was Dads choice" Lyle rolled his eyes "but you can't tell Juls okay?"
"O-oh um okay yeah" Erik rubbed the back of his neck, still waking up
"Bye little brother" Lyle said letting out a small, almost forced chuckle "Don't get more annoying please"
"Yeah yeah" Lyle received a small slap on his arm from Erik "I'd say don't get dumber but you'll struggle with that"
Lyle faked a hurt face "Shut up" and gave Erik a hug
"Bye"
"Bye"
And Lyle left, throwing his bag into the back seat of a Jeep and getting in the drivers seat. It was late, quiet, and calm. He pulled out of the drive way silently, as Erik drifted back to sleep, and as Mr. and Mrs. Menendez were ordering another round of drinks.
Lyle rested his head on the wheel of the car as he drove along the road. He glanced up at the mountain side, spotting the place he had taken Juls that first night. His eyes got teary but he internally blamed it on the wind. What was he doing!? He shook his head. He had to go back and get Juls, or at least say goodbye, he couldn't just leave here there like that. Not in that dysfunctional household, with only Erik to protect her. Lyle didn't know what to do, or what he would even say to her... so he kept driving, until he reached UCLA
The next morning
Julia woke up in her bed, barely remembering anything from the night before. Something about lasagna and a movie, but she wasn't sure.
She got out of bed, putting on an oversized hoodie and walking out the door to the kitchen, where she found Erik eating a bowl of cereal
"Morning" he said, mouth full of cheerios
"Ew" Julia said making a disgusted face at him, and walking towards the fridge, spotting the lasagna from last night "So where's the chef?" She asked. Erik turned around wide eyed
"Well he um- he's- okay i'm just gonna say it... he left" Erik said in a weary voice
Time felt like it had stopped for Julia. What was going on?? She absentmindedly dropped the milk carton in her hands and Erik dove down to catch it before it spilled, time resuming
"Juls? You okay?" Julia's eyes were blank, causing Erik to have a worried face "Earth to Juls" Erik said laughing. The world came back into focus and Julia faced back towards Erik, fully taking in what he had said
"huh- oh um" Julia stuttered out "Yeah no i'm fine" she let out a small laugh "ill be fine without him" She didn't believe herself "Ill see you later, i'm gonna to go work out" Erik gave her a strange look
"Ooookay?" He said as she walked away towards the gym
Julia focused all her anger, pent up and not on the punching bag, imagining it was Lyles face. She landed a strong punch towards the top of the bag causing it to spin and tangle "ugh!" she groaned just wanting to continuing punching to stupid thing. Julia went around the back, unlooping the chain to untangle it The audacity punching bag Lyle has to get tangled she rolled her eyes, but this time they landed on the ground.
A spot on the wrestling mat
The spot
Julia let a few tears stream down her face. She didn't hate Lyle, she missed him. Him leaving was going to make things unbearable she thought
3 weeks later
"PLEASE! I LITERALLY STOLE YOUR ANKLES AND DIDNT RETURN THEM!" Juls yelled passionately at Erik
"IT WAS ONE GOAL!" He yelled back
"AND HOW MANY DID YOU SCORE!?" Tame Impalas The Less I Know The Better was playing in the background of their friendly argument
"I WILL LITERALLY THROW YOUR LACROSSE STICK OUT THE WINDOW RIGHT NOW!" Erik threatened leaning out the car window above a lake
Juls gasped sarcastically
"ILL DO IT" Erik said again, but Jules knew he wouldn't. She grabbed the end of her stick pulling it back as they pulled into the driveway "ONE V ONE ME RIGHT NOW" Erik said still arguing as they got out of the car
"YOUR A SORE LOSER HAHA" Julia said mocking him
"ONE V ONE ME THEN" He said shoving her towards the backyard
"What the f*ck are you two doing" Julia and Erik were caught off guard by the sudden foul language. Julia saw Eriks face get red as he stuttered to get out an answer
"Um n-nothing Da-d. We were- were gonna practice lacrosse" Mr. Menendez nodded his head disapprovingly
"Whatever" he groaned "Your brother is joining us for dinner" he looked at Erik then at Julia "Make yourself look.." he looked Julia up in down with a creepy smile "presentable" She was almost too shocked by the news to notice... but she did
"and he's bringing his girlfriend or some sh*t" Mr. Menendez said before walking away
Oh...
A/N: POV IS ONCE AGAIN ALL OVER THE PLACE SORRY IM TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THIS AGAIN AND ILL MAKE THE CHAPTERS LONGER NOW
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Forever
Fanfictionbasically about julia and her story includes both lyle and erik stuff // there might be some triggering stuff so yeah tw my first story so sorry if it's really bad i'll try to write smut but it is gonna be horrible LMAO follow me on tiktok - @edits...
