Head over heels || {a juke story}

Chapter 20

AN: PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE BOOK AS I UPDATE! - I'm sorry I haven't posted in a few days. I've been staying with my friend for a couple of days. I'm not gonna get into why but I'm really sorry! I hope you guys aren't mad ahaha.

Lukes pov
(⚠️TW:@buse⚠️)

I run up to Julies door with her jacket in my hand and ring the doorbell.

After a few moments of muffled arguing back and forth, I check to see if the door is unlocked.

To my surprise, the door opens.

As I walk inside, I am greeted to a sight that I never expected.

Julie is curled up on the floor, unable to move with her father stood over her, holding a belt.

They both look over to me and Julie gives me a look and shakes her head a little bit, as if to say 'please don't do anything stupid'.

"Who the fuck are you and what are you doing in my house!" Her dad yells.

"I was just returning your daughters jacket. She left it with Flynn and she asked me to bring it to her, sir" I lie.

I knew that if I had said the truth, Ray might have jumped to conclusions and hurt Julie even more.

"Wait a second, I know you from somewhere" ray starts. "You're the guy from the billboards everywhere. Why on Ea- Hold on, you're also the guy that I found in Julies bed a few weeks ago!"

I stand there frozen.

"You little gold digger!" He turns his attention back to Julie.

"I did not raise you to sleep with men for their money!"

"Dad i-"

Before Julie can finish her sentence, her dad lifts the belt above his head and whips it across her body.

She turns to the wall in fear just before the belt comes crashing down again. This time it hits her across her back.

Without a second thought, I run over and shield her from the harsh gushes of pain.

I don't think Ray notices that I am covering Julie because he keeps hitting me with the belt, over and over again.

Eventually, he falls to the floor.

I climb off of Julie but before I can react, I see the belt fly past me and hit Julie hard on her leg.

She lets out a cry of pain.

I look over at Ray and he falls to the ground, creating a loud thud. I think he blacked out from all of the alcohol.

(⚠️tw over!!⚠️)

Julies pov

I sit on the floor as I try to take in everything that just happened.

Luke shielded me. He saved me. Oh my god, he saved me!

"Luke! Are you okay?" I ask.

"Huh? Oh I'm fine, just a little sore. It's you I'm worried about Jules." he says.

"I'm a lot better than I could've been. Thank you" I give him a weak smile.

"Jules I have to get you out of here! Don't worry about us staying in the studio. The guys and I will buy a place. We can afford it. Bring Carlos with you!" He says.

"Luke, are you sure?"

"One hundred percent! I will not let you stay here"

"Okay. Thank you so much"

I limp upstairs and tell Carlos to pack a bag before going and packing my own.

Carlos and I walk outside and climb into Lukes car.

I look Luke in the eyes and I can't take it anymore. I can't pretend that everything is fine.

Without warning, I start to break down in the passenger seat of his car.

Tears uncontrollably stream from my face. I scream and yell, cursing my Ray, cursing this shitty day.

"FUCK YOU, RAY MOLINA" I yell. If I called him my father right now, I would somehow break down even more.

I don't care that Carlos is in the back seat, that man deserves so much more than a few cuss words directed at him.

Luke leans over and takes me in his arms, holding me tight.

I wince at the pain of his arms on my fresh scars but it soon goes away.

We sit like that for a while as I cry into his chest.

He looks down at me and says something but I can't hear him over my sobbing.

"What?" I say.

"I can't take you back to the studio. The guys will ask too many questions and I don't thinks that's what you need right now" he says.

"Where are you going to take us?" My words barely make it past my lips.

"I'm not sure" he says, starting to drive off.

I soon calm down and I connect my phone to the car's speaker.

I scroll through my playlists and put on some of the calmer sunset curve songs.

Eventually, one song comes on that I've been wondering about for a while.

"Is this about a girl? Is Emily someone you used to date or something" I ask.

"Oh um I'll show you soon" he says.

After a couple of songs, we arrive outside a normal-looking house.

It has red brick walls and a black roof made of tiles.

Luke, Carlos and I climb out the car, grab our things and walk up to the door.

Luke knocks on the door and an older woman appears through the glass.

She looks to be around the same age as my Dad. She's a very beautiful lady with long, grey, voluminous, curly hair, freckles and rosy cheeks.

When she opens the door, the look on her face says more than words could ever explain to me.

"Luke?" She says.

(A/N: Hiya! Again, I'm so sorry for not
posting!)

(These last few chapters have been very eventful. They're very exciting to write for the most part)

(I completely forgot to do an a/n in the last chapter so, sorry about that)

(In other news, thank you so much for 4K reads! You guys are blowing my mind! This is so crazy. If I'm being honest, I though I wouldn't only get about 20 reads, maybe 100 at a push. All of this is so much more than I ever could have asked for and I know it may seem like I'm being dramatic but I really appreciate you guys taking time to read my writing!)

(What are your top 3 characters? Mine: I honestly couldn't choose! I love them all so much!)