Head over heels || {a juke story}

Chapter 21

Lukes pov

"Hey mom" I say, as the short lady comes closer.

I look over at Julie and she is clearly very puzzled.

"Luke. What are you doing here? Come in!" Says my mom.

"I'll explain everything to you later but my friend and her brother need a place to stay. Their father is starting to become like dad"

My parents had been arguing for years but they only got a divorce a couple of years ago. I think my mom was scared that my dad would hurt her more but she finally had enough.

"Oh my gosh. Come in! You poor things. Here let me help you" she says, taking the bags.

We walk into the my childhood home. Julies arm is around my shoulder because of her leg injury.

"One of you will have to share a room with Luke. His room is the farthest on the left. The other room is farthest on the right. Are any of you hurt?" She asks.

"Carlos is fine but I was hit a few times on my back and my leg. Luke needs help too. He saved me, he shielded me" Julie says.

"Carlos, go and get settled in. Luke, Lukes girlfriend, come here and I'll help you get cleaned up" Says my Mom.

"She's not my girlfriend mom. Her name is Julie and we're just friends, nothing more" I say.

"Okay then, Julie. I'll sort Luke out and then he can clean you up because I don't think you would be comfortable with a stranger doing it" she says.

"Thank you so much Mrs Patterson" Julie says, with a smile.

"It's no problem sweetheart" my mom says.

I walk over to my Mom and pull my shirt over my head.

"Sweetie, this I really bad. I'm so sorry" she says.

"It's okay. Honestly it doesn't hurt"

I look over at Julie and once again, catch her staring at my abs.

"It's rude to stare princess" I chuckle.

Julie goes red and looks away immediately.

"This might sting a little" my mom says, taking a cotton wool pad with something on it and dabbing it onto my back.

Once she has finished, I take Julie to my room and shut the door.

"Okay, you can go into my bathroom and change into some shorts if you want. Maybe change into a sports bra or something?" I say.

She doesn't say anything but she walks over to he clothes and pulls out some shorts, a bra and a top.

She walks into the bathroom and locks the door.

Julies pov

I walk into Luke's bathroom and get changed into some shorts and a t-shirt.

As I'm changing, I look at my back in the mirror.

There are red marks everywhere. There's even a couple of cuts. I never knew a belt could do so much damage.

I put on my shirt and walk back into Luke's room.

As soon as I walk out, he looks straight at my swollen leg.

"Jules that looks worse than before. Come here. Sit" he says, patting the bed.

He hands me a couple of ice packs and some tape so that I can keep them on my leg.

"Jules" he pauses, "I know this may be a bit uncomfortable but you kind of have to take your shirt off. I'll turn around!" Luke says.

He does just that. He turns around like a respectable gentleman and waits until I'm ready to clean my back.

"Okay I'm ready" I say.

Luke turns around to the sight of my back and sits me down in front of him.

"This might sting" Luke says, dabbing a cotton pad with some type of liquid onto my back.

I flinch at the pain but I quickly become used to it.

I'm not thinking about the fact that I'm sat infringe of Luke without a shirt on.

He slowly dabs the cotton pad over all my scars, one by one.

"Can you sing to me whilst were doing this?" I ask.

"Of course Jules" he says.

He starts singing Unsaid Emily.

First things first
We start the scene in reverse
All of the lines rehearsed
Disappeared from my mind

When things got loud
One of us running out
I should've turned around
But I had too much pride

No time for goodbyes
Didn't get to apologize
Pieces of a clock that lies broken

If I could take us back, if I could just do that
And write in every empty space the words "I love you" in replace
Then maybe time would not erase me

If you could only know I'd never let you go
And the words I most regret are the ones I never meant to leave

Unsaid Emily

I see his mom walk over and stand by the door. Then it hit me, she was Emily! I mean, it made sense. There was no way in hell that that song could have been about Brooke!

Silent days, mysteries and mistakes
Who'd be the first to break?
Guess we're alike that way

He said, she said
Conversations in my head
And that's just where they're gonna stay forever

If I could take us back, if I could just do that
And write in every empty space the words "I love you" in replace
Then maybe time would not erase me

If you could only know I'd never let you go
And the words I most regret are the ones I never meant to leave

Unsaid Emily

If I could take us back, if I could just do that
And write in every empty space the words "I love you" in replace
Then maybe time would not erase me

If you could only know I'd never let you go
And the words I most regret are the ones I never meant to leave

Unsaid Emily

He finishes the song with tears rolling down his cheeks and onto my hair.

I look up and see his Mom in the same state.

When their eyes connect, it only takes a second until they're holding each other in their arms.

(A/N: This chapter was quite cute! It's also kinda short so sorry about that :( )

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(I didn't read over this or edit it so, sorry about any mistakes!)