Julie And The Phantoms Collection

Shark Week & Luke's Cuddles

The afterglow of the sunset signalled the end of the day and Julie could finally rest among her pillows and plushies, she curled up tight in a ball and slumped under the covers, tucking the blanket under her chin and closing her eyes with a content sigh. Today had been a hard day, making sure Luke and Reggie don't fulfil their dares to one another while they were dead was one thing but now they were somewhat alive again it was deemed much harder and definitely easier said then done. Making sure Alex didn't poof out randomly to go see Willie during rehearsal breaks was another thing, that blond was always disappearing like he was a magician and it was his favourite act. The most draining thing of the day wasn't rehearsal or keeping the band together or alive, it was the pain she had in her stomach.

The pain had chased her all day and she wondered if it was something she ate, breathed in, touched maybe? Throughout the day she couldn't figure it out and when Luke had offered her a stomach rub she had slapped him away like he held knifes, when Reggie suggested casually she needed to have a dump she did try a few laxatives but the pain remained and Alex's suggestion was always anxiety. Slinking into bed and closing her eyes after watching the sunset was enough, it was enough for her to sigh in relief and just relax, to just process the day and let it all go, everyday was fun and a new adventure or new song but a day was always more draining when you were in pain so Julie was glad for it to be over and for her pain to seize.

Morning came rather quickly and the first thing Julie did was sit up and hold her stomach, the pain agonising, she stood up and felt a sudden warmth between her thighs, she went wide eyed and gulped "no" she whined and ran on her tip-toes to her bathroom. Dashing inside she threw up in the sink, stomach acid coated the white marble and she groaned, running the tap to wash it away before sitting on the toilet and checking her theory, with a deep sigh she put on a pad and walked out of her bathroom. If she had a pill or two first thing she'd just throw it up and her pain would remain so she knew she had to eat... Dragging herself back into her room Julie sat on her bed and pulled on her purple fluffy slippers, only then did she think she could manage the task of the stairs.

Just looking down them made her dizzy but she took a breath and wandered down anyway, hand gripping the railing tightly, once downstairs she padded to the kitchen and decided a bagel would have to do. She didn't want to eat too much diary and throw up again as she never knew how her stomach felt during her shark week, just pain, she popped it in the toaster and begrudgingly ate it with some butter. The sky was blue with scattered clouds, the sun shining through the windows, Julie would normally be ecstatic and suggest a picnic or Luke would suggest a walk but instead all she felt was annoyance, why was the sun shining in her eyes? What did she do to deserve it? With a groan she put her plate and knife in the sink, the butter back in the fridge and walked over to the medicine cupboard to snag some Feminax-a medication made for periods. What a genius!

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"Julie!" The boys all greeted the girl as she walked into the studio, she had been M.I.A all morning so they were quite happy to see her and her boundaries had permitted them to only coming into the Molina house when invited. It was a rule she had given them yesterday and surprisingly they had stuck to it, even Luke who looked like an excited puppy, not to say Reggie and Alex didn't look excited to see her but Luke was different. He looked like he had been waiting his whole life, after-life and this weird almost alive life waiting for her. The brunette bounded up to his girlfriend "Julie!" He cheered and threw his arms around her, squeezing her gently and only as Julie squeezed back did he squeeze her harder, that's when the warm between her thighs returned. She didn't have time to excuse herself and run to the bathroom.

"Julie you're bleeding!" Reggie cried and panic punched Julie in the heart, the bassist was pointing at the growing red stain on Julie's white jeans and she wondered what had made her so stupid to wear white today... Her trust in tampons apparently. "What happened?!" Reggie shrieked and Alex paled, taking one look at the stain the blond looked bewildered and yet confused "wweeeellll" he squeaked before his eye twitched and he snapped "ARE YOU DYING?!" The blond yelled and Reggie gripped his shoulders, shaking Alex and screaming in terror, no words just pure terrified screams. That's when Alex fainted and fell back, body limp and Reggie went down with him, Reggie hadn't fainted but bashing his head off the coffee table on the way down had knocked him unconscious and strangely Julie was relieved. Now she could retreat.

The singer gulped and pulled away from Luke who had done nothing but tense in this situation, she didn't want him to see whatever stain the boys had seen so she started to walk backwards, hands covering her behind and embarrassment painted her face. "Julie" Luke's voice was unusually soft, eyes filled with concern and yet understanding "lemme see" and she stilled, Luke took that as an okay and slowly walked behind Julie, he gently pushed her hands away and stared at the stain. He sighed in relief "you're not dying" he chuckled "come on, lets get you cleaned up" he smiled and grabbed Julie's hand, leading her to the bathroom of the studio.

Since the boys were confined to the studio all their stuff was in one place so while Julie showered Luke was searching the loft like a wild animal, picking up black bags and tearing them open, picking up cardboard boxes and tipping them upside down to find his clothes out of the massive mounds of clothes. Finally he found a pair of his boxers, some sweats that would have to be rolled up for Julie and a baggy shirt that was long sleeved still by some miracle. "Knock knock" Luke called softly through the bathroom door, his fist colliding very softly with the door, he doubted Julie would hear him over the shower water but he knew better than to walk in. Just as he was about to knock again Julie answered the door, her gaze looking down, a towel concealing her body, she opened her mouth to speak but Luke smiled and held up the bundle of clothes he had scavenged "here."

Julie gasped and smiled, grabbing the clothes "thank you Luke, this is very thoughtful" she bit her lip as she sorted through the bundle and paused as she came to his boxers, a look of confusion on her face she held them back out to Luke "I'll stain them" she told him in dismay. Dismay because she wasn't sure if it would be appropriate to ask Luke to go scavenging through her underwear drawer and she definitely didn't want to text her dad and ask him either, she wished Tia was here or that Alex was awake. "So?" Luke shrugged "you have nothing else" he pointed out "I don't care if you stain them, we all have accidents, right?" He smiled and Julie's heart melted.

She stepped forward and threw the bathroom door open, Julie threw her arms around Luke's neck, standing on her tip toes she managed to yank him forward into a hug and just as his arms wrapped around her she gasped "don't squeeze me" Julie warned and Luke smirked
"you a ketchup packet now?" That earned him a smack to the back of his head.

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The two ended up cuddled on the couch, Julie resting her head on Luke's chest as they watched TV in the studio, Reggie was sat on his own chair complaining about a headache as he rubbed his head and his bass sat on his lap while Alex was sat on the floor contemplating his existence. "I normally have the braincell" he murmured to no one in particular, his hand fisting a handful pf his blond locks "Willie's going to get a kick out of this" Reggie sniggered and Alex flushed red, standing up and stamping his foot "don't tell him!"
"Tell me what?" Alex shrieked loudly and flailed, falling over the coffee table at his boyfriends sudden appearance, Willie snickered and walked over to his partner on the floor, staring down at him "you okay baby?" He asked curiously, Alex could hear the smirk in his voice "fuck you" he hissed, it was muffled due to the floor but gasps filled the room regardless. Both gasps from Julie and Willie, Willie's one of mockery and Julie's of surprise. Julie smacked Luke's chest and sat up while he pouted, pretending it hurt "ow"
"Who taught Alex how to say fuck?"
"We've been around since 1995 we know-"
"Is that a confession Reginald?" Julie quipped and the bassist immediately went quiet, Julie on her period was scary but being carried around and cuddled by Luke seemed to soothe her, for now...