His broken beauty (a Luke Hemmings fanfic)

Pain, fear, and cheer ups

lukes pov
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I woke a few hours later to Heather thrashing in her sleep as sad whimpers creeped out of her mouth. Her eyes were screwed tight in what I could only assume was pain and saddness. I hated seeing her this way. So upset even in her sleep. I tightened my arms around her waist holding her arms tight to keep her from hurting herself. Then placed gentle kisses everywhere I could reach while whispering little nothings until I finally saw her eyes flicker open. The tears were streaming down her face, and in that moment I swear my heart broke. I gently pushed a stray peice of hair out of her face, "Hey princess its ok, shhhh baby. Whats wrong?" I whispered into her hair still holding her as close to me as I could. She burried her face into my chest whimpering, "Luke Im scared." God what could she have dreamed of, was all I could think of. "Baby its ok I promise I wont let anyone hurt you," I said as I began rubbing her back soothingly. "Im not scared of that Luke. I know you and the boys will keep me safe, but Im more scared of going to my old apparment tomorrow. Luke so much stuff happened there... " she trailed off as fresh tears welled in her eyes. She seemed to crumble against me. I carried her back to the lounge where the guys were still awake watching some random movie hoping that maybe they could distract her a bit. They all curled around her as soon as I sat down. "Hey babe whats wrong" Ash asked as he wiped a few tears off her cheeks. She just kept whimpering and saying things like 'dont make me go' and 'too scared' until he looked at me a motioned for me to go in the other room with him. I placed her in Cals lap quickly waiting until he and Michael folded themselves around her and were cooing and trying so hard to get her to relax to go with Ashton.
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"Ok Ash spill," i said trying to stay calm, "whats going on?" "Mate she scared to go back, because of all the things that happened there. You can see it in her eyes. The way she zones out whenever its brought up, its like shes reliving it. And honestly her night mares are probably her reliving whatever happened." He was still calm, but I could sense a 'but' coming. And sure enough a moment later he said," I dont know about you, but Im not letting her out of my sight while were there." I nodded. I was terrified of what would happen in a few hours, but I knew I would have to be brave for her. When we went back in Cal was holding her close to him as her head laid sleepily on his shoulder. Michael was rubbing circles on her back, as they both sang quietly. I decided that at this point it would probably be easier to let her stay curled up between those two than to try and unwrap them. So i just sat down next to ashton and kept an eye on her as she slipped into a deep sleep, her breathing finally evening out again. We ended up all sleeping in the lounge for most of the night. That is until about 5am when Cal and Ash had to go for their run leaving a peacful Heather curled tightly between me and Michael as I slowly waited for everyone to wake up, and for this ordeal to be over. I looked out one of the windows to see that the sky was dark with clouds and it was pouring down rain. So I gathered a few umbrellas and other things that we would need.
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When I got back to the lounge area a little bit later Heather looked over at me clearly still tired and made grabbyhands at me like a small child. It was the most adorable thing I had ever seen. I walked over and wrapped my arms around her, but pulled away slightly a few moments later when she started shaking. "Baby are you ok," I whispered gently rubbing her arms. "Im really cold lukey," she mumbled against my chest shaking even more. I carried her to my bunk and wrapped a blanket around her for a moment while I dug around my suitcase. After a few moments I found my favorite hoodie and pair of sweatpants that would fit her. She smiled at me tossing the pants aside, but quickly pulling the hoodie on and snuggling into it. I couldnt help but chuckle a it as it swallowed her. I pulled her back into my arms as she quietly whispered "I guess todays the day huh?" I held her close and said back "we'll be right next to you the entire time, and all you have to do is tell us if you want to leave ok." She nodded agaisnt my chest. A moment later Cal and Ash came sprinting back on the bus both soaked to the bone with their teethe chattering. "Man this is probably the coldest rain weve ran in yet!" Ash proclaimed and he walked over to his bunk. I looked over at Heather as she stared at my two best friends and giggled. "Aye whats so funny," cal sneered playfully at her. "You guys look funny with wet hair... Im not used to it" she giggled as they both got right in her face and proceeded to shake their hair off like dogs. She squeeled so loud that finally Michael came up behind them and shoved them out of the way before wiping her face off and running away with her on his shoulders. I laughed loudly while I followed. He brought her to the front of the bus before setting her down just as Niall and Louis were walkiing in. "Hey guys.... And lady wassssuuupppp," niall screached when he saw us. Heather giggled a bit more before squirming out of Michaels grip and jumping into Louis' open arms. He smiled real big as she snuggled into him for just a moment before letting go and doing the same with Niall. Before coming to me and sitting in my lap snuggling up to me asking when we would leave. I told her we had to wait until the others were ready, and she got dressed. Her face immediately fell when I mentioned getting dressed, and I knew it was gunna be about her clothes. "Babe Im not letting you out in this rain in shorts. You can keep my hoodie for now, but we have to get you in some pants before we go. Because as cute as it would be to take care of you, i know from experience that you dont want to be sick while on tour..." I said as I shuffled her around a little bit so that we would both be comfortable. But instead of trying to come closer to me she pushed away from me and walked off towards the bunks. I was about to go talk to her, but Michael pulled me back as Calum went back there.
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Calums pov.
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I entered the bunk area and could instantly hear muffled sobs coming from Ashtons bunk. I quietly pulled the curtain back. "Sweetheart please look at me." I quietly begged as I kneeled next to the bed placing a gentle hand on her back. She laid there for a few moment before turning to me her eyes briming with tears and her face contorted in fear. I crawled into the bed and locked my arms around her holding her as close to me as possible. "Heather I swear on my last fucking breath I wont let anything happen to you ok? I will be right by your side while we are there." I whispered into her hair as she clung tightly to me. "Hey cal," she practically squeeked, "do you have a pair of sweats or something I can borrow. Luke wont let me leave in these shorts and I dont have anything else." I smiled down at her and nodded saying, "well of course babe Im sure I can find something that will work for the trip over there. But lets get you calmed down a bit first ok?" I said as I rubbed gentle cirlcles on her back. I held her closer as Ashton walked up noticing we were curled up in his bunk. He smile dipped a little when he noticed the now drying tears on her cheeks, but it picked back up when she smiled at him saying, "hey ashy, you wanna know something?" He giggled and replied with a 'sure babe wassup.' " you guys are the most amazing brothers Ive ever had. And as much as I know Im going to regret going back. I really am glad that you guys will be with me today." She said as she stared into both of our faces. Just as she finished Mikey cam back saying that Niall and Louis had left but that we all needed to talk before we left. Heather got up and jumped into Ash's arms and whispered something into his ear. His eyes flashed with worry and then slight anger before settling on relief before he led her to the main lounge. I walked in and sat beside her as both Ash and I wrapped an arm around her. The others sat on the floor in front of us as Heather began telling us some of her past. I hadnt noticed until she got to a story of when her Ex had tried to rape her that Ashton had rolled her sleeves up and was gently rubbing the numerous scars that littered both of her arms starting at her wrist and disappearing under the dark sleeve of Lukes hoodie. I gently grabbed her other wrist laying it in my lap as I played with her fingers. It took her about an hour to finally tell us most of the stories and was finishing the last about how someone had broken into her appartment and had assaulted her in the middle of the afternoon one day. When she lost all of her compsure. Completely crumbling into my embrace. Luke jumped up and kissed her head and was whispering things into her ear, before pulling her into his arms. As he sat there trying to calm her I walked back to my bunk and dug around until I found a pair of sweats that would fit her. I walked back into the lounge and smiled as I saw them all curled up together and a huge smile spread accross Heather's face as she saw the pants that I tossed at her. She got up and walked back to the bathroom changing quickly before coming back and collapsing on top of all four of us.
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Heather's pov
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I loved how warm and comfortable I felt in the guys clothes, and wondered how long it would take them to... "Is that my beanie," Ashton interrupted my thoughts with his loud comment. I just giggled and burried my face in lukes chest. I had been digging around in the bunks for something to cover my now unruly hair, and the only things I could find were Ashton's beanie or Luke's snapback. I looked up and they all smiled and giggled at me. I wasnt expecting Michaels to come over and wrap his arm around me as he used his other hand to roll a few of his bracelets onto my wrist. I couldnt help but wince a bit as one of them caught on one of my newer cuts. I knew that he noticed because his arm tightened around my waist and his hand was being more gentle. When he finished I could feel him smile into my neck and leave a small kiss saying, "there now you have a piece of all of us," before the others got up and we all walked out to the van.
I couldnt stop shaking the closer that we got to my dreaded appartment. I immediately felt Luke's arms wrap protectively around my waist as we pulled up the driveway. We all climbed out of the van and Ashton walked ahead of the rest of us since he had my key. As we entered the small room I noticed that all of my stuff appeared to be in the same place that I had left it. Luckily I never really had much so I knew it would fit in the few small duffle bags that I had.
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