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*Finn's POV*
We did it.
We won the jury over.
Julia was finally free and she had a restraining order against her parents.
I was so glad to see her this happy, but something still bothered me.
Why wouldn't she tell me about Jack and his mom? Was she afraid? Was she mad at me?
And Jack didn't mention anything at all the day before.
But on other terms, the big party was today. Julia and I went home to change out of our formal clothes and into our beach party clothes.
"How do you like my swimsuit?" She twirled around, showing me her flowery blue swimsuit with a sundress over.
"Beautiful, as always." I told her and she blushed.
"Thanks, Finn."
"You kids ready?!" Nick yelled from downstairs.
"Race you to the car!" Julia sped out the door with her swim bag and hat.
"You cheated!!" I ran after her.
In just a couple of days this would be gone. All of it.
*Millie's POV*
"Took you long enough." I told Gaten and Noah who were just arriving with the food for the party.
"Hey, there was a long line!" Noah chuckled back.
I pecked his lips and set up the tables and towels.
"Hey, Gaten, is your girlfriend coming?" I asked my friend.
"Yeah, she's gonna arrive in 10 minutes." He responded, looking at his texts.
Soon enough everyone had arrived. The IT cast, the Stranger Things Cast, Calpurnia, and some of our close friends, like Lilia, Reylynn, and Enya!
Everyone was finally settling in, Sadie was laughing with Caleb, Gaten was dancing with Lizzy, Noah and I were DJ-ing until the real DJ got here, Jack took pictures with Rey, and Finn...
Wait, where was Finn?
And where was Julia?
I looked around for a few minutes, but I couldn't find either of them. I called their cellphones a few times, but neither of them answered.
*Jack's POV*
"What do you mean, you're not coming to the party?" I shouted into my phone over the loud music. "Ugh, okay, but i'm not saving y'all any snacks."
I hung up the phone with Finn.
Apparently he was gonna be running late because Julia got hurt. I think I was too high at the party to really understand what was going on.
"Rey, I have to go." I told my best friend.
"Okay, bye JJ!" She waved and I snuck out of the crowd and onto the beach.
I let my feet be covered by the water and stood in the sand. Then I laid down and felt my clothes become wet with saltwater. I fell asleep.
*Julia's POV*
Let's start with a positive, I no longer have to feel the wrath of my parents.
The negative.
Why the fuck did I race to the car.
I'm so fucking stupid.
Why did I forget we had fucking stairs?
WHY DID I FALL DOWN THE FUCKING STAIRS?!
There goes my summer beach party. At least everybody else gets to have fun. Now I have to stay home alone. Finn decided to go without me because he hadn't been to the beach in a while.
Makes sense, who wants to stay home with a crippled girlfriend?
I called Jack, no answer.
I called Ayla, bad connection.
Guess I'll just be alone on the couch for the next few hours.
