Please Stay

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Juliet felt her phone rumble in the bottom pocket of her jeans. She knew it was her father

Dad: honey, where are you? Come home now.
Juliet: I was out with some friends dad I'll be home soon.

"Michael my dad is worried I need to go." Juliet sighed. She didn't want to leave at all. She loved Michael and loved cuddling with Michael, but knew she had to leave.

"Juliet, babe, your dad hates me I know that but we can't keep sneaking around like this. He needs to know that I'm in love with you and would crawl to the ends of the earth just to see your beautiful smile...even if it was just for a minute."

Michael ran his fingers through Juliets hair swirling his fingers around making little curls. He kissed her lips softly but for longer than usual.

"I love you Michael...I promise things will change I just have to get my dad to warm up to you." She sat up and Michael did the same. He walked her downstairs and put her jacket on. Zipping it up slowly until the zipper locked and he knew she had to leave. He kissed her lips and held her close.

"I'll see you tomorrow kitten?" He asked with heartwarming eyes.
She kissed his cheek.
"You'll see me tomorrow...even if I have to sneak out...you'll see me."

She twisted the door handle and walked outside into the snow. A single tear crept down her cheek knowing her dad will never open up to the thought of Michael and her being in love. Her phone vibrated.

Michael: I miss you already kitten :'(

She chuckled because Michael always texted her the second she walked out of his sight. She typed slowly because the winter temperature was dropping faster than she could walk and her fingers were going numb.

Michael: I miss you already kitten :'(
Juliet: I miss you too Mikey...tomorrow you will see me again I promise. I'm freezing so I'll text you when I get home. I love you <3

She slid her phone back into her satin layered pockets. Her fingers fiddled with her jacket zipper out of anxiousness. She passed the coffee shop and glanced at a familiar face. She slowed down to get a better perspective of the persons face. It was her dad.

Her heart dropped and she quickly pulled her hood up. She walked faster and ended up slipping on the ice and busting her lip. The rest of the walk home was filled with sniffles, bloody lips, and pure terror taking over her body.

"Mom I'm home!" She yelled closing the door swiftly.

She ran to the kitchen to quickly clean up her bloody mouth before her mother could bother her about it. The wet napkin hit her lip and did little to help ease the pain. She winced and continued to pat the blood away.

"Juliet? Where have you been? Me and your father were worried!" Her mother almost yelled

Juliet kept her back turned to her mother while various excuses filled every part of her brain.

"I went to get a coffee with Paige." She choked.
"Paige? I thought Paige was sick?" Her mother stepped closer.
"She-she's better now...we went out for a coffee and talked for a bit. I'm home now and I'm fine."

Juliet tried to turn her head in a way so her mother wouldn't see her lip. She ran up the stairs dialing her best friend Paige's number.

"Paige if my mother asks you we went out for a coffee today okay? Just please say that a-and I'll love you forever." Juliet sighed.

She could hear Paige's breathing speed up. Paige never lies, ever. She always was reading and making various useless arguments against anything anyone said. Paige was tall and had dark brown hair. She wore glasses and ripped jeans most of the time. Usually she wore her hair in a loose braid but the most recent times I've seen her she was wearing her hair down natural, probably because of ashton always telling her how beautiful she looks without makeup and how she should "just be natural".

"Juliet were you with Michael again?" Paige snapped.
"Yes, now if you would please-"
"Juliet just tell your dad. That fight happened almost three months ago. Your dad should forgive and forget already!" Paige interrupted.

Juliet hung up the phone and let out a sigh. She flopped on her bed and sent a text to Michael.

Juliet: I'm home know baby...everything okay?
Michael: just missing you kitten.
Juliet: I know babe, tomorrow wanna go ice skating?
Michael: sure kitten.

Juliet blushed every time Michael called her kitten. She loved that boy so much and would do anything to see him.

She heard footsteps coming into her room.

"Hey Juliet." It was her dad.
She covered her lip with her jacket and scrolled through her phone
"Why were you home so late?" He asked.
"I went to get a coffee with Paige..." She trailed off.

Her dad nodded and walked out of her room closing her door. He came back in not a second later.

"Well what coffee shop did you go to?"
"The-" she stopped.

She remember she saw her dad at the coffee shop today and knew she had to say a different one.

"Sta-starbucks...we went to Starbucks."
"Isn't that across town?" He looked slightly angry.
"Paige drove us...she borrowed her moms car."

Her dad nodded in agreement and shut her door. This time not coming back in.