A/N: Thanks to my awesome reviewer pink-jinx67.

Maybe Tomorrow

Chapter Four

Julie was thankful for some relief when Jeff started taking anger management courses. She could clearly see him trying and she was becoming more comfortable with the decision to stay with him, but after three weeks of his class he suddenly stopped going, but he continued to tell Julie he was trying to stick with what he did learn in the class. Sitting alone at home as she did every afternoon she sat on the couch flipping through a magazine. She heard her cell phone ring and she closed the magazine. Walking across the room she answered the phone and the voice that came from the other end excited her.

"Hey Julie." Chuck said.

"Hi!" she said happily.

"I haven't heard from you and I was getting worried." He said.

"Everything is good actually." She said at this time she actually felt good being able to tell the truth.

"Really?" he asked.

"Jeff started taking anger management. Well he quit going last week, but he is staying with what he learned. We've had no problems. He is really trying." She said happily.

"I'm glad. We've really got to get together. Maybe lunch." He said.

"How does tomorrow sound?" she asked.

"Sounds perfect. Same restaurant as before at one." He said.

"Great!" Julie said. "See you tomorrow."

"Tomorrow." He said.

The entire rest of her day Julie had a glow that even Jeff commented on. She knew that she was a little too excited for her lunch, but she couldn't calm down. The next morning she awoke early enough to make sure that everyone was going to be perfect. She had picked out the perfect outfit and spent nearly two hours on her hair. Getting out of a cab in front of the restaurant Julie spotted Chuck quickly and walked over to him giving him a tight hug.

"You look great." He commented.

"Thanks." Julie said happily as they entered the restaurant.

After they were seated both of them sat quietly as they looked over their menus. Julie peered up from her menu to see Chuck starring at her. She slightly blushed as she sat her menu down on the table.

"Truthfully is everything okay?" he asked.

"Everything is just fine." She said happily.

"You still don't love him." He said before taking a sip of wine. Julie starred at him and sat back on her chair. He was completely telling the truth, but she wasn't going to just come out and admit it. "He truthfully hasn't hurt you?"

"Truthfully." Julie said as she took a sip of her own wine. "He has been really working hard."

"I'm glad, but I'm still worried. He dropped the course and who knows how long it will be before he goes back to his old ways." Chuck sat his glass done and took Julie's hand.

Julie looked up at him and sighed. "I just have to believe that he won't." She said as she let him continue to hold her hand. "Let's talk about something happy." She said quickly before taking her hand from his.

"Happy?" he questioned.

"Yeah, what have you been up to?" she asked.

"Nothing really. Just working really." He answered.

"I've been wedding planning." She said happily. Chuck sat looking at her. "Come on it's happy." Just at the moment Julie jumped at a feeling in her pocket. She pulled out her cell phone and answered it quietly.

"Hi honey!" she said happily.

"Where are you?" asked Jeff.

"Having lunch with a friend from high school." She answered.

"Alright, I came home for lunch and you weren't here. I was worried." Jeff said.

"No need to be worried. I will see you later." Julie said.

"Okay, I love you." Jeff said sincerely.

"Love you, too." Julie said before closing her phone and putting it back in her pocket.

"Jeff?" Chuck questioned sitting back in his seat.

"Yes, he came home for lunch and was worried I wasn't there." Julie said as the waiter arrived with their food.

"Keeping tabs on you?" Chuck questioned as he cocked up and eyebrow.

Julie shook her head. "Not like that." She said rolling her eyes.

"Right." He simply commented.

Julie sat on the floor of her apartment painting her nails. She loved the lunch she spent with Chuck even though he continued to criticize Jeff, but she knew that Jeff was really trying even though she knew that somewhere she had feelings for Chuck. Banishing the thought she continued to paint her nails until the front door opened and she looked up to see Jeff walking in with a giant wrapped box in his hands. Julie smirked as she stood from the floor and walked to him.

"Hello Beautiful." Jeff said as he grabbed Julie into his arms and planted a kiss on her lips. "This is for you." He said as he handed her the box.

"Thanks." She said as she walked with the box to the couch and sat down. Jeff sat next to her and put an arm around her as she pulled the ribbon off of the box. Opening the box Julie pulled out a long evening gown. She gasped at how beautiful it was and turned to Jeff. "This beautiful, I was looking at it in a magazine last week."

"I saw you looking and I knew I had to get it for you." He commented. Julie put the gown back in the box and leaned over to kiss him. "So how was lunch?" he asked.

"Great!" Julie said happily.

"Where'd you go?" Jeff asked as he pulled the box from Julie's arms and sat it on the floor.

"Maidens." Julie said and she leaned into Jeff's arms. She put her feet on the couch and turned her head towards him.

"Maidens?" he questioned looking down at her. He moved a stray strain of hair from her face. "I hear it's impossible to get a table there."

"Totally." Julie said.

"Some friend, she must have great connections." Jeff said as he bent down to kiss Julie.

"Actually it's a he, but yeah he does have connections. That place is wonderful." Julie said as she looked at Jeff and she saw a change in his face. "Something wrong?"

"You said your friend is a he?" Jeff asked.

"Yeah you might have heard of him Chuck Bass." Julie said as she sat up, but stayed in Jeff's arms.

"You didn't tell me before hand that your friend was a guy. I assumed you were out with girlfriends." Jeff said.

"Is there a problem that he is a guy?" Julie asked.

"Of course there is Jules." Spat Jeff. Julie cringed at his tone and her body went stiff in his arms. "I don't want you going out with guy friends without my permission."

"Permission?" questioned Julie. "Why exactly do I need your permission?"

Jeff looked at her as if she was a young child who had just talked back to her father. Julie had seen this look in his eyes before and she felt the fear rising in her body. That single moment seemed like an eternity to Julie who wasn't sure what Jeff was going to do. Suddenly she saw his hand rise to her. Her breathing became quick, but she jumped up from the couch before he could touch her. Standing in front of him he looked up at her with so much anger.

"Sit down!" he growled.

"I want to know why I need your permission?" Julie asked trying her bed to hold her voice from shaking.

"I am the man of this household and I control what goes on here. You will ask my permission." He said at once standing. He towered Julie and she stood looking up at him. She couldn't think of what to say to him in response. She then began to step away slowing creeping backwards, but Jeff grabbed her by the wrist. His grip was so tight she could feel the blood as it struggled to pump through the veins. Looking up at him there was fear clearly in her eyes, but she could see the anger in his. "You aren't going anywhere." He growled as he briskly and roughly pulled her to him.

"Jeff." She spoke softly. "Let go it hurts." Her voice was small like a little child's as she struggled to pull her wrist from his grip, but he didn't let go. It was so fast that she didn't see it coming. His fist made contact with her face quickly and hard. Julie let out a scream.

"Be quiet." He spat in her ear before pushing her onto the couch. She hit with a thud before watching him cross the room and pouring himself a drink.

At that very moment there was so much apprehension inside of her because she knew it would only get worse with him drinking. She pulled herself from the couch and walked into the bedroom, but then she heard him scream.

"I didn't dismiss you bitch!" he yelled. Julie quickly ran back into the living room with tears streaming down her face. She ducked as she saw a glass fly across the room towards her. It hit the wall and broke into hundreds of pieces. Jeff walked and grabbed her by the hair. Julie screamed at the pain that ripped through her head as he pulled her by her hair into the bedroom. The door slammed behind him as he pulled her in and pushed her to the floor.