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Summary: "So why Tokyo?" She knew the answer but she wanted to know it from him. "No extradition." "So you're a regular cowboy? Bet your mama's proud." She replied as a joke and saw him smile as she swept her bangs from her face. "She is." Han had a thing for motorcycles, leather and pretty girls a long time before Giselle came around. Based on the song "You and I" By Lady Gaga, named after "Mama's Don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" By Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. Spoilers for everything from Better Luck Tomorrow (where Han Lue is introduced to the criminal world) to all five Fast and Furious movies. So if I ruin it for anyone…sorry!
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Playlist:
Set Fire to the Rain – Adele
You and Me – Lifehouse
Chapter Ten – In which Juliet finds the poison
It's you and me
and all of the people
With nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And I don't know why
I can't keep my eyes off of you
-Lifehouse
The long thin lines of powder looked mesmerising on the glass top of the table in the back room of the fashion show. The music was still playing in the change rooms and the party was about to move out as Jules and Lolita grinned madly at each other.
"You first!" Lolita clapped and Jules took the rolled up American dollar note from her and leant down to the table, laughing at the excitement on Lolitas face. The last thing on her mind was Han or Twinkie, the people that had been waiting to see her for a month now. Unfortunately for her they weren't the only things she forgot about as the night became a blur. The last thing for certain was Lolita snatching the dollar note from her and following her lead and letting out a loud whoop.
"Let's party!"
Gia was chatting to a beautiful blonde in a tight black dress when she got the call on her cell. Excusing herself from the group, avoiding Hans watchful gaze she made her way out to the loft and answered it.
The last few days had been dicey. She'd spent most of her time dodging Han and his questions since she'd dealt with Lolita and Jules. The last thing she wanted to tell her friend was that his girl was high as a kite with one of the most notorious models in the city. But the Australian girl hadn't given her much more time. Until she heard the voice on the end of the line.
"Gia? It's Jules. I need help." She didn't tell anyone where she was going, just went to the address Jules had managed to mumble down the line.
When she found her she was sitting outside a club, her short dress riding up her thighs as she sat slumped against the wall. Gia had to admit she'd seen worse, but it still sucked to see such a sweet girl in such a bad situation.
"Jules?" Her head lifted to stare at Gia blankly, her eyes not really focussing.
"Gia?" She rasped and Gia reached down to pull the girl to her feet. As soon as she took her arm she could feel the shakes in the girls body.
"Can you walk, hun?" She managed to half carry the girl over to her supra and put her in the passenger side before going back for the purse and shoes sitting on the sidewalk. On the way back to the car she noted the address on her drivers licence and made her way through the quiet streets back to the apartment.
"Why are you so nice to me?" Jules mumbled as they stumbled through the doors of the building and made their way to the door of her apartment.
"Because, despite popular belief at the moment, you're a good girl. Just in a bad place with bad people." She muttered as she searched the girls purse for keys.
"Han told me that the people you surround yourself with define who you are." Jules replied as she slumped against the wall and Gia continued to search for her keys. "It's unlocked." Jules managed to say and Gia pushed open the door, shock evident on her face as it swung open easily into the dark flat.
"Well you used to hang out with Han a lot sweetie, he's a good guy." Gia pulled her into the apartment and closed it behind them, flicking the locks and pushing the girl towards her bedroom. "Now get in the shower." She ordered, turning on the shower and making sure it was warm before leaving the girl alone. Shutting the bathroom door she took in the bedroom. It was a mess. There were clothes and bottles everywhere. Clearing off the bed she made it ready for Jules to sleep in before heading out to the rest of the apartment. Dirty dishes filled the sink and there were empty packets everywhere. She didn't miss the white lines that were still on the kitchen counter and reminded herself to clean them up before she called Han.
The shower shut off minutes later and Jules stumbled out of the bathroom wearing a t-shirt and underwear and fell on her stomach on the bed.
"Are you okay, hun?" Gia asked, leaning against the door frame.
"Fine." Jules muttered. "Thank you for coming to get me." Her voice was muffled by the pillows but Gia still heard her and smiled.
"That's okay," Walking back out into the living room she made herself comfortable on the couch and dozed off to sleep.
The next morning when she woke up there was no movement from Jules' room so she left, dialling Han on the way.
"I found your girl, you need to get around to her place." She heard him curse, "Han, remember this girl is important to you, don't abandon her." Then she hung up and got in her car. She was in the best hands now.
Han was woken by his phone ringing and he sat up quickly, hoping it was Jules, but instead saw Gias number flash across the screen. He flipped it open and held it to his ear.
"I found your girl, you need to get around to her place. "
"Fuck! Is she okay Gia?" He asked frantically as he climbed from the bed and pulled on some clothes.
"No, she's not." Han swallowed the lump in his throat. "Han," Gia's voice broke in, "remember this girl is important to you, don't abandon her." Then there was a click and Han put the phone in his pocket and headed out of his room.
"Where are you going?" Twink asked as he walked past the kid sitting on the couch on a laptop.
"I've got some things to take care of." He replied and jogged down the stairs and got in the skyline, pulling out as quickly as he could.
He parked the car next to Jules' bike and ran up the stairs, banging on the door loudly when he got there. There was no answer so he turned the door knob and the door popped open. Gia must not have locked it when she left he figured as he strode into the flat and straight to Jules' bedroom and pushing the door open.
The loud banging would not get out of her head and Jules pulled the pillow over her head and tried to block it out, but it just kept up.
"Fuck off!" She screamed and burrowed under the covers and her head went silent. Thank god.
Then she was cold.
Snapping her eyes open she lifted the pillow off her head and looked up to see Han standing at the side of her bed, looking down at her with a bored expression on his face and the comforter at his feet.
"What happened to you Jules?" He asked as she pulled the pillow back over her head.
"Fuck off, can't you see I'm trying to sleep?" Her voice was muffled as she yelled at him and she heard Han shift. She didn't see him walk out of the room and go for the front door, the only thing stopping him was the piece of paper stuck to the fridge with a magnet, the date highlighted in the middle paragraph. He walked over and pulled it off the fridge and shaking his head went to put it back when he saw the kitchen bench. He couldn't believe he'd missed it.
The paper scrunched in his hand as he turned and walked back into Jules bedroom to see the bed empty, but on the white pillow case was a dark bloodstain. Something crashed in the bathroom and Han turned from the bed to see her at the vanity holding tissue after tissue to her nose, tears streaming down her cheeks. She saw him standing there and looked down at the soaked tissue in her hand.
"Why won't it stop?" She sobbed and stepping forward Han took the tissue from her and pushed her back to sit on the toilet and tore a heap of paper off before holding it up to her nose.
"This is what happens when you snort coke all night." He replied and held her in place as she struggled to get away.
He almost forgot about the paper in his hand until he instructed her to tilt her head back and retracted his hand from her shoulder to see it scrunched in his hand.
"Your visa ran a week ago." He said and she dropped her head and stared at him with bloodshot eyes.
"Huh? I've got two more…" She trailed off when he shook his head and held the paper up to her face.
"No, Jules. You're officially illegal." He said pointing to the highlighted date, his voice angry and she slumped forward, still holding the paper to her nose.
"Fuck." She groaned and clutched her head. "Fuck."
"Here get up." He pulled her up before she had a chance to object.
"What're you…"
"You're covered in blood Jules." Once again moving too quickly for her he whipped off the t-shirt she was wearing and threw it in the hamper near the sink. Jules quickly wrapped her arms around her stomach and across her chest trying to cover as much as she could as she was left standing there in front of Han in her underwear. "Can you shower?" she nodded as Han turned on the shower, all the fight leaving her. "I'll be out here. " He said gesturing at the bedroom and she nodded again before he left her alone and walked out to the bedroom, closing the door behind him. The piece of paper in his hand crinkled with the movement and he looked down at it.
A month ago she'd been excited about going home for Christmas. Sometime between then and now things had gone terribly wrong and he knew it had a lot to do with him. He chanced a look at the bathroom door again and patted his pockets. Crap, he'd forgotten his wallet. He found his cell phone and dialled Gias number, mentally reminding himself to thank her when they got out of this mess.
"I'm asleep." She mumbled into the phone and Han could hear a voice in the background. Was that a british accent?
"G, can you get my credit card?" He heard a loud sigh and waited patiently as Gia went towards his room he guessed then he heard a positive reply. "I need two plane tickets booked."
"I don't recommend shotgun weddings Han, Vegas always ends in tears." The girl said around a yawn and Han would have laughed if it weren't for the circumstances.
"Two tickets to Australia G." He sighed and heard her mutter something.
"I'll call you back." She hung up quickly and a few minutes later his phone began to vibrate again. He glanced at the bathroom door where he could still hear the water running and flipped the phone open.
"Yeah?"
"Two hours- Tokyo to Sydney." Han frowned, he was sure Sydney wasn't anywhere near where Jules was from but he knew someone in Sydney that could definitely help. "Anything else you want done?" she asked with a slightly bored tone and Han could tell she wanted to get back to bed.
"No, thanks G. Could you get someone to run my wallet over here?"
"Goodnight gorgeous." She replied despite it being about ten am and the phone clicked. Han took the opportunity to go through his contacts for someone that had helped him out when he was a teenager. From what he'd heard she'd moved to Sydney. No harm in trying.
After speaking with Jeanne Taylor he hung up the phone and looked back at the bathroom door where the water was still running. He walked over and knocked gently. When there was no answer jolt of panic ran through him and he pushed the door open to find her sitting on the ground with her legs crossed and her hands covered in blood as with half her face. He knelt down beside her.
"Jules?" She was staring at her hands and tears were still streaming down her cheeks.
"He wanted this." She mumbled as she turned her hands over to stare at the back of them. Hans brow furrowed. "I should have known, I should have been smart." She kept mumbling and turning her hands over and over.
"Jules." He reached out for her face but she ignored him, continuing to repeat words over and over again. He thought about trying a different name, but babe and baby wouldn't get him anywhere. "Angel." The word slipped past his lips before he could stop it and her head snapped up so their eyes met. Inside the apple green depths he could see her pupils were dilated and she seemed to be still coming down.
Her brow furrowed at the silence that followed and Han watched her forehead crease as she watched him.
"Have you ever seen this much blood?" She asked softly and Han swallowed the lump in his throat. He had. "I have…" She didn't wait for his answer before she started speaking again, her eyes never leaving his, "It was twelve weeks old, just a blob, you know, but there was so much blood." She was rambling again. "Just a blob with no name with no daddy and no home." She said wistfully leaning her head dangerously to the side until she started to slide against the furniture. Han wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her into him. "He said good riddance, and the doctor said no more babies. No more. Poof!" Her hands made an exploding action and Han watched in horror as she fell apart in his arms. "Silly Juliet, with no babies and no home." She mused, chuckling slightly.
"You have a home Jules." He said softly pushing the bangs from her face and her green eyes flickered up to him again, glassy. "Here in Tokyo, with me." He wasn't sure where the statement came from but in that moment he meant every bit of it.
"With all the pretty ladies and all the money in the world." The crazy look was back on her face.
"No Angel," he didn't know why he'd chosen the name but it fit, "you and me." He slipped his arm out from her shoulders and knelt in front of her with the palms of his hands on her cheeks as her head began to loll. "Come on, Jules, don't fade on me now." He begged. He looked up at the still running shower and pulled her to her feet and dragged her towards the shower. It was so small that he didn't think the both of them would fit in there so he opened the door and pushed her in, holding her arms so she didn't slip.
She didn't flinch or show any recognition of the freezing water that was pelting down on her. His arms were starting to go numb when she seemed to become more lucid. He didn't fail to miss the smattering of bruises that covered her pale skin on her thighs and stomach. She must have been pretty out of it when she got most of them. He knew the grazes on her knees were from the night before when Gia had found her but the whole scene started to look a lot better when the blood was washed away. He wrapped her in a towel after shutting off the taps helped her out to the bedroom where he let her lay down and sleep for a little while, at least until he could sort himself out. By the time he returned to the kitchen he was a shaking mess.
A/N: Little bit dramatic I know. I'm sorry- Review!