MILEY'S POV:
Luke smiled again.
"Oh course you are." He whispered, "That's what people like you do. They try and be 'noble' when the most noble thing you could have done was join me."
"Shut the hell up." I spat. He just smiled again and said,
"If you would have joined me, we wouldn't have had to drag your family into this. Now your family is going to die and its all your fault. This is your last chance: Join me and save you family from a painful death…..or don't and I'll kill you all." He whispered. I turned my eyes over to where Jake, yes macho Jake, was crying. He looked so helpless standing there watching us.
"No. You wanted your fight Luke well here you go." I muttered. He smiled and said,
"Your right princess. Let's go." I lifted my hand to slap him, and he punched me in the stomach. Damn, you aren't supposed to punch girls there. If I can't have kids because of that, I'm gonna haunt his sorry ass when I die. I doubled over in pain and cried out. Jake tensed up and Oliver had to remind him that Luke still had that knife. He moved to kick me, and I dodged it. He seemed stunned that he missed and I took this as an advantage to jump up and slap him. He was shocked but quickly recovered. He swung his fist and it made contact with my temple. I fell down and held my head as I tried to get the world to stop spinning. Luke took this advantage and put his foot on my stomach while I was lying down. I was breathing heavily and he was grinning like and cat that had just caught its dinner. Which, I reminded myself, he had. I just stared at him for the longest time. All he had to do was put all his weight on that foot and I would die. I was bracing myself for it.
"You don't want to do this Luke….." I whispered in a quiet voice. Luke looked down at me and said,
"How would you know what I wanted?" I just stared up at him and said,
"I know that only you can choose who you are. Its not too late Luke. You don't have to kill me. You have a choice." I whispered with as much energy I could muster. I could taste my blood from a bloody lip, my head was throbbing heavily where he punched me, and I hurt all over.
"I do have a choice. And this is what I choose." He pulled out the knife. I wanted to cry but I wouldn't let myself. I wasn't going to die crying. Just as Luke had the knife in his hands, I heard someone mutter something from the corner.
"Go screw yourself Luke." Jake screamed and he came running toward Luke. He shoved him off me, and through the stained glass window. Jake came falling down on me as Luke went flying. I closed my eyes and I heard the glass shatter, Luke's screams of pain, and his bones breaking as he came in contact with the ground. I finally let out that sob that had been building in my chest. It was over… it was finally over. I then took notice of the person on top of me. He reached down and put a hand on my cheek. He lowered his lips on mine and kissed me gently, not caring about my blood that was getting smeared on his lips. I kissed him back and said,
"Thank you Jake." I kissed him again and he kissed my face. My lips, nose, forehead, chin, and temple where Luke had punched me. I looked and saw Oliver watching silently with a smile on his face.
"I'll be right back okay?" I asked Jake. He nodded and we moved off each other. I walked up to Oliver and kissed him on the cheek and hugged him and tight as I could muster.
"I love you and I always will." I whispered in his ear before I pulled away. He smiled and said,
"You know I do too." I laughed and hugged him again.
"Thank you." I said. He waved his hand,
"Oh shucks, all I did was fight off an evil murderer with a knife. No biggie." I laughed again and said,
"You can't take the donut out of the boy."
"No you can't. But…would you want too?" he asked with a grin.
"Never." I whispered. I took Jake and Oliver's hands and we walked down the stairs. Oliver face was sheet white, as if he was terrified of what he was gonna see.
"MILEY!" Lilly jumped up from the couch and hugged me. I hugged back and she said,
"Your bleeding!" She ran to the sink and grabbed a wet washcloth. She handed it me. She turned to Oliver and led him to the couch beside Lydia. She was sitting with her feet propped up and looked unharmed.
"I was going to call the ambulance for her Oliver, but she wouldn't let me. She said she was okay." Lilly said. I jerked my finger at the window when I said,
"Someone should call an ambulance for Luke before the neighbors notice." All the sudden, I heard siren sounds. Too late.
"Dammit." I muttered. I heard someone knocking on the door. I answered it to find a police at the door.
"Is this the Stewart house?" he asked. I nodded,
"Yes. You see officer, he fell out of the window! There was nothing we could do! And-
"What are you talking about miss?" the officer asked. I gaped at him.
"The person on the front yard." I said. He lowered his glasses and glanced back at the yard.
"Ma'am all I see is broken glass. You need to clean that up." He said. My eyes widened I ran out into the yard and looked. All I saw were shattered pieces of colorful glass.
"But-What-He-Just-And" I stuttered. The officer pointed to my head and said,
"Young Lady, what did you do to your head?" I covered it with my head and said,
"Oh um I just…hit my head on the stairs. No big deal. So um….why are you here again?" I asked. I lowered his glasses and said,
"There has been a series of break-ins in this neighborhood and we were instructed to let everyone on the neighbor be on there guard."
"Oh well…thank you very much." I said.
"You welcome be sure to put some antibiotic on that cut." He tipped his hat and I shut the door. I ran into the room.
"Jake, where did you say was the last place you saw Luann?" I asked in a rush.
"Jackson's-
I didn't even let him finish. I was running as fast as my injuries were allowing me. I opened the door, and sure enough, there was no Luann. I screamed in frustration and I felt someone put there hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see Jackson, (Who had woken up while I was talking to the officer)
"What's wrong little sis?" He asked.
"They are gone. Luke and Luann. They just…disappeared!!" I exclaimed.
"You've got to be kidding me." Lilly said as they all entered the room. Oliver was still downstairs with Lydia, probably trying to convince her to go to the hospital. I sighed and say down on the bed.
"I can't believe after all that, he's gone! All we did was for nothing! He's still out there!" I said sadly. Jake entered the room and sat down beside me. I put my head in my hands and said,
"I just can't believe it." Jake pressed the washcloth to my cut and said,
"Where could he have gone? He fell out of a window for God's sake!!" I just shook my head and said,
"I really thought we got him this time. But he was right. I can never escape him." Lilly looked at Jackson and said,
"Maybe he's given up on you." I just laughed bitterly and said,
"Oh please. He's just bidding his time. He'll be back….when….I don't know. But he will." Jake took my hand and said,
"And we'll be ready." I looked at him and smiled.
"'We'll'? After all this you are still sticking with me? I would have given up on me months ago." I said.
"So would I." Jackson muttered. Lilly hit him.
"Normally, yes. But you my dear are anything but normal." Jake said. I fake pouted. He kissed me and said,
"And that's a good thing because I hate normal." I laughed and said,
"Good." Lilly and Jackson slipped out and we stood up. I took his hand and we looked at each other. I smiled and looked down. He grinned and said,
"Let's go." We walked out of the room, hand in hand, and prepared ourselves to spend the rest of our lives together, with or without Luke. And if he did come, we would have each other.
A/n: and it ends. (wipes away tears) you see the way I ended it, I can go back and make a sequel if I want, or I could leave it like that. At this point I'm focusing on the prequel. I really hope you all liked it. THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH FOR EVERY SINGLE REVIEW!!!