Hey all, sorry its been a bit, I've been busy planning new stories that I want to write after this one. Here is a link to the house that I used for this story :) you just gotta fill out a few random questions to view it. let me know if it doesn't work but it might expire after a while if the house sells :) homes/wa/seattle/wanwmlsresallnwm1862826nwm123768349/2005-broadway-e-seattle-wa-98102
Julie's PoV
I just finished showering after my night out and had pulled on pajamas and a hoodie. I needed to go shopping to get some new clothes as most of them had worn out in places or had holes in them. I took my last dose of antibiotics, applied cream to my head and to my blisters. Once everything was healed hopefully I wouldn't have any more ailments. The boys had all settled down to sleep on their air mattress with Luke on the couch as we had to be up early so I quietly climbed into bed and contemplated how my life had drastically changed.
At some point I must have dozed off because the next thing I knew was that I was being dragged to the basement by my hair. I could smell liquor and immediately realized it was my father.
"I want you to meet Luna, your new toy, I hope you like her"
I was shackled to the ceiling and Luna was presented in front of me before it was inserted. It was a metal shaft with dagger points sticking out that rotated with a tube connected to gas, it was all mounted on a pumping machine. I wasn't sure why gas was involved until my father turned it on and realized I was going to be set on fire. I tried screaming and struggling to get free but I couldn't go anywhere. He was going to turn that on and it would fuck me till I bled and all my insides came out, then he was going to light me on fire starting from my Virginia. I gave up trying to get free and just cried out for Luke, Luke would come and save me, I knew he would. My father just laughed and turned it on watching blood splatter all over the floor before turning on the gas.
Everything was on fire and hurt like hell for a few seconds before I woke up and found myself in a very tight embrace. It took me a few moments to register that I was awake and I tried pushing away from the half naked body till I saw his face. Luke had woken up and was there, holding me. I cried and lost control of my breathing, I needed air just like before and was about to pass out from lack of air. Immediately Reggie pushed open the window, Alex pulled Luke away from me and Reggie indicated that I stand by the window. I ran towards it and hung my head out just gulping in air. Someone had draped a blanket around my shoulders and I stayed like that for around ten minutes just breathing.
"Julie, are you okay?" whispered Luke from inside.
"No" I mumbled and immediately felt Luke's hand stroking my back. We stayed like that for maybe half an hour before Luke pulled me in for another gentle hug that turned into a massive bear hug once he realized I was okay with this. I wiped my eyes on his shoulder and felt him tighten his grip even more.
"Julie, you were crying my name out like you were so frightened and scared, I actually woke up and heard you, do you wanna talk about it?'' said Luke.
"No, not really, it was bad but my sub conscience somehow knew you would come and save the day I guess since I was calling out your name in my nightmare as well" I mumbled into his shoulder.
"I always will" Luke mumbled into my hair, which would have been a cute moment if it wasn't interrupted by Reggie and Alex going "awww" from where they were holding each other and mocking Luke. I giggled softly and let go of Luke and felt him reluctantly let go of me also. I saw from the corner of my eye that he was glaring at Reggie and Alex which made me smile.
"Well I'm proud of you Julie, you didn't run! Come here" said Alex who pulled me into a quick hug.
"Well it's around three in the morning, I dunno about you guys but I'm wide awake, who wants to watch a movie for a bit till we fall asleep?" suggested Reggie.
"Sure that sounds good! I call dibs on picking the movie though!" I said as I dived for the remote.
And that is how we fell asleep all in the same bed watching the first Frozen movie. I was between Reggie and Luke who had fallen asleep first while Alex and I made fun of their snoring and the fact that Reggie does indeed roll over to cuddle the nearest object. I ended up stroking his hair and he ended up murmuring in his sleep about not wanting to get out of bed and pulling me tighter. We nearly woke them up with our laughter but managed to stifle it. Eventually I fell asleep but noticed that Alex was still wide awake and snacking on popcorn he had poofed in from some country.
When I woke in the morning it was a tangle of limbs as always, I had rolled over onto Luke and was holding his hand in mine on top of his chest while Reggie had rolled over and was spooning a pillow he had stolen from me. Alex was wide awake and smirking at me like he knew a secret. I raised my eyebrows at him and he just smirked more and pointed to our hands. I rolled my eyes and pulled my hand out from Luke's which caused Luke to groan and try to find my hand in his sleep. I nearly burst out laughing as it was like a baby looking for his dummy. I gave him my hand again and he squeezed it against his chest. I gave Alex a pointed look and he just rolled his eyes and got up out of bed to have a shower.
Eventually Alex came back and none of us had moved and I had begun to doze off back to sleep so the drummer decided it was time for drumming. He poofed in his drum set and began wailing on his drums to wake us up. We all jumped and groaned then tried to throw pillows at him.
"Look it's time to get up or we will miss the train so get up and get moving or I'll start drumming again" he said.
We got up and groggily took turns in the shower while Alex poofed his drum set back and Reggie started packing everything up. I pulled the clean washing out and made sure that was packed away as I was missing my favorite hoodie and realized it must have found its way into the wash somehow.
At one point Luke needed to pee while Reggie was having a shower so Alex and I had a moment alone.
"He likes you Julie!" Alex stage whispered.
"I know, I like him too but I'm trying not to, you're all ghosts, it isn't right or healthy" I stage whispered back at him.
Then Luke came back out and we had to pretend we weren't talking and busied ourselves making the bed and tidying up any rubbish.
Eventually we were out the door by half past eight and into a taxi to take us to the station after a quick last goodbye to Nancy. We were then going to board the Coast Starlight train at Union station that would take us to Seattle over the course of the next day and eleven hours. In total the trip would be around thirty five hours.
Once we arrived we skipped the que and immediately boarded after Reggie told me to just show my ticket. I realized it was a family room which made sense, we could then goof off and enjoy the trip rather than having to be silent and careful. Luke had decided to take his acoustic with him and I could see Alex had his Cajon in his hands. No one could see the boys except me but it felt nice knowing I wasn't alone. Once in our room we picked sofas and settled down. It was a bit cramped but the two sofas pulled out into beds and there were beds above us that could pull out. We had our own private bathroom and shower which was nice and I was told that meals were delivered.
At half past nine, the train began pulling out of the station. I hadn't realized I was holding my breath but I let it out in whoosh, I was leaving and no one would stop me now. Alex had reached out and squeezed my hand.
"Time to party if you're up to it, you're stuck with us for at least the next thirty six hours" said Luke pulling down his guitar and Reggie pulling out several bottles of whisky that he had in his backpack, there looked to be at least six bottles.
Our day started off with some light drinking and card games, then ended up with us jamming to some music and singing my new fave song which I discovered was called The Jester. We had sung that one several times and as the night progressed, we began to drink a lot heavier and play silly drinking games. Food was a blast, Reggie had set it up that they would knock twice on our door and all we had to do was pull in the cart into our room. It was tight and we had to sit cross legged on the couch but that way we could all pull our meals down and eat. They weren't the traditional meals either, there was of course lunch, breakfast and dinner but every few hours it would come in with a bunch of snacks such as chicken popcorn, chicken tenders and sauce with wedges on the side. Or my personal fave, a platter of cheese and crackers with fancy meats. It took me till four in the morning to realize that Reggie was ordering this from his phone. At that point I stole the phone from him and told everyone we should try to sleep after drinking some water. The poor staff were probably sick of bringing us stuff.
We pulled out the sofas and I went to have a quick shower after finding suitable clothes. I went for shorts, a tank top and a hoodie. When I came out Reggie dived in before Alex and Luke had a chance which made me giggle at their pouts and angry looks. Eventually Luke was the last one to shower and the rest of us were in our beds. The bottom ones were super comfy and double sized while the top ones didn't look that great so Reggie and Alex decided to pair up for the night leaving Luke climbing into bed with me wearing sweats and a tank top. It was actually rather cold now that I wasn't wearing so many layers and we had stopped drinking but thankfully I didn't stay cold for long as Luke had shuffled over to spoon me after pulling the blankets up over our shoulders. His reasoning was that my teeth chattering was too loud. I just smiled and re played Alex's words in my head. I still couldn't feel his body heat but it was still nice being held. I was beginning to fall for Luke too but he was a ghost. I couldn't have a relationship with a ghost could I?
I woke to one hell of a headache and a beautiful scene. Reggie and Alex must have been cold as well because they were all bundled up with Reggie laying on top of Alex's chest and Alex had his arms around him. It was an adorable sight that helped me forget my headache for a moment. I shook Luke's shoulder to get him moving since I was pinned to the bed and I needed to use the washroom. He grumbled but moved out of the way so I could climb out. When I emerged from the bathroom he dashed in after passing me some painkillers and a bagel that was more bacon than bagel.
I sat down and ate in silence then took the pain killers and laid back down in bed. Luke eventually joined me in silence and began to eat his bagel too and then laid back down with me. It was still early and he seemed to understand my desire for silence with my head pounding. I eventually fell asleep again and woke up to Luke shushing Reggie and Alex for something they said too loudly. I scrunched up my face and stretched out my limbs.
"Sorry Julie, these buffoons don't get hangovers, It's around twelve in the morning so if you want you can take some more pain killers since we took our first ones at eight this morning, do you want me to get you some?" asked Luke.
I slowly sat up and nodded at Luke who disappeared to go fetch food I assumed. He came back a few minutes later with a hot coffee and another bagel with bacon and cheese this time. He then passed some pain killers from his bag to me with some water. We weren't going to arrive for another seven hours so I decided to go back to sleep for a few more hours while Reggie and Alex played card games and Luke laid down with me. Around two in the afternoon my headache was gone and I got up to go for a walk around the train. I found where Luke was getting bagels from and Reggie was ordering food service from. I sat down for a bit to just admire the scenery in one of the carriages that was mostly made up of glass. The scenery was epic and the boys enjoyed it also. I had to concentrate to ignore them and not accidentally reply and have everyone give me weird looks.
Finally we pulled into our station and made our way to our taxi that was waiting for us. It was a ten minute drive from King Street station to our new address that was going to be 2005 Broadway E, Seattle. I was met with a ginormous three story white house with red door in the front. I gasped in shock at how big it was and was taken gently by my hand to the front door. The taxi had left already so the boys were free to carry my luggage in. Reggie unlocked the door and opened it up to lead me in a dream state through the house. From the looks of Alex and Luke they were also a little blown away. There were two kitchens, one small and one massive, there were several sitting rooms, the main one with a fireplace, on the second and third floor there was decks over looking the view, one had a fireplace outside so we could set up a sitting area around that for night time viewing. The beach was with in eye sight if we wanted to go down to it and there were four bed rooms, each massive in a luxurious way with queen sized beds. All the walls were a beautiful white which made the whole house feel bright. There was an entire room devoted to laundry. You could wash, dry and then there was bench space for you to fold everything on. There was a gorgeous garden that was very easy to maintain, it was simple yet elegant which was perfect for someone who didn't have a lot of time on their hands. There was a bigger one in the backyard but Reggie told me not to worry too much about it.
Finally we finished our tour and picked our rooms, me and Luke played paper scissors rock for the master bedroom with the walk in closet. I won or rather Luke let me win and chose the bedroom across the hall from my one. Everything was already furnished so there wasn't a lot of shopping that needed to happen, we could still decorate if we wanted but there was already the basics of tables, chairs, couches and beds. Reggie had a cleaner come in early in the morning to clean everything after the furniture had been delivered and set up.
"Well what do you think Julie?" asked Reggie while Luke and Alex were choosing a take out to order.
"I love it, how can we afford this though?" I asked.
"Oh don't worry about that. A friend that we both have in common wanted to make sure you were taken care of. He also has set up an allowance for you to have money every week for groceries. It all gets put onto this card here and you have up to six hundred every week for anything you need, clothes, food, anything. He also knows we can eat which is why it's so much. This week though there's two thousand in there. He figured we could do a massive shop to fill up the deep freezer and buy new clothes. He also bought you a car to get to school and back. I know you can't drive so I was thinking of teaching you if you want. Till you have your licence though you can sit in the front seat with me so that anyone who looks sees that there is a driver and i'll just take charge of driving you to school every day. It's a twelve to twenty minute drive or an hour bus ride".
I understood who Reggie was talking about immediately and made a mental note to say thank you and invite him over for dinner one day. He was crazy rich with his own helicopter so I'm sure he could fly here in no time.
Eventually we decided on Chinese for dinner and I used the card for the first time. After we had set out what we wanted to eat we sat down in front of the TV to watch the second frozen movie. I never liked the first and it wasn't important to the second one so I filled them in roughly what it was about since we fell asleep to it the other night.
Me and Luke were sprawled out at one end of the sectional couch with our legs up under the covers while Reggie and Alex were at the other end with their legs on a ottoman. Around seventeen minutes into the movie I got excited as my favorite song began to start and I sang along quietly which got a soft giggle from Luke. Then later on it was my time to giggle at Alex and Reggie who were crying because Olaf had died. Luke just rolled his eyes at them.
After the movie was done we all went to bed. It was strange sleeping in a different house but I could make this room my own. It was a promising feeling knowing that I didn't have to worry about bills any more, as they would automatically be paid for by Trevor or rather Bobby and then I would have six hundred every week for groceries. Tomorrow we would be going shopping for new clothes and filling up the house with food. I was really excited as I never had a choice of clothes I got to wear since I was eight. It was always whatever dad found so nothing really fitted correctly. I eventually fell asleep after settling my excitement for tomorrow.