Do you love me?

Chapter 24

Narrator's POV

Mitch: So, the prince was abusing Julie all this time while we were here.

Luke: Yeah. Dad, we need to get her out of here.

Luke stared at his dad with pleading eyes while everyone looked at Julie. She had tears in her eyes, and Flynn was comforting her the best that she could.

Alex and Reggie were a different story. They both looked like they were going to kill someone because Julie had become like a little sister to them, and they didn't want to see her get hurt.

Willie just looked really guilty. He didn't know why the prince was doing this. But he also didn't want anyone to know what he was doing. He didn't want anyone to know, especially Alex.

Meanwhile, Luke looked at his father with urgency in his eyes. He really wanted his father to agree with him for once. Mitch took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and eyeing Luke with certainly.

Mitch: I'll call the king and let him know that we are leaving immediately. Until then, no one can leave until we get an okay from the king. But one of you guys has to stay and guard Julie in the meantime. King John already appointed Luke to protect Julie, but if she w-

Julie: I want Luke.

Everyone's heads turned to Julie while she was sitting down, finally calming down. She raised her head up and looked at everyone, but mostly looking at Luke.

Julie: I want Luke to be my guard for the time being.

Mitch: Alright, Luke, you need to keep a close eye on Julie and make sure she isn't near the prince. Who knows what could happen.

Luke: Okay, Dad.

Mitch: The rest of you pretend that nothing happened. We have to make sure that we don't know anything. But we can assume that since Luke was there at the scene, the king and the prince might try to do something about it.

Everyone agreed to the plan, and one by one, everyone had left. But when Luke was about to leave with Julie, the Captain put his hand on his son's shoulder to stop him for a moment.

Mitch: Be careful, Luke.

Luke: I will, Dad.

And just like that, Luke left with Julie leaving the Captain alone in his room, taking out his phone to call Julie's father. The phone was ringing until he heard the phone picked up.

Ray: Captain, why are you calling me in the middle of the night?

Mitch: I'm sorry, your majesty, but something happened with the princess.

Ray: What do you mean? Is she okay?

Mitch: Don't worry, she's fine for now. But you gonna want to hear this.

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Julie led Luke to the back of the castle, where they saw a lake and a bench. Both of them walked over to the bench and sat down with only the awkard silence they had.

Both of them didn't know what to tell the other. After what happened at the garden, they were having a moment until Nick interrupted. Just then, Luke started to speak.

Luke: Are you doing better right now?

Julie: Yeah, I am.

Luke: That's good.

There was that silence again. They were both staring at the water until Julie spoke.

Julie: I wanted to hate you, you know?

Luke: W-what?

Julie: When you didn't say anything about you loving me, I was so mad at you for not admitting it. And when we got here, I thought this could be a chance that I could get over you and thought that Nick was a good guy. But he wasn't, and every single day, I couldn't stop thinking about you.

She turned towards him with a teary look in her eyes. Luke couldn't help but give her a guilty look. He turned his body to face her and place his left hand on her right cheek, wiping away the tears that were falling from her eyes.

Luke: Jules, I never might it to go down that way. I wanted to say it, trust me, I do. But I was also scared because of the way things have been happening to us. To our friends. I wouldn't forgive myself if anything were to happen to you.

Julie: But Luke -

Luke: Julie, you are very important to me. And I will do anything to protect because *pause*

Julie: Because what?

Luke: Because I love you. I love you so much, Jules.

His other hand made it to her other cheek, rubbing it in tiny circles. She smiled towards him, and he replied with a smile, too.

They both leaned in, and they both shared a kiss so passionate that no one, not even the animals around them, would dare to ruin it. It was the type of kiss that shows how much love they have for each other.

They pulled away breathlessly and smiled at one another as Julie laid her head on his shoulders, and Luke wrapped his arm around her.

After 30 minutes went by, Luke escorted Julie back to her room. Before she could open the door to her room, she turned towards Luke, grabbed his collar, and kissed him again. Luke was shocked by this action but immediately kissed back, and the feeling of floating on clouds came back to him.

They pulled away from each other with a smile on both of their faces. Julie then put on a serious look and asked Luke what she was thinking.

Julie: So, what are we going to do right now?

Luke: About what?

Julie: About us. How are we going to hide this from your dad? Or how are we going to tell my dad?

Luke: I'm sure we can figure something out. But for now, let's enjoy this moment we have.

Julie: Alright.

Luke: You should probably go to bed before someone catches us like this.

Julie: You'll be outside my door, right?

Luke: I'm not gonna leave. And if you need me, I'm right behind this door, okay?

Julie: Okay. I love you.

Luke: Love you too.

They both leaned in to kiss one more time, and Julie opened the door to her room and said goodnight to Luke.

She laid down on her bed with the biggest smile on her face until she drifted off to sleep, thinking that nothing else could go wrong.

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Next time on... Do you love me?

???: Sorry, it has to end this way.

*stabbed*

???: Noooooooooooo!

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Hope you guys like the chapter. As many of you have read, I'll be taking a break due to mental health issues, and once I feel a lot better, I'll continue. I would like to thank Spopas7 for the idea again and couldn't have done it without her.

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