Below The Surface
author: tash
rating: (M)
summary: ok i know bron and luke have been ova for ages but i had to do
this and if it dosnt make sense its cause im making it up as i go. oh and
also i realise that i have kind of taken wat happened with mitch and terri and
used that but oh well
luke has been drinking for a while now and it is getting late bron
walks
over and kneels beside him
bron: luke come to bed
luke:no im fine
bron: you have to work tommorow
luke: i know that
bron:fine whatever but you cant keep drinking like this and then going
to
work the next day you'll end up stuffing up and killing someone
just then luke lost it and took a swing at bron getting her in the face
she got up and glared at him then walked off to bed. she got in and
lay
there not quite understanding what had just happened
about 15 minutes later luke stumbled in and fell into bed bron lay
there
facing away from him. he put his arm around her and pulled her closer
to
him
she pulled away from him
bron: luke dont
luke: oh what so its okay for you when you want it but when i do
bron: you just hit me or do you not remember that
luke: look im sorry it was an accident
bron: well i dont care alright just dont
luke started to get frustrated and angry at not getting what he wanted
he pulled her back over onto her back and started kissing her
bron: luke what are you doing i said get off
he grabbed her wrists and pinned them down kissing her and undoing the
buttons on her shirt moving his hand over her body bron kicked him and
he
let go to grab his side where she had hit. she jumped up and tried to
get
away but he grabbed her and they fell onto the floor he wrestled with
her
trying to get hold of her wrists again but she dug her nails into the
side
of his face and scratched him leaving deep gashes on the side of his
face
luke: ahh shit bron
he grabbed her wrists hard and pinned them down he was sitting on top
of her
on the floor both breathing hard bron had tears on her face and luke
had a
bit of blood on his face from where she had scratched him. luke was
looking
at her and she was looking back at him and suddenly he realised what he
was
doing. he quickly let go of her and got up
luke: bron im sorry im so sorry
he reached down to help her up but she snatched her hand away from him
tears
still running down her cheek she moved away and got up not taking her
eyes
off him she stood there rubbing her wrists. then she moved to the
drawer
and pulled out a pair of jeans and put them on
luke: where are you going
bron: just go to bed
luke: where are you going
bron: luke just go to bed i dont want to talk to you!
bron grabbed her keys and went outside to her car luke following her
she
opened the door and was about to get in
luke: bron im sorry! i dont know what happened
she ignored him and got in the car
bron got out of the car at charlottes house and went up the stairs. her
dogs
were barking at bron charlotte came to the door
charlotte: hey hey hey! elvis shoosh
she opened the door to see bron standing there with red eyes
charlotte: oh bron whats wrong
bron: umm well
before she could say anything else she started to cry again charlotte
put
her arms around her and pulled her in for a hug.
later on bron and charlotte are sitting on charlottes lounge and bron
has
just finished telling her what happened
charlotte: shit how could he do that to you
bron: i dont know thats what im still trying to figure out i mean he
was
pretty pissed but that still isnt an excuse
charlotte: so what are you gonna do?
bron: i dont know
charlotte: well you know you can stay here as long as you like
bron: thanks
charlotte: you gonna go to work tomorrow
bron: nah i dont think so
charlotte: well ive got the day off so i can stay here with you
bron: good i really dont wanna be alone right now
the next morning
charlotte: bron i gotta go in and pick something up from the hospital
i'll
be about half an hour you gonna be ok
bron: yeah i'll be fine
charlotte: okay well i'll be back soon bye
bron: cya
at the hospital charlotte runs into luke it looke as though he's been
drinking again
luke: charlotte do you know where bron is
charlotte: no i dont
luke: are you sure she ran out last night
charlotte saw the scratches on the side of lukes face
charlotte: i have nothing to say to you
luke: why
charlotte: ha why do you think? you hit and tried to rape bron
luke: i didnt try to...
charlotte: oh and what would you call it
luke: look you dont know what happened i just need to speak to bron
charlotte: yeah well i know enough and she dosnt want to speak to you
charlotte turned around and walked off leaving luke standing there he
decided he'd go to charlottes house guessing since she new what
happened
bron had gone there
he arrived at charlottes house and looked through the window to see
bron
sitting on the couch watching tv he knocked on the door and bron got up
and
opened the door
bron: go away
luke: bron we need to talk
bron: no! go away!
luke: would you stop acting like a child and just talk to me!
bron: you fucking asshole do you not understand what you did to me? how
dare
you stand there demanding i talk to you and call me a child
luke: i didnt mean it like that
bron: no luke you never MEAN anything you didnt mean to hurt me last
night,
you didnt mean to sleep with claudia you've hurt me enough as it is ok
so
just piss off i dont need this
bron turned around and shut the door behind her
luke: bron! bron would you just listen to me it was a mistake and im
sorry
he started to get violent and kicked the door
luke: i'll kick this fucking door down bron
bron started getting scared again and not even thinking about calling
the
police she rang ben
ben: hello
bron: hi ben its bron
ben: hey whats up
bron:well im at charlottes and luke is here and he's getting really
violent
ben: ok i'll be right there
bron: thanks
meanwhile luke is getting really frustrated and starts smashing the
door
bron: shit luke stop it just calm down
bron was yelling at him from inside
luke: no not untill you talk to me
he kicked the door one more time and broke the hinges off bron screamed
he
pushed it aside and walked in bron was backing away from him
luke: bron i love you i need to be with you
bron: ok thats ok luke just calm down ok
just then ben pulled up outside luke walked over and saw him which sent
him
into another rage
luke: whats he doing here! answer me bron
he whacked her across the face and sent her to the ground he then knelt
down
beside her and touched her face bron was crying
ben walked up the stairs and saw the door and bron crying on the floor
with
luke standing over her
ben: luke get off her
luke grabbed brons wrist and pulled her up
luke: get out ben she's mine
ben: i dont want to take her away luke so why dont you just let her go
she
isn't going anywhere
he said it very calmly although inside his heart was racing he didnt
know if
luke was going to hurt her or what
ben: look luke if you really do love her then you'll let her go
luke let go of bron and she pulled away running over to ben and luke
knelt
down his head in his hands
then very suddenly he took a deep breath and stood up
luke: im sorry bron i know theres nothing i can do to make it up to you
so
i'll just leave tell charlotte i'll pay for damages
he walked past them lightly touching bron on the arm she pulled herself
in
closer to ben not looking at him. he walked out to his car and drove
off