At school, Julie dances up to her locker as a boy from the marching band approaches the girl and asks her to give him back his drum sticks. Which she had somehow gotten during the musical number she just did in her head. After that encounter with the boy from the marching band, Julie hums and dances at her locker. Flynn walks up to the elated girl and laughs. Julie looks over at her best friend and asks, "Hey, what's up?"
Julie takes her backpack out of her locker and puts it over her shoulder as her best friend replies, "Nothing. It's just nice seeing you back to your weirdo self."
"Thanks?" Julie questions Flynn, shaking her head.
Flynn shrugs her shoulders and asks, "So how's the band? Still hot? Still talented?" She glances around the hall before adding, "Still dead?"
Julie chuckles before responding, "Amazing. Luke, Angie, and I spent the whole weekend writing songs when the two of them weren't too busy catching up. Come on. You wanna hear some of them?"
"Duh!" Flynn tells her best friend. Julie grabs the lock out of her locker before closing and locking it.
The two best friends walk into the music room, arm in arm. Julie is waving around her other arm as she tells Flynn, "Like it was flowing through me like when I used to write with mom and Angie." Flynn walks over to the front of the piano and Julie walks over to the bench. Julie takes her backpack off of her shoulder and sits down while asking, "So, this is the first song Luke, Angie and I wrote." She takes the piano lid off of the keys while adding, "Here's a bit of the chorus." She starts to play the piano and sings, looking up at Flynn.
Julie
'Cause we're standing
On the edge of great
Great
Great
She stops playing the piano and Flynn praises, "Wow! I like it! Definite Gaga vibes."
Julie nods her head and says, "Thanks!" She then starts to talk about another song the three of them wrote together, "I think we have an anthem with this one. It's something my mom, Angie, and I were working on." Flynn gives Julie a small smile and Julie continues, "Luke helped us finish it. Check it out." She starts playing the piano and sings once again.
Julie
And it's one, two, three, four times
That I've tried for one more night
Light a fire in my eyes
I'm going out of my mind
She stops playing and Flynn nods her head while saying, "That's... that's beautiful." Julie chuckles and Flynn states, "And my girl, Angie, has got a crush, and his name is Luke. Or is it you who has a crush on Luke?"
Julie throws up her hands and freaks out, "What? No. Luke's a ghost. Angie is the one that has a crush on Luke. You can't tell anyone about that. This is a secret between me and Angie, and now you. Even if I did have a thing for Luke, which I would never, Angie is like my sister and I couldn't hurt her like that."
"If Angie is like a sister to you, then she is a sister to me. But, you do have to admit, Luke is a cute ghost," Flynn says to her best friend.
Julie purses her lips and nods her head saying, "With a perfect smile."
Flynn waves her hand around and says, "It is so obvious that Luke and Angelina have a connection. Everybody's talking about when you're going to play with your hologram band again."
Julie looks confused and asks, "Play again? We don't even have anything planned. Luke, Angie, and I have just been focused on writing songs."
Flynn points her finger at Julie and tells her, "Lucky for you, your marketing team has been way ahead of you."
Julie shakes her head and says, "I don't have a marketing team." Flynn takes off her backpack and pulls out a flier.
She shows it to Julie and waves her other hand around while saying, "Yes, you do! And surprise! You're playing the school dance tonight, and I'm DJ-ing too." She hands the flier over to Julie, who takes it out of her best friend's hand and looks at it. "I posted it all over social media. You have an excellent marketing team," Flynn tells her best friend while holding out her hand.
Julie shakes her head vigorously and says, "No. No." She places the flier down on the piano and gestures to it while continuing, "This is in front of the whole school." Flynn's phone buzzes and she takes it out of her pocket.
She glances at it before looking back to Julie while saying, "Sorry, you already have sixty-eight likes." Flynn turns and smiles at Julie before walking away.
Julie huffs while grabbing the flier with one hand and her backpack with the other. She gets off the bench and follows her best friend while calling after her, "Wait!"
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Angelina is sitting on the bench of the piano, flipping through her song journal to find a song to play to pass the time. Luke is lounging on his couch, staring at the ceiling; Reggie is sitting on the bean bag in the loft, plucking the strings to his bass; and Alex is draped over the armchair, tossing his drumstick into the air and trying to catch it. When Angelina finds the perfect song, she starts to press her fingers onto the keys of the piano before starting to sing.
Angelina
I tried... on my own I thought I'd get there
Luke turns his attention away from the ceiling and to the blonde haired girl. Reggie stops plucking his bass and listens to Angelina's singing. She had written this song about the three boys and Rose, Julie's mom. Alex tosses his drumstick into the air but forgets about it when he hears his twin's angelic voice, causing the drumstick to hit him in the head. He quickly grabs the drum stick before it can roll off of him.
Around and round, but I was only getting nowhere
Alex poofs off of the arm chair and appears by the stairs of the loft, playing his drums to the beat of the song. This startles Angelina but she continues to sing.
Then you... came along and gave me something
Angelina looks up at Alex, who is giving her a bright smile and she reciprocates the smile.
Something that I could believe in, trust in
And I won't go back again
Luke poofs away from the couch and Reggie poofs off of the bean bag in the loft. Both boys appear in front of Alex, playing their instruments. Angelina smiles at the two boys who just joined in.
As long as I have you
I can live like there's nothing left to lose
You unbreak every fracture in my heart
Nothing in this world could ever tear this love apart
Angelina gets off of the bench and dances her way over to the boys.
They say you gotta take the good with the bad
I'll take it all as long as I have you..., oh...
As long as I have you..., oh...
The boys stop playing their instruments.
I've been, spinning circles in this ocean
Alex starts to play his drums once again. Angelina dances with Reggie and Luke.
Stuck in my ways, but you put everything in motion
This time, I want you to see the real me
I wanna open up completely, deeply
I'll never be alone again
Alex picks up playing the drums and the other two boys play their instruments again. Angelina starts to jump up and down while continuing to sing. Luke can't keep his eyes off of the girl, smiling at how happy she looks.
As long as I have you
I can live like there's nothing left to lose
You unbreak every fracture in my heart
Nothing in this world could ever tear this love apart
They say you gotta take the good with the bad
I'll take it all as long as I have you..., oh...
As long as I have you..., oh...
And I realize now
I'm better with you
You got here right on time
Yeah, you were my breakthrough
You are my breakthrough
The three boys start to sing with the blonde girl, who starts to dance and sing to each of the boys.
All
As long as I have you
I can live like there's nothing left to lose
You unbreak every fracture in my heart
Nothing in this world could ever tear this love apart
They say you gotta take the good with the bad
I'll take it all as long as I have you..., oh...
As long as I have you..., oh...
The song ends and Angelina smiles while saying, "That was amazing!"
Luke grins at Angelina's happiness and takes his guitar off while telling the blonde girl, "You were amazing! Those lyrics are insane." Angelina blushes and waves her hand at the brown haired boy.
"Didn't Julie say we can't play music without supervision?" Reggie asks the other three ghosts. Luke looks at the twins with an open mouth expression. He had forgotten that Julie had told them that.
Angelina smiles and shakes her head, "We should be fine. Julie and Carlos are at school and Ray isn't home right now. Just don't mention it to Julie." The three ghost boys smile at the blonde girl, who laughs and smiles back at them.
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In the studio, Angelina is laying down on the couch, wearing another pair of plaid pants, a tank top, and her denim jacket. She has her song journal raised in the air and she is humming the song that she is still working on, while reading over the lyrics she has so far. Alex is off hanging with Willie and Reggie and Luke are doing only God knows what. Angelina is too invested in the song that has been stuck in her head to care what the other two boys are doing.
When Julie comes into the studio after school, she walks over to the piano and sets a flier down on top of it. She waters the plants by the window with a watering can she brought into the studio with her. Angelina closes her journal and puts it on the coffee table. She gets off of the couch and makes her way to the front of the piano to watch Julie. The other two ghost boys stop what they are doing and go over to the piano as well. Luke stands next to Angelina and Reggie is on the other side of Luke.
The brown haired boy leans down onto the piano and plays with one of the rings on his finger. Reggie picks up the flier and says, "We're playing a school dance? Sweet!" Luke looks over at the flier and Reggie tilts it so he could get a good look at it. Angelina leans over Luke so she could see it as well and the brown haired boy's heart starts to speed up at the close proximity between Angelina and himself.
Luke looks back and forth between the two ghosts and Julie while saying, "It's not exactly the Strip." Julie looks over at him and chuckles, still watering the plants.
"And you're not exactly alive," Reggie says as a matter of fact. He places the flier back onto the piano and looks over at Luke, who looks back at the bassist and leans away from him with a look of offense on his face. "So maybe you should be happy we have our first gig," Reggie continues.
Angelina lets out a laugh and says, "He's right Luke. Who cares where it's at, we actually have a place to perform."
Watering the plant, Julie speaks up, "I wasn't in love with the idea at first either," she points out her finger to the ghosts while turning to them while continuing, "But it could be a great way for us to build a following, right?"
Luke and Angelina look over at Reggie, who points at the flier while agreeing, "Yeah. Yeah. We need to play wherever we can, whenever we can."
Luke looks back to Julie and nods his head, stating, "No, you're right. Let's rock those kids' faces off and then play the clubs."
Julie spreads her arms out and walks forward while asking, "And then record a single that gets a billion streams?"
Luke leans more toward Julie while admitting, "I don't know what that is, but hopefully it lands us a manager and a tour."
"And then we release a bunch of hit albums," Angelina states as she drapes her arm over Luke, who is still leaning on the piano. He looks over his shoulder and smiles at the blonde.
They look over at Reggie as he snaps his fingers and points at Julie while throwing out there, "Put out a country album that does surprisingly well." Julie gives him a look, causing the Peters boy to shake his head and elaborate, "I shred on the banjo, so..."
"Then I'll learn how to fiddle," Julie tells the raven haired boy as she holds her hand out for a fist bump.
Reggie places his fist in front of Julie's, which is the closest thing he can give the lifer since he can't actually touch her. Angelina gets off Luke when the brown haired boy moves to stand up as he says, "And before you know it, we're being inducted into," he hits his fists on the piano as he continues, "The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame."
Reggie holds out his pointer fingers as he looks back at Julie while spitting out, "But one of us isn't there." He looks back to Luke and Angelina, continuing, "Because we had a blowout in 2032." Luke lets out a breath and nods his head in agreement. Reggie adds, "My money's on Alex. He's just so sensitive." Reggie shakes his head and Angelina throws him a 'what the hell?' look. Julie lets out a chuckle.
"So what are we waiting for?" Luke asks as all eyes fall on him. He throws out his arms before bringing them back to his side and exclaiming, "Let's get rehearsing!"
Julie looks between the three ghosts and asks, "Uh... Where is Alex?"
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When Angelina tells Julie that Alex is hanging with Willie, they decide to start rehearsing without him for the time being, until he gets back. They are practicing the melody of Finally Free and Luke calls out, "One more time." When they finally finish playing, Alex walks through the doors of the studio, causing all the eyes in the room to turn to him.
"Oh. Hey, Alex," Reggie greets the blonde drummer.
Angelina smiles at her brother and says, "Hey Lexi."
Instead of greeting Alex, Luke asks him, "Where you been man? We need to start practicing." Luke glances at the equipment before looking back at Alex while Reggie fixes his hair.
Angelina looks over at Luke and says, "I thought we were practicing." Luke looks over at the blonde girl and gives her a pointed look. Angelina just shrugs her shoulders and the two of them turn their gazes back to Alex.
Alex looks around at everyone in the studio and asks, "Yeah? For what?"
At that moment, the door to the studio opens and Flynn poses in the doorway, with her arms in the air. Everyone turns to her as she says, "Dance news!" She throws down her hands and moves into the studio while saying, "I don't have a date." She unknowingly stands next to Alex, who has his hands in the pockets of his denim jacket and looks between Julie and her best friend. Flynn points her finger at Julie and adds, "But I don't care because I'm so psyched to see you guys perform." Reggie moves over to the stool that is close to Alex and takes a seat.
Alex turns to the three other ghosts and disappointedly says, "Oh man! We're playing a dance?" Flynn puts her hand on her hip, smiling at Julie.
Luke walks past Angelina and sits down on the rolling chair next to the speakers with his blue electric guitar resting on his lap. Once he is sitting in the chair he speaks up, "Of course, dude. That's how we get a following nowadays." Luke looks over at Julie with his eyebrows furrowed and nods at her before turning his attention back to the blonde drummer.
Angelina rests her hand on the back of the rolling chair and leans on it. She looks over at her twin while telling him, "It could be fun, Alex."
Julie chuckles while looking at Angelina and Luke and mockingly says, "Yeah, get with the program, Alex." Angelina and Luke look over at Julie and smile at her. Alex holds out his hands, which are still in the pockets of his jacket and has an offended look on his face.
Flynn throws out her hands and exclaims causing everyone to turn to her, "What? The guys and Angie are here?" She tuts and looks off to her right while throwing up her hand waving and greeting, "Hey, guys! Hey, Angie!"
"Other way, sweetie," Julie tells her best friend. Flynn looks at Julie for a second before realizing she was facing the wrong way.
She turns the correct way while letting out an, "Oh." and waving at the ghosts. Reggie waves back and Alex raises one of his hands that are still in his jacket pocket in greeting. Angelina removes her hand from the back of the chair that Luke is sitting in and gives Flynn a friendly wave while smiling.
Luke speaks up, "Okay, well, now that Alex has graced us with his presence," Luke moves his right arm and rests it on the back of the chair, where Angelina's hand had just been. He looks around at Julie and the other three ghosts while continuing, "Can we start working?"
"Yes!" Julie exclaims, still facing Reggie, Luke, and Angelina. She turns to look at Flynn while informing her, "We're gonna rehearse. You wanna stick around?" The ghosts' attention moves from Julie to Flynn, to see what the girl's response will be.
Flynn opens her mouth before responding, "I'm supposed to blow up 500 balloons for the school dance, but this sounds way better." She gestures her hand to Julie while Alex nods his head.
Flynn turns around and moves out of the way as everyone looks to Carlos, who enters the studio while talking to his sister, "Hey, Julie. Remember those orbs in dad's pictures?" Julie moves her mic out of the way and Carlos walks through Alex to get to his sister. Alex looks down at his chest as the youngest Molina continues, "I... I think they're ghosts. But don't worry." He places the photo on top of the keyboard and Julie picks it up to look at it. "This room is..."
Carlos pauses as he backs up a little and looks around the studio. "Is..." he says while turning in a circle, inspecting the room. The four ghosts look at him in amusement. Carlos turns back to his sister and confirms, "This room is clean. I'm not getting the ghost tinglies." He moves his hand in a circular motion on the one side of his head, indicating the supposed tinglies he is supposed to get in the presence of ghosts.
Reggie chuckles and speaks up, "Wrong again, little dude." Angelina lets out a laugh and Luke smiles at the sound that came from the blonde girl while looking over at her.
Luke turns his attention to Carlos, who is pointing a finger at Julie and exclaiming, "Have no fear. If they come back, I will protect you, because I am the man of the house." Angelina puts her hand over her mouth to stifle her laughter.
Julie crosses her arms and asks with amusement, "Isn't dad supposed to be the man of the house?" Angelina removes her hand from her mouth.
Carlos, who has his own hands crossed over his chest sheepishly says, "There can be two." Julie chuckles and a smile crosses Flynn's face. Angelina bites down on her lip, trying to stop the grin on her face from growing wider. Carlos speaks up again, "Dad needs all the help he can get, right?"
Julie chuckles again and Angelina rests her hands on her hips. A look of realization appears on Carlos' face. He uncrosses his arms and reaches into the pocket of his jacket. He pulls out a container of salt and looks at it while informing his sister, "According to the internet, salt," He flips open the lid of the container and holds it up in the air while looking at Julie and continues, "Burns their souls out." Scared looks appear on the three ghost boys' faces as they look over at each other. Angelina just stands there with her arms on her hips and an unfazed look on her face. The Mercer girl has been a ghost long enough to know that the salt won't hurt them.
A nervous look crosses Julie and Flynn's faces as Carlos adds on, "A little sprinkle will keep them from ever coming in here." He holds up his finger to indicate that Julie should watch. He turns to where Reggie is sitting and throws some salt in that direction, causing the raven haired boy to gasp in fear and hug his bass to his chest. Carlos then turns in the direction of Luke and sprinkles some near the boy's feet. Luke lifts his feet up as he grunts in fear.
Carlos turns to where Angelina is standing near Luke, who looks up at the blonde girl and notices her unfazed face. Just as Carlos sprinkles some salt in her direction, Luke grabs a hold of her arm and yanks her away from the salt. This causes Angelina to trip over her feet and fall on top of Luke and his guitar, which is still in his lap. Angelina is now on top of Luke's guitar with her own resting on top of her and she is laying on Luke's lap.The boy has his legs up on the chair so that his feet aren't in the salt on the floor. The blonde girl slowly turns her head and gives a small glare to Luke who is sheepishly smiling at her.
Carlos whips around and throws his arm out while making a whip noise. The salt goes flying toward Alex, who doubles over and yells out, "No!"
Reggie lets out an, "Oh!" as he whips his head in the direction of the Mercer boy. Luke lifts his head and looks away from the blonde haired girl to look at her twin with a worried expression on his face. Angelina turns her head and rolls her eyes at her brother's dramatics, who is crying out, "No God, I'm..." Alex pauses and looks at his hands while still doubled over. He turns his hands over and when he realizes that he is okay, he stands up and tells everyone, "I'm fine." Carlos closes the lid to the salt container and throws it into the air before catching it. Alex throws his hands up in the air and assures everyone, "I'm fine. Totally fine." Angelina shakes her head and rolls her eyes at Alex. Knowing that the salt won't hurt him, Luke puts his feet back onto the ground.
Julie looks over at Flynn and clears her throat while giving her a knowing look and nodding her head toward Carlos. Getting the memo, Flynn looks at Carlos and says, "Oh! Carlos, you know who's hungry?" The youngest Molina looks at Flynn who gestures to herself and continues, "Me. Um, salt me a path to the kitchen." She holds out her arm and gestures to the open door of the studio. Carlos opens the container and points at Flynn. He grabs the photo off of the keyboard and spins around, taking Flynn out of the studio to the kitchen.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Hey guys!! I really hope you enjoyed this chapter. What do you guys think of the relationships that Angelina has with each of the characters?