vi. Bright

When the ghosts arrive back at Julie's house, the boys insist on going up to Julie's room. Angelina tries to tell the boys that the Molina girl would not like it that the three of the boys go into her room. "Julie won't mind if we chill out in her room. Trust me, Angel," Luke tries to persuade the girl.

Angelina knows that there is no way that she can talk them out of this so she shrugs her shoulders and says, "Your funeral."

"But we're already dead Ang," Reggie innocently says to the girl.

Angelina gives Reggie an annoyed look and says, "Well if we were still alive, Julie will definitely kill you three."

So the four ghosts end up in Julie's room. Reggie immediately lays on top of the bed once the four ghosts poof into the room. Luke walks around the room, looking at everything that the girl has in her bedroom and Alex sits down on the pouf, glancing around. Angelina picks up the book she was reading last night and sits in the chair by the window before opening up the book.

Currently, Alex is annoying his sister so she can pay attention to him. Angelina just ignores him and continues to read the book. Bored, Alex gives up on trying to bother Angelina and stands up before walking over to Julie's dresser, looking at the photo of Julie and her mother. Out of the corner of her eye, Angelina notices Luke stand up on a stool to be eye level with Julie's dream box. Angelina knows how much that box means to Julie and how she wouldn't want stupid boys to snoop around the box. Without looking away from the book, she speaks up, "That's off limits, Luke."

Luke turns around and faces Angelina before saying, "That makes me want to know what it is even more, Angel." Angelina rolls her eyes and Luke turns to glance at the box before turning back to Angelina. "Will you tell me what it is?" Luke hopefully asks the girl. Alex turns to look at Angelina, interested in what her response will be.

"No," Angelina tells the boy. It's quiet for a bit before Angelina looks up from her book. She looks over at Luke and sees the pout that he has on his face. She sets the book in her lap before saying, "Do I need to say it in Spanish? Noh." Luke sighs and turns back to the box. Angelina picks up the book and continues reading. Alex turns back to the picture and tries to pick it up but his hands keep going through it. Meanwhile, Reggie is making snow angels on the bed with his eyes closed. Luke reaches his arms up to the box. Angelina notices and sternly says, "Luke, leave the box alone."

Luke ignores the girl and continues to reach for the box. Angelina rolls her eyes and focuses back on the book. The bedroom door then opens and Julie walks into the room. She looks around, noticing the three boys and Angelina. Her eyes widen as she exclaims, "What are you guys doing in my room?" Alex whips his head over to Julie, Reggie lifts his head off the pillows to stare at the girl with wide eyes, and Luke freezes in his spot with his hands almost grabbing the dream box.

"Told you so," Angelina says to the boys before closing the book and setting it on a satchel that is sitting on a nearby stool. Alex rolls his eyes at his twin. "I tried to stop them Julsie, they wouldn't listen to me," she tells the young girl. Angelina looks over at Luke and glares at him because even after she told him to leave the box alone, he still is trying to find out what it is by opening it. She knows Julie would not appreciate it if the boy went through her things. That is a boundary she will not let the boy cross.

Alex and Reggie look at each other, trying to think of something to tell the girl that will explain why they are in her room. In a high pitched voice, Alex says, "Um..."

At the same time as Alex, Reggie says, "Uh..."

"We were looking for the kitchen?" A wide eyed Luke speaks up with his hands still near the box. Reggie points at Luke, going with the brown haired boy's explanation. When Luke sees the glare that Angelina has on her face, he slowly removes his hands from the box.

Julie gestures to the boys and says, "This... This can't happen. It's creepy. Get off my bed please." Reggie lifts his legs in the air and swings them down to build up momentum so he can slide off the bed and sit on the pouf.

Luke raises his hand in the air while innocently saying, "Hey, Julie." He pauses to gesture to the girl's dream box before licking his lips and asking, "What's in the box? Angel wouldn't tell me what it is or what's in it."

"That's off limits," Julie responds to the boy as she eyes the box.

He chuckles and says, "Oh. Oh, okay." He then looks at Alex and playfully rolls his eyes, smirking while saying in a high pitched voice, "Girl stuff." Luke lightly chuckles and Julie crosses her arms over her chest with an annoyed look on her face.

"Told you so," Angelina says with a smirk on her face as she looks over at Luke. The boy whips his head over to her and gives her a hard glare.

Reggie has a knowing look on his face as he asks Julie, "Oh, like butterflies and glitter?"

Alex looks back and forth between both boys while saying, "Oh, come on."

Alex holds out his hand to Julie and Angelina stands up while they both say at the same time, "I'm sorry about them." Luke smirks over at the twins.

Julie looks between the brother and sister, confused before turning her attention to Luke and saying, "It's none of your business." Luke turns his attention to Julie when she talks to him. Julie then admits, "And yes, there may be some glitter." Reggie nods his head at Julie and grins.

Alex turns back to the photo of Julie and Rose. He picks it up with both hands before turning to the group exclaiming while he chuckles, "Hey!" Reggie looks over his shoulder at the blonde drummer. Alex walks over to Julie's bed with the photo in his hands while saying, "I actually picked something up." The photo falls out of the boy's hands and onto the bed. Alex drops his hands and looks up at Julie while sheepishly saying, "I dropped it."

Angelina walks over and stands next to Alex as she leans her head on his shoulder to look at the photo of Julie and her mom. Alex wraps his arm around the girl and Luke steps off the stool to move over to the bed to look at the photo while asking, "Is that your mom?"

At that, Reggie leans down on the bed so he can see the picture as well. Alex takes his arm off Angelina's shoulder as he and Luke bend down to look closer at the photograph. This causes Angelina to fall to the side since her brother's shoulder is no longer there to hold up her head. The blonde girl catches herself before she falls onto the floor before crouching down next to her twin.

Julie uncrosses her arms and rolls her eyes, walking over to the bed while answering, "Yes, and it's my favorite picture of us. So, if you break it, I'll break you." She grabs the photo and takes it off the bed. The four ghosts whip their heads up to the girl. She walks over and puts it on the nightstand next to her bed.

Reggie sits back up on the pouf and the other three ghosts stand back up while Alex says, "Okay, well, sorry because we're kind of unbreakable at this point."

"I can still break you," Angelina mutters under her breath. Alex looks over at the blonde and gives her an annoyed look.

Julie turns around and walks back over to her bed gesturing to the boys while saying, "I don't get it. You guys can mess up my bed, pick up your instruments, but you can't pick up other stuff? Angie is a ghost like you guys and she can pick up other stuff."

Angelina gives Julie a sad smile before saying, "I've been here longer than they have, Julsie."

"I know, right? It's hard," Luke speaks up. The Mercer twins turn to the boy as he continues, looking between the other ghosts, "But for some reason, our instruments, easy."

Reggie turns his head to Julie and agrees, "Yeah, like super easy." He then stands up and holds out his arms while saying, "Oh, and check out what I learned today." The other three ghosts look at the raven haired boy. The twins have big smiles on their faces. Reggie's bass appears in his hands and the sudden weight has him falling back onto the pouf as he lets out a grunt.

The three ghosts look at the bassist with concern while Alex says, "Ah!"

"Reg, you okay?" Angelina asks the Peters boy.

"Yeah. Perfectly fine Ang," Reggie groans out.

Julie looks at Reggie and sarcastically says, "Yeah, that looked super easy." Reggie groans again as he lifts his head and moves the bass off of him. He sits up and rests the bass against the bed.

Luke leans forward, looking at Reggie before turning back to Julie and says, "But it's like I always thought, our instruments are attached to our souls." Julie shakes her head as she looks at Reggie.

Julie's dad sticks his upper body through the door frame and says, "Hey." Reggie lifts his legs and rolls backwards off of the pouf. When he stands up, he backs into Angelina, who grabs onto him to stop him from backing up. Alex throws his hand onto Luke's chest and Luke grabs Alex's hand. Julie turns to her dad as he asks, "Everything okay?"

Julie nods her head and says, "Yeah." Alex and Luke look down at their hands before looking up at each other and letting go. Reggie lifts up his hand to fix his necklace.

Alex looks away from Luke and whispers, "Let's not." Angelina rests her chin on Reggie's shoulder as the four ghosts look at the conversation happening between Julie and her dad.

"I'm fine," Julie continues talking to Ray.

"Okay," Ray says. He throws out his hand before resting it back on the doorframe, looking around the room while saying, "I thought I heard you talking to someone."

Julie shakes her head and says, "Nope." She looks down at her laptop which is sitting on a chest before saying, "Must've been my laptop... that I just closed."

Ray chuckles lightly and says while tapping the doorframe a couple times, "Okay. If you need anything..." He trails off, gesturing out of the bedroom before turning to the door to signal if he should close the door. Luke looks over at Angelina and feels another pang of jealousy since her head is still resting on Reggie's shoulder. Luke turns his head back to the father and daughter right as Angelina turns her head to Luke. She smiles at the sight of him. He may annoy her at times, but she can't stop what she feels when she is with him or the way her heart flutters when he smiles at her.

"Yeah. Thanks," Julie replies to her dad's action. Ray closes the door as he leaves the room.

Julie puts her hands over her face before dragging them to her temples. Angelina takes her head off Reggie's shoulder as Alex sharply exhales and turns to the two. The three ghosts smile at each other as Luke looks over at them. Julie turns to the ghosts with her hands still on her temples as Alex runs his hands through his hair before putting them back into his pockets. Julie puts her hands back to her side as Reggie says, "Your dad seems like the kind of guy who likes to barbecue." He looks over at his three best friends, who are smiling at him, before looking back at Julie, continuing while pointing at the girl, "I bet he has a great ribs recipe."

Julie shakes her head and holds out her hands while replying, "I don't know. But if you guys wanna talk to me, we have to do it in the studio. He's worried about me enough as it is." She throws her hand out to the side when she mentions her dad. Angelina poofs over to stand by the nightstand, to be near Julie and to show the girl some support, since she can't physically touch the Molina girl.

"He seems chill. You should just tell him about us," Luke says to Julie.

Alex turns around and walks to the window as Reggie throws up his hand toward Luke while letting out a soft, "Yeah." Reggie then turns around and walks over to the chair by the window before sitting on it. Angelina looks over to Luke with a 'what the hell?' face.

"You're kidding, right?" Julie rhetorically asks the Patterson boy. The grin on his face falls when he sees the look Angelina is giving him and hears the response Julie gave him. Alex turns to watch the conversation and Reggie watches from his seat. Julie rolls her eyes and turns, walking closer to Angelina. She turns back to Luke and says, "This past year, everyone's been watching over me, being super nice, as if they're just waiting for me to snap. If I tell my dad I met a ghost band and my imaginary friend turns out to be a ghost as well, I'll be back to talking to Dr. Turner three days a week."

Alex sits down on the ground next to Reggie and Luke clicks his tongue before saying, "Yeah, you probably shouldn't tell him." He then turns around and walks over to the stool he was standing on earlier. "Julie...," he trails off, stepping up onto the stool to be eye level with the dream box once again, looking back at the two girls.

"Oh my God!" Angelina shouts at the boy.

Julie gestures to the boy as she says, "I thought we both told you to leave that alone!"

"I know. You two just should've said nothing 'cause now I can't stop thinking about it, so...," Luke says gesturing wildly with his hands before pausing for a few seconds. Julie puts her hands on her hips and Angelina gives him an annoyed look. "What's in the box, Julie? Angel?" Luke continues before looking back at the box.

"It's just my dream box, okay?" Julie tells him, finally giving in. Luke looks over at the girls and Julie looks away for a couple seconds before her gaze falls back onto the boy and she continues, "Whenever I get a thought, I write it down and get it out of my mind."

Luke glances at the box, holding out his hand toward it, and looks back at the two girls before asking, "Like lyrics?"

Julie pauses before she replies to the brown haired boy, "They would be if I still wrote music like I used to with my mom and Angie. Now it's just full of stuff that doesn't make me sad." Reggie and Luke give the girl sad faces while Angelina looks down at the ground.

Alex looks at Luke before standing up, moving to the bed saying, "But, I mean, you do play. We heard you two this morning."

Angelina whips her head up to look at the boys while she crosses her arms and Julie incredulously asks, "In the garage?" Reggie stands up and walks over to the bed, next to Alex while Luke hops off the stool and hits Alex's shoulder.

Alex whips his head over to Luke as Julie asks, "So you were there too?"

Luke looks at the girls with his mouth hanging open, trying to think of something to say. Reggie and Alex look at each other while the blonde drummer says in a high pitched voice, "Uh... I don't... we were..."

At the same time as Alex, Reggie stutters in a high pitched voice, "Uh... he was, like... somewhere."

Luke looks back and forth at his bandmates and the two girls with his mouth still open. He grabs Alex's arm before letting go and climbing onto Julie's bed. He lays on his stomach with his head resting in his hand as he looks up at the two girls while innocently asking, "So, where is your kitchen, by the way?"

Julie crouches to be eye level with the boy saying, "Okay, we need to set some boundaries." Luke grins at the girl before glancing over at Angelina, who is giving the boy a hard glare. Luke winks at the girl and it takes everything in the Mercer girl to keep the hard glare on her face. She knows she can never really be mad at the boy for too long and the boy knows it. She tries hard to keep the glare on her face to show that she will not give in. "For starters," Julie says before pausing. Angelina and Luke keep eye contact for a few seconds longer. Luke wants to see if she would eventually cave. When she doesn't, he looks back over at Julie who stands up straight, points to her door, looks at the three band members while she shouts, "Stay out of my room!"

Luke gets up and slides off the girl's bed, accidentally kicking a pillow off as he goes and heads for the closed door. Julie puts her hand down to watch the three boys walk out. Alex and Reggie point at the girl while the blonde boy walks to the door, passing Reggie who had to stop to grab his bass, and says, "Mm-hmm. Crystal clear. Let's go."

At the same time as Alex, Reggie says, "We're leaving. Yes, ma'am! We are out of here." He puts the strap to the bass over his body as Luke walks through the closed door. Reggie starts to pluck some of the strings as Alex walks through the door, followed by the raven haired boy. Angelina uncrosses her arms and lets the glare fall off her face. She walks over to the chair by the door and takes a seat, putting her head in her hands.

Julie walks over to the nightstand and picks up the photo. She turns and walks to put the picture back in its original place when she is stopped by Alex, who sticks his head through the door and says, "Hey!" Julie turns to face him and Angelina looks up at the boy. Alex gestures to Julie before adding, "Um, sorry. I didn't mean to bother you. Did you get back into your music program?"

Angelina sits up straight and looks at Julie expectantly, while the Molina girl looks down at the ground before replying, "No. No, I didn't." Angelina deflates as Julie looks up at Alex.

Alex avoids eye contact before saying, "I'm sorry. That really sucks." He looks back up at Julie and she nods sadly at him.

"I'm so sorry, sweetie," Angelina tells Julie, who looks over to the ghost girl and gives her a sad smile.

"Thanks, you guys," she replies to the twins. Alex nods his head and sighs before looking around the room. There is an awkward silence hanging in the air between the three of them. Angelina looks over at her twin as Julie looks down before looking up and asks, "Is that it?"

Alex looks back to Julie before holding his hand out to her and says, "Yeah. Yeah. This is getting weird."

Angelina stands up and says, "I'll come back and talk to you later, Julsie." Julie nods and awkwardly waves goodbye to Alex.

Angelina walks over to the door as Alex says, "Okay." Alex turns and Angelina pushes him back out the door before walking through it herself. Alex turns back to glare at her while she gives him a sweet smile.

•••

A little while later in the studio, Angelina decides to go back to Julie's room to talk with the girl and get the details of her day. She stands up from the chair she was sitting in. Reggie, who was sitting on the floor next to her, looks up at her and asks, "Where are you going?"

Luke, who is laying on his couch with his guitar in his hands, stops strumming and Alex stops whatever he had been doing before the two of them look over at Reggie and Angelina. The girl looks at the raven haired boy and answers, "I'm going back to Julie's room to talk to her."

"Julie said that if we want to talk to her, then we have to do it out here," Reggie reminds the girl.

Angelina sighs before saying, "She was talking to you three."

"She also said that we have to stay out of her room," Luke speaks up.

Angelina turns to the Patterson boy and says, gesturing to the boys, "No, she told you three to stay out of her room. Besides, I'm her comfort ghost, so the rules she gave you, don't apply to me." She smiles at the boys and blows them a kiss before poofing out of the studio.

Reggie pouts as he speaks up, "I want to be a comfort ghost." Alex rolls his eyes before going about his business and Luke continues to lightly strum his guitar.

•••

When Angelina appears in Julie's room, the first thing the Molina girl asks her is, "Have you met those boys before? The way you four were acting isn't a way one would usually act when meeting someone for the first time. You guys seemed comfortable in each other's presence." Julie is sitting criss cross on her bed and Angelina sits criss cross on the pouf, facing the girl.

Angelina let out a laugh before saying, "Yeah, I know them. Alex is my twin brother and Reggie and Luke are my best friends."

Julie's mouth drops and she gapes at the girl for a few minutes, before asking "Alex is the twin you always talk about?" Angelina smiles and nods her head. Julie nods, taking the information in before saying, "So, if Alex is your twin, that must make Reggie your goofy best friend. Which makes Luke the guy you've always had feelings for."

Angelina blushes and rolls her eyes before telling Julie, "Normally I would argue and deny my feelings for him, but I could never lie to you. So this means you can't tell anyone. This stays between the two of us."

Julie nods her head and teasingly says, "Got it. Don't tell anyone that you are in love with Luke." Angelina rolls her eyes before smiling and shaking her head. There is a comfortable silence between the two. Julie breaks that silence when she asks, "Can you tell me more stories about the fun times you would have with them?"

Angelina laughs and says, "Sure, sweetie." So Angelina tells Julie stories of the fun times she used to have with Sunset Curve. Angelina eventually asks Julie how her day was and the Molina girl goes into great detail of what transpired during her day. It isn't until it's dark outside, that they realize how late it got and how long they had been talking. Angelina knows that it is time to head back to the studio so she gets off the pouf and says, "I better head back. I'll see you tomorrow, Julsie."

"Okay, I'm going downstairs soon to get something to eat anyway. I'll see you tomorrow, Angie," Julie tells the blonde girl while Angelina waves to her.

Instead of poofing back to the studio, Angelina decides to walk back. She walks through Julie's closed door and heads down the stairs. She rounds the corner and is now in the dining room. When she lifts her head, she sees Luke standing in front of the fridge with the door wide open, longingly staring at the food. Angelina stops dead in her tracks as she asks, "What are you doing?"

"Seeing what they have to eat," the Patterson boy responds.

Angelina walks toward him as she asks another question, "You do know that we can't eat, don't you?" Luke nods his head as Angelina places her head on his shoulder, also looking in the fridge. The boy heavily sighs before sniffing the smell of the food that is in the fridge.

Julie comes down the stairs and when she rounds the corner, startled, she lets out, "Ah!" Luke looks over at her with a longing look on his face. Without removing her head from his shoulder, Angelina also looks over at the girl. Julie closes her eyes and holds out her hands while saying, "I'm never gonna get used to that." She walks forward, sighing and the two ghosts turn their attention back to the food. Julie stands behind Luke, looking at them and asks, "Do you guys even eat?"

Luke licks his lips and shakes his head while Angelina lets out a quiet no. The boy then says, "I just wanna see what'cha got." Julie grabs the jelly off the door of the fridge and closes it. The door goes through the two ghosts. Angelina lifts her head off Luke's shoulder and faces Julie while Luke turns around and shouts, "Hey! You know how long it took me to open that?" He gestures back to the fridge as he follows Julie, who walks over to the island in the kitchen. Angelina follows after them and walks over to the counter before hopping up onto it.

Julie stops at a cutting board with a jar of peanut butter and two slices of bread on it while saying, "Sorry, I don't believe in wasting power."

Luke stops next to Julie, looking around the kitchen before nodding and saying, "Good." He walks around Julie to stand on the other side of her while continuing, "Cause that's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about."

Julie pauses unscrewing the lid to the jar of jelly. She looks up at Luke and queries, "Our power usage?"

Luke scrunches up his face before saying, "No. The power that you have." Julie gives him a pointed look. "Your voice. Your piano playing. Dude, you're like a human wrecking ball, just like Angel," he elaborates before glancing back at the blonde and giving her a smile.

Julie chuckles lightly and Luke looks back at her. "Is this a pep talk?" Julie asks.

"What I'm saying is that you have the power to move people. To knock them off their feet. And there is no way your teachers wouldn't let you back into school if they heard you play like that," Luke tells the girl, holding his hand out to the side.

Julie turns back to her sandwich, scooping out some peanut butter from the jar while saying, "I asked her. She said I have to wait until next semester." She starts to spread the peanut butter onto the bread.

Luke scrunches up his face again as he says, "That was your first mistake. Asking." He turns around and taps Angelina's thigh. He nods his head, signalling her to move over. Angelina slides down the counter as Luke turns back around and hops up onto it where Angelina had been sitting. Angelina folds her hands in her lap which is covered in her checkered pants. Julie scoops out jelly from the jar and starts to spread it onto the other slice of bread. Luke then tells the girl, "Sunset Curve booked gigs by doing. We went into ambush mode. Yo, we played in front of clubs. We played in back of clubs. We even played book clubs."

Julie stops scooping out more jelly as she turns to Luke and asks, "Book clubs?"

Luke purses his lips before sheepishly saying, "Yeah." He looks down for a second before looking back up and adding, "We didn't get many gigs out of that one, but they did have some gnarly snacks, right Angel?"

He looks over at the girl in question, who nods her head and says, "They did have some pretty good snacks." Angelina stares off into space, thinking about those delicious snacks. Luke smiles at how content the girl looks.

Julie looks over at the two ghosts, smirking to herself, before focusing back on her sandwich. Luke turns back to Julie and says, "I'm just saying, don't ask for permission." He pauses before swinging his feet in a circle saying, "Swing that wrecking ball of talent at your teacher's head," Julie and Angelina turn to the boy. Angelina looks at him with wide eyes and she puts her hands onto the counter before she slides away from the enthusiastic boy. He then swings his arm in the air and kicks out his leg while saying, "and smash those stupid rules right outta their brains." Angelina turns her head from the boy, shaking it as she looks back to Julie.

Julie rests her hands on the island and leans forward while saying, "This isn't a club, it's a school, and your plan sounds violent." She walks away from the island and over to the empty space in the counter now between the two ghosts.

Julie opens the door to the cupboard as Luke says, "It's a closed door, and you gotta bust it open." He sticks his head through the door of the cupboard as Julie grabs a glass. Julie scoffs and closes the cupboard as Luke pulls his head back. Angelina rolls her eyes at the boy before hopping off of the counter and walking over to the end of the island. Julie turns around and places the glass on the cutting board. Luke hops off the counter and follows Julie as she walks back over to the fridge while apologizing, "Sorry. Once I start with the metaphors, I can't stop." Julie opens the fridge while Luke enthusiastically says over her shoulder, "I learned that in book club."

Julie grabs the orange juice and closes the door. She turns around and walks through Luke while saying, "They're not just going to let me back in." She pauses and Luke turns around. She looks over her shoulder at Luke, who lightly chuckles. Julie turns around and walks back to the island, placing the orange juice behind the jar of peanut butter.

Luke walks toward her and says, "If getting back into music is what you want, then you gotta go for it." Julie looks at the boy.

Angelina sighs and says, "He's right, Julsie." Luke looks up at the blonde girl and smiles in appreciation.

Julie looks over to Angelina before grabbing her sandwich. She goes to take a bite, looking over to Luke as he tells her, "Learn from me. Your tainted hot dog," he leans toward her and whispers, "Could be right around the corner."

Julie sighs and takes the sandwich out of her mouth, placing it back down onto the cutting board. Angelina rolls her eyes before she retorts, "Nice going Luke, you made the girl lose her appetite." Luke looks up at the blonde and gives her a small glare.

He looks back to Julie as she places her hands onto the island and says, "I don't even have anything prepared."

Luke pulls out a folded piece of paper and says, "Thought you'd say that. It's called Bright." He unfolds the piece of paper and sets it on the island while revealing, "It's a Sunset Curve song that I wrote and we never got to record but," Angelina walks around Julie to stand in between the two. She looks over Luke's shoulder as he adds, looking back and forth between the song and Julie, "It's perfect for your range. And just check out the chorus for a second. If you add a bit of piano, I'm telling you..."

Angelina remembers this song. She remembers when Luke played this song for her before they died. Before Luke can start to sing, Angelina opens her mouth and the words to the chorus of the song fall out.

Angelina

We will rise

Through the night

Luke smiles at the Mercer girl, happy that she remembers how the song goes after twenty-five years. He then joins her in singing.

Angelina & Luke

You and I

Angelina looks over at Luke to see him already looking at her. The two of them smile at each other while Julie starts to nod her head.

We will fight to shine together

Julie picks up the paper and looks over the lyrics before turning the paper to the other side. Angelina looks back over at Julie.

Bright forever

Luke takes his eyes off Angelina and looks at Julie, when she starts to sing along with the two ghosts.

All

And rise through the night, you and I

We will fight to shine together

"And go up high," Luke says as he moves his hands, gesturing to go higher. The three of them harmonize as they sing higher.

Bright forever

When they finish, Luke chuckles and says, "Yes!"

Julie folds the paper back up, looking at the two ghosts, saying, "Thanks." The two ghosts smile at Julie. Luke looks over at Angelina and smiles while biting his lip. Julie looks between the two ghosts and lets out a chuckle.

•••

The next day, the four ghosts decided to surprise Julie at school to see how she does when she sings Bright for her teacher. When the four ghosts poof into the gymnasium where Julie is, there is an assembly going on. A girl in a pink wig and her girl group are dancing around and singing. The girl in the pink wig is doing most of the singing while the other girls are mostly back up dancers. Angelina notices that this girl is Carrie, someone who used to be friends with Julie and Flynn before they had a falling out. Julie looks over at the four ghosts and asks them, "What are you guys doing here?"

"We wanna see you stick it to the man. Isn't that right boys? Angel?" Luke turns to the other three ghosts. Alex is smiling and has his arms crossed over his chest, Angelina is resting her arm on Alex's shoulder, and Reggie is staring at Carrie's group with his mouth wide open.

Alex, Angelina, Julie, and Luke look over at a wide eyed Reggie when he says, "Man, I miss high school." Julie looks over at Carrie's group followed by Alex, Angelina, and Luke.

Carrie & Girls

Made moves

On the rise now

Run stuff

Get a piece of that pie now

We're the best

No doubt

Check it out

Yeah, we make 'em say, "wow"

Carrie

Come follow me

We gon' make history

'Cause we are the champions

Like Freddie Mercury

Yeah, we're gonna rock you

Never gonna not do

Always making headlines

Yeah, we the hot news

Carrie & Girls

See 'em look

Hear 'em, "ooh ahh"

Hand up

Throw back, booyah

We're the best

No doubt (No doubt)

Check it out

Yeah, we make 'em say, "wow"

Angelina moves her head closer to Alex so he could hear her. "I can so dance like that," she tells him.

He looks at her and smiles while replying, "Me too.

Wo-o-o-o-o-ow, wo-o-o-ow

Angelina starts to mock how Carrie and her girls are dancing. She stops after a few seconds.

Wo-o-o-o-o-ow, wo-o-o-ow

Smiling, Alex starts to dance exactly like Carrie and her girls. Angelina notices him and lets out a laugh. Reggie nods his head to the music and crosses his arms over his chest while smiling.

Wo-o-o-o-o-ow, wo-o-o-ow

Angelina's laugh catches Julie's attention, who looks over at Alex. The dancing blonde bumps into Luke. The brown haired boy turns to the blonde drummer, putting his hand on Alex's shoulder and using his other arm to tell him to cut it out. Luke and Angelina turn to Julie and give her innocent smiles.

Wo-o-o-o-o-ow

Check it out

Yeah, we make 'em say, "wow"

The five girls end the song and pose in a 'v' formation. The crowd cheers wildly for them. Carrie snaps her fingers in the air and the girls behind her come together to form a straight line with Carrie in front. She puts one hand over her heart and the other on her hip while she thanks the crowd, "Thank you! Thank you!" Someone in the crowd shouts out how they love her. The girl in the pink wig gasps and says, "Oh, I love you too!" She sticks her hand in the air and waves at them before putting it onto her hip. She takes her hand off of her hip and gestures to herself when she says, "Make sure to check out my new YouTube video. Oh, go Bobcats." The crowd cheers for her and she walks away with her posse following after her.

The principal and Julie's music teacher walk out where Carrie once stood. The principal says, "Thank you, Dirty Candy." Dirty Candy? Really? Who names their group that? Well, besides Carrie.

"Now's your chance. Go talk to her," Flynn tells her best friend. Julie, as well as the four ghosts look over to Flynn. Before Julie can reply, Flynn adds, "See you in music class." She then walks off.

Angelina looks back to the principal who says, "That was sweet." The principal is met with awkward silence from the students in the crowd. Angelina lets out a loud laugh at how awkward the situation is and at the fact that the principal's joke is so stupid. Luke looks at the blonde girl with an amused look on his face while her brother looks annoyed. Reggie smiles at Angelina and Julie just glances at the Mercer girl before turning back toward the principal. Julie's music teacher, Mrs. Harrison clears her throat. The two older women look at each other. The principal turns back to her students and starts talking again, "Okay then. Before we let you go, we have a few more announcements..."

Reggie looks at Julie, who looks at him when he starts talking, "What are you waiting for? This is your time."

Alex steps forward and says, "Yeah. I mean, you look really nervous." Angelina and Luke look over at Julie, who looks back at them with a nervous look on her face. "Like yack in a bowl nervous," Alex continues.

Angelina elbows Alex in the stomach and looks over at him saying, "You're really not helping, Lexi." She then looks back at Julie and adds, "Julie this is your time to shine."

The Molina girl looks between Luke and Angelina while telling them, "I just don't think I had enough time to work on the song."

"I wouldn't have given you the song if I didn't think you were gonna rock it," Luke tells her. He glances to the stage and points to a piano while saying, "Now, there's a piano on that stage with your name on it." Julie looks where he is pointing before looking back at him.

Angelina moves closer to Julie and says, "We will be right here if you need us. You can do this. I know you can." The four ghosts give Julie encouraging looks. Julie looks between them one last time before jogging out through the door to the backstage area.

Mrs. Harrison then shouts, "Go, Bobcats!" The crowd cheers again before getting out of their seats and leaving the bleachers.

The four ghosts turn around to look at the stage where Julie walks on. She walks to the keyboard and sits down. She plays a few notes before stopping. She looks over to the ghosts. They give her looks of encouragement and encouraging smiles. "You got this." Luke quietly shouts.

"I believe in you, Julsie." Angelina shouts to the girl. The boys give her strange looks and she looks between them before saying, "What? No one else can hear me." Julie looks back down at the piano and starts to play the song. She glances at her ghost friends before she starts to sing.

Julie

Sometimes I think I'm falling down

A light is turned on to shine down on Julie

I wanna cry, I'm callin' out

The crowd stops walking out of the gymnasium and watches the girl as she sings.

For one more try

To feel alive

Luke and Angelina are mouthing the words to the song and Reggie looks over his shoulder at the two of them. The two ghosts look at Reggie and Alex to give them bright smiles.

And when I feel lost and alone

I know that I can make it home

Fight through the dark

And find the spark

Life is a risk, but I will take it

Close my eyes and jump

Luke puts his hands on Reggie's shoulders and rubs them. The Peters boy looks over his shoulder at the Patterson boy and smiles. Angelina grabs Alex's arm and squeezes it. He looks over at his twin and smiles at the happy expression on her face.

Together I think that we can make it

Come on, lets run

The four ghosts appear on the stage with all their instruments and they play the song along with Julie. The young girl looks over at them and gives them a surprised look. Luke is in the middle of the stage with Angelina, playing their electric guitars. The crowd starts to cheer.

And rise through the night, you and I

Julie takes the microphone off of the stand and gets up from the keyboard.

We will fight to shine together

Julie walks past Reggie toward the middle of the stage. The crowd starts to make their way to the stage. Luke and Angelina back up, still playing as Julie walks toward them. Julie turns around and looks at Alex who is playing the drums.

Bright forever

Julie turns around to the crowd and Luke hops up onto the drummer's platform.

And rise through the night, you and I

Julie and Angelina look around confused, realizing that everyone can see the four ghosts.

We will fight to sine together

Reggie looks around, noticing the same thing the girls just did. Luke steps off the platform and stands next to Angelina with his mouth agape, coming to the same conclusion.

Bright forever

Julie walks over to the two guitarists and asks, "Uh, is this really happening?"

"Yes, this is really happening," Angelina tells the girl.

At the same time as the blonde girl, Luke says, "Just go with it." He moves over to his mic stand and Angelina follows him. The two stand face to face as they sing together into Luke's mic.

Luke & Angelina

In times that I doubted myself

I felt like I needed some help

Stuck in my head

With nothing left

Julie is dancing over by Reggie. Angelina smiles at Luke before moving away from his microphone. Angelina hops up onto the drummer's platform and plays with Alex while Luke moves to stand in front of his mic.

Luke

I feel something around me now

So unclear, lifting me out

Julie is now standing in front of the drummer's platform dancing and smiling at Alex, who smiles back at her. Angelina hops off the platform and makes her way over to play with Reggie. Luke watches Angelina as he continues singing.

I found the ground

I'm marching on

Julie turns back to the crowd as Reggie and Angelina join Luke at his mic. Angelina stands right in front of it as Reggie and Luke stand opposite each other on the side of the mic stand. The three of them begin to sing together.

Luke, Angelina, & Reggie

Life is a risk, but we will take it

Julie raises her hands in the air to get the crowd to make more noise.

Close my eyes and jump

Together I think that we can make it

Luke starts bumping his fist on Reggie's shoulder before playing his guitar again.

Come on, let's run

Reggie leaves the two and heads back to his own mic stand. Angelina moves back to the spot where Reggie had just been standing. The blonde smiles over at the brown haired boy as the two of them sing with Julie.

Julie, Angelina, & Luke

And rise through the night, you and I

We will fight to shine together

Bright forever

Reggie climbs on top of the drummer's platform, continuing to play. He turns around and jumps off the platform, he never stops playing his bass.

And rise through the night, you and I

We will fight to sine together

Bright forever

Angelina walks over to Julie, still playing her guitar while Luke moves to stand in front of his mic. Julie holds out the microphone for the girl and nods her head toward Luke. Angelina stops playing and spins her guitar around so it's on her back. Alex stops playing and Reggie heads over to the keyboard. He stops playing his bass and starts pressing the keys.

Luke

In times that I doubted myself

Angelina takes the mic from Julie and walks over to Luke holding it out for him. He turns and sings into it. Julie heads over to Reggie and nods her head at him while dancing.

I felt like I needed some help

Angelina walks backwards, mouthing the words and Luke follows her, still singing into the mic.

Stuck in my head

Alex pulls his mic closer for when he will eventually sing and smiles at his twin and best friend.

With nothing left

Luke nods his head at Angelina. She turns to lean toward the crowd while singing into Julie's mic. Luke leans down with her and he grins at her while playing the guitar.

Angelina

And when I feel lost and alone

I know that I can make it home

Reggie winks at a girl in the crowd, more specifically, one of the girls from Dirty Candy as he continues to play the keyboard. Angelina hands the microphone back to Julie, who had walked over to the blonde. She brings her guitar back to her front and resumes playing it. The two guitarists back up while Julie starts singing again.

Julie

Fight through the dark

Julie turns around and walks to the drummer's platform while the guitarists walk forward. This causes Julie to walk through them and the crowd goes wild.

And find the spark

Angelina and Luke go back over to his microphone and sing while Reggie and Alex join in.

Angelina, Luke, Reggie, & Alex (Julie)

And rise through the night, you and I

We will fight to shine together (shine together)

Bright forever (bright forever)

All

And rise through the night, you and I

We will fight to sine together

Bright forever

When the song ends, Julie looks back at Angelina and Luke while raising her arm in the air. Angelina turns to face the crowd while she looks over at Julie. The Mercer girl and the Patterson boy give the Molina girl a knowing smile. The crowd cheers wildly for them. Julie faces the crowd, arm still in the air. Angelina and Luke look at each other with beaming smiles on their faces. Alex stands up and the group of five take a bow. When they stand up, the ghosts vanish and the crowd gasps, wondering what just happened. Julie turns around and sees that she is now the only one standing on stage. She turns back to the crowd and awkwardly chuckles. She gives them a panicked smile, trying to think of something that could explain what just happened

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Hey guys!! I really hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I decided on adding two GIFs to this chapter because I couldn't decide on which one I wanted to use. I also really love that GIF of Luke. He just looks so precious and the pout he makes resembles that of a sad puppy. Please let me know what you guys think of this chapter and what you think might happen in the future chapters. There is also a Teen Wolf reference in this chapter.