Chapter 18

Luke's POV

After performing on the stage I walk backstage where Mr. Covington was waiting for me like always.

"Great job up there." He smiles. "I have a few things I need to take care of, but you just wait back here. There's actually a some people I want you to meet. They're gonna be joining you in a band."

"What do you mean a band?" I ask.

"I mean instead of playing solo you're gonna have two band mates."  Mr. Covington says.

Last time I had a band mate it didn't turn out so well. He was mean, controlling, and I'm ninety percent sure he poisoned me and he also stole all the songs I wrote. But I can't argue with him, he owns my soul. So I just nod and he poofs away. 

A few moments later he comes back with two ghosts. One boy is tall with blonde hair and next to him is a boy about my height with dark brown hair. They both look familiar but I can't quite place it.

"I'll leave you three to get to know each other." Mr. Covington says and he poofs away.

"Hi." The shorter boy says with a smile while waving at me. Suddenly I get butterflies in my stomach and him smiling at me like that makes me feel like I've known him forever. "I'm Reggie and this is Alex."

"Hey." The blonde boy says.

That's why they look familiar. They went to my school back in the 90s. I never really talked to them, but I know that Bobby was pretty mean to them. Everyone thought they were dating because Alex is gay, but no one actually knew for sure that Reggie was into guys.

I kinda hope he is though, he's cute.

"I'm Luke." I say. "Nice to meet you."

"So....are you the ghost that can answer our questions?" Alex asks.

"That's Mr.Covington." I say. "But I can answer a few if you like. He actually told me you were joining my band. Well it will be a band once you join."

"He didn't mention that." Alex says.

"But we'd love to!" Reggie says.

Alex gently slaps his arm and looks at him.

"What? It'll be fun." Reggie says. "Besides we tried to be a band with just us two and it didn't work. We were missing something. The three of us could be amazing."

"Alright well first I have a few questions." Alex says.

"Shoot." I say.

"Why aren't we in heaven?"

"You probably have unfinished business. Most ghosts never complete it though because they'd rather be a ghost than cross over." I say.

"Okay well I died twenty five years ago, why am I just now here. I was in a black room for an hour and I appear in the street twenty five years in the future."

"I don't know about that." I say. "That's a question for Mr. Covington."

"Oh I got a question." Reggie says. "If we're ghosts, does that make Casper the friendly ghost real and if he is real is he here?"

"What?" Alex says. "Reggie it's a movie. It's not real."

"It might be!" Reggie says. "Besides I wasn't asking you." He turns to me. "So?"

How do I go about answering this? "Uh....yeah." I say. "Casper is real but he um.... Crossed over."

"Cool." Reggie says. He turns to Alex. "Told you."

"Alright, well now I have a question." I say. "How'd you guys die?"

"Not important." Alex says.

"Is it really that bad?" I ask.

"Yeah." Reggie nods. "In short I was murdered."

"Oh my- wait seriously?" I ask. "Im sorry."

"Don't be it was my fault." Reggie says.

"Reg..." Alex begins. "Don't do that. You know it wasn't."

"Let's just um....let's think of band names since we're gonna be a band." He says to change the subject. I feel so bad for him. He got murdered and he thinks its his fault. What I don't understand is why anyone would want to hurt him. He seems so sweet and caring.

"I'm not good at naming." I say. "You said you were in a band together before? What was your name?"

"Sunset Curve." Alex says.

"Oh I like that." I say. "We should use it."

"Okay." Alex says. "So...we're a band now."

"I guess so." I say.

There's something about these two. It doesn't feel like I'm just meeting them. They weirdly feel like my family. And there's something about Reggie, I don't know what it is but I feel something about him I've never felt before. I think I have a crush.

Caleb's POV

Something went wrong when I tried to change time. They weren't supposed to die yet they all still did. This could either be get good or very bad. If I can just get them to play together then I'm golden, but if they start to remover the original timeline then things are gonna start getting complicated.

I have to keep them from getting to close. My daughter Samantha is just the ghost for that.

Hey so sorry I haven't been updating I'm running out of ideas so this book might be ending soon. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I hope you have an amazing day or night 💜