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Julie

-Girl, i can't believe what you're saying. Well, honestly? after being confirmed that cute ghosts exist, and they're playing in my best friends band, i am not that surprised.

I told her about what happened on friday, after the Orpheum. Also, mentioned the guys are still here, they didn't pass away and, that now, i can feel them.

I still can't believe it too.

-And what about you and...you know..."Mister dead smile"? After that hug, something must have happened.

We are both opnening our lockers, next to eachother.

-He...showed me a song. About someone. A romantic someone. It's a beautiful song, Flynn. I really love It, but i don't think it's about me. I was hoping to ask him, but when i was going to, Reggie and Alex kind of interrupted.

-Jules!! It totally Is about you! He doesn't know any other girls, right? And you two have something.

-Oh, he knows there IS something. He...told me he liked it. Whatever we have going on.-I cuote.

-OMG, Julie!!! -I shush her, she was almost screaming.- Sorry, sorry. When did he tell you that?

Time to tell her we slept in the same bed, i guess....

-Last night.

-Last night? -She raises an eyebrow, questioning me.

-Yeah...In bed.

-In bed...?-she clocks in, and realizes- You two slept together!!!- She's acusing me, pointing her finger towards me, loud-whispering.

-Shhhh!!Yes, we did. We both had nightmares, and i felt scared. He stayed in my bed yes. I woke up hugging him, i guess i had another nightmare and we both hugged as instict. Nothing else. It was because i was scared.

Her jaw almost touched the floor of the surprise. Her face kept like that the whole time we were picking our books.

-Flynn, please, say something -i laugh.

-I can't believe it. You two are meant for eachother. When you confirmed me at the phone you liked him i expected you to like him a lot. But this? Girlie, you two love eachother.

-What? First, we don't know if he even feels like i do. Second, we've known eachother for two months, Flynn. We can't be in love.

We start walking trough the hallway, and i see Nick in the distance, at his locker.

-Why not?? Rapunzel and Eugene fell in love in 3 days, and in less than a month, they were married!

-That's a Disney story. It's fiction, not real life.

-Yeah, and i thought ghosts were fictional too, Jules. Apparently everything's posible.

-It's not the same-i smile at her- I gotta go to maths:last period!

-Bye, my love!

We start walking on opposite directions of the hallway, when Nick appears in front of me.

Again?

-Hello, Julie.

-Hi Nick! How are you doing?

-Very well. How's your morning been? How's your band feeling?

Why does he suddenly care so much about them? Is It jealousy?

-I'm...great, thank you. And...about the band, i think they're great! I haven't talked to them since Friday.

-Oh really? You haven't?

He's been so weird this past days. He's questioning me, talking about the boys like he knew them personally. Everything's about the band now.

-No, Nick, i haven't. Look, i don't know why you want to talk about the band, but...

In a moment, he grabs my wrist, so brutally It hurts.

Wait a moment. Wait. A. Moment.

This isn't Nick.

-What are you...?- I try to break free from his grip, but I can't. He's about to dig his nails into my skin.

He gets closer to me, and his mouth's next to my ear.

-Listen to me- He starts. His voice has gotten lower, and sounds so scary.- I don't know how your guys removed my stamp, but I assure you I haven't given up. I'm watching you, Julie. And your dear Nick is helping me a lot, lending me his body.

I freeze. That's not Nick. This is Caleb. I've been talking to Caleb the whole time, and he's been watching us. Now, also Nick's in danger.

He lets go off my wrist. He gives me one more terrifying look, to then leave. I start walking to maths, but i can't stop thinking. In a few seconds, i start to feel the pain in my arms. His fingers have left me a scar, almost making me bleed. It hurts.

I can't...believe it. He has...posseded Nick. Nick's in danger. We're all in danger. In horrible danger.

Luke

-I'm telling you, i just went for a walk. I couldn't sleep.

-Yeah, and i'm straight.-says Alex.

-C'mon, leave me alone for a moment. We have to think about Caleb.

-Yeah, i'm not sure i want to think about him. He makes me nervous. And not in the good way!-Reggie's scared, and i can tell.

-I think the best is you talk to Willie, dude. We need his help. He knows more than we do. -I ask to Alex.

-Yeah, but first i need to find him.

We hear the door open.

-That... won't be necessary.

Willie comes into the studio, and Alex stands up as fast as he can

I'm so happy for him. He found out his other half. And it's a ghost. It's amazing.

He comes inside and looks around. Then, smiles.

-Damn, you guys do have a good place, huh?

Alex, smiles and hugs him, both Reggie and i wave to Willie, who waved back with one of his hands while hugging Alex.

-I gotta tell you something. The three of you.

-We're listening. -I asure him.

-I think Caleb's possesing somebody. He has only left like this one time, not a long time ago. Later, a new dancer joined the club. A really good dancer. Some have said she got there because Caleb, while possesing this guy, brought her there. She was alive, but is now dancing there for the eternity.

-What...? So, Caleb is possesing someone we know to bring us to the club? -Reggie asks.

-But the only people we know who can talk to us are you and Julie. -Alex says. I nod, in agreement.

How can Caleb get to us? the only way he can communicate indirectly with us so he can manipulate us is Julie, and Julie's not possesed. I don't doubt It.

But, Julie can talk to and touch us. What if...somebody manipulated Julie?

-Wait. What if he hasn't possesed someone we know, but someone who Julie knows? What if he's trying to get us to play for him by using Jules? I mean, It makes sense. If he possesed the only people we know, we would certainly notice.- They may think i'm crazy, but It makes sense

Willie snaps his fingers and points at me.

-You got It. That's It. I don't know what we can do to defeat him, but we can find him now, at least.

-But what's the points of knowing in what body he's in if we can't do anything about It? -Reggie raises.

-We've defeated him before, right? We can do It twice.-I set out.

-Yeah, we had the key for that lock. I don't know if we have the key to open this one now-Alex seems to love metaphors more than me.

-You do-We all look at Willie- You got that key. It's Her. She's the key.

-Julie?-i ask him.

-Yes! I mean, she has...some conection with you, with the afterlife. Something that's imposible to break. That has given her the power not only to bring you back here, but also, to touch you. To make you visible. The problem is, i don't know what It is.

Let's think: We appeared here because Julie played our CD, and it's like we were summoned. When we play and sing with her, she can make us visible. And us appearing in this studio, helped her to get into singing again.

I think we all know what It is.

-Music -i stand up- It's music what unites us. We are all here because of music. It's the music what creates this bridge between the real world and the afterlife. And Julie's the one building that bridge everytime. So i think we just gotta...make our music stronger.

-And how are we going to do that-Reggie asks me.

-I don't really know.

-You still have time, guys.

-Do we?-Alex asks Willie.

-Yo do. I'll come back as soon as i can. I'll try to find more information. You're not desappearing. I'm not letting that happen. And you're not "also" joining his club. Don't worry.

He gives us a last smile and poofs out.

We hear some steps, almost running, getting closer to the studio.

Julie opens the door, breathless, red, and sweating. She's tense, I can tell. She tries to talk, but first, takes a deep breath.

Oh...

-Jules, is there something wrong?

-Caleb's possesing Nick.

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You guys, this is short af,but ya'll know i LOVE to finsih chapters like this. I'm constantly doing It.

And i'm going to keep doing It.

Wait 'till next chapter. ❤️❤️