Chapter Eleven
You Like My Sister?

3rd Person POV

she sat in the room with julie as she stared at the ceiling

"so you mean to tell me that we both imagined dancing with people who weren't there?" astrid said and julie nodded as she leaned back

"wait so play me the tune of yours and i'll play you the tune of mine" astrid said and julie started to play the notes

"well damn julie that's beautiful" she said and julie smiled

"show me yours" julie said and astrid started to play the notes as flynn walked into the room

"astrid? how can i see you?" flynn asked

"cause im playing the piano right now, if i stopped you wouldn't be able to see me so i'm just going to continue playing" she said and they both nodded

"anyways i've been looking all over for you. why'd you run out of dance class so fast?" flynn asked julie as she walked over and sat down

" the same reason i did" astrid spoke and they turned to her

"ignore her. i'm sorry i just needed some air, it was a little intense in there" Julie said and Astrid coughed

"oh, i noticed. dancing with the guy you've had a crush on for forever will do that to a girl" Flynn said

"oh but flynn it wasn't nick that she was thinking about" astrid teased

"i'm sorry what?" flynn asked julie

"the whole time i was dancing with nick, i was thinking about luke" and astrid smiled

"seriously? first off, called it and second, i know you always want what you can't have but luke is next level" Flynn said

"i know and now i think nick likes me. nick!" Julie said in surprise

"oh great love stories, why must the always involve another?" she exclaimed and they looked at her

"astrid were you thinking about someone while you were dancing?" flynn asked as they moved on form julie and luke and looked at astrid

"it was reggie, she was thinking about reggie" Julie exposed

"your boyfriend?" flynn said and julie laughed

"he's not my boyfriend" astrid dejected

"wow could've fooled me, i thought you two were already dating" flynn sajd

"why not just tell him you like him astrid? what's the worse that can happen?" julie asked and she stared at the ceiling with astrid

"oh i don't know jules, i lose my best friend and the guy i like. he rejects me and i have to slowly sink into the darkness of knowing that not only was j rejected but i also ruined one of the best things in my life because of my stupid emotions and what i want and feel" she ranted as julie and flynn stared in shock

"you've thought a lot about this havent you?" flynn asked and astrid sighed as she took a deep breathe

"more than i wish and it's been since i found out, this is more difficult than you would think" she said and julie nodded

"we get it astrid, don't you have practice now though?" flynn said and astrid nodded

"yeah thanks i have to go" she said and she teleported to the studio as she heard the boys and she went to walk in but she stopped when she heard their conversations

"i don't know man, sometimes a little fire on stage can make things better on stage like you and julie" Reggie said

"or like you and astrid" luke spoke and astrid blushed as did reggie. so they did notice

"so you admit it?" reggie said

"and you do too? you like my sister?" alex asked reggie with a smile on his face

"yeah but don't tell her" reggie said and they got back to the topic

"anyways everyone can see how you look at her when you don't, you guys ooze chemistry, astrid said it herself" reggie said and he blushed when he noticed that he mentioned astrid

"you should never say ooze again but yeah i agree" alex sake and luke dejected it again but he started to sing to reggie

"girls am i right?" reggie said and astrid poofed in

"yeah" she called

"yeah" luke said

"no" alex said and astrid hopped down as they smiled at her and they started to practice again. once it was ready, the studio doors opened and julie walked out as she started to perform , astrid smiled at the boys as they came in and started to play

they sang and when the song ended, they poofed away. astrid looked at reggie and then at luke and alex , they nodded their heads in her direction

"hey reg?" she said as he put his bass down and he turned to her

"yeah astrid" he said and she walked over as she grabbed his face and pulled him into a kiss. he stood there in shock before he kissed her back and they smiled

alex and luke high-fived each other as they watched and luke wolf-whistled as they pulled away

"wow" he said

"yeah" she agreed before they got hit with another shock and she fell in reggie

"guys that was worse this time" she said and they all agreed as willie walked forward

"it's because you guys are in serious trouble" willie said

"willie?" alex asked

"we need to talk" willie said and they started to walk to sunset boulevard together. reggie had his arm wrapped around astrid's shoulder as they walked and listened

" that's why he had control over me at the club? these jolts ar e because of the stamp?" astrid spoke

"he's threatened by you. he wants you under his control. you're the only ghosts that can't be visible to lifers without his help" Willie explained

"and you let him do this to us?" Alex asked

" i can't stop him. he owns my soul, he owns everybody's soul at that club if he even knew i was here talking to you, he... he would destroy me" Willie said and astrid sighed

"so if we don't join his club, then the weird power outage thing continues until there's no power left at all?" reggie asked

"yes" willie said

"what exactly happens when the power goes out?" reggie questioned

"we got our, we cease to exist" Astrid said

"so we have no choice? we have to say goodbye to julie, give up everything that we've built together and work for caleb? that's some club you guys got going on" Luke said

"yeah this is stupid" astrid exclaimed

"but there is another option that's why i'm here" willie said

"another option?" alex said

"just please hear me out, all right. If you guys could figure out what your unfinished business is, You do it in time, you could cross over and be free from all of this" willie said

"but doesn't that mean we'd be leaving julie and everything behind still? we'd be crossing over and letting it all go" she exclaimed

"yeah willie why should we listen to a word you say?" alex asked

" Because I care about you, Alex. I hate that I bought you and your friends and your sister into this mess. I can't be way much longer. I'm so sorry for everything" willie said and he teleported away

"this is all my fault. i met willie, willie introduced to caleb and now. now we're screwed" Alex said and astrid stepped forward

" It's not your fault Lex you didn't know this was gonna happen none of us knew this was gonna happen" Astrid exclaimed

"we have to tell julie" reggie spoke

", We can't do that. This just means more loss in here life but if we don't want Caleb the own our souls, we have to figure out our unfinished business" Luke exclaimed

"yeah, man. and how are we supposed to do that? all right? there was so much we wanted to do" alex said and luke looked up to the orpheum sign with astrid

"yeah but the night we died, there was one thing we all wanted to do together" luke exclaimed as they stared

"play the orpheum?" reggie said

"getting that gig was literally imposing even after people knew who we were, we had to hustle, call in every favor we had. it took us years" Alex said and a jolt ran through them

"we don't have years" luke said as reggie held astrid

"we have to get that gig again guys" astrid said and they would work towards it no matter what

this was their goal, astrid had the boy now she needed the life.

-ABBYS NOTES-
if you thought i was going to make this a slowburn you are so wrong. this book is sadly short but i couldn't let them suffer not being a couple any longer