JATP: When Ghosts Sing

Chapter 11

A/N: Again I said it would be a year later, but after talking it through with @peytonkar2234, it's gonna d a month later. I will again be using time stamps and may continue them throughout the rest of the story. I don't know yet, but at least for this chapter it will be somewhat important. If you haven't already, grab a box of tissues, maybe two. Grab a snack or something, because this is gonna be a wild ride.😈 I'll shut up now and let you get to the actual story.

A/N LATER ON: so I was going back through and changed it to a month in the original notice in chapter 10.

APRIL 20TH, 2:21 AM

Julie's POV

"You can't stop me, stop trying. It's a pathetic waste of time, if you'd join my band however..." The musty smell of a dusty stage fills my lungs as I struggle to get out of Caleb's grasp.

I can barely make out Caleb's voice as he suspends me higher and higher in the air, sucking the air out of my lungs in the process. I feel chains wrap around me and look down to see they're glowing purple. They tighten around me and begin to burn my clothes off and burn my skin raw. I try to hold on to my consciousness as long as possible, but it is slowly slipping away...along with my life force.

I notice a bright light from behind Caleb, and just as my vision goes, I see Luke looking at me. He's horrified at the sight of my current situation and his eyes are laced with anger. I try to hold on longer for him, but it's no use. My vision goes black, but I can still hear everything going on around me. The screams from three of my best friends, someone slamming someone against a wall, and finally, I feel my body falling fast to the ground as the chains are removed, and Caleb is no longer able to suspend me. I hear Luke, Alex and Reggie scream, before I hit the ground with a loud THUMP! I feel a sharp pounding sensation in the back of my head. I feel something pouring out and realize that my head's split open. I'm barely alive and am unable to open my eyes or move anything in my body when I hear Luke. Threatening Caleb. Then he says something in a softer tone.

"I love you Jules, please never forget that." I hear Alex and Reggie trying to get me to wake up, and feel them shaking me but it's no use. It all ends. I no longer feel them, no longer hear them. I open my eyes to find I'm in a bright white room.

I start walking, hoping I can find some way of figuring out where I am when I see him. I see Luke. I run up to him and try to hug him, but he grasps my shoulders tightly.

"JULIE! NO!" I look up at Luke to see he's crying which only makes me cry too. I miss him so much, but while I want to be with him, I don't wanna die.

"Julie, I'm so sorry. I failed to protect you." Luke says, crying harder. I grab him and pull him into a tight hug, as I feel him. I'm really dead.

I scream, shooting upright in my bed. I'm breathing heavily and am drenched in sweat. I hear my door slam open and look up to see my dad standing there panic-stricken.

"Julie, what's wrong?" He asks, sitting on my bed. He reaches for my hand, but I pull it away before he even gets the chance to do anything. Too soon.

"Nightmare. Again." I sigh. I avoid his eyes, ashamed of what happened. Last month, when Luke met my dad, he accidentally blurted out the wrong thing, and to make a long story short—my dad now knows everything. How the guys are dead, and how they're been staying in the studio. I did however, make sure he never found out the exact sequence of events that led up to Luke's resurrection.

Alex and Reggie poof into my room, startled and half asleep. Reggie can barely stand, and just ends up falling over making me smile sadly, and Alex sigh in agitation.