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15: ♫ 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓶𝔂𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 ♫

The four of us practiced the chords to the song Finally Free, I stayed quiet, only focusing on the chords I played. Julie sat behind the electric piano, playing her notes, Luke stood between me and Reggie as we played, I wanted to put as much space between me and Reggie as possible. Reggie was just as quiet as me, which was new considering the fact that he always seems to be talking. "One more time." Luke stated as we went through the same group of cords together again.

Once we hit the last note, Alex phased through the door. I took my guitar off and leaned it against the wall, as I walked over to the couch. "Oh hey Alex" Reggie stated as I flopped back on the couch. "Where've you been, man? We need to start practicing." Luke stated as Alex stood there confused, looking between the four of us he asked "Yeah? For what?" Alex eyes stopped on Julie expecting an answer.

The door to the studio suddenly opened, Flynn walked in doing a pose as she stated "Dance news!" With a smile on her face, she then walked over to Julie with a small frown "I don't have a date" I sat up as Flynn continued "But I don't care, because I'm so psyched to see you guys preform." Alex seemed annoyed as he stated "Oh man! We're playing a dance?" His eyes moved over to Luke, as Luke just sat back in the bean bag behind him. "Of course, dude. That's how we get a following nowadays." Julie chuckled as she stated "Yeah, get with the program, Alex." This cause a chuckle to escape past my lips. Luke sent Julie a smile as Flynn yelled "What? The guys are here?" She threw her arms at her sides before waving in the wrong direction.

"Hey guys!"

I raised a brow at her as I stated "Other way girl." Flynn let out an "Oh" and turned around to wave at them, Reggie responded with his usual smile and a wave. Alex waved bringing up his jacket with him, considering both hands were shoved in his pockets. "Okay, now that Alex has graced us with his presence, can we start working?" Julie said "Yes!" Before turning to look at Flynn "We're gonna rehears. You wanna stick around?" Flynn looked off to the side while saying "I'm supposed to blow up 500 balloons for the school dance" looking back at Julie she continued "But, this sounds way better." I stuck my hand up seeing as now was a good time to explain that I won't be at the dance.

"Hey so um, I feel like I should tell you that I'm not gonna be at the dance"

This seemed to grab everyone's attention, mostly the guys as they didn't already know this information. Reggie opened his mouth to say something only for Luke to beat him to it "Wh-Wh-What do you mean you aren't gonna be there?" He let out a small sarcastic laugh before continuing "You have to be there. We have a gig." His tone was serious, and as much as this meant to him, I couldn't just not show up at Calebs. "Listen Luke. I have work. And my boss is not someone you wanna piss off okay?" I stood up, giving him a frustrated look, I wasn't mad but I just hated this situation. If I had a choice I'd go to the gig in a heart beat, but I don't, as long as this stamp is on my wrist Caleb owns me and there is nothing I can do about it.

Luke was about to say something only for Reggie to quickly ask "Cant you just ask your boss for the night off or something? I'm sure he'll understand." I shook my head before sitting back down on the couch behind me "No Reggie. Just drop it." I stared at Reggie, as he stared back at me, having a look on his face, as if he was trying to figure me out. My (e/c) eyes were practically begging him to let things go, or at least wait to talk about it later like he normally does. A determined look crossed his face, which only meant one thing, that he wasn't going to let this go. 'Guess I've been acting to weird for him to just drop the subject.' I thought as Reggie opened his mouth to say something, only for Julies brother to come marching inside the studio.

"Hey, Julie."

This caused Reggie to close his mouth shut, I let out a small sigh of relief in response, not wanting to have this conversation with Reggie right at the moment. Carlos walked through Alex, a picture in hand as he stated "Remember those orbs in Dad's pictures? I...I think they're ghosts." This peaked my interest as Carlos placed the picture on top of the electric piano, Julie picked it up and looked at it. I got up and made my way over to the piano, looking over Julies shoulder to see the picture. "But don't worry. This room is...is..." I noticed the three glowing orbs in the picture, only to look over at Carlos, who spun around trying to get a read on the room.