Unfinished business 🥀

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"I don't know about this," Reggie mumbled as he shuffled his feet nervously. The four ghosts stood over the railing watching the party take place below them. Sophia couldn't help but agree with Reggie, something about this place didn't feel right.

"Well, if you get scared, you... you can always hide behind me. I'll be hiding behind Luke," Alex stated as he ducked behind Luke. Sophia smiled at the blonde knowing that if she got scared she would probably end up hiding behind Luke as well.

"You guys need to grow up, okay? We're gonna get back at Bobby. He needs to pay for what he did to us." Luke stated.

"Yeah he does," Sophia muttered, trying her best to push away any uneasy feelings. Sophia has always been a very stubborn person so now that she had her mind set on confronting Bobby it would take a lot to push her off track.

'Yeah." Alex nodded. "I'm still gonna hide behind him," Alex whispered to Reggie. Suddenly Willie poofed back in so he was now on the other side of Luke, making the four ghosts look at him.

"We're all good." He claimed.

"Oh, uh, cool. Hey, just so you know, we have, like, an hour, because we got a gig with Julie." Alex explained and Willie nodded.

"Oh, yeah. No worries. Let's go," Willie smiled then began walking with the group of four following behind him. "Normally, I'd have my deck, and I'd backboard this heavy 20 set. But tonight... We have company. Hope you guys are ready for this." Willie smiled to the group then slid down railing.

"Wow," Alex sighed as he looked out at the party. "Are you guys seeing what I'm seeing?"

"I think we're a little overdressed," Luke said, messing with the front part of his jacket.

"Speak for yourself, I always look amazing," Sophia joked as she and the boys walked down the stairs,

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"Yeah, you do,'" Luke whispered just loud enough so Sophia wouldn't be able to hear him.

"It is terrific." a woman said before she and her date walked right through Willie and Alex. Sophia watched the couple in confusion.

"Whoa! I thought these people were all going to be ghosts," Reggie said in awe.

"These are all lifers," Willie said, holding his hands out.

"Oh, uh, lifers are actually-'

"Alive people. I was listening.'" Reggie stated cutting off Alex's explanation.

"But this is a very exclusive crowd. Everybody here has, uh, paid a lot to get a sneak peek at the afterlife." Willie explained.

"I always knew rich people did weird stuff like this," Reggie's eyebrows furrowed as he looked back at the crowd of people.

"Lady and Gentlemen, I have a table for you. Right, this way." The man dressed in all white then led the group of five to a table at the front of the room. Sophia sat down at the front of the table. Sophia didn't know why the place made her feel slightly uneasy.

"William."

"Oh, yeah. Thanks, man," Willie smiled before the waiter left their table.

"Okay. So who's gonna make us visible so we can confront our old bandmate?" Luke asked as he leaned forwards.

"Oh no. None of these lifers have the power to do that. Oh, but here comes the ghost who does." Willie held onto Alex's shoulders for a second before clapping his hands on the table in excitement.

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"Ladies and gentlemen, back from the dead by popular demand, please welcome Caleb Covington!" an announcer said right before a man appeared not on the stage but he was floating above it.