Julie and the Phantoms: The (unofficial) second Chapter

Part 19

Ray POV

I turn to walk upstairs still shocked by the letter. Are Emily and Mitch sure about this, they want me to raise their son? I mean it was a big enough shock when my sister asked me to raise her son, but this caught me off guard. I knew there was always a chance, and when I saw the envelope I knew exactly what it was. Emily and Mitch came to Me and Rose when Julie was an infant and asked us to take Luke every once in a while we happily accepted and would watch him every now and then. We helped them when they would get sick and we would watch Luke on some weekends so they could rest. I never thought it would get to this point though. Yes, Emily and Mitch did talk to us about five years ago about possibly adopting Luke. Emily was very sick and Mitch didn't think he could raise Luke alone. So we started the process in case things took a turn for the worse. Thankfully she made a full recovery. I finally make it to the top of the stairs and walk into Reggie and Lukes's room. I see the light still on and walk into a shockingly empty room. I hear a door close behind me I turn and see Reggie sneaking out of Julies room. I give him a questioning look. "She was worried, she wanted to stay up, but she fell asleep, I didn't want to wake her up so I just put her to bed." I smile and nod my head. "Is Luke okay?" Reggie asks noticing his absence from the room. "Yeah, he'll be fine. Do you know what he will need for tonight?"
"Yeah, is he not staying here?"
"He's gonna sleep in my bed and I'm going to sleep on the couch. He just wants a little alone time right now."
"Yeah, I know the feeling." He says with a slight laugh collecting what Luke will need for the night. He hands me a small pile of stuff. "Is this everything?"
"Yeah, I think so...." I turn to walk out of the room. "Wait, one more thing, but can I take it down to him?"
"Why?" I ask with a questioning look. "because it's kind of a secret..." I give him a look. "Okay, fine, grab it quickly and come down." He nods his head. I walk back downstairs and see Luke still sitting on the couch. "Okay, this is what Reggie gave me, I think he said he was bringing something else down to, but he wouldn't tell me what." Luke looked at me and nodded with a blank yet sad expression. I walk into the other room just in time to hear Reggie come downstairs. I hide around the corner. "Hey, Luke you okay?"
"Yeah, I will be."
"Okay, do you want to talk about it?"
"No, not really." Reggie lets out a sigh. "Okay, Julie and I are worried about you." there is a short pause. "Here, I brought down your Bobble. I saw it stuffed in the bottom of your bag. I hope it's okay that I brought it to you."