Julie and the Phantoms: The (unofficial) second Chapter

Part 20

Reggie POV

I see Luke nod at me once more. I start to stand up from where I was squatting in front of the couch. "Hey, Reg."
"Yeah, what's up?"
"Remember a few weeks ago when you said you were scared of being a part of a new family?"
"Yeah, I say sitting back down."
"Is it as hard as you thought it would be?"
"No," I say with a small chuckle and a smile on my face. "It's not hard at all it's actually one of my favorite things." He nods his head again. "What if your family grew? Would you still be happy?"
"well, Yeah?" I say really confused. "Luke, what are you talking about."
"The envelope."
"Okay?"
"The envelope had everything in there for Ray to become my legal guardian."
"I'm confused."
"My parents aren't coming back to get me. I think I'm gonna be staying here." A small smile cracks on his face. "You know this means you can't date my sister right?" He lets out a small laugh. "Yeah, I know." I hear Dad come around the corner, "Hey Ray ?" I hear Luke say from behind me. "Yeah, what's up Luke?"
"I think I'm actually going to sleep upstairs."
"Okay, do you want help carrying stuff back upstairs?"
"I'll help him, I'm headed that way anyway," I say grabbing the armful of stuff from the couch. "Reg I can help with some of that."
"Na, you've got your Bobble. I'll get the rest."
"Reggie, I can help I'm not a little kid."
"Yeah, I know," I say with a smile. I see him roll his eyes before following me upstairs, I dump everything on his air mattress. We clean everything up and I see Luke throw his Bobble back into the duffle bag. I go turn off the overhead light and let the lamp light up the room. I climb into my bed. "Do you have everything you need?" I ask before turning off the lamp. "Yeah, I think so Goodnight Reggie."
"Goodnight Lukey." I can hear him roll his eyes at me. "You know I'm not a little kid anymore."
"I know," I say with a smile."You knew didn't you?"
"I had a suspicion. A few days ago I got a few new memories of you coming and living with us when you were little. We were no more than seven or eight ."We both settle down and about five minutes later I start to hear rustling again. "Hey, Reg."
"Yeah Luke, what do you need?"
"Can you grab my Bobble?"
"Yeah. Of course, I can." I turn on the lamp again and Grab the blanket out of Luke's duffle bag. "I haven't seen you sleep with your Bobble in years."
"Yeah, well I'm stressed. It's just... so much is changing it's kinda nice to have something from my childhood. You know?"
"Yeah, I get it. Why do you think my monkey is sitting on the shelf, not on top of it." I say with a smile. There was a short pause "Do you want your Monkey?"
"Would it make you feel more comfortable if I had my monkey?" He nods his head. I sigh "Hand me the monkey," I say reaching my arm out. Luke grabs the money off the shelf and throws it over to me. "Goodnight Luke," I say shutting my lamp off once again. "Goodnight Reg." He says in a mumble. I quickly fall asleep hoping tomorrow will bring more clarity.