HEAD OVER HEELS; reggie peters x fem!reader

[ 02. hugs and tears ]

y/n's pov

After watching Julie play a whole song on piano and sing, we just stood behind her. She didn't even know we were there.

Alex took a step forward but Luke put a hand on his chest to stop him. Luke made a gesture with his hand and we used our cool ghost powers to teleport outside.

"Oh, dude, why'd you stop me? Julie needs a hug." Alex frowned.

"Bro, a ghost hug isn't the feel-good moment that you think it is. All right? Trust me. What Julie needs right now is just a bit of privacy." Luke told him, but Alex wasn't buying it.

"You know what? I think you poofed us out because you can't handle when other people cry." Luke gave Alex a wide eyed look. "I should know. I cried in a room for 25 years, and I didn't get a single hug from you or Reggie."

"All right, bring it in." Reggie lifted his arms to give Alex a hug.

"Don't touch me."

"This is why no one hugs you."

I slapped Reggie on the arm and he started rubbing it.

"Ow."

"Okay. I think the first thing we should do, once we get the courage to go in there, is ask Julie... why she lied about playing the piano."

"Yeah, you know, maybe tell her how amazing she is."

"Yeah, of course, bro."

"Okay."

I looked to my left after hearing a rattling noise and saw a girl walking towards the studio.

"She's legit." Reggie complimented Julie. "I got ghost bumps."

It was as the girl walked past us that I realized she was crying.

"Oh my gosh. Was she crying too?" Alex asked.

"Yes! And the only thing scarier than one girl crying is two girls crying." As he spoke, Luke used his fingers to show the numbers as he said them.

"He's right."

"I don't think girls crying is scary at all."

Alex looked at me. "That's because you are a girl!"

"We get scared when you cry." Reggie admitted and I snickered.

"Guys, we definitely can't go in there."

"But, we can listen." We followed Reggie over to the door and peered through the windows.

"Carlos told me you'd be out here." Julie's friend said and Julie looked up. We quickly ducked under the window so she couldn't see us. "We need to talk."

"Are you okay?"

"No, I'm not okay! You just got kicked out of music! I've been up all night thinking about what I was gonna say. Might've drank seven sodas but... I need to get this out."

I could feel Reggie's chin hovering by my ear while we crouched outside the studio door.

"Wait. I have something to tell you--"

"No, it's my turn to talk." Julie's friend took a deep breath. "You can't give up music. Your music's like a gift so that would be a tragedy. So, you're basically, like, cancelling Christmas, and I love Christmas!"

"Flynn, I--" Julie tried to explain.

"Uh-uh." Her friend, Flynn, stopped her again. "When we were six, we promised to be in a band together. Double Trouble."

"I never agreed to that name."

Flynn sighed. "That's not the point. Jules, if you leave the music program, we'll be apart forever. That's just what happens."