Revolution that's been dancing in the rain (Book 1)

2. Our clothes?

I wake up before Ronnie like always,
I'm supposed to be gone before her dad gets up for work, so her parents don't know I spent the night.
That's what has me climbing down the tree, heading for my bike at this ungodly hour.
*My name is Luke by Trevor Wilson begins playing*
I pull my phone out of my pocket before sitting on my bike and answer it
"Jessie Joan's speaking" I say to the unknown number
"Ms Joan's It's Mr Henry"
The drama teacher from my school's voice comes through the phone
"Mr Henry, good morning what can I do for you?" I ask
"Well, I was wondering if you could come in extra early to audition for our Fall musical"
"YES, definitely I'll be there, thanks so much"
Ending the call, I head straight to the school.

I get to the school at 6am and spend two hours
with Mr Henry and the director, a student named
Anita Dowery.
I spend the time acting, singing, reading lines and dancing until the rest of the department arrived at half eight.
I then spend the next several hours rehearsing with the rest of the
department and a few non department kids.
Students apart of the drama department get a definite spot in any and all productions put on by the school, students like me who are not in the department have to audition and
hope to get a spot.
Usually at that point the only spots left are ensemble or,
if you're really unlucky,
ticket sales.
K cll
"Okay everybody" Mr Henry shouts getting our attention
"The last bell is about to ring so that's a wrap for the day, please collect all your belongings."
Anita speaks up
"Our cast list will be up tomorrow morning at half 9 on that wall behind you"
"You will all be excused for the second half of your second period"
Mr Henry informs us
"I do not want to hear that any of you left class before half 9 or were late to your third period"

"Julie are you out here" I step into the studio, surprised to find Julie out here again
"Julie there you are, oh Flynn hey. What are you guys doing out here?"
I ask, putting my helmet down on the counter
"I'm saying goodbye forever" Flynn cries out
"What!?" I turn around confused
"Julie is leaving the music program and I will become a social pariah and die alone"
Flynn exclaims, flopping back on the couch.
I shake my head at her dramatic antics
"Okay that's it we're in need of some major fun" I claim
Julie and Flynn look up at me confused
"Girl's night, Flynn go home and get your stuff, I'm going inside to see what snacks we need, and I'll pick up take out"
Flynn jumps up excitedly
"Yes Triple trouble sleepover, I will be back in an hour"
I watch as she practically dances out the studio door.
"And what am I meant to do" Julie asks standing next to me
I turn to look at her, "Is it okay to do it out here or do you want to move inside?"
I realise I may have over stepped a boundary
"No it's okay we can do it out here, I think I'm okay out here now"
I smile and hug her tightly, "I'm so glad Jul's, your mom would hate if we continued wasting her awesome space" I let her out of the hug
"So what's my job boss" she laughs saluting me
"Set up duty cadet"
I say in a loud voice, "Blankets, pillows and anything else needed for a girl's night of epic proportions. Plus the most difficult task of all"
"Which is?" Julie asks, looking a bit concerned
"Getting Ray's permission"
I deadpan and she bursts out laughing
"On it" She salutes
"Good, I'm off on food duty then, text the group chat anything you want me to get"
I instruct her and head off to sort out food.

(Luke POV)
Julie told us we had to stop talking to her when other people were around because she wasn't able to talk
back to us without looking
crazy so the three of us
were sat up in the loft,
Reggie was still bummed out from visiting his parents and finding their house gone and Alex, well he was still Alex and dying had not helped his anxiety, so he was stood against the railing tapping out a beat on the wood as I sat at his feet with my legs dangling off the edge.
Julie and her loud friend had gotten home from school, and her loud friend had been rambling about not being friends any more since they had walked in.
It was starting to get on my nerves when someone else came in, it was the girl that had been with Julie last night when she came back into the studio.
As they were talking, the loud girl left and Julie stood next to the other girl.
She was a bit taller than Julie and her hair was a lighter shade of brown, it was currently tied up, presumably due to the bike helmet she walked in holding.
She walks out and Julie calls us down
"What's up Julie" Reggie asks from beside me
"Who was that?" I ask, not giving her a chance to ask Reggie's question,
curiosity over the girl getting in the way.
"That was Jessie and her, Flynn and I are going to have a girl's night out here tonight" she says answering both our questions
"Can we come Julie" Reggie's asks excited
"I think we're being kicked out for the night Reg" Alex tells him and his face drops
"Oh"
"I mean, it's not like I can really talk to you guys throughout the night and well be talking about stuff that they probably wouldn't want anyone else hearing, and they can't see you so-"
she begins rambling, trying to explain to Reggie
why they couldn't come, clearly feeling bad by his sad face
"So, so" She sighs, clearly running out of things to say "Fine you guys can stick around"
Reggie's smile returns, high fiving Alex and me
"But" Julie interrupts out celebration
"No playing instruments, no picking stuff up, and I won't be able to talk to you guys"
We nod agreeing to her conditions even if I want to be able to play my guitar
"When are they coming back?"
I ask as she turns to leave
"It'll probably take them an hour why"
"Can we play until they come back"
Alex asks catching my drift
Julie just sighs at us before heading to the door again
"Wait until I come back out" she says, closing the door behind her
"Yes" I say excited high fiving my bandmates.

Julie had set up blankets and pillows and colourful disco ball lamps and we had played nearly our entire demo for her by the time Jessie had come back.
"Jul's" She called walking into the studio
"What's up" Julie asks poping up from a pile of blankets on the floor
"What happened" she asks
The boys and I look over to Jessie to see what Julie was asking about.
Looking at her again I see her neck and the ends of her hair that had slipped out of her up do were caked in dirt and when she takes her jacket off it can be seen that her shirt is just as dirty.
"Fucking teenage boys" She spits out
"I left the shit I bought in the kitchen, Flynn's collecting the take-out.
Can you sort them while I shower" She asks making her way to the bathroom in the studio
Alex and Reggie had wandered off by this point,
Alex sitting in a bean bag chair that Julie had dragged down from the loft
and Reggie was staring at the jacket Jessie had taken off and hung up.
"Ya no problem" Julie tells her and heads into the house as Jessie gos into the bathroom
I sit down next to Alex on the beanbag and after like 15 minutes Reggie is still staring at the jacket
I grab a drum stick out of Alex's hand and
chuck it across the room at him, hitting him square in the head
"Ow" He yelps out "What the hell Luke"
"Why are you staring the that jacket like it stole your pizza?" I ask
"I think it's mine" He says looking at it again
"You're wearing your jacket" I say pointing to him
"Not this one, the one I had before this one, that Alex got me for Christmas, if I could touch it I could check if my name was on the inside tag" He says as his hand fazes through it
Alex and I get up to look at the jacket as the bathroom door swings open
We turn to the door and our mouths drop, even Alex who is as gay as possible,
when Jessie walks out in just her underwear.
She heads up to the loft ranting just quite enough that we can't make it out,
in only a matching black lacy bra and briefs.
Alex looks away pretty quickly, "Guys stop, this isn't right"
She pulls out the bag Alex had found earlier of our old clothes.
Mine and Reggie's attention are finally pulled away by the studio door opening
and Julie and the loud girl Flynn I think, walking in.
"Jessie what are you doing" Julie asks shocked quickly looking at Reg and me
glaring at us before looking back up at Jessie
"Forgot to bring clothes into the bathroom with me" She says standing back up from the black bag
"Besides what's the big deal it's only you two, and you've seen me in less"
She pulls on the rush tank top I had been wearing earlier and comes back down the stairs, my eyes completely glued to my tank on her.
"I swear I've never seen this one before" She says pulling at the end to look at it "thought I'd taken all the cute ones with me"
"She wears our clothes?" Alex asks
"I knew this was my jacket" Reggie yells still standing right next to it, happy to be right
"Uh" Julie says being the only one able to hear us and unsure what to say.
"Egg rolls?" Flynn asks, holding up the take-out bag in her hand
"Man I miss food" Reggie whines flopping onto the couch
The girls begin setting out the food as I sit on one side of the beanbag "Same"
"Should've got hot dogs" Jessie says sitting next to me on the beanbag
"I'd die for a hot dog"
The boys and I start laughing and Julie holds back a laugh
"You're not the only one"
She says looking past Jessie right at me