Glossophobia ~ Luke Patterson ~ JATP

This Band is Back

~2.2~

They reappear outside of where Reggie and Olivia's house used to be, finding a bunch of different stores and such in replace of the neighborhood that used to be here.

"A bike shack right where our house used to be. Right here," Olivia said, sadly.

"Yeah, I'm sorry, guys," Luke said as he hugged Liv tightly from behind.

"They made the Meyersons' house into a noodle shop. Why couldn't they have made mine a pizzeria or something?" Reggie questions.
"They tore down the whole neighborhood," Alex pointed out.

Olivia squeezes Reggies arm, sadly, and he pulls her in for a hug.

"I guess our folks are gone," Reggie looked down sadly.

"No. Everyone's gone. Twenty-five years, gone. Friends, family, Bobby, everyone," Alex lightly snapped, causing Olivia to look down sadly as she thought about all the times she missed. Luke noticed this immediately, causing him to grab her carefully out of Reggie's grasp.

"Bobby, that's right. I guess that vegetarian lucked out," Reggie reminisced.

"What do you think happened to him?" Alex questioned.

"He probably just got old like everybody else and moved on," Luke said, annoyed as he let go of Olivia to go stand on a log nearby.

"Luke, how are you so casual about all of this? I mean, don't you wanna figure out what happened? I surely would like to know what exactly happened to our family and why the whole neighborhood was torn down, along with a thousand other questions I have," Olivia snaps to the older boy.

Luke turns to her, "Let's be real for a second. It's not like any of us were that close to our families. My folks always regretted buying me that guitar. Reggie, you and Liv's parents were literally a fight away from a divorce. Alex, I... Your parents were never cool again after you told them you were gay. And Olivia, I don't even know where to begin, alright? You know damn well that your family always piled everything onto you, and especially made it worse when you started hanging out with us. Not to mention your stage fri-"

"Okay, Luke, we get it. None of us had it great. All right?" Olivia cuts him off, getting annoyed with his behavior.

"But at least we had something. You know, what do we have now? And before you say cool teleportation skills, just know I'm not entirely okay with that either. All right? It tingles. In weird places," Alex gestured to said weird places.
"I'll tell you what we had. It's what we've had since the day we came together. Boys, Oli, we have us. We're the only family we're ever gonna need. You know what else we have?"

"I'm gonna guess death breath," Reggie asked.

"Our music, you dork," Luke says as Olivia chuckles, "We have our music, you guys. People, actual people, can hear us play! They can't see us, fine, but they can feel us. If I had my guitar, I'd play for all these people right now. Just like what we used to do down at the pier."

"They can't tip what they can't see," Alex pointed out.

"It's not about the tips, Alex. It's about playing music. Connecting with people. Making a difference in their day. I just... I wish I had my guitar." Suddenly, Luke's guitar materialized in his hands, causing him to spin around from the sudden weight in his hands.

"Whoa!" Alex exclaimed.

"That was rad. How'd you do that?" Reggie asked in amazement.

"Are you okay?" Olivia asked the boy, worried.

"Yeah, I'm fine. And I don't know. I-I-I mean, I wished for it, and then it came in my hands..." Luke trailed off.

Reggie sticks out his hands and closes his eyes, "I-I-I wish I had a puppy. A hamster?" Reggie sighs, "Pizza?" He groans in annoyance.

"Hey, I think I know something that'll cheer you up," Luke says, starting to play an upbeat tune that the band always played back when they were alive. Olivia smiled, recognizing the tune back when the band would get turned away from gig after gig, coming up with this song to help them cheer up.

Olivia missed this time with her boys.

"Come on, Reginald!" Alex said, beginning to pat the beat on his chest and legs, causing Olivia to chuckle.

"A one, two, three, four," Luke yelled out.

Reggie

♪ Can you? ♪

♪ Can you hear me? ♪

Olivia

♪ Yep, loud and clear! ♪

Reggie

♪ We gotta get ♪

♪ Gotta get ready ♪

Luke

♪ 'Cause it's been years! ♪

Boys

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ This band is back ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ This band is back ♪

♪ Woohoo, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Woohoo, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Woohoo, ooh, ooh ♪

Reggie

♪ Can you ♪

Luke, Alex, Olivia

♪ Yes, we can ♪

Reggie

♪ Can you hear me? ♪

All

♪ Loud and clear ♪

Reggie

♪ We gotta get,

Luke, Alex, Olivia

♪ wanna get ♪

Reggie

♪ we gotta get ready ♪

♪ 'Cause it's been years ♪

All

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ This band is back ♪

♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ This band is back... ♪

As the band sings, they walk closer to this couple sitting on the beach. "You won't find the speaker. It's direct spot audio. I heard about it in a TED talk," The guy said, causing the girl to giggle.

All

♪ Woohoo, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Whoo-ooh... ♪

The boy band scat sings as they leave the beach. Olivia couldn't stop smiling as she danced around with the guys.

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A/N:

Woohoo another chapter done!