Written in the stars

Chapter 4: Bright part 2

3rd person pov
"Hey, Dad," Julie greeted as she walked into the family room. She had spent some time after the boys left just staring at the picture frame of her and her mother, and now that she was feeling better she had decided it was time she talked to her father about the whole house situation since she knew he was currently trying to get everything set up. "Wat'cha working On?" "Well, now that the house is on the market, we need to add some photos to the website," Ray explained before gesturing for the girl to come over "Help me pick some good ones" Julie obliged and moved across the room, sparing a glance in the direction of the couch where her brother Carlos was busy playing a video game. She grabbed the feet he had propped up on the pillow and pushed them down making Carlos send a look in her direction which she ignored "Got this batch right here" Ray said while Julie leaned over his shoulder to look at the pictures of the house.

"These are really nice," Julie
complimented. "Yeah?" Ray asked
"Yeah!" Julie says smiling "Thanks," Ray said. "These didn't turn out, though." He switched the photos to the ones of the studio where four bright dots were seen in frame.
'The ones from mom's studio. It's
like. ..little lights and dots all over the
place. Kinda look like orbs, right?"
"Orbs?" Carlos asked, instantly sitting
up with a curious look on his face
while Julie just stared at the screen
She assumed the dots were because
of Luke, Alex, and Reggie. However
the only thing that didn't make sense
was the fourth dot which made Julie
wonder if they were actually the
ghosts standing there or just the light
reflecting weird in the room. "I've seen some freaky stuff about those on YouTube" Carlos said as he leaned over the couch to look at the pictures better. "People say they're ghosts." Julie stood up at that and
looked to her brother, her thoughts
still swirling around the fourth dot
that could mean there's been a fourth
ghost all along that none of them knew about. "Do you think that's Mom and she made some friends?" Ray chuckled softly, "That's a nice
thought, but there are no such things
as ghosts" he says "Sounds like someone's spending too much time on the internet," Julie said, despite knowing that Carlos was right. "You can just trash those" Julie says to ray "All right" Ray hummed. "So trash trash, trash." "Um, Dad?" Julie asked. "Yeah?" Ray said as he looked to the girl, "I was thinking, if we're just moving cause of me, and you and Carlos wanna stay, I'm fine with that," Julie told him. "I vote we stay!" Carlos exclaimed

almost instantly, his hand flying up in
the air. "I don't wanna have to clean
under my bed" Carlos spoke "Noted," Ray said. "What made you have second thoughts?" He asked "I don't know," Julie admitted. "I guess a combination of things, I know that
tía says that moving is moving on, but I don't think that's the answer" she says "I totally agree with you on that," Ray said as he stood up. "I mean, I think. ..I think moving on has to come from the inside. And one of us took a huge step this morning" Julie smiled softly at that, wondering just how many people heard her sing "All our memories of Mom are here and we should be too,'' she said. "Can we stay?" Ray smiled and raised his hand in excitement, "All votes are in. Yes! Yes, Yes! Thank you! He pulled Julie in for a hug and looked to Carlos. "Get in here, Come on" Ray says "I love you, Dad," Julie said as she hugged her father right, Carlos joining in. "Mm! Big tight group hug," Ray muttered making the kids chuckle. "Okay Somebody help me find my phone, I need to call the real estate agent" he says "Oh, um, I think I saw it in the kitchen" Carlos said. "Kitchen" Ray whispered before himband Julie walked off to check the kitchen, leaving Carlos behind. The boy watched after them until they werevgone before going back to the pictures of the studio his father had deleted and recovering them His eyes flickered over the screen and the four dots before he let out a small chuckle and leaned back in his chair "Ghosts".

Charlotte's pov
"Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh."

"See 'em look, hear 'em "o0h-ah"
Hands up, throw back, booyah
We're the best, no doubt
Check it out, yeah, we make 'em say
"wow"