Chapter 5: Flying solo part 1

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3rd person pov
Julie stood awkwardly in front of the
crowd, a forced smile upon her face as she looked over all the sets of eyes that were staring at her. It was dead quiet as they all stood there before a boy ran up onto the stage and asked, "Hey, where'd the rest of the band go?" "Wait, Were those holograms?" one of Carrie's friends, Kayla, asked while Carrie shot her an ugly look.
Julie's face lit up and she gave the
crowd a nervous smile as she said,
"Yes! Yes, they were holograms." She
let out a soft chuckle while the whole
crowd eased up. "I plugged it into the
ceiling projector before the show. I'd
explain it, but it involves algorithms
and science stuff." The crowd began to cheer at that and Julie mentally high fived herself for that one. "That's wild" Luke muttered, glancing around at the audience. "They could see us when we were playing, but not when the music ended" he continues "We should double check" Reggie suggested before he hopped up onto the stage and wiggled his butt in front
of the audience. No one looked their
way and Alex and Luke cringed as they watched their friend. Reggie stopped and looked back at them as he began to make his way back to Luke's side. "Yeah, I don't. . .I don't think they can see us" "I wish I couldn't see you," Alex muttered, ignoring Reggie's hurt look. "I'm sorry, but are we not going to talk about the fact that Charlotte was literally just on the stage playing with us and now is no where to be seen? Was I hallucinating? She was there, right?" "Oh, she was there" Reggie told him, remembering the feeling of his hand upon her cheek and that smile she had flashed his way. "I don't entirely understand how, but she was" "That doesn't explain where she is now" Alex pointed out "We'll find her" Luke assured them, his tone deadly serious "She wouldn't have gone far." "Okay, people show's over," the principal announced. "Let's get back to class please" At that the students began to walk away and the boys began looking around, their eyebrows furrowed as they attempted to spot
Charlotte from the crowd of people
It took a second but eventually Alex's
eyes caught sight of the girl who was
standing near some double doors, her
guitar still strapped around her back.
The blonde's eyes widened and he was quick to slap a hand against Luke's chest, both him and Reggie looking where Alex was pointing. Their eyes locked with charlotte's immediately and the girl gave them a small smile before nodding her head out the door. She disappeared a second later and the boys took the hint and were quick to poof out of the gym and into the hallway.

Charlottes pov
I was already pacing in the hallway, my guitar now gone while My eyes were staring intently at the floor as i whispered softly to myself. Upon hearing the boys land on their feet, my eyes instantly shot up. I went still before quickly adjusting my body to face them while Alex, Luke and Reggie just stared at me with wide
eyes. I could only stare at the
boys, all of the words i had been
rehearsing in my head suddenly
leaving my mind. My eyes flickered
over the boys- Alex who was
beginning to grow a bit teary eyed as
he stared at me, Luke who looked as
though he didn't know how to feel,
and Reggie who was staring at me in
disbelief, a smile growing on his face.
Finally i just took in a deep breath an lifted my hand up slightly before whispering, "Hi." Alex was the first to break, the blonde taking a few strides over to me before he was throwing his arms around me and wrapping her up in a big hug. I was stunned, but responded quickly and hugged the boy back. I buried my face in his shoulder while Alex held me close and pressed his face to my neck. "I have so many questions" Alex admitted, chuckling softly behind the happy tears that had started to fall. "I guess it's best if I start with how?" He asked I wasn't exactly sure how to explain how I died and what lead up to it. "Ask her in a minute" luke complained as he tugged on the boy's
arm "It's my turn, I want a hug" he Alex held onto me tighter turning his head to look at his friend as he pouted.

Luke pulled Alex away before hugging me as tight as he possibly could "I can not believe your actually here right now" he says pulling away "I could say the same about you guys" I say softly. That's when finally I locked eyes with reggie and I felt my heart basically leap as he Slowly walked over to me "reg look I get if your upset with me but I'm sorry I never said anything sooner I was just so afraid that you'd all blame yourselves" I say feeling tears roll down my cheeks. That's when he gently cupped my cheek and whipes the tears with his thumb "I'm just happy your here" he says and finally I was where I was meant to be, in his arms as we hugged eachother tight.
"You're an idiot sometimes, you know that? You should've told us, char. I'm sorry you had to die like that. You must've been SO-" luke says "Alone" i finished, holding onto Reggie a little tighter while he sniffled and closed his eyes in the embrace. Luke stood there with Alex and it was clear that hearing I was alone for that time broke them "I know it's probably bad to say this, but I'm kind of glad you died or else you wouldn't be here with us right now." I let out a small laugh, shaking my head at the boy. "Yeah probably not the best thing to say, but I get it" i told him. Luke smiled at me fondly and i took a moment to look between the three boys, a small smile on my face.

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