Ghosted - a JATP fan fiction

Unsaid Emily Part 2

Julie's POV

The whole day I kept thinking of Luke. I felt bad for him. I get what it's like to miss someone that you can't talk to.

During school when I should have been listening I was thinking of Luke and I had a crazy, crazy idea.

So once I got home I tried to find Luke. And luckily I could see him... and the other guys.

They still all looked like they were on edge.

"Luke, can I talk to you for a second?" I asked.

For a brief second they all exchanged looks but then Luke got up and met me outside the studio.

"Hey Jules, what's up."

"I have an idea about what we were talking about earlier." I told him.

His eyes widened.

"Oh."

I nodded, "Yeah,"

He paused, "What is it?"

"What about your song, 'Unsaid Emily'?"

That caught him completely off guard.

Luke's POV

I remember writing the song as if it was yesterday....

-Memory-

I ran away.

I was mad at my parents. They never supported me. They wanted to take away my life, my guitar. My family, My band.

So I just left.

I was living in Julie's studio now, Julie didn't mind. She's my best friend. Her parents had no idea I lived out there. The guys and I practiced still and everything was great. I never felt alone, well till...

Christmas.

Julie was on vacation with her parents and brother. Reggie was visiting his cousins on the east coast, and Alex was spending time with his Aunts and Uncles in Wisconsin. I should have been at home, with my family but I couldn't break. This had to be the first time I truly missed them.

On Christmas morning I sat quietly in the studio. I was staring at my notebook. Unsure what to do.

I picked up the pen, and tried writing. I wanted to do something, create something for them. I hummed a few lines and jotted them down.

If I could take us back, if I could just do that

And write in every empty space the words "I love you" in replace

Then maybe time would not erase me

I rewrote these lines over and over again till I got them to be perfect.

If you could only know I never let you go

And the words I most regret

Are the ones I never meant to leave

Unsaid Emily

I stared at the lyrics I had just written. Then I closed my notebook, I just can't think about it now.

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It was February, a school day for the other guys when I opened my notebook again.

I just stared at the words from before. He jotted down a few more words then grabbed my guitar.

Silent days, mysteries and mistakes

Who'd be the first to break?

I guess we're alike that way

He said, she said conversations in my head

And that's just where they're gonna stay forever

I practiced the chords then wrote them down quickly. I thought about my parents. I wonder if they miss me or have forgotten about me already.

The guys and I worked everyday when they weren't in school, we practiced, and got every gig we could. Julie was a big part in getting us our gigs. It kept me distracted.

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In early March I showed Julie the song I had written for my mom. She really liked it and said that she thought that maybe it would help me to talk to them. But I wasn't ready for that.

In late March, we had been bouncing around local gigs but there was one place on our list that we still hadn't gotten to play yet.

The Orpheum.

This was our dream, and we had to make it happen. We had spent hours in the past on the phone trying to get it. Today Alex was on the phone looking for any gig we could get.

He put the phone down and looked at us.

"Nothing yet guys, but I did hear about an opening at the Orpheum for some time in June. We should go for it."

"Seriously, that's awesome! We definitely got to go for it! Why was there an opening?" I asked.

"I guess they quit."

So we got to work, practiced day after day after day till we went for it. After a few weeks, we found out.

We had got it

They couldn't believe it, they were going to play the Orpheum! This was a dream come true.

-End of memory-

I looked at Julie standing in front of me, waiting for me to answer her.

"Luke?" She tried.

"Tell me more." 

Author's Note

So I lied, now there's 4 more chapters, oops 

Hope you enjoyed!!

Thank you :)