More Beautiful Than The Stars~ Luke

Finally Free pt.1

3rd PERSON POV

The guys and Jasmine were sitting in the coffee shop. Reggie kept messing with some random lady. " Oh, great angle. Yea" Reggie complimented even though she couldn't hear him. " Now that's a good pic" Reggie stared intensely.

" Is this what we're here for? To watch people take pictures of food?" Alex pointed at the lady. " It's fun. Watch this. People never stop looking at their phones" Reggie messed with the plate in front of the woman. Then the lady got up and left. " Luke said something about this being a hot spot for music industry" Reggie also added a reason why they're there.

" Is this why I'm here? Because I'm still really confused about why I'm here" Cassian leaned over to Jasmine. " You're here because we have big news to tell you as a band. So sit and be patient" Jasmine laughed at him, and Cassian couldn't resist her laugh and smile so he laughed as well.

Luke looked over quickly and saw that Cassian and Jasmine were whispering and laughing. He hurried and added the bands name. " Jasmine, boys, being a ghost definitely has its privileges" Luke sat in the middle of Jasmine and Cassian. Making Cassian scoot closer to Reggie. " I just wrote our names on the playlist for tonight" Reggie smiled slightly at him.

" I'm getting a little worried about him" Alex whispered to the Jasmine and the others. " He keeps forgetting Julie quit the band!" Alex this time said louder so that Luke knew. "She's gonna come back as soon as she knows we have a great gig" Luke countered. " Well... I don't really know" Jasmine said in a high pitched voice. They knew Julie long enough to know that she can be pretty determined when she wants to be. And avoiding the guys was something she definitely was determined to do.

" But if she doesn't come back, let's not forget, we do have somewhere else we can play and eat pizza" Reggie reminded them of Caleb's offer. But Jasmine was never going to take Caleb's offer. He seemed too good to be true.

" Dude, I know. It was awesome to be seen by lifers at Caleb's party, but... but we got this with Julie, we don't need him" no sooner as he said that, the group felt the jolts again. Causing all of them to groan.

" Oh! It's the same thing again!" Alex said through a fit of coughs. " Just like Friday" Jasmine groaned. " It feels like that time I was fixing my amp in the rain" Cassian and Alex looked over at him. " You shouldn't... Ok." Alex just dismissed him. " I don't think that's right. Are you sure he died by a hotdog?" Cassian whispered to Alex. He shrugged his shoulders in response.

" Do you guys think somethings wrong with us? I mean all this started after we left Caleb's party" Jasmine turned to Luke. " Yea. Yea, we are ten pounds of pizza Friday without a stomach. I'm sure it's just our bodies working through it" Luke tried to reassure them. But it wasn't working for Jasmine and Cassian. If that was the case for Luke, Reggie, and Alex. How come they were getting jolted? They didn't eat anything.

" So we're just gonna forget about getting back at Trevor? That jerk stole our music" Reggie brought back the topic. " If you remember, getting back at Trevor is why we're in this situation with Julie" Jasmine reminded him.

" Trevor had to live with that guilt. Julie was right, we have new and better songs with her. A new band, a new sound, ok? That's what we should be focusing on" Jasmine had a small smile on her lips. She is definitely seeing Luke change and grow into a better person. " Isn't that Willie?" Everybody looked towards the window to see Willie peaking his head through the window. Alex got up and followed him.

" Well, someone's not focusing on our music" Reggie said as he laughed. Jasmine hit him in the shoulder. " Be nice. This is the first guy Alex has liked in a really long time" she said as she sat back down. " Luke, you need to tell Jasmine to stop hitting people. It really hurts" Reggie said to Luke as he rubbed his shoulder.

Jasmine turned to Luke. " I dare you. I dare you to tell me to stop hitting people" Luke looked between the two and raised his hands up in surrender. " I'm gonna stay out of this. It ain't my business."

JASMINE'S POV

Julie finally came home from school. " Finally! I've been waiting for, like, ever! Does school really take that long?" I asked her. She had her hand over her heart. " You gotta give me a warning. But, you can come see me during school. I'm not mad at you" she said pointedly.

I nodded my head. " This may be true. But I didn't want to make you look crazy. I have some-" Julie cut me off. " Can you give me a minute? I have to go down to the studio" she walked down the steps while I tried to get her to stop.

Julie sighed as she seen the guys and Cas sitting off to the side. "We're sorry" Reggie sang first. " So sorry" Alex sang next. " We're super-duper, crazy, stupid sorry" Luke finished as he got down on one knee.

Cassian waved at us. " Hey" he muttered. Julie returned the wave with a smile. I sighed as face palmed. If it didn't work with me, do they really think it'll work with Julie. " In case you missed it, we're really sorry" Reggie apologized to her.

" Yea. I... I got that part" Julie took a step closer while I took a step back so the guys could look at me. " Stop! Don't do it!" I mouthed and waved my arms in a no motion. "We've been here for, like, three hours" Alex sighed. " Yup" Reggie agreed as he and Alex high-fived.

" We almost sang to your little brother" Luke said as he stood up. I was still trying to signal them to not show her the flyer, knowing that it will end badly. " He comes in here a lot. Mainly to use the bathroom" Reggie added. " It's not our favorite part of the day" Alex also said. I was still getting ignored and what's making this worse is that they could see me telling them no.

" But, Julie, the guys have something to show you" Cassian said to get them back on track. I flopped my arms down back to my sides as I sighed. " Really?" I mouthed to him. "What?" Cassian shrugged his shoulders innocently.

" Julie, it wasn't ok that we flaked on the dance. We know we let you down" Luke started the worded apology they came up with. " Yea, and none of us wanted to disappoint you. You're the best thing that's happened to us since we became ghosts" Alex sincerely apologized.

I couldn't even stop them as Luke handed her the flyer, asking Julie to re-join the band. "Tons of managers go there to listen to new bands. All we gotta do is blow them away, and we're living the dream" Luke tried to convince her.

" So this means a lot to you, huh?" Julie asked. Luke nodded. I stepped closer to stand next to Alex and Reggie. " Kind of how playing in front of my whole entire school meant a lot to me" I could practically feel Luke's smile drop. "Sounds like sarcasm" Reggies eyes widened in realization. " I'm starting to think our plan isn't working" Reggie leaned over and whispered.

I faked gasped. " You don't say? I tried to warn you guys" I hissed. " Look, we know we messed up" Alex tried to be the voice of reason. " But we need you in the band" Luke looked over at me and back to Julie.

" Of course you do, because without me, no one can see you guys playing. You know, I thought that the music we were writing was special, but you're too obsessed with your past to even care" Julie called Luke out. " I do care. Our band has a real chance at greatness. I'm not gonna let that get away from us again" Luke tried to show Julie that he really cared. And he does. Luke genuinely cares, he just has to show it. Words only mean so much.

" Uh-huh. Right. So then why did you bail on me to get back at Trevor? I'll tell you why. 'Cause there's only one thing you care about, and that's yourself" Julie walked away.

" Julie! Come on you know that's not true!" I tried to call after her, but she was already gone. " She didn't mean it" Alex said softly. " Luke, come on. She doesn't know" I tried to reason with him but he poofed out.

" Where's he going?" Reggie asked. " Where do you think?" I turned back to the guys. " Remember what today is?" Alex added. "What's today?" Cassian finally spoke up. I sighed. " It's Luke's birthday" I felt so bad for him.