JATP season 2

4 ~ The Nightmare

Julie's POV

I walk into the dark studio. It seemed empty, but no lights were on so I couldn't really see anything. 

It's like I suddenly realize there's a purpose for my visit to my mom's studio. I open my mouth to speak, not knowing what will come out.

"I know I already said this, but thank you guys" why did I say that? I didn't even know I was going to say that. Then I remember that we just played the Orpheum and the guys crossed over. I guess me thinking they stayed wasn't actually real. Then I hear a voice in the darkness.

"Your welcome" it's reggie's voice, but he sounds weak. I run to turn the lights on to see if it was real or if I was just hearing things. When the lights come on, I'm faced with a horrible sight, my three best friends piled in a heap in the ground. They look like they are in excruciating pain. I start to sob.

"What happened? Why are you guys still here? You were supposed to cross over" then they're hit with a jolt from Caleb's stamp. 

"We wanted you to think we crossed over, so we pretended to" Luke says, sitting up. He looks horrible, it's so hard to see him like this. "We had nowhere else to go" he adds, quieter. 

I think back to the dream I had on the car ride home from the show. I think about how I was somehow able to save them in my dream. Maybe it was a vision rather than a dream? I don't have any other choice. 

"Don't ask questions, just all of you, come here." I say, opening my arms for them to embrace me. They look confused but get up anyways. Alex and Reggie stand up and come right over to me, accepting the hug. As I hoped, they could feel me and they started glowing. They were shocked. Their stamps floated above their hands and dissolved in the air. I look over to Luke and wave him over to hug me as well. He struggles to get up, but manages. He stumbles his way over to me and embraces me. It's different than Alex and Reggie though, he can feel me, yes, but he doesn't start to glow. Instead, he fades and flickers, like earlier tonight, at the Orpheum. He's hit with another jolt and falls to ground. I get down on my knees as well, staying beside him as he starts to fade more. I can't keep myself together I hold him close to me, my head on his chest as he lies on the floor. Im sobbing more than I ever have other than when my mom passed. I can't stand to loose Luke too, I just can't. I open my eyes and lift my head from his chest. I look down to see him, but he's not there anymore, he's vanished. He's gone, I couldn't save him.

(A/n: jk ;)

That's when I wake up screaming.

It takes me a minute to realize where I am and remember the events of earlier tonight. The dream has me shaken up a lot though. I sit up and pull my knees to my chest, resting my head in my knees, allowing myself to quietly cry. I assume the guys have all come back. It's dark in the studio but the moon shines a little in the window, only illuminating the loft, I can see Alex and Reggie sleeping up there. I get a little worried when I don't see Luke, then the lamp next to the couch turns on, startling me slightly. I look over At the lamp and see a very worried Luke looking into my eyes.

Luke's POV

I'm woken by a scream. I know it was Julie. I look up at the loft and see that Alex and Reggie are still sleeping. Figures, they're the heaviest sleepers I know, they have to be. I stay up so late playing guitar and writing songs, they've learned to sleep through just about any noise. I quickly get up and turn on the lamp next to my couch, hoping Julie's alright. I look at her eyes and see that she's crying, like, a lot. I quickly move over and sit next to her, putting my arm around her. She leans into my chest and starts crying. I whisper soothing things to her, telling her everything's okay and that I'm here. We stay like that for a while.