that adorable leather jacket

f o u r t e e n

"So, he still comes here?" I frowned, gazing at Luke sadly through his kitchen window. 

"Yeah, we followed him when we first became ghosts. It's even worse because it's his birthday." Reggie told Julie and I.

"We had to figure out a way to get back at Bobby--Trevor," Alex glanced at me. "Because when Luke left his parents, he ended things on bad terms. They didn't want their 17-year-old playing in a band so he left. If Bobby would have given us credit for the music he stole, then Luke's parents would have known that he didn't 'waste' his life. That we were successful. But Bobby took all the credit, no one remembered us except for our parents." 

At that moment, I had felt terrible for them. Though they could have gone about this differently, I knew they did it for a reason. I glanced at Julie. She was already looking at me. We met each other's gazes and I nodded to her. 

"We forgive you." Julie whispered.

Reggie and Alex smiled at us hopefully. However, I only smiled back at Alex, refusing to return Reggie's gaze. He frowned sadly, glancing away. Julie shifted uncomfortably from the bush, standing up and grabbing my wrist. She dragged my out of the leaves, branches whacking me in the face. 

"That was awkward." She murmured as we walked down the sidewalk towards home.

I pulled leaves from my hair as we walked. "Not my problem." I muttered. 

"I know you're mad at him, but we have a gig tonight. And you're going to have to get along with him if we're gonna preform good." Julie kicked a stone across the cement.

"Fine, I forgive him for bailing on us. We can go back to being friends." I knew the boys were walking behind me so I turned. "Nothing more."

Reggie nodded, his eyes lighting up a bit. He looked desperate for any form of relationship with me. I shook his hand in a 'deal' and kept walking. The boys walked beside us now instead of behind us, grinning happily. It was nice I'll admit to be talking with them again. I felt kinda lonely without them. But I knew I wasn't ready to fully forgive Reggie, he messed up, and he'll have to live with that.

Time Skip

"I've got a spark in me."  I sang to Julie who was practicing harmonizing with me.

"I've got a spark in me." She echoed.

"And you're apart of me."  I grinned, twirling her under my arm.

"And you're apart of me." Julie sang back with a wide grin on her face as I danced with her.

"Now 'til eternity." 

"Now 'til eternity." 

"Been so long, and now we're finally free!" I belted, my eyes falling closed.

Julie clapped her hands excitedly, Reggie and Alex smiling approvingly. Luke poofed into the studio, stunned to see Julie and I rehearsing.

"Jules? Kat?" He asked in disbelief, glancing at the two other boys.

"Grab your guitar buddy, we're rehearsing. Big night tonight!" I flipped my hair over my shoulder.

Luke broke out into a large grin. "What made you guys come back?"

"We realized how important music is to all of us. And we've lost so much already..." Julie told him, her gaze soft.

"What part are we at boss?" Luke nodded to her.