Luke is determined to breeze through his senior year and onto mega stardom (which means avoiding school, and Principal Lessa, as much as possible). That is until he's forced to work side-by-side with quiet good-girl, Julie Molina, on the big end-of...
"No, don't go in that way! You're going to get us killed!"
Julie heard Luke's voice demanding from the other side of the garage door. She had finally mustered up the courage by the middle of the next week to work on the song she'd shown Luke. She had been standing outside of Alex's garage for a few moments wondering whether or not to go in.
"If you were a better commander we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place!" Another voice retorted.
Taking a deep breath, Julie quietly let herself in through the side door. She found Luke and his friends Reggie and Alex sitting in various positions around a very large television, game controllers in hand.
"Reggie, no!" Alex cried before throwing his controller to the ground in frustration.
Luke turned to Reggie with a look that could kill.
Reggie shrugged innocently, "I thought you had my six!"
Julie cleared her throat, tugging at the strap of her backpack as all three guys turned to look at her.
"Hey, Julie!" Reggie greeted her with a smile.
"Hey Julie." Alex said more like a question giving Luke a curious look.
"Alex, this is Julie." Luke explained. "She's the one we've been working on the song for. She's here to jam with us." He said giving Julie a smile.
"Oh, yeah." Alex stood running a hand through his blond hair, "Make yourself at home." He offered motioning to the space around them. Giving it a once-over he quickly bent to gather the snack wrappers the three had left laying around.
"Thanks." Julie replied tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. "So how do we do this? I've never written music with anyone but my mom before."
"It'll be fun. Just relax." Luke said as he stood to retrieve his guitar.
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Reggie and Alex took that as their cue to get their instruments as well. Julie dropped her bag to the floor and moved closer to the where the guys were set up.
"So Reggie and I put together this little melody I think you might like with it." Luke offered excitedly giving his friend a quick nod as they began to play.
"I know it's your song, so whatever you say goes, but...what do you think?" He asked once they had finished.
Julie stood momentarily awestruck hearing the song come to life, "that was amazing!"
Luke looked pleased with himself as he and Reggie smiled at one another.
"And then Alex will come in with a beat, and you?" Luke said excitedly drawing close to Julie. "Your voice will blow everyone away."
He bit his bottom lip giving her a smile. Julie felt her stomach knot when their eyes met.
"Yeah, that sounds great." She said swallowing hard, fighting the heat that was creeping its way up her neck. "I was thinking a little piano would be good too." She added, stepping over to the nearby keyboard, feeling more confident there.
