"Hey," the duo said in unison.
"What are you doing here?" Carrie asked as she crossed her arms.
"Teamwork!" Julie replied with a chuckle and held up her hands. "Do you have a Band-Aid? The barbed wire's new."
Carrie put a hand on her hip. "What do you want?"
"Uh... Just thought you should know that Julie's band is playing at the dance tonight," Flynn said.
"Now you know," Julie stated.
Carrie frowned. "You guys are acting weirder than usual."
"Probably because we're thirsty. Can we come in for a glass of water?"
"Ugh!" She rolled her eyes. "Fine! If it'll make you leave faster. Don't break anything."
The friends entered the house and looked around quietly, looking for the four ghosts.
"Where are you?" Julie wondered.
"I'm... I'm right here," a male answered. The girls turned to see Nick, who was sitting on the couch.
"Nick!" Julie cried. "Flynn, it's Nick. Nickster, Nicky-poo, Nick-a-licious. Make it stop."
Flynn said, "Hey! Glad you're here, Nicky-poo." Julie shot her friend a dirty look. "We wanted to tell you that the girl's band is playing at the dance."
"Oh, yeah," Nick replied. "No, I... I saw your post."
"These girls bothering you, babe?" Carrie asked as she returned with two glasses of water.
"No, just telling us about the dance tonight."
"Right!" She sat next to Nick. "Julie and her hologram band are playing. How'd you learn how to do all that hologram stuff anyway?"
"The Internet. It's not just full of makeup tips," Julie told her sarcastically.
"Uh... What do... What do you say, babe?" Nick asked Carrie as he put an arm around her shoulders.
"Sure. Let's check out the hologram show," Carrie agreed.
"Great. Uh... I'll make sure all my buddies are there."
"Ooh! How exciting! That's a lot of people staring at you." She laughed. "You girls remember where the door is, right?"
"Yeah," Julie said, purposefully spilling water from her glass. "Oh, my gosh. I am so sorry." Flynn spilled her water as well. "No, no, no, no. I know where the towels are. I'll get it."
Flynn spilled her water. "Here I go." She chuckled. "Oh my gosh. Can you imagine if this was cranberry juice? I don't know about you, but I've been a klutz my entire life."
While Flynn continued to distract Carrie and Nick, Julie went to find the ghosts.
"Guys, for your sake, you better not be up here!" Julie whisper-hissed as she climbed the stairs.
---
Trevor was meditating in his room. "Ohm!"
Luke wet willied him. One of the boys and Ruth blew out the candles in front of him.
Reggie, Ruth and Alex began playing rock songs on a record player. Trevor stood to turn it off, but it was turned on again. He pulled the plug while Luke was in the bathroom turning the water on.
"Carrie?" Trevor called.
Trevor walked out as Ruth wrote 'hello bobby' on the mirror and curved the y so it looked like the Sunset Curve logo.
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