One and Only~Luke Patterson

Wake Up

All night they partied in clubs, pretending they were still alive. It was still amazing, even though they were dead. The four ghosts jammed out to the live music going club to club throughout L.A. It didn't take long for Natalia to figure out that the music was very different than what it was like in 95'. Although none of them were the best at dancing, they did it anyways. Luke and Natalia even attempted to recreate the famous Dirty Dancing scene in the middle of the bustling sidewalk, Alex and Reggie shouting in excitement. Nat finally felt like they were living 17 year old kids again, and it was truly spectacular.

"Alright kiddos," The pianist shouted to the boys, who were laid out on a bench on the sidewalk. "It's almost sunrise, we should get back to Julie's." She insisted, pulling each boy up from the bench.

"Yeah, you're right. Let's go guys." Luke replied, and they all poofed out of the city and ended up back in the studio. Natalia was about to say something, but stopped herself when she realized they had poofed in behind the grand piano. But now, Julie stood at it, playing beautifully and singing her heart out to the song she had seen before on the top of the piano. The sunrise poured through the window that they stood in front of, making the song she sang much more beautiful than it already was.

"Mhmm wake up." She finished, collapsing onto the bench. Natalia could hear her sniffling in her arms. She was crying. The brunette girl went to lean forward and give her new-found friend a hug, but Luke and Alex grabbed her arms, poofing them out of the studio, and poofing outside the doors.

"Why did you stop me? Julie needs a hug!" Natalia exclaimed, forgetting that she couldn't really give her a hug.

"A ghost hug is not the feel good moment that you think it is, alright? Trust me." Luke said, fixing his cutoff hoodie. Natalia gave the boy the "are you serious?" look, making the smirk on his face fade quickly. "Julie just needs a little privacy right now."

"You know what? I think you poofed us out because you can't handle when other people cry!" Alex exclaimed angrily. "I should know! I cried in a room for 25 years and didn't get a hug from a single one of you!" He said, getting emotional.

"Oh my, we're never going to hear the end of this are we?" Nat grumbled, rolling her eyes at the boy.

"Nope." Luke responded.

"Alright, bring it in." Reggie said, stepping towards Alex with his arms extended for a hug.

"Don't touch me!" Alex snapped, putting a hand up towards Reggie's face.

"This is why nobody hugs you." Reggie whispered.

"Oh...kay." Nat said slowly, "I think the first thing we do when we get the confidence to go in there is comfort Julie. That must've been really hard for her."

"No! We need to ask her why she lied about playing the piano." Luke whispered.

"It probably has something to do with her mom, Luke." Natalia replied, dumbfounded how the boy could've forgotten that important piece of information.

"Well, maybe we should tell her how amazing she is?" Alex said, in a "duh" tone.

"Oh, yeah bro of course!" Luke said, slapping Alex's arm. Nat rolled her eyes at their foolishness, turning around absentmindedly, nearly stepping infront of another young girl who appeared to be crying.

"She's legit, I got ghost bumps!" Reggie exclaimed, showing the boys his arm.

"Uh, guys. We have company." Natalia warned, backing up towards them. The four went still as the girl passed by sniffling, then entered the studio.

"Oh my gosh, was she crying too??" Alex asked Luke, who turned around with wide eyes.

"YeSss!" He quietly yelled. "And the only thing scarier than one girl crying is two girls crying!!" Natalia looked over at him offended, Luke quickly caught Nat's dark eyes quickly. "No offense, Nat."