I Fell Again - Luke Patterson

Chapter 14

" Ok, you'd do the exact same if he stole all your songs" Luke said as they pulled up their pants. " But you have new songs. With me. The best way to get back at Trevor is for this band to do great. And to do great, we have to play dances, then clubs" Julie repeated Luke's words back to him. " And tours. We know" I said to her. I did feel bad about running out on her.

" We go on at 9:00. Please don't be late. There's gonna be a lot of people there" Julie reminded us as she looked up at me. " We got it, all right? Don't worry" Alex reassured her. Julie sighed and left back inside.

" I don't care what Julie says. I'm glad we scared Bobby" Reggie said first after she left. And I had to agree. " We should've done more. Like, take the lyrics of the songs he stole and put them up everywhere with "thief" written on them" I gave a suggestion of what we should've done. Honestly? I'll do it, just let me know when.

" And, Alex, how'd you shut the door? You could barely open the garage door" Luke asked. " Learned that from Willie, didn't you?" Reggie asked with a suggestive tone. " Yea. Well, he taught me some things, and we screamed in a museum. It's a long story" I nodded because I needed to know everything about this.

" You think he had a few more tricks up his sleeve?" Luke asked. " Let's find out" Alex replied as we poofed away to where Willie apparently hangs out.

" Hey!" Willie cheered as he skated up to us. "What's up, man? You brought friends" Willie said as he and Alex did a handshake. " Yea. These are my band mates, uh, Luke, Adira, and Reggie" Alex introduced us as we shook hands. He was definitely cute.

I looked a little ways past him and saw somebody I thought I wouldn't see again for a while. I didn't know he knew how to skate board. "Uh, hey man. Guys, this is my friend, Miliano" Willie introduced. "What up? Oh, back so soon? You just couldn't resist, huh?" Miliano turned to me and stepped forward. "Oh, I thought about you as soon as I left" I said with a teasing smile. "Well, come here pretty lady, give me a hug!" He exclaimed and I smiled at him.

"I didn't know you met another ghost" Luke's voice broke our eye contact. "Oh, yea it just happened today" I said as I felt Miliano's arm resting on my shoulder. "It all just happened so fast. And look where we are now? She just couldn't stay away" I rolled my eyes playfully and stood back with the guys.

"This is Luke, Reggie, and Alex. As you guys know, this is Miliano" I introduced. Willie started talking, but Alex pulled me closer. "Pretty lady? That's new" he whispered. "It's new because we met a couple hours ago. Now, focus on your crush. Oh, I'm sorry, your ghost friend" I teased him. It caused Alex to blush, which ended the conversation.

We turned out attention to the loud police sirens that Willie made go off with a wave of his fingers. " Do it again! Do it again!" Reggie cheered. " Actually, we were thinking a little bigger" I said.

" An old bandmate stole from us. We wanna confront him face-to-face" Luke explained a little more. " All right. Is this, uh, old friend of yours a lifer?" Willie asked but we looked at him confused. " Oh! That's fancy ghost lingo for the living. Little something I picked up" Alex whispered to us.

" Ah! Then, yeah! He's a lifer. Too much of a fancy-pants for street dogs" Reggie shaded Bobby as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Yea, I'm sorry. Speaking to lifers is even out of my league" I sighed but looked over at Miliano.

" Can you teach us?" I asked. "Sadly, I can't. I only know a few things" he said. I nodded in understanding, it took me awhile to get used to being a ghost.

I looked over at Luke who was still eyeballing him suspiciously. I nodded and turned back to Willie as I elbowed Luke. "There is one ghost who might be able to help you guys. He's kind of a big deal" Willie offered another solution.

" Literally, anything would help" Luke urged him to tell us. " oh, all right. Well, um, I gotta go take care of some things, but I'll meet you where Alex and I met, eight o'clock" Willie skated away. I turned to see Miliano still standing there with that stupid, attractive smirk on his face.

"Will you be there?" I asked. "Oh, you wanna see me again, pretty lady?" He asked teasingly. "No, I'm just curious" I replied with a smile. "Well, come and find out. Don't be late, Adira" he shot me a wink and skated off.

"He seems cool" Reggie spoke first after they left. "Yea, he's cool" I mumbled and turned back to the guys. When Milano told me to not be late, I couldn't help but think of Julie. I didn't want to let her down. "Um, actually, you guys. You can go without me" I said, causing them to look weirdly at me. "Yea, I've gotten all my anger out on Bobby. You three have fun. Don't be late" I warned before snapping my fingers and poofing away.

AUTHORS NOTE

So, you guys have met my character Miliano, who is played by Xolo Maridueña. I don't know exactly why I chose him, but I feel like he fits Miliano's aesthetic. But, we'll definitely see some drama a little between Luke, Adira, and Miliano.

I can't wait for it.

Thanks for all the love, I know I say it like every other day, but I mean it. You guys are awesome ❤️❤️