"Thank you," Emily and Luciana said as they held the papers to their hearts, letting sobs escape their lips.
"You have no idea," Mitch and Miguel told Julie.
Julie smiled. "I write music in the same room that he did and the same place I think she wrote that song, and I can tell you that it's a magical, happy place." The four adults chuckled.
"That's nice to know," Mitch and Miguel said.
"I know he was only 17 when he -- but he lived doing the one thing he was born to do. Not many people find that, but Luke did. He was so lucky."
Luke and Odette poofed away.
Julie smiled. "It was so nice to meet you."
"It was nice to meet you, too," Mitch replied.
Julie left the house and looked for Luke and Odette, but they were gone.
OUTSIDE JULIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT
"Hey," Julie greeted.
"Hey," Luke replied.
"I'm sorry for overstepping."
Luke moved from the pillar and closer to Julie. "No, I... I just had to leave."
Odette nodded as she moved to stand next to Luke. "I did too."
"That was..." Luke and Odette trailed.
"You two don't have to say anything," Julie told them.
"Yeah, we do. I do," Luke said. "I don't know if he has anything to explain, but I do. Uh... I didn't have many regrets in my life except for running out on my parents. Especially my mom, so... thank you."
"You two helped me feel more connected to my mom, so... I wanted to do the same thing for you two."
Julie and Luke tried to hold hands, but hers went through his.
Luke let out a sigh. "This is an interesting little relationship you and I have."
Julie chuckled lightly. "Oh my gosh, I almost forgot to tell you two. Flynn said the video that my dad made is trending on YouTube." Luke and Odette stared at her, confused. "That's a good thing. That means people love our music. We'll definitely be getting calls from managers now."
"There's something Odette and I have to tell you."
"Oh... Okay."
"We figured out that we have unfinished business," Odette explained. "That's why we came back as ghosts."
"Oh. What is it?"
"We have to play the show we never got to play," Luke answered.
"At the Orpheum; that makes sense," Julie said as Luke and Odette were jolted back.
Luke and Odette yelled in pain and Odette groaned before saying, "Julie, we don't have a lot of time. You gotta help us."
Julie frowned. "What was that? Are you two okay?"
"We did something we shouldn't have," Luke replied. "The night that we missed the dance, we met this ghost and he put a curse on us."
Odette nodded and clumsily stood. "And if we don't do what he says, the jolt will destroy us. For good."
"Well then you gotta do what he says!" Julie exclaimed. "What does he want?"
Odette and Luke shared a look before the latter said, "He wants us to be in his house band for eternity. But if we can play the Orpheum soon, then we can avoid all of that and actually cross over."
""Cross over"? As in like what? Go to Heaven?"
"That's what we're banking on."
"So it's either you cross over, be in his band for eternity, or be destroyed by jolts?"
Odette nodded. "Pretty much."
"Yeah," Luke said at the same time.
"That's just great."
"Julie-" Luke and Odette called.
Julie walked into her house.
---
A knock on the door sounded and Flynn said, "Hey. I got your text."
"Don't come too close," Julie muttered. "Anyone I seem to care about disappears."
"You can't get rid of me. I'm like the crazy glue of best friends."
Julie frowned. "I just don't get it. Right when my life starts to get good. Great friend, great band, great guy... then bam!" She showed a picture of something imploding.
"I seriously don't know why this is happening to you, but that's gonna be a great album cover one day." She knelt next to a trunk of clothes and folded Julie's sweater.
"You don't have to do that."
"I know, but I get to check out all your mom's cool stuff."
She looked through the trunk. "Whoa... Did you know this was in here?" She held up a bedazzled Sunset Curve shirt from Julie's mom's stuff.
Julie scoffed. "What the heck?"
"How do you think she got it?" Flynn wondered.
"I... I don't know, but the guys and Odette said they didn't know my mom. Why would they lie?"
"Maybe they didn't. Maybe she knew them. She could be a fan!"
"I mean, Sunset Curve was playing the Hollywood scene around then," Julie replied.
"Oh my gosh. What if you were right? What if the guys and maybe Odette are connected to your mom? You know, through music or something."
Julie frowned. "Because she bought their T-shirt?"
Flynn looked at her friend. "Think about it. They were the ones who made you wanna play music again. Maybe she knew they could help you."
"So, you mean to tell me that my mom is somewhere out there planning all this? If she wanted me to play music again, why wouldn't she just tell me herself?"
"Maybe she can't. Maybe she has to do it another way. You know, through signs. You've been through these clothes how many times and haven't found this T-shirt?"
"Why now?"
"This is another sign."
"I'm just saying."
"It's not over, Julie!"
"Really? "Signs"?"
"You're in a ghost band. It's a crazy world. Look... you're gonna lose them no matter what. And it sucks. But they helped bring you back to life. Now it's your turn to help them. They have to cross over. Let them go."
---
The four ghosts sat in the garage. Reggie plucked on his bass strings while Alex tried to balance his sticks on his nose. Luke was laying in front of the couch. Odette was on the floor in front of Reggie, periodically tapping her microphone.
Julie entered the garage and studied the mess before saying, "Snap out of it!"
Alex grunted and fell to the floor. One of his drumsticks flew into the air and hit Odette's head. In return, the brunette picked up the drumstick and hit Alex's leg.
He glared at her and grabbed the drumstick from her hand. "Ow! Don't hit me!"
Odette frowned. "Don't throw things at me, then!"
"I didn't!"
Reggie looked between them and stopped plucking his strings before saying, "Jeez, I think you broke Alex and made Odette mad. It's okay, Etty."
Julie looked between them. "Do you guys wanna cross over or what?" Luke pushed Alex back onto the couch. "Get it together!" She clapped.
"They're never gonna let us play the Orpheum," Luke said.
"We're nobody," Alex added.
"No one at all," Odette stated sadly.
"We're less than nobody," Reggie corrected. "We have no bodies." Luke snapped, pointing to Reggie while Odette nodded.
Julie frowned. "Someone once told me that you don't ask for permission. You book gigs by doing."
Reggie smirked. "That was me."
"No, it wasn't," Julie and Luke said.
"Yes it was."
"This isn't over!" Julie exclaimed. "We were brought together for a reason! To help each other!"
"Yeah, but like Luke said, people don't just play the Orpheum 'cause they want to," Alex reminded them.
"Yeah," Luke agreed.
Julie smiled. "People don't, but ghosts do."
The five shared a look.