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1-26: I Was Made For Loving You

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Pairing: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: I Was Made For Loving You (Tori Kelly & Edd Sheeran)

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The next couple of days went by in a blur, I eventually told Arius about my deal with Caleb which he wasn't to happy about. He also scolded me for pushing Reggie away, saying in his words "you have physically formed a crack in both of your hearts" Arius was also unsure if Reggie even felt the amount of physical pain I did because he was already dead, so there isn't a heart to break, but Arius was sure that he felt the strong emotional pain of losing someone you love.

I barely spoke to Julie and Flynn, and I skipped out on the last few band rehearsals, but I promised to be there tomorrow. Julie and Flynn both gave me the space I needed, thankfully Luke and Alex didn't try to force me to get me to go to practice. While Reggie went radio silent. I didn't see or hear from him and I was starting to get worried if I pushed him too far. I knew that this was for the best and that I should just focus on getting the boys crossed over but deep down I hated it. I wanted to be able to see Reggie, talk to him, hug him and kiss him but I couldn't.

This isn't some fairytale. This is real life, and my life was never meant to be a happy story and have a happy ending. The grip around my locker tightened as I thought Of all the witches to have a ghost as their soulmate, of course it just happens to be me. The one witch whose life is actual hell. I grabbed what I needed out of my locker when suddenly a voice dragged me out of my frustrated thoughts. A voice I haven't heard in days.

"Hey (Y/n)"

I slammed my locker shut, only to reveal Reggie behind the door. I stared up at him in surprise as he rubbed the back of his neck and looked off to the side "Listen, I'm sorry about the other night. I don't want things to be weird between us, can we at least still be friends?" Reggie held out his hand for me to take while wearing his usual award winning smile. I looked between him and his outstretched hand before sending him a smile in return and placing my hand in his own, firmly shaking it "Yes, we can." I didn't care about how the students around us were whispering and talking about me. In that moment, all I cared about was the ghost standing in front of me.

The bell rang and I was quick to pull my hand away, looking around I noticed Arius in his human form standing at the set of lockers across the hallway, his eyes were fixated on me, watching the whole conversation take place. Glancing back at Reggie he was quick to pipe up "I know that you gotta go to class, but I just wanted to say good luck at your game today, I'll be there cheering for you" a confused look crossed my face How does he know about my soccer game? I wanted to ask him but he disappeared before I could even utter a response.

Shaking my head a little I tried to get Reggie back out of my head once again as I walked off for class. Arius was quick to catch up, walking right beside me "You know he's not going to give up." I scoffed at his unbelievable statement. "Yeah okay. The look on his face the other night told me otherwise." Arius shook his head a bit, before running his fingers through his black hair, moving it out of his face.

"That guy has a lot of fighting spirit. I don't think he'd give up so easily."

Shoving my hands in my pockets I stated "Well for his sake, he'd better stay a good distance away." Right after the words left my mouth a pain shot through my chest causing my hand to shoot up and grab it. "Stop saying things like that." Arius scolded "You are only making things worse for yourself." I huffed and sped up a little to get away from the conversation. "This is for his sake. We can't be together, he is a ghost and I'm a human. I don't want to be the thing that prevents him from crossing over." I heard a small huff leave the dark haired demons mouth, only for a chuckle to follow soon after.

"You are just as stubborn as (G/n)."

I didn't respond, not wanting to talk about my grandmother at the moment. It was silent for the rest of the walk to class, neither of us saying a word to the other. Once the two of us walked through the door of the classroom, we were quick to take our seats as another boring school day started.

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Reggie

The moment those heartbreaking words left her mouth, I felt myself shut down. I didn't know what to do or say. I knew I should've apologized for coming onto her and try to salvage things between us but I couldn't get myself to say anything so I stood there opening and closing my mouth like a fish, until finally I made the decision to leave. I already felt like more of an idiot than I looked, and I didn't want to make the situation any worse than it already is.

If I went back to Julie's, the guys would no doubt bombard me with questions and I didn't want them to see me break down. So I went to the one other place I could think of, the only other place that I knew I could go without being bothered.

Sitting in the sand in front of the bike shack that I once called home for 17 years. My home life was never good and I was constantly worried about Angela, always having to look after and keep an eye on her. I couldn't stop the tears from leaving my eyes as I thought about everything, all while having a painfully heavy feeling in my chest. I wasn't sure how long I sat there for but I was just glad that I didn't have to deal with the noisy people walking by.

"There you are!"

I glanced over at the sudden voice, only to see a boy around my age with black hair staring me down. I looked behind me, thinking that he was talking to someone alive, only to see no one else there. The boy seemed annoyed as he stomped towards me "she isn't going to say anything to you. So I will." He stopped in front of me, still staring me down, a confused look crossed my face.

Is he another ghost? He could be mistaking me for someone else.

"I think you have the wrong-"

"You and that shit head are soulmates."

I felt my whole world stop spinning at those words. Hope and joy filled my heart, but my head had doubts, considering the fact that I was so obviously rejected. "What...What are you talking about?" The boy shoved his hands in his pockets, sending me an aggravated look. "She's pushing you away. And I'll be damned if one of MY witches dies because she decided to kill herself rather than just give in and accept things." I shook my head in confusion.

"Can you at least be more clear and-"

His hands went from shoved in his pockets, to pushing my shoulders, falling back I now was supporting myself up on my hands. "Hey! What the-" the dark haired boy in front of me pointed a finger at me. "You listen to me ghost. Once you kiss her that's it. Your souls will be bonded for all eternity. Your feelings will be hers and hers will be yours, you will have a connection that goes even beyond life and death. Are you sure you can handle something like that?" I sat in shock, trying to process all the information being thrown at me all at once. I didn't know what to do or say, a connection beyond life and death? Do I really want to be connected to (Y/n) so deeply? As soon as I asked myself the question, I already knew the answer.

"Well? I don't have all night."

"Yes." A smile graced my lips while my cheeks grew red as I thought about a future together with (Y/n). "I can handle it. I can handle her."

The boys arms crossed across his chest, a small smirk in satisfaction crossing his face as he stated "good" he then turned to walk off, only to stop himself "oh, and one more thing." My eyes stayed glued to him as he stated "let her make the first move when she's ready. Don't come onto her, she'll panic like she did tonight. But don't give up on her. Keep trying, eventually the pull will be strong enough for her to give in." He turned around a started to walk off, hands shoved in his pockets while throwing over his shoulder "And the two of us never had this talk. You never saw me. Got it?" I was about to respond only for the boy to suddenly turn into a black cat and disappear.

I collapsed back down on the sand, staring up at the stars in disbelief of what just happened. I now questioned my own feelings about things as I tried to process everything that was just said.

"What the hell did I just get myself into?"

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"We aren't going to be able to have practice tomorrow?"

Luke was the first to speak up in response to Julie's statement. Taking his guitar off and putting it to the side "what do you mean?" He asked. Julie stood up from her piano looking between the three of us "(Y/n), has a soccer game tomorrow, Flynn and I are going to go watch it after school to show her support. Between that and homework, (Y/n) and I both won't be able to be here." Luke went to speak up, only for me to say something first.

"That's alright. We can all go to cheer her on, it's the least we can do for her."

Julie sent me a smile, Luke grumbled out a response "Yeah we can." While Alex gladly agreed with me and was happy to go watch her play. Julie seemed happy that the three of us would go, but a sigh soon escaped her lips "Remember to just give her space. Especially you Luke." Luke held up his hands, eyes wide as if asking 'what did I do?' Julie continued "I don't know what she's going through but it's times like these where it's best to leave her be. She doesn't like people prying and will talk about things when she's ready. That also means that she will come back to band practice when she's ready." Her eyes narrowed at Luke, knowing he'd do everything and anything to get her back here so we can be a band again.

His passion and need to be in the spotlight can sometimes get to his head, like now for instance. Luke sent Julie a smile, placing his left hand on his chest and raising his right he stated "I promise to keep my distance and not force her back to us." Julie nodded her head in approval "good." The three of us then quickly said our goodnight to Julie as she walked out the door. Little did Julie know, Luke wouldn't be the one to bother her. I planned on talking to her tomorrow morning to hopefully fix things and slowly get even closer to her. After a couple nights of thinking, I have come to terms with things and decided to wait for her.

I'll wait for her. No matter how long it takes.

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I sat on the bleachers, eyes glued on the girl that has had my attention since I first laid eyes on her. The conversation we had by her locker seemed to have gone well, so I was in a relatively good mood. I felt the bleachers shake, glancing down to see who else climbed on them, I noticed the boy from the other night. Slowly making his way towards me, taking a seat on the bleachers near my feet "She seems to believe that you have given up on her." He stated.

"I told her that I still want to be friends, but I didn't say anything else."

"Good."

It was silent between the two of us as we both fixated our eyes on (Y/n), watching her getting warmed up in net for the game. "She's just as stubborn as he grandmother. So she needs time to figure things out herself. I can only do so much to guide her." My curiosity got the best of me as I looked down, staring a hole into the back of the boys head, trying to put the pieces together. "Who...or rather, what are you to (y/n)?" The dark haired boy didn't answer my question. He simply said "That's not for me to tell. The most I can tell you is my alias while in my human form. You can call me Damon until further notice." I didn't answer him, not knowing how to respond.

If I want answers I'm going to have to get them from (Y/n).

The sound of the whistle blowing grabbed my attention, I watched the game, my eyes staying glued on the girl in net on the left side of the field. The (h/c) haired goalie took a glance in my direction, her (e/c) eyes locked with my own. Everything around us suddenly seemed to fade, glancing down at her clothes I noticed her wearing a most beautiful red dress. I stared to stare at her beautiful figure, I felt my cheeks grow warm as the sound of a guitar could be heard. Looking down in my hands I realized that I was the one playing it, when I picked one up I have no idea.

"A dangerous plan, just this time. A strangers hand, clutched in mine."

I watched her from afar as she sang, her beautiful voice reaching my ears. I don't know when she turned around, but she wasn't facing me anymore as I was currently staring at the back of her head. "I'll take this chance, so call me blind. I've been waiting all my life" I slowly started walking over to her as she continued to sing. "Please don't scar, this young heart, just take my hand..." the (h/c) haired girl started swaying to the music as she sang the chorus.

"I was made for loving you. Even though we may be hopeless hearts just passing through"

I felt my knees grow weak at the words being sung. Hearing exactly what I needed to hear.

"Every bone screaming, I don't know what we should do. All I know is, darling, I was made for loving you"

I now stood behind her, the guitar disappearing from my hands, I was able to reach out and grab her, so I did just that while singing"hold me close, through the night" (Y/n) let out a small gasp is surprise as I pulled her towards me, wrapping her up in my arms. "Don't let me go, we'll be all right" taking her left hand I brought it to my chest, as I continued to sing "Touch my soul and hold it tight" a smile crossed my lips as I stared at the beautiful girl in front of me. Not wanting to let her out of my arms for even a second. “I've been waiting all my life” interlocking her left hand that sat on my chest with my right hand “I won't scar your young heart” I brought our interlocked hands out to the side of us “Just take my hand” pulling her closer with my left, that was currently wrapped around her waist.

(Y/n) sent me a smile as we started dancing together while singing “'Cause I was made for loving you. Even though we may be hopeless hearts just passing through” (Y/n) sang alone just for a second “Every bone screaming” I spun her out but quickly brought her back into my chest as the two of us sang together again. “I don't know what we should do. All I know is, darling, I was made for loving you” The two of us stood still, staring into each others eyes, an overwhelming feeling of love taking over, we continued to sing “Please don't go, I've been waiting so long” (Y/n) sang alone once again, a conflicted look in her eyes “Oh…you don't even know me at all” a smile slowly appeared on her face as her shoulders fell and she slowly relaxed “But I was made for loving you” I smiled back at her and started singing wither her once again“I was made for loving you” the two of us closed our eyes as I brought my head down to hers.

“Even though we may be hopeless hearts just passing through”

Our foreheads now rested against each other, a feeling of content washing over me “Every bone screaming” she sang alone one last time “I don't know what we should do” bringing my head back I looked from her breathtakingly gorgeous (e/c) to her lips that seem to be pulling me in.

“All I know is, darling, I was made for loving you”

Just as her lips grazed my own, I was suddenly pulled back to reality as a hand landed on my shoulder. Luke’s voice resonated in my ears”Sorry we’re late, what did we miss?” My eyes glanced around the field in front of me, I watched as the girl I was just day dreaming about blocked a shot. Running a hand through my hair I finally noticed Alex and Luke sitting on both sides of me, along with Julie and Flynn sitting in front of my feet. Damon nowhere to be seen. “Don’t bother asking him. He’s been day dreaming for awhile now.” Julie stated to Luke over her shoulder as I was slowly trying to recover from the beautiful scene I witnessed in my head.

Shit. I’m so in love with her.

Alex patted me on the shoulder, grabbing my attention, he teasingly asked “Who you dreaming about Reg?” Shrugging him off my shoulder I sarcastically laughed before stating “No one. Just thinking is all.” Julie glanced back with a look on her face I couldn’t quite place as Flynn asked her what was going on. Her response was short and sweet “Reggie is just dreaming about (Y/n) is all” I opened my mouth to correct her, but I stopped myself, deciding against it. I guess it’s fine if they think that. It won’t change anything that goes on between me and her. Shaking my head a little I brought my attention back on the girl I love. Alex and Luke continued to tease me of course but I didn’t care.

Right now all that mattered to me, was the (h/c) haired girl in net.

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1-25: Fix You

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Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Fix You (Coldplay)

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Julie, Ray and I were walking up the driveway, only for him to stop "(Y/n), we need to talk." I rolled my eyes in annoyance before turning around to face him. Noticing Julie stopped as well her dad was quick to shoo her away "Julie go wait outside the house, I'll be there soon to talk." Julie nodded her head before looking nervously between her dad and me, I sent her a small smile as if to tell her 'I'll be alright' which gave her the okay to keep walking.

Once she was out of ear shot, Ray spoke up "Listen (Y/n), I'm worried about you. Julie's been telling me you've been skipping school and drinking no less." Ray held a disappointed look on his face as he continued "I'm supposed to be looking out for you, but all you've been doing is getting into trouble. I care about you like you were my own." My eyes narrowed at him, not wanting to have this conversation.

"Yeah but I'm not. I'm not your daughter. And you're not my dad, so stop trying to act like it."

He ignored what I said and decided to speak up finding an explanation as to why I'm acting up"(Y/n), I get that you may be still grieving over your parents passing and your grandmothers as well. But I can't allow this behavior to continue. I'm just trying to look out for you, and so was Julie by telling me." I shook my head letting out a scoff, crossing my arms across my chest.

"So that's why I think it would be best for your uncle to come back down here."

My eyes shot over to Ray, taking a step forward I stated"No. He can't come down here! Besides he has work. Do you really think he's just going to-" Ray cut me off, already seeming to know the answer to the question I haven't fully asked yet.

"(U/n) already told me that if you stepped out of line again that he'll be here in a heartbeat. So I don't think work would be much of an issue for him."

My teeth clenched in anger, hands turning into fists at my sides, I don't want him down here. I don't need him down here. "I suggest you go home now. You have school tomorrow and I still have to talk to Julie." I let out a small huff in anger before walking off back down the driveway, passing by the boys and Arius along the way. The boys didn't say anything, just watched as I walked off, and I wasn't in the mood to talk to them anyway. The black cat was quick to follow close behind.

When I glanced at the boys, the looks on their faces told me that they heard everything, from my parents passing, to my uncle coming down to Los Angeles. It wasn't something I wanted them to know but now they did, and I was sure Reggie would be the one asking me all the questions when he gets a chance.

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When I walked through the front door of my house, my eyes immediately drifted towards the kitchen. Having one thought echo inside my head I need a drink. Arius didn't say a word as he watched my every move from the couch in the living room, having hopped on it as soon as we walked in. I started heading towards the kitchen, only to be stopped by a jolt of pain coursing through my arm, causing a fit of coughs to arise.

"What did you do?"

I ignored Arius and ran over to the bathroom, I leaned over the sink, letting out a giant cough, a red color splattered inside the sink. The metallic taste of blood lingered in my open mouth as I tried to catch my breath. Spitting in the sink to get some of the awful taste out of my mouth, I could feel Caleb's mark burning my arm. I let out a yell in pain as I stepped back against the wall, falling down, my whole body was in pain but the only pain I could truly process was the mark on my arm. I can't take it anymore. Stumbling out of the bathroom, I slowly made my way to the kitchen.

"(Y/n)! Who did you make a deal with?!"

I ignored Arius once again, trying to make my way over to the knife holder If I can't stop this with magic... pulling one of the knives out, I rolled my sleeve up Then I'll stop it the old fashioned way. I brought the knife up with my left hand, my right arm sitting on the counter, ready to be sliced.

"(Y/n) stop!"

I felt someone hastily grab my arm, pulling it back so I'd turn to face the person halting my antics "Stop!" A pair of all to familiar green eyes stared back into my own, shining with worry. The burning sensation slowly subsided on my wrist, as the dark haired bassist's brows furrowed, as if he was trying to figure out what's going on inside my head. I let go of the knife in my hand, if he wasn't a ghost I'm certain the knife would've stabbed his foot on the way down. Staring at Reggie, three different emotions flashed across my face in the span of what seemed like minutes but was only a couple of seconds.

The first was anger, This is all Reggie's fault. If it weren't for him I wouldn't have a death sentence over my shoulder. But of course I knew this would happen someday. As soon as someone else comes along, I knew Caleb would act like this. I just didn't know it was going to happen so soon.

The second emotion was confusion, What is he doing here? Why is Reggie here? He shouldn't be here. I didn't want him to be here, to witness me at my lowest. I didn't want him to see me weak, because this whole time I've been so strong when in reality I've been struggling to stay afloat. I don't know where I'm headed or how to even stop Caleb's marks from killing everyone.

"Are you alright?"

Finally my brave mask that I've been putting on for days let up, my face shifting into a look of sadness, all while fear could be seen in my eyes. No. I'm not alright. I haven't been for a very long time. Reggie didn't ask about the knife, and he didn't ask about the stamp on my wrist. But just from saying those three simple words all while gazing into his worried green eyes. I broke. Three simple words, caused me to lean forward and engulf the ghost in front of me in a giant hug.

I didn't answer his question, hiding my face in his chest, not wanting him to see the tears that are currently making their way past my eyes. Reggie seemed a little surprised at first, letting out a small grunt as I practically threw myself at him. But he was quick to wrap his arms around me. Neither of us said a word as he let me cry in his arms, I felt safe and at peace there. Scrunching up the back of his shirt in my hands, I didn't want to let go, and I could tell he didn't either.

The two of us stood there, Reggie's tank top not doing much to muffle my sobs. I don't know how long we stood there, could've been a couple of minutes, but it felt like hours. After everything I've been through, from my grandmother and my parents passing to both of my deals with Caleb, getting betrayed by my best friend and now the boy I love, his friends and I are all on the verge of death. This was the first time I was asked if I was okay and I finally broke.

'No Reggie I'm not okay.'

Was what I wanted to say.

'I have been fighting a battle for so long with myself. And I feel like I'm drowning in loss.'

But I couldn't.

Every time I opened my mouth all that would come out is cries and gasps, causing me to bring him even closer to me and hug him even tighter.

Once I was finally calm enough Reggie pulled back from the hug "Hey." He stated, all while placing his pointer finger and thumb around my chin, bringing my head to look up at him. My sorrow filled eyes stared into his worried ones. "What is going on?" I stayed silent, so many different thoughts of what to say flew through my head, but nothing left my mouth. "Talk to me." Reggie stated, desperately trying to get me to say something. Anything. Pulling my head back to get it out of his grasp, I moved around him to pick up the knife, all while the dark haired boy held an almost desperate look on his face.

"(Y/n), please. Say something."

Once I placed the knife in the sink, I walked over in front of Reggie, putting a hand out for him to take, a sad smile crossed my lips "Come with me." His eyes danced between me and my hand before settling on me, placing his hand in my own I was quick to drag him over to the stairs. Arius hopped off the couch and followed close behind.

"Where are we going?"

I didn't respond, having the destination set in my mind. I knew I probably shouldn't show him, but I had to. I needed to get a lot off my chest and in order for me to feel comfortable enough, I need to be with my grandmother. Stopping outside a door that sat ajar, I pulled Reggie over to stand in front of me. Noticing the door move a little, I glanced down, only to see Arius already making his way past the door. Looking back up into Reggie's forest green eyes, he asked once again "(Y/n), seriously. What the hell is going on with you?" Letting a sigh escape my lips I took my hand away from his, only to place both of mine on his shoulders.

"Reggie. Before we enter this room, I need you to know that it's a very sacred place for me. So please don't touch anything. I just need you to sit and listen."

The dark haired bassist stared at me for a second, before blinking and nodding his head "yeah, I'll do whatever you say." I sent him a sad smile in response. Turning around, I grabbed the door knob, taking a deep breath before opening the door even more than it already was, giving the two of us room to walk through. The first thing my eyes landed on was some of the candles on the small alters I had set up for each of my family members. "Crap!" I exclaimed as I ran over to the closet, paying no mind to the black cat that seemed to have gotten comfy on the guest bed.

Swinging the closet doors open, I opened the cardboard box on the floor which held a bunch of unused candles along with a lighter. Taking out four candles to replace the ones burnt out on each of the altars. Grabbing the lighter as well, I was quick to make my way over to the three altars. Taking a glance over at Reggie, I noticed him slowly making his way into the room all while his eyes stayed glued on me, watching my every move. Shaking my head a little, I turned back towards the altars.

On each of the small tables sat a picture, four candles and something that used to belong to the person. The alter on the right end was my grandmothers, three out of the four candles on the altar were still lit, while the fourth was melted and burnt out. In the center of her altar sat a necklace that she always used to wear, it had a gold chain with a small heart shaped ruby connected to it. I was quick to replace the candle that was melted and moved onto the next altar.

The middle altar was my fathers, since my father was my grandmothers child, it was only right that I placed his altar next to hers. On it sat a picture of my father along with four candles, two of which were currently lit and burning brightly. In the center of the altar sat a wristwatch that my father would wear practically everyday, it was a silver and blue steampunk watch that had silver gears. I replaced the two melted candles on the altar before moving onto the last one.

The last altar was my mothers. Same as the last two, a picture sat on it, along with three lit candles. As for the item I chose to sit at her altar, I decided on going with one of the many rings that she would always wear. Replacing the last candle, I used the lighter to light the candles just replaced. Putting the lighter off to the side, I turned back to look at Reggie only to see him already staring at me, eyes wide as he shifted on his feet not knowing what to do with himself.

Patting the spot next to me, I nodded my head off to the side "Come sit." Fixing myself so that I sat criss cross. Reggie made quick strides over to me, plopping down next to me in a criss cross fashion. "(Y/n), what is going on with you? I thought you said your parents were on a business trip. Now turns out they are dead?" Shaking my head a little as I stared at the altars in front of me, my hands gripped onto my pants, not knowing what to say to him.

"Reggie, what do you want me to say?"

"How about the truth."

Reggie's tone came out as angry and almost annoyed. This caused me to look over at him, a pain shooting through my chest from just the look on his face. "I just... I want you to be able to talk to me about these things. I feel like you've been keeping so much, not just from me, but from everyone." His angry look was quick to shift into a desperate one "Please (Y/n). Tell me what's going on inside your head." I stared at Reggie for a second or two before looking back at my father's alter, which sat in front of me. "Reggie, even if I told you everything, I can't guarantee that you'd understand me any better. Hell, you'd probably want to turn around and make a run for it." Glancing back at the bassist next to me I watched his eyes narrow at me "Try me." He stated, his tone of voice being serious.

I guess he's so fed up with being left in the dark. I thought and how could I blame him? His feelings for me are probably through the roof and he has no clue why and I can tell a lot of the time it's like he's acting on autopilot whenever he's with me, like outside the coffee shop.

My gaze shifted from Reggie to my father's alter, only to land on my grandmother's alter, and stay trained on her picture. "It all started when I was little. My dog, Hunter passed away when I was around 6, but my parents never told me. I guess they wanted to keep me in the dark about it a little longer, not wanting to upset me, they told me that he was at a camp for dogs and that he would be staying there for awhile.

"But I was confused because right next to them, clear as day was Hunter sitting down and staring up at me. When I pointed out the family dog next to them my dad seemed a little worried and told me that hunter wasn't there, while my mother tried to think of it as me using my imagination. I'm sure that my dad knew the whole time what it was, but he was in denial. They both were. I still have no idea why.

" Years later, my grandmother picked up on my abilities and was quick to start training me. She was a witch as well in case you couldn't tell. It's where I got the two books from and all of her ingredients for spells. My parents, however, were not to happy with my grandmother "fueling my delusions" as my mother put it. But my grandmother fought and argued with the both of them, determined to teach me magic.

"She always used to say that witches were put on earth to act as guides to the lost souls who are trapped on earth and couldn't pass over to heaven. We are to act as their angels, helping in anyway we can to get them to crossover."

I glanced at Reggie, to see if he was still following along, only to see his brows furrowed, telling me that he had a question on his mind. "You look like you have something on your mind." Reggie's eyes stared into my own, finding comfort in his green hues, I waited for him to talk. Rubbing the back of his neck a little (something he seems to do when he's nervous about things) "It's just..." he paused a moment, glancing away before taking a deep breath and asking the dreaded question.

"You said that you help ghosts cross over. Does that mean that one day I'd have to leave you?"

My heart felt heavy in my chest as soon as the question left his mouth. I knew deep down that one day he would be gone and that I shouldn't have gotten to attached. But I couldn't help it, and once he asked that question, I remembered the real reason why we can't be together. He's a ghost and I'm a human. Eventually he'll move on, while I'll be stuck here on earth.

I'm okay living with the pain of not having him by my side. I thought, things never seem to work out for me, and I'm okay with it. As long as Reggie and the others make it to heaven, that's all that matters. He'll be happy up there.

"Yes Reggie."

I swallowed the lump in my throat, eyes landing back on the alters in front of me "One day you'll leave and cross over as well." Gripping onto my pants, I felt a pain shoot through my chest, as if my heart was physically breaking. Tears gather in my eyes, but I refused to let them fall. Refusing to let him know that I care to much. I can't have this stupid bond deviate him from wanting to cross over. "What if I don't want to cross over?" This grabbed my attention, my head quickly turning towards him out of shock.

"Reggie. You, Luke and Alex need to crossover."

"But why? What's so wrong with staying here with you and Julie?"

I was starting to get angry, why would he even say something like that? Crossing over should mean everything to him, yet he's throwing it off to the side like it's nothing. Reggie looked frustrated as well, speaking up once again "(Y/n), I want to stay with you. I want to be able to live again. This is my second chance at everything. So why-" shaking my head I looked back at the alter in front of me.

"If you guys stay here for too long, I'm afraid you might become vengeful, or murderous. And I don't want that happening to you guys. The longer a soul stays trapped here, the more it corrupts."

"What about Caleb? Or Willie?"

As soon as he mentioned Caleb my anger arose as I shouted all while unintentionally glaring at Reggie "Caleb is a vengeful snake!" Letting out a small breath I didn't even realize I was holding, I turned back around to face the alters, all while slowly calming as I brought up Willie. "And Willie has already almost been down a terrible path multiple times now. I've always had to pull him back." Even after telling him everything, Reggie still seemed determined to stay.

"So why can't you do that with us?"

"This is different Reggie!"

They can't stay. I can't let Reggie stay, if he stayed because of me and he turns vengeful, I'd never be able to forgive myself.

"How? How is it different?"

Reggie was determined to pull the answer out of me, but I wouldn't let him. Turning towards him I yelled "Because it just is! Now drop it!" The bassists brows furrowed in anger. Closing his eyes, he took in a breath, exhaling while shaking his head a little, his forest green eyes could be seen once he opened them. He seemed calmer than a second ago "So, what happened to your grandma?" Reggie changed the subject, pulling the both of us back to what I was talking about before.

"She fell really ill one day, and died a few days later. It all felt so sudden. After her death I tried to continue my training as a witch, having to teach myself everything else, but nothing was going right. Every time I tried to help a ghost crossover it all went wrong. Hell there were some points where I ran into really vengeful ghosts that I thought I could help. Only for them to almost kill me. But I kept going, because I promised my grandmother I would learn and keep up with my training, I didn't want to let her down."

My eyes glanced between my mother and father's alters, knowing that I was getting closer and closer to talking about that one moment. The night that my parents died, all because of me.

"My parents never wanted me to partake in my grandmothers madness, as they would call it. But I didn't listen to them. After my grandmother died it was never easy for me to control my powers or even help a ghost cross over, as I said before. I also started arguing with my parents a lot, especially my father. I never knew what he had against his mother that he wanted me to drop the magic shtick so much. I just figured that they thought I was going crazy or insane, hell I'm pretty sure at one point they were going to start sending me to a shrink."

I let a small huff in amusement leave my lips, all while tears started to gather in my eyes. I felt a strong sense of sadness hitting me all at once, but tried to block it out with the feeling of fake amusement I let out after bringing up the therapist. I bit my lip, not wanting to talk about things, not wanting to continue and tell him everything that happened. Shaking my head I let out a breath of air, both of my hands gripped my pants harshly, trying to navigate my feelings and figure out how to even tell Reggie what really happened to my parents.

The two of us sat in silence for a short while, as I had an inner battle with my thoughts. The memory of what happened coming to the front of my head as if it just happened yesterday. The screams and yells echoed and bounced around in my head. I suddenly felt a wave of calm wash over me as the yells and cry's diminished. Opening my eyes I glanced down on my lap, feeling a hand on my own, I noticed Reggie's hand wrapped around my own. When it got there I have no idea, but one thing was for sure...

I don't want him to let go.

Moving my hand around so I could interlock it with his own, I looked up at the dark haired bassist who now sat next to me. Our eyes met and the first words that left his mouth was "Everything is okay. You don't have to continue if it's only going to cause you pain." I sent him a small smile, as if to let him know that I'm alright. "I'll be okay. I just want to tell you everything that happened." I took a few minutes to calm myself, my eyes drifting over to my parents alters.

"On the night that everything went to shit, my parents were about to leave for a business trip. But before they left, my mother had a few choice words she had to say to me. I don't remember exactly what was said, but I do know that it had to do with me seeing a therapist and them telling me that I'm crazy just like my grandmother."

My hand gripped Reggie's a little tighter as I continued to tell the story "My parents left the house soon after. I remember feeling a burning rage running through me, and wanted to practice some spells to cool off. But I guess I was just so mad to the point where my magic was directed towards my parents. I remember watching through the caldron as their car crashed. Their screams and cries echoing in my head as the car suddenly caught on fire and blew up soon afterwards." Closing my eyes I could feel myself starting to spiral into both sadness and anger.

Tears fell from my eyes, opening them, I stared down at our interlocked hands as I continued "I always blamed myself for the car crashing and being set on fire. They just crashed into a tree, there were no flames at first but a minute after they crashed it got set ablaze. There was no other person there, considering they were driving through the backroads. No houses were around so no one could help them. I've constantly blamed myself for my parent's death. Thinking that maybe I was just so mad at them, that I didn't even realize that I set the car on fire. I never uttered a spell, it just sort of happened." I wiped my tears away using the back of my hand as I quickly tried to compose myself.

Reggie grabbed my right hand and brought it towards him. This grabbed my attention, all while tears continued to fall. My (e/c) eyes stared into his green ones, neither of us said a word for a few minutes. He suddenly pulled me towards him, engulfing me in a tight hug. The dark haired bassist finally spoke after a minute or two, saying the one thing I have needed to hear for a very long time.

"It's okay. It wasn't your fault. You didn't know what you were doing. It was an accident."

My arms wrapped around him as I dug my face into his chest, sobs wracked my body. The giant secret that I have been carrying with me has finally seen the light of day, and I can feel the heaviness in my chest grow a bit lighter with each passing minute. After a few minutes, I felt a calmness slowly wash over me. This was the affect of the soulmate bond, one touch from Reggie and it could put me at ease. I closed my eyes, wanting to stay as close as I could to him forever. I felt at peace in Reggie's arms, the two of us sat in a comfortable silence, both holding onto each other, afraid of letting go.

"(Y/n)."

I hummed and lifted my head up to look at him, his green eyes were red and watery, as if my emotions somehow triggered his own. He sniffled before continuing "I want you to know that I'm here for you. No matter what. You can tell me anything." I nodded my head in response and sent him a small smile "Thank you Reggie. You can tell me anything too. I might seem intimidating but I promise I'm a good secret keeper." He chuckled in response to my statement and I let out a little chuckle of my own.

"I am well aware. And this is probably a terrible time to say this... but can we please talk about what the hell is going on between us?"

This caused me to hold my breath for a second or two as I processed Reggie's words. My first thoughts being 'why did he have to bring this up?' And 'Why couldn't he stay oblivious to things?' But of course I knew that at some point he would catch on. The pull towards him gets stronger each time I'm with him and I have no doubt that Reggie is feeling it to. I wanted to tell him everything, explain to him the bond that we share and how it would work. My mind started to drift, heart racing as I imagined what our first kiss could look like. Quickly shaking the image out of my head I reminded myself that if I let things happen, then I'll only be holding him back from crossing over.

I have to make him believe that there is nothing between us.

Pulling myself away from Reggie, I was quick to ask "What to you mean? There is nothing going on between us Reggie." My brows furrowed at him as he tried to reach back out for me, but stopped himself as he heard my words. I moved away from him to put some distance between the two of us as a determined look crossed his face "you really don't feel that? The pull. Every time I'm near you I just want to be as close as I can. Whenever I hear your voice I just want to pull you close to me and kiss you." At this point Reggie was on his feet, pacing back and fourth, tugging on some of his hair in either frustration or desperation I couldn't figure out which it was.

"I want you so badly that it drives me insane and I can't understand why."

I stood up as he turned towards me, his hands now sat at his sides, clenching and unclenching, I didn't know what was running through his head as he walked over to me. I froze, feeling my heart beating rapidly within my chest with each step he took. "And you're telling me..." the dark haired bassist stopped in front of me, placing a hand gently on my right cheek he continued "that you don't feel anything at all?" Wrapping his free arm around my waist, he proceeded to pull me against him, causing me to let out a small gasp in surprise.

"This isn't normal. So it can't just be me."

Reggie leaned his forehead against my own, as I closed my eyes, reveling in the feeling of being in his arms. The dark haired bassists lips brushed over my own, causing me to quickly come back to my senses "No!" I yelled while pushing him away from me. Reggie stumbled backwards, but was quick to catch his stance a surprised look sat on his face as I started yelling "Reggie there is nothing going on between us! We are just friends! That's it! And you are going to have to accept that!" Reggie stared at me like a dog who just got scolded, he seemed at a loss for words, opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water as he tried to find the words he was looking for.

When suddenly he just up and vanished.

That was it.

No goodbye, no apology for coming onto me, just silence.

After Reggie left, I felt myself collapse on the floor grabbing my chest as pain coursed through it. This was worse than any pain I've ever experienced. Even worse than the stamp that Caleb put on my wrist and is currently trying to kill me with. Worse than the pain I felt when I killed my parents. This was an emotional and physical pain that ran so deep, I wasn't sure I'd be able to fix it. It felt like my heart was physically breaking in half, I started screaming in agony, while gripping my chest with one hand and hitting my other fist against the floor, as if trying to redirect the pain somewhere else.

I noticed Arius in front of me, he looked like a blurry black blob as I had unknowingly started crying. I could hear his voice echoing in my head, but I didn't know what he was saying. Eventually he settled for curling up at my side and went quiet. I don't know how long I was like that, could've been seconds, maybe even minutes, all I know is that once the pain finally stopped, I passed out from exhaustion and didn't awake until the next morning when my alarm went off for school.

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03: The Return Of Five

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Parings: Five x Reader

Summary: (Y/n) Hargreeves has 7 adoptive siblings, all of which were born on the same day, of the same year, at the same hour. This phenomenon, somehow caused them all to get special powers. (Y/n) loved her siblings with all her heart, but there was one she just couldn’t stand, one that always seemed to get under her skin, and that was Five Hargreeves. The years flew by, with one sibling dead and another missing, the 6 that remained all went their separate ways. That is until the death of their father, Reginald Hargreeves. Now 29 years old, with all their own lives. The 6 remaining Hargreeves were brought back together for their fathers funeral, only for their missing brother to reappear out of no where, in his 16 year old body, saying that the world was going to end in 10 days. But it’s gonna take a lot more convincing for this dysfunctional family to even THINK about saving the world.

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~19 years ago~

Poking my head out my door I noticed Five's door ajar, the light from his desk lamp shining into the hallway. I could hear the smart ass grumbling about something that he was working on. Hoping to be able to sneak by him for once. I pushed my door open a little, activating my powers, camouflaging into my environment. Slowly closing the door quietly behind me, I started making my way over to the steps, only for the creak of a board to stop me in my tracks.

"Seriously?"

I heard from Five's room, a bright blue light shined in the middle of the hallway followed by the fluttering noise of his spacial jumps. The 10 year old boy appeared in the middle of the hallway, hair a mess, still in his uniform. "When are you gonna learn that-" he cut himself off, realizing that no one was around. I slowly started to continue towards the stairs on my tippy toes, as to avoid causing to much noise. The dark haired boy stood there, wracking his brain for some kind of answer to explain the creaking noise of the floorboards.

I was only a few feet away from the stairs, as an arm swung around my shoulders "And just where might we be going this fine evening?" A growl passed my lips in annoyance, shrugging his arm off my shoulders, I revealed myself to him. "How did you even know I was there?" My arms crossed as I faced the boy, shoving his hands in his pockets, a knowing smirk on his lips as he leaned forward.

"That's my little secret."

Green eyes sending a wink my way, only for him to straighten back up "And as much as I hate asking things twice..." he huffed "Where are we going this evening?" I scoffed, a confused look crossing my face "What do you mean 'we'?" Shoving past him, I quietly made my way down the steps. Only for Five to be standing at the bottom of the steps upon my departure down them. "Go back to your room Five." He shook his head, eyes narrowed at me as I walked passed him, having my eyes set on the front door.

Reappearing in front of me, I once again stopped in my tracks "I'm not letting you go out there by yourself." Rolling my eyes in response to Five's statement "I can handle myself out there." Five's hands moved in front of his uniform jacket, sticking them back in his shorts pockets "You aren't going out there alone." Crossing my arms in front of my chest, an annoyed look sat on my face as I stared down the boy in front of me.

"Oh yeah? Says who?"

His eyes narrowed, the corner of his lips lifting up into a small smirk "Says me." It was quiet between the two of us, both of us staring the other down, eyes unwavering. A look of amusement sat on one face, while the other held utter annoyance. Finally, I gave in, knowing he wasn't going to stop pestering me unless he tagged along. Stubborn ass. I thought, letting a small huff pass through my lips "Fine." I managed to walk past him, shoving my left shoulder into his own. "Just, keep up. I won't care if you need to stop to tie your shoe, I'll continue on without you." I almost reached the door, when Five's arrogant self appeared next to me.

"Trust me, I won't let you stray far from me."

Glancing over at the dark brown haired boy, a shit eating grin on his face, uniform jacket behind his arms, hands shoved into his shorts pockets. Rolling my eyes, I looked back towards the giant entrance doors in front of me "Whatever." I grumbled not wanting to drag this conversation on any longer. Opening one of the doors, I was quick to walk out, the troublesome Five Hargreeves following close behind me.

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My ears picked up the sound of shoes hitting the floor, step after step. It was slow and barely there, but still able to be heard, I focused on the sound of someone walking, only for it to stop. It didn't sound to far away from me, a heavy breath could be heard from the person in the room.

My eyes fluttered open, letting out a small groan as I slowly sat up. "What the hell..." I mumbled, bringing a hand up to my head, pain coursing through it for a quick second, my body quickly healing itself, slowly making the pain stop. Then, I heard it. The voice of the boy who I used too love but also hate. "Welcome back to the land of the living." Closing my eyes, I refused to believe he was actually there. Because I knew that he was never coming back.

I thought I was passed this? I can't be hearing his voice again.

My ears picked up a noise, the movement of fabric. (E/c) eyes opening back up, darting around the room, hoping to god I wasn't just hearing things again. But at the same time, I hope I was. Because dealing with the voices would be easier than having to see him again after all these years. My mind went blank as my eyes caught sight of a familiar figure, Five Hargreeves stood in an (obviously borrowed) umbrella academy uniform, hands shoved in the shorts pockets. Leaning over my vanity, his green eyes examining every picture and piece of jewelry on it (which was very few). He got taller, dark brown hair over his forehead on the right side of his face. A hint of a chiseled jawline could be seen, his features having matured since I last laid my eyes on him.

All I could do was stare, so many emotions working their way through me all at once. I felt angry for him abandoning me, after promising that he would never leave. Happy that he's back, Five Hargreeves, the boy I hate, but also loved, was standing in my room again after all these years. Scared that he would leave once again, and I'd lose him for the second time. And finally, Sad, because deep down I knew this couldn't be him, after all, I used to hear his voice when no one was there, I could be seeing him now as well.

"Wha-What..."

I couldn't even get a sentence out, this seemed to grab the boy's attention, he straightened up as he looked over at me, forest green eyes sending me a hard glare. "Are you fucking stupid?" My eyes went wide at Five's sudden burst of anger, stomping towards me. I tried to sputter out something, anything, as he made his way towards me but my mind was blank. "What the hell were you thinking?! Sticking your damn hand into that portal!" An enraged huff left his lips, teeth clenched in anger.

I backed up a little on the bed feeling threatened I was still trying to process the fact that Five was here, standing in front of me. "I-I...Well... I just..." I couldn't find the words as I tried to say anything to explain myself but Five didn't give me the chance to continue, going back on his angry rant "You weren't thinking dumbass! Now we're both stuck in these pubescent bodies!" Gesturing between the two of us. Confused from his words, I let out a small scoff while asking "What do you mean 'both stuck'? You're the only teenager here." Green eyes rolling in annoyance, moving off to the side, he gestured towards my vanity with his right hand.

"Go take a look for yourself."

Moving my legs off the side of the bed, I quickly stood up, only to receive a dizzy spell in response to the fast movement. I closed my eyes, a hand shooting up to hold my head as I stumbled to the side, feeling as if I would fall. Five's eyes went wide, holding his arms out to catch me if I did fall. "Hey. Hey. Take it easy." The dark haired boy stated in an almost caring way. The dizzy feeling left as fast as it came, causing me to shake my head, the hand that was just on my forehead waved between me and Five. Grumbling out "I'm fine." My eyes opened as I made my way over to the vanity.

Placing my hands on it, leaning over a little to stare at the girl in the mirror. What the fuck? I recognized the person staring back at me in the mirror, it was my 16 year old self. Looking down at my clothes, there wasn't much of a difference, but they did seem a bit baggier than usual.  (E/c) eyes landing back on the mirror in front of me, hands gripping onto the vanity as if to stabilize myself from the shock of being back in my 16 year old body.

Anger coursed through me as my hands turned into fists on top of the vanity. Slamming them down against it, a small growl passed my lips, only for me to quickly close my eyes and try to steady my breathing. Calmly, I asked "What the hell did you do now?" Not bothering to turn towards him "I miss calculated when I jumped back in time." My brows furrowed in confusion, letting out a small breath as my anger faded, I turned back to face the 16 year old boy in front of me.

"What do you mean 'back in time'? You were in the future?"

Five let out a small huff, his eyes glancing off to the side for a quick second, gaze landing back on me "For over 4 decades." I shook my head in denial, trying to wrap my head around things. "That's impossible. You've only been gone-" Five finished my sentence with a nod of his head "For 16 years I know. But that's in your time." Walking a little closer to me "For me it's been over 4 decades." Closing my eyes for a few seconds I tried to piece things together.

Opening them I stated "That would mean that you're over 50 years old." Five's shoulders shrugged "58 if we're technically speaking." I narrowed my eyes at his 16 year old self "So then how..." I gestured to his whole body, causing his green eyes to roll in annoyance, letting out a huff he asked "Did you not hear a thing I just said?" Taking a few steps forward, an aggravated look sat on his face.

"No. Because I was to busy trying to process all this shit."

Gesturing around me Five pinched the bridge of his nose, closing his eyes and taking a deep breath he moved his hands back to his pockets, while opening his eyes. "I hate repeating myself, but since you are just as dim witted as the rest of the morons here..." Stepping forward, I scoffed in offense "Dim witted?! I-" Five didn't move an inch as the two of us stood face to face, staring down at me with the annoyed look that he always seemed to wear, as I looked back up at him anger written across my face.

Cutting me off " I- Five Hargreeves, miss calculated- made a mistake, when coming back here- to the present." I realized Five was purposely dumbing things down. My teeth grit in anger as I dug my nails into the palm of my hands. Five gestured between us "Which caused the two of us, to be stuck in these damn teenage bodies." A growl arose from the back of my throat, I turned away from five, closing my eyes as I tried to calm down, not wanting to get out of control. I heard the boy behind me suck in a small breath almost nervously, feeling his stare behind me.

I huffed and opened my eyes, feeling myself calm down a little as my nails dug into the palm of my hands, causing me to focus on the pain. "You're not getting angry?" Five asked skeptically, taking a few more deep breaths, I felt myself calming down. Turning back to face Five, my eyes opened, along with my fists. "Yeah. Something I've learned over the years." I stated, watching as his eyes fixated on my hands by my sides, that now had blood dripping down them.

"Bit of an unhealthy way to calm down, don't you think?"

Five's green eyes met my own, concern shining through them. His face held the same stoic expression he seemed to always wear, while his eyes held all his feelings on the matter. I glanced off to the side "It helps keep me grounded whenever I feel like I'm loosing control." My eyes moved back to meet his, the dark haired time traveler in front of me holding his stare on me, not wavering for a second. "Does this happen a lot? (Y/n), how much does this happen?" Five questioned, almost desperately, trying to put the pieces together as to why I need something to ground me.

My (e/c) eyes dropped down to my feet, hoping to avoid the questions he was currently asking. A small sigh passed Five's lips, "Come with me." He stated, looking up at him I opened my mouth to give him some kind of response. But he didn't seem to give me a choice in the matter as his right hand gently wrapped around my left wrist, carefully pulling me along behind him.

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Once we reached the bathroom, he let go of my wrist only to start looking through the cabinets above the sink. "Five I-" quickly shushing me, I sent him a glare.

"Sit."

Pointing at the closed toilet seat, his eyes never wavered from trying to find what he was looking for. I let out a small huff in defiance, only to end up giving in anyway, sitting down on top of the toilet seat. Placing the, cotton balls and gauze wrap on the counter, along with the Isopropyl Alcohol, he shut the cabinet and moved over to stand in front of me. "Hand." My (e/c) eyes stared up at him, dark brown hair hanging over his forehead, obstructing my view to his right eye.

When I didn't give him either of my hands, I noticed his green eyes roll, before his left hand came down to hold my left wrist. Gently pulling it towards him, palm open and facing up at him. "Shit. (Y/n), how many times have you done this?" My eyes drifted down to look at my open palm, scars, scratches and blood littered it. I shrugged, not wanting to answer his question. I heard a small huff escape his lips, his hands moved up to my sleeve and started to roll it up, only for my eyes to widen in fear. Trying to quickly move my arm away, but Five grabbed ahold of my wrist causing me to wince in pain.

He seemed to catch my small reaction, loosening his grip, I relaxed just a little. "I can take care of myself." Five's eyes seemed to narrow in anger, teeth clenching "Is this what you call taking care of yourself?!" Yanking up my sleeve, my eyes widened as I sucked in a breath of air, feeling the fabric rub against my recent cuts. "H-How did you-" scars and cuts now visible to the boy in front of me "I know a lot of things about you (Y/n)." Dabbing a cotton ball in the Alcohol, he continued "I know about you and Ben." It was barely there but I was able to hear a small waver in his voice as he told me. Five didn't waste anymore time as he gently rubbed the soaked cotton ball against my palm, covered in dried blood.

"I know about how Reginald treated you while I was away."

Once my hand was cleaned he moved up to my arms, running it over the irritated cuts a couple of times. It stung and hurt, but I didn't show it as I just watched the boy fix me up. Something that no one has ever done before, not even Diego when he was glued to my side for 3 years. But even through this nice gesture, I felt angry. Angry for him leaving me, angry for him not coming back. Why did he just come back now if he knew everything? A small growl left my throat and I tried to close my palm, only for Five to stop me and straighten my hand back out.

"You're angry, so talk to me about it. Don't try to push it down. Why are you mad?"

I glared up at Five, his green eyes staring right back into my own. "Why didn't you come back?" Fives eyes drifted back down to focus on wrapping up my hand "I couldn't." a huff in aggravation passed my lips. "What do you mean 'you couldn't'?" Once he finished wrapping it, he shoved the hand back towards me "Because I couldn't go back in time. I could only go forwards." Grabbing the other one he slowly rolled up my sleeve, his brows furrowed, teeth grit in anger as he looked over each and every cut and scar.

"You must've used your own hands. Didn't you?"

I stayed quiet my eyes drifting down towards the cuts and scars that littered my arm "Because I know that you can't heal from yourself, if these were normal knife wounds they wouldn't be here. So it was your own claws wasn't it?" I didn't want to answer him, but even if I did it wouldn't matter, because he already knew the answer anyway. Five's hand tightened around my arm for a quick second, only for him to let out a small breath, calming himself down before running a wet cotton ball over the wounds.

A burning sensation ran through my arm and hand like it did for the other, but I paid no mind to it. Different questions and thoughts flew through my head as he silently cleaned my wounds. After a minute or so I finally decided to ask the one question that's been on my mind. "You said you know a lot of things..." his eyes glanced up into my own, only to let out a small scoff as if I somehow insulted him. Throwing the now dirty cotton ball away "Yes, I do. What about it?" his green hues drifted back down to focus on wrapping up my hand.

"I just..."

I paused, debating wether or not I even wanted to ask the question. Not wanting him to know what I did years ago, but then again, I had a gut feeling that he already knew about it. "Well? Spit it out." My eyes stayed trained on Five, watching as he wrapped the gauze around my hand in his own caring manner. "What else do you know?" he stopped his actions to look up at me. I continued to clarify myself "About me, I mean." His forest green eyes held an emotion I couldn't quite place, lips twitching down, but quickly moving back to their original spot, keeping same stoic expression he always seemed to wear.

Five's brows furrowed, putting the pieces together behind my question, as to what I was really asking. "You want to know if I know about your attempted suicide." I swallowed the lump in my throat just what I thought. Of course Five knows. My eyes darted off to the side, confirming his statement to be true. I felt embarrassed, and ashamed. I was hoping that he wouldn't know, but I had a strong suspicion that he did. Five continued to wrap up my hand, my eyes stayed glued to my hands, not really knowing what to say.

A small sigh escaped the dark haired boy "(y/n), look at me." I didn't want to look him in the eyes. I couldn't. Because I'm not the same girl he once knew, I'm not the strong independent girl who never ran from a fight. No. I'm constantly terrified of when I might loose control next, always living in fear and never able to hold so much as a glimpse of a smile. I have to much death on my shoulders, and it seems to be following me everywhere I go.

Once Five finished wrapping up my hand he grabbed my chin and was quick to turn my head to face him "Look at me." His lip twitched down a little, his face holding a look that seemed to be remorseful "You're here with me now, which shows just how strong you can be. And proves that there is some hope still left in you." I stared at the 16 year old boy in front of me, watching his face go back to the same look it always has while his eyes continue to hold the same sorrowful emotion.

"So please don't stop trying, because I don't know what I'd do without you again."

I didn't know how to respond so I just sat there in silence, mouth held slightly agape. Rattling my brain for some kind of answer to his statement. Letting go of my chin, Five turned around and started making his way towards the door when my mouth finally caught up to me. "Five." Stopping in the doorway Five turned his body slightly to show that he was listening, but kept it so I only saw the back of his head. I continued "I won't stop trying. So don't worry." Five didn't give a response, standing there for a second or two before continuing to march out the doorway.

"Hurry up and get dressed. Meet me back downstairs when you're done."

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~18 years ago~

A fluttering noise, followed by a flash of blue was quick to wake me. Sitting up in my bed, my eyes caught sight of the person who disturbed my peaceful slumber. "Five?" I questioned, squinting my eyes as I rubbed them to wake myself up further. "What are you doing here?" The dark haired boy shushed me a little before walking over to the side of my bed. "Come with me." His hand stuck out towards me to take, the light from the windows casting a glow onto the side of his face.

I noticed he was already all dressed in his uniform "What time is it?" Fives eyes rolled in annoyance at all the questions "it doesn't matter. Just, come with me." Now fully awake, my legs sat criss crossed under the covers "Can I at least know where we're going?" Five didn't respond, green eyes glancing down at the hand held out to me, as if begging me to grab ahold of it. I let out a small huff before moving the covers off me. "You're being real secretive this morning." A smirk graced the boys features as I stood up.

"When am I not?"

Taking his hand in my own, he pulled me closer to him, head leaning over, he whispered "Focus on me." Mouth a good distance away from my ear, knowing if he said anything to close he could hurt it from being to loud. I knew exactly what this boy was about to do, glaring at him from the corner of my eye "Five. I swear to god if you-" a chuckle escaped the dark haired boy, the fluttering noise of a spacial jump could be heard, successfully cutting me off as the two of us disappeared.

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When we reappeared, my head was pounding in pain, ears ringing from all the loud noises that hit me at once. Five let go of my hand, only for both of my hands to be brought up to my ears. Closing my eyes I let out a small huff as the ringing in my ears slowly subsided. I felt someone grab my face in their hands, causing my eyes to shoot open. I was met with a pair of forest green ones staring back into my own, Five's lips moved but I could barely hear anything.

"Damn it Five!"

Bringing my hands away from my ears, I placed them on his chest, shoving him away from me. "I hate it when you do that!" The dark haired boy stumbled back a few feet, eyes blown wide in surprise. My hearing slowly began to clear up and focus on the boy in front of me. Quick to catch himself on his feet, he stated "I told you to focus on me." Sending Five a glare I let out an angry huff "Yeah well you didn't really give me a chance to!" He quickly jumped towards me, covering my mouth with his left hand "shh." His right hand held onto the back of my head, preventing me from moving my head away.

His eyes glanced over at the building next to us, which just so happened to be the mansion which we live in. "Do you wanna get us caught?" He angrily whispered, only for a growl to arise in the back of my throat. Opening my mouth, I bit down on the inside of his hand, causing Five to bring his hand away and let go. "Ow! Did-Did you just bite me?!" Five whisper yelled, eyes blown wide from surprise. Crossing my arms a crossed my chest, eyes narrowing at the boy in front of me. "What are you up too Five?" Looking down at the palm of his left hand "Jesus, you really bit me!" Rolling my eyes at his dramatics.

"Oh please. I didn't even break skin. If I wanted to hurt you, I would've done it by now."

Five messaged the palm of his hand with the thumb on his right hand, eyes trained on it "Well yeah. It just surprised me is all." I huffed a little starting to get annoyed "Are you going to tell me what you woke me up for now?" His eyes drifted from his hands, to the mansion-like building beside us "I forgot something inside." Green eyes landing on me, he narrowed them, a serious tone being held in his voice "Stay. Here." Looking back at the building he continued "I'll only be a second or two." I went to say something in response, only for a fluttering noise and blue flash to cut me off, letting me know that he was already spacial jumping away.

"Damn it Five." I grumbled out.

Annoyed and tired, I flopped down on the rock wall near our house. As much as the boy annoyed me, I could never stay mad at him for long. Five was quick to spacial jump back, gift bag in hand. "Couldn't find the damn thing at first." My eyes narrowed in confusion at the small bag "What's that for?" I asked, only for his arrogant smirk to grace his lips. "You'll find out soon enough." He stated, all while hiding the bag behind him. Holding a hand out for me to take, I shook my head in defiance.

"Oh no. I'm not going anywhere with you. You're just gonna spacial jump to our destination."

Letting out a small huff in annoyance, Five responded "As much as I would love to spacial jump there, I feel like taking a stroll this morning. Care to join me?" My eyes narrowed at him, not fully believing the dark hard boy. But as his eyes stared into my own, lips twitching up into a small uncharacteristic nervous smile. Closing my eyes, I let out a small sigh as a smile over took my lips, opening my (e/c) eyes meeting a pair of green ones. "Don't look at me like that." Taking his outstretched hand in my own, he quickly pulled me up, bringing me close in front of him.

"Like what?"

An almost genuine smile now sat on his lips, eyes shining with happiness. Our faces were inches apart as I stated "Like that, like you're actually happy." One of his brows lifted in a questioning way, all while that happy look stayed glued to his face. "Am I not aloud to be happy?" My eyes widened a little, of course he can be happy! I thought it's just different seeing it on him of all people. I quickly sputtered out exactly what I was thinking "of course you can, it's just... I never thought I would see that look on you." Fives eyes danced around my face, I couldn't tell if he was ignoring my statement, or didn't know what to say. His eyes finally landed back on my own after a small gap of silence.

Fives smile quickly faded into his normal stoic look "come on" turning around he started dragging me off "let's go." I fast walked to catch up to him, the two of us walking side by side. "Do I at least get to know where we are going?" Five's infamous smirk appeared on his face as he looked over at me.

"Not a chance."

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I wasn't to surprised when the destination turned out to be a park we would always hangout in, after getting some food from Griddy's. Considering that it's 3 in the morning (I got the information out of Five) and Griddy's is currently closed, this is the next best thing. Whenever we came here we'd always sit underneath this giant maple tree at the top of the only hill in the entire park. It was nice and peaceful, it gave the two of us a break from everything so we could just talk or even sit there quietly doing our own things. But Five never seemed to take a break, considering the fact that he'd constantly be trying to figure out the right equation for time travel.

This time was different, Five seemed carefree his morning, like the only thing on his mind was here and now. He didn't have some kind of math problem going on in the back of his head and he wasn't angry about some argument with our father. Once we made it to the tree, the two of us sat down at the bottom and stared out at the rest of the park. "It's so peaceful out here." I stated, Five hummed in agreement before saying "Yeah, it is very beautiful as well." I let out a small huff in disbelief, looking over to him "You can't even see anything, it's to dark." To my surprise, he was already looking at me with a look that I couldn't quite place.

Shifting his view to the park, he cleared his throat before defending his statement "The streetlights in the park, it shows some of it, so it does have its own beauty at night." I nodded my head in agreement, while staring out at the park "I guess you're right." Five chuckled, sending a glance my way, smirk gracing his lips "And when am I wrong?" The dark haired boy smugly stated. Rolling my eyes, I bumped my shoulder into his own "Shut up." I stated playfully, causing him to let out another chuckle as a smile appeared on my face.

I started to feel the warm rays of the sun on my face as the park lit up around us. Looking over to my left, I noticed the sun slowly rising over the horizon. Hearing the noise of a bag crinkling, I glanced back over at Five, only to see the bag in his hands along with a small nervous smile on his face. "Happy birthday (Y/n)" my eyes widened a little, watching as the sun lit up his face, causing his hair to shine, showing just how brown it is. Fives forest green eyes could be seen clear as day holding an emotion I couldn't quite place, one that I've been seeing a lot more on the spacial jumpers face.

"Our birthday isn't till tomorrow."

"I wanted to get a head start and give you your gift now."

I should've known that it was that, Five always loved to be one step ahead, even if it was by a day or so. The dark brown haired boy pushed the gift more towards me encouraging me to take it. I slowly took ahold of the gift bag, curiously taking a peak inside "What is it?" A chuckle passed Fives lips at my question "Why don't you open it and find out?" Looking up at Five, his infamous smirk sitting on his face as a smile graced my lips. Opening the bag, my eyes landed on the light blue Polaroid camera, my smile broadened at the sight of it. Pulling the camera out of the bag Five explained "I always see you looking at it through the window of the camera shop we pass by, so I figured that-" I cut him off, eyes glued to the camera in my hands.

"Is there any film in it?"

I struggled to try to open it as Five gave a quick answer "Well yeah, I put eight in there so you can use it right when you get it." Turning the camera on I gave a quick response "Perfect." As I lifted the camera up to face us, throwing an arm around Five, all while he looked down at me, a confused look on his face. A joyous smile crossed my lips as I snapped the picture, bringing it back down to my lap a small Polaroid printed out of the slit at the base of the camera. "I wasn't ready. Let's take another one." Taking the picture from the camera, I shook it a little while teasing the boy next to me.

"Aww, is Mr.Grumpy pants mad that he didn't look good in the picture?"

Five rolled his eyes at me, taking the camera from off my lap "Hey!" I exclaimed, all while he grumbled out an annoyed response "Shut up and look at the camera." Five threw an arm around my shoulders pulling me closer to him as the two of us looked at the camera, a gentle smile sat on his face, all while a broad smile appeared on my own. The dark haired boy was quick to snap the picture, the Polaroid popping out soon after. Five took the Polaroid before handing the camera back to me "This one's mine to keep." Taking the camera out of his hands, I watched as he stared at the picture, patiently waiting for it to develop.

A small smile appeared on his lips, eyes shining with the same glow it's held all morning. Looking back out at the horizon, I noticed the sun rising higher and getting a bit brighter. "We should get going, before dad realizes we're gone." Glancing back at Five to see his response, he had his eyes glued to the currently developing picture. "Five." Snapping his eyes up to me, narrowed in almost an annoyed look, seeming to be aggravated that I distracted him from the picture. Five's eyes softened after a minute, and slowly stood up, lending a hand out for me to take.

"Come on."

Putting the camera back in the bag, I grabbed ahold of his hand. Pulling me up, a small smirk graced his lips, only for my eyes to narrow.

"Five don't you da-"

And with that the two of us special jumped back to the academy

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1-24: Finally Free

Part 24 of??

Pairing: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Finally Free (Julie and the phantoms)

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Pulling into my driveway I parked the truck and hopped out, leaving the door open for Arius to come out behind me. Once the black cat jumped out of the blue truck I shut the door behind him, a banging noise catching my attention from across the street. Looking over, at the big blue house across the street that's been for sale ever since I remember, no one has wanted to buy it, and when they do, something always seems to cause them to back out.

People have been saying that it's haunted, but I've lived here all my life, and I haven't seen or heard a single ghost from over there. My eyes drifted down to the man hammering in a new sign, only this one was different, it had the word 'Sold' written on it in big bold letters. "Hey Arius?" I didn't bother looking back at the black cat, eyes trained on the sign across the street.

A hum in response gave me the okay to ask my question. "Do you think there are ghosts in that house?" Nodding my head over to the house across the street, watching the man start to pick up the sign he pulled out before replacing it with the other. "I doubt it." Looking back at the cat, I noticed he disappeared, (e/c) eyes glanced around to catch any sign of the demonic cat, only to see him sitting next to me. Blue eyes glued to the house in front of us, tail moving in an annoyed way.

"Your grandmother cleared out that house ages ago."

My brows furrowed in confusion, "So then how did it not sell for years?" I shoved my hands in my pockets "If it's been cleared out for ages, how is it just now getting sold?" Arius didn't give much of a helpful response "I don't know." he turned around and started making his way towards the front door. "Wait." I stated, quickly following after him "What do you mean 'I don't know'? Aren't you supposed to know everything about my grandmother?" Sitting by the door, he growled out a response "I don't know, because I wasn't there."  Arius' temper seemed to flare up at the subject and that's when I felt it. The pang of emotional hurt, it wasn't big enough to get a reaction from me, but I knew one thing. It wasn't my emotion I was feeling.

No.

It was the demonic cat in front of me.

Arius' ears were drooped downward a little, tail wrapped close around him, the end being curled between his front paws. Sitting down on the steps of my front porch, I asked the question on my mind, not knowing if he'd answer me or just yell at me and go back to being closed off, either way, I need to know. "Why weren't you there?" He was silent for a second, tail whipping back and fourth in an agitated manor. After a minute or two, he finally spoke up "Once witches and warlocks get older, they start settling down. Having kids. Getting married. That sort of thing." I stayed quiet, not wanting to jump in.

If there are warlocks out there, then I wonder just how many more people there are like me..

"Eventually, there is a point in our lives where we feel we aren't needed anymore to our masters, so we would leave. No goodbyes, or farewells. Since demons get attached to their witch or warlock, we feel it's easier on us to leave without goodbyes. Breaks the bond faster."

I watched as the cat next to me looked up at the sky his blue eyes shining with an emotion I've never seen on him before, admiration? Maybe even love. His mouth opened a little, as if trying to smile, pointed teeth visible for all to see. "Your grandmother was different than the other witches and warlocks in your family. She could tell I was going to leave. She knew that something was off when she talked to me that night. She sensed it." Arius looked out in front of him at the house across the street, the same house that started this conversation.

"(G/n) engulfed me in the biggest hug, and begged me to stay with her. And so I did, because she was my weakness. Anything she asked of me I would do, all to make her happy."

Arius' expression seemed to falter "But then, it all turned to shit." His teeth bared in anger, claws gripping onto the front porch. "One of her sons got themselves into deep shit. And so your grandmother sent me away in order to protect her family from the ministry." His expression shifted into a scowl as he laid down, front paws hanging a little off the end of the porch. "I'm not mad at her for what she did. I know that they could've easily tracked me and then her family would've been in danger. I just... I wish there could've been another way. 36 years I spent with (G/n), and yet it still wasn't enough. I wanted a little more time with her." The black cat grew silent, not wanting to say anything else as he rested his head on his front legs.

I stared at Arius, having another aching feeling in my chest, it was the same as the last one, having not been my own emotions. Raising my hand up, I brought it over so that it was hovering over the demonic cat's head. I kept it there for a second or two, debating my choices, He'll probably swat at me. But in that moment I decided that I didn't care, because I felt like I should give him some kind of comfort, even if he does swat me away. Bringing my hand down, I gently rubbed his head, cautious of his movements, not wanting to get hit.

To my surprise, he didn't fight back, closing his eyes, Arius let out a small sigh in content. This bond has to start somewhere. Looking up at the clear blue sky a small smile crossed my lips, feeling good that I finally did something to help someone I'm glad it's starting here. And talking about Grandma no less. Looking back down at the black cat, he let out a small huff before shaking my hand off of him and sitting back up.

"So I don't know what (G/n) did to that house. She probably put a spell on it to keep the ministry from finding her. Or from finding her sons. Everything she did was to protect the people she cared about."

"Before she sent me away, she told me to look after you if something were to ever happen to her. Your mother was pregnant with you at the time. And, well, I could feel it. The bond. Before you were even born. I sensed that you would be a powerful witch and I could tell that (G/n) sensed it too. So now I'm going to train you the best I can, and look after you. But I can only do so much."

I nodded my head, understanding what he was saying. I can't keep running away from what I am. That means I'm gonna have to start cooperating with Arius. The black cat looked over at me, his usual bland stare on his face. I opened my mouth to say something but the noise of a ghost appearing caught my attention. "Hey (N/n)!" The boy clad in his leather jacket was quick to state, walking forward a little he pointed back and forth from me to the cat sitting next to me.

"Is this a bad time?"

I shook my head a little, a smile gracing my lips at just the sight of the ghost in front of me. "No. Not at all." Feeling the pull at my chest, causing me to stand up and walk towards Reggie. "Why?" The bassist in front of me radiated happiness as he met me halfway and grabbed ahold of my hand "We got to practice! Our first gig is tonight!" Dragging me down my driveway "Woah, Woah, Woah, Tonight?" I was quick to stop in place at the end of my driveway, causing Reggie to come to a halt as I pulled back on his hand.

The dark haired bassist in front of me tilted his head a little as if confused as to why I stopped him "And I thought Julie was all done with the band? She told me herself that-" Reggie jumped in, successfully cutting me off to answer my questions. "We all made up. But we have to hurry and practice because our gig is in a couple of hours." He pulled me a little bit along the side walk, only for me to quickly come to a stop once again. Still not processing the information.

"Wait Julie forgave you? When? And when did we get a gig?" Reggie rolled his eyes in amusement "What even-"

I was cut off once again, as Reggie pulled me toward him and wrapped a hand around my mouth. Faces inches apart, his award winning smile sitting on his face "I'll fill you in on all the details later. Right now we need to go, okay?" His arm sat wrapped around my waist, I felt my cheeks grow warm from the close proximity. I nodded my head in response, that being the only thing I could do, even if his hand wasn't covering my mouth, I don't think I would've been able to muster a single word.

Well, At least non that would make sense...

His hand left my mouth, finding my own once again. Gripping it tight, he pulled me along to go to Julie's. Looking back I caught sight of the black cat following close behind me.

I don't think he's gonna leave my side anytime soon.

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"Okay. What's with the cat?"

Alex had his eyes trained on Arius sitting on the couch, as Julie walked over to him. "I think it's cute" reaching her arm out to pet him, I was quick to jump in "Uh, Julie, I wouldn't..." the black cat was quick to jump up from his position on the couch. Hissing at Julie, his fur standing up, back arched, ears pulled back to show his agitation. The curly haired singer pulled her hand away in surprise, Arius was quick to make his way towards the other end of the couch, settling down. His eyes glanced at Julie, sending her one more growl before looking back at me.

"What's its problem?"

Alex questioned, seeing as how Arius almost hurt one of his friends. Picking up my rhythm guitar, I put the strap over my shoulder while speaking on the cats behalf. "He just isn't fond of most people. So don't try to force it." Arius growled briefly as I spoke, causing me to send him a look as if to say 'Behave' the black cat huffed while whipping his tail back and forth in aggravation, but overall growing silent. "Well, now that the cat conversation is out of the way..." Reggie grabbed everyone's attention as he walked over next to me, swinging his bass strap over his shoulder.

"Let's get started."

Julie nodded her head in agreement as her and Alex made their way over to their instruments.

"Right."

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All four of us were playing the cords to Finally Free as Julie sang "Marching on proud, Turn it up loud, cause now we know what we're worth." Luke suddenly appears in the chair by the coffee table, causing the four of us to stop playing. Letting out a small "woah" he noticed the four of us by our instruments. Standing up out of the chair "Julie." He stated, surprised to see her by the piano.

"Grab your guitar. We got work to do."

Luke started at her for a moment, mouth agape, only to let out a small chuckle as he grabbed his guitar, which stood by me. Walking over to Julie he asked "What made you come back?" Julie stood up from her seat "I realized how important music is for all of us. And we've lost so much already. We can't lose this too." Luke nodded his head a little "Thanks." He responded, only to ask "All right boss. Where we at?" In order to lighten the mood a little, letting out a small chuckle at his own question.

"Oh, and by the way, happy birthday."

Julie sat back down in her seat in front of the piano, a small chuckle passing her lips, again Luke stared at her in disbelief. Glancing over at the guys as if they would tell him how she knew, looking back at Julie a smile crossed his lips before making his way across the room.

"Let's take it from the pre-chorus." Julie stated

Alex banged his sticks together "One, Two, Three, Four." And with that the five of us started singing and playing, in order to practice for tonight.

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"You can't come with me Arius. We've already discussed this."

The black cat sat on my bed as I proceeded to do my make up for the gig. "I'll go in my human form."

"What about if Julie and Flynn see you?"

"I'll make up an excuse as to why I'm there."

Putting the mascara down, I turned around to face the black cat on my bed, the two of us stared the other down as if trying to silently win the argument. Letting out a sigh, I pinched the fridge of my nose all while stating "Fine. You can go" The demon determined to be by my side every second of everyday let out a small cheer before getting cut off by me "But..." his cat like eyes seemed to narrow in aggravation as I told him the terms of the agreement. "...You have to stay outside of the coffee shop, in your cat form the entire time. Got it?" My eyes narrowed back at him as if daring him to challenge my decision.

A huff of defeat passed through the black cats nose "Fine. As long as I'm there, I really don't care." The sound of a ghost warping could be heard, grabbing the attention of both me and the demon across from me. "Hey (N/n), you ready to go?" Near the door stood the boy that made my heart practically jump for joy, just from the sound of his voice. Reggie stood clad in his black tank top, biceps clearly being shown which caused my eyes to drift a little to look at them.

My bottom lip found its way between my teeth, all while my thoughts started to get impure. "(Y/n)?" The bassist's voice brought me back to reality, I was quick to let go of my lip as my eyes darted back up to his own. "You okay?" He continued, raising his brows as if to question my behavior. Shaking my head a little to bring myself back to my senses I sent him a small smile "I'm fine. We should get going." all while making my way towards my bedroom door, Arius hopping off my bed and following close behind.

Reggie followed me out the door to my room "The place isn't to far from here is you want to walk together." I started to walk down the steps as I explained "Reggie, if I walked down the street with you, people would think I'm a crazy person talking to herself." The sound of a ghost warping could be heard behind me, only for the dark haired boy to reappear right in front of me at the bottom of the stairs. This surprised me causing me to almost fall back, only for him to grab my arms and hold me steady, our noses inches apart. I felt my face grow warm at the proximity, feeling that tug from my chest, the urge to just lean over and capture his lips in my own.

"We don't even have to talk, just walk and hold hands or something."

Reggie's eyes went wide as he let go of me and took a couple steps back "I-I mean..." I could tell that he was frantically trying to come up with an excuse, but I didn't care at that moment. "not hold hands, but ya know..." because when I looked from his eyes to his hands, I realized how much I wanted to hold it in my own. "I just-" reaching over I snatched his hand in mine, effectively cutting off the dark haired bassist

"Let's go." I stated, all while dragging him towards the door.

Getting a small response of "Okay" from Reggie as Arius followed the two of us out the door.

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Once we got to the coffee shop, I was quick to try to let go of Reggie's hand, only for him to tighten his grip and pull on it a little, refusing to let go. Looking back at the golden retriever boy behind me, my eyes narrowed as if to tell him to let go. "I know. But, just let me hold your hand a little longer...Please?" I was confused, I didn't know why Reggie was acting like this, but tonight feels different with Reggie. I couldn't place my finger on the reason why.

Looking around at the people walking in, I noticed a lot of them eyeing me and whispering to their friends. Looking back at Reggie I leaned over a little to whisper "Reggie. People are staring." It felt suffocating to be standing there with him at the moment, knowing that what everyone was seeing, was that my hand was out in the air holding onto nothing, and I was talking to no one.

Reggie's eyes held an emotion I couldn't quite place, maybe desperation? "I don't care if they stare." The dark haired bassist took a step forward, bringing our interlaced hands up to his chest, eyes begging me to just hold his hand a little longer. "Please (Y/n). I just want your touch right now." I didn't know what to do, I took another glance around at the people and noticed more staring and pointing fingers. I looked down at Arius as if to ask him for some kind of help, only for him to hop on a trashcan and say one thing.

"He's a ghost. So be careful how you handle this. I will explain to you want is happening later. But for now, focus on taking care of this."

My eyes landed back on Reggie's, not knowing what to do or say, I just shook my head all while saying a quick apology "I'm sorry." Pulling my hand away, I walked off into the bustling coffee shop.

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"Hey did I miss anything?"

I asked Julie and Flynn as soon as I got over to them. "Nothing exciting, that's for sure." Flynn stated, directing my attention to the stage. There clad in all pink to perform with her dancing divas was the queen bee herself, Carrie Wilson. "Hope you all came to have a great time!" Carrie's obnoxious giggle left her lips as the crowd clapped. An annoyed growl left my lips from her appearance to ruin my night "Dirty Candy?" Julie asked only for me to jump in "How did she get on the list?" Flynn gave both of us a look, as if we should already know the answer.

"Her daddy made a call"

Crossing my arms across my chest, I stared daggers at the girl on the stage all while Flynn commented on Julie's outfit.

"Whenever I walk in the room, All the focus on me"

Carrie walked forward on stage, her girls joining behind her "The way I talk, the way I move, they all want on my team." I rolled my eyes at her cheap dance moves, not wanting to sit through this what so ever. "Not trying to brag, brag, but I'm flawless. I'm taking over your playlist. Ain't perfect but I can't miss. Yeah" looking back at the boys who suddenly appeared behind us, I noticed Luke smiling and enjoying the performance, Alex looked a bit antsy, and Reggie held a pensive look on his face, not seeming to interested in the girls dancing in front of him. Almost as if he was lost in his own thoughts.

He's probably just as confused about what happened as I was.

Looking back on stage I noticed Alex appear behind Carrie who was now on the floor, I covered my mouth as a laugh almost slipped past my lips. Julie seemed confused, looking back at the boys to see why he did that but Reggie just shrugged in response. Alex seemed lost  for a moment, only for the girls to stand back up as he started dancing with all of them, causing a small giggle in amusement to escape my lips.

When he was done he appeared back next to me, I sent him a smile and shook my head at his funny antics while Julie commented "You having fun out there?" Alex cleared his throat before coming up with an excuse "It's not my fault, it's my um..." he paused "It's my feet" I just shook my head while saying "Yeah, okay."

"Put me back in coach."

And with that Alex was gone, back to dancing on stage with Carrie and her crew. I felt a tap on my shoulder from behind as Reggie took Alex's spot beside me. "Can we talk?" I shook my head in response "not here Reggie." I glanced over at the boy next to me only to see his eyes narrowed in aggravation. "I don't care. We need to talk about this. Because what happened earlier was weird, you must have noticed that much. I don't know what's going on with me and, and  I'm confused-" I kept facing forward as to not draw attention I whisper yelled at him "Reggie!" Successfully cutting him off I stated "Not. Here." Saying it firmly worked to an extent. An angry scoff left his lips as he crossed his arms and went back to standing next to Luke.

The song was soon to end as Alex took in all the praises. Before warping back next to me a giant smile on his face "I uh... I was just... doing that for you guys" Reggie nodded his head "Mhm. yeah. You can stop smiling now." Alex chuckled at Reggie's comment. Julie grabbed our attention "Not gonna lie. That was... kind of good." Flynn nodded her head in agreement "Yeah. I forgot why I hate her so much." I scoffed while saying "I didn't forget my reason for hating her." I noticed her making her way over to us.

"Speak of the devil."

I stated all while receiving a glare from the bitch in response, I sent her a sarcastic smile all while flipping her off. Carrie ignore my actions and turned her attention towards Flynn and Julie "Hi girls. Um, isn't it past your bedtime?" Flynn looked between Julie and I "Now I remember." Before looking back over at Carrie. "If you're looking for Nick, he didn't come." Flynn and I both scoffed in response to her statement, knowing she was just trying to take a jab at Julie.

Stepping towards Carrie, Julie was quick to stick up for herself "That's not why I'm here." The sound of the microphone was quick to grab everyone's attention.

"Ok, it looks like we're closing the night out with one more group, Julie, (Y/n), and the fat ones"

The four of us turned towards Luke in annoyance while the girls in front of us laughed. "Really?" Alex asked.

"Yeah man, my Handwriting sucks."

The four of us rolled our eyes as Julie and I went to walk on stage, but not before I angrily bumped my shoulder into Carries.

Julie was quick to make her way to the piano, as I grabbed the rhythm guitar "Hi, it's actually Julie,(Y/n) and the phantoms" looking around she noticed no one was really paying attention, taking a glance over at me I motioned for her to continue. "Okay." She stated into the mic and started to play the piano. "Hearts on fire, we're no liars, so we say what we wanna say." I played my rhythm guitar as I continued the next line of the song "I'm awaken, no more takin' so we push all our fears away." The two of us started singing together "don't know if we'll make it cause we're falling down under, close my eyes and feel my chest beating like thunder." Julie now sang alone.

"I wanna fly, come alive, watch me shine"

The boys appeared playing their instruments as Julie got up, bringing the microphone with her, I stood in the back behind Luke as the two of them sang. "I got a spark in me, hands up if you can see, and you're a part of me, hands up if you're with me, now till eternity hands up if you believe, been so long and now we're finally free." Julie started singing by herself while she hit a tambourine on her hip.

"We're all bright now, what a sight now coming out like we're fireworks"

I sang the next part alone "Marching on proud, turn it up loud, cause now we know what we're worth"

Julie and Luke sang the next part together as I went back near Reggie "We know we can make it when we're not fallin' down under, close my eyes and feel my chest beating like thunder." All while Julie and Luke stared contently at each other "I wanna fly, come alive, watch me shine" Reggie and I leaned into our mics as we sang "ooooh" while Julie and Luke sang the Chorus "I got a spark in me, hands up if you can see, and your a part of me, hands up if you're with me, now till eternity, hands up if you believe, been so long and now we're finally free"

Reggie suddenly jumped over to Luke's Microphone and sang with him, I felt a jolt of pain corse through my chest for a second as I watched Reggie's every move, I could feel the pull on my chest getting stronger and stronger with each passing day, and it doesn't seem to be letting up anytime soon, considering the effect it's starting to have on Reggie. That's the only explanation for his behavior earlier, but the only way to be sure is to ask Arius.

"I got a spark in me, hands up if you can see, and you're a part of me, hands up if you're with me, now till eternity, hands up if you believe, been so long and now we're finally free"

Julie and Luke now sang alone, meeting halfway Julie sang "I got a spark in me" she leaned the mic over to Luke as he echoed "I got a spark in me" the way Julie and Luke were staring at each other made me look back at Alex and Reggie for answers "And you're a part of me" Alex just shrugged with a small smile "And you're a part of me"as Reggie shook his head a little as if to say that he didn't know either.

"Now till eternity"

"Now till eternity"

"Been so long and now we're finally free"

We all started playing our instruments again as Reggie, Luke and I all sang the chorus while Julie sang in the background "I've got a spark in me, hands up if you can see, and you're a part of me, hands up if you're with me" Julie sang "Yeah" as the rest of us continued "now till eternity, hands up if you believe, been so long and now we're finally free."

Reggie, Luke, Alex and I went back to doing the "oooh" as Julie sang "Finally free, yeah" Luke and I jumped in at the end "Been so long and now we're finally free" everyone stopped playing as Julie let me have the last note.

"Finally free, yeah..."

The crowd went nuts as they all cheered and applauded, the five of us took a bow as the boys disappeared. The crowd continued to cheer as walked over next to Julie she stated "Thank you, we're Julie, (Y/n) and the Phantoms." I was quick to grab the mic from her and state "Tell your friends." Before walking off stage with Julie.

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Once we got off stage Julie ran over to Flynn excitedly, engulfing her in a hug as the two of them giggled and squealed in excitement. I leisurely made my way over to them, only to get dragged into the hug as well. Once we all let go Flynn stated "You two were incredible!" To which Reggie smugly replied "Yeah we were." While looking back at Alex and Luke who were currently sitting on the bar.

"Hey, Hey! Whoever Carrie was trying to impress is headed our way!"

Luke was quick to call out to Julie and I, as the two of us turned around to see a women in a pants suit headed in our direction. "She looks all business" Alex commented and Reggie started to panic, asking "Wait. Who should do the talking?" Then once realizing what he said he quickly fixed it "Right, Julie and (Y/n)." Julie glanced back at Luke for support, only for him to say "You got this." The women was quick to grab ahold of my hand to introduce herself.

"Hi I'm Andi Parker, and I would-"

"Julie."

Our attention went from Andi to the man that said Julie's name, which just so happened to be her father. Andi looked back at the man behind her "Dad." Julie stated, not sounding to happy.

"It's time to go."

Ray didn't sound to happy but I couldn't let us loose this, it could be our big break and Reggie would be upset if I didn't try. "Mr.Molina, if we could just have 5 minutes to-" he cut me off, not wanting to hear anything I have to say. "No. Julie is going home. And I'm calling your uncle." I scoffed and shook my head "seriously? What did I even do?" Andi finally spoke up deciding that this was a bad moment. "This seems like a bad time, so I'm gonna take off, wonderful performance, the both of you." She stated, looking from Julie to me before taking her leave.

"No! Wait!"

Luke yelled but of course she didn't hear him. She couldn't. Luke went to go chafe after her, but let out an exasperated sigh after realizing it wasn't gonna work.

"What did you do? You brought my daughter out here on a school night, to entertain your band fantasies."

"Dad!"

Julie said and was quick to speak up before things go south "She didn't drag me out here, I left by myself." Ray shook his head in disappointment "we'll talk about your punishment later. For now I have to get you both home." Turning towards me he stated "And don't think you're off the hook yet missy. Just because you live in that house by yourself doesn't mean you get to go home scott free. I was told to look after you and that's exactly what I'm doing by giving your uncle a call." I felt trapped in a hole, unable to climb out. I hated my uncle. And I hated that I could loose the freedom that I currently had.

He's definitely going to come down here now, and when he does I'm screwed.

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1-23: School Days

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Parings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: School Days (AC/DC)

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It was quiet between us as we walked through the hallway. So many questions flew through my head as I walked side by side with Arius. We almost reached my first class when I decided to speak up "Thank you." Arius stopped in his tracks, causing me to stop as well, turning to face him. His blue eyes, stared down at me in confusion, raising a brow as if to ask 'for what?'. I shrugged before continuing to walk forward "Back there with those kids. What you did-" Arius suddenly appeared in front of me, successfully cutting me of as I stumbled back in surprise.

"Let's get one thing straight."

Catching myself on my feet, my (e/c) eyes met his angry blue ones. Pointing a finger at me "I didn't do this for you." Poking me hard in the chest with the same finger, my eyes widened a little, bringing a hand up to rub my chest because it hurt. "I did this for me." Arius' hand turned into a fist sticking his thumb out, he turned his hand so that his thumb was pointing towards him. "I was pissed and needed an outlet." Shoving his hands back into his pants pockets he continued "Besides, your grandmother would be pissed if she knew I just sat by and watched as those pitiful humans talked about you like that." I watched as Arius turned around and continued the trek through the hallway.

Quickly following after him, I managed to catch up "Hey, how did you do that disappearing and reappearing thing?" He glanced over at me "What?" Looking back in front of him, a bored expression on his face, only to disappear. This caused me to stop in my tracks, my eyes darting around the hallway to find any sign of him. Suddenly he reappeared by the door to my classroom, which was a little ways down more. "This?" He asked, I was quick to catch up to the black haired demon.

"Yes that."

I leaned across from him against the door frame, leaning forward a little, as if to move closer so I could hear. This caused me to lean forward as well, an annoyed smile graced his lips "I believe you have a class to get too." He was quick to change the subject, standing back up straight, I was quick to state "You can't just waltz in there and-" the black haired demon swung open the door in front of him, successfully cutting me off. Walking inside, I went to follow, only for the door to come back towards me and almost hit me in the face. Putting my hands out in front of me, I stopped the door, pushing it back open as I walked through.

"Ah, Miss (L/n), how nice of you to join us."

The teacher sarcastically stated, but I paid no mind to her, sending a glare to the back of Arius' head. Asshole. "I was just about to introduce our new student." My eyes drifted over to the teacher in confusion, How the hell does she know about him? Was the question that rattled my brain, my eyes moving back to Arius. He glanced over at me as my eyes moved between the both of them "well? You gonna sit down or just stare?" Shaking my head a bit I found my seat at the back of the room.

"Now then, everyone, this is Damon (L/n)."

Slumping down in my seat I glared at the black haired boy at the front of the room. "He just moved here from Arizona." I glanced around the room only to see most girls fawning over him, some guys fuming with jealousy, and the rest glanced back at me as if silently checking to see if he was actually related to the freak of the school.

As the teacher continued to talk I sat there wondering how he even managed to convince her that he was a new student here. I'll have to ask him about it later. I thought as Arius finally took a seat in the only available spot, which just so happened to be next to me. "What was that about me not being able to walk in here?" A smirk sat on his face as I sent him a glare "Shut up you damn demon." I angrily whispered, not wanting others around us to hear me.

This is gonna be a long day.

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"Alright so tell me how you were able to do that with the teachers."

Arius raised a brow, deciding to act clueless on the matter. "Do what?" Every class that we've been to he was able to somehow convince the teachers that he was a new student and that he just moved here from Arizona, keeping the same story in each class. At least he's being consistent. Sticking my fork in the pasta that sat in front of me, I lifted it up, taking a bite of pasta I was quick to turn my fork towards him. "Don't fuck with me you damn asshole. Tell me what you did." (e/c) eyes narrowed at him, having already been slowly loosing my patience with Arius.

Letting out a small huff, he ran a hand through his hair, moving it out of his face "Fine. I'll tell you." Leaning forward, his arms sat crossed on top of the table "I-" before he could tell me anything two girls sat down on either side of me, the two of them being none other than Julie and Flynn. "And who might this fine piece of candy be?" Before I could even respond, Arius spoke up for himself.

"Someone who absolutely despises your species. Now fuck off."

Nodding his head off to the side as if shooing her off, his face wearing the same bored expression it has been all day. Flynn's eyes narrowed in anger slamming her hands down on the table as she shot out of her seat "The fuck did you just say to me?!" Arius seemed to find the reaction amusing, a small smirk making its way to his lips "You heard me." Flynn looked to be getting angrier just from his simple response. Rolling my eyes, I was quick to jump in, as to prevent the fight that was bound to happen.

"Don't mind him, he just has a superiority complex."

I stared down the black haired demon across from me, crossing my arms a crossed my chest, narrowing my eyes at him. Arius scoffed, his expression mirroring my own as he responded "And she just suffers from dumbass syndrome." My teeth grit in anger at his statement, only for the corner of his lips to upturn into a smirk, finding this whole thing amusing.

Julie quickly jumped in before the situation could escalate "Enough! Let's just all try to be civil, and not draw attention to ourselves." Julie, Arius and I all expectantly looked over at Flynn who was currently standing up out of her seat and leaning on the table. Some hushed voices could be heard around us but I payed them no mind as I stated "That means sit down Flynn." she seemed to not get the message. Her eyes stayed glued onto Arius, letting out a small huff in anger as she crossed her arms and sat back down on the right side of me.

"So, (Y/n)."

Looking over at Julie who held a forced smile on her face as she gestured towards the rude black haired boy across from me. "Care to explain who this is?" I could tell Julie already didn't like him either, but was trying to play peace keeper so no one would get in trouble. "Who? Him?" Throwing a thumbs over my shoulder in Arius' direction, I shrugged my shoulders, crossing my arms a crossed my chest, resting them on the table "He's just some jackass I met, who now seems to be following me around like a lost puppy." I glanced over at Arius as he shot me a glare. "Not by choice. I can assure you of that." An annoyed tone being heard in his voice.

Rolling my eyes, Flynn the (ever protective) friend she was, decided to question the dark haired demon in front of us "Alright, so then what's your name? And why are you following her around?" His face went from a glare to a bored look as his blue eyes drifted over to look at Flynn. "How about you mind your damn business?" Flynn growled in anger as she shouted at him "You talking to one of my friends is my business jackass!" I felt a small tick in my throat, as a small cough passed my lips, not loud enough for anyone to hear or notice.

Flynn and Arius now being at each others throats, as Julie tried to jump in and keep even a fragment of peace between the two of them. The continuous arguing, mixed with the constant itch in my throat and the slow burning of my right wrist caused me to close my eyes for a quick second. Trying to keep myself together as another cough slipped past my lips, my left hand now gripping my right wrist in pain as I shot out of my seat and headed towards the direction of the bathroom. Ignoring Julie and Flynn calling my name.

My coughs started to get even worse, throwing a hand up over my mouth to try and stop it. I swung open the bathroom door, heading straight for the sink, not bothering to make sure if no one else was there.  Leaning over it, placing my hands on either side of the sink, the stamp and my throat both burning in pain. I could feel the liquid in my mouth from all the coughing, the metallic taste letting me know just what it was. Spitting out the red substance into the sink below me as the coughing slowly died down.

Letting out a few huffs, glancing down in the sink I noticed the blood that slowly sunk down towards the drain "The fuck...?" Looking up at my reflection, I saw some blood dripping down my mouth towards my chin, bringing up my left hand, I wiped it off using the back of the hand. Catching site of the palm of my hand, the smeared patch of blood sitting on it. Glancing down to look at the counter top, a half hand print made of blood sat on top of it.

What the hell is happening to me?

I was quick to wash my hands and rinse down the counter top, not leaving any trace of blood behind. A jolt of pain coursed through my arm, Caleb's crest burning even more, huffing in pain, I shoved my sleeve on my right arm up, throwing a hand over the stamp as if it could ease the pain somehow. Shit. This must be Caleb's doing. I slowly remembered something that Caleb said last night, about Reggie and my time to live. An angry growl arose from the back of my throat "Once I figure out a way to get these stamps off..." I let out a small huff and groaned in pain "I’ll kill Caleb myself." A small cough passed my lips as I backed up and slid down against the wall.

But if I don't figure this out soon...

Looking down at my hand that covered the stamp, teeth grit in pain. I'll end up dying, and Reggie, Luke, and Alex will cease to exist. Narrowing my eyes at the wall below the sinks across from me. No. I have to figure this out. Even if I die trying. I can't let them disappear like this. I won't. I thought all while staring across from me, a determined look in my eyes, not planning on them dying for the second time, anytime soon.

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The rest of lunch went by in a flash. Once I got back, Julie and Flynn were quick to question me about what happened and I just told them that I think I'm getting a cold and that I just had to use the bathroom. Arius gave me a look as if telling me he didn't buy it but didn't say anything. Julie ended up telling me what happened between her and the guys last night as well which caused me to feel a bit bad because I felt as if half of that was my fault, I could've prevented it in a way, but I didn't.

Passing the soccer ball towards Arius with my foot I continued our conversation from earlier "So tell me how you managed to convince the teachers that you are in all of my classes? Did you bribe them or something?" Arius stopped the ball with his foot, stared straight at me all while hitting the ball with his other foot, sending the ball hurdling back towards me.

"No. I used my powers. Only a little bit. I can only use so much on my own."

Stopping the ball I looked up at him "What do you mean 'on your own'? You need someone to help you?" Narrowing his eyes at me as if I somehow offended him he was quick to reply in an annoyed tone "No. I don't need help. What I need is a better connection with my dumbass witch." Sending him a glare I kicked the ball back at him.

"Not just a blood connection to my previous witch either, I need a spiritual connection."

Stopping the ball, he switched feet and sent it back towards me. "Well how the hell are we supposed to get that?" I questioned, an annoyed huff passed through his lips "I've told you a thousand times. You need my respect." I stopped the ball and looked up at him "Once you have that, everything else comes falling into place." Crossing my arms across my chest, I rolled my eyes before narrowing them at him.

"Well how the hell am I supposed to get your respect in the first place?"

I questioned, almost angrily, Arius opened his mouth to say something, only to get cut off by the coach "(L/n)s! Less talking, more passing!" Arius' head shot toward the coach, sending him a stone cold glare. While he was distracted, a smirk graced my lips, I brought my leg back and kicked the ball sending it hurdling towards the side of the dark haired demon's face. Sticking his hand up, catching the ball in it, his glare shifted over to me before reeling his arm back, sending the ball flying towards me. I jumped up and caught the ball with both of my hands bringing it close to my chest.

Arius' held his annoyed look that he always seemed to wear crossed his face "Since when could you catch a ball like that?" Placing the ball on the ground in front of me I answered his question "Since I became a goalie." Backing up a little to get a good angle on the pass, I stared down at the ball "So, since I was about..." looking up at Arius, I ran forward, passing the ball towards him "Four or so." Stopping the ball with his foot, Arius was quiet as he sent the ball back towards me.

I was quick to pass it back only for him to ask the question I didn't want to hear. "So are you going to tell me the truth about what happened back in the cafeteria?" He stopped the ball and waited for my response, I stared at him, debating what I was going to say. I opened my mouth to respond "I-" a loud whistle noise grabbed everyone's attention.

"Alright, leave the balls there and come over to me!"

I glanced at Arius for a quick second, noticing the serious stare he was giving me, already knowing that something is going on, no doubt. Not wanting to have this conversation, I decided to run off and see what the coach wanted, avoiding the conversation all together. All while an annoyed Arius yelled.

"I'm gonna find out wether you like it or not!"

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1-22: Demons

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Parings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Demons (Imagine Dragons)

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A/N: I picture Arius as Five Hargreeves but with black hair and blue eyes, instead of dark brown hair and green eyes

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Once I parked in the school parking lot, I turned towards Arius expecting him to turn into a human. "What?" He asked, sounding annoyed as he sat up and started stretching, his front paws out in front of him as he arched his back down. "Aren't you going to change forms?" I asked, getting aggravated that he won't shift. "Shift forms." He corrected, getting into a sitting position "Plus you don't have the honor of bossing me around. You don't have any of my respect." Letting out an aggravated huff before turning my body to face him.

"Respect this. Respect that. What the hell does having your respect got to do with anything? You're my familiar, so do as I say and change forms."

Arius suddenly got on all fours, growling at me in anger "Everything. Respect has everything to do with the bond a witch, or wizard has with their familiar." I rolled my eyes before crossing my arms a crossed my chest in anger and annoyance 'honestly, why does every single witch thing have to be so complicated and difficult?' Letting out an annoyed huff, I uncrossed my arms, gripping the bridge of my nose "Okay." I stated before throwing my arms at my sides "What do I have to do to get your respect?" Arius sat back down in the passenger seat.

His anger died down, but aggravation still being shown on the felines face. "You don't just get a demons respect. You have to earn it." I shook my head a little, processing the new information that I was just told. "Hold on, wait a minute. You're a demon?!" The black cat rolled his blue eyes at me, before hopping off to the back seat. "Yes. I am." I watched him sit down on one of the back seats, only for him to close his eyes as his tail slowly stopped moving. I opened my mouth to say something, only for a bright blue light to shine, covering his whole form.

Closing my eyes I faced back front as to avoid the light shining in my eyes. "Man, I forgot how much I despise this form." I was about to look back at the owner of the familiar voice, which was usually in my head, but now could be heard by all. Only for a hand to rest on the passenger seat, as a boy that looked just about the age of 18 made his way to the front. He had black hair that was swooped off to the right side and seemed to hang over the right side of his forehead. An almost annoyed look could be seen on his face, and his eyes looked almost exactly like the ones that I've seen on the black cat that has been following me around for the last 12 hours.

"I haven't used this form since your grandmother was in her 20s"

I stared at the boy next to me in slight confusion, he examined his hands as I tried to process everything. "Arius?" I questioned, his blue eyes shot over at me, an annoyed "What?" Leaving his lips. I stared at him for a second or two before letting out a small giggle "Aww look at how cute you are." I stated while reaching over to pinch his cheeks. Only for him to quickly grab ahold of my arm, gripping it tightly, all while sending me a death stare. "Call me cute again. I'll chop all your fingers off and shove them down your goddamn throat." I just stared at him with a grin as he pushed my arm back towards me.

Looking back out my windshield I stared at the school in front of me. "Come on." I stated while opening the truck door "Before I get in even more trouble." Grabbing my bag from the back seat, I hopped out of the truck, Arius following soon after "And why does it matter exactly wether or not you are on time?" Shutting and locking the doors, I started making my way to the school entrance. Arius followed close next to me, hands sitting behind his back as he walked.

"Im already late, but if I skip school again they are gonna call my uncle."

"And why does that matter exactly?"

I didn't bother answering his question, taking a glance over at him, my eyes caught sight of the suit and tie he was currently wearing. Stopping just before the door, I was quick to turn to the black haired demon next to me. "You can't wear that." His blue eyes narrowed in confusion "Wear what? The suit?" He gestured towards his suit, I nodded my head in response, causing him to scoff. "It's a uniform." I crossed my arms, letting out a small huff in annoyance "It's atrocious." Gritting his teeth angrily, brows furrowed, he opened his mouth to say something, only for me to continue.

"No high schooler would be caught dead wearing that crap in place of everyday clothes."

A tight lipped smile sat on Arius face, shoving his hands in his pockets he leaned forward, his tall lanky form giving him the extra few inches of height to tower over me while saying "Well, it's a good thing I'm not a high schooler." I glared up at the demon in front of me, rolling my eyes I let out a small huff of aggravation, deciding to drop the subject, knowing he'd never give in. Turning back towards the front doors I was quick to state "Just, try to act at least a tiny bit normal." Walking over to the intercom I continued "I know that must be hard considering how small your brain is." Pressing the buzzer on the intercom I turned back around to face the angry demon.

Arius hands were now out of his pockets, turning into fists at his sides. His face scrunched up in anger, looking as if he was ready to kill me himself. "Be lucky your grandmother told me to look after you. Cause if she didn't, I would've killed you a long time ago. You have some fucking nerve talking to me that way." Hearing the loud click of the doors being unlocked, I just rolled my eyes at the black haired boy in front of me. Waving him off with one of my hands "Yeah, whatever you say." Pulling the door open, I walked inside, a fuming Arius following close behind.

I walked into the office, which sat right by the front door, Arius walking in behind me. "Well if it isn't miss (L/n). You actually decided to show up for school today?" I put of a forced smile, a fake laugh leaving my lips, all while staring down the old lady at the desk who I've grown all too annoyed of "Ah Darlene. You actually decided to brush your teeth for a change?" I asked while leaning over the front desk "Now I don't have to deal with that nasty ass breath" her cheery smile now turned forced.

Darlene was quick to bite out "I was just about to call your uncle. Tell him that you skipped yet again. But I guess I don't have the liberty of doing that today. That is, if you have a good excuse." She stared me down, practically begging me to have such a horrible excuse that she would have to call my uncle. 'This old ass women has had it out for me since the very beginning.' My eyes looked down at the counter in front of me, drumming my fingers on it for a quick second as I hummed in response to her statement.

Coming up with a quick lie, my eyes looked back up at Darlene "Ya see, I was just showing my..." grabbing ahold of Arius' arm, dragging him quickly over to me. The dark haired demon let out a small grunt in surprise, his attention seemed to be everywhere else as he examined the room. "Cousin" I sent a glance over at Arius to see if he was paying attention to the most important detail in this lie. But of course, Arius' attention was literally anywhere else, which caused me to let out a small huff before looking back at Darlene to continue my tale.

"Around the area, he just arrived here last night and I guess we just lost track of time-"

Darlene held out a hand while shaking her head, stoping me from trying to tell her the rest of my lie. "Okay, I'm gonna stop you right there. You seriously expect me to believe that this boy..." Arius' attention was finally on our conversation as my explanation was stopped, watching as Darlene gestured to him with her pen, she continued "is your cousin?" Bring her pen over to point at me, I stared at her in slight confusion, looking over at Arius next to me, who seemed to be staring down the lady in front of us, as if studying her.

My head turned, eyes drifting back over to Darlene, my left hand placed on my hip as my right gripped the backpack strap around my shoulder. "Well, yeah." I stated, slight confusion written on my face when she didn't believe me. Darlene rolled her eyes in annoyance, shaking her head, I watched as her hand reaches for the phone in front of her. My eyes went wide and I was about to speak up, only for Arius to cut me off, quickly strutting over to the counter in front of us while shoving me off to the side.

"Look, Darlene, was it?"

The old lady paused, her hand resting on the phone as Arius now had her attention. A smile appeared on Arius' lips as he stated "That is a beautiful name, I must say..." Arius held a hand out below the desk, waving it as if signaling for me to back off and let him talk. I heard Darlene giggle a little "Oh, why thank you" Arius was quick to continue with his charm "Do you know that name means Darling? And I have to say, I apologize if this is overstepping, but do you mind if I call you darling?" I stared at the side of his head in confusion, watching this whole scene play out.

A small giggle once again escaped the old lady's lips, her hands coming up to rest underneath her chin. "Well, aren't you just a charmer?" Arius dragged his tongue across his lips for a quick second, biting down on them as if to suppress a smile. Shrugging his shoulders he gave a response of "I try." he must've felt my stare on the side of his face, because he suddenly glanced over at me, a glare present on his features. "Do you mind? We are trying to have a conversation." I widened my eyes a little before throwing my hands up in surrender and walking over to the plastic chairs a little ways behind him.

Arius' attention was brought back over to Darlene soon after, and I dropped my bag down in a chair before sitting down in the one next to it. I watched as the two of them chatted, hearing giggles coming from the old hag here and there. 'The hell could he be talking about with her?' I thought as I waited for the two of them to be done talking. A few minutes later, Arius turned around, walking back towards me, showing me the two late passes in his hand, a smirk sitting on his lips as if rubbing it in my face.

Rolling my eyes, I picked up my bag, throwing one of the straps over my shoulder. Arius stopped in front of me while asking "If I'm the one with a small brain then how come I'm the one with the late passes?" I sent a glare to the demon in from of me, grumbling out a response "Yeah. Yeah. Whatever." Ripping my pass out of his hand.

The two of us started making our way out the door, only for Darlene to stop us. "Goodbye Damon, have a nice day!" She said cheerfully, which only cause Arius to let out an annoyed sigh before rolling his eyes. Turning back to look at Darlene a smile appeared on his face "You too darling" he stated, sending her a wink before turning back around and following me out the door. His face dropping back down into the same angry look he always seemed to wear.

"I fucking hate humans."

He grumbled, while shoving his hands angrily into his pockets. I glanced over at Arius, shaking my head a little, at his statement, only for me to look back in front of me. The dark haired demon walked quickly next to me, passing by 4 kids who were sitting in the hall working. The conversation between them seeming to die off as I now caught their attention just from walking by. Whispers could be heard from the two boys, causing giggles to arise from the girls in response. They were obviously talking about me, but I just ignored them and continued my walk towards my class.

"Something funny assholes?"

This caused me to stop in my tracks, quickly turning around, I was met with the sight of Arius standing in front of the four teens. The dark haired boy had his hands in his pockets, tall, lean figure practically leaning forward over them as if to intimidate. One of the boys stood up in response to Arius' question, moving his wavy brown hair out of his face, the boy let out a scoff "Who the hell are you?" An annoyed smile appeared on Arius' face, leaning in close to the boy that stood in front of him.

A murderous glint could be seen in the blue eyes of the dark haired boy. "I'm the guy that's gonna kick your ass." The teenage boy in front of Arius looked back at his friends, the two boys let out laughs in amusement, like kicking his ass was some kind of inside joke. Looking back into the rage filled eyes of the dark haired boy, an amused smile appearing on the brown haired boy's face. Hands coming up, only to push back against Ariu's chest, causing him to stumble backwards just a bit. A chuckle passed through Arius' lips, all while shaking his head, looking up at the boy in front of him, a smirk gracing his features.

"Bad idea."

The brown haired boy let out a small laugh "o-" he was barely able to get a word out, before Arius' grabbed him by the throat, holding him up in the air right against the lockers. A squeal in surprise left the girls lips, the brown haired boy letting out choked gasps, trying desperately to breath, his hands coming up to pull Arius' hand away only to have no luck. The other boy quickly shouted at him "Hey man!" Arius' eyes didn't deter from the boy in front of him, as the other tried to get him to let go of his friend. The dark haired demon quickly brought his elbow up, making contact with the other boys face causing him to pass out on the floor. "Jared!" One of the girls yelled, quickly kneeling down next to the boy and shaking him to get him to wake up, or at least show any signs that he's alive.

"Let's try this again. Shall we?"

Arius' grip tightened around the boys neck, limiting the amount of air he could breath in even more. A menacing grin sitting on his clear skinned face "Arius!" I yelled, quickly realizing that he was going to kill the poor boy, I was ignored. "The fuck were you laughing at?" Loosening his grip around the boy's throat so he could respond, letting out small coughs and tried to get in breaths of air. Arius rolled his eyes, growing impatient "Let him go Arius! You made your point!" Again I was ignored, the demon brought the boy more towards him using the hand on his throat.

Bringing him back towards the lockers, the back of the brown haired boys head slammed into the lockers behind him, coughing out a groan in pain. "Answer me." The demons teeth grit in anger and aggravation, the boy let out another cough or two before rasping out "We we're laughing at something we heard about the freak you’re walking with." Arius' murderous blue eyes didn't move away from the boy in front of him, only closing them for a few seconds, a sarcastic chuckle passing through his lips, along with a shake of his head.

I wanted to stop him. Yell at him. Scream. Do something to at least help these people. But I froze, because deep down, it felt good I wanted to wait and watch his next moves. I loved watching as people that seemed to anger me and hurt me with the constant whispers and giggles everyday, we're finally getting shit for it. Of course I learned to block it out, ignore it. I act like it doesn't phase me, like it doesn't hurt to hear people constantly talking about me calling me the school freak. But it's always hurt, no matter what I do to act like it doesn't, or to just block it out. It still hurts. So this? This felt good.

Bringing the boy towards him once again, Arius slammed his head back against the lockers behind him. I watched as small amounts of blood trickled down the back of the boys head, and against the lockers behind him "Don't just stand there!" My eyes drifted towards the girl that stood with her arms crossed, staring me down as if this was my fault. "Stop him! Do something!" A scoff left my lips, narrowing my eyes at her in anger. Crossing my arms a crossed my chest my eyes drifted back over to the scene in front of me.

"No."

An angry huff left her lips and she tried to pull Arius off the boy, only for him to bring his hand back, slapping her so hard across the cheek to the point where she spat out blood as she fell to the floor. His eyes never once wavering from the boy in front of him. A small smirk gracing my lips as I heard the demon speak up once again "Listen here, you piece of shit, If her name leaves your disgusting mouth again. I'll cut your damn tongue out of your fucking mouth and feed it to my dog" the boy didn't believe him, trying to let out a scoff but came out as a cough as Arius' hand tightened once again around his windpipe. "You're bluffing." He rasped out, eyes narrowing at the murderous boy.

The dark haired demon let out a dark chuckle in response "Wanna test that theory?" The boy stared at him for a second or two before shaking his head, eyes wide in fear "N-No" an annoyed smile appearing on Arius' face, leaning forward as to scare him even more "That's what I thought." Letting go of his throat, the boy dropped to Arius' feet, coughing and gasping for air. Walking a few feet away he turned back around, eyes narrowed at the three conscious humans on the ground.

An innocent smile gracing his features as he shoved his hands back into his black pants pockets. Arms in front of the suit jacket, causing the jacket to open up a little more at the bottom, fully showing his white dress shirt and tie. "If any of you imbeciles says a word about what happened here. I will personally kill you. And it will be slow and painful." The innocent smile dropped down to an annoyed one as his eyes drifted over each of them individually "Do we understand each other?" I looked over the teens on the ground, one of the boys were passed out, while the other held a hand around his neck, trying to breath properly again, all while slowly bleeding out from the back of his head. One of the girls held the passed out boy's head on her lap, tears streaming down her face, the other one held her cheek and jaw, tears also rolling down her face.

'Shit did he dislocate her jaw?'

The three of them nodded their heads quickly out of fear, not wanting to mess with or go against him. Nodding his head a quick "Great." Left his lips, as he continued the treck in the direction we were walking in. I stayed frozen in place, not knowing how to react to all of this as I just stared at the three injured teens in front of me. I opened my mouth to say something only for Arius to yell "Let's go!" Causing me to shaking my head and quickly follow after him.

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1-21: Till The World Ends

Part 21 of ??

Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Till The World Ends (Britney Spears)

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*Reggie’s P.O.V*

I appeared in front of (Y/n)'s house, hearing music coming from the house in front of me. It wasn't to loud that it would disturb the neighbors, only sounding like a window was open and was being heard from the window. 'She wouldn't be playing music now. Would she?' My brows furrowed a little as I stared at the giant house in front of me. Quickly poofing away, I reappeared inside the house in front of the closed front door.

I could hear the music coming from up the stairs a few feet away, my eyes stayed trained on the hallway at the top of the steps and stepped forward to go up them. A hiss could be heard, causing me to look down in front of me, seeing a black cat jump in front of my feet, seeming to get defensive. The cats back was arched, fur sticking up as if to make itself look bigger. My eyes stayed trained on that cat, curiously leaning down towards it.

'(Y/n) didn't have a cat. At least not that I remember. Maybe she was hiding it or something...'

A small smile graced my lips "Hey buddy, where did you come from?" I slowly brought my hand down to pet it, only for the cat to bring his claw up and quickly scratch me. "Ow! Hey! You scratched me!" Quickly bringing my hand back towards me, I gripped my hand, as if to cover up the wound. When suddenly it dawned on me, eyes widening a little in surprise "You..." looking from the red scratch on my hand to the cat in front of me "You scratched me." My smile seemed to grow a bit bigger, voice filled with curiosity.

"How did you do that?"

Finding this whole situation to be crazy and interesting. The black cat didn't say anything, just sitting down in front of me, holding an almost bored look on its face. The feline's blue eyes rolled before gesturing over towards the stairs with its head. My eyes looked over towards the stairs, before looking back at the cat in front of me, who was currently strutting away, tail up moving back and fourth behind it. I stood up letting out a small "Huh" Watching the black feline make its way into the living room before hopping on the couch. "Weird..." I mumbled, all while looking back up at the top of the stairs.

I was quick to poof away, only to reappear at the top of the stairs, hearing the music echoing down the hallway I was quick to follow it. As I grew closer, the music grew louder, along with a voice I've grown all to familiar with, only it sounded a lot more slurred than normal. "I can't take it, take it, take no more!" I chuckled while stopping outside of (Y/n)'s bedroom door. "Never felt like, felt like this before" listened to her slurred singing, I could tell that she was probably drunk. "(Y/n), it's Reggie. Can I come in?" She didn't hear me and just continued singing.

"Come on, get me, get me on the floor."

Shrugging my shoulders a little, almost as if to brace myself as to what I would be walking in on. "DJ what you, what you waiting for?" Phasing right through the door my eyes drifted around the room, noticing about 3 or 4 empty bottles scattered across the floor. My eyes landed on (Y/n) soon after, currently still in the same red sequin dress from earlier, dancing and swaying to the music, bottle in hand. She let out small giggles and laughs here and there, my eyes stayed glued onto her, feeling heat rise to my cheeks as I watched the scene in front of me. My throat grew dry as I mumbled out "Shit." My eyes drifted up her body as she danced, from her legs which seemed to not stop moving, to her hips that my hands were just itching to grab and bring close to my own, all the way up to her gorgeous (e/c) eyes that were closed as she focused on the music around her.

I shoved my hands in my jacket pockets, as to stop myself from going over there and grabbing her in my arms. Swiping my tongue across my lips, while watching her bring the bottle up to her lips and finish what was left of it, I bit down on my bottom lip, her eyes suddenly opened, meeting my own. My heartbeat quicken as she dropped the now empty bottle, yelling excitedly "Hey! You're cute!" All while giggling and walking towards me, tripping over her own feet in the process, causing her to fall forward. Luckily, she was only a few feet away so I was quick to catch her in my arms to stop her from falling. She let out a few more giggles, a wide blissful smile on her face, which caused a smile of my own to appear. "You alright?" I asked while helping her stand back up, she didn't answer my question and just stared at me while placing her hands on my cheeks.

I let out a small chuckle as she squished my cheeks together, letting out a small giggle of her own "Mr.Handsome" she stated causing a blush to coat my cheeks as I let out a small awkward laugh, pulling her hands away from my face I was quick to state "(Y/n). Your drunk." She shook her head letting out a small laugh, I wasn't holding her arms tightly so she easily pulled them out of my grasp. Leaning her face a little closer to mine, and I didn't stop her, my breath hitched as I thought she was going to lean in for a kiss, only for her eyes to look up at my hair, her hands feeling and touching my dark locks. I closed my eyes, savoring the feeling of her hands in my hair "So soft." She stated, causing me to hum a little in response, only really paying attention to her hands in my hair.

I felt her breath on my neck as my eyes suddenly shot open, my hands that currently were wrapped around her waist pushed her back almost instantly. Looking from my hands to the girl that I've been infatuated with since the moment I saw her. 'I must've pulled her closer without even realizing it.' A frown sat on her face as I let out a small huff, running my fingers through my hair to fix it. "Why don't you smell?" The question that came from her lips threw me off guard for a second, as I looked at her in utter confusion "What? What are you talking about?" I couldn't tell if the look on (Y/n)'s face was determination or anger as she strutted closer to me once again.

"I said that you don't smell. Why don't you smell like anything?"

She grabbed me by the collar of my leather jacket with both hands, yanking me more towards her. I let out a small grunt in surprise, heat rising to my cheeks once again from how close our faces were to each other "S-Smell? You smelled me?" (Y/n)'s eyes narrowed before letting out a small aggravated huff "Why. Don't. You. Smell." The demanding tone, and amount of dominance coming from the beautiful girl in front of me, mixed in with the mingling of our breaths, our lips just inches apart caused a jolt of excitement to flow through me. 'Shit.' I thought feeling my pants growing tighter than they should be.

Quickly getting out of her grip, I answered her fast "I'm a ghost! That might be why I don't have a smell!" I needed to get out of this situation as fast as I can, before anything else happens. She stared at me for a few seconds and I prayed to god she wouldn't notice the problem I was currently having. I was about to turn around and leave, when she suddenly grabbed onto my arm grabbing my attention, a smirk sitting on her lips.

"Dance with me cowboy."

My eyes widened as I was suddenly pulled over to her. (Y/n) guided my hands onto her hips, seeing as how I was trying to avoid touching her. Her hands rested in my hair once again as she swayed her hips to the beat of the music, letting out small giggles here and there. Suddenly she turned around, causing my grip on her waist to tighten a little as she stood flush against my body, her arms up, hands still in my hair and on my face, sliding down a little, moving her ass against-

I was quick to push her off me once again as quickly as I could "Okay! Time for bed!" I stated as I suddenly lifted her up over my shoulder, she let out a giggle and asked "Are we going to bed together? I'd like that." I could feel my cheeks heat up a little from that statement, only for me to shake my head and not respond. After shutting her speaker off, I put her on the bed and went to go grab the chair at her desk only for her to grab my arm and yank me back "Where are you going pretty boy?" I tried to pull my arm out of her grip, only for her to end up hugging my arm. "You aren't going anywhere" she stated with a small giggle, as her eyes started to close.

I let out a small sigh as I listened to her talk "hey, psst, hey, you would be such a sexy cowboy." She stated with her eyes closed, I let out a small chuckle. I don't know what came over me as a smile appeared on my lips, brushing a few strands of hair out of her face "Whatever you say beautiful." She mumbled something in response but I couldn't hear it "what was that?" I asked only to get a response of silent snores. 'So much for getting answers.' I thought, my eyes staying glued onto the beautiful sleeping girl in front of me. "Maybe if I wasn't a ghost, then I'd finally have an actual shot." I stated, in a solemn tone, laying my head down next to hers.

'What the hell am I saying?'

Shaking my head and lifting it up, a small huff left my lips. Sending a glare down at the sleeping (h/c) in front of me 'All relationships end the same. If I commit to this, we'll just end up like my parents.' My eyes moved over to the open window a little ways away from her bed, my thoughts drifting elsewhere. 'I'm sure they've divorced by now. I wonder how Angie took it, if they did...' my thoughts were cut short as (Y/n) tugged my arm even closer to her, rubbing her face against my arm to get comfy.

My eyes stayed glued onto her, suddenly acting on instinct as I ran my fingers through her hair, getting it out of her face so I could look at her. I felt my heart beat a bit faster just from watching her sleeping form, a smile unknowingly graced my features "You have no idea what you do to me. And I hate that you're able to do it." I stated frustrated, letting out a small sigh, I kneeled by her bed. Deciding to watch her for the rest of the night, ‘just to make sure she doesn't choke on her own throw up' is what I told myself. But deep down I knew that the real reason I wanted to stay, was because I just wanted to be near her,to be able to hold her in my arms and call her my girl.

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*(Y/n)’s P.O.V*

My head pounded as I let out a groan in pain, hearing the loud chirps from the birds outside bouncing around in my head, making my headache worse. Opening my eyes slowly, the sun shined in my face, groaning and gripping my head in pain, I rolled over to face the other side of my bed. The chirping continued, causing my face to scrunch up in annoyance, the pounding in my head getting worse as the chirping only seemed to get louder and louder.

Growling out "That's it." I was quick to throw the covers off and stand up, only for me to get blessed with a dizzy spell, feeling my stomach churn, bile started to make its way up from my stomach. Before I was able to even make it to the window, I covered my mouth and quickly ran out my bedroom door. "Well, good morning beaut— (Y/n)?" Reggie was standing outside my door, tray in hand, I was quick to run past him toward the bathroom, hearing the tray fall to the floor.

Throwing the door open, I was quick to collapse over the toilet, having eaten nothing last night, the only thing I threw up was stomach bile. I felt Reggie's hands grab my hair, pulling it back away from my face as I vomited. I could feel Reggie place a hand on my back, rubbing it as if trying to comfort me in his own way. Once I felt okay enough, I flushed the toilet and leaned back away from it, Reggie let go of my hair, letting it fall back down over my shoulders. "Feeling better?" He asked while sitting down against the wall opposite of me.

I stayed quiet for a couple of seconds, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand, feeling to tired to get up and rinse my mouth out. Looking down at the red sequin dress I still had on from the night before, having no recollection of what happened after I went to my room last night. My forehead creased in thought, bringing my eyes up to look back into Reggie's forest green ones. "What happened last night?" I asked, the pain in my head causing me to bring a hand up to it, as if to stop my head from hurting.

"What do you remember?"

I closed my eyes, face scrunching up in thought "I remember... I was in my bed, listening to music... and having a couple of drinks..." I tried to remember anything that happened later that night, but my mind went blank. "After that, it gets all... fuzzy." Reggie let out a small chuckle in amusement "Good, I don't think you'd want to remember what happened." Covering my face in embarrassment I let out a groan as I slowly leaned my head back behind me, careful as to not make my head hurt more than it already does. "Please, tell me I didn't do anything embarrassing." Bringing my hands away from my face, I stared up at the ceiling for a second or two, only for my head start pounding, causing me to bring my head back down to look at Reggie.

The dark haired bassist in front of me, held a small smirk on his face "Well, I wouldn't say embarrassing... more like surprising." Shrugging his shoulders he looked off to the side, while running a hand through his dark brown hair. I let out a small huff, not quite understanding what he was implying. I was about to say something, only for Reggie to continue "Besides..." his eyes drifted back over to look into my own. A smile gracing his lips, his eyes shining with an emotion I couldn't quite place.

"It was nice to see you so care free and confident."

My heart practically skipped a beat, heat rising to my cheeks. I wanted to respond but my mind drew a blank, not knowing what to say. The two of us stared at each other for, I don't even know how long, my lips twitching up into a small smile, which only caused Reggie's to broaden. Clearing his throat the dark haired boy stood up "Well I'll let you get ready." Reggie walked off toward the open door but I was quick to stop him "For what?" Turning around to look back at me, he crossed his arms, leaning his shoulder against the doorway.

"School. What else?"

He asked, a smile sitting on his face, staring down at me. I sent him a confused look, causing him to chuckle "(Y/n), it's Tuesday." My eyes seemed to widen at the sudden realization "Crap!" I was quick to get up, Reggie let out a laugh while being pushed out the door so I could get ready for school.

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By the time I was done getting changed and ready it was 8:50 which meant that I was late. 'Shit. I'll have to think of a good excuse or else they'll call my uncle and that won't go over well. At all with him.' I made my way down the stairs, all while trying to put my socks on my feet. Reaching the bottom of the steps I quickly grabbed my bag along with my keys. "What the hell are you doing?" Arius hopped off the couch he was watching me from, making his way over to me as I stopped at the door to put on my shoes.

Looking up at the black cat who now sat directly in front of me "Unlike you, I have to go to something called, school." Arius' blue cat eyes narrowed at me, Reggie suddenly appeared next to me causing me to jump"Who are you talking to?" My eyes shifted down to my shoes as I slid my foot into one of the shoes "The dumb ass cat." Arius growled at me "You better watch it witch" I glared at the black cat in front of me "Oh yeah? And what are you gonna do? Scratch me?" I spat out angrily before turning my attention back to my shoes.

Sliding my other foot in the next shoe Reggie was quick to ask "Wait, can you hear the cat talking?" I shook my head before getting up and swinging my bag over my shoulder. "Reggie, I'd rather save all of these questions for when I'm not late for school." He nodded his head a little "Yeah. Yeah, of course." I was quick to grab the knob on the front door, swinging it open I was about to leave.

"Oh wait! Wait!"

I let out an angry huff and turned around to respond, only to find Reggie gone. Looking down, I watched Arius walk out the door, only to sit down in front of me, as if waiting for me. "The hell do you think you're going?" Arius brought his back leg up to scratch himself with his foot. "I'm going with you." I stared him down angrily, wondering how dumb this cat could be. "No you are not. Incase you don't know, animals aren't aloud at school." Arius brought his foot back down as he shook hit head, as if to fix his messed up fur. "This isn't my only form you know." I huffed in annoyance and was about to respond only for a voice to grab my attention behind me.

"Hey!"

Turning around I was met with a bottle of pills to be tossed at me. I quickly caught it before looking back up at Reggie "That's for the headache. And this.." a granola bar was then tossed at me, causing me to catch it as well. "Is for breakfast." As I stared at the dark haired bassist across from me, I felt myself calming down as a smile made its way to my lips. "You're getting good at that." Reggie shrugged, sending a smile back my way in return, shoving his hands in his pockets. "I've been practicing." I nodded in response, letting a small chuckle pass my lips.

Saying a quick "I can tell." It went quiet between the two of us, as we stared at each other from across the room. I was the first to snap out of things, clearing my throat I shook my head "Well, I uh...better go." Reggie nodded his head "Right. School." I nodded my head, looking back into his shining green eyes, I gripped the door knob "So uh...bye." I quickly stated feeling my heart rate increase the more I stared at him. I didn't give him time to respond as I stepped out the door, quickly shutting it behind me.

I let out a small sigh, leaning my head back against the door as I closed my eyes. I tried to wait for my heart to stop racing and my mind to stop reeling. As the only thing on my mind at the moment was Reggie, i could feel the desperate pull in my chest just begging me to open the door and run over to him. But I can't. I can't be with him. No matter how much I want too.

"He doesn't know, does he?"

My eyes snapped open as my head shot down to look at Arius. Letting out a small huff, I shook my head, my right hand came up to grip one of my backpack straps tightly. I walked off past the black cat in front of me, making my way towards my truck, Arius followed close behind. "I can feel the pull to him that you have. It's strong. Stronger than anything I've ever felt before." Opening the door to the back seat I threw my backpack in the back seat. "Why don't you just tell him the truth?" Slamming the door shut I angrily turned around to face Arius.

"Oh yeah? And then what? He's a ghost Arius! I can't tell him. And even if I did what makes you think he'd believe me?"

Opening the driver door, I paused to wait for his response "Because it goes both ways. You aren't the only one feeling that pull (Y/n). He feels it as well, it might not be as strong as yours but it's still there." I shook my head in denial, but overall deciding to drop the conversation entirely, not wanting to talk about it anymore. Letting out a small sigh I got out of the way of the drivers seat as I asked "You coming?" Arius looked at me, then looked back up at the drivers seat. Jumping up into the truck, he moved over to the passenger seat.

I got in right after him, shutting the driver side door, I looked over, watching as Arius curled up in the passenger seat. Putting the key in the ignition I started the truck and looked over at the black cat, expecting him to change into a different form. "What the hell are you staring for?" I narrowed my eyes a little before answering "You said you had another form, so change into it." A noise sounding close to a scoff, left from the cat next to me.

"First of all, it's called shifting, okay? and I'm not shifting into shit unless I have too. Now drive."

I let out a huff in aggravation my grip around the steering wheel tightening a little. "Well whatever it is just do it. Because I'm not moving until you look like a human." Arius shook his head before letting out a yawn and laying sideways, eyes closed as if he were going to sleep. "Well then, tough luck, because I'm not shifting. So unless you don't want to go to school at all I suggest you get going." I rolled my eyes but looked back out through the windshield and started driving off, knowing that there was no way I was going to win that argument.

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1-20: Fashionably Late

Part 20 of ??

Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Fashionably Late (Falling In Reverse)

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I walked along the sidewalk, making my way back to my house. It was about 10 o'clock at night, so it was still busy but not too busy. My arms were wrapped around me as if to protect myself from causing more damage to the heartache that currently burned through my chest. It hurt to see him dancing with another girl, but he doesn't know about how I feel, so I can't blame him that he'd wanna dance with her. 'He can dance with anyone he wants. I can't stop him.' I grabbed my chest and stumbled forward a little, putting a hand out to lean against the nearest building "Jesus christ. Why the hell am I like this?" I mumbled to myself as I suddenly grew a bit dizzy. Shaking my head I tried to get the thought of Reggie out of my head, key word tried. Letting out a small huff I marched back off towards my house, stumbling here and there along the way.

Once I reached my neighborhood, I got this weird feeling, like someone was watching me, I stopped and looked around. Seeing no one, I continued walking down the sidewalk, a voice that sounded a bit deep echoed in my head, causing me to stop in my tracks "You know, when (G/n) told me that you needed my guidance. I didn't expect you to be this much of a fucking mess." Looking around me, I didn't see anyone, I shrugged it off and was about to continue walking when the voice spoke again.

"Down here you blind bat."

Looking down at the side walk in front of me, my eyes caught sight of a black cat sitting patiently in front of me. Staring at the cat for a few seconds I thought 'How is that cat talking to me? Maybe I'm just drunk. But I only had one glass of wine, that doesn't do shit. Christ, I need a drink.' shaking my head and walking past the black cat in front of me "I need a drink." I stated, continuing on my walk back to the house, the cat following next to me.

"Hey! Where are you going?!"

The British voice rang in my head only for me to ignore it, along with the cat who was currently traveling next to me. "Would you stop and talk to me you wretched little witch!" I shook my head in response to the animal trailing close next to me "No! Because you aren't real!" I stopped in my tracks and rubbed my temples in annoyance "God, I'm going insane." I stated with a small laugh along with a shake of my head.

The black cat jumped in front of me, his cat eyes seemed to narrow at me in anger as one of his paws swiped across my leg, successfully scratching it "Ow! Hey-" the cat cut me off, growling out "Was that real enough for you?" I rubbed away the blood that started to slowly emerge from the scratch. I glared down at the British black cat in front of me "What the hell are you?" The cat's blue eyes were quick to dart around the area as if checking for something, looking back up at me his voice resonated in my head once more.

"I'll explain everything. Just not here."

The cat suddenly stood up and turned around "Follow me." He stated, tail swaying back and fourth as he walked. I let out a small huff "Great. I'm talking to a cat and now gonna follow said cat to a random location. I'm definitely going mad." The Brit's voice could be heard once again, sounding annoyed "Would you shut up and get a move on!" The cat stopped a few meters in front of me, looking back at me, he stood there, as if waiting for me to start walking. I started walking after it all while mumbling to myself how this is insane.

"Just shut your mouth and keep walking!"

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I stayed silent the rest of the walk to wherever we were going. He ended up leading me down the same route I would take home, until finally "Here we are." He stopped in front of my driveway, causing me to get confused "You just took me to my house." The cat nodded his head while hopping on the small wall near the driveway "Precisely." Shaking my head, I started making my way up the driveway, the black cat following close behind.

I opened the door and stepped to the side, the black cat sat there staring at me as I looked back at him, I nodded my head towards the door "Come on." He got up and was quick to walk inside, I followed right after, closing and locking the door behind me.

"Okay."

I stated as he went over to the couch, hoping up on it "Now, explain to me who—or what, you are." He didn't respond, stretching his front paws forward as his back arched up. I went into the kitchen, already knowing I'm gonna need something to get me through tonight, and help me processes whatever information is gonna be thrown at me. Opening the fridge, I grabbed the first bottle of whatever fruity alcoholic drink my eyes landed on first. "You have no idea how exhausting it is to get from the spirit world to here" his voice resonated in my head as I grabbed a bottle opener and popped open the cap of the drink.

"Spirit world huh?"

Bringing the bottle up to my lips, I was quick to chug some of it down. Closing my eyes, I shook my head a little, knowing I shouldn't be drinking on an empty stomach, but at the moment I couldn't care less. Opening my eyes I grabbed the bottle, bringing it with me to the living room "Yes, I am from the spirit world." I stared at a random spot in the room before letting out a small "Huh." Sitting down in the chair near the couch. I looked at the cat in front of me, only to see him curled up with his front paws out in front of him, but his blue eyes stayed glued to me.

I stared at him for a couple of seconds, leaning over a little to get a good look at him "So, what are you? You can't be just a normal cat, there's gotta be some kind of catch." Taking a small sip from the bottle in my hand he responded "I am, what most witches and wizards call, a familiar." I brought the bottle away from my lips, narrowing my eyes in confusion and curiosity I asked "What is that?" His blue eyes moved in what almost seemed to be an eye roll "Did that damn witch tell you anything?!" I shook my head 'No' in response to his question, bringing the bottle back up to my lips and taking a long sip from it.

"That's just like her, to leave all the teaching and learn to me."

The cat stated, sounding quit annoyed, I was starting to feel a little lighter, as I let out a small giggle "And who are you?" I questioned, the black cat sat up from his current position on the couch as he responded "My name is Arius, and I am your familiar." He laid back down, his front paws crossed in front of him in an almost sassy way, his tail swaying up, back and fourth behind him. "Course, you don't have my respect. After all, It wasn't my choice to come down here and guide you." I let out a small scoff before leaning back in my chair.

I angrily spat out "Guide me? Who said anything about me needing to be guided? Guided to where?" His eyes stared into mine, boredom being written across his feline face. "Your grandmother sent me here to help guide you. Said that you are a very powerful witch. With some practice-" I let out a huff of aggravation "Practice?! I don't do magic anymore, incase you couldn't tell." I stood up from my chair, having a good grip on my bottle. "Don't test me you insolent witch. Your grandmother-" I angrily cut him off, not in the mood to have a conversation about what my grandmother would want.

"My grandmother, is dead! So I don't care what she says, and what you want, I don't do magic anymore! So you can go back to her and tell her how I don't want your guidance! Because I. Don't. Care."

Arius was now up on all fours, his feline face scrunched up in anger "Now if you'll excuse me, I plan to go and drink through the night cause that seems like the only good to come out of tonight!" I shouted in anger as I walked away from that damn cat. "Go poison yourself some more! That's all your good at!" I started marching up the stairs but his voice still resonated within my head "You're no witch! You're just another pathetic human!" I took another sip from the bottle in my hand before walking into my room and slamming the door shut behind me.

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*Reggie’s P.O.V*

I was dancing with a girl on the dance floor, all while looking around here and there for the girl that has been on my mind all night. It's crazy how even when she's not around she is constantly there in the back of my head. When I saw her with Caleb tonight she looked as if she would've rather been anywhere else, I had to stop myself from getting up and just dragging her away from him. I don't know where I would've taken her but anywhere would've been better than with him.

Luke suddenly dragged me away from the girl I was dancing with while saying "Reggie! We were supposed to be at Julie's school at nine." My eyes widened as the promise we made to Julie came back to my head "Oh shoot. That's right. Maybe we can still make it." I stated hopefully before looking around for Alex "Where's Alex?" We heard a shout from somewhere in the place "Up here!" I spoke again letting Alex know of our current realization "Alex, we forgot..." he cut me off "Julie, I know, this place is..." our attention was brought up above us to see Alex on the ring one of the dancers were on.

Alex started to turn on the ring as he stated "One sec." Wiggling around on the ring to get him to face us faster he stated "This place is some kind of time warp." Luke, now frantic and worried that he would let her down and miss the gig yelled"Poof down here, bro. We gotta get going."

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Luke was currently dragging me and Alex over to the exit, when a purple cloud of smoke appeared in front of us, only to be Caleb. "Gentlemen, what's the rush?" The three of us stopped in our tracks "The party's just getting started, and you have an eternity, after all." I quickly started to explain our situation to get us out of here faster "You know that girl who can see us? We sorta bailed on her. See, there's this dance at her school tonight, she's got this friend Flynn who is like a super cool DJ, like—" I brought my hands up to the sides of my face to continue but Alex put a hand on my arm.

"Okay I don't think he has an eternity to hear the story"

Luke summed things up by stating "Basically, we're late for a gig." Caleb stared at us for a second or two before asking "But what about my offer?" Luke answered for the three of us, not wanting to waist anymore time "It's very cool of you, Mr.Covington, but, like I said, we already have a—" Caleb finished the sentence for him "Have a band of your own." All with a nod of his head, putting his hands out in front of him he stated "I understand." The three of us went to go past him to leave but Caleb moved in front of us causing the three of us to stop in our tracks.

"Oh, boys... if you ever wanna come back and fix that little problem with your friend, the Hollywood Ghost Club is always open."

The three of us gave him a smile in gratitude "Yeah, man, we'd love to come back." Luke stated, causing Caleb's smile to broaden "Ah! Music to my ears. Caleb went down the line shaking the three of our hands only for him to grab our wrists and engrave a purple tattoo onto it. "Oh, it's just a little club stamp." I looked down at it and noticed it to be the same stamp that I saw on (Y/n)'s wrist at the end of her song.

"Until next time."

Caleb chuckled as Luke quickly ran out "Peace" I decided to mock him a little as I said "See you around" followed by a chuckle of my own. Alex nudged me as if to tell me to stop "What? That's what he just did." Alex still seemed bothered as he stated "Dude." I just shook my head a little and followed after Luke.

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"Julie, we are ready to rock this dance..."

I yelled excitedly as the three of us ran into the gym of the school, only to see no one here which brought my excited mood down as I looked around at the empty gym. "...which is clearly over." The three of us noticed Julie sitting on the floor next to a bunch of popped balloons, only for her to stand up after seeing us. Luke slowly approached Julie as he tried to map out an apology "Look, we are... so, so sorry that we bailed on you." Alex jumped in "Yeah, I mean, the night really got away from us." I then hopped in with a statement of my own "And the twins" which once I said it out loud I realized I should've kept to myself.

Luke hit me in the arm while giving me a stern look "Just please tell me it had nothing to do with  you getting back at Carrie's dad."

Luke was quick to state"Pft—of course not."

I backed him up with "No! We wouldn't do that."

Alex stated "Us? No."

While all awkwardly laughing Luke stated once again "No." Julie obviously not buying it asked "Seriously? You're lying to me?" This caused the three of us to go quiet, as we all looked at each other, as if asking the other two what to say next or where to go from here. "Okay, look, it was something we needed to do." Alex said, deciding to tell her at least something, Luke added onto Alex's statement "B-But we'll do whatever it takes. We'll play the next school—" stepping towards her only to get cut off by Julie "What?" She stepped forward.

"Another dance where you can bail on me and make me look like a fool? Save it. You know what really sucks? Our songs were good." Julie sounded really hurt and upset as she talked to us "And all three of you know what I've been through and how tough it's been for me to play, and then you do this?" She paused for a few seconds "Bands don't do that to each other. Friends don't do that to each other. This was a mistake." Luke, spoke up, not knowing where she was going with things.

"You mean the school dance, right?"

Julie was quick to counter, clearing things up for him very quickly "No. I mean joining a band with you guys." She quickly ran off as Luke called her name to try and get her to hear him out, but she ignored him, while running out of the gym doors. "Well if...if Julie's not in the band then..." I started to ask only for Luke to answer my question "There is no band." I asked again "Well, what about (Y/n)? We can still have the band with her." Alex shook his head.

"Once she hears about what happened to Julie she's not gonna wanna have a band with us."

I was about to respond, only for a giant pain to shoot through us all at the same time. We all let out groans in pain as I held my stamped arm to my chest.

"Wha-What was that?" Alex asked

I was quick to state "It felt like we were dying all over again."

"How can we die if we're already dead?" Luke questioned sounding slightly worried.

The three of us looked between each other, Alex moving his hand up and down a little bit, pointer finger stuck out in thought. "You think (Y/n) would know anything about this?" Luke to hit Alex in the chest with the back of his hand, in response "Good idea." Turning his attention towards me Luke continued "Reggie, go talk to your girlfriend. Alex and I will come up with some kind of way to make it up to Julie." I shook my head a little, my heart skipping a beat at the mention of her being my girl.

"She's not my girl..."

The two of them were quick to disappear before I even finished the sentence. "..friend." I finished before rolling my eyes and disappearing to (Y/n)'s place. Having a list of my own questions that need answering.

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1-19: Wolf In Sheeps Clothing

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Parings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Wolf In Sheeps Clothing (Set It Off)

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Caleb and I appeared in his room and he was quick to ask "So. Anything you'd like to tell me, my love?" Those two words angered me. I hated the fact that he was the one using them, it disgusted me. "There is nothing to tell." I stated, watching Caleb's back as he walked over to the liquor table and poured himself a drink. I kept my eyes trained on him, wanting to be watching him at all times just in case he gets mad and does something unpredictable. "Those three boys that Willie brought..." Caleb brought his drink up, swirling it around a little, before continuing "What do you think of them?" Bringing the glass up to his lips he took a sip.

I thought my words out before speaking, knowing one wrong move and he could be set off. After a second or two I stated "They seem nice." Caleb nodded his head "Indeed they do." He stated before turning back around to face me, drink in hand, he continued "So tell me. How would you feel if they became a part of the club?" I felt worry and dread consume me as I asked "Part of the club?" My eyes growing wide as he took another sip from his glass of whiskey.

Caleb nodded his head in response to my question, his eyes were fixated on me, as if watching my every reaction to what he was saying. "Yes. I heard that they can play instruments and sing" he moved his glass around as he spoke "So I figured that I'd make them an offer they absolutely couldn't refuse" Caleb was very hard to read when it came to emotions, so there was no telling how he felt right now. I felt my hands turn into fists at my sides, wanting so badly to just yell and scream, to be against this whole thing. But I didn't. Instead I stood there, silently biting my tongue and holding back everything I wanted to say.

Caleb was quick to bring the drink back up to his lips, downing what was left in one quick gulp. He flipped the, now empty, glass over, and placed it down on the liquor table. A smile tugged at the ends of Caleb's lips, as he clapped his hands causing me to jump in surprise "Let's go greet the lucky guests shall we?" He asked, but didn't wait for my response as he walked over to me, wrapping an arm around my waist and pulling me close to his side as the two of us disappeared.

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*Reggie’s P.O.V*

I sat there frozen in shock at (Y/n)'s performance and the man with her, I think his name was Caleb. But what bothered me about it was that he constantly danced with her. I felt something I've never felt before, I was angry and upset about it. 'I should've been the one dancing with her. Not him.' Was the thought that crossed my mind, but I pushed the thought to the back of my head trying to get rid of this feeling that I had. But I couldn't, and the more I thought about it, the more something didn't feel right and it nagged at me.

'Maybe it's the dramatic age difference they have? But he's a ghost and she's not, there is no way they are together. But then again...I'm a ghost too...so there is no way she could be with me either.'

As soon as that thought came to mind, I decided to drop the subject as Luke hoisted me up off the chair and I started clapping for the both of them. My eyes caught one of the dancers, she sent me a wink which caused a small smile to grace my lips. I felt awful as I watched the dancer walk off, sending her a wave as she left. But I wanted to get (Y/n) out of my head, I needed too. 'Why wouldn't she tell us about this place? What else is she hiding?' I rolled my eyes in annoyance at my own thoughts 'Damn it. There I go again thinking about her.' Looking across the room I noticed people I don't even know, stand up and wave at me.

A smile graced my lips as I stated "Hi!" Turning to the guys I continued "This is so cool." Alex grabbed our attention by saying "Man, dude I knew I recognized him. He's the guy that bumped into me outside the Orpheum." Suddenly it clicked in my brain on who this guy is "Wait. Isn't he that magician dude that died a horrible death doing one of his tricks?" Alex voice went up as he stated "Yeah, I wouldn't really bring that up whenever we meet him." Willie jumped into the conversation "yeah, but you guys should come back when he shows one of his movies. I mean, for Titanic, he literally floods the entire place. I mean the guy has got skills." Willie let out a chuckle at the end.

"All right, but he can just wave his arms and make ghosts visible to lifers?"

Luke asked, only for Willie to respond with a smile on his face "Told you, the guys got skills." His demeanor was quick to change as he gave us all a serious look "Now before he gets here, you guys have to know what you can't do around him." The three of us looked at each other before looking back at Willie "What do you mean "Can't do" around him? He seems like a great guy." Alex asked and Willie nodded his head and said "Yes I know but please. It's for (Y/n)'s safety and your own." As soon as I heard those words I spoke up, wanting to do anything and everything to keep (Y/n) safe.

"What do we have to do?"

Willie looked between the three of us, sticking his pointer finger up "Okay, number one, you" he pointed at all of us as he continued "Have never seen (Y/n) before in your entire life. And just keep your eyes and hands away from her." I raised a brow at Willie as Alex sent him a confused look. Luke spoke up, saying what we were all thinking "Why can't we even look at her?" Willie shook his head "It doesn't matter the reason. Just don't do it." Willie continued "Oh and no matter what Caleb does with her, no matter how uncomfortable you get or how badly you want to step in..." Willie glanced over at me for a second as if he knew that something was going to bother me "...Don't do anything and just ignore it." I crossed my arms across my chest, not happy with anything that Willie is saying.

Letting out a huff in annoyance, I was getting sick and tired of all these secrets. I usually don't get angry or bothered by much, but when it comes to (Y/n) I can't help it. If I see that magician put his arms around her again tonight, I just might lose it. "And why should we listen to you?" I asked, not wanting to just sit there and ignore anything that happens between them, I can't. Willie was quick to speak up in a worried tone "Because he definitely already knows about..." Willie cut himself off, not wanting to tell us, another secret that's being kept yet again.

My chest tightened in worry for (Y/n), I don't know why, but I had a very bad feeling about what's going on here. "Knows about what?" I tried to drag the information out of him, wanting to know the truth for once. Willie stayed silent giving a small shake of his head, my face scrunched up in anger. "I can't." Acting on my worried and concerned feelings I slammed my hands down on the table, but not to hard as to not draw attention to us. "Why not?!" Luke placed a hand on my shoulder, but my eyes never wavered from the boy across from me. I wanted answers to my questions and I was going to get them one way or another.

"Reggie calm down."

I shook my head and turned to face Luke, shrugging his hand off my shoulder while trying to speak in a calmer tone than I felt "You don't understand Luke." Running a hand through my hair I felt worry consume me as my hands shook, not knowing why I was feeling like this "I can't help it. I don't know why I'm so worried about her but I am and its starting to freak me out." I've been concerned about (Y/n) before but never to this level, my chest tightened as the need for her to be here with me grew stronger. 'I need her. God I just need her here with me, and everything will be okay.' I thought, only for Willie to grab my attention once again.

"Reggie..."

My head turned to look at Willie, he held a concerned look on his face, his eyes darted around the room for a quick second, as if he was looking for someone. They landed back on my own while saying "You need to calm down. I know that you're worried, and I'm sorry I can't tell you everything. But it's not for me to tell you." I tried to get ahold of myself  as I let out a small sigh. I felt serval emotions at once, and none of it was going to help me what so ever. I placed my hands on the table in front of us and leaned on it, closing my eyes I started to think.

'I need to get a hold of myself. I can just ask her about things later. For now I need to focus on getting through the night.'

I managed to calm down, my eyes opening, as I took my hands off the table and stood up, my usual smile making its way to my lips. The three of them looked at me concerned, I ignored their looks and asked in a cheerful tone "So, where'd they go?" I looked around, only for my eyes to land on the exact girl I couldn't wait to see again, watching as she struggled to get out of the magician's grip.

*(Y/n)’s P.O.V*

Caleb and I suddenly appeared behind the guys at their table. I tried getting out of his grasp only for Caleb to bring me closer to him, I glared at the magician in aggravation. Reggie was the first to notice us "oh! Wow! Found them!" He stated.

Reggie's eyes locked with mine as I struggled to get out of Caleb's hold, Reggie held a smile on his face but I could tell it was forced, hiding his real emotions behind a facade of his usual ones, I dragged my eyes away from him. I couldn't bare to look at him while I stood by Caleb's side like this, I felt disgusted with myself, feeling the ever worsening pain in my chest.

Luke and Alex turned to face us, as Caleb let go of me, bringing his arms out wide to greet his guests. This caused me to stumble back towards Luke, he quickly brought up his hands to catch me if I fell into him, but I was quick to catch myself on my feet. "Hello, boys. Caleb Covington. Welcome to the Hollywood Ghost Club." Caleb brought his arms down, only to grab ahold of my waist, once again bringing me to his side "Enjoying the show?" He asked the three musicians in front of us.

The three of them saw what was going on between me and Caleb but didn't bring it up. 'Willie must've told them what they can and can't talk about with Caleb present.' I thought as Luke turned towards the stage, a smile on his face "Yo, that was... I mean...did you...like..." he waved his arms around as he tried to form a coherent sentence, but failing to do so. A smile crossed Caleb's lips in confidence as he stated "I know." Luke said a quiet "Right?" In response.

Our attention was quick to get grabbed by Willie who started introducing them to the two of us "This is Alex, Luke and Reggie" he pointed to each of them as he said their names Alex nodded his head as he looked between the two of us "Yeah, it's really nice to meet you." My eyes met Reggie's, only for him to have this look in his eyes that I couldn't quite place. Reggie's eyes suddenly seemed to be growing bigger and bigger, only for me to realize he was walking towards me "And who is this foxy lady?" A smirk sat on his face as he approached me, I stood there, mouth agape as I was still processing how Reggie was acting.

'What has gotten into him?'

I thought, as the grip around my waist tightened but I paid no mind to it. Reggie's hand grabbed my own, bringing the back of it up to his lips "Enchanté." He planted a soft kiss to the back of my hand, all while his handsome forest green eyes stayed glued onto my own. My heart was now beating rapidly out of my chest, wanting nothing more than to lean over and redirect his lips to land on my own. But I couldn't. Not while Caleb is still here.

Reggie sent a wink my way, along with a wide smile, this caused a smile of my own to appear on my lips, along with a small giggle as he gently brought my hand back down. I interlocked our fingers, not wanting him to let go, Reggie seemed to want the same, as he squeezed my hand a little in return as if to tell me that he won't let go. Our eyes stayed glued to one another, not paying any mind to anyone else around us. But of course things couldn't be perfect forever, as Caleb was quick to bring us both crashing back down to reality, pulling me even closer to him, causing me to let go of Reggie's hand. Caleb glared down at the bassist, taking this moment to respond to Reggie's word from earlier.

"The pleasure's mine."

In an almost angry tone, Reggie's eyes flashed with anger for a split second, Luke was quick place a hand on Reggie's shoulder, looking back at Luke, he sent Reggie a shake of his head , as if he knows what Reggie is feeling. Reggie looked between Caleb and I for a second, only to let out a small sigh in defeat in response as Luke pulled Reggie back behind him.

Caleb continued in a lighter tone "Nothing warms my heart more than sharing this magic" He gestured around him a smile on his face "with new friends. Please, Sit. Sit." He gestured to the chairs the boys were standing in front of, the four boys sat down. Caleb sat down in a chair of his own, he looked over at me, expecting me to sit on his lap, but I just sent him a stone cold glare. 'No way in hell am I sitting on his lap in front of Reggie.' I thought, wanting nothing more than to kill Caleb a second time as I realized he wasn't giving me a choice.

Caleb was quick to grab my waist and pull me down onto his lap. My eyes stayed glued to the floor out of embarrassment, not wanting to look the three musicians in the eye, especially Reggie. I was disgusted, I hated what Caleb was doing, but I can't go against him. No matter how much I wanted too, I just couldn't, because if he got mad, there is just no telling what he'd do.

"Uh, thank you, for the invite"

I heard Alex state as Caleb said "Of course. Of course! Now, my friend Willie tells me that you boys have some magic of your own." My head suddenly shot up, my eyes narrowing as my gaze caught Willies. 'He told Caleb?!' I couldn't believe that he told Caleb, I was angry, I felt betrayed, no, I was betrayed, and by the one person I trusted most, my best friend. It hurt, but I couldn't focus on those feelings for long, or else I might just break and I can't do that around Caleb.

Alex seemed to think Caleb was talking about a different kind of magic as he cleared his throat and awkwardly asked "Well... Willie and I?" Alex brought his thumb up to point over his shoulder at Willie "I mean, I wouldn't really call it magic, but... I mean..." Alex let out a small laugh as he tried to explain, only for Willie to cut him off. "Oh no, he means your ghost abilities. You know, like, to be seen by everybody when you play with Julie." The two of them stared at each other for a couple of seconds as Alex processed what Willie was saying. Turning back to look at Caleb, Alex stated "No, Totally. Right. No. Cause when you said it I was like, "Is that what he said?" Cause..." his voice went higher up at the end.

Luke decided to save Alex from himself as he started telling Caleb "Yeah, but we can't really, uh, wave our arms and do all this magic stuff." Luke waved his hand in front of him as if to emphasize things as he leaned back in his chair. My eyes locked with Reggie's for the hundredth time that night, my stomach churning as Caleb's hands tightened on my waist. It was as if he was warning me, letting me indirectly know that he was watching my every move. At that moment, I didn't care that Caleb was there, or that he would get angry. The only thing I focused on was Reggie's forest green eyes, that held worry and concern, but managed to give me a sense of security at the same time. It was almost like he was telling me that everything would be okay.

Caleb was talking but I didn't hear a thing that was said, it was muffled background noise that I ignored as my (e/c) eyes stayed locked on the beautiful green eyes that seemed to only be focused on me as well. I was suddenly brought back down to reality as Caleb tapped me gently on the waist, as a way to tell me to stand up. "If you'll forgive me fellas, I gotta go pay the bills, if you know what I'm saying." I stood up, Caleb soon following, sticking his elbow out towards me.

"I'll be back later to chat. Come on my love"

I avoided looking back at the table as I looked up at Caleb, then back down to his arm. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm my stomach and stop myself from feeling sick, at least for a little longer. I slowly took his arm in mine, and with that we were off to greet some other guests.

"My darling! Oh, look at that dress! Where have you been?"

He greeted a guest but I wasn't paying much attention as It felt like I was going to throw up at any second "I have to use the restroom" I mumbled before releasing my grip around Caleb's arm and quickly picking up my dress as I quickly walked off. "What? Where are you going?" Caleb called out but I didn't turn back towards him as I desperately tried to make it to the ladies room. Suddenly he appeared in front of me "What is wrong?" Forcing me to stop in my tracks, I couldn't bring myself to look up at him, his hands sat on my arms to steady me.

A hand landed itself on my chin, forcing my head to look up at him "Talk to me, my dear." I felt the bile slowly rising up, but I managed to keep it down, the only thought running through my head was 'I have to get away from him.' Every time he called me a name like love or dear, I felt my stomach tighten and my nausea get worse. I managed to quickly muster up the word "Bathroom." before stepping away from him and running off.

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I managed to make it to the bathroom, weaving past some ladies in order to make it to the only available stall in the girls room. I was quick to shut and lock the stall before leaning over the toilet and dumping was was currently in my stomach out into the toilet bowl.

Leaning back against the stall, I tried to settle my stomach as I held my head in my hands. Different thoughts rand through my head from Caleb to Willie to Reggie. I felt another wave of nausea hit me as I thought back to Caleb and how he treats me and what he made me do in front of Reggie 'Disgusting.' I thought as I suddenly leaned over the toilet, the only thing that came out was some stomach acid, as I had no more contents to get rid of. I leaned my head back against the stall once again and sat there for a little while, trying not to think about anything as ladies walked in and out of the girls restroom.

I sat there for a few minutes, just sitting there leaning against the stall, trying to calm down and stop myself for feeling nauseous anymore tonight. Once I felt okay enough, I managed to get up, flush the toilet and make my way out of the stall, over to the sink of the bathroom. I paid no mind to the girls who were chatting and fixing up their make up, as I turned in the sink and cupped my hands, collecting water, and bringing it up to my lips. I heard the chatter next to me die down to a whisper as I rinsed and spit into the sink.

"Isn't that the Queen of Hollywood?"

"What is she doing?"

"Did she just throw up?"

"That's fucking disgusting."

"Is she drunk?"

Placing my hands on the counter, I leaned on the sink, closing my eyes, I felt my anger bubbling after everything that has happened. I was already aggravated enough, but these girls are just pushing my limit. I could feel magic surrounding the tips of my fingers and felt my breathing get heavy as the voices echoed in my head. I tried to calm myself down as I thought of the one person I desperately needed to hear. The noises around me started to fade out, leaving me in the darkness and silence. Suddenly, a kissing noise started to slowly but surely replaced the silence around me, some moaning could be heard along with it, only for it to stop abruptly.

A few seconds later an all to familiar voice could be heard "It's what you do with the things you love." In an almost high pitched voice. I gasped a little as I was quickly dragged back to reality, the sounds and whispers around me coming back to hit me as my eyes shot open. I slowly tried to catch my breath as I stared at myself in the mirror in front of me.

'Was that Reggie?'

Caleb's voice could be heard from outside the bathroom, causing me to look over at the door. Rushing out of the bathroom a bit faster than intended "So many delicious sights, so many tantalizing sounds, But..." I made my way through the crowd as Caleb continued "Your eyes still hunger for more." I ended up making my way to the front of the crowd, a couple of tables down from the guys. "Something sweet." Caleb stated causing the crowd to cheer, as my eyes stayed glued onto Reggie's side profile.

"Something... savory"

I looked over at Caleb as he now stood on one of the higher up spots where the background singers stand. "How many newcomers do we have in the club tonight?" I looked around only to find some hands raised here and there, along with the guys. "Ladies, let's show our guests how we do desserts" Caleb stated with a grin "A one, two, three, four!" The person on the drums started playing, as the whole dance floor came alive, causing me to loose sight of Reggie.

"Shit."

Caleb started singing a tune as the people on the dance floor followed. I noticed a girl walking by with a couple glasses of wine, taking two of them I was quick to chug one of the glasses of wine, needing something to calm myself before heading into this mess. Holding onto the other one I quickly tried to make my way around the dancers, I noticed Willie dancing and was about to make my way angrily towards him, when something else caught my eye. A dancer came around between Luke and Reggie, only to make her way back in front of Reggie. His eyes staying glued to her figure the entire time as she danced right on him, turning around to caress the sides of his face, causing him to fall back into Luke as she walked away.

I stood there frozen, my chest burned in sadness and anger. I felt a deep pain, almost like a million knives stabbing me through the chest, causing me to stumble back. My left hand, which was currently empty came up to grab my chest, my face scrunching up in pain. 'I have to get out of here.' I thought, looking up just in time to see Reggie being dragged off by a different dancer. I felt like I couldn't breath, suddenly dropping the glass of wine in my right hand as I quickly turned on my heels and gripped my chest with both of my hands.

I almost made it to the exit, only for Caleb to stop me. "And just where might you be going?" I glared daggers up at the man in front of me "I'm leaving." I walked passed Caleb, only for him to grab my arm and force me to turn around. "You don't leave until I tell you too." Ripping my arm out of his grasp I was quick to state "You know what? I'm done. I'm done being your sick pawn in some stupid game!" Caleb's demeanor seemed to change in an instant, his face growing dark as a serious look over took it, as if daring me to answer his next question.

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying I quit."

Caleb let out a small laugh before shaking his head "Oh (Y/n), (Y/n), (Y/n). This is about that boy isn't it?" My eyes widened for a quick second before narrowing in confusion "Boy? What boy?" Caleb shook his head before disappearing, only to reappear right next to me, grabbing ahold of my face with one of his hands and turning it in the direction of Reggie. My eyes watched him dance with the girl, his famous award winning smile sitting on his face as the two of them swayed to the music. It felt as if I couldn't breath, as if a heavy weight was sitting on my chest, causing me to grab at it in urgency to get whatever was sitting in my chest away, only to come in contact with nothing.

"Ah so it is the boy."

Caleb spun me around to face him, as I tried to get that dreadful image out of my head. Fuming with anger, my hands formed into fists at my sides "If you do anything to him I swear I'll-" Caleb cut me off with a loud laugh, sending me a smile "You'll do what?" I opened my mouth to answer but Caleb continued "Tell you what. Since you seem to really like this boy..." his hand gripped my right wrist, almost painfully, tight. Purple smoke came off my wrist, I hissed and groaned in pain "Let's change up our deal shall we?" My eyes widened in fear as he pulled me closer so that our eyes were in line with each other.

His narrowed with malice while mine were blown wide with fear. After a few more seconds the stamp was finished "Now, when his time is up. So is yours." Caleb shoved my arm back towards me, causing me to stumble back a bit, a menacing laugh escaping his lips. "Can't wait to have you here for all eternity my love!" He stated walking passed me, all while sending a wave over his shoulder before disappearing in a cloud of purple smoke.

I let out a small huff in fear, bringing my wrist up to look at the new stamp. It looked practically the same as the purple one, only this time, it was black and looked as if it was physically burned into my skin. I brushed my fingers over it, only for me to wince in pain, as it was still fresh. This was no ordinary stamp, which means it's gonna be much more harder to get rid of.

'Well shit.'

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1-18: The Other Side of Hollywood

Part 18 of ??

Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: The Other Side of Hollywood (Julie and The Phantoms Cast)

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After the show I angrily marched over to the table that Willie and the guys sat at. I was beyond pissed, Willie promised he would keep them away, and he broke it. "Hey (Y/n)-" I noticed the smile on Reggie's face as he greeted me but I paid no mind to it, my attention being solely on a nervous Willie. Slamming my hands down on the table in anger causing all four boys to jump in surprise.

"What the hell Willie?!"

Willie stayed quiet, but his gaze stayed on me, letting me finish talking "You promised me you'd keep them" I pointed towards the boys and said "Away!" Putting my hand back down on the table Willie was quick to explain "I...I know and I'm sorry, but I thought that if I brought them maybe he could help them." I let out a scoff and angrily stared at him, crossing my arms across my chest "Willie, you and I know first hand the 'help' he gives. And I'm not gonna sit around and watch you ruin their afterlives!" Willie stared at me, a sad look crossing his face "Look I'm sorry. You told me your show was at 7:30, I thought if I brought them after your show..." I glared down at the skater boy in front of me.

'I can't draw attention to us, Caleb is probably watching us right now for all we know.'

Closing my eyes, I took a deep breath to calm myself down. Shaking my head I opened my eyes and stated "Caleb told me that he pushed it back to 8." Luke slowly raised his hand as he said "Um.. (Y/n)..." my gaze shifted over to Luke, who's eyes seemed to be wide in amazement as he continued "That was so cool, how you changed your outfit like that!" Alex nodded his head in agreement, a smile also on his face. I looked down at the outfit I was currently wearing, confused as to why Caleb changed my outfit into something that was more of Reggie's style than my own.

My (e/c) eyes finally looked up to meet the bassists forest green ones, his bottom lip was pulled between his teeth as his eyes raked up and down my body. They seemed to darken, an emotion I couldn't make out being held behind them. A deep red color coated my cheeks as I realized what he was doing. Reggie's fun soon ended, his eyes widening as he met my gaze, realizing that I definitely saw him checking me out. His cheeks mirrored my own, having the same red color appear on them. the two of us stared at each other for a couple seconds more, feeling the pull in my chest, as I examined every feature on his face. From his fluffy dark brown hair that I've been dying to run my fingers through, down to his light pink lips that I've been wanting to feel against my own.

Dragging my eyes away from Reggie, I cleared my throat while stating "Yeah well, that wasn't me. All though I'm not sure why he..." suddenly it dawned on me, the reason he moved my show to 8:00 around the same time as when the boys got here, the reason he changed my clothes into Reggie's style. Caleb is no doubt a jealous man, and he tends to act on his jealousy in simple ways. But this was a sign, a message, telling me that he knows about Reggie, how much he knows is a mystery, but it's safe to say he already knows everything.

I rested my hands on the table as my gaze sat on the table, fear coursed through me as my stomach churned in anxiousness. Reggie was quick to ask "(Y/n)?" I didn't respond as I was trying to think things through "(Y/n), What's wrong?" I felt a hand rest on top my own, already knowing who it was, but brought my gaze up to the skater boy across from him. "Willie." Willies eyes were held on my own worried ones.

"He knows."

It was those two words. Those two, simple words that caused his eyes to mirror my own, shaking his head in denial. "No. (Y/n). We don't know that he does..." an angry look crossed my face as Willie tried to disagree with me, even tho a part of him knows that I'm right. I opened my mouth to argue, only for Caleb's music to start playing causing me to look behind me, knowing that he could appear at any second. "Shit. I gotta go." Luke was quick to speak up "Go? Go where? (Y/n), tell us what is going on." I shook my head as the announcer started talking "Ladies and Gentlemen" my eyes drifted from Willie, over to a concerned Alex "Tell us what is going on." He stated.

"Back from the dead by popular demand"

My gaze met Lukes as he seemed to be getting aggravated at my silence, I felt the dark haired bassist tug at my hand "(N/n).." my (e/c) eyes landed on Reggie's worried green ones. "Please.." he practically begged for me to say something, anything. The three of them wanted answers and right now, I couldn't give them any. I felt my throat run dry as we stared at each other, his grip on my hand tightening, just a little, as if to tell me that I could talk to him about anything. Our eyes sat on each other for, what felt like an eternity, but in reality, it was only a couple of seconds as the announcer pulled me back down to earth.

"Please welcome Caleb Covington!"

I blinked a couple of times, as a giant pain made its way to my chest, knowing how the evening was going to go. I felt the need to apologize to Reggie before anything even happens tonight, before he sees how things go with Caleb. I needed to apologize, because my soul feels as if it's betraying Reggie. "Reggie." His green hues stared deep into my own (e/c) ones as I automatically captured his attention "I need you to know, that I'm sorry..." Reggie's eyes widened as I quickly let go of his hand and walked off, not giving him the time to respond. I felt the pain in my chest grow worse with each step I took, further and further away from a now confused and worried, Reggie.

I made my way back behind the curtains but watched as Caleb appeared above the stage. "Did you miss me?" He asked the crowd moving his hands in an open gesture in front of him. The crowd cheered a "Yeah!" In response, Caleb basked in the cheers as he stated "I did too!" The crowd laughed in response as Caleb continued"Welcome... to the party of your dreams!" He started floating down as he continued "From the Egyptians to the Druids, to the person sitting next to you, we've all wondered, "Where do we go when that final light is sniffed out?" Allow me to show you." I moved further back stage and grabbed my guitar which was already plugged into an amp.

My view of the boys and Caleb disappeared from my vision as I started to play. Hearing Caleb's voice from beyond the curtains "Let me introduce myself we've got some time to kill, consider me the pearly gates to your new favorite thrills, we could go make history or you could Rest In Peace. But here their ain't no misery cause on the other side we live like kings." I started singing along to the song as it was almost the bands cue to appear.

"What you gonna do? What you gonna do? Let your body loose. Let your body loose. What you gonna do? What you gonna do? Show you a thing or two. Cause you ain't seen nothing"

Suddenly I was back in my fancy red dress at Caleb's side, as I played my guitar and sang with everyone else on stage "Life is good on the other side of Hollywood." A waiter came up from behind Caleb taking his cloak off of him. My eyes met Reggie's as I played my guitar and sang, an amazed look sat on his face as he took in the scene in front of him. "Life is good on the other side of Hollywood." Caleb was quick to bring his arm around me and turn my head to face him "So welcome to the brotherhood where you won't be misunderstood." My stomach churned in disgust as he dragged his hand down my cheek and gripped my chin almost warningly, as if telling me to pay attention to him and not Reggie.

Letting go of my chin, I avoided looking back at Reggie, so I forced my eyes to be on Caleb, he looked back at the crowd and sang "Life is good on the other side of Hollywood." Bringing his arm away from me, Caleb made his way down the steps of the stage and onto the open dance floor at the bottom. He sang by himself "Everything has got a price but happiness is free." Caleb made his way over to the table I was hoping he would avoid, causing dread to sit at the pit of my stomach. "Just so happens your in luck, We got a vacancy" waiters with plates of desserts brought them in front of Caleb but he pushed them away and caught his cane as he stood in front of the four boys at the table.

"We can set the night on fire and break out of the scene"

I suddenly appeared next to Caleb as a waiter removed the center piece from the table. "Your soul print on the walk of fame" I watched as Caleb grabbed the table cloth and swirled it around while lifting it up, only for a girl to appear on the table. "On the boulevard of your wildest dreams" she started dancing on the table, Reggie's eyes were glued to her as she danced, not leaving her figure for even a second. The pain in my chest now feeling as if someone stabbed me with a knife.

"What you gonna do? What you gonna do, boys?"

Caleb sang as he went over to the other side of the table I was quick to sing my part, acting as if none of this hurt, as if I wasn't worried about a thing, as if I felt nothing. I slammed down on the table between the dancers legs while singing "Let your body loose. Let your body loose." This grabbed their attention as they all looked over at me, only for me to move back front the table. Caleb went over to Reggie, patting his shoulder, as he sang "What you gonna do, What you gonna do, boys?" The girl on the table continued to dance, she brought her foot up and almost hit Reggie but Caleb was quick to stop her foot.

"It ain't bragging if it's true. Now, you ain't seen nothing."

I sang, sending a wink to the crowd at the end, considering Reggie's eyes seemed to be elsewhere. "Life is good on the other side of Hollywood." Caleb and I disappeared, only to reappear on stage, him standing with his cane in his hands in front of him, as I leaned back against Caleb playing my guitar and singing "Life is good on the other side of Hollywood. So welcome to the brotherhood where you won't be misunderstood. Life is good on the other side of Hollywood." I stopped leaning against Caleb as he threw his cane up towards the drums only to reappear on the drum stand, catching his cane.

He sang "The rain don't blind the rising souls. They got to much to see." The rest of us clapped to the beat as he sang "I got your glamour, got your gold, got all you'll ever need. Let me hear you now." We all started singing "The rain don't blind the rising souls. They got to much to see. (Yeah) I got your glamour, got your gold got all you'll ever need." Caleb started descending the stairs as he sang "Yeah, I said, watch me make a move. Watch me make a move, boys." The rest of us sang "What you gonna do? What you gonna do?" Caleb now started dancing on the dance floor all while making his way over to the boys "Watch me make a move, no I don't disappoint." The boys started moving to the beat, wide smiles on their faces as I suddenly appeared next to Caleb. "What you gonna do? What you gonna do? (Amen!)" My guitar suddenly disappeared as Caleb grabbed ahold of my hand and twirled me around while singing "Watch me make a move, I'm your number one choice." We moved closer to the table causing my eyes to lock with Reggie's.

You could see the hurt and confusion written across his face, but Caleb didn't give me time to process it as his hand moved my head to face him. "What you gonna do? What you gonna do?" Caleb twirled me again but moved his hand out to bring me away from him, only for me to stop. He brought me back as I spun into his arms, a smirk on his disgusting face as he sung "Watch me make a move come on, now give me that noise. A tomb with a view. Ain't it something?" My eyes met with Reggie's trying to tell him that I don't like Caleb and that it's all one huge deal. But my eyes can only do so much, Reggie's hurt look could be seen written on his face and it only hurt me even more.

What really topped things off is when Caleb pointed up at the ceiling, a girl appeared holding her self up using a hoop, her legs spread out underneath the hoop. This grabbed Reggie's attention, and caused his eyes to brighten as he stared at her, all while standing up to get a closer look, but Luke was quick to drag him back down. It felt like someone was twisting the knife that sat in my chest, trying to make my pain worse. But I didn't show it as Caleb let go of me and made my guitar reappear in my arms.

"Yeah...."

Caleb held out the note as the rest of the band started playing again "Life is good on the other side of Hollywood." The boys started moving to the beat again, having fun watching and listening to the song. "So welcome to the brotherhood where you won't be misunderstood." Caleb walked back to the middle of the dance floor as I followed close by his side. "Life is good on the other side of Hollywood" I followed Caleb up the steps and to the top of the stage. "So welcome to the brotherhood where you won't be misunderstood. Life is good on the other side of Hollywood." Caleb held out the note and once he stopped I asked "Ain't it the best?" With a wink at the end, two girls held a black sheet over our bodies as Caleb stated after me "Long live the dead!" The girls brought the sheet up to cover our heads.

"Bye-bye"

They stated as the dropped the sheet only for the two of us to be gone.

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1-17: Could Have Been Me

Part 17 of ??

Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Could Have Been Me (The Struts) [Halsey’s Version from Sing 2]

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I watched as (Y/n) made her way back inside with Julie, my eyes stayed glued to her. I don't know why I hugged her, all I know is that when she was standing there angry and upset, the only thing I wanted to do was help her calm down. For days, I have been feeling this pull towards her, and it just keeps growing stronger and stronger. So, when I saw her anger directed towards me I felt horrible, but wanted to calm her down. I didn't even realize I was walking towards her, until my arms wrapped themselves around her.

'God, I wish I could hold her in my arms forever.'

I thought, as I stared at the door she just went through. Shaking my head I brought myself to the present and shared my opinion to the guys "I don't care what those two said. I'm glad we scared Bobby. We should've done more, like..." turning to Alex I pointed to my forehead, continuing with "Like written "thief" on his forehead." A smile of amusement graced our lips.

Luke was quick to grab our attention "And, Alex, how did you shut the door earlier? You could barely open a garage door." Looking back over at the blond drummer next to me I asked "Learned that from your new friend Willie, didn't ya?" Alex shrugged while stating "Yeah. Well, he taught me some things, and we screamed in a museum." Alex had a smile on his face as he talked about Willie, the two of us silently stared at him in slight confusion. Alex shook his head while glancing down at the ground "It's a long story." Luke brought the attention back to him as he asked the question of the day "You think he has a few more tricks up his sleeve?" Alex shrugged.

"Let's find out."

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The three of us arrived at a park only to see a boy with long hair and a helmet, skateboarding over to us "Hey!" He said while chuckling and coming to a stop in front of us. "What's up man?" The boy (who I now realized is Willie) asked Alex while doing a handshake with him. Looking over at Luke and I, Willie continued "You brought friends" Alex nodded his head and turned towards us "Yeah. These are my bandmates, Uh, Luke" Alex point to Luke before moving his hand over to me "And Reggie." A smile sat on Willies face as he nodded his head while looking at me "Oh, so you're Reggie." I stared at him in confusion and looked over at Alex, only for him to shrug, seeming just as confused as I was.

"(Y/n), has talked a lot about you."

My eyes widened at the mention of (Y/n)s name, I felt heat rush to my cheeks just from knowing that she brings me up 'She talks about me? What does she say? Are they good or bad? Does she secretly hate me?' Alex managed to ask his own question before I could get mine out "Wait, Wait, Wait. You know (Y/n)?" Willie shrugged and sent Alex a smile "Of course I do. She's my best friend. And was my only friend really, till I met you." Willie sent Alex a wink, only for Alex to just stare at him, a pink color dusting his cheeks.

I would normally laugh at this, but my focus was on the questions running through my head that I wanted desperately to know. "What does she say about me?" Willie looked over at me and was about to say something but didn't, instead he shrugged and took a second to think "She thinks you're cute." A small smirk graced my lips at the new information "huh, she thinks I'm cute?" Putting my hands in my leather jacket pockets, I looked up at the sky, letting a smile slip past my lips.

Willie was quick to grab my attention once again, bringing my eyes from the sky to him "Oh I forgot. I'm Willie." He was quick to hold out his fist, bumping it against Lukes, before bringing it over to me and bumping our fists together. "So... you guys here to learn some 'tricks'?" Willie asked, bringing his hand up and wiggled his fingers between us, only to move it over in the direction of the four wheelers that the policemen had. The three of us looked In their direction as the sirens went off, causing the police officers to look around the vehicles seeing what cause the sirens to go off. All while the boys they were talking to made their escape and skated away on their skateboards.

Willie made the sirens stop and I excitedly hit Luke in the arm as I said "Do it again! Do it again!" An amazed look on my face. Luke's eyes stayed glued to the four wheelers as he lightly hit me in the chest as if to tell me to 'Calm down' he was quick to state "Actually, we were thinking a little bigger." Luke looked back over at Willie, my eyes staying on the four wheelers as if Willie would make the sirens go off again "An old bandmate stole from us." Luke explained as I put my hands in my pants pockets and looked back over to Willie, realizing that he isn't gonna do the trick again.

Luke continued "We wanna confront him face-to face." Willie nodded his head, his brows creasing in thought "Alright, is this Uh, old friend of yours a lifer?" Luke and I held confused looks on our faces, only for Alex to hop in and explain "Oh, uh, that's fancy ghost lingo for the living" I nodded my head a little as Alex held a proud smile before leaning down towards me and whispering "Little something I picked up." I smiled in response.

"Ah! Than yeah! He's a lifer."

I stated, holding a slightly angry tone as I crossed my arms across my chest and continued "To much of a fancy-pants for street dogs." Willie only shook his head in response "Yeah, I'm sorry. Speaking to lifers is even out of my league." The three of us held upset looks on our faces only for Willie to quickly continue with "You know, but there is one ghost who might be able to help you guys. (Y/n) would kill me if I told you tho." This caught my attention as (Y/n)s name was mentioned once again. My mouth opened before I could even process my thoughts "Why would she kill you? Does she know about him?" Willie looked over at me, eyes wide as he shook his head.

"He's just kind of a big deal, so someone like her is bound to know him."

I nodded my head a little, not fully believing his statement. Something in my gut is telling me that this goes deeper than just 'knowing' this mystery person. But I ignored it, and decided against asking all the other questions that now started to swarm my thoughts, all questions about (Y/n). Luke jumped in practically begging Willie to tell us "Willie, please. I don't care what (Y/n) thinks. Literally anything that can help us I'll take." Willie seemed unsure, for a second or two before finally giving in "Alright. Well, I'm, I gotta go take care of some things, but I'll meet you where Alex and I met, eight o'clock." Luke nodded his head and Willie sent the three of us a smile, that almost seemed forced.

"See ya."

He stated before turning around, putting his board on the ground and skating off.

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"Alright this way"

Willie stated as he lead the three of us into what he told us was the Hollywood Ghost Club Luke was the first to speak "Woah. So this is where your hotshot ghost lives, huh?" I looked around at everything in awe, only for my attention to be brought over to Alex "Yeah, we've walked past this hotel, like, a million times. How come we've never heard of it?" Willie smiled while joyfully explaining "That's because this area has been sealed off for decades. I mean, you wouldn't even know this place exists unless you're invited." He paused as the three of us smiled in excitement.

Willie continued "All right. I gotta go make sure everything's cool, but I'll be right back." He then walked off leaving the three of us at the top of the steps, looking over at the sign that sat on the wall next to me I got a chilling feeling as I read the name of the club. The three of us walked over to the railing and looked down at all the people "Hollywood ghost club?" I asked and shook my head continuing with "This place is creepy." Alex shrugged in response, not paying any mind to my nerves "Yeah, well, so are we." He stated.

Shaking my head unsure about going down there "I don't know about this." My eyes scanned the people partying and talking, just having the time of their lives. 'Something feels off. But I can't put my finger on what.' I thought, Alex did his best to try and calm my nerves "Well, if you get scared, you... you can always hide behind me." Luke and I both stared at Alex, not believing a word he was saying until he quickly ended his sentence with "Ill be hiding behind Luke." Alex was quick to move behind Luke.

Luke was quick to bring the hammer down on both me and Alex "You guys need to grow up, okay? We're gonna get back at Bobby." Alex moved back in between me and Luke as I went back to looking down at the crowd of people below us. "He needs to pay for what he did to us." I nodded my head and Alex responded with"Yeah" only to lean over to me and whisper "I'm still gonna hide behind him." Willie suddenly appeared next to Luke, a smile on his face.

"We're all good"

This grabbed our attention and Alex was quick to state "Oh, uh, cool. Hey, just so you know, we have, like, an hour, because we gotta gig with Julie," Willie seemed to be understanding about it as he stated "Oh yeah. No worries." Alex nodded his head "Cool." Willie placed his hands on the railing while saying "Let's go." He marched off, the three of us following close behind him.

As we walked down the steps Willie explained "Normally, I'd have my deck, and I'd backboard this heavy 20 set" stopping, he turned towards us "But tonight...we have company. Hope you guys are ready for this." Willie sat on the railing of the steps and slid all the way down it while letting out a laugh and yelled "Woo!" As he hopped off. The three of us stared at the beautiful stage as Alex asked "Wow! Are you guys seeing what I'm seeing?" Luke cleverly stated "I think we're a little over dressed" while tugging on his jacket.

I let out a "Hmm" in response as we walked down the rest of the steps. I ran a hand back through the side of my hair to make it look presentable, when we stopped at the bottom of the steps an old couple walked right through Alex and Willie, causing Willie to let out a chuckle. I was the first to speak while pointing at the couple walking away "Woah! I thought these people were all going to be ghosts." Willie was quick to explain "These are all lifers." Alex, wanting to sound cool decided to go and explain what it means for the second time today.

"Oh, uh, lifers are actually..."

I stopped him holding up a finger as I finished his sentence "Alive people. I was listening." Alex went quiet in embarrassment as Willie continued to explain "But this is a very exclusive crowd." Turning to Alex he continued Everybody here has, uh, paid a lot to get a sneak peek at the afterlife." Looking over at the crowd of people in the room a small smile over took his lips. "I always knew rich people did weird stuff like this." I stated, a waiter suddenly appeared between the four of us "Gentlemen, I have a table for you." Gesturing in front of him he continued "Right this way." The four of us quickly followed after him in excitement.

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The four of us sat down at the table Willie sat across from me, Alex sat next to Willie and Luke sat between me and Alex. The waiter placed a hand on Willies shoulder "William." He stated, only for Willie to say "Oh yeah. Thanks, man." As the waiter took the name tag off the table. I curiously looked over at the stage while scratching behind my ear as Luke asked "Okay. So who's gonna make us visible so we can confront our old bandmate?" The three of us now stared at Willie as he shook his head "Oh no, no. None of these lifers have the power to do that." Suddenly music started to play, Willies eyes went wide as he let out a "Shit. I thought she already went?" The three of us stared at him confused.

Alex was the first to ask the question we were all wondering "Willie, who are you talking about?" He didn't respond to Alex, and just stared at the stage "She told me 7:30. Damn it." Willie started anxiously tapping his fingers on the table only for Alex to grab his hand "Willie!" His head shot over to Alex. Worry could be written all over Alex' face as he continued to ask "Who is it?" Willie opened his mouth to say something only for the announcer to start talking. "Ladies and gentlemen. The show that has everyone coming back for more. Another original song from The Queen of Hollywood!" Willie stared at the stage, seeming to go pale as the people around us started cheering and clapping, rather loudly.

"Oh, I'm in so much trouble..."

Willie stated I stared at the side of his face in confusion, only for the music to grow louder causing me to turn my attention to the stage. Once the drum hit, the lights turned on and at the very top of the stage stood a girl with (h/l) (h/c) hair, in a red sequin dress with no sleeves only two straps that were over her shoulders and a slit down the side of the dress giving more leeway for movement. My breath got caught in my throat as she turned around, revealing an all to familiar face. "Don't wanna live as an untold story. Rather go out in a blaze of glory." She started making her way down the steps, microphone in hand. "I can't hear you, I don't fear you." My eyes stayed glued to her, but her eyes were everywhere else, having not even noticed me yet.

I refused to take my gaze of of her as Luke stated in surprise"Holy shit that's (Y/n)!" I stayed quiet watching (Y/n) make her way down the rest of the steps as she sang "I live now cause the bad die last. Dodging bullet with your broken past." Alex nodded his head in confusion "What is she doing here?" I have always loved the sound of (Y/n)s voice, but tonight, it was like I couldn't get enough of it. Wanting to hear her sing even more "I can't hear you. I don't fear you now..." Willie shook his head in response to Alex's question "Wrapped in your regret. What a waist of blood and sweat. Ohhhh..." (Y/n) stopped at the bottom of the steps as Willie responded to Alex "She works here." In almost a glum tone.

(Y/n)s dress suddenly changed into a whole different outfit as a purple cloud surrounded her "I wanna taste love and pain." She wore ripped jeans, combat boots, a short sleeve shirt that was tucked into her jeans, a belt wrapped around her waist along with a red and black flannel. "Wanna feel pride and shame." Her hair was up in a ponytail, and was being held out of her face with a red bandana. "Don't wanna take my time." (Y/n) held a smile on her face as she moved around the stage, her eyes danced around the room, not staying to long on one spot.

"Don't wanna waist one line."

She seemed to almost skip over to one side of the stage as she sang "I wanna live better days, Never look back and say..." She stopped and closed her eyes, bouncing a little on her feet singing "It could have been me... It could have been me..." (Y/n) let out a small yell of "Yeah!" Into the microphone as she made her way to the other side of the stage. "Don't wanna wake up on a Monday morning."An awestruck smile sat on my face as I watched her dance around and sing, looking completely in her element. "The fireworks gettin' my skin crawling." She dropped down a little as she sang "crawling".

She went over to a man that stood by the stage staring at her, as if undressing her with his eyes. This caused my blood to boil, I stared the man down from across the room, my fists clenching in anger. "I can't  fear you." She was now right in front of him, a smirk on her face as she placed her hand on his head as he started leaning in, only for her to push his face back away from her. "I don't hear you now" holding out the word 'hear' for a few seconds as she turned around and started making her way back to the center of the stage.

"Wrapped in your regret. What a waist of blood and sweat. Oh...."

Our eyes locked, causing my breath to get caught in my throat as she finally noticed me in the crowd. The background singers started to sing "I wanna taste love and pain." I sent her a smile and a wink, but that didn't seem to calm the panic that could be seen in her eyes. The smile on her face faltered and she almost missed her line but she was quick to catch herself "I wanna taste love."  The background singers continued singing "Wanna feel pride and shame. Don't wanna take my time" (Y/n)s eyes stayed glued to mine as she sang "No" her eyes shifted over to someone else, seeming to narrow at them as the background singers sang "Don't wanna waist one line." She closed her eyes while singing "Hey.." and making her way to the steps.

"I wanna live better days (Better days). Never look back and say, could have been me."

(Y/n) stopped in front of the steps "It could have been me..." she sang, her eyes now looking everywhere but at me. "It could have been me. (It could have been me.)" She started walking back up the steps "I wanna taste love and pain (I wanna taste love and pain.) I wanna feel pride and shame (I wanna feel pride and shame...)" she stopped on a step to hold out the note for 'shame' "I don't wanna take my time. Don't wanna waste one line. I wanna live better days. (Don't wanna take my time, don't wanna waist one line...)" She started making her way back up the steps finally reaching the top she joined in with the background singers "Never look back and say, it could have been me..." she now sang alone once again "Oh, it could've been me...." Her eyes closed as she sang the last note. "It could've been me..." she held the microphone up high above her head, a smile on her face as we all clapped.

Just before the lights on the stage went out I was able to get a glimpse of a purple tattoo on her wrist that held the microphone in the air.

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1-16: We’re Not Gonna Take It

Part 16 of ??

Parings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: We’re Not Gonna Take It (Twisted Sister)

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Flynn, Julie and I all somehow made it past the security gate and to the devils fortress, as I like to call it. Making our way down the steps, Julie lead the way, stopping at the bottom to take a look around. "You know maybe I should just go." I stated, already wanting to leave, only for Julie to grab my arm while saying "Come on" dragging me over to the door with her. Flynn ended up tripping but caught herself and told us to keep going as she caught up behind us.

Julie rung the doorbell, my eyes sat on the ground in front of me as I shifted on my feet, not wanting to be anywhere near Carrie. Julie leaned over to look through the window only to quickly stand back in front of the door as Carrie opened it. "Heyyy" Flynn and Julie said at the same time as the door opened. I looked up at Carrie but overall stayed quiet "What are you three doing here? How'd you get over the security gate?" She asked, only for Julie to let out a nervous chuckle while stating "Teamwork!" She then looked at her hands as she asked "Do you have a Band-Aid? The barbed wire's new." Carrie placed a hand on her hip in annoyance "What do you want?" She asked, wanting to get straight to the point to get us out of there.

Flynn somehow made up an excuse on the spot "Uh...Just thought you should know that Julie and (Y/n)'s band is playing at the dance tonight." She let out a nervous chuckle as Julie chimed in "Now you know." The two of them smiled awkwardly only for Carrie to say "You two are acting weirder than the girl standing next to you." I glared at her as she sent me a forced smile, not wanting any of us to be there. I took a step forward, ready to throw a punch at her, only for Julie to put her arm out, keeping me from moving any closer.

"Probably because we're thirsty."

Julie stated a nervous smile on her face as Flynn stated "Yeah." In agreement only for Julie to continue "Can we come in, for a glass of water?" Carrie rolled her eyes letting out an "ugh" of annoyance, but ultimately giving in to the idea"Fine, if it'll make you leave faster." I let out a small huff in anger, as Flynn and Julie let out small sighs of relief. Carrie moved aside, letting the three of us walk in, only for her to quickly stop us "Don't break anything." Letting go of the door, she gave another roll of her eyes before marching off.

Flynn and I looked at Julie, knowing she knew this place best, only for her to point in front of us, towards the living room. The three of us walked off, again following Julie "Careful!" She told Flynn as she almost tripped once again. Looking around, I couldn't see the guys anywhere, what did grab my attention was the blond teenage boy sitting on the couch. My eyes grew wide in surprise as Julie stopped in front of the TV "Where are you?" She wondered out loud, only for Nick to respond confused"I'm... I'm right here." Thinking that we were looking for him.

Julie and Flynn slowly turned around as I awkwardly sent him a smile, having never talked or interacted with Nick what so ever. Julie and Flynn let out awkward laughs as Julie came up with something on the spot "Nick!" She pointed at Nick, her attention was quick to turn towards the two of us "Look, guys, it's Nick!" Nick let out a small chuckle as he placed his phone down on a pillow. My gaze instantly went to Julie, knowing that she was gonna get all nervous and start throwing up words.

'Oh lord. Here we go.'

I thought as Julie continued to speak "Nickster, Nicky-poo, Nick-a-licious." I nudged her to stop her from saying anything else embarrassing, she leaned over to whisper a quiet "Thank you." To me, I just nodded my head in response as Flynn quickly started talking to Nick, grabbing mine and Julie's attention. "Hey! Glad you're here, Nicky-poo" Julie widened her eyes at the nickname, causing her to stare down Flynn. Flynn turned towards the two of us as she gestured to us continuing her explanation "We wanted to tell you" she looked back at Nick "That their band is playing at the dance." Nick nodded his head and sat up.

He pointed at Flynn as he stated "Oh yeah. No. I...I saw your post." The voice of the girl I hate more than anything, brought all of our attention on her "These girls bothering you babe?" Carrie asked holding two glasses of water in her hands as her eyes shifted between us and Nick. He was quick to explain to her what was going on "Nope, just telling us about the dance tonight." Carrie made her way over to the three of us.

"Right. (Y/n) and Julies hologram band are playing."

Carrie stated with a fake smile as she handed Julie and Flynn the glasses of water. I was quick to question my glass of water which she seemed to have forgotten on purpose "I think you forgot a glass." Carries attention was now on me as she feigned surprise "Oh, I must have forgotten about you."A fake smile graced her lips as she continued "Just like everyone else does." I sent her a glare, my fists clenching at my sides.

I opened my mouth to say something only for Carrie to wave a hand in my face as if my statement wouldn't matter. Carrie changed the conversation, wanting to know more about the 'holograms' "Anyway, (Y/n). How'd you learn how to do all that hologram stuff anyways?" I crossed my arms across my chest as I watched her turn and walk back towards nick. A smirk graced my lips, I quickly responded without giving a second though about what I was going to say "The same way you learned your makeup routine. Only difference is I can do mine better." Carrie stopped in front of Nick sending a glare back at me.

I wore a smug look on my face, knowing that I hit Carrie where it hurts. She looked like she was about to say something, only for her boyfriend to speak up "Uh....What do...What do you say, babe?" Carrie looked down at Nick before sitting next to him "Sure." She stared me down, crossing her arms in front of her chest, a small smirk sitting on her lips "Let's check out the hologram show." Nick held a smile on his face as he looked over at the three of us.

"Great. Um... I'll make sure all my buddies are there."

Carrie looked over as Nick, a wide smile on her face as she stated overly excited "Oooh! How exciting!" Turning her head back to face us she stated in a serious tone "That's a lot of people staring at you." My smirk dropped but I held a serious look on my face "I think we can handle it." Julie cleared her throat while looking down at her glass. Carrie joyfully asked "You girls remember where the door is, right?" Julie said a quick "Yeah." While leaning over, only for her to spill her water on the floor.

I let out a small chuckle at that, as did Nick. Julie was quick to say "Oh my gosh. I am so sorry!" Carrie was about to get up to get something to clean it up all while rolling her eyes. Julie stuck out a hand while saying "No, no, no, no." Causing Carrie to stop Julie continued "I know where the towels are." A smile sat on her lips as we watched Carrie lean back against Nick. "Me and (Y/n) will get it." She stated, handing her glass to Flynn.

I stared at Julie confused, only for her to grab my arm and drag me away with her. Flynn stated "She knows" all while spilling the other glass. Flynn chuckled a little "Here I go." She stated and started talking to them none stop to distract the two. Julie and I quietly made our way up the stairs Julie whisper shouted "Guys!" In an aggravated tone. Only to continue with "For your sake you better not be up here." I let out a sigh in annoyance as we made it to the top "I'm going to give the three of them hell when I find them." I whispered to Julie and she nodded her head, fully supporting the idea.

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Julie and I went back downstairs and manage to see them outside through the glass window so we headed out there. I was the first to reach the boys, an angry look on my face "Have you three lost your minds?!" The smiles dropped off of their faces as the three of them stared at me, Luke tried to make an argument for them as he stated "Okay, you'd do the exact same if he stole all your songs." I shook my head in anger before responding "No. because what you're doing might seem funny at first as 'pay back' but it eventually leads to wanting more. As in death. You'll eventually end up killing him and his family in cold blood. And I won't let that happen." I glared at the three boys in front of me who stood there shocked.

Julie gently placed a hand on my shoulder stepping in front of me. I closed my eyes, fists clenched at my sides, feeling the magic around my hands. 'I have to calm down.' I knew that if I continued down this road I'd eventually use my magic and possibly hurt someone, considering the fact that I won't be in control of it. Julies voice could be heard "You guys have to listen to (Y/n). Don't go down this road. The best way to get back at Trevor is for this band to do great." I opened my eyes while staring at the ground in front of me, trying desperately to real in my anger. Julie continued "And to do great, we have to play at dances, then clubs." I looked up at the guys only to see Luke step forward.

"And tours. I know."

My eyes drifted from Luke to Reggie, who was already staring me down with his enchanting green eyes. I didn't even realize that he was getting closer to me, until he engulfed me in a hug. There was no doubt in my mind that something was causing him to do this, but at the moment I just didn't care, because as Reggie rested his chin on top of my head, I could feel myself quickly calming down as a whole other feeling took over. I was quick to hug him back, laying my forehead against his chest. Leaning back to look down at me he asked "Better?" A smile graced my lips as I replied "Much." A small smile appeared on his face, only for him to clear his throat and pull away from me, realizing that the others were staring.

An embarrassed blush coated both of our cheeks as we both stepped a little ways away from each other. A pain went through my chest as I separated from him, but I paid no mind to it as Julie shook her head and stated "I'll see you guys at the school. We go on at nine. Please don't be late. There's gonna be a lot of people there." Alex nodded his head in understanding "We got it alright? Don't worry."Julie sighed before saying "Come on (Y/n)." I nodded my head and was quick to follow after Julie, but not before taking one last glance at Reggie over my shoulder, who just so happened to be staring right back at me. 'Maybe things could work between us?' Letting out a small huff, I shook my head 'Who the hell am I kidding? This can never be a thing.' I thought as a pain settled itself in my chest, I walked out the door in front of me.

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1-15: I Hate Myself For Loving You

Part 15 of ??

Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: I Hate Myself For Loving You (Joan Jett & the Blackhearts)

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The four of us practiced the chords to the song Finally Free, I stayed quiet, only focusing on the chords I played. Julie sat behind the electric piano, playing her notes, Luke stood between me and Reggie as we played, I wanted to put as much space between me and Reggie as possible. Reggie was just as quiet as me, which was new considering the fact that he always seems to be talking. "One more time." Luke stated as we went through the same group of cords together again.

Once we hit the last note, Alex phased through the door. I took my guitar off and leaned it against the wall, as I walked over to the couch. "Oh hey Alex" Reggie stated as I flopped back on the couch. "Where've you been, man? We need to start practicing." Luke stated as Alex stood there confused, looking between the four of us he asked "Yeah? For what?" Alex eyes stopped on Julie expecting an answer.

The door to the studio suddenly opened, Flynn walked in doing a pose as she stated "Dance news!" With a smile on her face, she then walked over to Julie with a small frown "I don't have a date" I sat up as Flynn continued "But I don't care, because I'm so psyched to see you guys preform." Alex seemed annoyed as he stated "Oh man! We're playing a dance?" His eyes moved over to Luke, as Luke just sat back in the bean bag behind him. "Of course, dude. That's how we get a following nowadays." Julie chuckled as she stated "Yeah, get with the program, Alex." This cause a chuckle to escape past my lips. Luke sent Julie a smile as Flynn yelled "What? The guys are here?" She threw her arms at her sides before waving in the wrong direction.

"Hey guys!"

I raised a brow at her as I stated "Other way girl." Flynn let out an "Oh" and turned around to wave at them, Reggie responded with his usual smile and a wave. Alex waved bringing up his jacket with him, considering both hands were shoved in his pockets. "Okay, now that Alex has graced us with his presence, can we start working?" Julie said "Yes!" Before turning to look at Flynn "We're gonna rehears. You wanna stick around?" Flynn looked off to the side while saying "I'm supposed to blow up 500 balloons for the school dance" looking back at Julie she continued "But, this sounds way better." I stuck my hand up seeing as now was a good time to explain that I won't be at the dance.

"Hey so um, I feel like I should tell you that I'm not gonna be at the dance"

This seemed to grab everyone's attention, mostly the guys as they didn't already know this information. Reggie opened his mouth to say something only for Luke to beat him to it "Wh-Wh-What do you mean you aren't gonna be there?" He let out a small sarcastic laugh before continuing "You have to be there. We have a gig." His tone was serious, and as much as this meant to him, I couldn't just not show up at Calebs. "Listen Luke. I have work. And my boss is not someone you wanna piss off okay?" I stood up, giving him a frustrated look, I wasn't mad but I just hated this situation. If I had a choice I'd go to the gig in a heart beat, but I don't, as long as this stamp is on my wrist Caleb owns me and there is nothing I can do about it.

Luke was about to say something only for Reggie to quickly ask "Cant you just ask your boss for the night off or something? I'm sure he'll understand." I shook my head before sitting back down on the couch behind me "No Reggie. Just drop it." I stared at Reggie, as he stared back at me, having a look on his face, as if he was trying to figure me out. My (e/c) eyes were practically begging him to let things go, or at least wait to talk about it later like he normally does. A determined look crossed his face, which only meant one thing, that he wasn't going to let this go. 'Guess I've been acting to weird for him to just drop the subject.' I thought as Reggie opened his mouth to say something, only for Julies brother to come marching inside the studio.

"Hey, Julie."

This caused Reggie to close his mouth shut, I let out a small sigh of relief in response, not wanting to have this conversation with Reggie right at the moment. Carlos walked through Alex, a picture in hand as he stated "Remember those orbs in Dad's pictures? I...I think they're ghosts." This peaked my interest as Carlos placed the picture on top of the electric piano, Julie picked it up and looked at it. I got up and made my way over to the piano, looking over Julies shoulder to see the picture. "But don't worry. This room is...is..." I noticed the three glowing orbs in the picture, only to look over at Carlos, who spun around trying to get a read on the room.

"This room is clean. I'm not getting the ghost tinglies."

I raised my brows in amusement at Carlos' statement, Reggie spoke up "Wrong again, little dude." This caused a small giggle to leave my lips, my eyes met Reggies, only for him to send me a wink. I felt my face heat up and was quick to bring my attention back to Carlos who stated"Have no fear. If they come back, I will protect you. Because I am the man of the house." Julie smiled and crossed her arms across her chest "Isn't dad supposed to be the man of the house?" I smiled at their interaction.

It was now Carlos' turn to cross his arms across his chest as he stated "There can be two." Julie chuckled in response as Carlos continued "Dad needs all the help he can get, right?" Taking out a container of salt he continued "According to the internet, salt burns their souls out." I rolled my eyes at this 'ah the internet, still spitting out false information to people.' Carlos opened the container as the guys held panicked looks on their faces. "A little sprinkle will keep them from ever coming in here" I let out a laugh while shaking my head grabbing the container from Carlos hands.

"Okay, listen, that stuff online is just a bunch of hogwash they tell you, when none of its actually true."

Carlos narrowed his eyes as me as I shut the container of salt. The guys relaxed as I spoke, only for them to grow panicked again at my next words "Besides..." kneeling down to Carlos' height "If you really wanna get rid of them. Use sage. You burn that stuff and all the bad ghosts will be gone." I smiled at him, only for him to question my idea "oh yeah? And how do you know that will work?" I shrugged and answered with a question "How do you know the salt will work?" He went to say something only to shut his mouth while nodding his head.

"Good point."

A smirk graced my lips as an "mmhmm" left them, standing back up I handed him the salt while saying "Give the sage a try and if that fails, use the salt." Carlos nodded his head, tossing the container in his hands a little before sending me a smile "Yeah okay." Julie suddenly cleared her throat grabbing mine and Carlos attention, only for Flynn to say "Oh! Carlos! You know who's hungry? Me! Um, salt me a path to the kitchen." Carlos pointed out the door as he walked out, Flynn following close behind.

Alex was the first to speak up after they left "Great! Now we are gonna get saged off of earth!" I rolled my eyes at Alex's panic, taking a seat on the couch "Relax, Sage is for bad spirits. You really think I would tell him how to actually get rid of ghosts?" I raised a brow at him as I put my feet up on the table in front of me "Besides if I actually wanted to get rid of you guys, I would've done it already." I made a face as I waved my hands in front of me "It's this long annoying process anyway. No way I'm doing all that. Don't even have all the ingredients." I looked up for a second, thinking back to the ingredients in the box.

"...at least I think I don't."

Luke pointed a finger at me while saying "Ya know I always forget that you're a witch." This grabbed Alex and Julies attention, Alex was quick to ask Luke in astonishment "She's a witch?" Julie was looking at me as she asked at the same time as Alex "You're a witch?" I rolled my eyes before narrowing them at Luke 'Thanks a lot Luke.' I thought before letting out a sigh and shrugging my shoulders, I went to respond, only for Alex to speak up before I could "Yeah okay. Ghosts, alright believable. But witches?" Alex let out a small laugh as if saying that I don't exist would calm him down "No way." He stated with a shake of his head.

I shrugged while throwing my legs up on the other end of the couch "Believe what you want. But it's the truth." I closed my eyes as I leaned back on the couch, Julie being the next person to speak "But (Y/n), I've known you for years. How come you never told me?" Opening my eyes, I looked over at her "Did you believe me when I told you about ghosts?" Julie let out a nervous laugh while moving her head from side to side "Fair point." She stated.

I nodded my head to her while saying "Exactly." Shrugging my shoulders, I continued "Besides, I don't do that stuff anymore anyway. Not since..." I trailed off, thinking back to the accident, their screams and pain all being because of me. Because I lost control. Shaking my head, I brought myself back to the conversation at hand "Anyway, you guys should get rehearsing. The gig isn't gonna play itself." Sending them a smile, Luke excitedly got up while saying "Yes please." Alex got behind the drums as Luke turned to Julie "But remind us later. There is some Sunset Curve songs to show you two." He pointed between me and Julie at the end of his sentence. Julie pushed the mic away from her "Oooo! Show us now." She stated causing Luke to quickly kneel down to grab his journal excitedly while saying "Yeah okay." I suppressed a laugh, because of Luke's behavior.

Reggie got up off the chair he was currently sitting on as Luke paused, looking down at his journal. "Home is where my horse is. Reggie, stop putting your country songs in my journal." Luke took Reggie's song out of his journal as Reggie walked over to him. Luke put the piece of paper down on top of the amp as Reggie stated "That, was a gift." A smile graced my lips as I moved myself so my body now faced the boys, resting my elbow on the arm of the couch, the side of my face sitting in my hand. "Damn straight." I stated, causing Reggie to send me his infamous smirk, along with a wink. This caused a giggle to arise from me as Reggie stared at me with a goofy smile on his face. Only for Luke to grab Reggie's attention back as he hit him lightly in the arm with his journal "Thanks buddy" he stated as he walked over to Julie.

"You should maybe circle back, could be..."

Reggie trailed off as Luke walked away, realizing he wasn't even listening to him anymore. Reggie walked back over to his amp as Luke handed Julie the journal "I dog-eared the ones that I think you would slay." Julie started flipping through the journal, until she stopped and Asked "Who's Emily?" This peaked my interest as I sat up "Woah woah wait, let me see." I went to go look at the journal only for Luke to state "That ones not dog-eared." He tried to take it back, only for Julie to quickly stand up bringing the journal with her. I now stood next to Julie and looked over her shoulder as she read the lyrics "If you could only know that I never let you go" Julie let out a small chuckle.

"Wow, Luke, I didn't know you were such a romantic."

Julie stated and I let out a chuckle while asking "Yeah, got a girl back in 1995 we should know of?" Julie let out a small laugh at my statement only for Alex to walk over and step into the conversation for his friend "He doesn't. That ones actually about-" but got cut off by Luke who held out a hand to Alex as if to silence him as he said "No one." Turning to look at me and Julie "Uh, that's just something that I tried, and..." he tried to take the journal back again only for Julie to hold it close to her.

Giving up on getting his journal back, he decided to change the subject "But if you go to the next dog-eared page. I got a tune that's just... it's got a killer beat." Luke went over to his amp and started playing a tune on his guitar, that sounded all to familiar. Alex and Reggie seemed to have heard the tune before as smiles made their way onto their faces, I watched as Reggie's mouth moved along to the tune of the electric guitar. Julie sat back down while saying "So you wanna sample." Luke stopped playing once those words left her mouth.

A scoff left his lips almost as if he was offended "What do you mean 'sample' ?" I crossed my arms a little surprised that they even knew the song, considering it came out in 1997 "Sample someone else's music." I stated only for Julie to bounce off of what I said "Me and my mom used to sing that song at the top of our lungs in the car all the time. It's a classic Trevor Wilson song." Luke shook his head in response "Nope." He leaned over, lifting up the open journal to show her "It's a classic our song." Reggie then hopped into the conversation, a proud smile on his face.

"Pure Sunset Curve. Never even heard of Trevor Wilson."

Alex nodded his head in agreement as he stated "Yeah, maybe you're mixing it up, you know, with another song." I raised a brow as Julie and I looked at each other, only to look back at the boys in front of us. "We don't mix up songs." Julie stated and I bounced off her statement "Yeah, trust us. We used to be friends with his daughter. Hell, Julie was best friends with the bitch." Julie gave me an annoyed look before rolling her eyes, throwing her input out there "Well she wasn't always mean ya know. I used to hangout at their place all the time. I know that song." Alex moved back and fourth on his feet before saying an unsure "Okay" suddenly Julie grabbed her laptop, sitting it on top of the electric piano.

"Here, I'll prove it."

She stated as she started typing away on her laptop. Only to bring up a picture of Trevor Wilson, turning the laptop to face them. "His first album had a bunch of hits, but none of his latest stuff is as good." Reggie and Alex leaned in, eyes widening in shock as Alex hit Reggie in the chest in surprise. "That's Bobby." Luke stated almost bitterly. This caused my eyes to widen as I finally pieced together what is going on 'oh no.' I thought as Julie said "Seriously? I just told you his name is Trevor." Alex put a hand up as if to tell Julie to be quiet while the three of them try to process things. "Ok, great. Then... Then he changed it. Alright?" Alex stated as the three of them stared at the screen in front of them, he brought up a hand to point at the screen as he continued "That's definitely Bobby. He was our rhythm guitarist." Julie let out a small chortle of disbelief.

She was quick to ask "Trevor Wilson was in your band?" I shook my head while saying "That's not impossible, remember Julie this was all the way back in 1995, isn't that when Trevor started his career?" She nodded her head "Well yeah.." she stated still unable to believe it to be true. Reggie's face scrunched up "I can't get over how old he looks." Alex shook his head, bouncing off Reggie's statement "Oh... He looks like a substitute teacher." Luke was silent, his face holding a look of betrayal and hurt, his hand gripped the strap of his guitar tightly. "Girls..." Everyone's attention now turned to Luke as he stared Julie and I down "What were his other hits?" I stayed silent, not wanting to contribute to the fact that they could become vengeful spirits if they found out.

Julie shrugged before stating "Get lost" Luke's face shifted to anger as he responded with "Yeah. I wrote that." Before taking off his guitar and going to put it down. Seeing the look on his face caused me to speak up "Julie, I wouldn't-" but she spoke up anyway asking "Long weekend?" Luke stayed silent, so Reggie spoke up for him, an almost angry tone to his voice "Yeah, Luke wrote that one too." Julie went silent for a second, only to bring up "Crooked Teeth?" Alex nodded his head, having a much calmer tone than the other two upset band members "And that. It was about Reggie." Pointing his thumb over at Reggie.

Reggie quickly turned his head to look at Alex a surprised and almost hurt look on his face "What? I thought that was about you!" Luke Started grabbing the darts from off the dart board on the wall as Reggie continued in a grumpy tone "I don't like that song anymore." Stomping his foot he went over to the chair he was sitting in before and sat back down in it glumly. Julie was finally starting to wrap her brain around things as she said "Wait. This is...freaking me out. Trevor's songs are kind of big to me. He's the one who introduced me to rock." Alex pointed to Luke as he stated annoyedly "Yeah. Luke introduced you to rock." Luke stayed silent as he angrily threw the darts at the dart board.

Julie spoke again "So this whole time, I thought you were connected to my mom. But instead, you're connected to Carrie's dad?" Alex let out a sigh as he dejectedly sat down, leaning back against the drums. "Out of all people, it had to be the one girl who had it out for me." I scoffed as I glared down at the ground in front of me "If you think she has it out for you, try living a day in my life." This caught Julie's attention, as she looked over at me. I turned my head to look a her as I moved back over to the couch "Do you know how much shit I have to put up with a day because of her? Hell, I've learned to block things out but..." I leaned back and put my beanie on my face as if to cloud myself from my own anger and frustration.

All the things that Carrie has done to me hurts, I can't step one foot in the school without someone whispering about me. People actively try to avoid me because of her, and if it wasn't for Julie and Flynn, I wouldn't even have any living friends, the only person I'd have would be Willie. I let out a sigh and fixed my beanie "You know what? It doesn't matter. She's just a bitch." Julie nodded her head in agreement, as I caught the eyes of Reggie, I could tell he knew that I wanted to say more as he stared me down. I could see the hurt written across his face, but not from me, no. It was because of Trevor Wilson. I felt a weight settle itself on my chest, as I willed myself to look away.

Alex spoke up from the floor "Alright, well, add it to our list of questions" Julie responded bringing Carrie back up "Back when Carrie and I were friends...the three of us used to talk about music all the time." She shook her head before continuing "He never mentioned you guys." Luke threw the last of the darts before angrily shouting "And that's unbelievable!" I noticed Reggie jump a little at the loudness of Luke's voice, only for him to continue "Okay, he can take all the credit and he doesn't even mention us?" Alex and Reggie both gave a small shake of their heads, not even knowing what to say.

Julie suddenly spoke up "And he's rich." I widened my eyes and was quick to say "Julie. Don't." She looked back at me in confusion "What? They deserve to know." Luke was quick to bring his thoughts into the conversation "Yeah. We deserve to know, considering my songs made him rich!" I shook my head and stated "Well I'd rather not have three vengeful ghosts to deal with." I sent Luke a glare, him glaring right back at me. He went to say something, only for Reggie to yell "Julie!" Everyone now looked over at Reggie in surprise, he was up out of his seat and looked between me and Luke an almost panicked expression on his face.

I stared at him in confusion, not knowing why he was so jumpy. Taking a glance at Luke I noticed the anger leave his face, but an upset look still sat on his features. Looking back at Reggie, I watched as he cleared his throat, his eyes drifting over to Julie. "What else does he have?" Julie shrugged while saying "He has his own helicopter." Luke let out a groan in aggravation before throwing another dart at the dartboard.

The three musicians all gathered in front of the laptop on the piano, once again as Alex asked "He has...He has a... a helicopter?" A picture of his house now sat on her laptop to show the boys as she stated "With his face on it." Reggie was quick to comment on the house "And he parks it in front of that hotel?" He pointed at the screen, Julie shook her head as she stated "No. he gets to park it in front of his mansion." In a high pitched voice Reggie said "Mansion?" Alex was quick to comment to Luke "Dude, we live in a garage." The bassist and drummer now looked to their lead guitarist.

Luke, now angry once again, shouted "It's not about the money. It's about the music!" Reggie then countered "It's a little bit about the money though!" Arms thrown lightly at his sides in slight aggravation, Alex voiced his agreement in a small high pitched voice "A little bit about the money." he brought up his right hand and held his thumb and his pointer finger close together as if to signify how much the money means to them. Reggie then started to think about their families, and like the caring person he was, stated "He could've shared it with our families. Maybe then my parents, wouldn't have had their house turned into a bike shack." Reggie started leaning in to get in Luke's face, only for Alex to hit him in the chest causing Reggie to back up.

Luke started leaning over to get in Reggie's face as he stated "What he did is steal our legacy." The three ghosts went silent, Luke having a look I've grown all to familiar with ghosts having. His eyes drifted over to Julie as he asked the question I was dreading "Where does he live?" I shook my head, stepping in to stop things from going to far "Uh, uh. No way. Think about what you're gonna do before you do it Luke. Revenge isn't the answer." Luke ignored me and focused on Julie "Julie, please..." he practically begged her with his eyes, only for Julie to let out a sigh "Above the beach in Malibu." Luke bumped his shoulder into Alex before grabbing his jacket.

Reggie suddenly spoke in anger, causing surprise to grace my features at his words "Let's go teach him a lesson." My eyes stayed glued onto Reggie who's face held an angry expression, Julie shot up and out of her seat "Wait. What? Guys! We have to rehearse for the dance. This is our first gig!" Reggie didn't even look at me, but I wanted him too. It felt awful, seeing him this upset over something, makes me want to help him in anyway I can. I felt drawn to him, and there wasn't anything I could do to stop myself from taking a step towards him. Except for the three of them quickly disappearing.

Once they were gone, I stood still. My eyes still glued onto the place Reggie once was. Shaking my head, I ran a hand down the side of my face while saying "O deus meus." In aggravation. "Okay boys!" Julie and I turned our attention to Flynn who walked into the studio "Break times over, okay? Get to playin." A smirk graced Flynn's lips as she continued "Mama needs her eye candy." Julie was quick to tell Flynn of the latest news.

"They're  gone."

Flynn went quiet waiting for an explanation as I nodded my head "Your girl Jules here decided to not heed my warnings and now we are dealing with three angry poltergeist." Rubbing my forehead in annoyance Flynn stared at Julie with her arms crossed an almost aggravated look sat on her face. Julie gave an innocent smile as she slowly shrugged her shoulders "At least we know where they're going..." I nodded my head and let out a small sigh in annoyance.

"That we do."

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1-14: Suspicious Minds

Part 14 of ??

Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley)

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I made my way through the school halls, chewing on a piece of gum as I walk. Humming a tune to a song I've been working on, I never really plan on singing it, it's really just something to help get my feelings out. I noticed Julie and Flynn talking in front of Julies open locker. Making my way over I was quick to state "Hey guys, sorry I'm late. Reggie wanted to hang for a bit before I left, and we just-" Julie cut me off by finishing my sentence for me "..Lost track of time." She let out a small laugh while saying "Yeah, we know." Flynn looked at me, a small smirk sitting on her face in amusement.

I looked between the two, who seemed to know something I don't. I narrowed my eyes at the two of them, grabbing onto the only strap on my shoulder, pulling it up to fix it. "What?" I asked, leaving my hand on my strap, the two of them just shook their heads as Flynn asked Julie and I "So, how's the band? Still hot? Still talented?" She looked around us before leaning in and asking "Still dead?" Julie and I both let out small laughs in amusement.

"Amazing"

I nodded my head in agreement with Julie "Luke and I spent the whole weekend writing songs. Come on. You two wanna hear some of them?" A smile crossed all of our faces as Flynn stated "Duh!" And I said a quick "Hell yeah." Julie then turned to her locker, taking out the lock for it, closing it shut and locking it before hooking her arms around both of ours. The three of us made our way off to the music room.

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"...Like it was flowing through me like when I used to write with mom."

Julie stated as we walked into the music room, Flynn and I unhooked our arms from her as she made her way behind the piano to play. Flynn and I stood in front of the piano as Julie put down her bag and sat down on the bench "So, this is the first song Luke and I wrote." Lifting up the fall board she continued to talk, placing her hands on the keys "Here's a bit of the chorus." Flynn and I nodded our heads to the Chorus as she played the piano and sang "Cause we're standing on the edge of great, great, great" she stopped playing and waited for Flynn and I's opinion "Wow! I like it! Definite GaGa vibes." I nodded my head in agreement with Flynn while stating "Yeah, It's really good Jules!" Sending her a smile.

"Thanks! I think we have an anthem with this one. It's something my mom and I were working on."

I looked between Flynn and Julie, only to see Flynn giving her a supporting smile. "Luke and I finished it. Check it out." My eyes landed back on Julie as she started to play the piano and sing "and it's one, two, three, four times. That I've tried for one more night. Light a fire in my eyes, I'm going out of my mind." Flynn sent her a smile along with a nod of her head "That's...that's beautiful." Julie looked over at me and I smiled and nodded my head in agreement.

Julie let out a small chuckle in relief, only for Flynn to say "And my girls got a crush, and his name is Luke." This caused me to let out a laugh as Julie tried to defend herself "What? No. Luke's a ghost." Flynn argued her reasoning by stating "A cute ghost" Julie went silent for a couple of seconds, only for a smile to take over her features as she nodded her head "With a perfect smile." Another laugh only for Flynn to wack me in the back of the head. "Ow!" I stated as I rubbed the back of my head "And what are you laughing about? Miss. 'I have a crush on Reggie' " a blush was quick to overtake my features.

'Damn Flynn and her detective skills.'

I let out a huff before shaking my head and stating "I do not! He's...he's....dumb and annoying and has these stupid dimples." I now started pacing back and fourth, going on a rant about how I don't like Reggie "And his hair, ugh, don't even get me started it just, it's this shade of dark brown that just...it just...ugh!" I felt my heart beating faster, my cheeks warming up with every word as I couldnt find anything bad to say about Reggie, hell I couldn't bring myself to say anything bad about him. "And his...his laugh... is just... damn it! He makes me wanna punch his cute face!" I suddenly stopped in place, eyes widening, my attention shifted towards the two girls by the piano, only to see them looking as amused as ever.

Flynn stood with her arms crossed in an 'I told you so' sort of fashion as Julie just smiled in amusement while stating "Yeah, you totally don't like Reggie whatsoever." This caused a chuckle in amusement to come from Flynn as I rolled my eyes. 'This is the exact reason I didn't want them to know.' I thought as I shoved my hands in my pockets as I made my way back over to the two of them. "Yeah, Yeah, whatever." The two girls in front of me let out small laughs of their own, a smile gracing my own lips as they laughed.

"Well, obviously you two have a connection with those two boys. Everybody's wondering when you'll play again."

Julie and I seemed to have the same thought as I asked "Again?" The same time Julie asked "Play again?" My thoughts immediately went to Caleb feeling fear corse through me I was quick to try to calm myself down 'If he doesn't know, then I'll be fine.' Julie continued to voice her explanation "We don't have anything planned. Luke and I have just been focused on writing songs." Flynn then jumped in with a smile "Lucky for you, your marketing team has been way ahead of you." I raised a brow and let out a small chuckle "Marketing team?" I asked in amusement as Julie stated "We don't have a marketing team." Flynn was quick to pull out a flyer from her backpack.

Showing the both of us "Yes, you do! And Surprise! You're playing the school dance tonight, and I'm DJ-ing too." Julie had the poster in her hands looking it over as Flynn continued "I posted it all over social media. You have an excellent marketing team." Flynn stated with a smug smile. I grabbed the flyer out of Julie's hand and read it over " 'Julie and (Y/n) and their Hologram Band, Tonight at the dance!' ?" I shook my head while saying "I can't do tonight." Flynn looked over at me confused.

"Well, why not?"

I raised my brows while saying "uh, I have work" in a sarcastic tone. Flynn shrugged in response "So just tell your boss that you need the night off" I let out a small laugh in response to her statement "Uh, yeah, Flynn, you don't just ask my boss for the night off. It's more like he tells you when you can get the night off, and for me that's never." Flynn groaned in annoyance at the inconvenience, letting out a sigh, she turned towards Julie while saying "Well, at least we got the rest of the band" Julie shook her head as I placed down the flyer on the piano. "No. No. This is in front of the whole school." Julie put her hand on the flyer for emphasis as Flynns phone started buzzing.

Pulling out her phone she looked at the new notifications, only to look back at Julie and state "Sorry, but you already have 68 likes" Sending the two of us a smile she was quick to walk off out of the music room. Julie huffed while gathering her things before running off after Flynn "Wait!" She shouted as I let out a laugh and followed after the two of them.

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I laid across the couch in Julies music studio, tossing a ball up and down as Luke and Reggie stood by the grand piano, looking over the flyer Flynn gave to Julie and I earlier that day. "We're playing a school dance? Sweet!" I heard the voice of the boy I've grown to love, causing me to focus on him rather than the ball I'm throwing. "It's not exactly the strip." Luke dejectedly stated, Reggie was quick to respond with "Hey you're not exactly alive, so you should be happy we have our first gig" I wasn't paying attention, to distracted by Reggie's conversation, as the ball fell back down and hit me in the face "Ow." I grumbled as the three of them looked over in my direction. Reggie, being the concerned friend he is, was quick to ask "You okay?" I rubbed my nose while glaring at the ball that now sat on the floor.

"Yeah I'm alright."

I sat up on the couch while wiggling my nose around, Luke and Julie went back to the conversation. Julie watered the plants as she said "I wasn't in love with the idea at first either, but it could be a great way for us to build a following, right?" I suddenly heard the sound of a ghost appearing and Reggie's oh so familiar voice right beside me "Yeah. Yeah. We need to play wherever we can, whenever we can." I looked next to me, only to see Reggie leaned back on the couch with his arm resting on the back of it.

He sent me a smile, as I smiled and sent him a shake of my head in amusement, all while leaning back against the couch. "No, you're right." Luke stated as Reggie now went from resting his arm along the couch, to over my shoulders, pulling me a little closer to him. My eyes widened a bit as my heart beat quickened it's pace.  Luke continued "Let's rock those kids' faces off and then play the clubs." Julie put down the watering can as she made her way over to the piano "And then record a single that gets a billion streams?" She asked with a smile, as she leaned on the piano across from Luke.

"I don't know what that is, but hopefully it gets us a manager and a tour."

"And then we release a bunch of hit albums."

Reggie decided to hop in, throwing out his idea as he pointed at the two of them "put out a country album that does surprisingly well." Luke and Julie looked over at the two of us on the couch as he shrugged his shoulders while stating "I shred on the banjo, so..." a smile graced my lips as I supported his dream "And I can fiddle" I stated. This caused a smirk to cross both of our faces as we stared down the other two across the room, Reggie held up his hand and I high-fived it, all while staring down Julie and Luke.

Luke shook his head, rolling his eyes and facing Julie as she let out a chuckle in response to our teamwork. "And before you know it, we're being inducted into the Rock'n Roll Hall of fame!" Luke hit his fists on the piano in excitement, causing me to wince. Reggie jumped in trying to predict the future "But one of us isn't there. Because we had a blow out in 2032. My money's on Alex. He's just so sensitive." He shook his head a little at the end of his statement, causing a chuckle to arise from me.

Luke was quick to ask "So what are we waiting for? Let's get rehearsing!" Wanting to get a jump start on his music career once again. "Uh...Where is Alex?" I threw my legs up on the other end of the couch, leaning back into Reggie as I raised my hand up "I can answer that one, He's with Willie." The three of them sent me confused looks as I put my hand back down in my lap. "Who's Willie?" Julie asked, only for me to close my eyes and lean my head back against Reggie, shrugging my shoulders in response.

"Alex's ghost friend. I've known him since I was little."

Reggie's arm tugged me a little closer (if that was even possible), I could feel the pull towards Reggie growing stronger and I tried desperately to ignore it for Reggie's sake. I didn't want him to have to deal with the heavy weight of being bonded to a witch. "You've been able to see and hear ghosts since you were a little kid?" Luke questioned, his voice held a slightly concerned tone to it. Opening my eyes and looking over at Luke "Well yeah, I've lived with it my whole life." Reggie spoke up, causing my eyes to be drawn to him once again as he spoke "That must've been awful. Not knowing who was real and who was a ghost." My head was leaned back to look up at him, only for Reggie to already be looking down into my (e/c) eyes.

That caused my heart to race, my cheeks growing warm, just from him looking at me with concern. Just knowing that he cares causes my heart to beat a mile a minute. Realizing how I was feeling, my thoughts suddenly kicked in as I widened my eyes 'I can't be near him, I can't do this.' Quickly getting out of Reggie's grasp I stood up and walked across the room. Far away from him, which caused my heart to calm down, but now a great pain sat in my chest as I pulled away. But I ignored it, my thoughts overpowering everything else as I reassured myself.

'This is for the best. He'll just leave anyway after he completes his unfinished business. He doesn't need the baggage of being connected to someone as broken as me.'

Clearing my throat I was quick to speak up, finding one of the chairs on the other end of the room, and sitting down in it. Taking a glance at Reggie I saw the confusion on his face from me getting away from him so abruptly, but also the hurt in his eyes from moving away so quickly. I dragged my eyes away from him, the scene only hurting me more, I cleared my throat and finally responded "Guys, it's fine, really. I had..." I paused, struggling to even bring up my grandmother. I could never bring myself to talk about her, it always hurt, knowing that the one person who I always turned to for guidance and friendship, is gone and never coming back. Not even as a ghost.

I continued the sentence, keeping things as vague as possible as to not drag them all into anything. "Let's just say, I had someone to help me through it, teaching me how to tell ghosts from humans." Reggie's voice could be heard, seeming to be desperate to know more about me as he quickly asked "Who was it? And how do you tell them apart?" I looked at the other two and could tell that they were both wondering the same thing. Looking over at Reggie, his desperate green eyes pulling me in, causing me to stare at him for a little longer than I should've.

Shaking my head out of the trance-like state I was in, crossing my arms protectively over my chest, as if my arms could keep him from reaching my heart. Looking down at the floor in front of me "Doesn't matter." I stated, looking up, my eyes darting between the three other people in the room, not wanting my gaze to be on Reggie any longer than it needs to be as I finished my statement "What matters is that I can tell them apart, so people don't think I'm insane." I forced a small chuckle to leave my lips, trying to convince myself that I found it a bit funny.

But I didn't, in fact I hated my powers for most of my life. Hell, I still hate them. All they have done is cause me pain and suffering. The only good that came out of this was Willie, and Reggie. But even then, I can't have him, once he completes his unfinished business, he's going to be gone. The three of them didn't laugh, Luke and Julie looked between each other before bringing there eyes back to me, concern written across their faces. While Reggie, well, he had a concerned look, only for it to quickly shift to worry. His eyes swarmed with so many emotions, and I hated it. I hated the fact that I could make Reggie feel like that.

My chest felt heavy, as if something was on it, preventing me from breathing. It hurt to see him looking at me like that, so I did the one thing I knew. Dragging my eyes away from the boy I love more than life itself, I got up off the chair while clearing my throat. "Anyway.." I started, making my way over to my rhythm guitar, which sat across the room.

My eyes staying glued onto the instrument, as to avoid all the stares from the three other musicians in the room. I finished my statement "We should probably get started, Alex can join in when he comes back later." Picking up the rhythm guitar, I put the strap over my shoulder and strummed it. 'The less they all know, the better. They don't need my baggage.' I thought as I made my way back to the chair I was just in. Having a better grip on my emotions, I sat down in the chair, and looked over at the three of them, a smile on my face.

"So what song are we doing?"

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02: We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals

Part 2 of ??

Pairing: Five x Reader

Summary: (Y/n) Hargreeves has 7 adoptive siblings, all of which were born on the same day, of the same year, at the same hour. This phenomenon, somehow caused them all to get special powers. (Y/n) loved her siblings with all her heart, but there was one she just couldn’t stand, one that always seemed to get under her skin, and that was Five Hargreeves. The years flew by, with one sibling dead and another missing, the 6 that remained all went their separate ways. That is until the death of their father, Reginald Hargreeves. Now 29 years old, with all their own lives. The 6 remaining Hargreeves were brought back together for their fathers funeral, only for their missing brother to reappear out of no where, in his 16 year old body, saying that the world was going to end in 10 days. But it’s gonna take a lot more convincing for this dysfunctional family to even THINK about saving the world.

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~17 years ago~

My (e/c) eyes narrowed at the Hispanic boy in front of me. Standing in a fighting stance across from each other "¿Listo para que te patee el culo?" (Ready to get your ass kicked?) Number Two spat out, a small smirk gracing his lips as he took out his knives from his holsters. Bringing them up, he flipped them around a few times before holding them defensively out in front of him. A small huff of amusement left my lips.

"Ven a mí chico cuchillo." (Come at me knife boy)

Diego was quick to run at me full speed, sending a punch to my face. I was quick to lean my head to the left side, dodging the punch, he stepped forward following my movements as he threw another punch towards the other side of my face. I, once again leaned my head to the opposite side, dodging his punch. Moving back with me, he threw one last punch only for me to catch his right fist in my left hand, gritting his teeth in concentration he once again threw a punch with his left fist, but my right hand was quick to catch that as well.

Diego's eyes went wide as he realized I wasn't letting go "Shit." He stated, a smirk crossing my lips. Bringing my right foot up I kicked him in the chest, sending him stumbling back, I stalked towards him sending a roundhouse kick to his face before he was able to catch his balance. The force from the kick caused the boy to fall face first on ground. Casually walking over to immobile boy I went to bring my foot down onto his back, only for him to quickly roll out from under me. "You slippery snake." Diego huffed, letting out a small grunt as he used his hands to throw himself back on his feet.

The Hispanic boy got back into a fighting stance, rubbing away the small amount of blood on his lip. A smile graced his features, shrugging his shoulders he responded "Just wait till this snake finally beats you." I let out a small air like chuckle, an amused smile crossing my lips. "You just don't give up do you?" Two shook his head eyes shining in determination "Never."  Charging at me once again I let out a small giggle, quickly grabbing onto the hand he threw a punch with, bringing his arm around his back in a lock.

Diego's opposite arm went limp at his side, I quickly grabbed it before he came to the realization and tried to counter me with it. Pulling the arm towards me, I kicked his back back sending him down on the ground. Grunts and groans in aggravation left his lips "I told you, you'll never beat me." The dark haired boy bellow me didn't bother responding, as he desperately pulled and moved to get out of my hold.

"Well done Number Eight."

Reginald's voice could be heard, causing me to let go of Diego "Number Two, she took you down in a matter of minutes." He huffed as he stood up and fixed his uniform, his eyes fixating on the man who called himself our father "But-" Reginald cut him off "No buts, you should never have let that happen! Go sit down!" Diego stared at him for a second or so, hands turning to fists at his sides. He let a small huff of aggravation escape his lips before turning towards the others, finding an open spot next to Ben, he angrily sat down on the floor.

"Now then..."

My eyes shifted back over to Reginald, only for his cold stare to already be on someone else "Number Five, face Number Eight" I was about to look over at my siblings only for a blue flash to appear in front of me, the fluttering noise of Five's spacial jumps accompanying it. Said boy appeared in front of me, an arrogant smirk sitting on his face. "Since you two seem to work so well together, let's see how you do against one another." An amused grin graced my lips, all while cracking my knuckles, I got into a ready stance.

"This is going to be easy."

Five scoffed "Funny." The dark haired boy got into a ready stance of his own "I was just thinking the same thing." My eyes narrowed angrily at the arrogant boy in front of me, running at him with the first attack. Punches, and kicks were thrown at each other, all while dodging and blocking our opponents attacks. It felt like an endless match, a fight to determine who was the best, until finally...

Five's head shot towards the right of him as my right fist came in contact with his left cheek. He stumbled back a small bit before catching himself on his feet, rubbing his cheek, his head turned back towards me. Eyes shining with an emotion I couldn't quite place, bringing his hand back down into a fist that's held up in front of him, a smirk graced his lips.

"Finally some action."

I mirrored his look, feeling pride flow through me, just from being able to land the first punch. "I was just thinking the same thing." Stealing Five's line from earlier, the dark brown haired boy lightly shook his head before diving back into the fight. Both parties more determined than ever to win, as some hits were now landing on the other, the rest we were able to dodge or block.

It went on like this for awhile, Five trying to overpower me, as I tried to over power him, but I finally found an opening.  Grabbing his arm I was quick to bring it around behind him, like I did with Diego a few moments ago. Five grit his teeth in aggravation as he tried to get out of my hold "Guess I win." I huffed, my breathing labored from all the fighting. A flash of blue shined in front of me followed by the fluttering noise that accompanied Five's spacial jumps.

The space in front of me was now empty, my hands currently holding onto nothing. Hearing the fluttering noise behind me, I barely had time to react. "Not quiet." Five's smart ass voice could be heard behind me, as a foot came in contact with my back, sending me forward towards the ground. "That's not fair!" I heard Allison's voice speak up from the sidelines "He can't use his powers, it's against the rules!" The two of us ignored her, ears picking up the sound of Five getting closer to me.

"There are no rules in the real world. You must do whatever it takes to get out alive."

Reginald's voice resonated throughout the room, in response to Number Three's claim. Five stopped next to me, bringing his foot up above the back of my head. My (e/c) eyes widened, quickly blending into my surroundings I rolled to the right just as his foot was brought down to hit me. Five grunted as his foot came in contact with the floor rather than my head. "Shit." He grumbled out as I stood up, waiting to see his next move. Five's fists were clenched at his sides an annoyed look on his face. Eyes darting all around him, trying desperately to see me somewhere in the room.

"Come on you damn chameleon."

I narrowed my eyes at this statement, making quick strides over to him in anger. "Fight you cow-" my right fist came in contact with his left cheek, successfully cutting the smart ass off. I was quick to kick him in the chest before he could counter, sending him stumbling back.

Quickly catching himself on his feet, he blindly swung a punch only for me to dodge and counter with a punch to his stomach. A groan escaped Five's lips, leaning over a little, he wrapped his arms around his stomach in pain. The dark haired boy started to straighten up only for me to roundhouse kick him in the face. Five faced away from me as he fell to the ground, a triumphant smirk crossed my lips.

I quickly brought my foot up to finish him off "Okay, Enough." Five growled out before spacial jumping away, all while I brought my foot down, only to hit the ground rather than the 12 year old boy. My eyes scanned around me, trying to find Five, turning around I noticed him a good distance away at the other side of the room. I watched as he stood there, small huffs in exhaustion passing his lips, green eyes slowly scanning the room.

Taking this as my chance I ran at him, a determined look on my face, certain that this last hit would finally take him down. I grew closer and closer to Five, but he stayed in the same spot, not moving an inch. I was only a few feet away when I noticed a smirk tugging at his lips, eyes shining in amusement, as if to tell me that he's already won. Bringing my fist up, Five's next words threw me off guard "Found you." My eyes widened in slight shock, everything seeming to happen in slow motion.

The dark haired boy grabbed my outstretched arm, throwing me effortlessly over his shoulder, a grunt left my lips as my back came in contact with the ground. My powers were quick to deactivate from the impact. Five held my arm, all while pacing a foot on my throat, a victorious look sitting on his face, sending him a glare I tried to take his foot off my throat but he refused to let me go.

"Well done Number Five."

Five's eyes never wavered from staring down my own "Looks like I won." I let out an angry huff using my free hand to try and pry his foot off of me. "Number Eight, I expected more from you." I grit my teeth in anger as I stared down the boy above me. "That is all for training today." Was the last thing Reginald said before making his way out of the room. Our siblings were quick to stand as Five took his foot off of my throat. "Eat shit and die." I grumbled to the dark haired boy as I laid there catching my breath. Our 6 siblings started making their way out the door only for Number Four to call my name "Eight! You coming?" I nodded my head in response.

"I'll be right there"

Klaus shrugged and continued out the door, Five rolled his eyes in annoyance, sticking out his hand for me to grab. "Come on idiot." I glared up at the boy in front of me, sitting up I looked at his hand, taking it in my own. Before he got a chance to pull me up, I dragged him down, his face changing to a look of surprise, kicking on his stomach so that he could flip over me. Letting out a grunt as he landed behind me on his back, I laid back down, our heads sitting next to each other.

"I hate you."

I huffed out, still trying to catch my breath after all the fighting. "Everyone does sunshine." Five's unsteady voice spoke in response, the wind having been knocked out of him from the impact. I waited a few seconds more to respond "You're an asshole." Five let a small chuckle pass his lips "I'm well aware." He stated.

"Good."

"Good."

It was silent for a minute or two between the both of us. The only noises being heard was our labored breaths and pants of exhaustion. Finally, a question passed my lips, one that until two years ago, I thought I never would ask the boy that I hate.

"So, Griddy's at 8?"

"Yeah. Yeah. Griddy's."

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I sat opposite of Vanya on the far left of the couch, Luther sat on the couch across from us, Allison and Diego sat in chairs by the fireplace and Klaus was, of course, at the bar. It was silent for a long while, none of us really saying anything. "Um.." Luther finally spoke up, standing from his spot, as Klaus poured himself a drink "I guess we should get this started." The five of us looked at Luther, waiting for him to say something. "So, I figured we could have a sort of memorial service in the courtyard at sundown. Say a few words, just at Dad's favorite spot." Allison voiced what we were all thinking at that moment.

"Dad had a favorite spot?"

"Yeah, you know, under the oak tree."

I stared at Luther like he had two heads, having no idea what he was talking about. "We used to sit out there all the time, none of you ever did that?" Klaus came over from the bar wearing a skirt, drinks in hand along with a lit cigarette "Will there be refreshments?" Handing me one of the glasses I was quick to thank him as he continued his questions "Tea? Scones? Cucumber sandwiches are always a winner." Sipping on my glass I watched as Luther threw a little tantrum at the fact that Klaus was smoking.

"What? No. And put that out. You know that dad didn't aloud smoking in here."

Allison was quick to comment on Klaus' sense of style "Is that my skirt?" Putting the cigarette in his mouth, he turned towards our famous sister. "What? Oh, Yeah, this. I found it in your room. It's a little dated, I know, but it's very breathy on the bits." Gesturing towards his crotch, I chortled in amusement, only for Luther to grab our attention once again. "Listen up. Still some important things that we need to discuss, all right?" Diego jumped in the conversation.

"Like what?"

Luther turned towards the knife throwing enthusiast "Like the way he died." Diego looked back over at the fireplace, an annoyed "Here we go." Leaving his lips. Klaus sat down between Vanya and I, rolling my eyes in response to Luther. Bringing my glass up to my lips I took a big sip, feeling the burning liquid move down my throat.

Vanya was quick to state "I don't understand. I thought they said it was a heart attack." Luther agreed with her "Yeah, according to the coroner." Crossing one leg over the other, I brought the glass away from my lips. "Well, wouldn't they know?" My powerless sister questioned, only for my pigheaded brother to answer her "Theoretically." My eyes drifted towards the glass in my hand, watching the liquid move around in it as I moved my hand.

"Theoretically?"

Luther was quick to give his opinion on the matter, answering Allison's question "I'm just saying, at the least, something happened. The last time that I talked to dad, he sounded strange." My attention was brought over to my intoxicated brother, who was currently gargling the wine he was drinking "Oh, quelle surprise!" He stated, I kept quiet, not having any input in any of this. "Strange how?" My curly haired sister questioned.

"He sounded on edge. Told me I should be careful who to trust."

Diego spoke up for the third time that night, sharing his opinion on things. "Luther, he was a paranoid, bitter old man" he stood from the chair by the fireplace "who was starting to lose what was left of his marbles." Diego walked towards Luther, trying ti talk some sense into him, only for our brute of a brother to deny it. "No. He must have known something was going to happen." The vigilante stopped in front of Luther, turning to Klaus, the blond man continued "Look, I know you don't like to do it, but I need you to talk to Dad." I let out a scoff along with a roll of my eyes, knowing that there is no way Klaus can talk to anyone in that state.

Taking a sip from my drink my overly sexual brother spoke "I can't just call Dad in the afterlife and be like, 'Dad, could you just...' " he sat up, leaning forward a little bit " stop playing tennis with Hitler for a moment and take a quick call?' " Luther was quick to get annoyed "Since when? That's your thing." A small smile in amusement graced my lips, hiding it behind my glass. "I'm not in the right... frame of mind." Allison was quick to tell everyone for him "You're high?" A loud laugh escaped my intoxicated brother "Yeah! Yeah!" Bringing the glass away from my lips, I shook my head, a chortle of my own passing through my lips.

"I mean, how are you not, listening to this nonsense?"

Klaus gestured towards Luther in front of him, as if to say that everything coming out of the big guys mouth was crazy. "Well, sober up, this is important." Luther stated, causing Klaus to lean back against the couch, letting out a sigh in annoyance. "And then there's the issue of the missing monocle." Diego shook his head "Who gives a shit about a stupid monocle?" He asked.

"Exactly. It's worthless. So whoever took it, I think it was personal. Someone close to him. Someone with a grudge."

I let out a small huff along with a roll of my eyes 'You gotta be fucking kidding me.' I thought "Where are you going with this?" Klaus asked, to high to actually put the pieces together. "Oh, isn't it obvious, Klaus?" Diego paused "He thinks one of us killed Dad." Luther stayed silent, as he looked at each of us, telling us that Diego was right, Luther was pointing the blame at one of us. "You do?" Klaus asked, Vanya was quick to follow, questioning him herself "How could you think that?" I stayed silent, already wanting to be anywhere else but here.

"Great job, Luther. Way to lead."

Diego walked off as Luther tried to defend himself "That's not what I'm saying." I stood up, a glare on my face, shaking my head I was quick to ask "What the fuck is wrong with you?" Before walking off, Klaus following soon after with a statement of his own "You're crazy, man. You're crazy. Crazy." Luther tried to get us back "I've not finished." Klaus turned back around "Okay, well, sorry, I'm just gonna go murder Mom, I'll be right back." Turning around he followed out behind me.

"That's not what I was saying. I didn't-"

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~17 years ago~

This was it our first real mission. This was our chance to prove ourselves and show the world that we can protect them from anything. We would do anything to make our father proud and we sure as hell didn't want to screw it up.

I was the first one on the scene, blending into my surroundings, so I wouldn't get spotted. Cupping my hands around my eyes, I looked through the glass doors, seeing a bunch of guys with guns, innocent people were in there cowering in fear. My eyes narrowed, slowly opening the door, I was quick to slip inside the bank. "What was that?"  I heard one of the guys ask, the door shutting behind me. "What was what?" Another asked as I quickly made my way to the other end of the hallway.

"The door, I thought I heard it close."

The voices faded the further I got from them, quickly locating the back entrance, I opened up the back door. Luther was the first to speak "How many of them (Y/n)?" Revealing myself to my siblings, I thought back to how many guards I saw, counting them in my head. "Umm, five I think..." Five was the first to comment on my unsure tone "I knew sending you in there was a bad idea" a growl arose from the back of my throat, irises flashing red "Don't test me today Five." An amused smirk graced his lips, eyes not being able to be seen behind his mask, he crossed his arms a crossed his chest. "Or what?" Five asked, practically challenging me to a fight.

"Alright you two, that's enough."

Our fearless leader spoke up, I sent Five a glare before setting my attention on Luther. "You guys go inside with Eight, I'll come in from the roof." I felt Five's stare on me as One told us all what to do. Jumping up onto the roof I heard Diego grumble "Show off." Eye's meeting Five's once more, I was quick to send him a glare "What?" Biting his lip, preventing a smile from showing, shaking his head in response, causing his dark brown hair to fall a little over his forehead.

Allison grabbed everyone's attention "Come on guys, let's go" I held the door as she walked inside, her curly black hair bouncing behind her as she walked. Diego was quick to follow, his left fist coming in contact with his right hand "Let's go kick some ass." He stated, a smirk gracing his thin lips.  Klaus was next to walk inside while saying "Ya know, maybe you guys should just handle this, I'll uh, wait on the sidelines or something..." Ben followed behind Klaus quickly agreeing with him.

"Yeah, maybe Klaus and I could just hang back you guys can handle this."

Klaus waited for Ben, throwing an arm over his shoulder once he made it over to Klaus, the two of them continued to follow after Diego and Allison together. Five shoved his hands in his pockets and was about to step inside, only for me to slide over a little, blocking his path. "What now?" His brows furrowed in both confusion and slight annoyance, only for a smile to grace my lips. My eyes sat on dark brown hair that was over his forehead, reaching my hand up to his hair, I brushed it back, fixing it so that it wasn't in his face.

I heard Five suck in a small breath of air, his cheeks tinged a light shade of pink. "There. Now you look less terrible." Quickly bringing his arm up to move my hand away from his hair, he let an annoyed huff escape his lips, grumbling a quick "Whatever." Sticking his hands in his pockets, walking inside, his left shoulder shoved into my own, causing me to stumble one step back in surprise. My (e/c) eyes stayed glued to Fives back as he walked, I watched as his head turned to look over his shoulder at me, quickly looking back in front of him and walking a bit faster after meeting my gaze.

A wide smile formed on my lips, a giddy feeling overtaking my chest. A giggle passed my lips as I stepped inside, shutting the door behind me. Turning into a cat I was quick to run after Five, walking close next to him to join the rest of the team.

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The six of us watched from around the corner as one of the robbers talked on the phone, currently trying to negotiate with the police. "Now you've put me in a position where I gotta do something I don't want to do. Hmm?" Number Three let out a small huff before strutting over to the man on the phone. All while the other robbers gathered the hostages in different areas of the room. "Shit!" Allison stopped next to the guy who was just on the phone, bringing his attention to the 12 year old girl that appeared next to him.

"Hey, get back with the others."

Allison wasn't phased, saying her signature phrase "I heard a rumor." The guy leaned down threateningly, as if to scare her "What? What did you say?" A smile appeared on the curly haired girl, cupping a hand over her lips she leaned closer for him to hear. "I heard a rumor that you shot your friend in the foot." The guy looked over at one of the other robbers, aiming it at the other guys foot. "Hey dude." The guy stated, all while the rumored man cocked his pistol "What the hell?" Shooting the other in the leg, he fell to the ground letting out a yell in pain.

Some of the hostages screamed in fright at the sound of gunshots. Hearing footsteps on the roof, I looked up, only to see Number One crash through the top window and land behind the counter. Picking up the guy behind it, he slammed his head on the counter only to toss him through a top window at the entrance of the bank. Diego was the next to show, running past the four of us while saying "Guns are for sissies. Real men throw knives." Stopping in the middle of the room, he threw two of his knives in front of him, only to angle them to turn towards one of the robbers at the side of the room.

I watched Klaus run out to join the fight, helping Diego and Allison back the robber that shot his friend, onto the counter. "Get back, you freaks." Diego was quick to make a witty comment "Hey, be careful up there, buddy." Allison was quick to bounce off Twos comment "Yeah. Wouldn't want you to get hurt." I felt a hand being placed on my shoulder, looking over to the right of me I watched Five take a step forward as he stared down the man, a determined look in his eyes. A bright blue light being seen, followed by the fluttering noise of his spacial jumps. When the light left, Five was gone. Turning my attention back to the man who now held a gun up to my siblings "Get back now!" I watched Five appear behind him, his legs in a crisscross style.

"Or what?"

The guy quickly turned around in response to hearing Five behind him. Aiming the gun at Five he tried to shoot him, only for Five to disappear, the guy started angrily shooting the same spot over and over again, as if that would somehow stop the dark haired boy. Appearing behind the robber, with his arms crossed, he caught sight of Five and brought his gun up to shoot him only to see that it's been replaced with a stapler. He tried shooting the 12 year old boy with the stapler a couple of times, Five decided to comment "Ooh! That's one bad ass stapler!" The robber stopped, finally realizing the disappearance of his weapon. Only for Five to grab the guys arm and shove the stapler against his head.

I chuckled a little as I watched the robber fall off the counter from the hit to his head, only for a guy trying to run at Five from behind to catch my eye. A growl escaped me, my eyes narrowing in anger at the man, I quickly started running after him, all while turning into a wolf. Hopping behind Five successfully stopping the robber from reaching him, a growl arose from the back of my throat. The man stopped in his tracks as he stared me down, quickly bringing up his gun he shot at me a couple of times. I closed my eyes gritting my teeth in pain as I took the hits, blood dripped out of the wounds, opening my eyes I stared angrily at the man in front of me.

"Why aren't you going down?!"

I stood there staring at the man, letting out a growl in response, my skin was quick to heal, pushing the bullets out all on its own and sealing the wounds shut. The only evidence of having been shot was from the blood that was slowly dripping down my sides and legs. The man's eyes seemed to widen at this new discovery, I let out a couple of huffs from my nose, as if to signify a laugh, showing my teeth to him I was quick to pounce on him. A yell left his lips in terror as I landed on top of him, teeth bared. 'Oh just shut up.' I thought before my mouth gripped onto the quivering man's neck below me.

My teeth managed to break the skin as I angrily pulled back, ripping a chunk of skin off the terrified man's neck, successfully getting him to stop yelling. The river of blood flowing out of his open wound caused him to choke on the red liquid, quickly bleeding out and dying. Tossing the chunk of skin off to the side, landing in front of Klaus, he covered his mouth in response and had to turn away. A hand rest on Ben's shoulder using Ben to support himself "I think I'm gonna be sick." He stated, I shook my head, letting out a small huff in response to his statement. The metallic taste of blood sat in my mouth, not seeming to go away anytime soon. And I didn't mind it, not one bit.

"Did you really have to cause a scene? I could've handled that."

The screams of the terrified hostages could be heard around me. I moved my body off to the side, turning my head to look at the arrogant 12 year old boy, who sat on the end of the counter in a criss cross fashion. Standing up on my hind legs, I turned back into my human form, hands, legs and face, covered in blood, while my uniform sat on me, clean as can be. I moved my hair out of my face, crossing my arms across my chest. Eyes narrowing at the dark haired boy in front of me, I responded to his statement. "Oh really?" Fives eyes seemed to widen as he spacial jumped away.

A small huff passed my lips as I turned around, only to be met with the sight of a fist coming towards my face. Five was quick to appear in front of me, grabbing the bank robber's fist in his right hand, an angry look being written across his face. The dark haired boy was quick to twist the man's arm before kicking it in, a yell in pain escaped from the bank robber as Five successfully broke the man's arm. Five let go of his fist, as the man fell to the ground, letting out whimpers in pain as he gripped onto his broken arm.

"Like I said." Five turned back to face me, letting a couple of huffs pass through his lips "I could've handled it."

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After all the robbers in the open were dealt with, there were still a few left in the vault, so we sent in the one person who could easily finish them off. "Do we really have to do this?" Number Six asked, Ben stood in front of the door to the vault, while the six of us stood around Ben trying to get him to go in the vault. "Come on, Ben. There's more guys in the vault." Luther stated, a sigh escaped Ben's lips as he walked towards the door. "I didn't sign up for this." Opening the door, he stepped inside.

The hostages were quick to make there way out of the bank as the six of us watched Ben use his powers through the glass. I stood next to Five as we watched the dark outline of his tentacles moving around, killing people off one by one. Screams and yells of fear and pain could be heard through the doors. I watched blood splatter on the windows as two guys got thrown into them, both bleeding heavily. A smile graced my lips, one final roar from Ben's beast could be heard from inside the vault.

Opening the door, the Korean boy stepped out, only to be covered in his victims blood from head to toe. Seeming very uncomfortable, with the situation he was in, letting out a shaky breath he was quick to ask.

"Can we go home now?"

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Walking out the doors behind Five, he ran off to the side as to avoid the dead man at the top of the steps. Ben followed close behind me as the seven of us lined up in order on the steps. Klaus' arm rested on Five's shoulder, as I swung my arm around Ben's. "Looks like we're both a bloody mess." This grabbed the Korean boys attention, a small smile replacing his frown "I guess so" he sighed out, only for me to look back at the reporters and cameras all around us.

"Who are you?"

"How did you get in the bank?"

"Tell us what happened inside"

My eyes drifted from the reporters and police officers over to Five, only to see him already looking at me. Lips pulled back, as if he were angry about something, but still wanted to seem happy. 'What is he mad about now?' My brows furrowed in confusion as the two of us looked at each other for a second or two, only for me to quickly shaking my head and look back at the crowd in front of me.

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"Our world is changing."

The six of us stood in front of the bank lined up, Ben and I managed to clean off the blood from the dispute. All of us were in our uniform jackets and masks, our scarfs wrapped around our necks. Reginald Hargreeves stood in front of of us, talking to the press, camera's snapping pictures of all of us as he spoke. "Has changed. There are some among us gifted with abilities far beyond the ordinary." I took a glance over at Five who stood next to me, watching as a smug smirk graced his lips.

"I have adopted seven such children. I give you the inaugural class of the Umbrella Academy."

Reginald stepped off to the side "Mr. Hargreeves! Mr. Hargreeves." He made his way to the top step next to Klaus as the reporter continued "Channel 9 News. What happened to their parents?" Now on the top step facing the reporters he was quick to answer "They were suitably compensated." Another reporter jumped in "Are you concerned about the welfare of the children?" I closed my eyes as all the clicking of the cameras and the overlapping voices of reporters starting to get to loud for me to handle.

"Of course"

I heard Reginald's voice but it felt so distant as if all the other voices and noises were drowning him out. My gloves hands turned into fists at my sides as I tried to calm myself. "As I am for the fate of the world" Reginald continued and I could barely hear him, feeling a shoe nudge against my own my eyes opened as my head shot over to the dark haired boy next to me. "Just focus on my voice." Five whispered all while staring ahead at the crowd. His voice was very faint but I heard what he said, which only made me confused considering the fact that he wasn't saying anything else.

That was until I heard a very faint humming coming from Five, my head turned to face toward the crowd of people in front of us as I closed my eyes, shoving my gloved hands in my pockets I tried to just focus on Five's humming, not thinking anything of it. That was until it got louder, over coming all the other sounds, turning it all into background noise. Once the sound of Five's voice got louder I realized that he was humming the song that we'd dance to in his room, if we weren't to busy absolutely hating each other.

'Tiny Dancer? Really?'

I thought almost trying to convince myself that I was annoyed, but I couldn't help the smile that graced my lips. My eyes stayed closed as the memories of the two of us slow dancing together as Five sang the lyrics to one of Elton John's famous songs.

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Of course, back then I didn't realize it, but that was the day I caught feelings for the arrogant bastard. I'd never admit that out loud, even if he suddenly showed up again after all these years. I'd rather act like I hate him than boost his ego even more.

Walking through the halls of this wretched place I used to call home, I was quick to come across my room. A small smile tugged at the ends of my lips a little I pushed the door open, the first thing my eyes caught sight of being the neatly made bed. Walking through my room, I made my way over to the small vanity that was next to the door. Pulling the chair out, I sat in front of it, examining all the polaroid pictures that I stuck around the mirror throughout the years.

Out of all the pictures, there were two that caught my eye. The first was of Five and I. In the picture, I had an arm swung over Five's shoulders, a wide smile on my face as I stared at the camera, only for the dark haired boy to be looking down at me, confusion written across his face. After that picture, Five wanted to take a better one, and we did but he ended up keeping that one. Once Five disappeared on us, I went to get the polaroid picture back from him so I could keep it as a memory, only to find no trace of it.

A small sigh escaped my lips at the memories as my eyes drifted over to the next one, which was a picture of me and Ben. I was looking at the camera with an open mouthed smile , Ben's arm was wrapped around my shoulder, currently placing a kiss on my left cheek. His eyes were closed in the picture but I remember his chocolate brown hues, how they shined with so much love and kindness. I remember when that picture was taken, we managed to sneak out that day and went to the park. Ben always loved it because of how peaceful it is, a nice place where he can just read and relax. I only really loved it, because it made Ben smile and I would always do anything to make him happy.

Covering my eyes with my hands, I rested my elbows on the vanity. Taking deep breaths to calm myself down, I felt water make its way past my eyes. Sniffling, I brought my head up, hands still hiding my (e/c) hues from the world around me, rubbing them against my eyes, as if to stop myself from crying. Leaning my head back, I took my hands away from my face, (e/c) hues staring up at the ceiling above me. Hands rested on my knees, I let a small huff pass my lips. Bringing my head back down to look at myself in the mirror.

Messy (h/c) hair tied back in a braid, eyes red from the tears, a frown on my face. I hated mirrors. They always showed me the person I despised most, reminding me of the person I’ve become. No longer was I the happy go lucky girl I used to be. No. The girl who used to dance around her room, bringing joy to her siblings is gone. The only evidence that I was ever happy was the polaroid pictures that has been taped up around the mirror.

My eyes narrowed angrily at the mirror in front of me, standing up, I walked away to look around the rest of the room. The light blue polaroid camera that sat on the desk across my room caught my eye. Making my way over to it, the memory of the night I got the camera caused a small smile to grace my lips. Once I got to the desk, I picked up the polaroid camera, checking to see if there was any film left. Lucky for me, there was still some left.

‘Well damn. Might as well take a picture.’

Wiping my eyes once again to make me look somewhat decent for the picture. “Well…” bringing the camera up high to take an angled picture “Here’s too…” I thought for a moment, letting out a small sigh “Never having to come back here, again.” I threw on a smile, pressing the button to take the picture, only to feel something brush against my left cheek. The feeling was barely there but I was sure I felt something. Bringing the camera down, I took a glance around me, but no one was here with me.

Brows furrowed in confusion as I took out the now printed picture, placing it on the desk, waiting for it to develop. An all to familiar suddenly started echoing through the halls, I Think We’re Alone by Tiffany, was a song that Luther loved to listen too. Hell, all of us used to dance around to this song in his room at times, and we all loved it. I slowly started swaying to the music, humming the lyrics here and there, till my swaying turned into full on dancing, feeling like that twelve year old girl who used to dance around with her brothers and sisters.

Stopping to check on the picture, I noticed it fully developed and was about to start dancing again, only for something to catch my eye. Picking up the polaroid picture, I brought it closer to my face to see if I was seeing things correctly. It was barely visible, almost faded, but with my eyesight I was able to make out a figure next to me. It was a man, just about my age, hair in a brush up hairstyle, wearing a sweatshirt with a jacket over it. As I stared at the picture I couldn’t help the thought that crossed my mind ‘he looks like…’ bringing the picture away from me, I placed it back down before looking around the room once more “Ben! Ben, are you here?” I could feel my heart beating rapidly inside my chest, wanting, no. Needing. An answer to my question, I had to know if the boy I loved is here, with me, right now.

I giant noise from outside, along with thunder and lightning, caused the music to stop, I covered my ears from all the loud noises. Looking around I watched some things in my room fly off to the direction the noise came from. Letting out a huff in anger, I closed my eyes and tried to block out all of the other noises, only focusing on the loud sound coming from outside. Opening my eyes, I was quick to run towards it, my legs working on autopilot as I made my way to it.

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Running out the open door, I looked around at my siblings seeing them talking but I couldn’t pinpoint what they were saying. Looking back at the giant portal in front of me, I noticed a man trying to come through. I was suddenly pulled behind Luther, looking back I noticed Klaus using me as a human shield. Rolling my eyes I looked back at the portal in front of us, only to see the old man shift from himself, to what looked to be a 16 year old boy. I immediately recognized who it was “Five?” I mumbled only for me to quickly run out from behind Luther and over to the portal.

“Five!”

I shouted, I could barely hear the yells of my siblings or the sound of someone chasing after me, as all my focus was set on the boy in the portal. Once I got close enough, I reached a hand out to somehow get Five out of there, only for a bolt of electricity to shoot through me at the slightest touch, after that, everything went dark.

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1-13: Little Talks

Part 13 of ??

Parings: Reggie x Reader, Luke x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Little Talks (Of Monsters and Men)

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That night was spent at the Hollywood Ghost Club, I played and sang but it wasn't my best. My thoughts currently being filled up with Reggie.

"You're distracted my love."

I shook my head a little, denying Calebs claim. "I'm not distracted. I'm just tired." I rolled my eyes, annoyed at the man standing in front of me. I went to walk away, only for him to grab my arm, causing me to stop next to him. "I suggest you stop lying to me." He stated before turning to face me as he pulled on my arm, bringing me closer to him. Our chests were against each other which caused my stomach to churn in disgust. Normally I'd of course find it annoying and I'd let him hold me just so I wouldn't get in trouble.

But for the past couple of weeks, I've been absolutely disgusted, I've wanted nothing to do with him. Every time he even grabbed my hand, my soul felt as if it was in pain, and my heart felt as it was dying to get away from him, no matter what the cost. But tonight, it was even worse than normal. Caleb brought up his free hand while stating "Now tell me what is bothering you my Queen." He brushed a strand of hair out of my face and behind my ear. This caused me to push him away in disgust, his ugly blue eyes stared down at me in confusion and anger as I ripped my arm out of his grasp.

"I told you I'm fine."

I stated a glare on my face, before walking away from him for the second time that night. I didn't manage to make it far before he appeared in front of me, causing me to stop in my tracks. Caleb put his hands on my shoulders "My Queen, what is wrong with you? You've never been like this before." Caleb acted nice, but as I looked into those stone cold eyes, I could tell he was angry. When Caleb's angry, he can get unpredictable, and will do anything to get what he wants.

For the sake of my safety, and everyone else's I let out a sigh and reached my hand up to place it on his cheek. As much as my heart and soul, was screaming at me not too, and to just get away from him, I had to keep up this charade. Telling myself that 'As long as everyone is safe I have to do this' no one I know can know him. As much as my heart was longing for Reggie, I can't be with him as long as Caleb is around. Caleb practically owns my soul, and I can't do anything about it.

"My king. I swear I'm okay. Just tired."

It pained me to say those words, feeling disgusted at myself, but I had to say them. I needed him to believe me, I needed my friends to be safe. Caleb scanned my eyes as if seeing if I was lying to him before a smile took over his features. "Alright, but I want you to leave early tonight, get lots of rest. Can't have you passing out on stage." His head leaned down, planting a gentle kiss to my forehead causing a wave of nausea to flow through me, but I managed to keep it down.

Caleb sent me a smile as he took his hands off my shoulders and stepped back. No matter how much my soul wanted to run home, and get as far away from him as possible, I willed my body to stay put. Caleb nodded his head off to the side, as if telling me to go. I took that chance to walk away, my eyes stayed glued to the floor as I weaved through the crowd of people. The nauseous feeling growing with every step, causing me to start to run in the direction of the bathroom.

I ran past Willie, who was currently talking to a blond waiter, seeming to be hitting it off. Willie lifted his hand up as he waved "Hey (Y/n)-" I ignored Willie, causing his eyes to grow wide in concern. A hand now being held over my mouth, preventing myself from throwing up in the middle of the club. Managing to make it to the girls bathroom, my eyes were quick to land on a open stall. Running towards it I could feel the bile rising within the back of my throat as I quickly threw my head over the toilet letting everything out.

After just about a minute I felt someone grabbing my hair to hold it back. "I thought you don't get drunk here?" I heard Willie's voice speak up from behind me, but I couldn't respond. He knew this, so he stayed silent as he patiently waited for me to get rid of everything in my stomach. After another minute or so, I slowly stood up and flushed the toilet. The only thought running through my head was 'What the hell is wrong with me?'  Willie dropped my hair and moved out of my way as I went over to the sinks.

Willie followed close behind, leaning against the wall behind me as I rinsed out my mouth. Cupping my hands under the running water to grab some and put it in my mouth, before swishing it around and spitting it out. I repeated the process two more times before shutting off the water and drying my face and hands with paper towels.

I turned around to face Willie as he stared at me in concern, hands shoved in his pants pockets. "Alright. Now tell me what happened." I looked up at him and opened my mouth to say something, only for some lady to walk in. Giving the two of us a once over, she said something about how un proper it is for the two of us to be in the same bathroom, before marching off towards one of the stalls.

My brain was quick to come to the conclusion that what I was about to say shouldn't be said out in the open. I went over to Willie and grabbed his hand "Not here." I stated as Willie sent me a confused look "Wha-" he asked only for me to cut him off as I grabbed his arm and dragged him out of the ladies room. "Where are we going?" I ignored Willie's question weaving the two of us through the crowd before making my way towards a back room. I walked in, pulling him inside, letting go of his arm Willie was quick to state "Okay. (Y/n). Seriously. What the hell?" I poked my head out the door, looking around for any sign of Caleb.

Letting out a sigh in relief, I closed the door, knowing Caleb is no where in sight. I leaned my back against the door as I looked over at Willie to see him standing with his arms crossed across his chest, waiting for an answer. "(Y/n). What the hell is going on?" He asked I shook my head a little before looking off to the side and saying "I don't know." He sent me a confused look in response "What do you mean 'I don't know' ?" I moved my head to look at the long haired boy in front of me. Eyes narrowed in frustration throwing my arms up I stated "Just what I said Willie! I don't know!" My arms dropped back down at my sides.

"I have no idea what's happening to me lately..."

I let out a sigh before taking a seat on one of the chairs in the room. Willie slowly walked over to me, as he asked "Care to explain?" Looking over at Willie, I watched as he leaned back against the table in front of me, hands shoved into his pants pockets. "I don't know Willie. I just..." I let out another sigh in frustration as I look down at my hands on the table in front of me. I continued "I just can't stand Caleb touching me, or kissing me, it's disgusting." Willie was quick to question in confusion "Haven't you always been disgusted by it?" I nodded my head in response.

"Yes, but this is different. It's like now I can't even deal with him grabbing onto me or having me sit on his lap."

I put my hands on my head before leaning back in my seat before continuing "It just feels like my body physically wants to reject Calebs touch. Its like my body is so repulsed by it." I waved my hands in front of me while stating "Hence, the throwing up." I brought my arms back down onto the table in front of me. I stared at my open hands on the table, to say I was scared was an understatement. I was terrified of what was happening, but I didn't show it, not in front of Willie.

"How long has this been going on?"

I heard his voice speak up from next to me, I didn't take my eyes off my hands as I responded "I... I don't know..." I tried wracking my brain to see when this all started, my fingers started tapping vigorously on the table before I suddenly remembered, causing my fingers to stop. "...I think this started sometime after the band got here..." Willie moved behind me, causing me to turn the chair around to face him as he stated "Woah, Woah, Wait." I looked up at the skater boy in front of me, as he tried to piece things together in his head. "You mean Alex's other ghost friends, right? Ah, what's their names?.." Willie tried to remember their names digging through his brain to find them.

I was quick to say "Reggie, and Luke." Willie snapped his fingers, and pointed at me, a small smile in recognition on his face. "That's it. Those are the names. So you think it started when they all got here?" I shook my head letting out a sigh, looking down at my hands which sat on my lap. "Yes....No....I don't know." I let out a frustrated puff of air before looking up at Willie and continuing "All I know is that it's been getting progressively worse ever since, and it's only been happening around Caleb." Willie nodded his head a little, brows creased in thought.

"Do you think it has something to do with the guys?"

I shrugged my shoulders, while placing my hands on my knees. "In all honesty..." I let out a small sigh before looking back down at the floor in front of me "...I don't really know." Willies brought a hand down his face, trying to do everything he can to find out more information about this, but I wasn't really helping him much. "Come on (Y/n). Think. There has gotta be at least something that you noticed or know of." Willie stated as I racked my brain for anything weird or out of the ordinary, when suddenly it dawned on me. "Holy shit." Willie raised a brow in confusion, he opened his mouth to speak only to shut it when I lifted my head up to look at him.

I continued, a small smile on my face when I thought of the boy and explained what was happening "It's Reggie..." Willie pointed a finger at me before gesturing with it as he asked "You mean, Alexs' friend, Reggie?" I nodded my head while letting out a small giggle in happiness as I thought about the boy. "It's just every time I'm with him, my heart starts beating really fast, and his touch is just so soft and gentle..." I looked down at my hands as I rubbed the top of my right hand gently with my left thumb, thinking back to the time where he just wanted to hold my hand. Ever since then things have slowly progressed from hand holding to an arm around my shoulder, and even some hugs here and there.

My smile widened as I continued to talk "And his eyes, they are so green, like a forest I could get lost in and never want to leave. He makes my brain go insane cause all I can think about is him, and he even causes my face to get so warm I sometimes think I'm sick. He is so nice and he cares about me. Spends practically every single day with me, it's so cute-" I stopped myself when I called him cute, widening my eyes as I realized I've been ranting this whole time about Reggie. I slowly looked up at Willie, only to see a giant smile on his face. A look of confusion crossed my face as I asked "What?" Willie just stared at me for a couple of seconds, the smile still present, he then shook his head while letting out a small chuckle.

"You're in love with Reggie."

I closed my eyes letting out a sigh before opening them to look at him. Shrugging my shoulders I responded "Yeah, I am. But that doesn't help us come to any more of an answer." Willie held a finger up pointing it at me while shaking it up and down "oh. I think it does." My brows furrowed in confusion "What do you mean?" Willie walked over to the table behind me"Well..." he stated as he sat on the table, causing me to turn my chair back around to face him.

Willie continued "You once told me that some emotions for witches are felt stronger than humans feel them. Could this be one of those emotions?" I rubbed my forehead in thought before sighing and letting my hand flop to my side. "I mean maybe. But I don't know for sure..." Willie hopped off the table and stood in front of me while asking "Did your grandmother tell you anything about something like this? Anything at all?" A sigh left my lips as I thought back to all the things my grandmother said, a particular memory popping in my head.

"I mean there is one thing, but it's insane and impossible."

Willie rolled his eyes while letting out a chuckle "(Y/n), I'm literally a ghost and you're a witch. At this point, anything is possible." I nodded my head and let out a sigh while placing my hands on my knees, looking up at my best friend I responded "Apparently, witches have soulmates. Of course when my grandmother told me, I didn't think much of it, but now I think I believe it. Willie..." he just stared down at me quietly, waiting for me to continue "I've never liked anyone like this in my entire life. Hell I've never really liked anyone period. All of a sudden Reggie walks in and BAM!" Willie's eyes widened as he jumped a little from my loud noise.

"It's like my whole world has been flipped upside down and I don't know what to do."

Willie chuckled and leaned back against the table "Love tends to do that to you. It sneaks up on you when you least expect it." I let out a sigh before stating "Yeah. Well, I was better off without it." I kept my eyes on my hands that gripped my knees in anger. My brain was everywhere, from what happened with my mom and dad, to my grandmothers death and how my uncle is now my legal guardian.

It was silent between the two of us for a couple of seconds, only for Willie to break it "Did she tell you anything about it?" I closed my eyes and gave a little shake of my head before opening them back up "Not really, she didn't go into the specifics of it. The one thing I do remember, is that she told me a tattoo of my soulmates name, would appear on my left arm after the first kiss...." I looked down at my hands, my eyes stayed trained on my hands as I lifted them up to show Willie, interlocking my fingers as I finished with "...Bonding our two souls together for all eternity." My eyes stared at my interlocked hands for a couple seconds longer.

My thoughts drifting to what it would feel like to have that kind of bond with Reggie 'Would it be nice to have that? Would he even be willing to do this? Bond our souls together...' Willie dragged me out of my thoughts by saying "You should tell Reggie." I widened my eyes and whipped my head over to look at him, Willie held a small smile on his face and I was quick to shake my head.

"No. Absolutely not. I can't tell him."

Willie raised a brown in confusion, crossing his arms across his chest "Well, why not?" He asked. I hummed bringing my hand up, placing a finger under my chin, acting like I was thinking about something as I said "Let me think..." my tone was quick to change into a sarcastic one as I brought my hand down and stated "Hey Reggie, just so you know we are soulmates and are supposed to be bonded for life once we kiss." I let out a huff in disbelief while shaking my head "There is no way I'm telling him." Willie rolled his eyes while uncrossing his arms.

"I'm sure he's an understanding guy, once you explain things to him sure he might need some time to think but still. (Y/n), I want you to be happy."

I shook my head "Yeah, well, there is no way I'm going to tell him." Willie narrowed his eyes in both confusion and frustration "Why not?" He asked I grit my teeth in frustration, I stated "Because I said so Willie. Now drop it." Willie shook his head refusing to let this go, as he responded "No. I'm not dropping this." I was now getting angry as he tried to pull the answer out of me "You love him so why can't you just-" I cut Willie off, shooting up out of my chair and yelling how I feel right to his face.

"It's because I'm scared!"

Willies eyes widened at my response, going quiet as my angry look, turned into a sad one. Letting out a sigh, I sat back down in the chair behind me. I looked down at my hands that sat on my lap as I explained my reasoning to Willie, my voice going a bit softer "I'm scared, that something will happen and he'll be gone...." I felt tears form in my eyes, causing me to close them, I felt the tears fall down my cheeks as my thoughts went to my parents. "I know that he's already dead, but what if I one day got so mad that I accidentally made him disappear? What then Willie? And then there is Caleb..." At this point I was sobbing, my arms sat hugging myself as all the worry and fear I've been holding in, came out through my tears.

"What if he gets ahold of Reggie? What if he finds out that I love him? Willie who knows what Caleb will do?"

Willie kneeled down in front of me "Hey. Hey. Hey." His hands sat on my arms, as I looked down at him through teary eyes. Worry could be seen in Willies eyes, having never seen me panic over what to do before. I have never worried this much over other people before, but lately, there has been so much at stake with having to juggle Reggie, the band and Caleb. On top of all that trying to keep Caleb from finding out about the others and the others finding out about Caleb. It's really taken a mental and emotional toll on me.

Willies eyes stared into my own, a determined look made its way to his face "I won't let that happen, okay? I swear it." Tears continued to stream down my face as I sent him a relieved smile, knowing that I can count on my best friend  to help me juggle things a bit better, at least until I figure a way for the both of us to get out of here. I nodded my head a little while saying "Thank you, Willie." It was barely audible but he still heard it, a small smile make its way to his lips while shrugging his shoulders.

I was quick to engulf him in a hug, taking Willie by surprise as he let go of my arms. Letting out a small grunt from the force of the hug, his arms slowly wrapped around me as I rested my cheek on his shoulder. "I don't know what I'd do without you." His hold around me tightened a little, as those words came out of my mouth. It was as if he was scared of that happening, of me one day leaving him in the dark, letting him live out the rest of his ghostly days alone and cursed to serve Caleb for all eternity.

"Let's not think of that, okay?"

I brought my head back to look at Willie, our arms still around each other. Judging by the sad smile on his face I could tell those words were mostly meant for himself rather than me. I brought my right hand up to wipe my eyes while nodding my head in response to Willies question. Sending him a small smile, the two of us let go of each other, Willie shoved his hands into his dress pants pockets, his head nodding over towards the direction of the door, as he stated "Come on. Let's go home." I sniffled in response and nodded my head as the two of us walked out the door side by side.

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1-12: Home Is Where My Horse Is

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Pairings: Reggie x Reader, Like x Julie, Alex x Willie

Summary: (Y/n) (L/n) has been able to see and feel ghosts ever since she was little, which made it hard to tell the ghosts from the humans. Everyone has always thought she was a bit crazy, even her best friends, Julie and Flynn. But when three ghosts with a love for music appear in Julie's garage, suddenly (Y/n) doesn't seem so crazy anymore.

Song: Home Is Where My Horse Is (Reggie Peters [Jeremy Shada])

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The next couple of weeks were spent with the band, working on songs and bonding as a band. I found out that Alex is in fact gay, and when I passed the information on to Willie, he was ecstatic. My nights consisted of mostly Reggie, and of course work. The two of us spent the nights sitting and talking, and watching a movie here and there.

"Wait. So you're telling me that you think C3PO is better than R2-D2?"

Right now we were sat on my bed watching Starwars: Episode IV - A New Hope on my laptop. Our bodies close together, arms and legs practically touching, the laptop sitting on our legs between the two of us. It was almost the end of the movie, the X-Wing starfighter pilots and Luke were all trying to take down the Death Star.

I shrugged and looked over at Reggie as he stared at me in disbelief "I'm just saying that C3PO is more technologically advanced, since he's more human like than R2 is." I looked back at the screen I could feel Reggies eyes on me for a couple of seconds more before stating "Yeah, but R2 is just as technologically advanced, if anything he's more advanced." I looked over at him in confusion while asking "How so?" A small smirk graced Reggies lips as he started to explain.

"Well, R2 can hack into things, he can fly an X-Wing without having the pilot on board, and he is just the best droid ever"

I rolled my eyes and let out a chuckle while waving my hand in front of him. "Okay, okay, fine, but that last reason isn't a reason. It's an opinion." He shook his head letting out a small laugh before responding "It's more of a fact than an opinion" he sent me a wink as I rolled my eyes and let out a huff in amusement.

The two of us went back to watching the movie, ending soon afterwards. Once the credits started rolling, I shut my laptop and put it on the floor next to my bed. "I still can't get over the fact that you can have a portable computer." Reggie said as he got up and stretched out his arms and back.

I got up as well while walking over to the door of my room "It's called a laptop." Opening the door, Reggie seemed to notice I was leaving so he appeared outside the door. "Well, yeah whatever it is, it's really cool." Reggie stated, a smile on his face. This caused me to smile and shake my head as I walked down the hallway, Reggie trailing close behind "It's not that amazing" I said, Reggie's voice could be heard in response behind me "To a guy that's been dead since 1995, that stuff is pretty amazing" I let out a small chuckle in response as I started my decent down the stairs.

Reggie suddenly appeared at the bottom of the steps, causing me to roll my eyes at his lazy behavior. I walked past him as I stated "You know, just because you're a ghost, doesn't mean you should jump from place to place. Use the stairs like a normal person." Reggie disappeared again as I made my way through the living room, only for him to reappear sitting on the couch in front of me. I stopped in front of Reggie, arms crossed, expecting some kind of response.

"It saves time. Plus, it's fun."

He shrugged, and I was quick to counter without thinking "Just because something is fun, doesn't mean you should do it." I felt heat rise to my cheeks as the end of his lips twitched up into a small smirk, a glimmer of amusement could be seen in his eyes.

"I think if you asked any man on earth, they'd disagree with that sentence."

I rolled my eyes at him and turned to walk off into the kitchen. Reggie suddenly appeared in the cased opening in front of me, his arms out against the wooden frame of the cased opening on both sides of him. The smirk still present on his face as he stared down at me, I rolled my eyes for the third time that day as I stared at the dark haired bassist in front of me.

"You know if you you keep doing that you'll drain all your energy."

He let out a chuckle before responding "You know if you keep doing that your eyes will eventually roll to the back of your head" Reggie crossed his arms across his chest, as he leaned his shoulder against the frame of the cased opening. I let out a small huff in amusement, as I shook my head while moving past him into the kitchen.

I went over to the cabinet and opened it, looking over it for the (f/s). Once I found it, I tried to reach for it, only for my fingers to just graze it, I wasn't tall enough to reach it. Suddenly, I felt someone lean over me, as a hand reached up to grab the (f/s). Slowly looking over next to me, my eyes sat on Reggie's necklace, my face currently in line with his chest, my cheeks heating up from how close he was.

I could feel my heart beating faster within my chest, as I looked up at him, my eyes resting on his perfect face. His green eyes that always seemed to be shining in happiness, glared at the (f/s) as his hand kept going through the box. His brows creased in frustration, a slightly angry look sat on his face, a look that seemed almost unnatural on Reggie. I watched as he let out an aggravated huff before going to slam his hands on the counter, only for them to go right through it. Reggie yelled in anger "Damn it!" a hand came up and grabbed the (f/s) "Reggie." He ignored me as he brought his arm back to throw the snack. "Reggie!" I yelled while grabbing his arm to stop him from chucking the box.

His head whipped over in my direction, his hard glare softening once his eyes met mine. Reggie didn't need to say anything, I was quick to nod my head over to the arm I grabbed "Look." I stated. Reggie's eyes drifted over to the box in his hand, only for his forest green eyes to widen in amazement, as a giant smile slowly formed on his lips. "Holy shit!" He let out a short laugh out of joy "I did it!" He continued, which caused me to smile in response.

Reggie looked back over at me, his arms suddenly came up wrapping around me out of happiness, pulling me closer to him. My eyes went wide in surprise, but I slowly wrapped my arms around him in response, a small sigh leaving my lips as I relaxed. 'Why does this feel so right?' His arms felt like the safest place on earth, I didn't want to leave.

Feeling my heart beat faster I rested my cheek against his chest, closing my eyes, I just focused on Reggie. Suddenly the sound of a box dropping to the ground could be heard. "I dropped it..." This caused a giggle to resonate from me, and Reggie was soon to follow in a fit of laughs and giggles.

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"Okay, so did Luke write all your songs when you guys were alive?"

Reggie shrugged while leaning forward,a smile on his face. I could feel a tug in my chest, causing me to want to lean forward as well, but I leaned back in my chair as I took a (f/s) and tossed it in my mouth. Reggies smile seemed to falter a little as I leaned back, but it was almost unnoticeable as the smile was quick to reappear in a second or two. "Basically, yeah. He wrote practically all our songs." Rubbing the back of his neck, his eyes drifted down towards the counter as he continued "I did write some songs but Luke never liked them." I raised a brow in confusion.

Without realizing it, I started leaning forward a bit in my seat as to get closer to the boy in front of me. "Well, why not?" I asked, my elbows sitting on the counter in front of me. Reggie shrugged while rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment. I watched as his eyes drifted down to the counter in front of us, a sheepish smile on his face "Its just..." his eyes looked back up into mine.

Letting out a small sigh, Reggie sat up in his seat, hands on the table, his fingers interlocked. "Back when the three of us were..."he nodded his head a little from side to side, a small glimpse of a frown making its way to his face as he avoided the word all together, he continued "ya know..." I nodded my head, understanding what word he was trying to explain but avoid at the same time. It was almost as if he was scared to say it, like he hasn't accepted the fact that he's dead, and refuses to accept it. I've seen this before in ghosts, they are scared that saying the word would mean that it would all be real. Most ghosts are scared of coming to terms with things and accepting that it's all real, but there are the few who aren't, and turn to seaking revenge on those who wronged them. Those, are the worst ghosts.

Reggie stared at me for a couple of seconds, before clearing his throat and looking off to the side "Anyway, I've always loved country music, ever since I was little." A small smile crossed my lips as he looked back at me. "Really?" I asked "I didn't peg you for the country type." His smile dropped a little, he let out a huff as he explained "I know, the leather jacket and ripped jeans really throws you off doesn't it?" He gestured to his black ripped jeans, his black leather jacket currently not on him. I brought my elbow on the table as I rested my chin in the palm of my hand.

I shrugged in response to his question while stating "Just a little, you look like you'd be more into rock." He sent me a smile while stating "What can I say? I'm a country boy at heart." he brought his hand up, pretending there was a cowboy hat on his head. Reggie brought the fake hat down, and clicked his tongue, all while sending me a wink. This caused a giggle to arise from me in response as I rolled my eyes and waved my hand in front of the two of us, to distract myself from the blush rising on my cheeks.

Reggie chuckled at my reaction, bringing his hand back onto the table in front of us. "So yeah, I loved country, and still do." Reggie's eyes stayed on mine for a couple of seconds longer, as if lost in his own thoughts, he was quick to clear his throat as his eyes drifted down to his fidgety hands on the table, tapping to a random beat. "I ended up writing some country songs here and there, hoping that maybe one day, the band could go country." He explained as he shrugged his shoulders, he stopped tapping his hands, a sigh left his lips in disappointment.

"But, he never wanted to go country, didn't even want to listen to my songs either. Luke was never much of a country person."

I watched as a small frown made its way onto Reggie's face. I felt a tug in my chest as I stared at his frowning face, the tug only became greater the longer I stared at him, causing me to quickly try to find a way to make it go away. "Can I hear them?" I was quick to blurt out, Reggie looked up at me in confusion. "Your songs. Can I hear your songs?" Reggie still stared at me, slightly confused as he tilted his head in question.

"You wanna hear my songs?"

The look on his face caused a smile to grace my lips, he looked like a confused puppy. I nodded my head, letting out a small giggle  "Yes. I want to hear your songs." I stated in confirmation. Reggie sat there staring at me still in confusion, for a second or two as he slowly processed my words. A smile slowly formed on his lips, as Reggie stuttered, out a response "O-Oh. O-Okay. I just um.." he let out a small huff, replacing a laugh as he held up his hands.

"Just... Give me a second."

He stated, before disappearing. I let out a light chuckle while getting up and making my way back to my room. 'There has to be an answer to what is happening to me, somewhere in my grandmothers...' I was quick to fix my own statement in my head, as I made my way up the steps. 'In the magic books.' I couldn't even bring myself to call the books my own. I always felt as if I didn't deserve them, and that my grandmother should've given them to someone who knows what they're doing.

Once I made it into my room, I headed straight for the closet. Opening it, I kneeled down and started pushing the shoeboxes aside in order to get to the secret compartment in the back wall. I was quick to open the compartment, grabbing both books, while holding a hand out to keep the candles from coming out of the compartment.  I held the brown book in my lap as I skimmed through the pages for the one hundredth time, still finding no traces of anything I'm going through.

Slamming the brown leather encased book, I let out a huff out of annoyance and stress as my hands sat on the book. "Damn it." My eyes held anger in them, as they drifted over to the black book with the purple pentagram on it. I swore to myself that I'd never touch that book ever again after what happened. 'I have to at least look.' I tried to convince myself to pick it up. As my hand reached over to it, a voice spoke up from behind me "Watcha doin'?" The sound of Reggie's sweet voice, caused me to jump a little in surprise.

My head turned quickly in order to look at the bass player behind me, eyes wide as I stated quietly "Reggie.." he smiled as he walked over next to me "Yes, that is my name" he chuckled as he sat down next to me, looking at the two books in front of us. "Were you gonna cast a spell?" I blinked a couple of times "Wh-what?" Reggie glanced over at me as I quickly looked down at the leather brown book in front of me, feeling heat rise to my cheeks.

"N-No. I told you. I don't do magic anymore."

I stated as I picked up both of the books, Reggie asked "So then what were you doing with the books?" I shoved them back in the compartment in front of me "I was looking for something" shutting the door to it, I stood up, shut the closet doors and turned around to face him, causing Reggie to quickly stand up as well. "What were you looking for?" He asked, I shook my head a little "Doesn't matter." I stated in response before shoving my hands in my sweatshirt pockets.

Reggie's brows furrowed a small frown making its way to his lips as my eyes drifted down to the notebook being held in his right hand. A smile graced my lips as I asked "Is that your song book?" My eyes drifted back up to look at him, only to see him quickly close his mouth as if he was about to say something but stopped himself.

Lifting his hand up a small bit to take a quick glance at the book at his hand, he was quick to confirm "Oh, um, sorta..." he rubbed the back of his neck as he stared at me, while letting out a chuckle of embarrassment he continued "This um, this is just a place where I write down my thoughts." I nodded my head in understanding. Clearing his throat as he rocked back and fourth on his feet Reggie continued with a shrug "I mean I do also, have some songs written in here" Reggie's forest green eyes glanced off to the side before looking back at my (e/c) ones.

A smile sat on my face as I instinctively grabbed his hand while stating "Come on" I started walking off, dragging him with me. I must've taken him by surprise, because he stumbled along behind me "W-What?" Reggie stated as I let out a light chuckle. Glancing back at the bassist behind me, who now regained his balance and is walking normally I was quick to say "I want to hear your songs." Looking back in front of me, my eyes set on our destination, which sat at the end of the hall.

Reggie let out a light chuckle before stating "They aren't all that great." We made it to the music room as I walked in and stated "To Luke, they aren't. But you have no idea what I think." I let go of Reggie's hand as I turned around to face him "Pick your poison." I continued, gesturing to all the instruments around me. I watched Reggie's eyes go wide from all the instruments "Holy shit!" He stated with a laugh in amazement.

I watched as he went over to look at each instrument, examining them in excitement. "Your parents must be rich as hell" I stared at the back of Reggie's head in slight confusion, before shaking my head a little and saying "Uh, yeah, I guess you could say that." He turned back around to look at me, changing the subject completely.

"So, What song do you want me to sing first?"

I raised my brows at him in amusement, only for him to get confused as to why I'm making that face. My arms crossed across my chest in an amused manor as I stated "Reggie." He hummed in response, still staring at me in confusion "how am I supposed to know what song I want..." I continued "...if I haven't looked at the songs?" Reggie opened his mouth to speak up, only for him to quickly shut it. His face slowly turned red out of embarrassment "My bad." he let out an embarrassed laugh before walking back over to me.

Reggie stood in front of me, holding out his book to me, I went to grab it only for him to quickly pull it out of my reach. Reggies smile slowly left, as a serious look over took his features "(Y/n)." This grabbed my attention right away, causing me to look up into the forest green eyes I've come to be so drawn to. "This book is my most prized possession...." He glanced down at the book in his hands before looking back into my (e/c) eyes "I need you to promise me that you will only look at the pages I tell you too." My breath hitched as Reggie stepped closer to me, desperately waiting for my answer.

My eyes ran over every feature on his face, from his gorgeous eyes that seem to always pull me in, to his pink chapped lips, that I've wanted to feel against my own. I could practically feel my heart racing, hearing it beating in my own ears, I hoped to god that he couldn't hear it too. A breath was drawn out of me, as my (e/c) eyes drifted back up to look into his, I quickly responded to him.

"I promise."

Reggie let out a sigh in (what seemed like) relief as he slowly placed his notebook in my hands, our hands brushing against each other in the process. Reggie sent me a small smile and cleared his throat before backing away slowly "Pages 16, 18, 24, 25, and 32 are where the songs are." He stated while turning back around to walk towards the instruments and continue looking through them. I was quick to ask "You label your pages?" Reggie shook his head in response, as he looked over the blue and white bass "Nah, the pages came already numbered." I let out a hum in response as he tried to pick up the bass, only for his arms to go right through it.

I shook my head a little in amusement before looking down at the notebook in my hands. I opened it and was quick to flip to page 16, I read over the song as it didn't really stick out to me. As I read over each song, nothing stuck out to me until I got to page 25.

'Home is where my horse is.'

I read the title of the song in my head, letting out a small "Huh..." as I read the song over. Reggie must've heard me cause he ended up responding "What's up?" He asked, while making his way over to me. "No, I just, uh..." he glanced over my shoulder, only to notice that Home Is Where My Horse Is seemed to have my attention. He let out a huff in amusement before stating "I actually like that one. Do you want me to play it?" I looked over at the handsome bassist next to me, as he stared down at me. A smile graced my lips in response "I'd love to hear you play it." A wide smile appeared on his lips as he let out an almost air like chuckle along with a cough, before rubbing his neck and looking off to the side.

"I um... I can't really, um... you're gonna have to play the guitar."

He stated, I sent him a smile, along with a shake of my head before handing his notebook back to him, which he happily took back. "Which guitar?" I asked as I made my way over to the different guitars in the room "Uh, Classical." My eyes scanned over the guitars, fixating them on the light brown classical guitar once I found it. I grabbed it and put the strap over my head before turning around, only to see Reggie sitting on the stool in the middle of the room. The microphone also sat in front of him on the stand, but it was a bit shorter than needed for him, considering the fact that I was the last one to use it.

"You know.."

I started to say as I made my way over to him, guitar in hand. "One of my friends, that's a ghost, actually told me about a few things." I brought a stool over to sit in front of him as he raised a brow at me, an amused smile crossing his lips. "Oh, yeah? Like what?" Reggie asked, as I sat down in the stool, a small giggle escaping my lips as I took the strap of the guitar off me. "Well, for one..." moving the guitar over the mic, I handed it to him. "He told me, that if you focus all your energy into your hands, as a ghost, you'll be able to move anything you want." Reggie's eyes grew wide at the sight of the classical guitar in front of him, leaning back a little while putting his hands up.

"No. (Y/n), I can't. What if I drop it? It's an expensive guitar and I-"

I rolled my eyes in response to his slight panic, something in my chest tugging, as I put down the guitar and, as if out of instinct, grabbed his hands with my own. Easily cutting him off and causing his attention to land on me, his doe-like green eyes, staring into my gentle (e/c) ones. "Reggie." I stated a smile on my lips, our foreheads practically inches apart "I trust you." When we got so close? I had no clue. But what I did know, was that I really did trust this boy with my whole heart. Hell, if he wanted to take over the world and start a rebellion, I'd be right there by his side. He could try to convince me that there are aliens on earth and I'd believe him, because that's just how much I trust him.

I felt my heart beating faster within my chest as a warm feeling invaded my cheeks. Reggie nodded his head in response as I cleared my throat and stepped back, taking my hands away in the process. I stated "Besides, you know the cords better than I ever will." Reggie was still silent as he just stared at me, mouth slightly agape, as he seemed to be lost in his own thoughts. I picked up the guitar and held it out to him "Just try it." Reggies eyes drifted up to meet mine before looking back down at the guitar between us.

Slowly, Reggie reached out his hands to grab it, brows furrowed in concentration. I watched as his hands went through it at first, pulling his hand back, I watched as his brows furrowed in concentration. Reggies hand grasped the guitar in my hands, his not going through it, he let out a huff in amazement as he managed to grab onto the guitar. A laugh in astonishment left his lips, looking up at me with a smile on his lips, I sent him a smile and nodded my head in response, as if saying he could take it.

His gorgeous green eyes grew wide in excitement as I let out a small giggle before taking the strap off from around me and handing the guitar over to the dark haired bass player in front of me. Wrapping the strap around his shoulder he adjusted the classical guitar before flipping through the pages in his notebook that sat in his lap. I adjusted the mic, so that it would be at his height, before sitting back down in the stool a few feet in front of him, he suddenly stopped flipping through the pages, seeming to have found the song he was looking for.

Reggie looked over the page for a minute or two, before he nodded his head and closed his notebook, dropping it on the floor next to him. A smile sat on my lips, excited to hear him play the song as Reggies eyes looked at his hand on the neck of the instrument. Putting his fingers on the right spots he started strumming the guitar as he sang into the microphone "home..." he looked up at me for a moment, a smile on his face as he looked back down at his left hand at the neck of the guitar.

Readjusting his fingers he strum the guitar while glancing back up at me and singing the next line "what is it really?" His eyes went back to focusing on his left hand, readjusting his fingers before looking back up at me. Strumming the guitar again "Sometimes it's someone and not a place." Glancing back down at his left hand he moved his fingers and strummed the guitar again.

"It's that feeling of being safe"

Reggie moved his fingers again before looking back up at me and strumming the guitar. "It's about who your with at the end of the day..." he stopping playing, a small smirk gracing his features as he stared at me "and for me.." he stated with a wink, causing a giggle to arise out of me, as a warm feeling made its way to my cheeks. Reggie looked back down at his left hand on the neck of the guitar as he played it while singing.

"Home is where my horse is"

I couldn't help the warm feeling in my chest, as I stared at the boy in front of me, who seemed to grab my attention more and more the longer I spend time with him. "Riding through the trees by the river" Reggie is like this giant light in the darkness that is my life. I can't help but to be drawn to him, no matter what he does. "Feel that summer breeze, smile gettin' bigger" The smile on my face, seemed to grow a bit bigger as I listened to him sing, which only caused the warm feeling in my chest to grow.

"Home is where my horse is"

Reggie glanced over at me for a quick second, sending me a smile of his own as his green eyes met my own (e/c) ones. I practically feel my heart skip a beat as my breath got caught in my throat. He looked back down at his left hand "Don't need a house or a roof" My eyes sat trained onto Reggies face as he sang "I just put on the saddle, lace up my boots" I watched as his brows raised ever so often, his eyes shining and full of happiness "Cause home is where my horse is..." he stopped playing and looked over at me.

"2, 3, 4"

He sent me a smile as he went back to playing the guitar "I don't need the streets" his eyes drifted back down to his left hand that sat on the neck of the guitar. Moving his fingers to the right spots "I don't need the city lights" his voice went a bit higher at the word 'lights' "I don't need no fancy car" as I listened to him sing I found myself loving the way his voice sounded "I just hop on my horse and ride" he glanced at me sending me another one of his award winning smiles, which I found myself loving as well.

Looking back down at his left hand he continued "Home is where my horse is" My eyes drifted toward his as they stared down at the guitar neck in concentration, loving the way they always seem to shine full of happiness. "Riding through the trees by the river" My eyes moved up to look at his slightly messed up dark brown hair, a couple of strands sitting over his forehead that he didn't bother fixing. "Feel that summer breeze, smile gettin' bigger" I loved it, wanting to run my hand through his hair, wondering if it would feel as soft as it looks.

"Home is where my horse is"

My thoughts slowly drifted off to all of the days spent with Reggie, one moment in particular sticking out. A moment that happened during one of the first few days he was here.

Reggie and I were currently laying in my bed in silence, it wasn't an awkward one, it was a comfortable one. Neither of us said a word as my eyes started to close, when Reggie suddenly spoke up.

"Can I touch you?"

I widened my eyes at his statement, turning to face him in confusion I noticed his eyes wide as well. He seemed to realize how that sounded as a blush coated his cheeks in embarrassment, he quickly tried to fix his question "I-I mean, I know it sounds weird but-" I cut him off with a small laugh, finding his flustered state amusing and cute. "Go ahead" A wide smile broke through Reggies features as I sat up, him following close behind "Yeah, Yeah okay." He said.

We sat across each other on my bed in a crisscross fashion, Reggie eagerly waiting for me to give him my hand. A small giggle escaped my lips as I lent him my hand, only for him to grab it quickly, but gently.

I understood that he just wanted to be able to feel human contact for once, all ghosts get like that. But Reggie was definitely the most nice and gentle ghost I have ever met. And I loved that about him, hell, I loved his whole personality.

"I see the beautiful beast running up to me"

This dark hair boy definitely had me wrapped around his finger, and there was absolutely no escape. "And I know..." Suddenly it dawned on me as a blush rose to my cheeks, and In that moment I knew...

"That I'm home."

'I am in love with Reginald Peters'

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