WHEN ALEX AND REGGIE POOFED INTO JULIE'S LIVING ROOM, the Latino barely spared them a glance.

The Molina girl had already yelled at the boys earlier and snapped at Luke after they had tried apologizing, she wasn't in the mood for any more of their games.

Alex peered at the girl "Hey uh, you got a second?" he asked gently. Julie just ignored the blonde and kept her attention on her homework.

"Oh my gosh! She can't see us anymore!" Reggie gasped wide-eyed, Alex shot the ghost an annoyed glance and went over to sit on the arm of the sofa Julie sat on.

"Julie please," Alex said earnestly, Julie gave in to his tone and looked up at the boy.

"I already told you I'm done with the band," Julie said.

"Yeah, we know alright? But before you decide you decide that forever just- we wanted you to know Luke isn't as selfish as you think he is." Alex sighed, he was still pissed bout what happened between Luke and Olivia but Luke was still his best friend, and he knew he didn't mean what he had said.

He also knew how tough today was gonna be for him.

"Yeah, you've got him all wrong," Reggie added, yet no matter what they said Julie still scoffed and went back to her work.

Alex and Reggie exchanged a glance before Alex finally decided to play their last and final card.

"You remember that song 'Emily' ?"

That piqued Julie's interest and she immediately raised her head to look up at them.

"Can we at least show you who that's actually about?"

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After leading Julie to a house, the 2 ghosts and Julie hit behind plants near the front porch. They peaked out to get a look at what was going on on the inside and the sight made Julie's breath hitch.

Luke Patterson sat on the kitchen counter with tears in his eyes as he watched an old woman and man walk around setting the table set up. The women held a cake and the man set down 3 plates on the table, the 2 of them exchanging sad mournful glances.

"So, Emily's his mom?" Julie asked with a sad frown.

"Yeah.. yeah Luke comes here a lot," Alex said.

"He thinks we don't know but the 2 of us and Olivia have been following him," Reggie said.

Luke continued to watch his parents, tears now shamelessly streaming down his face as struggled to keep in sobs that threatened to come out.

"All he does is hang out here and watch them. They never really do anything though." Reggie said sadly.

Luke's mom, Emily, set down the cake at the center of the table and Julie spoke up with a shrug  "they're having cake, that's something."

"It's a birthday cake, for Luke," Reggie said and Julie winced, she couldn't begin to understand their pain for Luke but as she continued to watch them she felt her heartbreak.

Luke continued to watch in tears and Julie whispered "I didn't know Luke was hurting so much, the only person within you guys that I know went through a rough patch was Olivia."

The 2 ghosts exchanged a glance before Alex sighed " Now's as good a time as any to tell you about what happened to her. Back in high school, Olivia was selected to perform for this recital for our school anniversary. The teachers chose her cause I mean, have you heard her sing? She's incredible!" Alex said.

"Olivia was so excited, she came back to the garage almost every day to practice and no matter how many times she sang the same song all of us were still in awe of her voice. Especially Luke. This was such a great opportunity for her and all of us were so proud of her." Reggi smiled at the memory.

"On the day of the recital, our parents never showed up to watch. They said they had errands to run or something. And even though Olivia told us she was fine with it we knew it bothered her but we let her be anyway. When it was her turn to go on everyone fell silent as we watched her, we gave her encouraging smiles as she walked up to the microphone. But when the piano started playing,she opened her mouth and nothing came out." Alex sighed, Julie sucked in a sharp breath.

"Olivia started shaking, the piano stopped playing after a while when she didn't sing and she just stood there. Her face was pale, her hands were shaking and we could tell she tried to sing but she couldn't. She just froze. She started having a panic attack and we wanted to rush up onto the stage to help her but people started making fun of her." Reggie added bitterly.

"What do you mean they were making fun of her" Julie said with narrowed eyes.

"They started saying things like "what a loser" or "it looks like she just shit herself", you get the gist," Alex said with a sour face.

"Alex and I stayed down in the audience to shut them up and Luke ran on stage to move her backstage to calm her down. Since then she stopped playing music and singing, it was like PTSD. Whenever she tried it felt as if she was back on that stage all over again." Reggie sighed, Julie could feel tears run down her face as she thought about all the ghosts that went through.

"That's horrible, no wonder she always looked so afraid when I caught her playing for the first time," Julie whispered to herself.

At that moment, it was as if all three of them had a common understanding. Luke and Olivia were the strongest people they knew but both of them were hurting so much at the same time. They knew they had to be there for them, to protect them because they were always doing so much for them. It was their turn to do the same.

"Yeah plus Lukes's situation is really bad since he left on bad terms, he never got a chance to make up with them," Alex said sadly, as Luke's parents sat down at the table and gripped each other hands, Luke joined them with tears still running down his face.

As Luke's father lit the candle, Luke blew it out. Even with tears in his eyes, Luke tried to muster a smile as his parents looked around the room. Wondering if their dear son was in the room with them. Luke finally sat down on the empty chair between them and his face contorted into one of sorrow as he released a sob.

"That's why Luke was so angry, if Trevor had given Luke credit for his songs then his parents would have known his dreams were worth chasing," Reggie said sadly.

"They would have been so proud," Julie whispered, her voice breaking slightly.

They watched as another figure poofed into the house. The blonde girl stood against the counter and at the sight of the sobbing boy she felt tears pool in her eyes. She had met Luke's family before, they were sweet people, and seeing them mourn on their dead son's birthday was unnerving.

Olivia's heart broke even more as she heard Luke's strangled cries, he didn't deserve this.

As Luke's parents blew out the candle in tears, Luke did the same, and the sob that he let out caused Olivia to move forward and place a tender hand on his shoulder.

Tears slowly ran down her face even more as Luke's tear-stained face turned around and looked up at her.

Misery and sorrow donned his expression and Luke let out all the emotions he had been trying to bottle up the moment he saw her. Luke hadn't expected to see her today but the sight of the girl did something to him, made all his walls come crashing down.

Olivia knelt from where she stood and wrapped her arms tightly around the sobbing boy, he gripped her arms tightly and hid his face in the crook of her neck. Sobs racked his body and her shoulder was becoming damp with tears but she couldn't care less.

At that moment, it just felt right. The way they fit perfectly in each other's arms, the way they both had each other's scents memorized. Everything about that moment made sense to them and the 3 teenagers watching from outside.

There was never going to be anybody else that was gonna break that bond that had formed the minute they met and nothing ever will.

Olivia squeezed the boy tighter while stroking his back and whispered sweet things in his ear as he sobbed, the boy didn't move an inch as he gripped as if she was about to disappear in her arms.

Olivia glanced at Luke's parents sobbing at the table as well and whispered in Luke's ear "I'm gonna poof us out of here ok?".

The boy just nodded his head and with that, the girl poofed out of the house leaving the 2 parents to mourn without them

A/N : did i cry while writing this? yes. IM SORRY FOR GIVING YALL SAD LUKE BUT NEXT CHAPTERS A HAPPY ONE I PROMISE