Luke's Point of View:
"Happy Birthday." I mumble to her, before leaving the room and going up to the attic of the studio to be alone. I'm trying to process what I just heard from her and Alex, and it's not easy.
The anger from earlier is gone, I jumped the gun in judging her situation.
"Luke?" I hear Alex somewhere below me.
"Yeah. Up here."
Next thing I know he poofs next to me.
"You ok?" He asks me. I shrug.
"I see a lot of me in her, it scares me."
He nods, playing with his fingers.
"She needs us Luke, she needs a family." He says after a moment of silence.
I nod. My heart breaks for the kid sleeping on the couch. I don't know her story, but I do know she's lost a lot. Almost as much as I have.
"I think we need to have a band meeting. Figure out what we want to do." He nods. We both yawn, almost at the same time.
"I'm going to bed." Alex stands and I nod. He leaves, before I move back to the living room, on the opposite couch as mystery kid.
"Jack." She says suddenly, making me look over there. That's when I realize she's not awake, and she starts thrashing around, screaming for this Jack person.
"Hey! Hey! Wake up!" I gently put a hand on her good shoulder, trying to limit how much she's moving. She's been asleep for a couple hours now, and it's making me wonder how much pain she's in.
"Emmie! Wake up!" Alex appears next to me. Her eyes shoot open and their laced with pain. Not good. So not good.
"Go get her uncle." I tell Alex, and he takes one look at her before bolting.
"Emmie, it's ok you're ok." I turn back to her. Her breathing is ragged and it's clear she's not ok.
"Jack where's Jack." She forces out.
"I don't know who Jack is." I tell her, before pulling her into a gentle hug, hoping she can calm herself down a little bit. Her head tucks into my collarbone and her breathing continues to get more and more ragged.
"Hey, deep breath. It's ok." I lean back to look at her. She's pale and it's obvious she's overwhelmed. Just then I hear someone on the stairs. See, Julie's dad can see us when Julie is around, but when she's not he can't. Carlos can, and he's pretty chill about it now that he knows the truth about us, but every now and then he tries to mess with us.
"Emmie!" He flips a light on, and comes over to her, a medicine bottle in his hand. "I'm so sorry! I slept through my alarm to bring you your meds!"
That makes sense, no wonder she's in this bad of pain.I move back to give her space to let her uncle help her out.
"I just want Jack." She starts crying, and it's pretty obvious she's not getting much air.
"I know hun I know." He hands her meds and the water bottle next to her on the couch and she takes them, forcing herself to breathe.
"Jack?" I mouth at Alex, and he just shrugs in response. I know I have to act like I heard nothing earlier, but I'm assuming it's either her dad or brother.
"No matter where he is, he will always be right here with you." Ray says, taping his chest over his heart. Emmie nods.
"I know."
I look confused at Alex. What more is there to this girl? Crying used to make me uncomfy, but the guys kinda forced me to get over it.
"Where are those boys when I need them. Alex and Reggie, if your around and she needs me, bang on my bedroom door for me." Roy says, looking surprisingly right at us. "And Luke, if your around, I think you and Emmie have a lot in common you should talk about." He then looks back at Emmie.
"You know Alex and Luke?" She asks.
"You've met them?" He asks her back.
"Yeah, Alex brought me here and Luke helped me when I collapsed."
"Yeah, they're in a band with Julie. I'm going to go back to bed, if you think you'll be ok. The boys stick around at night so if you need anything just yell for one of them and they'll show up. Wait, you can see them?!"
"Yeah, Alex is right there and Luke's to my right." She says, pointing to Alex and then me.
"Bizarre. I can't see them unless Julie is around."
He shrugs, before asking if she'll be alright.
"Yeah, I'm fine."
He leaves to go back upstairs, before I lean forward,
"I would ask who Jack is but that's a story you'll tell when you're ready. Instead, how about you tell me about home. Where are you from?"
"Michigan." She says, with a slight smile.
And with that, I found a way into this girls life.