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"Julie, you know I really would like to meet these guys, even if it's just video chat." Ray mentioned to his daughter one morning at breakfast.

"I don't know, they aren't really huge about being seen unless they are performing."

"You know I am going to keep bugging you until I meet these guys, especially the other singer."

Julies cheeks flushed red.

"I'll see what I can do." She told him quickly finishing her food and bringing her plate to the kitchen.

She made her way into the studio.

"So, we have a problem." She announced.

"Yeah, we do." Reggie shook his head.

"Wait, what problem are you talking about?"

"You didn't bring us any of Ray's pancakes. They are phenomenal, and we can finally eat and those are like the greatest things ever." Reggie told her matter-of-factly making some very entertaining faces along with some fun hand motions to get his point across.

"Ok, I'll see what's left in a few minutes, but my dad wants to meet you guys, and he is not taking no for an answer."

"So, how are we dealing with this?" Alex asked, "Are we going to show up solid pretending we are just visiting, or video chat from somewhere else, or are we just going to tell him?"

"I think it might be time to just tell him." Julie admitted, hopefully he wouldn't flip out too much, but now that the guys could become visible whenever it made explaining a lot less complicated.

They went about discussing the plan while Luke just sat back realizing he would officially have to meet his girlfriends father. He had never had to do that before, he was always so busy with his music he never bothered to date, but now...

Eventually they had come to the conclusion they would tell him tonight. They would simply get him to come to the studio and each make themselves visible once Julie explained. Then Reggie planned a giant hug for his best buddy. Julie was just going to go with that last step.

Luke pulled Julie off to the side after the planning was finished.

"Jules, I will be meeting your dad, like officially."

"Don't worry, he will love you."

"But how do you know that, he- he could kick us out of the studio, or he could make us break up the band, or- or he could make us stop-"

"Luke, I know he will love you because I love you. How could he not? You are sweet, wonderful, smart, and you are an over all amazing person."

"I love you too Jules, but I don't have the greatest track record with parents and I really don't want to mess this up. What if he doesn't want his daughter dating a musician?"

"Luke, he married a musician."

"But-"

"Luke, calm down. It will be fine."

But-"

Julie decided to cut him off in the best way she knew, she got on her tippy toes and placed her lips on his.

"Now, calm down. How about we write a song? That should calm you down right?"

"Yeah let's do that."

The day passed faster than they would have hoped.

Alex had begun to practice his runway walk, Reggie was talking a mile a minute worried about his best buddy actually meeting him, and Luke was strumming randomly on his guitar stuck in his thoughts. They honestly all looked like a hot mess.

"Ok, guys, we've go this." Julie said sounding very certain, though her less than confident smile gave her away.

"I mean it's not like we are meeting you dad, who has become my best buddy, except he doesn't even know it even though I am the one who keeps finding his keys for him every morning when he loses them, and helping him pick his best pictures, or that I talk to him like everyday. So yeah nothing to worry about, unless he decides to kick us out of the studio, or he decides we can't be best buddy's or -"

"Reggie, calm down." Julie grabs him by the shoulders and shakes him, his eyes going wide.

"Right. Calm." Reggie gives her a very serious look.

"Ok, Alex, I need you to stand still for just a minute." Julie commanded.

Alex stood in place but his hands were twitching so Julie handed him his drumsticks,

"Here, go sit on the couch and just do whatever one the table."

Alex nodded and began to tap his drumsticks on the table in a quick pattern.

"Luke," Julie said getting his attention, "come out of your head you are only going to imagine this in every worst case scenario that is not going to happen remember: Worrying means you suffer twice, so stop worrying, otherwise if something does go wrong, which it won't, you only have to deal with one situation not the thousands you have concocted in your head."

Luke nodded.

"I will be right back." Julie told them going to talk to her dad.

She took a deep breath before heading into the kitchen where she found him preparing dinner, he was making some cilantro chicken with some other seasonings over rice and some seasoned red potatoes to go with it.

"So dad, the guys will be here in a little bit. You ready to meet them?"

"Ready? I am excited! These are the guys who brought music back into your life sweetie. I can't wait to meet them. Do you think they will like this for dinner?"

"Yeah, they like everything, except hot dogs. They have a personal... grudge with them to speak lightly."

"No hot dogs, got it."

Julie laughed silently,

"Ok, they should be here any minute. I will be right back."

Ray nodded as she went back out to the studio.

"So are you guys ready? I am not taking no for an answer so come with me. Stay invisable until I explain and then yall can just kind of make yourselves appear."

They each replied in some form of affirmative.

"Great." Julie said with extra confidence just for herself.

They walked into the house where Ray was setting the table, and the guys were all just melting at the wonderful smell that was coming from the food that they could now finally eat.

"Ok dad, so before you meet the guys I have to tell you something about them first."

"Watcha got for me sweetheart?"

"Well, you see they aren't exactly... normal people."

"All you musicians are your own characters, all extraordinary not normal."

"Yea but their-" Julie was caught off by Carlos running down the stairs.

"Ghosts!"

"Carlos, not right now Julie is telling me about the band who we are finally going to meet."

"Actually, they are ghosts."

"Julie-"

"No, dad really, remember that night after I went into mom's studio and came running out and you joked I looked like I had seen a ghost. Yeah I saw three."

"Julie, I just want to meet the guys, you don't have to come up with some elaborate story as to why I can't meet them."

"But dad it's true they are ghosts."

"Julie-"

"Look around, do you see anything that could make a hologram?"

Ray sighed but looked around and saw nothing out of the ordinary and shook his head.

"Ok, now explain this, Reggie?"

Reggie made himself appear with a big smile on his face.

"Ray! You finally get to see me! This is awesome!"

Ray stood flabbergasted.

"You know how you've been miraculously finding your keys recently? Yeah, that was Reggie, he likes to hang out with you. The one sided conversations are quiet amusing. Especially when I walk in and try to talk to both of you at once without you realizing I am talking to Reggie too." Julie explained.

"Wow, so they really are ghost? But why haven't I seen him before if he hangs out with me?"

"Well, until very recently they could only be seen when we played music together, otherwise I am the only one who can see them, but now they can make themselves seen whenever they want."

"See Ghost band." Carlos said with his arms crossed.

"Wait how did Carlos find out?" Ray asked.

"Well, that's a fun story I will explain after you meet the rest of the band, Alex?"

"Hi, I'm Alex." Alex waved with a smile.

"Ooo, now Julie's ghost boyfriend!" Carlos jumped in.

"Ghost boyfriend?" Ray questioned looking extremely confused.

Julie sighed,

"Luke?"

"Hi Mr. Molina." Luke greeted his girlfriends father sheepishly.

"So this is your band? and they are ghosts?"

"Yeah, and to circle back to how Carlos found out about them, well Reggie would you like to show off what you did to Carlos and Tia?"

Reggie disappeared making Ray's eyes go wide once more as suddenly the lamp turned on and off then the blinds on the window starting opening and closing then Reggie's specialty, he threw a blanket over his head and pretended to be a ghost... well a ghost pretending to be a ghost... I don't know it's complicated.

Reggie then reappeared putting the blanket back on the couch.

"I had to prove that little dude here was right." Reggie shrugged.

"Which lead to me really looking into this ghost thing, which is when I found that stuff in the attic."

"The french dip recipe?" Ray asked.

"Yea, Reggie and I were at the table for that find, you really had us nervous for a minute there little dude." Alex added in.

"Yes, well later I also found in the box was this old demo from the nineties, well there was a picture of four guys on it and low and behold it was Julie's band."

"So wait you guys are a band, from the nineties?" Ray asked.

"Yep."

"So, what happened to the fourth member?"

"Oh, he apparently became really successful using my songs, not bitter at all. You might know him, Bobby Wilson?" Luke interjected.

"I'm confused."

"He now goes by Trevor Wilson." Luke said stiffly.

"Wait, Trevor was in your band?"

"And stole all of my songs."

"Wait so how did you guys become... ghosts?"

"Well, we died just hours before we were supposed to perform at the Orpheum, and then we floated out of the ambulance and we thought we were in this room for like an hour but it turns out we were in there for twenty five years." Reggie explained with lot's of fun expressions going on on his face.

"So, how did you die? If you don't mind me asking. Was there an accident with some stage equipment or something?"

Julie busted out laughing.

"What am I missing sweetie?"

"Let's just say it was not an equipment accident, it's a lot more... well let's just say it's not that at all."

"Hey, we can call it an equipment incident." Reggie jumped in.

"Yeah, some equipment wasn't- in the best shape, and out street dogs we got that night were tainted... and yeah..." Luke explained.

"So that's why they have a personal grudge against hot dogs." Ray realized.

"Yeah, well Bobby stayed behind that night because he was flirting with the bartender, so he lived."

"And stole my music."

"So wait all of his music isn't his?"

"Nope, all of his hits, yeah those are mine. Note: My Name is Luke."

"I can't believe he would do that, I've known him for years now and I would never have expected that of him."

"Neither would we." Alex said.

"Yeah, so that night in the studio I put their demo on and suddenly they just appeared. We found out when they performed with me at the school that they could be seen when they played with me. You can hear them but not see them if they play music, note those times when I accidentally "left the stereo on" yeah that was them.

"Well, you guys can play whenever you want now. So, can you guys eat?"

"Yes, finally we couldn't until well the night after we played the Orpheum, long story." Reggie told him.

They had some casual conversation around the table, well as casual as it could be when half of the people there were ghosts.

Once they finished Ray pulled Luke off to the side,

"So, your Julie's, "Ghost boyfriend" as Carlos puts it."

"Yes sir, but before you-"

"Look, as long as you treat her right I'm good with it. You and Alex and Reggie, brought music back into her life. For a while there I thought I would never hear her sing again, but you guys were able to get through to her and you helped her get her spot back in the music program. You've done so much for her, and I cannot thank you enough."

"Thank you Mr. Molina-"

"Ray, call me Ray."

"Ray, she's- she's helped us a lot too. She has helped me so much."

"Well, then I'm glad you found each other."

Ray and Luke rejoined the rest and Ray went and sat on the couch next to Reggie.

"So, best buddy, what movie should we watch?"

"Umm.. Wow... let's watch Cars, I mean Lightning and Mater are goals in the best buddy department- Julie did I use that right?"

"Yea Reggie."

"Yes!" Reggie shouted.

"Well then let's watch the best buddy movie." Ray said pulling up Disney+

After the movie, in which Julie wound up leaning against Luke, both trying to ignore the random glances Ray gave them, Julie pulled her dad aside.

"Thanks for going with Reggie's Best Buddy thing, I don't know the full story, but I know he wasn't very close with his parents.

Ray nodded,

"Well, he can be my best buddy anytime he wants, especially since he manages to find me keys and my phone and my wallet. You know what he can just stick around." Ray joked.

Julie laughed before she continued.

"Alex will take a bit to open up, he also had some issues with his family, so he has some serious trust issues."

"What about Luke?" Ray noted the small smile that came to Julie's face at the mention of his name.

"He also has a complicated relationship with his parents. They didn't want a musician, and that's all he wanted. They left on bad terms, but it's improved a little bit. I would tell you more about each of their situations, but that's personal for them and I want it to be their choice when you learn."

"I understand sweetie, and I will await the day they open up to me."

Ray smiled at his daughter before they rejoined the guys once more. He was so happy Julie had found the guys, she was so much happier and she was finally singing again and she was performing. He had hoped and wished for so long that she would just sing again. He dared not believe she would perform again. Just singing would be enough, but they had brought his little girl back to life and he couldn't ask for anything more.

So I hope you guys enjoyed! I've been wanting to write but could never get enough alone time to write. Please please please leave requests or songs you want chapters based on because thanks to madsmxlti I am now hooked on Black and White. Though I am running a little low on my ideas so keep them coming, also please let me know what yall think! Constructive criticism is always welcomed as well as story suggestions for me to read (even if they are your own).

Also did any anyone catch the fantastic beasts reference in here?

As always I have to ask who cried? I'm really curious about some of you if you've managed to not cry at all yet or at least lasted two chapters without tears?

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