Part Dix-huit

Just some fluff.

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Sunday morning dawned dark and cloudy, soft rain falling that was inevitably on the way to a big storm.

Julie woke up slowly, hugging her blankets tighter around her. She had been dreaming about Luke again. The dreams were more frequent, and detailed, now that they were together. Mostly they were just the two of them singing, or cuddling during a family movie night, but last night was a little different. They were writing a song, but it was like she couldn't quite hear it, and she REALLY wanted to hear it.

A soft knock on her door forced her to admit she wasn't going to fall back asleep, so she sat up and called "Come in!"

The door opened and, surprisingly, it was Luke, no phasing through the door today.

"I brought you some breakfast, it's already 10 am and your dad said you might want to be lazy today because of the storm." He looked amused.

"He told you how I feel about storms, then?"

"Well, he said there was a story. He's watching movies with Carlos and Reggie again, and Alex and Willie are hanging out together in the studio. He said it was okay if we watched something up here, or wrote some music if we wanted."

Julie smiled softly, 'Guess her dad decided he was okay with the guys in room after all. It was nice to know how much he trusted her, and them, even Luke.'

Luke set the plate and glass of milk down on her bedside table, and she registered for the first time that it was a large, gooey, frosted cinnamon roll.

"Where did that come from?! My dad cannot bake."

"Oh, um, I asked Reggie and he helped me make them for everyone. He had to learn to cook for himself and he actually really liked it and got pretty good, so..." He bit his lip and ducked his head shyly.

"It looks and smells incredible! Now, grab my laptop and come here, we can find a movie, and then we can start brainstorming song ideas later."

His face lit up and he bounced a little, turning to her desk for the laptop, before coming over to sit down and snuggle next to her on her bed. 'This was going to be the best day!'

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Out in the studio, Alex and Willie had borrowed Carlos' tablet and were listening to music. Willie was determined to broaden Alex's music understanding and also, ease him into the more accepting world that he had landed in. Willie wanted to be close to Alex, but he could see that there was still a bit of discomfort with any open, and especially public shows of affection. It had gotten better after Ray had obviously assured him he didn't care, and it didn't change his affection for Alex at all, but Willie didn't want to push Alex into anything he wasn't ready for.

"Check out this song Hotdog." He started a lyric video on YouTube of 'Born This Way', might as well start with a big one.

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Meanwhile, Ray, Carlos, and Reggie were deciding on a movie to watch. Carlos was begging for 'Men in Black', but Ray was convinced Reggie might like to do a few different ones, rather than another series. Reggie had quickly become a very welcome edition to his days the last week, now that he could see him and everything. It was a lot less boring during the day when Carlos and Julie were at school and he didn't have a photo shoot.

"I don't mind either way, I swear! I just like hanging out with you guys, whatever you pick will be great!"

"See Dad! We should do MIB, it's important pop culture and he's fine with it!"

"But, there are other movies he might like!"

"Daaad, you're just mad because we just watched these not that long ago, but Reggie's never seen them!"

"Wha.. I... that's not... Fine." Ray threw his hands up in surrender, he really didn't have any other specific movie ideas.

"Yessss! I win!" Carlos hopped around in a silly victory dance, causing Reggie and Ray to laugh as they sat down, ready to get the movie started.

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Julie and Luke had never gotten around to choosing a movie. With her first bite of cinnamon roll, Julie was ready to write a song about it, it was so good, and Luke couldn't stop staring at the drop of frosting that was clinging to her lip.

Needless to say, he definitely leaned in and kissed it away.

There were zero objections from Julie, and the kiss flipped a switch in her head, now she could suddenly hear the song from her dream. "Luke, grab your song journal and a pen, I have an idea!"

He was gazing at her dreamily, so her words took a moment to sink in, but then he quickly jumped to do as she asked, popping to the studio loft and back in less than a second.

"Lay it on me, Jules!" He had the pen ready to go and was looking at her expectantly.

'We kinda did that already, but I wouldn't mind a repeat...' Julie's eyes were on his lips this time, and she couldn't think of any reason why not, so she went ahead and kissed him again, short and soft.

Luke's expression was hazy and adoring again when she pulled back, but he refocused as she spoke.

"I just dreamed about a song and I think I can remember part of it, it goes like this..."