A Moment of Quiet Conversation Chapter 19: Part Dix-neuf, a julie and the phantoms fanfic

Part Dix-neuf

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A/N: It took me three hours to decide on this song- over 6.300 songs in my library and I had to go look this version up before it felt right, so this is definitely the Alex G and Adam Stanton version. Also, WHY TF do I have so much Christmas music?! I have a problem.

Slightly different format then usual at the beginning, Luke and Julie write the song from the last chapter. Italics are lyrics.

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*I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
No, we don't need to rush this
Let's just take it slow...*

"That's really good Julie, anything else?"

"I think this could work as some of the chorus?"

*No, I don't wanna mess this thing up
No, I don't wanna push too far...*

"Right, but what if we add something in between... like..."

*Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright...*

"THEN go into the..."

*No, I don't wanna mess this thing up
No, I don't wanna push too far...*

"Okay Luke, and what about this in the beginning?"

*I know that if we give this a little time
It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real, no, it's never felt so right...*

"Ehh, I feel like that should go later, what about starting with something like..."

*Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
I'm caught up in this moment
I'm caught up in your smile...*

"And then adding something like this after *...push too far...*"

*Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight...*

"Uh, Luke, you kinda aren't alive."

"Ouch, Jules. Besides, it means more, because I really did wait my entire life. I had to die to find you."

"...oh..."

"Um, was that too sappy? I'm sorr-" Luke couldn't finish, his lips were suddenly otherwise occupied.

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It took quite a few minutes for them to get back to the song.

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"I think I've got the bridge, Luke."

*No, I don't wanna say goodnight
I know it's time to leave, but you'll be in my dreams

Tonight
Tonight
Tonight...*

"Yes, that's perfect Jules! And just a repeat of the chorus before and then after with a fade out."

"The last chorus should be a little different at the end.. Ooooh...try this, Luke!"

*So baby I'm alright, oh, let's do this right, with just a kiss goodnight
With a kiss goodnight
Kiss goodnight...*

"This is amazing, Jules. You just dreamed about that?"

"Sort of." She ducked her head and blushed, "I dreamed of us singing it."

"Well, maybe we should put it all together then?" He grinned at her, adjusting his guitar on his lap.

Lyin' here with you so close to me
It's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe
I'm caught up in this moment
I'm caught up in your smile

I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
No, we don't need to rush this
Let's just take it slow

Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight
Just a touch of the fire burning so bright
No, I don't wanna mess this thing up
No, I don't wanna push too far
Just a shot in the dark that you just might
Be the one I've been waiting for my whole life
So baby I'm alright, with just a kiss goodnight

I know that if we give this a little time
It'll only bring us closer to the love we wanna find
It's never felt so real, no, it's never felt so right

No, I don't wanna say goodnight
I know it's time to leave, but you'll be in my dreams

Tonight
Tonight
Tonight

"We're totally adding that to our setlist."

Julie beamed at him, "Do you want to watch a movie now? We could put something on quiet and maybe take a nap?" Her eyes turned hopeful with the second question.

"How about just a quiet playlist for the nap, and you can tell me about why you love storms as we fall asleep?"

"Okay, that sounds perfect."

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Luke set his guitar and journal out of the way and grabbed her laptop from the chair it had been banished to while they were writing. "So what should we listen to..."

He froze. He had managed to close the browser window that had been open with the Netflix home page, and was now staring at her screen background. It was a picture of the two of them curled up asleep on HIS couch in the studio. It must have been from last week, when they were talking about his songs, and her mom.

"Jules... how, this picture...?"

Her eyes went wide, and then she giggled a little, "I guess I did forget to tell you about that, huh? That was the favor I hugged Reggie and Alex for, I had no idea they had done it, I just found the pictures on my phone later that night."

"This... I... Can I have a copy?" He tore his gaze from the photo on the screen, and seemed to register what she had said, "Wait, pictures, plural? There are more?"

"There are a few more. Put that back on the chair and come here, we can use my phone for music, and it has all the pictures."

Luke scrambled to obey, he really wanted to see the other photos of them.

As he situated himself on the bed next to her, an arm around her shoulders, he noticed that her phone background was the same as her laptop. How had he missed that?

She pulled up her camera roll, starting with the shots of them napping.

"I want copies of all of these."

"What about this one?" Julie had finally come to the one of him just waking up and looking down at her.

"...I was stupid obvious, wasn't I?"

"Not to me. This certainly helped me decide to ask for your help with 'Perfect Harmony'. I was too worried it was just me before."

"It was never just you. I really thought it was just me." He pulled her close with the arm he had over her shoulder, and leaned his forehead against hers, "Tell me about why you love storms?"

Right then a deep rumble of thunder rolled through and the rain let loose, a torrential downpour that blanketed the room with a muffled atmosphere of isolation.

Julie closed her eyes and murmured in a contented whisper, "This feeling. Like the whole world has gone distant."

Luke sighed, his eyes also slipping closed, just breathing with her, as the storm reverberated around them.

This is what he wanted forever.

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Okay, I finally kinda got back in the groove by the end there. I've been a little stuck, because I have a bunch of things I want to happen in this fic to actually move the plot along (Ray and Bobby getting the guys papers, a possible explanation of Flynn and Julie's fight with Carrie, an ACTUAL chapter focused on Alex and Willie, etc.) but I think I need to try to write a bunch of those scenes out before I post again, that way I can move them around and re-order them so they make sense. So it might be a few days before the next update, just FYI.