(A/N - Hi! So, before we begin, I would just like to say that this story features a twenty-two-year-old Julie, and a forty-seven-year-old Luke pursuing a relationship together. All actions in this story are totally consensual, and, since Julie is not a minor, legal. If you have issues with this age difference, please click away now. Otherwise, enjoy!)

"I can't believe there were no good places for street dogs," Luke complained as he walked into a pizza place with Alex and Reggie in tow. They all grabbed slices and headed back to the Orpheum.

When they got back, they were not at all shocked to see Bobby and that girl they had met earlier - Rose - kissing on the stage. The boys shared a look, then snuck up to the stage and all screamed "Boo!" behind Bobby, making him jump five feet in the air.

"What the hell, guys?" Bobby exclaimed, and they just laughed. Rose put her hand on his shoulder and whispered something in his ear. He smirked at her and quickly kissed her again before she walked away.

The band brought the house down that night at the Orpheum. Alex, Luke, and Reggie hit a few clubs after to celebrate, but Bobby just went home with Rose. The next day, he insisted the two of them didn't sleep together, but the rest of them weren't so sure.

After the show, the band got big. Like really big. Really fast. They were booking so many gigs that they had to start turning some down because multiple places would ask them to play there on the same day.

They even got a few offers from managers, and they ended up going with this older woman who was in a rock band herself when she was their age. She was pretty cool for an adult by their standards.

Rose and Bobby didn't last long. She would always hang out with all four of them, but Bobby always said it was a little awkward when they were alone. They broke up mutually on good terms about a month after their big break and decided to stay friends. And they stayed true to their word. Rose hung around the band a lot and even was featured in a few of their songs where they wanted a female lead. She had a great voice.

The boys went on tour after tour for years after they made it big. They would only spend a few months at a time in LA, otherwise, they were touring. For a while, Rose went with them. She sang with them in their songs and was their roadie (she didn't like that word, but the boys used it anyway). But, about five years after that fateful night at the Orpheum, Rose met Ray.

The boys were really happy for her when she did. He even became great friends with the band, too. They weren't quite ready to settle down yet then, they wanted to be free to go on tours for a while longer, without having families at home tying them down.

But, soon after Rose met Ray, she stopped going on tours with them. She stayed home and helped the band write songs while they were in LA. Nothing changed with their friendship, but they missed her on tours. And she missed going with them.

Ray proposed after they had been together about a year, and Rose was sure to schedule the wedding on a day that the guys were home and not off on tour so they could be there. They offered to play at her wedding, but she told them she wanted them to enjoy the night just as guests. She did let them play a few songs, though, after Luke gave her his puppy dog eyes that she just couldn't refuse.

It was a great night. They all had so much fun, and all of them would never forget that day. Reggie even met a cute waitress girl, Meredith, there. They hit it off right away and started dating.

Soon after the wedding, Rose and Ray had their first daughter, Julie. Then a few years later, Carlos. By the time he was born, Reggie was married to Meredith, Bobby was in a serious relationship with a girl named Vicky, and they had a daughter together named Carrie, and Alex was engaged to a guy named Willie who lived in San Francisco. They couldn't get married yet, since marriage equality was still being debated in the Supreme Court, but they were holding out for a day that they could.

Luke was the only one who was still single, and he was happy that way. He said he wasn't against a serious relationship, but he was waiting for the right girl to come along. He would date a girl for a few weeks sometimes, but it just never worked out. And he was ok with that.

They guys stopped going on so many tours around the time Carlos was born. Reggie was married and planning on kids, Bobby had a kid and a great girlfriend (who was always complaining about how he wasn't proposing, but he had a ring in his sock drawer and was just waiting for the right time), and Alex had a fiancée. The still went on tours, but they just weren't doing as many so they got to spend more time with their families.

Julie was about fifteen when Rose got sick. The doctors said she probably wasn't going to make it to see Julie graduate high school. But she was a fighter. She lasted longer than anyone expected.

She died when Julie was twenty-one. And the fact that she made it as long as she did was amazing. She fought long and hard, but her sickness won. And it hit Luke and Julie the hardest out of everyone. Julie couldn't even touch a piano or sing a note for a year after. And even when she did, it took a lot of convincing from Luke. And this is where the story really begins.