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Luke's POV
"I don't feel so good." Julie started swaying, and then she was falling towards the ground.
I jumped out and caught her last second. When I put my hand on the back of her head I felt a warm, sticky liquid. I pulled my hand away, and what I saw made me want to throw up. Blood. "Guys?" I lifted up my hand to show them what was going on.
"Oh my god! We need to get her to a hospital! I can't believe we forgot to check! I mean she was with Caleb for almost a week, so I wouldn't be surprised, but still! Wow...um...okay… that's a lot of blood!"
"Alex, calm down." Willie reached out to try and help ground Alex.
"Thanks Willie."
"No problem hot dog."
"Bro, what do you mean that we forgot to check?" I still didn't understand what his panic was all about.
"She was left with Caleb. FOR A WEEK! What do you think he could've done? He made her believe we were gone! And we forgot to check if she was hurt physically rather than just emotionally!"
"Okay I get, but how are we going to get her to the hospital? We're still ghosts." Just as I said that I heard a poof and the sound of sirens in the distance. I turned to find out it was Reggie who poofed in. Weird, I never heard him leave.
"Way ahead of you dude." Reggie stepped out of the way to reveal a concerned Flynn.
"Oh my god! Okay I called the hospital, they said an ambulance should be here in like two minutes."
"Okay good. Thank you Flynn."
"Anytime lover-boy." Reggie, Alex, and Willie all sent me knowing smirks. "Did I miss something?" Flynn questioned after noticing the looks I was receiving from the others.
"Just that Luke here is totally in love with the girl that is Julie Molina!" Reggie explained.
"I knew that, but why are you all looking at him like that?"
This time Alex answered, "Because before all of this happened, we called him and Julie lovebirds and he kept denying it, and then you called him loverboy. But this time he didn't deny it."
"Okay. Can we really stop talking about it and focus on the matter at hand." I gestured to Julie.
"Of course." Alex said.
"Yeah, sorry man." Willie added.
"What he said." Reggie replied.
Then Flynn said something I wasn't expecting, "Sure, but just know, when we get through this and you and her finally end up together, that if you hurt her, I'll find a way to make you die twice." She glared and it scared me, but then her glare softened into concern as she turned towards her best friend.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
"It's open!" Flynn yelled.
A bunch of doctors and nurses flooded the room asking questions before loading Julie into an ambulance and rushing her to the nearest hospital with Flynn by her side.
-Time Skip to the hospital-
Still Luke's POV
We've been sitting in the waiting room for forever! Okay... I guess I'm exaggerating a little bit because realistically it's only been two hours, but it definitely feels like forever!
Reggie and Flynn have been talking to each other through notes in one of her journals. Alex and Willie are both on the other side of the room, and Willie is trying to keep Alex calm. At least they all have someone! My someone is in some weird examination room getting checked out, and Ray and Carlos still don't even know.
I really just want to hit, punch, or throw something, but that would probably just cause more problems for Flynn. Lucky for me a doctor finally walked out asking for the family of Julie Molina.
"That's me." Flynn stands up, as do the rest of us. "Is she okay?"
"She's okay." We all let out a sigh of relief at that. "She's just resting right now."
"Okay. So what's wrong with her?"
"It sounds worse than it is, but she has two cracked ribs, one bruised, a mild concussion, a fractured wrist, multiple lacerations along her back and torso, and quite a few bruises all over."
If I needed to breathe, I would've been worried at how my breath got caught in my throat as the list went on and on.
"Now I have one question for you." Flynn nods as to show that she's listening. "How did all of this happen?"
"It's quite a long story actually. You see, we went on a hike near her house, and Julie took quite a fall. I was really worried and kept asking if we should go to the hospital, but she kept reassuring me that she was fine. And I think you know the rest of it." I had to hand it to Flynn. We were all so worried about Julie we completely forgot about the cover story and what she just spat out was complete brilliance.
"Okay, but how did she get all of the cuts?" Maybe I spoke too soon.
"She rolled through a pretty gnarly thorn bush during the fall." Never mind, Flynn has this covered.
"That makes sense. Now I just have to ask if there is anyone else you would like to call?"
"No it's just us. But would it be okay for me to see her now?"
"Of course, she's in room 216 on the third floor. Just remember, it looks worse than it is."
"Thank you doctor."
With that, Alex, Reggie, Willie, and I all poofed up to Julie's room, while Flynn took the elevator like a normal person.
I immediately sat down in the chair closest to Julie and took her hand.
"She's going to be okay Luke." I looked up to see Willie telling me.
"Yeah. I know. I was just really worried, I guess I still am."
"I know the feeling." Reggie piped in. "She looks so small on that hospital bed with all the tubes and wires she's connected too."
"Yeah, but remember what the doctor told Flynn, it just looks bad for now. Julie's strong. She'll be fine." Alex added his two cents.
-Time skip-
Still Luke's POV
Waiting seems to be all that we've been doing for the past couple of hours. Flynn eventually joined us and took the seat on Julie's other side to hold her other hand. At the moment, Flynn is asleep in her chair, Willie and Alex are cuddled up against the wall and asleep, and Reggie is asleep against Flynn's chair. So it isn't a surprise when I find myself drifting to sleep too.
-Time skip-
Julie's POV
The last thing I remember is Luke jumping towards me and then just darkness. The last time that happened, Caleb got me, so I guess you could say I'm kind of freaking out.
All I can hear is this annoying beeping noise that just won't shut up! But there's also this other weird sound that almost sounds like… snoring? With that thought I finally opened my eyes and took in my surroundings.
It was a hospital room from what I could tell, and it was filled with all the people I care most about, apart from Carlos and my dad.
Flynn was asleep on my right side, and Reggie was asleep against her legs. Alex and Willie were curled up against a wall. And Luke was asleep, with his head leaning on my stomach.
By the looks of it, Caleb is still trapped in that small box.
I've worried my friends enough for the past week, why not give them a break for a change.
-Time skip-
Luke's POV
That nap was greatly appreciated. I don't know if it was because I finally don't have to worry about the psycho Caleb, or because I fell asleep on Julie. Wait. I fell asleep on Julie. Shoot, if the others see this, I'll never live down the nickname of loverboy. That was enough motivation for me to shoot up from my comfortable spot.
Fortunately, everyone is still asleep.
"Hey Luke." I would know that angelic voice anywhere. Wait if Julie's talking that means… she's awake!
"Julie you're awake! Are you okay?! Do you need me to wake up Flynn so we can get the doctor?! Is there…"
"Luke! Calm down!" she whispered-shouted. "I'm fine."
"Fine? Julie, you passed out! You have a few cracked and bruised ribs, a bunch of bruises and cuts, a fractured wrist, and a mild concussion! You are anything but fine!"
"Okay. I'm not fine, but I will be. And if it helps, I'll even let you helicopter parent me while I recover."
"That's fair. Just know that by the end of your recovery you'll be wishing that you never met me."
"I could never wish for that."
"Oh really?" Why do I have the feeling I'm going to regret encouraging this?
"Yeah. I mean, who would I go to too when I need someone to make fun of when watching modern movies?" She smirked at me.
"Hey! If you weren't seriously injured right now I would totally hit you on the shoulder."
"I know. Thank you."
"For wanting to hit you in the shoulder?" I sent her my own cheeky smirk.
"No you dork. Thank you for getting me back."
"Of course Julie, why wouldn't we have come for you?"
"Well… while I was in there Caleb used his weird ghost powers to make such a realistic vision that you guys came for me, but you lost. He made it look like you all blamed me, and at some point, I guess I started to believe it." She wasn't looking at me now. She seemed more interested in the jar full of popsicle sticks on one of the doctor's cabinets.
"Hey. Jules." She still refused to look at me. "I'm right here, and if I weren't I wouldn't have blamed you. Alex and Reggie wouldn't either. Now Caleb is gone, so you don't have to worry about that happening, if I have any say in it." She still wouldn't look at me. "Is there something else?"
"I guess I always knew you guys wouldn't blame me, but I did blame myself. Caleb kept asking you questions like if it was worth it, and then he said something about losing everything for a girl you barely knew. And I know that it isn't true, but I guess it made me realize how much I care about you guys."
"Julie look at me." She finally met my eyes. "Of course that isn't true, and I would have liked to tell you this under better circumstances, but it looks like you need to hear it now. I love you. And not just like a friend, or little sister, like how Alex and Reggie feel about you. I love you like I really care about you and I understand if you don't feel the same. I mean, I am a ghost and I don't even know how it would work…" She cut me off by crashing her lips against mine, and it was the sweetest, most passionate kiss I've ever had.
"I love you too."
"Really?"
"Yeah. And I'm just as confused about this as you are, but I'm willing to try if you are."
"Definitely." I looked around and by some miracle, everyone else was still asleep. "So I'm thinking we keep this a secret between us. Just hear me out." I said before she could protest.
"Go ahead."
"Well, they clearly have wanted us to get together for a while, and if I know these boys as well as I think they do, they made a bet."
"I'm guessing Flynn did too."
"That's what I was thinking. So I was wondering if we should use that to our advantage to get these lovebirds together."
"Oh… okay I still don't get it. Explain."
"Well they don't know that we've told each other how we feel yet. So how about I make a bet with Alex and Reggie that if I tell you how I feel, they have to do the same to Willie and Flynn. I know they'll agree too because they've always underestimated me and my feelings."
"Let's do it. To make it better, I could do the same thing, but with Flynn and Willie, and their feelings towards Reggie and Alex."
"Sweet let's do it, but right now you need rest."
"Couldn't agree with you more."
With that, Julie and I both went to sleep. And I was feeling better than I have in a long time.
So I hope you all liked that. The next chapter will be the epilogue! Please leave a review on what you think. Once again, thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it.