Los Angeles.
Los Feliz High School.
2020
Caitlyn didn't really have anything better to do, her brother and sister were both working, and she didn't want to bother them at work, so she decided to tag along with Julie to school.
The blonde ghost was standing by Julie's locker with the curly-haired girl, they were waiting for Julie's friends to show up Flynn, Cait had been around before but the other two she had yet to meet in a sense, but she knew they were twins and that Julie had met them through a friend of a friend of her mom's a little bit before her mom died.
Cait always seemed to be doing something else when they would hang out.
"Hey, underachiever," Flynn said as she approached, the two, though Flynn wasn't aware of the blonde being there.
Julie smiled at her, "Hey, disappointment."
Cait was surprised to see two familiar faces walk up to the girls, "sup losers, the party has arrived." Caiden said with a smirk on his face while, his twin sister, Catelyn, rolled her eyes.
"Caid obviously means me when he says that."
The boy rolled his eyes playfully, "Whatever you say, Cat."
The blonde ghost looked between her niece and nephew and Julie, she had not seen that coming." The curly-haired girl noticed the looks and noticeably furrowed her brow. Cait just smiled and mouthed 'later' to which Julie nodded slightly.
The four friends laughed as Flynn gave Julie a look. "Okay I know you don't want me to ask you this but have you figured out what you're going to do today?"
"I'll know in the moment." was what Julie said, and while Cait understood her hesitation to play music after Rose's death, she probably understood that better than anyone else, the blonde ghost also knew that Julie's spot in the program was in jeopardy if she didn't perform today.
Cat looked at the girl, "Jules, Flynn has a point."
Caid nodded in agreement with his sister, "Yeah, Jules, this performance determines if you get to stay in the music program."
The girl sighed, she knew that they were right, but just couldn't bring herself to take the leap.
Cait gave her an understanding look, hoping that telling her this would help, "Jules, you've got this, okay? I believe in you and trust me you'll feel better once you let the music back into your heart. I understand your hesitation, and I am probably the only one who knows exactly what you're going through right now... because I went through something similar prior to my untimely demise."
Both the twins slightly jumped at the voice, they were still coming into the gift they inherited from their mother, so they weren't used to being able to hear and see ghosts yet and this just happened to be the first time they had actually heard one.
Julie smiled at the blonde appreciatively, she's been able to see the blonde ghost since she was 12, but still didn't know much about her before she died. It was something Cait didn't like to talk about because it hurt that she didn't know what happened to her boys, Luke especially, she knew they were dead but had found nothing on them in the entirety of the 25 years that she'd been dead.
Flynn gave the girl another look, "Really Jules, that's all you're giving us? Like Caid said, Miss Harrison said that this is your last chance."
Julie looked between her friends, "I know. I was there."
They heard Carrie's voice and Flynn made a face, "Ugh! What is she handing out?"
"Desperation." they all looked at Carrie and the twins gave them a look that said be nice, which was promptly ignored by the other two girls, making Cait snicker.
Carrie Wilson walked up to the group and handed a flier to Cat, "Here you go." then she handed one to Julie and Flynn as well. "My group's performing at the spirit rally tomorrow. I'm sure you guys have nothing better to do."
"Oh my gosh, Carrie. Thanks!"
"Oh my gosh, Flynn. Don't bother coming!" then smiled at the twins, "Hope to see you guys there." then she walked away and Julie and Flynn both crumbled up the fliers. Making the twins shake their heads.
Flynn gave them a look, "I don't get how you two can be friends with her."
Cat gave the girl a look, "Well we still don't know what you three had your falling out about, none of you will talk about it." the two girls were quiet after that before Caitlyn, the twins, and Flynn all noticed Julie staring dreamily at Nick.
Flynn is giving her best friend a look, "Nick? Still? You know they're going to get married and have a bunch of unholy babies."
"Nick's a sweetheart" Julie defended her crush.
Cait grinned at her teasingly, "You know Jules, you'd have to talk to the boy to know that."
"Only one of them has to be a demon to make a demon baby." Cait laughed as Flynn yelled, "Demon!" At Carrie, making her turn around and glare at her, as Flynn and Julie laughed slightly, ducking their heads. While the twins shook their heads in amusement. They were still friends with Carrie, even if Julie and Flynn were no longer friends with her.
The blonde ghost grinned at her friend, "God it's times like this that I really wish that Flynn could see me too just so I could tell her how much I love her, I mean my God girl knows how to make you laugh."
Julie just shot a smile at the blonde.
While the twins looked startled since they hadn't noticed the blonde there before, even if they heard her voice they hadn't exactly looked at her. Their eyes widened as they recognized the blonde from the photos their mom had of her in the house.
Flynn smiled at Julie, "There's that smile."
Caid lightly pushed the girl's shoulder, "Now let's go prove everybody wrong, you can do this, Jules." Caitlyn smirked, seeing the look in her nephew's eye that meant that he had a little crush on Julie, his sister gave him a teasing look as they walked to the music classroom.
Their music class had started and Nick had just finished his guitar solo and Ms. Harrison, nodded at him as the class clapped and cheered for him, "Nice job, Nick, almost as impressive as your game against Glendale, okay we have two more performances, Caiden, Catelyn your up first," she always let the twins perform together if they wanted to and they usually did.
The twins got up, Caid playing the guitar and Cat sitting down at the piano, they were playing a song that their mom and uncle Mikey had written with their aunt Caitlyn. Cat smiled, "the song that we're going be performing today is called If We Have Each Other, and it's very special to Caid and I."
Cat started singing first.
"She was 19 with a baby on the way
On the East-side of the city, she was working every day
Cleaning dishes in the evening, she could barely stay awake
She was clinging to the feeling that her luck was gonna change
And, 'cross town she would take the bus at night
To a one-bedroom apartment, and when she'd turn on the light
She would sit down at the table, tell herself that it's alright
She was waiting on the day she hoped her baby would arrive
She'd never be alone
Have someone to hold
And when nights were cold
She'd say
The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad
If we got each other, and that's all we have
I will be your mother, and I'll hold your hand
You should know I'll be there for you
When the world's not perfect
When the world's not kind
If we have each other, then we'll both be fine
I will be your mother, and I'll hold your hand
You should know I'll be there for you."
Then Caid took over in the next verse.
"They were 90 and were living out their days
On the West-side of the city, next to where they got engaged
They had pictures on the walls of all the memories that they'd made
And though life was never easy, they were thankful that they stayed
With each other, and though some times were hard
Even when she made him angry he would never break her heart
No, they didn't have the money to afford a fancy car
But they never had to travel 'cause they'd never be apart
Even at the end
Their love was stronger than
The day that they first met
They'd say
The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad
If we got each other, and that's all we have
I will be your lover, and I'll hold your hand
You should know I'll be there for you
When the world's not perfect
When the world's not kind
If we have each other, then we'll both be fine
I will be your lover, and I'll hold your hand
You should know I'll be there for you
You should know I'll be there for you."
They sang together for the next verse.
"I'm 23, and my folks are getting old
I know they don't have forever, and I'm scared to be alone
So I'm thankful for my sister, even though sometimes we fight
When high school wasn't easy, she's the reason I survived
I know she'd never leave me and I hate to see her cry
So I wrote this verse to tell her that I'm always by her side
I wrote this verse to tell her that I'm always by her side
I wrote this verse to tell her that
The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad
If we got each other, and that's all we have
I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand
You should know I'll be there for you
When the world's not perfect
When the world's not kind."
Caid took the last verse and sang it solo while Cat played the piano.
"If we have each other, then we'll both be fine
I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand
You should know I'll be there for you
You should know I'll be there for you."
They finished the song, and there were a few teary-eyed people in the room as they clapped and cheered for the twins, making them both smile as they bowed. Cait had a grin on her face hearing them sing a song that she wrote with her siblings. They took their seats.
"All right now we just have one more performance, Julie." she nodded at the girl, and she got up and walked to the piano.
"Come on, Jules, you got this," Cait whispered as Julie started to play a few notes, but then the girl froze and got up, "I'm sorry."
Cait sighed at the girl, "Oh, Jules."
Carrie made a comment, "is this when we clap?"
Then Julie ran out of the room, Flynn giving the brunette a look, "Watch it Carrie." and followed after Julie. The twins followed them as well to check on Julie, while Cait just poofed out to where Julie and Flynn were, and the twins joined them a moment later.
The three friends wrapped Julie in a hug to comfort the girl. Cait wished that she could have hugged the girl then too but knew that it was impossible. So she settled for giving her a sympathetic smile.
It was now after school and the twins were waiting on their dad to come and pick them up and Julie was waiting for her dad as well, "so Jules," Cat said, finally deciding to bring up the blonde from earlier.
"Yeah, Cat, what is it?" Cait chose that moment to poof back to the Molina girl's side.
"Well, Caid and I noticed earlier that there was a blonde girl with you and Flynn and Flynn didn't seem to notice her, but you did, because she was speaking to you, and you were trying to subtly answer back with nods and such."
Julie looked surprised at that, "oh uh, how can you see her?"
"It's a little complicated," Caid answered.
Cait shrugged and spoke up, "I'll simplify it, it's a family trait..." The three jumped at the sudden voice.
Cat and Caid looked at her weirdly, "our mom explained to us, that we would possibly be able to see ghosts after we turned 16 since mom and Uncle Mikey were 16 when they first started being able to do it."
Caitlyn snickered at the memory of almost giving her siblings a heart attack that day when they discovered they had the ability. "Mom said not to be alarmed if we ever just randomly started seeing a blonde girl in the house, and then explained that the blonde was our aunt who died when she was 17."
Their respective fathers pulled up, and they all got into the cars and were headed home, but the twins told Julie they would come over later and would talk more about it.
Cait had just poofed back into the studio where she stayed most of the time. She somehow felt closer to Luke and the boys in the studio, since it's where they used to practice and Luke, whenever he wasn't at the Warren house when he would fight with his parents, slept on the couch in the studio.
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Omg the Cait and Luke reunion happens next chapter and it's going to be an emotional one OML I can't wait to start writing that.
Also I do not own any of the songs I use for my OCS in this all rights go to the rightful owners.