we're more than chemistry

c h a p t e r 2 6 ~ the telling

"i love you!"

jessica's pov

we were waiting in the studio and then heard flynn announce us. "what's up everybody. it's time to put your hands up, do a little dance yup. here's the new anthem from the molinas and the phantoms."

everyone clapped as julie and i walked out on stage. "thanks for coming everyone." julie and i said at the same time. we took our spot at the panio and sang our song.

(julie and luke still have their moments but this is also plus the same thing happing with jess and reggie.)

as reggie disappeared i felt a little sting in my heart. i decided to spend the night in the studio where i felt the closest to my mom. the guys went out to play basketball and i went up to the loft portion.

i really don't know what i felt but it was something, something so strong it was almost indescribable. I missed something, more like someone. And I know what you're thinking it's probably reggie right but it's not it's my mom.

Tonight just really made me realize how much I miss having my mom there. I also miss Reggie which is completely contradicting what I just said but I do.

and I started excepting that it's okay that I miss him. As long as I know what he did and how he hurt me. i felt myself start to cry. Some tears started going down my cheeks and I just let it all out.

All the sudden reggie walked in great I thought in my head. "Jess?" reggie asked, i quickly whipped my tears away, "i'm fine reg, just please leave me be." "okay....." he said not wanting to but knowing it wasn't his place. i then fell asleep in the loft.

i woke up and crap. i slept in and it was almost time for lunch.

i decided to just go in and talk to my dad. "hey dad. um i was just having a really bad day. just missing mom you know. so i'm i decided to skip." he nodded, yeah don't worry i get it."

i went outside to hang out with alex. "hey bestie." i said hitting a pose as i walked in. "hey bestie." he said copying my pose. he looked out of breath. "alex is something wrong?" i asked.

he looked at me and sighed, "jess, when the guys and i were late for the dance. well you know. but what you don't know is that we got stamped." "stamped?" i questioned. "it's these stamps that hit us with shocks that slowly take away our energy until we disappear." he told me.

i felt my eyes full with tears, "no alex, why didn't you tell me? why didn't reggie tell me? can you fix it." he had tears in his eyes now too, "jess, i couldn't tell you because the guys wouldn't let me. and reggie didn't because he's scared to give you another panic attack. and the only way to stop them is for us to do our unfinished business and cross over."

"well we have to figure out what that business is. but wait that means i lose you either way. oh alex i can't lose you! i love you!" i exclaimed with tears in my eyes. "i love you to jess and i don't want it to be this way." he told me in tears.

i tried to give him a hug but went right through him. he handed me his pink hoodie so that i could hold it and feel some level of comfort. we just stayed there in a comfortable silence for the rest of the day. eventually alex and luke joined us in the room. alex told them i knew and luke said that julie found out. we sat there until julie walked in.

"snap out of it!" she exclaimed. alex fell to the ground in fear. "jeez, i think you broke alex." reggie told her. "do you guys want to cross over or what?" julie asked after no answer she clapped, "get it together."

"they're never gonna let us play the orpheum." luke told her. "we're nobody." alex said, reggie agreed, "we're less that nobody's, we have nobodies."

julie looked at the guys, "someone once told me that you don't ask for permission. you book gigs by doing." "that was me." reggie said smiling to himself. "no it wasn't." julie told him, luke repeated, "no it wasn't." "yes it was." he mumbled.

"this isn't over. we were brought together for a reason, to help each other." julie told them. "yeah but like luke said, people don't just play the orpheum because they want to." alex told her.

"people don't. but ghosts do."  julie said. "yes julie now your talking." i said. we stayed up all night making our plan. then we went to bed so we could get a good sleep to pull off our plan.