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1.01 - 'Wake Up' - Part 1

A/N: Jack's thoughts will be in bold. They would be in italics but the font I use, 'doesn't support' italics 😒
Also, for the boys' first meeting, I did a different number of ?s so you know which one is which- Luke is 1, Reggie is 2, Alex is 3.

LOS ANGELES, 2020
LOZ FELIZ HIGH SCHOOL

Flynn: Hey, underachiever
Sofia: Hey, nerd
Julie: (with a laugh) Hey, disappointment
Jack: (with a nod) Chucky
Flynn: (to Julie) Okay, I know you don't want me to ask, but have you figured out what your gonna do today?
Julie: I'll know in the moment
Flynn: Really, Jules?" Flynn asks "that's all your giving me? Didn't Mrs Harrison say this is your last chance?
Julie: I know. I was there
Carrie: (faintly, obnoxiously) See you at the rally!
Flynn: Ugh, what's she handing out?
Jack: (whispering) Desperation... I think... don't quote me on it
She heard. Run. Run. Run!
Carrie: (fakely) Here you go. My group's performing at the spirit rally tomorrow. I'm sure you guys have nothing better to do
Flynn: (sarcastically) Oh my gosh, Carrie, thanks!
Carrie: Oh my gosh, Flynn, don't bother coming
Flynn crumples up the leaflet, while Julie smiles lovingly at Nick, Carrie's boyfriend
Flynn: Nick? Still? You know they're gonna get married and have a bunch of unholy babies
Julie: Nicks a sweetheart...
Flynn: Yeah, you'd actually have to talk to him to know that. And only one of them has to be a demon to make a demon baby... DEMON!
Carrie turns, they all turn towards the lockers and laugh
Flynn: (reaching out for Julie) There's that smile, now, let's go prove everybody wrong
Jack: Physics?
Sofia nods, links their arms, points forward and they skip the opposite way to the others.
———Time Skip———
Julie and Jack are studying when Ray comes downstairs,
Ray: Oh good, you're home, I was about to go watch your brothers game. I've had photo shoots all day. Didn't even get a chance to eat. But... I got a phone call today
Julie looks back at Jack, worried
Julie: (worried) Yeah, I figured as much
Ray: Yeah. Well, it was my realtor friend
Julie: (relieved) Oh, that
Ray: Yeah, and she says, if we are serious about selling the house, then, she wants me to take some pictures for the website. Which means we have to do a lot of cleaning and get rid of some stuff, and maybe you two can... tackle mums studio?
Julie looks away sadly
Ray: You're the experts. You know, your brother and I wouldn't even know where to begin. It's okay, honey. If your not ready, I-
Julie: No, I can't... I'm sorry, i've got... homework
She puts her head down and carries on with her homework
Jack: I can try... if that's ok, tonight?
Ray: Yeah? Awesome. Thank you. Oh and don't forget the loft, you know, those old instruments that were there when we moved in? They need a new home
Jack: Rose would like that
Ray: Yeah, she would, oh, god, I'm gonna be late
Julie: Under the mail
Ray snaps his fingers
Ray: You're a lifesaver. Julie, coming?
They all walk out to the car.
———Time Skip———
Jack heads to Rose's studio and open the big doors, she turns the lights on then slowly walks over to the piano, and pull the cover off, which pools at her feet, she walk over to the seat, that has sheet music sitting on it, she picks them up to put them on the top, then sits down,
Jack: I'm so sorry, Rose, that we haven't been here
Jack starts climbing the ladder. She gets to the top and notices a CD titled 'Sunset Curve' and a pair of drumsticks, picks them up, climbs down the ladder and walks over to the CD Player, puts the disc in and presses play. She then walks over to the couch and a guitar riff starts playing
???: One, two, three!
?: (singing) Take off, last stop, count down till we blast open the top. Face first, full charge-
Screaming starts, three guys appear
?: How did we get back here?
Jack starts screaming, they start screaming too, the one in the middle hopping. Jack runs out, still screaming
Jack: RAY!
Ray: Whoa, slow down. You look like you've seen a ghost
Jack: I think I have!
Carlos: Cool
Jack: Not cool! Run!
Jack runs upstairs and hides at the bottom of her bed, she peeks over the top and texts Sofia and Julie.
Jack: Come on Sof and Julie, 911 means 911! Answer me!
Ray: Hey
Jack: AAHH! Ray
Ray: Sorry, I just, wanted to make sure you're okay?
Jack: (disappointed) You don't believe me, do you?
Ray: Honey, of course I do. Jack, I see Rose all the time
Jack: This isn't like that
Ray: I know, it's different for all of us
Jack sighs
Jack: Ray, you're not listening to me, I saw something out there
She points out of the window
Ray: Alright, okay, okay
Ray sits down
Ray: I'm listening. Tell me what you saw, it's just you and me here
Jack: You know, you sound like Dr Turner
Ray: Well, maybe going back and seeing Dr Turner wouldn't be such a bad thing
Jack sighs again
Jack: Can we please just, drop it?
Ray: Alright
Ray hits his knees and crosses then uncrosses his hands out in front of him
Ray: Dropped
He stands up and holds his first finger out
Ray: We good?
Jack puts her finger over his
Jack: Yeah
Jack cautiously looks out of the window, then she realises the drumsticks are in her pocket, she decides to go back to garage. She walks in, holding the drumsticks in front of her, and points them in every angle
Jack: Are you still here... whatever you are? I know I saw something. I'm not crazy
?: Well, we're all a little crazy
Jack screams and holds the drumsticks out
???: Oh my god! Please stop screaming!
She stops screaming
Jack: Who are you, and what are you doing in my mums studio?
It was easier to say mum, I really don't want to explain myself to these... strangers.
?: Your mums studio?
The cute one comes closer but Jack holds the sticks out
?: This is our studio. 'Kay? Trust me, my-
He hops onto the piano, to get away from the sticks
?: the grand piano is new and- and- and
He giggles
?: (loudly) MY COUCH!
He flops onto it.
?: That's definitely not my six-string
He scans the roof
?: Can you give me just, one second? Just- give me a second. Thank you
They all start whispering to each other, Jack can't make out what they're saying other than they think she's a witch,
???: Why are you in our studio?
Jack tries to hit the one in the pink with the drumsticks, but they go straight through him
Jack: Oh my gosh, how did you do that?!
???: Clearly, you're not understanding- clearly she doesn't get it
He turns to the others and the one in the leather jacket shrugs
???: Okay, look, we're ghosts, alright? We're just three ghosts, and we're really happy to be home, so thank you for the flowers. They really brighten up the room
?: We're actually in a band called 'Sunset Curve'
Jack recognises the name from somewhere
??: (with a smirk) Tell your friends
?: Last night was supposed to be a really big night for us. It was gonna change our lives
???: I'm, uh, I'm pretty sure it did
Jack: This is freaking me out
Jack takes her phone out
?: What is that? What are you doin'?
Jack: It's my phone. No! Stop talking to them. They aren't real. There's no such thing as cute ghosts
??: (proudly) Oh, think we're cute?
???: Who you callin'?
Jack: I'm googling 'Sunset Swerve'
All: 'Sunset Curve'!
Jack: Chill. Whoa! There is a 'Sunset Curve'. You did die. But not last night. Twenty five years ago?
??: What? No. No, no, no. Th-th-that's impossible. After we floated out of the ambulance, all we did was go to that weird dark room where Alex cried
The one in the leather jacket points to the one in pink, which I'm assuming is Alex
Alex?: (high-pitched) Well.. I don't think, I think we were all pretty upset, okay?
?: But that was just for, like, an hour. We just showed up here
Jack: Look, I'm just telling you what my phone says
Jack shows them her phone
Jack: See? You died in 1995. When you were seventeen. It's now 2020 (also known as 'Hell')
??: So this is the future?
Alex: (distressed) Wait. So- so, it has been twenty five years? I have been crying for twenty five years? How is that possible?
??: Well, you're a very emotional person-
Alex: (defensively, high pitched) I AM NOT!
Carlos: Thought you were afraid to come out here? You talking to your ghost friends? How does he look? Is he hideous?
Alex: He can see you (😂)
Jack: No, he can't
Carlos: What?
Jack: Uh... what do you want?
Carlos: A normal step-sister, for starters. Stop being weird and come eat, Julie's at Flynn's
Jack nods
Jack: He couldn't see you
Alex: Yeah, I mean, that's- usually how ghosts work
Jack: Look, I'm very sorry for what happened to you guys, but this isn't your studio anymore. You need to leave
?: But wait, we- we didn't get your name
Jack: It's Jack
?: Cool. I-I'm Luke
He tries to come closer but Jack holds the sticks out, and he backs away
Luke: by- by the way. And this is-
Reggie: Reggie. I'm Reggie. Hey
Luke: And-
He's too nervous to speak, probably because Jack still has the sticks facing towards him
Alex: Alex. How's it going? May I have my drumsticks back?
Jack hands them to him, while trying to keep a safe distance away
Luke: (nervously) Ba-da
Jack nods and walks away
Ray, Carlos and Jack are about to have dinner, they put a plate out for Rose too, they all hold hands, Jack has to stretch to hold Ray's hand as Julie's normally in between them, one of Jacks hands is empty and one of Carlos' is too, for Rose
Ray: Your turn Carlos
Carlos: Thank you for our leftovers and the power of the mighty microwave. Amen
Jack: (with a slight laugh) Amen
Ray: So... Carlos tells me he found you in the studio
Carlos: She was out there talking to herself
Jack: I was rehearsing for a play