"I need to do something," I muttered to myself, pacing outside of the studio; the boys were currently out, I assume, at the venue for tonight, meaning I had enough time to myself to plan something, anything to sabotage tonight. I decided to go into Julie's house first; maybe I could find something against her to show the boys; I poofed in, landing in a family room, where a stray laptop sits. I glance around to make sure no one is near, and then pick the computer up, placing it on my lap as I search through it for any indication that Julie isn't who she says she is, which is doubtful; she seems like an open book to me. I start with her emails first; when I open up the app, a notification pops up, notifying her she has one new one. "Jackpot," I whisper, scanning the email; turns out, this isn't Julie's laptop at all, this is her dads; she missed three classes this morning, may not be the most incriminating evidence in the world; but if her dad saw this before she left, there's no way she'll make it to the gig tonight. I quickly shuffle of the couch as soon as I hear footsteps approaching, hiding on the stairs so I can peek in. A middle-aged man enters and heads straight to the laptop; I can tell at first he seems confused by how his email was open, but he quickly brushes it off once he's read the email, his confused expression turns into a disappointed scowl.

"Uh, Oh," The little boy from earlier walks right past the staircase, lowering the large Ipad in his hands to look at his dad; he walks past his dad slowly. I can tell he's waiting for him to say something, but his dad never does; instead, he keeps his eyes on the screen, reading over the email once more; The little boy sighs in relief, walking out of the room. Another minute later, I hear the backdoor swing open and the sound of Julie quietly singing to herself as she walks in. Julie's dad stands up as soon as he hears her, walking over to the other entryway of the room to greet her; luckily, I didn't hide over there.

"Care to tell me why you missed the first three classes today?" He asked; I smirked at how angry he sounded; this was going perfectly.

"I overslept at Flynn's house after the dance," I rolled my eyes at her excuse, an amateur, if she really wanted to get out of this, she'd make up a sickness at least, "there was nothing going on in those classes anyway, it won't happen again, I promise." I move up the stairs slightly as she walks over to the couch; if Julie sees me, I'm screwed.

"Okay," Her dad finally says. No, I want to yell; get mad at her, ground her, do something. "but if I know you missed class, it's only a matter of time before..." before he can finish his sentence, a middle-aged woman runs into the room. I assume she's Julie's mom; I peek out from behind the wall, watching the aunt rush into the living room.

"I came as fast as I could," She yells dramatically; I roll my eyes, "Julie, I will not let you fall into the gutter of life."

"Tia, I'm fine," She reassured; Tia, so not her mom got it; where was her mom then? "I just overslept, and me and dad already talked about it." The aunt scoffs loudly, and I cross my fingers; did she even have the power to ground her niece? I sure hope so.

"You are far from fine, sobrina," She argued, "I called your teacher; she said you missed a calculus test."

"Nothing going on, huh?" Her dad asked, his scowl from earlier reappearing on his face.

"Dad, I'm so sorry," She apologized, turning away from her aunt; I held my breath, hoping the dad would do something to make her miss tonight.

"This is where you punish her," The aunt reminded him; as annoying as she was, I was also extremely grateful for her presence; without her, Julie would definitely have been let off with a warning and nothing else.

"I know," Her dad replied; from the tone of his voice, I could tell he wasn't used to grounding his children, "Julie, no more going out on school nights."

"Yes," I whispered, smirking proudly; as Julie began arguing with her dad about tonight, she barely got three words out before her aunt cleared her throat, sending Julie's dad a knowing look, nodding towards the staircase.

"and go to your room," He added sternly; the aunt clears her throat one more time, "what else?" he asked her furrowing his brows in confusion; her aunt made a reading gesture with her hands, "and... and read," she shook her head, continuing the weird motion, "Study, calculus." Julie stared at her father blankly, "go, now!" he shooed her away; I poofed away before Julie could see me, a satisfied grin on my face. Now all I needed to do was distract the boys, if they don't know Julie is grounded, they'll be disappointed when she doesn't show, and maybe then I convince them to come to the club.

"Hey Harps," Reggie greeted; the boys were all seat amongst the studio; I guess my old nickname was not going away anytime soon, "How was the club? Did you see Maya? Did she ask about me?" I resisted the urge to roll my eyes; instead, I walked over to the couch, sitting a couple of inches away from Luke, who hadn't taken his eyes off me since I walked in.

"It was good; Maya can't wait until you all come back," I add, slyly bringing up the fact that they should return to the club.

"Was Willie there too?" Alex asked, his eyes full of hope; he was picking up on the fact that Willie was staying away.

"Uh, yeah," I nodded, "he was busy." Alex opened his mouth to ask more questions, but I turned to Luke before he could, "when do we have to leave for the venue?" I asked him before Alex could ask more about Willie.

"20 minutes?" He said, looking at Alex and Reggie for confirmation; both of them nodded, "We should probably go check on Julie; she should be leaving soon." He stood up, walking over to the studio doors; I quickly shot up from my seat, grabbing onto his wrist.

"She's probably getting changed or something," I quickly excused, shaking my head, "she'll be ready; this is important to her." I hold back the grin that's trying to make its way onto my face, "besides, I'm sure she isn't a fan of the three of you barging into her room in the first place." I make an educated guess, knowing Luke, Alex, and Reggie, the three of them have definitely snooped around her room; they did it to me once too, not fun.

"She is right," Alex nodded in agreement, "I guess we can just chill at the venue and wait," He shrugs; it's moments like these I'm thankful for Alex's common sense.

"Or we could knock," Reggie suggested excitedly; I want to scoff; they definitely didn't know what that was in high school; I'm lucky I got any studying done with the number of times they barged in demanding I listen to their new music.

"I like Reggie's plan," Luke pointed at the excited bass player, snapping his fingers; before I could make up another excuse, Luke poofed away, and because I was still holding his wrist, he took me with him. Reggie sticks his hand through the door as soon as he and Alex teleport in, knocking on Julie's door.

"What are you doing?" Julie calls out, chuckling lightly with amusement.

"We're being classy," Reggie informs her as he sticks his head through the door; Luke grabs the back of his jacket, pulling him back so he can walk into the room, the rest of us follow behind. As expected, Julie is sitting on her bed in the same clothes from earlier, nowhere near ready for their gig.

"Why are you still here? We're going in like twenty minutes," Luke asked; Julie frowns, staring down at her hands.

"I lied to my dad," She admits guiltily; a weird butterfly sensation swirls in my stomach, and I honestly wasn't too sure if it was guilt or excitement that the plan was working, "so, now I'm stuck in my room all night."

"Yeah, but we were just at the venue," Alex countered; I'm not too sure how he thinks this will help; she's grounded, "I mean, it's packed, like VIPs, managers, it's kind of crazy."

"Alex," I leaned past Luke shooting Alex a glare, "That's not gonna help," I reminded him, acting as if he was being insensitive towards Julie, "I'm really sorry that happened, Julie," I now spoke to the other girl, turning to face her with a sympathetic smile; I didn't know Julie well, but I could tell she was guilt-ridden, there's no way she'd defy her father's rules and go to the gig tonight.

"What am I supposed to do about my aunt?" She asked; scratch what I said before, she is definitely willing to defy her father's rules to go to the gig; if she weren't getting in the way of Caleb's plans, I'd be impressed, "she's right downstairs."

"Your aunt," Luke scoffed, shaking his head in amusement; Julie furrowed her brows as Luke walked up to the window, but I knew exactly what he was about to suggest, "you're not taking the stairs." Julie opened her mouth to argue with his plan; but, he continued, cutting her off. "trust me, I used to do this all the time at my old place." He smirks at me as he says this, he gave me a hard attack every time he did; Luke being Luke, he got grounded often, meaning he wasn't allowed to see me; whenever this would happen, he'd sneak out of his window to visit me. Julie glances over at the rest of us for confirmation; I keep a straight face while Reggie and Alex nod.

"I don't know," I start, trying my best to sound concerned, "this sounds-"

"I'm in," Julie announced, cutting me off, "just let me get dressed, I'll meet you there." The three boys smirk satisfied, poofing out of the room; I send Julie a thin-lipped smile and poof back into their studio, where the three boys are.

"We're thinking of heading to the venue now," Luke announced once I was with them, "you coming, Harps?"

"I'll meet up with you in a minute," I told him; I was not giving up on my plans, tonight cannot go perfectly, I won't allow it, "there's just something I need to do first." Luke squinted at me questionably, but luckily did not ask me anything; instead, he just poofed out, Alex and Reggie following behind. I grabbed the flyer we'd taken from the café as soon as they left, poofing out to the driveway. Luckily Julie's dad hadn't left yet, meaning his car was still parked; I poofed into the vehicle quickly, placing the flier on the dashboard, "This better work," I mumble to myself, poofing to meet up with the guys and Julie at the café.

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