We've Got To Make You Happy!
A/N: So sorry this took forever to write. But thank you to the anon who requested it ages ago!
Word count: 781
Summary: Julie is sad so the Phantoms tickle her.
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“Yo Julie! Where are you?” Reggie yelled.
“Stop yelling man, she’s not here,” Luke responded, coming down the ladder.
“She could be hiding!”
“Where? In the drum kit?” Alex replied, walking into the garage.
“Any luck?” Luke asked.
“She’s not in the house. I don’t know where she is.”
“I’ll check the school, she could be in the music room,” Luke replied.
“No need,” Reggie said, nodding at the door. Julie was walking towards the garage. Her eyes were bloodshot and tired, like she had just been crying.
“Julie! Where were you?” Luke asked.
“I went out on a walk. Needed some alone time.”
“Are you okay?” Alex asked.
“Today is…was…my mum’s birthday.” Julie whispered, sitting on the coach.
“Oh. Oh Julie, I’m so sorry,” Alex said, sitting next to her.
“I just miss her, you know? She meant everything to me. She was the one who got me into music in the first place,” Julie wiped a tear from her eye. Alex sniffed and put his arm around Julie as she sank into him.
“Is there anything we can do?” Reggie asked.
“Me, Dad, Carlos, and my Aunt are having a birthday meal as a family later. But could we play something now? I could do with the distraction.”
“Absolutely! We’ve got a few to practise,” Alex said, pulling Julie in for a tighter hug. She squealed when he accidentally squeezed her side in the process.
“Sorry! Sorry!” Alex retracted his hand.
“It’s okay, honestly,” Julie laughed, getting up from the seat.
“Whoa, whoa, hey, not so fast,” Luke said, gently pushing her back down.
“What?”
“I think, before we practise, we may have another way of cheering you up,” Luke said. Julie narrowed her eyes at him.
“Again, what?”
Luke tasered her side and she squealed again.
“L-luke..what are you doing?”
“Making you laugh, silly!” He squeezed her side more rapidly and she fell backwards into Alex. Luke brought his other hand up to squeeze her other side and she shrieked.
“LUHUKE!”
“See, this is a great way to cheer you up!” He teased, skittering his fingers across her tummy as she flopped about like a fish.
“Come on Alex, give me a hand.”
Alex laughed and fought with her flailing hands before pinning them above her head. Luke took this opportunity to wiggle his fingers in her armpits. Julie screamed louder than before and frantically kicked her legs.
“I want a go!” Reggie shouted. He lunged at Julie and scrabbled at her tummy whilst Luke attacked her armpits.
“GUHUHUYS PLEASE!” Julie cried.
“If anyone walks in now, they’ll think she’s being possessed,” Alex commented.
“Good thing the door is shut then,” Luke responded.
“Yeah but they can probably still hear the screaming,” Alex said.
“I highly doubt it. Now come on, we’ve got a Julie to cheer up!”
Alex let go of her hands so he could gently tickle her neck and ears. Julie slammed her arms down, trapping Luke’s hands in the process. Her laugh got louder as Reggie moved down to tickle her hips and sides.
“PLEHEHEASE!”
“Julie, we’ve got to make you happy!” Reggie said.
“Coochie coochie coo….” Luke teased, bending down to blow a raspberry on her tummy whilst continuing his attack on her armpits.
“LUHUHUKUE!”
“Yes?”
“Aww look at her, she’s so adorable,” Alex cooed, reaching down to tickle her ribs. Julie could hardly move under their attacks but, to be fair, it made her a lot happier than previously.
Reggie continued to squeeze her sides whilst Alex spider tickled the sides of her ribs. Luke sped up his ticklish attack on her armpits which sent Julie into a silent laughter. Her body fell limp as she gave in to the attack. The boys shared a look and slowly stopped the tickles.
“You okay?” Alex asked. Julie had slid so far down that her head was resting in Alex’s lap so he decided to play with her hair.
“Y-yeah….” she breathed.
“Feeling better?” Reggie asked. He stood up but tripped on a wire in the process and fell backwards into the drum kit. Julie barked out a laugh as he instantly shot back up.
“Now that made a great sound,” she giggled.
“It’s good to hear you laughing again,” Luke said.
“What, like you didn’t just torture me for the past 5 minutes?” She asked.
“Well we can keep going…” his hands began squeezing her sides and she convulsed into loud laughter again.
“We’ve got all day…” Alex teased, going back to tasering her ribs. Her laughter shot up an octave as Reggie went for her feet.
And that’s where she stayed on and off for the next few hours before dinner.