Okay, now I'm a believer
Summary:
Melinda and Delia have a fight; at the end of the argument Melinda makes a wish. When the wish comes true how will Delia cope with seeing the dead when Melinda's gift is given to her?
The evil spirits seize their chance to get rid of Melinda with Delia's help.
Chapter 1Melinda and Delia were cleaning up the shop after a busy day; they were nearly ready to close. Melinda had mentioned that she had seen an old man's ghost attached to a very sad looking couple of women that day whilst she had been in the square.
"I hope that you are not going to ask them if someone has just died" Delia asked as she wiped down the counter top.
"Well I wont put it quiet like that but I think that it is important to talk to them"
"It's obvious that someone died, they looked so distraught, the last thing that they need is more heartache" Melinda was getting tired of Delia trying to tell her how to do deal with her gift, as much as she loved her friend, sometimes she just drove her mad.
She stopped sweeping and looked up at Delia.
"Believe it or not, finding that your loved one has crossed over and is happy is a heeling feeling, it's best that they know otherwise the ghost will be wandering around forever"
"I didn't feel that great when you told me that Charlie was still here for all that time after he died, and I didn't get that healing feeling when you told me that he had supposedly crossed over, and what is so wrong with you leaving them alone and ignoring them" Melinda felt the sting in Delia's words over Charlie, that had been a tough week for both of them with Delia finding out about her powers and Melinda being on the receiving end of her anger. But not she was the one that was angry.
"You know what Delia I am sick of you talking about my life like you have the first clue what it is like, when other girls at school were worried about boys and grades I was hiding in fear of being labelled a freak and hiding from ghost that were following me around in my lessons making me look like a wacko. You have no idea what it is like to grow up with so many friends but be completely alone, I had no one that I could be truthful with, look what happened when I told you, you thought I was insane, I trusted you with this secret and you make me feel like a crazy person every time I tell you anything about a ghost. All my life I have been terrified of people finding out about me and then being locked away in a padded room" Melinda was crying now.
"Not only do I have to worry about all that but there is also the evil spirits that want me dead and want to hurt people I love, I just wish that you could live a week in my life to see if you could live with the fear of all that, then you could criticise what I do" Melinda threw the brush on the floor and grabbed her bag off the table.
"You can lock up, this freak is going home"
Melinda slammed the door behind her as she stormed out of the room. Delia stood there in silence for a few minutes. She had never realised that she had hurt her so much and she never realised how much she had going on in her head. It's not like she hadn't tried to believe Melinda about ghosts its just she wasn't read yet. Delia decided that she needed to see Melinda tonight and apologise to her friend.
Melinda didn't go home, she was too upset. Instead she drove to the cemetery. Parking up she walked across the dark cemetery to Andrea's grave, she sat down beside it and began to cry.
"Andrea, I miss you so much, you never had any doubt in me, as much as I love Delia she just doesn't want to believe, I don't know what to do, I don't think that I can be around her anymore, I just wish that she could experience my life" a strong wind blew across Melinda suddenly and Melinda wrapped her coat around her. Melinda put her hand on the headstone.
"I love you my friend" Melinda continued to cry as she talked to her friend about all the good times that they had, had.
Delia pulled up at Melinda's house but her car wasn't there. She knew that Jim was on late shift so she decided to try the only other place that she knew she would be.
When Delia pulled up at the cemetery she could see Melinda's car parked further up along the road. She got out and walked quietly towards Andrea's grave. She heard her friend talking about good times that they had shared before she died, she also heard Melinda crying.
Delia wasn't sure weather or not to intrude, then she heard something that made her heart hurt.
"I thought that I had found a great friend in Delia and I trusted her so much, I let her in just like you told me to do. I actually believe that you had sent her to me, but it didn't pay off, she thinks I am a crack pot, I don't think that I can do it again, I just can't let anyone else in. Its too painful"
Delia wanted so much to go to her friend and tell her that she was sorry but she didn't want her to think that she was feeling sorry for her after everything that she had just heard. Tomorrow she was apologised and make it up to her friend.
Melinda got in very late, so late that Jim came in not long after her. She told him what had happened and he had convinced her to give Delia another chance.
"Not everyone is like Andrea or Rick, some others need more time to come around. Just think that Delia has never believed in anything supernatural before, I think that she has come a long way. I have faith in her, you cant expect her to take it all in so quickly"
They had gone to bed and Jim's words echoed around in Melinda's head. After 10 minutes or so she fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion.
In the morning she awoke to find Jim's arms around her.
"Good Morning" she said and kissed him on the nose.
"And how is my superhero wife today"
"Actually I am feeling really good, whish is unusual due to last night"
"I think that your right about Delia, I owe her an apology for shouting at her like that" She hugged him then jumped into the shower. After her long hot shower she came downstairs to find that Jim had made a lovely breakfast for her. As she began to eat she couldn't believe how good she felt, it was like a huge weight had been lifted off her.
Delia decided to break the ice with Melinda's favourite Coffee so she stopped at the coffee shop before heading to the shop. When Melinda pulled up outside the shop she could see Delia walking around inside. She slowly opened the door and walked in. Delia came in from the other room with Mel's favourite coffee in her hand and smiled when she saw that Melinda had Delia's special brew in her hand.
"Great minds ehh" Delia said and walked slowly to, she hoped was still, her friend.
"Delia, look" Melinda started to say but Delia cut her off.
"Melinda, let me, I owe you an apology. I had no right to say those things to you; I think that you are the most amazing person that I have ever known. I never ever meant to ever make you feel that you were crazy, it's just that it was a big thing for me and I am still dealing with it and I hope that, that is okay with you" Delia fidgeted with her hands whilst she waited for Melinda's response.
"Delia, I owe you an apology too, I didn't mean to go off on one last night, and I had no right to shout at you or make you feel so guilty. The truth is that I suppose I was expecting you to be like Andrea but now I realise that everyone is different and I cannot push you to believe, you take your time sorting things out in your head. You are still my best friend and I still love you and if at some point in the future you become a believer then that would be great, but it is also okay if your not, I just want your friendship"
The girls hugged and had a few tears.
"I never knew that you worried about all that evil stuff so much, you never seem to let it bother you"
"It seems to be escalating and I am worried but I will deal with that another day"
"I am always here for you to talk to, remember that"
After the making up and the coffee drinking, the girls got back into their normal routine of opening the shop.
The door chime rang out as two women walked into the shop. Melinda was downstairs cataloguing a delivery they had received that morning. Delia watched them walk around the room, they looked so sad.
"If you need any help with anything just give me a shout," she said with her warm smile. The two women, who seemed to be mother and daughter, smiled at her and carried on looking around. Delia began to write down some things on an order form, when she looked up again she saw an old man standing in the corner looking at the two women.
"I'm sorry I didn't hear you come in, if you need any help just ask okay" The man looked at her but didn't sat anything.
"I know dear you already mentioned that" Delia turned to look at the two ladies who were looking back at her oddly.
"I'm sorry I was talking to the gentlemen in the corner" The two women looked around.
"What gentlemen" Delia looked around to find that the man had disappeared.
"My mistake" Delia said and shook her head.
Melinda came upstairs
"Everything is fine with the delivery, how is" Melinda stopped when she saw the two ladies.
"What's the matter"?
"Those are the two ladies with the ghost haunting them" Delia went a little pale.
"Melinda, did this man have a blue jumper on and beige trousers, grey hair and a short moustache" Melinda looked at her friend.
"How do you know that"?
"Because I have just seen him standing over there in the corner, I even talked to him but he just looked at me without saying a word"
"Delia, I think that you have just seen your first ghost"
CHAPTER 2