Chapter One
I turn my head swiftly to see my poker face straight hair and small waist. I wanted to change it up; my blonde hair made me look like I was a child. The red streaks look Innocent and misread. I didn't like that feeling. I have been through so much it's hard to rely on the people without thinking all they will do is let you down. A grin crawls across my face as I have grown to love my black hair; and I know Derek will too. Derek; my boyfriend, the one person in my life I know will never do me wrong. I run out of my house with such force and excitement I trip over my own feet and I land on the pavement with so much impact I can taste the dirt and rocks in my mouth. I wobble myself up with the one arm that doesn't feel like it's about to fall off and look down at the place where my face once was. Red. The only color I witness when I struggle my weak body up from the ground. My vision is going blurry and everything in this world is going black until I finally pass out and slam my head back on the ground.
"Chloe! Oh my god Chloe Oh my god" I feel a tear drop on my face that wakes me up. I realize Derek has his face right on top of mine. The one good eye that isn't closed shut can see him crying and his eyes are red and filled with worry. "Chloe I'm so sorry, Oh my god" he whispers to me. I try to speak, I really try to tell him it's okay and I love him so much but nothing seems to be exiting my mouth. I feel my teeth are gone and I'm like an old lady with dentures. Nothing is in my mouth but my tongue and gums and few teeth, my front ones are nowhere to be found. Derek calls the ambulance and starts crying so hard he can't finish his cry for help. I struggle to sit up and I feel so much pain I almost pass out again. Before I go under I grab his neck and kiss him and whisper something under my breath. It's so soft Derek is screaming in demand of hearing what I said. I see white lights, thinking about how much I want to kiss Derek and tell him everything's going to be okay. Things get blurry and the image of Derek disappears slowly in my mind. All that remains is the fainted sound of the ambulance siren.
Chapter 2
My vision is blurry; just like everything in the past 24 hours. White walls, white beds, white sheets, white everything? Where am I? I hear the nurse running down the hall and it reminds me of Aunt Lauren. The skip in her step and long blonde hair makes me suspicious. A ghost? It couldn't be. That would have to mean Aunt Lauren was dead. I'm pretty sure Aunt Lauren is petrified to leave her house after everything that's happened between the Edison group. I look over too see medicine on the table and some sort of needle on the stand beside my head. I hear a whimper that makes my heart melt. I see Derek crying his eyes out on the chair beside my bed. How long has he been there? How long have I been here? I nudge him over and he comes and sits on my bed. I caress his face in my hands and give him a kiss of reassurance. He starts crying again before he says "I'm so sorry". I can speak now, probably the medication the doctors gave me. Just when I think I am free from nurses and pills, here I am with the person I'm so desperately in love with in a hospital. "It's not your fault, I'm so clumsy" I say with so much sorrow in my voice it makes Derek cry more. He just holds me for hours as I sleep. I sleep dream free; something I need so desperately. "Hello Chloe" I hear a voice say. I can't make it out but it sounds like Tori. That can't be right considering I talk on the phone with her almost every day. Her mother. I jerk up with so much fear my heart is like a Train. "With wolf boy I see? What a shame" I try to send her back with a mental push but it's so hard and it kills. It kills to breathe let alone put a ghost back to its rightful place.