Chapter 1- Her
It was an average day at "Same as it Never Was" and Melinda and Andrea had just gotten back from Village Java. A women came into the store. Andrea was helping her. Melinda was putting some things on display when she saw a ghost in the middle of the square. "Andrea, I'll be right back." She said and slowly walked out the door. "What is your name?" Melinda asked. It was a young girl, about 19, covered in blood. She was pale and had dark hair. "I need to find her…" the sprit said then disappeared. 'Odd.' Melinda thought to herself. She started walking back to the store. The customer was just finishing up and left. "So what did you see?" Andrea asked curiously.
"A girl about 19, covered in blood. Why the sudden curiosity?"
"I just like to be kept in the loop. Ya know?"
The day went by pretty fast after that. Melinda and Andrea said bye and left.
Melinda got into her red jeep and in the passenger seat was the spirit.
"What's your name?" Melinda asked.
"Beth. Beth Hallows."
"I went to Bay Creek High. I don't think it's to far from her actually." Beth said looking around. She looked at Melinda "I need to find her."
"Who? Who do you need to find?"
"Macy Brookes." Beth said and left.
About 5 minutes later Melinda was home. Jim wasn't yet, so she went over to the laptop and searched:
'Bay Creek High School, Beth Hallows, Macy Brookes"
3,289 results. Melinda narrowed them down to two. One was an article saying that Macy killed Beth over a guy and the second was the school webpage. She was looking at the school webpage when Jim got home. "Mel, I'm home!" Jim yelled. "I'm in here!" Melinda yelled back.
"Hey." Jim said and kissed her.
"How was work?" she asked.
"Good- uh-oh. A school website. Is this ghost related?" Jim asked.
"Yes-" Melinda kissed him. "It is."