Hey Everyone Cry5tal8ee here this is my first fanfic, so I'd love to have 3 reviews saying i should continue, if so I'll write the next chapter...
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Chapter 1: Blackout
The lightning flashed outside, following quickly by bright successions of lightning. Melinda Gordon just prayed that the storm wouldn't stuff up her laptop, which she was using to look for estate sales in the area, to use as new stock for her antique shop. She thought she saw a glimpse of a notice before the screen went black, followed by every other light in her house.
"Jim!" she called out, closing the lid of her laptop.
"Yeah… I know I'm right on it!" came back her husband's voice from the top of the stairs, followed by the succession of his footsteps as he descended into the dining area.
"Thanks", she gave him a smile, and he shone a torch in her face.
"Hey…. No fair!" she waved her hands in front of her face, and Jim walked out in the rain to get the generator pumping.
Melinda started to turn around, but instead came face to face with a ghost. The ghost was in her mid-twenties and had long blonde hair, she was dripping wet and had an angry energy around her.
"Who are you?" Melinda asked, hoping the ghost would not take its angry energy out on her.
"You don't need to know", the girl said.
"Well… is there any way I can help you?" Melinda replied, starting to feel a little lightheaded.
"Stop acting like the checkout chick at Wal-Mart", the ghost scoffed before she disappeared.
Melinda breathed a sigh of relief as the lights came on and she was no longer left in darkness, the lightheadedness went away, and Jim walked in the door.
"Hey… are you okay?" he asked, seeing the look of shock on his wife's face.
"Yeah… I'm fine, and step outside if you plan to drip dry all over my carpet!" Mel laughed, gesturing to Jims soaked raincoat, in the process of dripping onto her living room floor.
"I'm sorry, babe", he said stepping closer to his wife, knowing by his cheeky grin what he was planning to do next.
"Hey!" she exclaimed as Jim ran up and hugged her, kissing her temple, and wetting her pajamas.
"Great now we both have to change", Jim mimicked Melinda's voice in a high pitched whine.
"I do not speak like that!" Melinda detangled herself from Jim, and started walking up the stairs with Jim following.
When they both got into they're room, Jim started going through they're closet throwing Melinda some dry pajamas, and before Jim could even speak she beat him into the bathroom. She set her clothes near the sink, and started to turn on the hot water of the shower. But not before she caught a glimpse of the ghost, when everything went black.
Mel moaned as she felt herself being lifted up, she heard the shower being turned off, and then felt herself being placed on her bed.
"Mel, honey are you okay?" Jim asked, wiping her steam soaked hair back from her face.
"Mmph…" Melinda started to sit up, but her husband kept a firm hand on her shoulder.
"Don't sit up, Mel, take it easy", he said, as Melinda rested her aching head back on the pillow.
"What happened?" she said, rubbing her head.
"I was about to ask you the same question", Jim replied.
"Well… I don't know exactly", Melinda mumbled, but continued.
"I caught a glimpse of this ghost I saw before, then everything went blank", she finished, Jim listening intently with watchful eyes.
"When did you see it before?" he queried, brows knitting together.
"Ummmm…. When the lights blacked out", Melinda said, and she thought she could hear the chink in her husband's brain, as he associated her earlier shocked expression, with the story.
"I thought you saw something", Jim replied, finally understanding.
"Well… how about I go get you a glass of water?" he said, as he got up from the bed and started toward the door.
"That sounds great, actually", Melinda replied.
But as soon as he got back with the glass of water, Jim saw that his wife was fast asleep.