Ghost Whisperer
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This is after the Series Finale
"It's one of the few dreams he's had himself." Melinda said to Delia. "Jim and I aren't sure what to take of it." Melinda was explaining to Delia about Aiden's dream. Aiden's dreams are usually Melinda's visions and he never remembers, so it is rare for Aiden to have his own dreams. This one was even one that scared Melinda and Jim.
"Melinda, it's normal for kids Aiden's age to have nightmares." Delia stated. "Ned use to get them all the time."
"Not Aiden." Melinda pointed out. "His dreams are usually my visions, who knows what else Aiden can do."
"Are you sure it wasn't Emily's dream?" Delia asked. "If your visions are Aiden's dreams, why can't it be Emily's?"
"It wasn't." Melinda stated. "Emily woke first to Aiden." Melinda sighed. "We asked her and she said she wasn't having a vision or a bad dream."
"How did Emily hear Aiden first?"
"I don't know, but by the time I got to him, Emily was trying to wake him." Melinda put down the antique she was cleaning. "Jim barely got home and came in after I did." Melinda turned to face Delia. "Aiden was attached to Emily since."
"Why don't you tell me about the dream Aiden had." Melinda sighed.
"It was about Emily getting shot."
Emily and Andy walked through the front door. They both had practice today, Emily tennis and Andy basketball. It's September 9th, the second week of school and homecoming is literally 3 weeks away this Friday. Aiden heard Emily come home and hurried to great her. Aiden gave Emily a big hug.
"See Aiden, I'm ok." Emily said, giving Aiden a hug. Jim walked out of the kitchen and picked Aiden up.
"I told you she was at practice and she'd be home." Jim said to Aiden.
"I know." Aiden said. Jim set Aiden down and Aiden went back to his current art project.
"Still worried about me I see." Emily said, setting her bag down. Andy did the same.
"Yeah." Jim said, heading back into the kitchen. Andy and Emily followed. Jim was preparing supper. Emily grabbed two waters for her and Andy. "How was practice?" Emily handed Andy his water.
"Good." Emily said, opening her water and taking a drink. "I didn't realize how much some students need this extra practice." Emily told Jim.
"Mrs. Rinehart said she was at senior status in her tennis skills." Andy said. Jim looked at Emil, surprised she didn't mention this before.
"Almost senior status." Emily corrected him. "There's a difference."
"Close enough." Andy took a drink of his water.
"It's still good to hear, Emily." Jim said. "Why didn't you mention this before?"
"It didn't seem important." Emily told him. "Not something I'm willing to brag about in front of my tennis team."
"She's even being considered as a captain for next year, if they can win and keep tennis." Andy added. Jim looked at Emily.
"I like it when Andy's here. You didn't tell me that either."
"It's not a done deal yet, so why get everyone's hopes up?" Emily asked.
"Are you kidding?" Andy asked. "Mrs. Rinehart adores you; the captains this year are thrilled you're here. Of course you'll make captain and you're the youngest on varsity, so it's a done deal."
"Varsity?" Jim asked. "There's a varsity tennis?"
"Sort of." Emily stated slowly. She then looked at Andy. "That's enough from you."
"What?" Andy asked confused. "You should be proud you're on Varsity and being considered for captain."
"I don't want to get my hopes up." Emily stated. "All that can't be considered if our tennis team doesn't rake highly this year."
"I get it, but you should have support for it all." Andy told her.
"I agree with Andy." Jim said. "Just because you might not have tennis this time next year, doesn't mean you shouldn't have support."
"Ok, well…if we are talking about support, I guess I should tell you…because I'm being considered to be captain next year, the captains have been asking for my opinion on an issue."
"An issue?" Andy and Jim said confused, looking at Emily.
"Go on." Andy said.
"We are more than likely going to start practice early." Emily said. "Mrs. Rinehart is trying to get a schedule together to work with the winter sports practices and games. It's very stressful, but since the gym can be split up in three sections, we might be able to pull it off. However, because of girls and guys basketball and girls volleyball, it will be difficult and my result in late nights or even weekends." Emily explained. "As of right now, Mrs. Rinehart is trying to work with the basketball coaches and the volleyball coach in hopes to get a schedule."
"Now I understand what Mr. Johnson was saying earlier about a different work schedule." Andy said. "And why he wanted to talk to our captains."
"Does he seem frustrated?" Emily asked.
"Sort of." Andy stated. Emily nodded and grabbed her phone. She quickly typed up a text message and sent it.
"Emily?" Jim asked. Emily looked at Jim. "Everything ok?"
"Just texted a teammate." Emily looked at Andy. "We should get started on our homework."
"Right." Andy agreed. Emily and Andy grabbed their backpacks and their waters.
"Andy, are you staying for supper?" Jim asked.
"If I could. Mom's working late again."
"You are always welcome." Jim stated. Emily and Andy sat at the dining room table and started their homework while Jim continued cooking.
That night, Emily was woken up by a screaming Aiden. She quickly got out of bed and hurried to Aiden's room. Melinda was already in there, trying to wake him up. It wasn't normal for Aiden to scream from a nightmare. Jim came home and he hurried up the stairs.
"Aiden. Wake up." Melinda said quickly. "You're ok. Come on Aiden." Jim entered.
"He's having another nightmare?" Emily asked. Aiden woke up at the sound of Emily's voice. Melinda and Jim kneeled at Aiden's bed. Emily sat down at the end of Aiden's bed.
"Aiden, did you have the dream again?" Jim asked. Aiden nodded slowly. Emily and Jim exchanged glances. Melinda got off the floor and sat on Aiden's bed, wrapping her arm around him.
"Aiden, I'm ok." Emily told him calmly.
"It's just a nightmare baby. It's not real." Melinda said simply. "Do you want me to stay with you?" Melinda asked. Aiden shook his head.
"I'm fine." Aiden said. He was a lot calmer now.
"Alright." Melinda kissed Aiden on the forehead. "Goodnight."
"Night Buddy." Jim said, ruffling Aiden's hair.
"Night." Emily said, leading the way out. After Melinda shut the light off and shut the door, she looked at Jim and Emily.
"Something feels weird about this." Emily said. "I understand, it's a nightmare. But something seems off."
"I agree." Melinda said. "We know Aiden is going to be stronger than me and can do more than me, but we don't know what that entails."
"It's 4 in the morning. Emily, you have school in a few hours. Back to bed." Emily sighed, but headed to bed without complaining. Melinda and Jim walked to their room. Melinda climbed into bed while Jim got ready for bed. "Do you think we should be worried?" Jim asked as Melinda climbed under the covers.
"Maybe." Melinda said slowly. "We aren't sure what to make of the dream, if it is just a nightmare or if it's a vision of the future."
"You mean Aiden could possible see the future?" Jim asked, climbing into bed with Melinda. Melinda nodded. "If that's the case, I'm not sure I like the idea of Emily leaving tomorrow."
"We can't be sure what Aiden's dream is." Melinda said, shutting the lamp off. "We can't over think this. I could just be a nightmare."
"Again?" Andy asked as Emily explained what had happened earlier that morning. They were heading to math from lunch.
"Yeah, he's real worried about me." Emily said as they entered their classroom and took their seats. "It's sad not being able to do much to help him except to tell him I'm ok."
"That's true." Andy said. "What do Jim and Melinda say?"
"They're worried." Emily stated. "Aiden is much stronger than Melinda or I am in our gift. He sees things we don't and he may have more to his gift. We aren't sure if his nightmare is just a nightmare or if it's a vision of the future.
"I hope it's not a vision of the future."
"Same." Emily smiled. "Jim almost wanted to keep me home today." Andy was going to reply, but the bell rang and their teacher, Mrs. Garnet, was starting class.
Janitor Manny O'Riley was gathering everything he needed to clean up the lunch room. As he was gathering his items, he spotted a hand gun buried under a stack of towels. He grabbed his phone and called the office.
"Mr. Brown. Manny O'Riley. I found a hand gun in my closet. Should I bring it to you?" Many O'Riley nodded to himself. "Alright. See you soon." Manny hung up the phone. He wrapped the gun up in a towel and started for the office. He walked by classrooms full of students either listening constantly to their teachers or trying to stay awake. As he passed Mrs. Garnet's Math class, he stopped. He looked through the window and suddenly burst through the door, gun suddenly in his hand. "No body move." Emily, Andy and the rest of the students stopped, dropping their pens and pencils from their hands.
"Manny, put the gun down. No one needs to get hurt." Mrs. Garnet said slowly. By this time, the classroom next door had heard the commotion. The teacher, Mrs. Grayson, had locked her door, shut the lights off and had her students quietly off to the sides, out of sight of the window. She was on the phone.
"This is Julie Grayson. Manny O'Riley has a gun and has stormed into Mrs. Garnet's classroom. There is yelling." The office suddenly issued a lock-down at the Grandview High School.
This story comes after A New Chapter
I was getting really into writing this one. ^-^