A Heartthrob's Ghost

Disclaimer: Don't own the L Word. They wouldn't want this story.

Notes: There will be flashbacks about Shane's past that connect to the present. The girl in the story is played by Dakota Fanning.

Prologue

Flashback: Early 2004.

It was a joke; at least it was supposed to be for them. They probably don't even remember but I do. When I told them about how Bette and Tina slept in the same bed for seven years when I was so close to the edge of the boat, I thought about what would it would be like if that were me. What they didn't know was that I also thought of Tina's pregnancy and how happy she and Bette were. "They're going to have a baby born out of love and desire instead of… instead of…" I was so close to the edge and this time she would get closer and closer until she felt nothing, was nothing and then…

Present Day: 2009.

I gasped as though I were about to drown. It was the third night in a row that I had had this nightmare. They refused to go away ever since the new family moved in next door to my house. I needed to figure out what these dreams meant. They seemed to occur every time I thought of the teenage girl next door. She terrified me, because she felt so familiar like a ghost that would not leave me in peace. I saw her outside my window, and I laid very still as I watched her walk out of her door, her eyes shining in the dark. Now I know why she felt so familiar to me. Her eyes were my eyes, and without warning, the tears burst forward.