Ginger's Ghost.
It had been three years since Ginger had taken the scholarship at Avalanche Arts Academy. Now she was finally going home again. She had convinced herself that she didn't miss but just like Jennifer's Ghost, returning home after all this time could bring all the old feelings back.
Ginger let out a sigh. She wondered how everyone would react to her finally coming home after all this time. Did anyone miss her? Did they still think about her? Did she still belong there? Did her friends Macie, Dodie, and Courtney still love her? Did her family? Did Darren? Ginger sighed again. She would never forget that moment at the train station when Darren told her he loved her. When they had kissed for the very first time. Her first kiss. She wondered, did she hurt him when she had taken the scholarship? Did she hurt everyone? She wondered if she had broken anybody's heart. She wondered if she did would they forgive her? She supposed she could have refused the scholarship like everyone wanted her to. But she had promised that they would all keep in touch and visit often. And they did at first. But then they had gotten less frequent. And then they had pretty much stopped unless someone informed her of big news. Like her mother's second marriage. She had fallen in love with her doctor friend. Bob was it? Or Nick? She couldn't remember. She had sent them a card but the only reply had been a polite thank you.
She wondered about a lot of things. Had her brother Carl changed his strange ways? Were he and Noelle still in love? Did they wear anything different? Had Miranda and Mipsy turned nice? They had been the ones who had gotten the academy to give her the scholarship. Mipsy's uncle was chairman of the board and she and Miranda had paid Mipsy's cousin Thea to help them to get the board to give her the scholarship. They had wanted more attention from Courtney. And it had worked. Ginger wondered if Courtney still missed her. Dodie and Macie had told her that when she went away Courtney had gone on like she and Ginger were best friends. She wondered if she still did that. Probably not as they did not contact each other nearly as much as they used to. Ginger sighed for a third time and she decided to take a nap as she listened to one of her favorite songs.
I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd you're gonna hear my voice as I shout it loud,
It's my life! And it's now or never,
I'm not gonna live forever.
I just wanna live while I'm alive,
It's my life!