Hello, Grandview. Just when I thought my life couldn't get any worse mom ships me to my sister, Melinda. It's not that I dislike Melinda it's just that I don't want to be in Grandview with Melinda.

"Grace! How are you? Are you okay? How's mom? Do you have all your things? Is anything exciting happening in your life? Did you leave behind a boyfriend? Are you excited to be here? Can I –"

"Melinda, I'm fine, mom is fine. You need to relax, I don't know how I ever going to get used to this," I said in calm tone.

"Oh, okay. Well let's get your things in the house so we can head to the shop. I promised Delia that she could be the first one to meet you. She has a son your age you know." Melinda was trying to make small talk, which I hate.

"Yeah, you mentioned him in some e-mails. His name is Ned, right?'

"Yep, that's him; I bet he can't wait to meet you. He's been asking all week when you were going to get here."

I blushed. Boys I don't know never ask questions about me, actually no boy ever asks about me. Just then Melinda grabbed my hand and rushed me out the door.

"Come on, let's go. Oh! I can't wait until you meet Delia," Melinda squeaked, which was unusual for her.

The ride to the shop was silent, which was peaceful and quite surprising. I just looked out the window the whole time seeing the sites in Grandview. Melinda touched my shoulder to let me know that we arrived at Same As It Never Was Antique Shop. We walked in the door and the bell jingled, and at the counter I saw two women one was a tall woman with red hair and many ear piercings. She looked up and smiled at Melinda and me.

"Melinda, glad you made it. Oh, and you must be Grace. My son, Ned, has been dying to meet you," she said the last part dramatically.

"Mom," someone, distinctly male, groaned from the stairway.

Then a tall guy emerged carrying a box. He had strawberry blonde hair, freckles, and seemed to be embarrassed by his mother's comment. Walking just behind him was the other woman I had seen before. She was medium height with dark brown almost black hair that stayed in ringlets which bounced as she walked. She was very pretty, and I envied her for having such a fine looking guy as him.

The guy set down the box dusted of his hand and said,"Hey I'm Ned Banks, who are you?"

"Oh so you're Ned Banks, I've heard a lot about you. I'm Grace Gordon, Melinda's sister."

"O-oh, th-th-that's cool."

"Sorry about Ned he gets nervous when he meets people. I'm Delia Banks, Ned's mom and one of Melinda's best friends," the red head stated.

"Okay now that introductions are out of the way I'll show you around the shop," Mel said.

Mel showed me where everything went in the store. Then she showed me the basement where I saw Ned's girlfriend again.

"Hey Mel, How come Ned never introduced his girlfriend?'

"He doesn't have a girlfriend Grace."

"Well then, who is the curly haired girl that keeps following him around?"

The next second Melinda's eyes widened at me, she looked amazed. Her jaw dropped too. Then it clicked… I just saw a ghost.