Dewdrop's one-shot challenge

Paranormal

Told in Amber's view

It has been three days since Nina died. I have to force myself not to think about the murder. She was in town and got hit by a car. I still rush home from school thinking that Jerome and Nina played a prank and Nina will be laughing in our room. If only. Her grandmother came and got all of her stuff but left each of us something to remember her by. I took the Eye of Horus necklace and now I wear it 24/7. Nina's funeral is today so they are letting all of her friends skip school.

They had to do a closed casket funeral because of the damage. I swear I can hear her voice telling me not to cry that everything will be alright. I wish that were true. That night I lay in bed trying not to cry. I held it together for about ten minutes before the tears started to cascade down my cheeks. "Amber don't cry." A voice told me. I jerked up and looked around but didn't find anybody. "It's me Amber. Please don't cry. We will meet again." The same voice told me. It sounded oddly familiar. Then I placed it Nina. "Nina!" I screamed and ran out, "Nina wait for me!"

"Amber follow my voice."

I ran harder and fastest then I ever have. When I couldn't hear her voice anymore I stopped running. I looked around me and screamed. Nina led me to where she had died. Blood stained the concrete. Suddenly I heard a screech of tires and smelled burning rubber. I looked up and saw a car coming right at me. I scream and the car goes through me. I turn around and see Nina paralyzed with fear. I watch the car hit Nina and then slam into the street sign. The driver backs the truck and drives away. I run to Nina and drop to my knees. Blood soaks the pants I'm wearing but I don't care I have to save my friend. I cry and hold her tight as she takes her final breath.

"Amber wake up sweetie time for school." Trudy tells me. I slowly sit up. I don't remember coming back to the house. "Trudy how did I get back?"

"Where did you go?"

"Last night I heard Nina and I went to town and saw Nina get hit I don't remember coming back."

"Oh sweetie you couldn't have left last night and seen Nina. It must have been a dream. Why don't you just go lay back down."

I nod and wait for Trudy to leave. I get up to go to the bathroom. When I come back the pants I wore last night were on my bed and had blood on them. I scream and run to go get Trudy. When we came back up a picture of Nina was on the door and somebody wrote 'I'm always with you love- Nina'. "Jerome come out why are you doing this?" Trudy yelled looking around.

"It's not Jerome it's me." Nina's voice said. Slowly she began to appear. She smiled and hugged me. "My spirit will always be here with you." Nina said. She gave Trudy a hug and told her, "Tell the other's that I'm alright and not to cry." She disappeared and the last few words hung in the space she had once occupied.