Cassie had kissed her, Thelma still felt her lips pressed against Cassie's but no one sat next to her anymore. The cold night seeped into her mind like loneliness was seeping into her heart. Thelma didn't want to stay here with Ella anymore, she was too alone now! She had gotten everything she wanted now! There was nothing left for her! She looked around for Azazeal but he had disappeared with Cassie, he was probably going to go and see her off into the beyond; if only she had been so lucky.
She heard footsteps come up from behind her; she turned around and saw Leon coming up. Thelma wanted to be left alone, but even if she spoke up Leon wouldn't hear her. Her thoughts couldn't drift back to Cassie, sadness would creep back and it was the kind of sadness that no amount of food or alcohol would erase.
"You're the love of my life," Leon said through chocked tears after he had sat where Cassie once had. Thelma for a second thought he was talking to her but he was merely talking to himself.
"Who Leon," Thelma asked, her voice seemed to be carried by the wind into mortal hearing. Leon looked around for the source of the sound but found none. She was gob smacked, that had never happened before.
"Who's there," he called out wiping away the tears that were rolling down his cheeks. Thelma didn't know what to say, she just sat next to Leon with a confused look on her face.
"Leon, Its Thelma Bates, remember me?" She said and again the gust of wind that carried her voice flowed through the tree behind them.
"Thelma's dead," Leon replied and Thelma couldn't help but feel flattered that he remembered.
"That's right, I did die, but I'm sitting next to you in a non-corporeal form," she replied being very surprised at her smart reply. He stood up and ran away from her and the loneliness pressed down on her again. "I'll see you in your dreams Leon! We can chat properly then!"