Taylor is fallen on the chessboard like floor of the bakery's main hall, full of disappointment, not having the moral strength to even
stand up or take her eyes off the floor. The girls of the gymnastics team, who were so close to becoming her friends, are walking
towards the exit. Miles, the black, teen ghost, unintentionally ruined Taylor's chance to enter her new school's gymnastics' team.
Miles feels awful now.
No, there is no way he'll let it end like this! He must help Taylor. He extends his arm, ready to lock the exit with his ghost powers.
However, before he can do so, he feels weird. His body is covered in black shadows and then starts vanishing.
-''Wh-what's happening to me?'' a freaked out Miles yells.
The gymnastic girls, who, of course, cannot see him or hear him, just exit the building as if nothing happened. Taylor on the other
hand, turns her head to him.
-''Taylor, please, help me'' the ghost screams before totally vanishing.
Tay instictively gets up, realizing what has happened. It's the ghost banishing ritual! Mixed feelings inside her, she runs upstairs.
All three ghosts have now been forcefully gathered at the living room.
-''Mom, you can't do this'' Frankie desperately tries.
-''I'm sorry, sweetie, it has to happen'' Michelle answers.
Ray Preston, the father of the two young ghosts, Miles and Louie, realizes there is nothing he can do.
-''I guess all that's left to do is say goodbye to our home'' he melancholically says to his kids. ''We've got a lot of good memories
here''.
Taylor shows up. Michelle smiles at her with a thumbs up.
-''See, sweetie? I told you i had got this'' she triumphantly says to her older daughter. ''Soon, those damned ghosts will be gone
forever''.
Taylor looks at the ghost family. Realizing this is the last time she has the chance to see ghosts, she guesses she might as well
look at them for one last time.
-''Taylor...please...do something. Save us'' Miles desperately pleads Taylor as their ghost forms slowly vanish.
Taylor starts feeling sorry for him. But this is not enough of a reason to try to convince her mother to reverse her decision.
Those damned ghosts already ruined one chance of hers to make some new friends at her new whereabouts. There is no way
she'll risk letting them ruin any possible future chances of hers as well. She crosses her arms and gives Miles a stern look.
-''I'm sorry, but you've done enough damage already'' she firmly says.
-''I- i didn't mean to'' Miles replies, bursting into tears and with the largest part of his immaterial body having gone by now.
-''Please, we'll do anything. ANYTHING'' a desperate Ray decides to try as well.
Tay gulps but manages to keep his arms crossed and his stern expression. Michelle also feels unsure now. The ghosts seem regretful
and sincere. Could she... NO, what is she thinking? Right now, these damned ghosts can say anything to save themselves. They're
just saying what she wants to hear. No, she won't fall for this, she'll close her ears to anything that might come out of their tricky,
immaterial mouths.
The largest part of the ghosts' images have disappeared by now. Only their heads have remained. Realizing there is trully nothing
they can do, realizing this is trully the last time they see those humans, Louie acts on impulse and out of character:
-''Frankie...i want you to know that i'm really sorry for the rude way i treated you earlier. I also want you to know that, deep
inside, i was...kinda...fond of you!''
That does it!
-''I won't let you do this'' Frankie screams and attacks the exterminator, trying to grab her stick.
The older woman though raises it high, rendering it impossible for the little girl to reach.
-''GIMME THAT'' a desperate Frankie yells while jumping to reach the stick, even though she knows it's futile.
The black woman laughs.
-''Frankie, stop this childish behaviour'' her mother scolds, but Frankie ignores her and keeps her foolish efforts.
Dang it, if only the exterminator was a man, Frankie thinks. Then, she could kick him in the ''jewels'' (thanks to her precociousness,
she knows some stuff about male anatomy) and get the stick.
-''The job is done'' the exterminator finally declares with an insensitive expression and hits the floor with the stick. Frankie wide opens
her eyes. No, it can't be...she turns her head and sees the ghosts are gone.
-''NOOOO'' she screams in a way that neither her mother nor her sister have heard her scream before.
They've heard her scream out of rage many times, but this is the first time her voice's tone indicates genuine sorrow. The little
girl falls on her knees and bursts into tears. Her two relatives are both shocked.
Taylor goes and ducks next to the crying Frankie and holds her sister's shoulder.
-''Frankie'' she tries softly. ''You must understand we had no other choi...''
-''FUCK YOU'' Frankie screams, gets up and runs out of the room.
Under different conditions, Michelle would be mad at Frankie using bad language. But, right now, she can't feel like that.
Taylor tries to run behind Frankie, but Michelle grabs her by the shoulder.
-''Leave her alone, she'll get over it'' she says to her older daughter.
-''Er hem'' a voice is heard.
It was the black woman:
-''I hate to interrupt emotional family moments, but i want my fee''.
Evening. Two of the three members of the Hathaway family, Taylor and Michelle, are sitting in the dining room, having dinner:
Turkey, one of Frankie's favourites. Even this delicious food though was not enough of a reason for Frankie to show up. She's
still locked in her room (Taylor let her take the big room, because she felt sorry for her). Not in any mood to eat either, Tay
and her mother are just shuffling their plates' contents with their forks.
Tay is troubled. The ghosts are gone, just like she wanted. Then, why does she feel awful? This isn't the way it was supposed
to be. Suddenly, she wonders how this night would be had they not banished the ghosts. She visualizes the two families
sitting together, the place full of laughter and joy. Then, maybe the ghosts would do something weird, like... dunno... make
the turkey dance. Man, Frankie would have definitely loved something like that. Tay laughs at her crazy thoughts.
-''What is it, honey?'' Michelle asks.
-''Nothing'' Tay answers and returns to her melancholy.
She sighs. It sounds so crazy, yet... could their coexistence with ghosts really have worked out somehow? Come to think
of it, now that she's not angry anymore, she must admit that that teen ghost- what was his name again, Niles? Yes, Niles it was-
that Niles guy seemed to have genuinely nice intentions.
Taylor presses herself to stop thinking about ghosts. What is done cannot be undone; she'll never know for sure how things would
have turned out had they decided to give the ghost family a chance and it's not worth torturing her mind with things it's too late
to change. Tomorrow, she'll begin a new life at her new school and she will forget this ghosts' story forever.
She stands up.
-''Mom, i'm going to sleep'' she says, feigning a yawn, even though she knows she probably won't get any sleep tonight.