Finally school ended. I was relieved that I wouldn't have to face that ghost again. She seemed like a bubble that could pop easily to reveal something not so pretty. Or in other words she seemed kinda scary, and I have never really been afraid of ghosts. Sure I was afraid at times, but those were in my earlier days of being a mediator. What really annoys me though is that you can't talk to a ghost in front of people. My mom sent me to a psychiatrist because she thought I needed help or something. No one really ever understands this "curse." I can't believe Father Dominic would ever call this a blessing.
Oh wait that reminds me I have to see Father Dominic. I turned around and jogged to his office. I tripped, but it wasn't my fault. "This is the last time!" I yelled and turned around to see who it was. Tina the ghost stood there smirking at me. I jumped up ready to punch her. "Go away!" I yelled as a pulled my fist back and punched her with almost all my force. I mean I just wanted to scare her away. She held her nose for a minute screaming until she finally calmed down. "Now that wasn't nice," she said angrily. The locks on the lockers started shaking. I started to back away. "I'm sorry I should go." I said. "Come back here," she said with force. "I'd rather not," I said as I turned and ran. I didn't really know where I was going, but I had to get out of there. I looked back and saw her coming. When I turned my head back I smacked right into someone. "I'm so sorry," I said as and I looked back quickly to see that Tina had gone. Then I realized the position I was in. I fell on top of, Jesse, the new kid. "What were you doing?" he asked with annoyance in his voice. What could I say. That I was running from a ghost who was trying to kill me. But I thought quickly. "I was just going to Father Dominic's office," I said hoping. "Why the rush?" He asked. "Well my ride was waiting for me," I answered quickly. Then I remembered I was still on top of him. "Sorry by the way," I said as I got off of him. "It's okay," He said quickly. It seemed he was just annoyed by me. "Okay well bye," I said. "Oh and by the way Father Dominic isn't even there." He said as he walked away. Crap I thought now I don't even have a ride. I jogged over to the entrance of the school to avoid any encounters with Tanya. Their was and evil spirit inside of her, and I didn't want to be near her now when she was mad. Just let it wear off I thought.
My walk home resulted in blistered feet. I wasn't wearing my most comfortable shoes, but it wasn't that bad. After dinner which was chicken wraps I decided to call Father Dominic. It made me worry that he wasn't at his office, but maybe I was just being stupid. I shouldn't worry about him so much I said to myself he's just my principal, but Father Dominic was more than that he was like a father to me.(because I couldn't handle any more brothers) When I called him no one answered and when I tried again he wouldn't answer. It's not like him I thought. Oh, well he'll probably be in school tomorrow. After that I drifted off to sleep.
The next day I dressed in black capris and a Linkin Park t-shirt. I remembered to wear comfortable shoes. I didn't know what to wear so I just chose black and a band t-shirt which was partly black. "Suze!" Sleepy yelled from the bottom of the stairs. "Coming!" I yelled. I grabbed my bag and ran down the stairs. Dopey wasn't in the car yet so I got shotgun. We ended up being a couple minutes late, but it didn't really matter. I could just wait for the passing period for 1st period so I wouldn't have to have a pass to get into homeroom. I decided to check if Father Dominic was here so I walked toward his office. I turned the handle to find the door locked. What the Hell I thought. I tried to open it a second time, but it was surely locked. "Miss Simon," The secretary said, "Get to class. " But I ignored her. "Where's Father Dominic," I asked more alert now. "Father Dominic is taking a few days off to spend at another church." She said slowly as if I was stupid, "Now get to class." I left in a daze. Father Dominic would have told me if he was leaving. Something was wrong. I started walking to the bathrooms when I heard a faint clacking of heels. I spun around quickly to come face to face with Tina. Again. "I see you heard about Father Dominic," she said looking at her nails casually. "What did you do?" whisper yelled. "Oh don't worry I didn't do anything it was all him," She snickered. "Where is he," I said quietly, but forcefully. "Let's just say Father Dominic took a little trip," And she even had the nerve to laugh. Then I just snapped. I jumped at her sending her falling to the ground. I landed on top of her pinning her to the ground with my knees. "Now you better tell me where Father Dominic is or you're gonna hope you never met me!" I snarled at her. For a minute she actually looked scared. "No," She said simply smirking. I shrugged. Then I pulled my fist back and crashed it towards her face only to be stopped midway. "Susannah what are you doing," A very puzzled Jesse asked. I looked down to see Tina gone. Now I was just pissed. I jumped up and turned to face him. "Why don't you mind you're own freaking business," I half yelled at him pushing him back. He ignored me. "Susannah who were you talking to?" He asked slowly as if I was retarded. That just got me more pissed. "What are you talking about?" I answered him as if he was crazy. "You were talking to someone I heard you." He answered back carefully. "Well like I said mind your own business," I said. I turned and walked away pissed. I tried to walk away without tripping to make a good exit, but that doesn't happen when ghosts hate you. Tina ended up pushing me from the front so I fell back and fell on my butt. You didn't just fall that way if someone tripped you, you had to be pushed. God how was I gonna explain this to Jesse. I saw him open his mouth to question me so I scrambled up and ran. How was I ever gonna explain that. I ended up avoiding him the rest of the day.
When I got home I ran upstairs to my room and called Father Dominic on his newly acquired cell phone. He didn't answer. Maybe I'm just being paranoid. I thought the secretary said he was at a different church. But deep down I knew something was wrong, and it made me mad that I couldn't find out what it was. I didn't have anything to do so I decided to do my homework. Something I haven't done in a while. In the middle of math mt phone rang. I ran to check the caller id. Doesn't he get it I don't like him anymore well actually I hate him I angrily thought after seeing Paul's name on the caller id. He actually thinks I would take him back after cheating on me with Kelly Prescott. Yeah when hell freezes over. He kept calling for another 10 minutes until he stopped. Finally he got the point. For today. This was the 5th time this week. I sighed continuing with my math homework. Half an hour later I finished and it was time for dinner. "Suze!" Dopey called, "Dinner!" I walked over to the kitchen. Today we were having Tacos. I wasn't that hungry so I finished 2 tacos then excused myself to go upstairs. I walked into my room to hear the phone ringing. I ran over to my bed to check the caller id, and saw it was restricted. I normally wouldn't answer the phone if it was restricted, but I felt that I needed to. "Hello," I said as I picked up the phone. "Susannah," I heard Father Dominic whispered desperately. I was more alert now. "Yes" I answered. "I need your help," He said to me. Wait Father Dominic needs my help. "What's wrong," I said more cautious now, because if Father Dominic needs my help something must be horribly wrong. "You need to exorcise Tina," He said slowly but quietly. I waited a second for him to say nope that was a joke just testing you, but he didn't. "You want me to exorcise Tina," I said slowly not understanding what he said. "Yes," he said, " If you don't people might get hurt. "When," I said confidently. If he needed my help I would help. "Tonight," He said before he hung up. Wow that was weird I thought. I ran to the closet and grabbed by ghost busting bag. Luckily I already had a picture of Tina. It's not like this thought never crossed my mind.