Sorry this took so long, I've been awfully busy with school and such. This chapter still isn't that long, but I promise I will try to make future chapters longer. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Somehow, I still do not own Ghost Whisperer...

"No, no, I mean, yes, yes, they are, the ghost," Melinda started, trying form her thoughts into coherent sentences as Jim sat up, slowly becoming more alert of his surroundings, "I know who the ghost is."

"It's okay, Melinda, calm down," Jim instructed as he pulled her close and soothingly rubbed her back as Melinda continued to sit in shock, her heart beating rapidly, "Who is she?"

"I've-I've got to go. I have to tell them. I need to talk to them," Melinda started rambling pulling away from Jim as she pushed herself off of the bed and started pacing quickly around the room. Almost in a panic mode, she rapidly searched her room, the first coat and pair of shoes she could find, throwing them on. "They need to know, they need to talk to me, I have to help them."

"Melinda, slow down, what's going on?" Jim asked as he looked over at his wife worriedly. He stood up, and ran over to her, grabbing her by the shoulders as he forced her to look him in the eyes. "Who is the ghost? Who is she, Melinda?"

"I've gotta go wake up the girls before I go, they need to know, the should know, I have to tell them, oh, they'll take it so hard.." Melinda continued to rant as she tried to push past Jim, lost in a daze as her mind continued to be a jumbled mess, she had yet to completely process all of the new found information and she didn't quite know what to do or how to handle it.

"Melinda!" Jim shouted, still holding tightly onto Melinda's arms as he held her still, trying to get her to snap out of it, "You are not doing anything until you tell me what's going on."

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I just.." The tears started to form in Melinda's eyes. Whoever the ghost was, it was sure hitting close to home for Melinda.

"Shh, it's okay," Jim whispered soothingly, relaxing his tense arms and he stepped in closer and pulled her into another comforting hug, gently rocking her he willed her to let him in on what was going on.

"Do you remember Allie and Andy's friend, Jessica?" Melinda asked him as she stood back. She was no longer shaking, but she had her hand tightly wrapped around Jim's arm, squeezing it tight, almost like a child holding their mother's hand at the doctor when they are about to get a shot.

"Yeah, of course," Jim stated, his expression quickly changing from confused to shocked as he finally understood, "She's the ghost? Oh, Melinda, that's horrible."

"I know," Melinda said through her tears, burrowing her head in Jim's shoulders. They stood for a moment in silence, Jim gently stroking her hair as the tears slowly but surely came to halt.

"How are you going to break it to the girls?" He asked as Melinda wiped away the droplets of water falling down swollen her face.

"I don't know," Melinda shook her head, taking a deep breathe.

"I have an idea," Jim started, "Why don't you save it for the morning? How many times do I have to say this, you need your sleep. You'll never be able to think clearly if you don't get some rest."

"I know," Melinda sighed, "But I really need to talk to Jessica's parents. I mean, I don't know how long she's been dead, I would have thought they would have called me. Or at least one of the other parents, who would have told me. Or on the news, wouldn't it have been on the news? What if they don't know? What if she's just lying somewhere, dead, and they have no idea? She looked so badly beaten. I have to go see them.." Melinda started rambling again, suddenly feeling re-energized as she became more determined than ever to talk to Jessica's parents.

Now that she knew who she was, she had to help, it didn't matter how tired our out of it she was.

"No, Melinda, just no. Not now, you aren't thinking straight, you are too close to this girl, just come back to bed with me and deal with it when you can at least think clearly," He insisted, restraining her again so that she couldn't leave.

"You don't understand!" Melinda protested, "I've known Jessica since she was four, she went to preschool with the girls. Her parents are close friends of mine, I watched her grow up, I can't just stand back and let this go, I have to talk to them! I need to talk to them, I need to help them. I don't know what I'd do if Andy or Allie ever.." Melinda choked, a look of panic returning to her eyes.

"Don't think about that, that'll never happen," Jim assured her as he tenderly wrapped his arms around her as she buried her head in his t-shirt, the tears starting up again. "I know it's hard, but you can go talk to her parents in the morning. I'm sure they already know, they would figure it out right away if she went missing or if something happened. But I promise you that in the morning I will go with you, and together we will go talk to Jessica's parents and do everything we can to find peace for this little girl so she can cross over into the light."

"Promise?" Melinda sniffed as the fatigue started to catch up to her, her legs starting to collapse below her as leaned into Jim, without him holding her up she knew she would fall.

"Promise."

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