Coming Back Home

A Ghostwriter Fanfiction

Written By Stef With a F

Chapter 3:

The Next Day


It was Saturday morning. Gaby woke up, stood up, and stretched.

She shook Tina awake.

She then went to Alex's room and knocked on the door.

"Hector?" she said. "Are you awake?"

"Yes," Hector answered.

Gaby smiled. "When you are ready, come to my room."

Gaby smiled again, as she wrote the following words: "Rally G!"

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. We are here today to lie to rest our friends John and Abigail," said the preacher.

Alex tossed in his sleep.

"It's so wrong. I just don't understand…Abigail…She was just a child..."

"No…it's not fair…" Alex said his sleep.

"Alex!" Jamal said as he shook Alex again. "Your sister called a rally."

"What?" Alex said, rubbing his eyes.

"Gaby?" Alex asked in a quiet voice.

Jamal looked at him strangely. "Of course, who else? Since when do you have another sister?"

Alex shook his head. "Nevermind..."

Jamal eyed him. But then shrugged.

"We ought to find out what's up," said Jamal.

"Yeah," agreed Alex.

"You were talking in your sleep," Jamal said.

"I was?"

"Yes, something wasn't fair?"

Alex frowned.

"Well, I think we should leave a message for the others that we are on our way…" said Alex, changing the subject.

Jamal smiled.

"The team together once again. That does have a nice ring to it, doesn't it?" Jamal commented.

ALEX AND JAMAL ARE THEIR WAY

Hector smiled.

"It's going to be just like the old times," he said.

"I wonder if Alex and Jamal had the dream," Gaby wondered.

"Or Rob," Tina added.

Gaby made a half smile.

"Or Lenni?"

RALLY G!

Rob blinked.

"Gaby is calling a Rally?" Rob said to himself.

Rob sighed.

Six years ago, his dad torn him away from the best friends he has ever had. . It was strange. He kept in touch partly in letters and later e-mails, but still, a distance was there. As the years gone by people changed.

Last year, after high school graduation, Rob traveled around Europe, gathering culture to use in his stories.

Recently, a year late, he was accepted to Tisch, to officially start his writing career.

For some reason, fate has brought these friends together once again.

About an hour later…

"Knock, knock", Rob said as he approached Gaby's door.

"Rob!" Gaby almost squealed as she opened the door.

Rob gave Gaby a big hug.

"How are you doing?" Rob asked.

"Good, thank you, you?" Gaby returned.

"Hi!" said Hector in the background, waving.

"Hey!" shouted Tina in the back of the room.

"Hey yourself," Rob said back.

Tina playfully shoved Rob.

"Hey!" she shouted.

"Hey you," he responded, giving Tina a big hug.

Tina hugged him back.

Gaby stared at the two of them suspiciously, as more guests arrived.

Lenni…

"Rob!" she shouted.

"Hey Lenni!" Rob said back.

"How are you doing, Man!?" shouted Jamal, who was behind Lenni.

Lenni, Jamal, and Rob took their places on one of Gaby's beds.

"Where's Alex?" asked Gaby. "Didn't he come over with you?"

"Yes," Jamal started, "He wasn't feeling so well, I think he stopped to…"

"I'm here Gaby," Alex interrupted. "What's up?"

Alex did appear a little flush.

"Are you okay?" Gaby asked.

Alex sighed. "Yes, I'm fine, just had a trouble sleeping last night, that's all."

"You had the dream too?" asked Gaby.

"John and Abigail?" asked Alex.

"John and Abigail Adams?" asked Lenni. "Studying too late again Alex?"

Alex shook his head. "But never mind that, what's up?"

"We think Ghostwriter is trying to tell us something," revealed Gaby.

Jamal nodded, "He asked me if the children were okay again."

Lenni looked at Jamal and frowned. "Like he said the first time you saw him!"

"Exactly, remember how we all thought that was a clue about his past life? The fact he is afraid of dogs too."

"Dogs!" Hector said. "I had a dream about dogs chasing people."

"Gaby and I had it too," added Tina. "Someone cried out, 'We have to save the children!'"

"It was Ghostwriter, I really think it was him," said Gaby. "Remember the costume incident? Ghostwriter let me see him, well, not his face..."

"Wow!" said Tina.

"Let's write these facts down," Lenni said, as she started to archive the Rally. "Alex, do you remember your dream at all?"

Alex rubbed his temples, as if they were sore.

"A lot of pain, I think someone died, a funeral," answered Alex.

"John and Abigail funeral?" asked Tina.

Alex blinked.

"Owww...Yes."

"Alex?" Gaby said in a concerned voice. "Are you sure you are okay?"

Alex zoned out.

"Abigail? Abigail! Are you okay?! Abigail!" cried out a voice.

"Alex?" Gaby repeated, gently shaking Alex, "Alex, can you hear me?"

"Abigail? Abigail! Can you hear me?"

"Come on Alex, I don't want to have get Mom…" pleaded Gaby.

Alex blinked.

"They were running. I could hear them running in the distance. My stepbrother was filled with guilt that day. He warned me, but it was too late for me to warn them…" Alex revealed.

"Alex?" Gaby cried.

To Be Continued