I just stay in the back room, gathering my thoughts when I see someone suddenly appear in front of me.

"What do you need?" I ask the guy in front of me, rather irritated.

"Wait, you can see me?" He asks me, like he has just won a million dollars.

"Yes, and I would love to help you, but I just can't right now. Come back later and I promise you someone will help you cross." I tell him, trying so hard to get him to go before Ned comes back in. I know I have to tell everyone eventually, but just not yet.

"Please, I need help now?" He begs me and I cave.

"Okay, tell me what you need and I'll-" I stop suddenly when Ned comes back in and he looks surprised to see me talking to nothing.

"Who were you just talking to?" Ned asks me, wanting to know the truth.

"No one, just myself." I lied to him.

"You can see them, can't you. You talk to ghost." He asks me. I answer him with just a simple nod. "Okay, I got to let Melinda know because she can see ghost too."

"No, don't tell anyone. I know Melinda can see ghost, but she can't know about my gifts. It is supposed to come later, but trust me, she will know." I tell him, stopping him in his tracks before he can leave the room

"Okay, but one thing, you have to promise to explain everything to me." He tells me in a bossy tone.

"Of course, I was going to anyway." I go up to him and give him a hug, surprising him at first, but then he hugs me back. "Thanks Ned, I really needed someone I could trust here and I found you." He smiles back at me while we just stand there apart from each other, lost in our own thoughts.

In the Store

"Delia, how well does Ned know this girl, Kay?" Melinda asked after witnessing the short scene between the two.

"Not a lot, but he seems to really like her. Why do you ask Melinda?" Delia answers back.

"Because, just a second ago I saw him hugging her, are you sure there is nothing between them?" Melinda asks, seeing the confused look at Delia's face.

"No, well I didn't. Great, now I have to keep them apart at home. Ned and I are going to have a talk when we get home." Delia says in an 'all great' tone. Melinda just chuckles back in reply as Delia walks into the back room to talk to the two teens before they leave.

Ned and I are in the backroom, just talking now. I begin telling him more about my pass, how I was rarely in a foster home for more than a few weeks because most of the people I was with thought I had problems because I was always talking to nothing.

"Wait, everyone thought you were weird because you'd talk to nothing, everyone does that." Ned interrupts me.

"I know, but no one liked to admit it to their selves. It got hard though, changing schools so many times. I rarely had friends because I couldn't handle all the moving. Justin, he helped me out a lot, kept me from staying in the system for all of my childhood. I get to have a semi-normal life because of him. Okay, enough about me, what about you." I finish my story, and then ask him because I don't want to tell him everything, yet.

"Well, compared to yours, my life isn't that great." Ned starts to tell me, trying to avoid the question.

"Come on, something has had to happen in your life. Everybody has a story, some just choose to share theirs." I tell them, but before he try to avoid answering, his mom comes in.

"Ned, can I speak to you?" His mom asked, with a look on her face I have seen way to many times in my life. I just smile politely at her while I walk out to the front of the store so Ned and I can talk. The second I walk past the counter, the same ghost from the before shows up, I knew this was going to be bad.

"Not now!" I whisperer scream to him, hoping Melinda can't hear me. "Go to that lady" I say, while pointing to Melinda, "she'll help you faster than me." With that information, he begins talking to her. I can see Melinda talking to him, and him pointing at me.

"Uh, oh, note to self, next time you refer ghost to someone else, make sure they know you don't want said person to know about abilities." I see Melinda and the ghost coming over to me, wanting to talk to me.