A week later
Lena
The next week went by in a dream like fog. Sharon called the day after the Mariana situation went down because Brandon told her that I now possess the magical ability to talk to her daughter and she gave me a long interview on her how she's doing now. I know it's a relief for her too know that Stef is a ghost but I don't think she's too thrilled that she's still here. She wanted her to move on too, but when she heard what happened with Mariana she agreed nows not the time.
Mariana has been kept under watch, even though I hate to make her feel like we are suffocating her, I'm too afraid she might try again. She seems ok, but I can't tell if it's an act.
Stef has continued to torment and taunt Callie and Jesus but they are still refusing to accept that ghosts exist. Stef has also majorly strengthen her ghost abilities so they are in for a scare. Stef left them notes today, in an attempt to scare them, claiming today is the day all hell breaks loose. She's having too much fun with this.
Callie
I started working on the project and the wifi was being sucky and kept stopping on me.
"Just work" I said annoyed that I couldn't work on this project and it's due tomorrow. All the sudden my screen left the google document and went to my pictures. It scrolled through the pictures and stopped on one of me and my family before mom passed away.
"Very funny" I said annoyed going back to the document. There was a knock on the door and i told whoever it is too come in but no one entered.
"Very funny guys" I yelled at which one of my siblings is having fun pranking me. I continued to work on the project and the door opened wide.
"Stop it" I yelled annoyed and Jesus burst into laughter.
"You're too much fun" he said and I rolled my eyes.
"Will you stop I'm trying to get my project done" I said and he laughed.
"Don't worry when mom haunts you she won't do anything too delete the project since she's worried about your grades" he teased and I groaned.
"Tonight's the night all hell breaks loose" he joked.
"Yes because I'm scared of mom, she's not even here. I think you are the one who should be scared." I said and he rolled his eyes.
"Even if she is here, I can handle what ever she throws at me." he said.
"Uh huh I just hope she goes easy on you it would be a shame for you too get so scared and never be able to live it down." I said and he shook his head.
"Besides I wasn't the one that challenged her" I said and Lena interrupted us.
"Will you too stop" she said and we both stopped.
"Mom will get both of you" she said laughing.
"I'm not afraid of her…" Jesus claimed and Lena laughed.
"You should be" she said and went downstairs to start supper. I went in and finished the rest of my project.
"Kids time for supper" Lena called up to us. We all went downstairs and sat down for supper.
"Mom is being really scary" Jesus joked and I laughed.
"Oh please you are definitely afraid." Jude said. "Did mom really send you a letter saying tonight is the night all hell breaks loose?"
"No you and Mariana did" he said accusingly.
"Sure whatever you want to tell yourself." he said and Mariana laughed.
"Mom can we film it?" Mariana asked her and she rolled her eyes.
"Mariana? I already have it covered" she said and I rolled my eyes.
"You guys having fun" I asked and they all laughed.
"I can't wait to hear Jesus scream like a girl" Brandon teased and Jesus rolled his eyes.
"I'm not going to scream. How good can she possibly do if according to you guys she can't even walk through walls yet?" He said sounding almost like he is trying to convince himself.
"Oh no she did last week no worries she got it covered." Mama said and he rolled his eyes. I reached over and grabbed him and he jumped. We all laughed.
"Yeah someone is not afraid" I joked with him and he rolled his eyes.
"Shut up I'm not." he said and his plate was picked up and moved away from him.
"Oh real funny" he said but we can tell he's freaked out. Ok how did they manage to do that? He grabbed the plate and went to eat but the plate moved away from him. Ok maybe they aren't just messing with us.
"Guess mom wants to steal your food" Mariana said.
"Believe us now?" Jude asked and Lena laughed.
"Alright what ever just give me my food" he said and I laughed. The plate moved back towards him.
"Thank you" he said annoyed.
Lena
It's so funny watching Stef prank them. It has to be weird to see when you can't see her. The plate just moving and picking itself up, yeah explain that one. I watched as Stef who is laughing so hard picked up a forkful of Callies mac and cheese. Callie not being scared grabbed the fork from her and looking in her direction told her to get her own. I laughed so hard as I watched Stef pull over a stool and then filling a glass of water and then made herself a plate. All the kids watched blown away.
"Really thats the best you got?" Jesus challenged and she laughed. His phone rang. He looked at it and laughed.
"Bring it on" he said obviously she texted him something. Ok she got really good at this ghost thing in the last 24 hours. The tv turned on the lights flickered.
"Oh I'm scared." he said.
"Jesus will you stop encouraging her." I said annoyed. I know Stef will not back down from a challenge.
"Lets play" she said as the light went off and the candle lit itself. He went over and blew out the candle after turning the light on. He picked it up and grabbed a note left under it.
"Lets play: First can be found in a place only you know of" he read the note out loud and he sighed.
"What do you have a diary or something?" Mariana teased.
"No" he denied and went to go down into our basement.
"Our basement?" I asked Stef and she shook her head following him and I got up and sighed. So much for a peaceful family dinner. Everyone followed him and he moved a bunch of boxes full of who knows what and opened a door.
"Wow how long has that been there?" I asked confused.
"Forever I used to go down here when stressed. It's just more storage room but I found it once when playing hide and seek with Mariana and I liked that no one else knew about it." he said honestly.
"This is why you always won hide and seek" Mariana said annoyed and he laughed.
"Guess I wasn't the only one that knew about it" he said.
"It's amazing what you figure out about people when you die" Stef said and I repeated it too Jesus.
"Yeah I went here the day after she died, just needed some space." he said going in and grabbing a picture of us as a family and turned it around and pulled off the next note.
"The second is where you sneak too at night" he said and groaned.
"Hmm this should be interesting." I said and he rolled his eyes going back upstairs.
"It's just the fridge I get hungry at midnight" he admitted and everyone followed him upstairs. He searched for it in the fridge and eventually found another picture from last christmas.
"Really all this build up and she sends us on a scavenger hunt?" Callie said and I laughed.
"Yeah well what happens when we find them all?" Mariana asked.
"Hopefully it's like easter and I get a huge thing of candy" he said and I rolled my eyes.
"I don't think so" I said and he groaned.
"What's the next note say?" Jude said eager.
"The next near something you're brother cherishes more than life" he said.
"Ok I have two brothers, which one?" he asked and Stef laughed.
"Thats for me too know and you too find out" she said and i translated for her.
"Brandons piano" he said and went to check but their was nothing.
"Jude what do you cherish?" Jesus asked in the back ground.
"Jude dad's old pocket knife?" Callie offered and he nodded. He went to his room and grabbed it for Jesus.
"The next is behind a place locked by key" Jesus said.
"Behind the gun safe?" Mariana asked.
"I thought mom gave the gun back to the station." Jesus said looking back at me.
"I gave the gun back but the safe is still here" I explained and we went into our room.
We moved the safe and there was pictures of us with a letter for each one of us. Just as I was about to grab mine and read it the lights turned off and things went flying everywhere. Yeah should have known Stef would get one last scare in their. Suddenly Jesus and Callie screamed and the lights came back on. We all laughed and they groaned.
"Ok real funny" Callie said collecting herself. I would assume Stef just grabbed them or something.
"Oh my god that was so funny" Brandon said and they rolled their eyes.
"Mom is the last person you should challenge haven't you learned that yet" I said to Jesus at least Callie can claim ignorance but Jesus has been the victims of her pranks too many times.
After we all stopped making fun of them we sat down too the read the letters which I think was originally her goodbye letter when she thought I would make her leave. I opened mine and begin to read trying hard not to cry.
Let me know what you think next chapter will have snip bits from all the letters and should have some romance between the moms, finally. Hope you like it and thanks for reading.
