Okay, I'm going to start updating this again! I hope I have some readers! I do not own McFly or Just My Luck.
Chap. 11 (A.J.'s P.O.V.)
The next morning, I woke up alone once again. Dougie wasn't sleeping on the floor next to the bed. I decided this was the best time to sneak out of the apartment.
I climbed out of bed and pulled on some skinny jeans, gray converses, a black long sleeve v-neck, and my purple hoodie. When I was done getting dressed, I opened the bedroom door quietly and exited the room. As I walked past the couch I heard someone lightly snoring. I looked over the head rest of the couch and found Dougie sleeping. He looked so cute, like a little kid!
"You always seem to woo me." I told his sleeping figure.
I leaned over the head rest and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. Then I walked over to the front door and quietly opened it.
"A.J." I nearly jumped out of my skin when I heard Laura call my name.
I didn't answer. I left the apartment and closed the door behind me, just as quiet as I opened it. I sighed and leaned against the door. Then I pulled my cell phone out of my pocked at looked at it. I sighed once more.
"Might as well call her now." I began walking down the hallway and pressed nine for speed dial.
The phone rang three times until someone eventually picked up the other end.
"Hello?" A woman answered in a dark, mysterious and raspy voice.
"Aunt Gezabelle?"
"Alexandria Josette?" I rolled my eyes as my aunt said my full gypsy name.
"Yes, it's me…"
"What are you doing calling me so early?" Her Romanian accent was now kicking in.
"I've been…cursed." I bit my lips, waiting for her response but she only laughed which surprised me.
"Cursed? How are you being cursed?" I groaned. I didn't enjoy telling the story as you can tell.
"After the séance we held to contact Nicholas, I've been seeing ghosts in London, along with Laura who was also at the séance." She laughed again.
"I told you London wouldn't be the best home for you two." I stopped walking. I didn't like my aunt saying that in the past, and I don't enjoy her saying it now. Especially now since I have Dougie in my life.
"Aunt Gezabelle, that is besides the point!" She fell silent and I thought she had hung up on me but then I heard her quiet breaths. "How do I remove the curse?"
"You mean how do you remove your gift?"
"What are you-?"
"People would die for your gift. People could discover so many things if they could talk to a ghost from the past. They can heal broken souls if they could talk and see ghosts!"
"I don't want this gift! So they can have it! And they can take Laura's too!" My aunt sighed.
"Of All people, you should enjoy this gift the most. You're the one who wanted to talk to your brother…"
"He isn't in London! Only demons are here and my friends and I are being haunted by one!"
"Isn't Nicholas there?" I thought about Nicholas being with me, but he couldn't. If he was with anybody, it'd be my parents. "Face the problem Alexandria Josette, it's the best way." The line went dead.
I groaned and pushed the end button as I shoved my cell back into my pocket. When I looked up to see where I was I jumped back a little from the surprise. I was at my apartment. No, not Dougie and Danny's apartment. My haunted apartment. I looked down at the door knob and Aunt Gezabelle's words echoed in my head.
'Face the problem…'
I grabbed the door knob and slowly turned it until the door slowly unlatched. I stepped back and watched the door open all the way. Before I even stepped into the room, I began shivering.
"Here goes nothing." I told myself out loud.
I stepped into the room. It looked exactly how we left it. The only difference was the presence. I could feel the souls of all the ghosts who have danced throughout our apartment while we were gone.
"A.J.!" I heard someone yell my name from outside the room. I turned around and Dougie was running to the apartment. I noticed the door was slowly closing and I tried running to the door myself but the door finally slammed shut on its own. "A.J.!" I grabbed the door knob and tried opening the door.
"Dougie, it's stuck! It won't open! Help!" Now he was trying to open the door on the other side as I banged on the door with my fists.
Suddenly, a heavy object was thrown across the room and hit my head. I fell to the floor and tried rubbing my head as I felt the tingling pain throughout my head. No one was around, but I couldn't tell because of my blurred vision.
"A.J., what was that noise? A.J.? A.J.?" Dougie repeated over and over as he banged on the door.
I then saw a light come floating above me and went into the lock of the door. The door somehow unlocked and it slowly opened again. Dougie stood there, surprised and confused.
"Dougie…" I whispered.
The last thing I saw was Dougie run into the room and picked me up. From there…I blacked out.