I was cleaning my mirror when all of a sudden I felt Jonah's presence behind me. For a few minutes we looked into each other's eyes for a fee minutes in silence. His eyes are the most beautiful, purest things I have ever seen. They make him look almost angelic with their striking icy blue colour, that's how I knew he wasn't evil, no evil presence has eyes like that. "I'm sorry Stephanie for hurting you like that, the only reason I did," I cut him off "You don't need to apologize, I understand." Jonah looked down as if ashamed "I just don't want to have to be without you, there was only one girl who made me feel the way you do, but she was around back when I was alive. I love you to much to be without you." I felt so touched by his words, then I realized that I didn't want to live without him either. "I love you too Jonah, I don't want to live without you either, I don't know how we'll do it, but we will find a way to be together." Jonah smiled and vanished.
I was taking off my makeup when I saw Aickman behind me in the mirror, smirking. "I know your trying to be creepy, but all your doing is getting annoying." I said rolling my eyes "Got to break you down somehow, I guess Jonah's love for you is too strong for him to possibly bring you down, so I guess I might just have to break something." I gasped as he picked me up by the neck and threw me into the wall. "You'll just see how scary I can be." His face turned dark as he picked me up by the neck again and lifted me off my feet. I realized that I had to fight back somehow if I wanted to live ( and keep my soul ) I thought about everything that I had read and seen in TV and movies. Wait, iron wards off ghosts right? I looked to the side where my hair brush was, some parts of it were made of iron, I reached to grab it as Aickman's grip tightened. "Trying to escape, well you will escape, when you finally die." He has the worst comebacks ever. I gripped the hair brush and swung it through him with all my might. He vanished with a startled look on his face, and I dropped to the ground. I felt a sense of triumph as I sat there. 'Finally I have a way to fight back, I'm not completely helpless.' I thought.
Jonah appeared and helped me get up. "It was Aickman wasn't it?" I nodded "I'll send him straight to hell right now," I stopped him "Remember what happened last time you aggravated him, I' want to get rid of him as much as you do, but I'm scared he'll try to hurt mom or Oliver again." He nodded "Listen I'm not sure if you know but Aickman wants to take my soul." Jonah's eyes widened in surprise and anger. He clenched his fists "I won't let him, we will get him out of this house before he can lay a finger on you." "He said that the only way he take my soul is to physically and mentally break down its, I don't know what you call it 'vessel' I think, until I," I took in a deep breath "Until I die." Jonah enveloped me in a hug "I figured out a way to fight back, if I strike him with anything made of iron, he'll go away." He looked down at me and smiled "I knew you were strong, my little what's it called, badass?" He said 's so cute trying to talk like he comes from the 21st century "Your adorable." He disappeared. I have to have a serious talk to him about how mysterious he is.
I went upstairs to find mom browsing through sheet music. "Mom what are you doing?" She looked up "Trying to find the right piece for my little diva to sing." I sat down in front of her "Alright first thing don't call me 'little diva', but what do you have in mind?" "It's from Phantom of th Opera, because you sing it so well, I was thinking you could sing music of the night." I nodded "We can try it." She went to piano and I stood beside her. She began to play and I started to sing. The whole time I swear if felt Jonah watching me. Once we finished, my mom stood up and hugged me "No question, that's the one you should sing." I told her I would and then went downstairs for the night.
About half an hour later, I heard Oliver come down the stairs "Can I see , pretty please." I nodded "If I can get him to come out." I called Jonah's name and he appeared in front of us. "Hello Oliver." Oliver looked at Jonah seriously "I have a ghost problem, every night I see a man standing in my closet door, he just stands there watching me. I was wondering if you could politely ask him if he would go away." Jonah's smile disappeared "I will Oliver, don't worry about him." He said with a fake sense of assurance. I grew tense at the thought of Aickman being that close to Oliver, what if he tries to hurt him again? "Thanks, that's it, the backyardigans are going to be on soon." He smiled and waved as he ran up the stairs. Jonah turned to me with a alarmed expression on his face. "When are you going to see that reverend?" "Tomorrow." Jonah nodded with a sense of relief "Good, he's been her before, I'm confident he can help us." "I hope so." Jonah hugged me as I fell asleep.
sept. 5, 2004
I woke up early to get ready to go to the service. I chose a lavender dress with my hair curled and a simple string of pearls. Since it was Sunday Oliver and mom were still asleep so I wrote a note saying ' I decided to go to a service at the church today, I will probably be back at about 11:00.' I left it on the kitchen table and went out the door. We only had one car, so I decided to walk. The church wasn't far from our house anyways.
When I entered the church, I was greeted by a very calm feeling. The church looked like any other church would, with pews and stained glass windows. There were a few families already seated, so I chose a seat at the back. I saw reverend Popescu step behind the altar and started preaching. I actually quite enjoyed the mass, he threw in occasional jokes, sarcasm and overall kept the mood light. At one point we were allowed to light a candle for someone we loved. I chose to light one for Jonah, I'm not particularly religious, but I figured it couldn't hurt. Once everyone left I approached reverend Popescu and he turned to me smiling "I remember you, you were the girl on the bus, the one with ghost problems am I right?" I nodded "Yes, I was hoping we could discuss this in greater detail." He nodded "Of course, come with me to my office and I will see if I can help you."
I followed him into my office and he beckoned me to take a seat. "So have you received any kind of threats from the spirits in your home?" I shifted a little in my seat, I nodded "Yes, the old man, Aickman he wants to take my soul." Reverend Popescu's eyes widened in surprise "Did he say how he planned to do that?" "Yes, he says in order to take my soul he has to mentally and physically break me down until my 'vessel' breaks down and dies." He nodded, I hadn't noticed that the whole time he was writing all this down in a journal. "I believe that I can help you, I will come to your house tonight to see if I can get rid of this malevolent spirit." I sighed with relief "Thank you, The younger ghost, Jonah, I just want you to know that," he cut me off "He isn't evil, I know, I will be there at 10:00 if that's alright with you?" I nodded "That would be great, thank you so much." He tipped his hat as I walked out.
That night, mom and Oliver decided to go see a movie, since Oliver had the day off tomorrow. Perfect, now it will be so much easier for me to get rid of Aickman. Jonah appeared in front of me "I feel like something's going on, what is it." I smiled "I went to see the reverend today, he'll be here in 10 minutes to try help us get Aickman out of the house." Jonah smiled looking deep in thought "I remember him, he actually thought I was evil, and tried to remove me, I showed him my story, like I did to you. He brought me back and he kind of helped the family who lived here before get rid of the malevolent spirits." We sat there waiting in anticipation until I heard a knock on the door. I opened it to see Reverand Popescu standing there holding a brief case "Let's get to work."
thats it! I'm seriously considering writing another fix about Haunting in Connecticut once I'm finished this one! I'm sorry I'm not able to update as much as I used to, but I have cross country and am busy with school. I will be finishing this story because it makes me really sad when I'm reading a really good story and they don't finish it. I hope you guys liked this chapter, and chapter 13 should be up by next week!
