Chapter Nine
I Miss You
I was walking in the midnight sky, again. Natara appeared before me. "It's been a while," she said and smiled a childish smile that made it hard for me to hate her.
"Why did you take me out of my life?" I asked. "Wasn't I meant to die? What if you messed up a huge plan of some sort?"
"I didn't mess up any plan or anything," she said quietly. "Not everyone is meant to die. You were one of these people that should have had a longer life and so, I gave you one."
"But, I want to see my family again," I said, close to tears, "I want to see my friends, I want to tell everyone that I care about that I love them and miss them. I want to apologize to Laurie because she deserves one."
Natara looked at me with a look of mixed pity and sorrow. "There is a way," she said hesitantly.
"Tell me, tell me, please," I begged.
"Come here," she commanded. "I can set up a spell that allows you to go talk to them, required that they are awake and you are sleeping." I stepped up beside her. "Kneel," she commanded. I knelt before her and she put her icy hands on my forehead. I closed my eyes and then all my senses went numb.
When I could see again I was floating above my house. I flew down and in through my parents window. I landed on the bed, in between my mom and dad. "Mom, Dad," I said softly, "wake up. It's me Kalea."
My parents, being light sleepers, sat upright in bed and stared. "How – how – why?" my mom stammered. I turned my head and looked at my image in a mirror, I was foggy and almost see through, like a ghost. But, I still looked like myself.
I than opened my mouth and the whole story spilled out, excluding the cuss words. My parents looked on at me in disbelief, I think it shocked them to see their one and only child, a ghost. "I – I'm sorry," I said at the end. "I didn't mean to get killed."
"It's okay," my dad said gruffly, I think I still shocked him.
"Please come visit often," Mom said. They both gave me a hug and than, I left with a promise to them that I would visit. I than flew away to Laurie's house, biting back tears. I, this time, walked through her window and sat on the bed. "Laurie," I called softly, "Laurie, it's me Kalea."
Laurie stirred and than sat up. "Oh, fuck," she said, starring at me.
I looked at her and said, "I'm sorry, about the fight."
"It's okay," Laurie said, she looked about ready to cry. I looked around her room and saw a pile of tissues littering her otherwise clean room. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I – I – I don't know," I said and broke down. The strain of everything, just everything, had caused me to break and just cry. Laurie got out of bed and sat down beside me. I rested my head on her shoulder and let my silvery, real tears slide down onto her shoulder.
"Do you want to tell me about?" she asked kindly.
I told her everything, exactly the way it happened in between sobs. When I was done I wiped my eyes and looked towards the rising sun. "I need to go," I said, my voice wavering. "I'll be back every Saturday and Sunday."
"I'll see you then," she said and smiled. I couldn't help but, to smile back. "I miss you," she said softly, I heard her when I was slowly disappearing.
"I miss you too," I whispered back. I don't know if she heard me, I don't think she did.
I Miss You
I was walking in the midnight sky, again. Natara appeared before me. "It's been a while," she said and smiled a childish smile that made it hard for me to hate her.
"Why did you take me out of my life?" I asked. "Wasn't I meant to die? What if you messed up a huge plan of some sort?"
"I didn't mess up any plan or anything," she said quietly. "Not everyone is meant to die. You were one of these people that should have had a longer life and so, I gave you one."
"But, I want to see my family again," I said, close to tears, "I want to see my friends, I want to tell everyone that I care about that I love them and miss them. I want to apologize to Laurie because she deserves one."
Natara looked at me with a look of mixed pity and sorrow. "There is a way," she said hesitantly.
"Tell me, tell me, please," I begged.
"Come here," she commanded. "I can set up a spell that allows you to go talk to them, required that they are awake and you are sleeping." I stepped up beside her. "Kneel," she commanded. I knelt before her and she put her icy hands on my forehead. I closed my eyes and then all my senses went numb.
When I could see again I was floating above my house. I flew down and in through my parents window. I landed on the bed, in between my mom and dad. "Mom, Dad," I said softly, "wake up. It's me Kalea."
My parents, being light sleepers, sat upright in bed and stared. "How – how – why?" my mom stammered. I turned my head and looked at my image in a mirror, I was foggy and almost see through, like a ghost. But, I still looked like myself.
I than opened my mouth and the whole story spilled out, excluding the cuss words. My parents looked on at me in disbelief, I think it shocked them to see their one and only child, a ghost. "I – I'm sorry," I said at the end. "I didn't mean to get killed."
"It's okay," my dad said gruffly, I think I still shocked him.
"Please come visit often," Mom said. They both gave me a hug and than, I left with a promise to them that I would visit. I than flew away to Laurie's house, biting back tears. I, this time, walked through her window and sat on the bed. "Laurie," I called softly, "Laurie, it's me Kalea."
Laurie stirred and than sat up. "Oh, fuck," she said, starring at me.
I looked at her and said, "I'm sorry, about the fight."
"It's okay," Laurie said, she looked about ready to cry. I looked around her room and saw a pile of tissues littering her otherwise clean room. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I – I – I don't know," I said and broke down. The strain of everything, just everything, had caused me to break and just cry. Laurie got out of bed and sat down beside me. I rested my head on her shoulder and let my silvery, real tears slide down onto her shoulder.
"Do you want to tell me about?" she asked kindly.
I told her everything, exactly the way it happened in between sobs. When I was done I wiped my eyes and looked towards the rising sun. "I need to go," I said, my voice wavering. "I'll be back every Saturday and Sunday."
"I'll see you then," she said and smiled. I couldn't help but, to smile back. "I miss you," she said softly, I heard her when I was slowly disappearing.
"I miss you too," I whispered back. I don't know if she heard me, I don't think she did.