"Hey, Jax, what's up.." Matt began as he came into the room, but came to a dead stop, mouth hanging open, at what he saw sitting next to his friend on the piano seat.

"Hi, Matt," Jackie said happily, although a bit slyly. "Have you met my FRIEND, Sarah? Sarah, this is Matt Syder, my other best friend."

"It's so nice to meet you, Matt, Sarah said. "Jackie has told me such a great deal about you."

"Uh..wha...huh..you..you're.."

"Dead, Matt. You're trying to say she's dead," Jackie said with a wise look on her face. "So, tell me Mattster how ghosts don't exist outside Cyberspace?"

"But..I..how.."

"Remember what they said about purgatory, how you couldn't get to Heaven until 10,000 prayers are said for you?"

"Oh..."

"She's stuck here wandering around earth until the prayers are said for her. Inez and me offered to say the 10,000 prayers."

"But..how'd she get here?"

"I invited her."

"You.."

"She's NICE , Matt, and she's not scary at all. She's just lonely Matt, she didn't have any friends in over three hundred years. Just sit here and talk to her, she needs more friends."

Matt gingerly approached Sarah, who looked down at him and smiled gentily. "Uh..hi, Sarah. Uh..my name is Matt..uh..nice to met you."

"It's nice to meet you as well, Matt. I hope we can become good friends."

Jackie felt it nessescary to apologise for him. "Matt doesn't mean to act like that.."

"Oh, it's quite all right, Jackie. Believe me , I've seen people act a lot worse than this. He isn't screaming or running away from me, which was far more hurtful."

Matt quickly caught himself. "I'm sorry, Sarah, really. I didn;t mean to act like that..but I've never been this close to a ghost before. Then again, you've probebly never been this close to humans in over three hundred years"

"Indeed I have not. But you are al making me feel so welcome here. You are al very nice people."

"Jackie?" her mother's voice came from the back door. Sarah quickly made herself invisible has Jackie's mother came from outside. "Hello, Matt, I didn't hear you come in."

"Hi. Mrs. Branch."

"Jackie, Honey, ask him if he;d like some lunch."

"Wanna stay for lunch, Matt?"

"Sure, thanks."

Jackie's mother smiled and went into the kitchen as Sarah made herself visible again. Matt breathed a sigh of relief. "That was close, I don't kniow HOW you would have been able to explain that to your Mom."

"Mom would probably call a priest for an exorcism." She smiled. "But don't worry, Sarah, we won't let that happen."

"Yeah, Jax is right," Mat agreed. "But, Sarah, tell me, they said you were a reporter, have you met a lot of famous people?"

"Are you kidding, she's seen them all," Jackie said. "She was telling me how she had a close relationship with Abigail Adams."

"THE Abigail Adams? Abigail Adams..as in John Adams?"

"Oh, yes, she was one of the sweetest, nicest people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. She was so motherly, she made me feel almost home every time I came to see her."

"Wow, did you come to see her often, Sarah?"

"Oh, yes, definitely. Whenever I got the chance to see her I took it, I wouldn't dream of saying no. She taught me so much. It was a bit like having my own mother there with me, even though obviously she wasn't."

Just then a loud voice was heared coming from Jackie's room. "JACKIE! MATT!!"

"Oh, no," Jackie whispered to herself.

"Who is that, Jackie?" Sarah asked , looking around.

"Motherboard, she's calling us," Mat answered.

"Who is Motherboard?" Sarah asked.

"You didn't tell her yet about Motherboard?" Matt asked her.

"I didn't get a chance to yet," Jackie explained.

"Who?" Sarah asked again.

"I'l tell you later," Jackie asked quickly. "You have to get invisible right now, Matt and I have to leave, but we'll be back we promise. Just take shelter in my room, and become invisible, we'll tell you later, K?"

Sarah nodded as Jacke and Matt tore down the hall.