Title: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
Summary: Sequel to Goodbye, set two years after. Mandy is in love with the Grim Reaper, but will she ever see him again?
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Mandy shot a very angry look at Billy, who had been pestering her for the past half hour to help him program a new video game. Normally, she wouldn't hesitate to help the poor nerd, and he knew something was wrong.
Billy hadn't inquired too far the day, two years ago, she had set Grim free, but he had been slowly trying to get her to tell him more. She hadn't said a word to him beyond that Grim was gone, and wasn't coming back. He didn't know much about his friend's complex emotions, but he did know enough to tell that something had happened that night he might never understand. He was sad at first, knowing that Mandy wouldn't be, but somehow now he thought quite the contrary.
Mandy seemed more distant from him as of late, and that rift was only increasing by the second. When he brought up things she had once loved, like the prospect of world domination, she would ignore it, and seem completely unintrested. He knew there was some connection between her distance, and Grim's departure, but, being the idiot he was, he couldn't quite place his finger on it...
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Grim sat, facing away from a wall, with a window looking in on some adolescent demon's poker game. He glared into the pool in the middle of the floor, that looked into the mortal world. There was so much there... He remembered watching the dying hamster Mr. Snuggles, and the two brat children, right from that very pool. He had no idea then, that the little girl he saw would change his life forever.
As he stared at that pool, he contemplated looking in on the two 'children', now older, he was sure, just to see how they were doing.
"No. It's a stupid idea. She sent me away, there's no way either of them want me looking in on them..." He muttered, turning from the pool for a few moments, before his curiousity got the better of him.
He peered into the green surface, and slowly, a shocking scene unfolded before him.
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"Just go away, Billy. I'll call you to come back later, I need time to think."
The big-nosed boy complied, and when he had, Mady crossed the room to stare at her bedstand's skull. It stood for so much to her... Death, the night Grim left, and so many other things that she was just begining to grasp...
"Why did I tell him to leave? Somehow, I just don't think removing the problem was the right thing to do..." Her shoulders shook, and she shivered a bit, but she did not cry. She wouldn't let herself be that weak. Even to herself. It was a hard thing to do, but it seemed like removing the problem only helped to increase it. All these things hit her at once, and the one realization that she had never blatantly stated in her mind became clear in that instant. "I'm in love with the Grim Reaper..."
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Grim backed away from the pool in shock. It suddenly all made sense to him. Why Mandy had sent him away, and why her emotions read so strangly that day...
He wanted to go to her, and to speak to her one more time, but something stopped him. How would she react to seeing him again? What would he do if her reaction was that of loathing? Remind her of the contrary? No... No, she would act like she hated him, reguardless...
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Mandy pulled her legs up against her, leaning her head on her knees as if to curl up and die right there. She had said so. She had voiced it, and that seemed too official. She glanced at the door, and contemplated a new way to get rid of this emotion she had felt only twice in her life... One thing she thought of was really to get rid of her heart, and that seemed the most do-able.
Just as she was about to lunge for the doorknob, a sound behind her, and a hand on her shoulder stopped her. The touch of the hand felt familiar... A kind of bony feeling she had felt often so long ago...
"Mandy?" A vaguely familiar voice said from behind her. She turned to see the Grim Reaper, looking down at her with his empty eyes, and felt her own narrow.
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A/N: To be continued in the next chapter. What will happen now? You'll find out...
Summary: Sequel to Goodbye, set two years after. Mandy is in love with the Grim Reaper, but will she ever see him again?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mandy shot a very angry look at Billy, who had been pestering her for the past half hour to help him program a new video game. Normally, she wouldn't hesitate to help the poor nerd, and he knew something was wrong.
Billy hadn't inquired too far the day, two years ago, she had set Grim free, but he had been slowly trying to get her to tell him more. She hadn't said a word to him beyond that Grim was gone, and wasn't coming back. He didn't know much about his friend's complex emotions, but he did know enough to tell that something had happened that night he might never understand. He was sad at first, knowing that Mandy wouldn't be, but somehow now he thought quite the contrary.
Mandy seemed more distant from him as of late, and that rift was only increasing by the second. When he brought up things she had once loved, like the prospect of world domination, she would ignore it, and seem completely unintrested. He knew there was some connection between her distance, and Grim's departure, but, being the idiot he was, he couldn't quite place his finger on it...
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Grim sat, facing away from a wall, with a window looking in on some adolescent demon's poker game. He glared into the pool in the middle of the floor, that looked into the mortal world. There was so much there... He remembered watching the dying hamster Mr. Snuggles, and the two brat children, right from that very pool. He had no idea then, that the little girl he saw would change his life forever.
As he stared at that pool, he contemplated looking in on the two 'children', now older, he was sure, just to see how they were doing.
"No. It's a stupid idea. She sent me away, there's no way either of them want me looking in on them..." He muttered, turning from the pool for a few moments, before his curiousity got the better of him.
He peered into the green surface, and slowly, a shocking scene unfolded before him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Just go away, Billy. I'll call you to come back later, I need time to think."
The big-nosed boy complied, and when he had, Mady crossed the room to stare at her bedstand's skull. It stood for so much to her... Death, the night Grim left, and so many other things that she was just begining to grasp...
"Why did I tell him to leave? Somehow, I just don't think removing the problem was the right thing to do..." Her shoulders shook, and she shivered a bit, but she did not cry. She wouldn't let herself be that weak. Even to herself. It was a hard thing to do, but it seemed like removing the problem only helped to increase it. All these things hit her at once, and the one realization that she had never blatantly stated in her mind became clear in that instant. "I'm in love with the Grim Reaper..."
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Grim backed away from the pool in shock. It suddenly all made sense to him. Why Mandy had sent him away, and why her emotions read so strangly that day...
He wanted to go to her, and to speak to her one more time, but something stopped him. How would she react to seeing him again? What would he do if her reaction was that of loathing? Remind her of the contrary? No... No, she would act like she hated him, reguardless...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mandy pulled her legs up against her, leaning her head on her knees as if to curl up and die right there. She had said so. She had voiced it, and that seemed too official. She glanced at the door, and contemplated a new way to get rid of this emotion she had felt only twice in her life... One thing she thought of was really to get rid of her heart, and that seemed the most do-able.
Just as she was about to lunge for the doorknob, a sound behind her, and a hand on her shoulder stopped her. The touch of the hand felt familiar... A kind of bony feeling she had felt often so long ago...
"Mandy?" A vaguely familiar voice said from behind her. She turned to see the Grim Reaper, looking down at her with his empty eyes, and felt her own narrow.
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A/N: To be continued in the next chapter. What will happen now? You'll find out...