What You See Isn't Always What You Get
Chap.2
"Danny, what a surprise." Terri laughed merrily as he saw Danny walking up to him. "Tell me, my boy, what's wrong?"
"Uh, I was just wondering….is it all right with your folks if I come over?" Danny asked. Terri paled.
"N-no. I'm sorry, Danny. You…you can't come over! You just can't!" He snapped.
"Terri, I was just-"
"You can't!" Terri bolted down a street, and around a corner.
"Great. I thought he'd do that. Goin' ghost!" Danny turned ghost and flew after the boy. He froze, and changed back when he saw where Terri had led him. "Here?"
It was a large mansion, with marble pillars and large gardens. A grand place, indeed. Or at least, it probably was twenty years ago.
The marble was cracked, and several pillars had toppled years ago. The gardens were withered, and the roses had turned black with age. Vines had wound their way around the previously grand mansion. There were blank windows, where, according to the glass laying in front of them, were once stained glass windows.
Danny reached for the doorknob, but the door fell in to the ballroom. The stairways, which had wound their way up to the top floor, had fallen in, the gaps in the stairs proof of that. The floor seemed to be an old cracked mosaic of the sun peeking over the hills. In the center, shattering the mosaic was an old crystal chandelier.
"Why would Terri be here?"
"Mom, what's the big deal with this Terri guy? He's just a new guy at our school." Jazz reasoned.
"Oh, he's much more than that." Maddie sat down on a chair and pulled out a photo album. "Terri…before the…'accident'…."
"What accident?"
"He was hit by a car."
"But, mom…people often survive that. What was Terri to you?"
"Before the accident, he was my boyfriend."
