Heya! Sorry for taking so long. Well here's a new chapter.

Dinner at the Ackerman household was short of a food fight. Everybody ate all the rolls before I even got one. That was one thing Gina forgot to tell me boys eat a lot, that and they have no manners.

I tried to avoid my room and give Chrono his space and let him think about moving on or whatever they did. I'm not a huge fan of violence but sometimes a fist makes the ghosts go away.

Tonight was Saturday, and with the big move I've actually forgotten the day. Usually I would go out with Gina, watch a movie or hang out at Joe's Pizza. I may have lived in the big city it doesn't mean my life was all that great. I've never been asked out by a guy, except in the fifth grade by Daniel Bogue. He asked me during the couple's only song at the ice rink and I slipped and fell and made a fool of myself.

Mom however was ready to throw me into the social scene any moment. While she was cleaning the dishes.

Brad? Is there any parties going on tonight? If there is way don't you take Rosie along!

Brad a.k.a Dopey was mixing himself a protein shake, I guess the two dozen shrimp and massive shell steak wasn't enough.

Yeah, maybe I could if Jake wasn't working tonight.

At the sound of his name Sleep woke up and quickly looked at his watch and said Damn, I'm late. Grabbed his jean jacket and ran out the door.

Doc looked at the clock and made a tisk-tisking sound and pretty much sang. Late again, he's going to get himself fired at this rate.

Sleepy had a job. This was new to me, must of missed the memo. Where does Slee- I mean Jake work?

He works at Peninsula Pizza. Doc casually said to me as he shaved patches of fur from the dog who looked like he didn't really care his mind was stuck on Food. Doc started to attach electrode things to the mindless pooch.

He's saving up to buy a car, he delivers pizzas and he gets a lot of money from all his tips. He has to use the Rambler to get from place to place. He wants to get a Camaro. Doc picked up a vanilla milkshake Mom made and drank from it then went back to work.

You guys want me to drop you off anywhere? I'd be happy to! Whaddaya say, Brad? What to show Rose around? Andy asked happily

Nah.. Everybody is still in Tahoe cuz of break. Maybe, next weekend. Dopey wiped his mouth on his sweatshirt. Like I said earlier, Ewwww.

I collapsed with relief the word mall always filled me with horror, a horror that didn't deal with the undead either. Gina would always drag me to a Mall in New Jersey by using the PATH train. After an hour I would have sensory overload and have to sit down at a This Can't Be Yogurt shop and sip some herbal tea, until I calmed down. I wasn't really thrilled at the thought of anyone dropping me off anywhere, but My God what is up with this place!

I know! Dopey said slamming down his now empty glass. I'll play you a couple games of Coolboarder!

Uhhh. What is this game? Coolboarder?

Well it turns out that you get assigned a snowboarder and you had to race each other around a course with various slopes by using a joy stick. The more fancy moves the more points you got. I beat Dopey 8 times before he finally said Let's watch a movie.

I think I should have let the poor guy win a game so I said I'd make the Popcorn and I went into the kitchen.

It must have been the hum of the microwave that made me realize I was dead tired. Mom and Andy went to bed; they left the door open so we wouldn't get any ideas. Mom was watching a made for TV movie and Andy was reading a spy novel.

As I stood there waiting the popcorn to pop, I was wondering what my dad thought about all this. He wasn't too happy that mom was remarrying and moving three thousand miles away.

How? Am I supposed to pop in on you when you living three thousand miles away!

The point, Dad, is that you're not supposed to pop in on me or mom, because you're supposed to be dead, remember? You're supposed to do what dead people d, and not spy on me and mom!

Dad did look hurt when I told him this and it made feel bad for him.

I'm just checking up on you and your mother making sure you're happy.

Well daddy, we are. I'm very happy and so is mom.

I lied, I wasn't happy at all. I was all nervous when I had to move. I wasn't sure that living here would work out, seeing there was a ghost of some dead guy named Chrono haunting my bedroom. Where was my dad? Why wasn't he up in my room kicking Chrono's butt? After all he was a boy, and it was my bedroom. I think fathers are supposed to not like that sorta thing?

That's the thing about ghosts, they are never there when you need them.

I must have zoned out because the next thing I knew the microwave was dinging. I took the popcorn out, and poured it out in a huge wooden bowl. Mom came in and turned on the light

Hi! Honey! Mom said when she saw me. Are you ok, Rosie?

Yeah, Mom. I'm okay. My eyes readjusting to the bright light and I shoveled some popcorn in my mouth.

Dope-I mean, Brad and I are going to watch a movie.

Are you sure? Mom peered at me curious.

Yes Mom, I'm fine. I lied to her

She looked relieved when I said that but she never knew that I lied to her, nothing was fine.

Well, I guess you have a bit of a jet lag and all. You looked a bit upset about the bedroom. I guess the bed and canopy was a bit much but I couldn't resist.

The bed's fine, Mom really. I told my mother.

I'm so glad , Mom said tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. I'm so glad to hear you like the bed.

I knew she always wanted a real girly type of daughter instead she got me, a non girly daughter, a ghost seeing type girl. I feel really bad for her she deserved a girly daughter, because she was a really nice lady and deserved better than me. When she goes and buys me girly things I deal with it and I'm used to this type of thing by now. When she got me my own phone line when I turned 14 expecting boys to be calling and my friends would never get through, but only Gina called me and told me all about her dates.

Honey? Why haven't you changed yet? Aren't you hot in those clothes? And haven't you been wearing those since 6 this morning?

She asked me this when Doc came in a started to look for more glue so he could glue more electrodes to the poor family poochy. I didn't want to tell her Well Mom I'd like to change, but there is a ghost of a eighteenth century guy hanging out in my bedroom.

All I did was shrug and said I'll change later.

Do you need any help unpacking? I feel bad, and I should have tol-

No, I'm almost done. I mostly watched Doc search through the drawer. I better go cuz Brad would wait for me to start the movie. Bye!

I quickly walked out of the room. Well unlucky me, I missed the beginning, middle, and end. I fell asleep.

Wake up, kiddo! I heard Andy whisper in my ear trying to wake me up. I got up slowly and grabbed my duffel bag seeing Chrono wasn't around and quickly changed in my bathroom.

I felt the cool breeze from the ocean and I was half awake when I swore I heard singing. I guy in fact. He was singing Oh Susannah. But I dunno it could have been my imagination.

Yay! Another chapter after lets see a week of lunches. I have internet access at school so this is how it'll be until I get internet at home.

Updates will be slow but hey someday be there.

Mika