"A Close Bond"
By: Gaby
Barbara Hall owns these characters. Not I. Don't sue. Beta'ed by Artemis Rain on Livejournal. Much thanks to her.
JoJo sits at her desk in Physics, talking to her friends, not paying attention to Ms. Lischak. Oh, how I wish I was there. JoJo looks so pretty today. She always does. I wish she knew I was near. But God says I can't let her know. Not while she's awake. I ask him why he can. He never responds.
From the first time I saw JoJo at Crazy Camp, I knew we were meant for each other. Of course, I had to build her trust ever so slowly, lest I turn her away. I wish I had gone faster (because how was I supposed to know that I was going to die young?) but I suppose if I had, JoJo and I wouldn't have had the close bond that we did when I was alive.
Damn that man for stabbing me. But God reminds me daily, don't hate. "Just think of all the good that came from your death, Judith," God says. And of course, now that I'm dead, I know JoJo isn't crazy, not that I ever thought so. But I now know the connection she shares with God and it's real.
Time goes by quickly in this place so now it is night in Arcadia. With God, I watch over JoJo sleeping. She is peaceful. I can see more clearly why God picked her, of all the people in the world. She is kind, she is generous. She is human. Willing to accept.
I ask God if I can enter her dreams tonight. At first, like always, he is reluctant. You can't change free will. But I insist, and eventually he relents.
And so I enter JoJo's dream world for the first time tonight. She is not at all surprised to see me. It becomes increasingly apparent that God has entered her dreams as well, and that he has entered disguised as me. At first, I am angry. But I do not let it show. Suddenly, I realize why God has done this: God likes her too; and by disguising himself as me, he is able to connect with my JoJo.
As I make this realization, I am stunned that God would do such a thing to her, influence her like that. She doesn't even know that it's him and not me. Well, a dream me. But Dream JoJo speaks, clearing away all my negative thoughts, "Hey, gorgeous. What do you do want to do tonight?"