Alternative
Chapter 4
"Suze!David!Come quick!…Bryce…father Dom. Accident. I think they're dead" Cee Cee exclaimed, rushing up the hall. Dead! DEAD! If they're dead, that bitch is going down. I started running the direction of Father Dom's office, with Doc trailing behind me. I think I'm gonna cry and that is rare…for me.
There was a crowd of students circling the entrance to the office. I tried to push past them as best as I could. When I reached the doorway where one of the sisters was keeping guard, I realized that Cee Cee was wrong…and right.
Father Dom WAS alive
Bryce WASN'T alive
It WASN'T an accident
I feel horrible. Bryce was my responsibility and now he's…dead. I actually had tears streaming down my face as soon as I got home; I rushed up to my room and collapsed on the bed. I don't know how long I lay there hugging my pillow and listening to my new Marron 5 CD, when Paul materialized.
"Mr. Big Ego come to join me?" I asked suspiciously.
"Yes. Though I prefer the name Paul or actually, Mr. Big…"
I cut him off and threw a pillow at him that of course when straight through him
"Eeeeeewwwwww. Paul!"
"I was gonna say Mr. Big Wonder. You're the one wit hthe nasty mind here, sweetheart"
I rolled my eyes.
"Now, what are the waterworks for?"
"Bryce is d-dead a-and it's all m-my f-fault"
"Suze. It's not oyur fault. It's Heather's. She killed him. Not you" Paul tried to reassure me.
"Protecting Bryce was my responsibility, Paul"
"It was also Father Domonic's"
"Father Dom is now in hospital. He tried to save Bryce. I didn't do anything"
"You couldn't of known. You weren't there"
"That's it! I wasn't there…like I should have been"
"Jesus, Suze! You can't be ther all the time. You have a life" He raised his voice and gave me a look that said No-Duh-Dorkus. Anger flared inside of me;
"That's right. I have a life and I don't need some ghost living in my bed room so go!" I yelled at him.
"Fine" he snarled and dematerialized.
"Paul" I whimpered after he had gone.