"Hi, Karla, Hi Gwen!" said Lothar as he walks in using the key we all agreed he could have, "Where's Cael?"
"She's back in the bedroom getting dressed," responded Karla.
"How are you?"
"Oh, I'm doing alright, Gwen, but I had the strangest morning." He now has her attention (did I mention she has an associates degree already? Yep in parapsychology)
"Well, what happened?"
"So, I'm getting ready to come over here when one of the doors in the house slams. I quickly go to find the door, when the one I've just walked through slams. It's like someone has taken out all the door knobs and is pushing 150 mph winds through the house."
He has the attention of Karla now as well; they both stare at him like he's crazy. Gwen wants to not go to work today and go investigate his house. Of course, none of us let her go alone on her crazy outings nor do we let her skip work. We all own this book store. Karla does the accounting and finances, Gwen and I find the books and run the store day to day. Since Gwen and I both hate math and love books, this is the perfect arrangement. Lot, short for Lothar, helps us out when we need it but has his own job as a Chef.
Karla asks, "Well, did anything else happen?"
"No, I pulled a Gwen and started talking. I asked it to stop before it broke something and said I'd find someone to help it communicate with me. Then everything went quiet, too quiet, so I came over here as quick as I could, just to get away."
"Sounds like Gwen has a new project, that I will no doubt get dragged into. Hi honey!" I say walking into the room, mock glaring at Gwen. "Is everyone ready for work?"
All I hear is mumbles and grumbles but they begin to clean up their coffee cups and bowls from their cereal.
"So what's this I hear about you being haunted?"
"I had all the doors start opening and closing in my small apartment just as I was about to leave. I had this eerie feeling like all the hair on the back of my neck was sticking up and all I wanted to do was run away."
"That's what Gwen tells me sensitivity feels like and since you've never shown signs of being overly sensitive, it must have been one strong being." I said, remembering all the information Gwen has inundated me with even though I have never shown signs of being anything but normal and not sensitive to "the other side." I continue, "You know Gwen will want to go over to your place as soon as we get off work, do you mind? Otherwise she will nag us forever and ever." I smile thinking about him being slowly being driven insane by my best friend.
"I assumed that question out of her the moment I used the word strange," he said laughing with me. "She was unusually quiet about it, I'm surprised."
"Naw, I bet she's just waiting to jump me when I finally make it over to work." Karla and Gwen normally leave together and let me have my 10 minutes with Lot before we both had to be off to work, he drops me off because his restaurant is just down the street from our bookstore.
"Alright… we better get you going so she doesn't combust waiting for you."
"Haha, let me get my bag"
As I head back to the bedroom to grab my wallet and keys, I feel like where I am standing should be an open field with nothing but grass for miles and miles around. I turn in a circle and "see" a house in the distance, the only thing in this expanse of grass. Then it was gone, in the blink of an eye. I figure it's just my imagination running away from me again.
We make our way to the car. He goes to unlock the car as I lock up the apartment thinking over what I had just seen.
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So hopefully you are enjoying so far. I have class so I must skedaddle. I will try to have another chapter up by tonight because this weekend I will be gone. Doubt I'll have enough or any readers at that point, but hey! who knows. Thank you for reading this far by the way. :)