Hey guys! Im happy to be functioning properly again. Im sorry I haven't put anything up lately I had a lot of catching up to do after my accident. Anyway, here you go!

Chapter 5

As they walked into the crowded bar Tyler couldn't keep his eyes off of Reid's left hand. The very thought of it was baffling. They made they're way to the table in the back. Every head turned as Reid walked casually through the crowds. Murmurs started. "Is he finally over her?' "Does this mean he's available now?" "I'm going to go talk to him!... after 2 more drinks."

He didn't even seem to notice. Sarah was the first to get up from the table. She ran up to him and engulfed him in her tiny arms. He chuckled and hugged her back. "We've missed you "she smiled.

"I know. I'm sorry"

She smiled apologetically and returned to her seat next to Caleb. He did his rounds of one armed hugs and hand shakes before sitting down is his vacant spot. Tyler sat beside him, making sure there was enough room between the chairs for Melli. Caleb's eyes squinted in confusion at the space but Tyler just shrugged it off. An awkward silence fell over the table, not that Reid would have noticed. His eyes rarely lingered off his hand or the empty space beside him. Everyone noticed.

A small chat began at the table; Reid only participated when he was talked to directly. A group of girls stood off to the side of the group, mustering up the courage to say something to him. A small blonde girl decided to take action and walked over. Reid glared at her as she placed herself in what would be Melli's spot. Her confident smile faltered for a second and then returned. "Reid, I'm Carly. We had AP English together. Do you remember?" she question in her almost too high pitched voice.

"Yeah" was all he said before he started glaring at the floor again.

She faintly laughed." Good. Well I was wondering would you like to dance with me?" she looked hopeful.

"Sorry, no." he turned away from her and started small talking with Pogue, leaving Carly to idly stand there rejected. Her friends erupted in laughter. Tyler felt kind of bad for her, but brushed the feeling off.

"So you were there the whole time?" Reid probed as Melli nuzzled into his side.

"Yes! For the last time. Do you want me to recap it again?" she laughed

"Nope. Just checking."

Tyler just sat there in awe. To many things had been running through his mind,

"So Mel…. What's it like… you know…. "He trailed off.

"What being dead?" she laughed half heartedly

Reid and Tyler both looked down.

"Well at first I didn't even know… I was confused. I was in so much pain... and then it just stopped. I thought maybe I had been imaging the pain an It all just miraculously went away. I thought I survived. And then I saw Reid... he was on the ground hugging someone... I couldn't understand why he was on his knees hugging a stranger when I was stand there safe and sound... its selfish I know... after a couple of minutes I realized everyone that was around was just bypassing me… like I wasn't even there. That's when I noticed who Reid was hugging... it was me. I didn't understand anything... and then they came… they told me that I wasn't in your world anymore. I wanted to scream, I wanted to feel the pain. I wanted to be angry... but I couldn't. I couldn't feel anything, they told me I had to go with them. That we had a lot to talk about. They told me my options and gave me time to decide. And well … "she laughed again "ever since I decided it's been pretty much the same as it was when I was alive. I feel emotions; I get angry, sad, jealous... I can feel pain… I can feel everything. You don't know how much I missed it… even the pain. The only difference is … no one knows i'm here… well except for you two... and them "she nodded her head to the door. Reid wasn't sure but he could have sworn for a second he saw two shadows at the bottom of the door.

Tyler swallowed. "And ….who are they?"

Melli smiled. "They're my angels."

Tyler looked mystified. "You have angels?"

"Everyone does. You know how on cartoons they always have the little angel and devil on the shoulder. Well that's more or less true. But its two of each… one angel encourages you to follow your heart and the other tells you to use your brain... they're your conscious, your guilt, that little voice in the back of your head."

"And the devils?"

"Well, one is the liar…. He's the one that wants you to cover everything up, no matter the price... and well he for the most part just trys to clean up after the other devil… sin. And well its kind of self explanatory I guess. He drives you to commit sin."

Reid was getting really curious now. He didn't know why her angels were letting her say these things now... but he was happy for it. "So ... how do you know if you're going to heaven or hell?"

"Well... it's not as simple as heaven or hell. But I really can't get into that. It's kind of just whoever gets to you first. If you sin it weakens your angels …makes them slow… and when you do good it weakens the devils. It's like... your entire life... everything you do… is just deciding who gets the turkey dinner and who gets the protein shakes…. "She laughed at her analogy.

"So. Why are they letting you tell us this?"Reid asked quietly.

"Well…" she looked kind of torn "they're scared you're going to try and figure out a way to bring me back… and we cant let you do that… it's the ultimate sin... playing with life and death… they have big plans for you boys."

"What do you mean big plans for us?" Tyler looked thoroughly confused.

Melli laughed again. "I'll tell you... but I need you to do something first… you need to get Caleb and Pogue here… you need to show me to them. I have to tell all of you."

Before she could even finish her sentence, Tyler had whipped out his phone and started calling the others.