General POV
That night, like many other nights in the past, Alvin and Theodore cried themselves asleep. Theo was having a small nightmare, and tossed and turned in bed, whimpering slightly.
In Theo's dream, there were many short nightmares. In the first, all three brothers were hanging over a cliff. Alvin held the edge and Theodore's hand while Theo held Simon's hand. Suddenly, Simon slipped out of Theo's grasp, and went spiraling down to his death. The scene changed to them all in a boat. Theo was captain and was making the boat do many stunts: jumps, 180 degree turns, and other dangerous stuff like that. As Theo drove over a ramp, however, Simon fell out of the boat, and drowned right there.
This continued all night, every night, since the funeral. There was a different scene and reason for death every time. However, it was always Theodore's fault.
That was normal for Theodore. Alvin, on the other hand, was sleeping lightly. He found he had been doing that a lot lately. A small tap on the window was enough to wake him.
As Alvin sat up in bed, wondering what the noise was while rubbing his eye, he heard it again. His head snapped towards the window. Cautiously, he walked to the window and peeked out, almost afraid of what he would see.
At first, he saw nothing. Then, as he looked closer, he saw a small shape just underneath his window. But since his room was on the second floor, he couldn't make out what it was. But he could tell that it was glowing slightly, as it had a pale, whitish color to it, and it was pitch black outside.
Alvin silently tiptoed downstairs and looked out the living room window, which was just under his room. Alvin's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe what he saw.
He looked pretty much normal. He just glowed a soft white color. Most of the glow came from his head, where a little white halo sat, just hovering over his hair. He had his regular clothes on, and their colors seemed more vibrant than normal. However, he wasn't wearing his signature "nerd" glasses. As Alvin looked closer, he saw he could see right through him. He wore an almost fearful face, and stood like he was afraid Alvin would answer. He nervously played with his fingers as he glanced up every now and then.
"Simon," Alvin whispered for the first time in what felt like forever.