Chapter 6

So, I am dead. Cool. I am a ghost. Awesome. Now if only there was an answer to the millions and millions of question I have. Such as why am I a ghost. Why Mr. Davenport is now called Dad. And how long have I been dead. The ride to school answered some questions. I have been dead for one year, exactly. Adam is out high school. Bree is a senior. Leo is a sophomore.

"Have a good day." Mr. Davenport calls out to us as he leaves.

"Do you want to play video games with me after school?" Leo asks Bree.

"No thanks. I have a date with Johnny." Bree tells him. Johnny, who's Johnny. You die for a year and look at what happens.

"A DATE! You have a date today! How could you Bree this day is important. We were going to so all of His favorite things and visit him today." Leo yells at her.

"I'm sorry I just, you know, think it is time to move on." She suggests. Okay, that hurt a little bit. I mean I don't expect her to be balling her eyes out all day. But I mean really make a date on the one year anniversary. I mean ouch I felt that one and I'm dead.

"Me too, but today is the day." Leo emphasizes.

"Yay, well maybe this is how I am dealing with it all. Maybe this is how I want to handle everything. I miss him to you know. He was my brother before he was yours!" She yells at him. She then storms off. Leo looks hurt. I decide to follow Bree. She walks into math. She looks really sad and hurt. Man I wish I could make her feel better right now. I don't know why I do it but I give her a hug. My arms go through her. But somehow after the hug she does look happier. When the class starts I decide to go and check up on Leo. He is in History. I watch him. He falls asleep within the first 10 minutes.
"Dooly! What have I told you about falling asleep in my class?" Mr. Whinerid the history teacher snaps at him.

"I don't know I was sleeping." Leo cracks. The whole class, except Mr. Whinerid laughs.

"Office now!" He orders. Leo picks up his stuff and makes his way to Principle Perry office.

"Let me guess" She asks him "lizards in the lunchroom? Itching power on the toilet seats? Mice in the library?" Leo snorts with laughter.

"You know that one more offence and I am going to have to suspend you." She threatens.

"Yay, okay." Leo laughs.

"I'm serious Dooly. If you put one toe on the line. I will suspend you!" Perry threatens. Leo walks out of the office and heads to History. I decide to go and see how Bree is doing. She is frantically taking notes. When the teacher hands back a test I notice that Bree got a 100%. Wow, she has never been good at math.

"Nerd" A boy next to her coughs. Bree looks hurt. How dare he make fun of her. RING. The bell goes off. I follow Bree to her locker. On the way there 2 people knock her books out of her arms. And 11 call her a nerd or a dork. I am so mad. I am so mad that I punch the wall next to.
"Ouch!" I yelp. Wait ouch. My hand didn't go through the wall. I try it again. My hand goes through. "How did I?' Then it hits me. When I get mad enough I can touch things. I run over to Bree. I follow her to her next class. I don't really pay attention though. I am too busy lost in thought. When her class is over which I think it might have been Spanish 3 but I am not sure. I follow her to her locker again. On the way some jerk pushes her and she falls down.
"Leave her alone!" I yell. And as the bully walks away from her I stick my leg out and trip him. Everyone in the hall laughs at him. Bree is smiling. I go and find Leo. He is standing in front of his open locker. The only things in it are a broken pencil and a pack of gum. I notice for the first time much Leo has changed. For one he finally hit his growth spurt. He is like 5'9. Also he looks like he is going to end up on jail. He has bags under his eyes and his pants are really low. He is also wearing a ridiculous shirt that says 'Don't u wish ur girlfriend was HOT like me?'.

"Gee man put on a belt." I say. Then 3 guys walk up to Leo.

"Hay man you want to head to the park and make a couple deals with us?" One boy asks him.

"I don't know, maybe some other time." He tells him.

"Come on man don't be such a girl." A different boy says.

"Well..." He says staring at Bree obviously remembering how she hurt him. "count me in!" Leo says. I follow Leo around till lunch time. He didn't do much in class and I can tell that he is failing classes. After lunch I follow Bree around. She seems to be doing very well in school. I think I even heard someone say that she is the top of her class. After school we all head home. We walk, Mr. Davenport doesn't pick us up. The whole way home neither Bree or Leo say a word. When we get home Adam is sitting on the coach.

"Hay." Bree says.

"Hmm" he response.

"Where's Dad?" Bree asks him.

"donno." He answers.

"Did you get off the coach today?" Leo asks sarcastically.

"Yay I had to go to the bathroom like an hour ago." He tells him.

"Oh hi guys." Tasha says cheerily "do you guys still want to go to Peppie's Pizza tonight?" Peppie's is my favorite place to eat.

"Sorry can't I have a date." Bree tells her.

"You have a date! Tonight?" Adam asks suddenly looking alive again.

"Yes, and it's with Johnny." She says stubbornly.

"Oh, well we could go tomorrow night." Tasha suggests.

"Fine" Adam answers.

"Fine" Leo says.

"Alright" Bree agrees. After that everyone just goes to their separate corners. Leo goes to his room. Bree goes down to the lab to do homework and get ready for her date. Adam sits on the coach and Tasha goes to work on her next news report. Everything is so different. We used to talk and hang out in the lab. Around dinner the doorbell rings. Bree super speeds to the door. She has straightened her hair and is in a little red dress with black high heels. When she answers the door, a man is standing there. He looks like he is 24.

"Hay Bree is that your boyfriend or is that his dad?" Adam jokes. I know Adam is kidding but this guy does seem like he is a little old for her.

"Shut-up Adam." She snaps. This can't be good, I better go with her. I follow them out to his car. I get into the backseat. It bothers me that I can't put on a seat belt. We drive for like 30 minutes. They talk about weird things like cats and weird flavors of water they have tried. Bree honestly doesn't seem really comfortable with him. After a couple more minutes Bree finally notices that they are not near any restaurants.

"Hay, were are we going?" She asks him.

"Oh there is this one place I know it's not far from here." He tells her. She nods. A couple more minutes and he pulls the car into a cornfield. He unbuckles himself and puts his arms over the seat.

"What are you doing?" She asks him.

"I thought we could start with desert." He tells her sliding his arms onto Bree's shoulders. My fingers are balled into a fist. He better not hurt her. A couple seconds later he wraps his arms around her body and kisses her, a lot. It only takes a couple of seconds before she starts to struggle.

"Stop" She orders him. He doesn't stop.

"NO!" She yells.

"What's wrong? Scared of fun?" He asks her smiling clearly enjoying himself.

"No… please stop." She begs. I am ticked. He is getting closer and closer to her. I can't take it anymore. I look back. I notice there is a light pole across the road. While Johnny is busy with Bree I reach over and pull on the emergency brake. He doesn't notice the car is backing up, until it is too late. When the car slams into the pole Johnny gets thrown back into the windshield. His body lies limply on Bree's lap. Bree who is somehow unharmed. Bree starts to cry.

"I'm…. sorry Chasey." She silently sobs. What is she sorry to me be about. She is the one who almost got raped. After a couple seconds she decides to call Tasha and tell her what happened. About an hour later Tasha, an ambulance, cop and tow truck are there. Tasha takes us home. The car ride is silent. When we get home Adam is waiting (with the TV turned off) on the coach.

"Bree!" He exclaims. He runs over and gives her a hug. "Are you okay?" She starts sobbing into his arms.

The two of them head down to the lab. I am about to follow them, but I notice Leo walking out the door. I quickly run after him. He walks down the driveway and gets into a car.
"Hay man ready to make some cash?" A guy asks him.

"Yay, but how can I, I didn't cook anything up?" he asks the boy.

"Easy all you need to do I make a couple sells for us." He answers.

"Why do you need me to make the sells? Can't you do it yourself?" He ask.

"Because, rich boy, we are on probation and if we got caught with the goods well be out in the slammer for at least 8 to 10." He answers obviously looing his temper. Leo is smart enough to know not to ask any further questions. When we get to the local dog park the boy driving throws a paper bag at Leo and yells "Get out!" Leo gets out.

"Who do I sell it to?" He asks feebly.

"Not my problem. We'll be back in three hours. If you haven't sold the whole bag by then we will have to teach you the idea of pain." He threatens. The car then speeds off.

"I should have stayed home." Leo mumbles to himself. He starts to walk around. A couple minutes later a man walking a chocolate lab walks by.

"Excuse me sir" Leo asks him. The man walks toward Leo. I notice a shiny object sticking out of the man's belt. I get closer and notice it is a police badge. I quickly come up with a plan. If Leo tries to sell drugs to this man he will get locked up in a heartbeat. I run over to the officer's dog. I think about what would have happened if I hadn't stopped Johnny. That is all it takes to make me mad. I reach and undo the dog's leash. The dog runs.

"Dillon!" The officer yells. I did it just in time. Leo was about to bring out the paper bag.

"What is this?" Leo asks looking at a medal object. When the man ran after his dog his badge fell out of his pocket. Leo's eyes get wide when he realizes how close he just got to being in jail. Leo grabs the badge and runs to a trashcan and throws the paper bag in it. He then runs after the officer. I go with him. When Leo gets to the officer he has his dog back.

"Excuse me but I think you dropped this." Leo tells him handing the officer back badge.

"Oh my gosh! Thank you so much. You have just saved me a lot of trouble. Is there anything I can do to repay you?" The officer asks.

"Umm actually there is, my ride kinda left me and I need a ride home." Leo asks.

"Sure!" The man says happily. 10 minutes later we are walking up the driveway. When Leo gets to the door he stops and sits on the front step.

"I'm sorry Chase. I have really messed up this year. I promise to do better starting now." Leo says quietly. What is he sorry to me about? He is the one who almost got arrested. He then gets up and walks down to the lab to join Adam and Bree. Things are starting to be a little more normal.