Decided to post Chapter 2,

I hope I'm posting it right and I know there may be some mistakes in my chapters, but hopefully you can work em out!

Enjoy!

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CHAPTER 2

The next day, I woke up and rubbing my stomach, I didn't feel Troy's hand. I quickly got up and saw him staring out my window. There was a look on his face that looked so confusing for me to figure out but he then turned to me with a smile. The look of whatever it was, faded.

"Morning sunshine", he said.

"Morning", I sighed and stretched out my arms. "Thanks for coming".

"Hey", he said as he came towards me and touched my cheek. "If you need me, you just have to call me. Besides, I'll do anything for you". How could I not smile to that? But, just as he was about to lean in for a kiss.

"Stop", I said as I placed a finger on his lips. "Morning breath, very hazardous". With that, he laughed and nodded.

I quickly got up and headed to the bathroom, brushed my teeth and combed my hair. As I came out, he was already waiting for me beside the door, looking down at me. I tilted my head as he leaned in to kiss me when I heard a knock on the door.

"Cass!". It was Joe. "Breakfast is ready, are you awake?".

"I'll be down in a bit, thanks Joe!", I said, loudly. I looked up at Troy and smiled. "Sorry bubs, I'll get back to you later. Promise me, you'll-".

"I will be here when you get back", he said with a kiss on my cheek. "Promise".

I jogged down the steps and walked into the dining room with breeze when Joe looked at me and chuckled. "You look like a model when you walked in, bringing the wind effects".

"Haha", I acted out sarcastically. "I'll take that as a compliment".

"Morning sweetheart", Grandma said as she brought in a plate of eggs and bacon. "How are you feeling?". I smiled at her and kissed on the cheek.

"Morning Grandma", I said as I took my seat. "I'm doing alright".

We all took our seats and started eating. "Well, after breakfast, Joseph could show you around town or take you to the beach. After all, it is rather hot".

"Sounds good", I said.

After we had eaten, I offered to put away the dishes but Joe had beat me to it and my Grandma told me to get ready which I did so swiftly as I entered my room and I saw Troy, with that distant look again as he stared out the window. I didn't know what was on his mind and I was getting worried. "Hey", I said. "Are you… okay?".

I've been with Troy, for a year and a month and I won't forget the day that I tried to help him move onto his afterlife or wherever dead people go. I was running to school, late as usual when he caught my eye. He was leaning against the traffic lights looking at the road as if the road had something he wanted. I knew by then, that he was dead and I kept looking at him, I was the only one that could see him. People kept passing him, yet, no one noticed him standing there. He noticed my gaze and his eyes widened as I just stood there when I flinched at his reaction that I could see him.

With that familiar gaze he had on the road, I started wondering what was on his mind during these past few months. He turned around to me as I walked towards him.

"Hey, how was breakfast?", he asked, the distant face fading away.

"Yummy", I replied. "But… are you okay?

"I'm fine", he replied as he held me. "Going somewhere?". Changing the topic, how typical.

"Yes", I nodded. "Joe is taking me around town for a little tour of what goes on around Cali".

"What about the house thing?", he said looking down at me. "Are you sure, your going to fine?".

I sighed and nodded again. "I will, I'll get back to you when I get back and please-".

"I won't disappear", he said as he held up his hand.

After I had gotten changed, I rushed down the stairs and kissed my Grandma on the cheek and walked out the door. That's when I stopped and took in the look of Joe's car. "It's embarrassing I know", he said.

"No, it's fine", I said, sort of lying. "It's just… how long have you had this car?".

"A couple of months", he shrugged. "But I'm working on it and it's going great".

"Nice", I said. The car was obviously a hand me down, it was a navy blue old and a bit rusted and scratched everywhere.

The inside of the car made up for the looks of it though, with all the buttons and stuff equipped on the dash board. "So, where are we going?", I asked as we both got in the car.

"Well, I need to get some books over at the school library", he replied as he started pushing the pin number of the car to start. "Then, we'll head over to the beach or wherever you want to go".

"Wait, school library?", I asked, wondering why we were going to a school library instead of a local town library.

"Yeah, I have to pick up some books from there that I put on hold"', he replied. "Have to study during these summer holidays". He sighed and slowly backed out the driveway and we saw Grandma standing onto the porch and waved and we waved back.

"So, how did you sleep last night?", Joe asked. I wasn't sure if I should mention the dream I had, thinking about it now started giving me weird and a chill down my spine again.

"Great", I lied.

By the time we got to the school, I saw that it was a really old school and I mean, really old school. It looked like it had a few patches to make it stand for a while but it was interesting to look at, that I just sat in the car leaning forward looking at the building of the school.

"What is your school called", I asked. "It looks sort of, unstable but cool".

"Cool?", he scoffed. "Trust me, when you meet Sister Margaret, you'd regret it but yeah, it looks unstable but it's hanging in there. Junipero Serra Mission Academy, that's what the school is called".

"Wow", I said. "How long has it been standing?".

"You'd be surprised", he sighed. "Over a century".

"What?!", I gasped.

"Told you", he said.

We got out and started walking towards the school library when the person who Joe warned me about - well, he sort of did - walked towards us.

"Bringing your date to school grounds, Mr. Purcell?", she asked, eyeing Joe then looked at me. "You of all people should know the rules and regulations of the school".

"Of course", Joe smiled. "Sister Margaret, this is my cousin from New York, Cassie and Cassie, this is Sister Margaret".

I slowly stuck out my hand with a crooked smile and said, "Hello Sister Margaret, nice to meet you". She took my hand and nodded.

"Where are you going during your summer holiday, Joseph?", she asked. I noticed she had dropped the 'Mr. Purcell' remark, I guess that's when she's being serious.

"I have to pick some books I put on hold", he replied.

"Very well", Sister Margaret said and let us go.

"Jeez, I take it back", I said. "The cool word, I mean". I glanced at Joe who just laughed.

"At least you won't stay here and suffer like the rest of us", he complained.

"Is she the principal?", I asked.

"Nah", he shook his head. "If she was, she'll probably turn the school in robots. Father Dominic the third is the principal".

"Father Dominic the Third?", I echoed. "What's he like?".

"He's pretty easy going and an okay principal, I guess", Joe explained.

When we got to the library, Joe took out his school ID from his back pocket of his jeans and slid it down the ID scanner and the doors slid open. He started walking with me following behind and as I walked in, boy, it was like the biggest school library I had ever seen. It was nothing like back at home but compare Junipero Serra Mission Academy with my school, it'd make my school look like a little kids library.

"Why don't you go look around while I get my books", Joe asked.

"Okay", I nodded and nervously made my way towards a bookshelf, though I didn't know where to look or what to look for. There were very few people in the library and so I just wandered around, hoping to find something interesting to read and that's when I had bumped into someone around the corner of the bookshelf and I realized, I had caused the person's book to fall to the ground.

"I'm so sorry", I quickly said as I bent down to get it. I saw that the book was about poems and when I touched the book, the person's hand touched my hand and immediately I felt like an electric shock was surging through me that I jerked my hand away but then I looked at whose ever hand it was that accidentally touched me.

"I apologize", he said with a voice so smooth and silky that, my ears tingled by the sound of it. "I didn't know someone would be around here".

"Oh", was all that came out of my mouth. The guy was practically a total hottie, his jet black hair and his fringe brushing over his dark brown eyes. "I was… just… looking around", I said.

Something about his eyes kept looking into mine, like he could see through me. Then he just grinned and helped me stand. "Well, it was nice meeting you", he said. "It would seem someone is looking for you".

My face must have looked funny to him when he just chuckled and walked away without telling me his name when I heard Joe's voice.

"Hey Cass", he said. "Jeez, what are you doing here? It's so dark around here".

"Huh?", I said, I still had a puzzled face.

"What's with the face?", he laughed. "Come on, let's go".

I don't know what just happened and I especially didn't know why I was in a dark area with a guy who was just standing there, reading poetry. A really beautiful looking guy I have never encountered before and before I could think about him, I pushed that thought away and reminded myself of Troy. Yet the only question lingers through my head, Who was that guy?

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Okaaay... so how'd you like it,