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Chapter 11: Ghost Of The Past

It was Lilly.

I felt like I was going to faint. How could someone who has been dead for weeks just suddenly reappear? My mouth was open in shock as I stood there, staring at my deceased friend. I let out some noises as though I was trying to speak but I couldn't. I was too in shock to even say a thing. I then realised that Lilly was in the clothes she had been wearing when we found her on her bed. That's strange. My eyes darted to her wrists. They were exactly like they were when I saw them before. There were several gashes on each wrist with blood pouring out of them. Her body was deathly pale and her eyes have lost the light it once did. It was as though she was the walking dead.

Wait a minute….

"Hello Miley." Lilly said in a calm, dead voice.

"Uh…." I couldn't respond, how do you respond in this situation?

I still had that nagging thought in the back of my mind. It was seriously spooking me. Was I talking to the undead?

"Surprised to see me?" Lilly asked.

"Uh…." I said again.

I couldn't really say anything else.

"I take by your tone that you are." Lilly said, still speaking in the same monotone.

I was suddenly struck by a thought. Was she incapable of emotion?

"Hey Miles!" Oliver was running towards me.

Before I could say or do anything, Oliver had run right through Lilly. I was even shocked than before. But as soon as he did, he shivered and pulled his jacket tighter around him. This is getting stranger and stranger. Well that concludes that Lilly is actually dead but then how could I see her and Oliver couldn't? My eyes continued to dart from Oliver to Lilly. I didn't even hear a single word of what Oliver was saying. My ears were in shock along with the rest of my body due to the situation I was in.

"…….So can you do that for me Miley?" Oliver finished.

"Ah, yes, of course!" I said coming out of my trance.

"Thanks," Oliver stopped, finally noticing my eyes and the way I was acting. "You okay Miles? You seem kinda tense!"

"Yeah, I'm fine." I said speaking at last.

"Okay." Oliver said.

I knew he didn't believe me. I could see it in his eyes. But why couldn't he see Lilly, right in front of him? That's what I want to know.

"Bye." Oliver said waving goodbye.

I waved goodbye as he walked off and out of school. As soon as he was gone, I turned back to my ghostly friend but all she did was laugh.

"He can't see me because I choose who sees me." She explained. "Don't worry, you're not going crazy." She added.

"I never said I was." I whispered.

"But you thought I was." Lilly said. "There's a difference."

I still didn't speak. How do you communicate with your deceased friend?

"So, down to business," Lilly said. "What were you doing in my locker?"

"I, I…." I tried to think of an excuse but I couldn't. I eventually decided on the truth. "I wanted to know why you did it!" I screamed.

All the emotion I had been feeling lately was pouring out of me. It actually felt good to yell. It made me feel a little better.

Lilly looked taken aback. First I wasn't speaking and now I was yelling. I could see Lilly didn't expect this but I had to know. I had narrowed it down a bit however I was still way off. I still don't know fully why I was the reason. I thought it was to do with me being distant although it could be more than that.

"There were many reasons." Lilly mumbled.

"So you just think you would kill yourself and everything would be better for everyone?" I shouted.

I didn't care if I was making too much noise. All the anger inside of me was finally being released on the source.

"Miley, you don't understand-" Lilly began to say.

"Oh really?" I said still shouting. "I'm, I mean, I was your best friend! How would I not understand?!"

"Because you wouldn't have." Lilly said.

She didn't raise her voice. It was still in the same calm dead voice she had been using all this time. It stunned me that she could be so calm.

"Try me." I said folding my arms.

"Listen Miley, you need to find out on your own." Lilly said.

I was getting really sick of Lilly at the moment.

"So, you won't even tell me why you decided to pick up a blade and slice it across your wrist?" I yelled.

"Miley, it's something you need to understand on your own. If I tell you, you may get the wrong idea." Lilly said grabbing one of her wrists with her other hand.

"Alright fine." I said. "Because I shouldn't know why my best friend suddenly decided to end it."

"Miley it wasn't like that. It was years of pain and despair." Lilly said.

That made me stop. Years?! Was I really that oblivious to it all? I looked down, not knowing what to say next. I've recently found myself in these situations a lot. It always seems to get more awkward every time.

"So uh…" I said trying to break the silence and change the subject. "Are you a ghost?"

Lilly nodded.

"But I don't know why. I know I have unfinished business but I don't know what that is. Could be anything. But I know one thing. A person who has died may travel to and from, from the Living and the Unliving world if they have unfinished business. So that's probably why I'm standing on Living ground. "

I probably knew what it was. It probably had something to do with her killing herself and everyone needing to find out why but I didn't say anything.

"So what's it like……up there?" I asked.

Lilly shook her head.

"Can't tell you. Against the rules."

"There's rules?" I asked sounding confused.

"Think of it this way," Lilly said. "It's like another life except it's better, much better. But it's a society with rules and regulations. Slim ones though."

"Oh." I was even more confused now.

We sign our cards and letters BFF, You've got a million ways to make me laugh

I fumbled in my pockets for my phone and answered it. It was my Dad asking where I was. I told him that I had lost my pencil case (first thing that popped into my head to be honest) and that I was running late. He said it was fine and told me to come home as soon as possible. I said yes and hung up the phone.

"Change your ringtone?" Lilly asked sounding confused.

"Yeah," I choked up here. "Right after…..right after….."

"It's okay." Lilly said putting her hands in her pockets. "Come on, let's go."

And with that we walked out the front door.

A/N: So now we're getting into the thick of it. I'm actually suprised how far this story has come! Hopefully I'll make 20 chapters =) Keep reading and reviewing! =)