Okay, I know I was gone for a while, and I didn't finish this before I went back to school like I planned, but I have just been really busy. I also had lasik a little while ago so I was out of commission for a while. Also I have had like a mad tidal wave of inspiration for my other fanfiction so I have been updating on that more. But I have been getting a little bit of inspiration for this. Also just to let you know as I'm writing the scenes with Alex and Julie I'm listening to Blue Oyster Cult's "Don't Fear The Reaper." Just thought you would find it interesting on what is inspiring me when I'm writing that, also it really sets the tone that I want in the scenes. The Fi and Clu part is just on plain show inspiration and also the pure sweetness of Fi and Clu scenes. I wish they at least showed reruns on Disney Channel, but alas they do not…sigh…oh yeah, I should get onto the story now. Well hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: See previous chapters
Thinking About You Lately
Chapter 10
Far From Over
The next day Fi laid on her stomach on her bed as she busied herself by looking up on her computer information on the ghosts to see if she could make any connections to what was happening at her school. So far she had found nothing. She then heard a knock on her open door and a voice say,
"Want some company." Fi's eyes were locked on the screen in front of her as she responded,
"Sure, take a seat Clu." The strange feelings that had confused Fi yesterday had vanished and was now replaced with that raw determination she always had when she was working on a supernatural case. Clu then moved and sat next to her on the bed, reading over her shoulder,
"Whadda ya doin'?"
"Looking up information on ghosts so we can figure out why girls have been dying," Fi replied. Clu looked at her,
"I though Jules said you already solved it." Fi took a deep breath,
"I know she thinks so, but," she paused, "I'm not so sure we did," she finally tore her eyes away from the screen to meet Clu's eyes, "I have this feeling that there is more to this than a ghost simply wanting to be left alone." Her eyes looked away for a moment as she thought, "From what I know spirits become ghosts when they have some sort of unfinished business or they are suffering some sort of purgatory for a sin they committed." She met his eyes again as Clu thought. Then a thought hit him,
"Well didn't Julie say that Jessica killed Katie, she could be the ghost and could be paying for that, or it could be Alex, he committed suicide and to most religions that is seen as a sin." Fi nodded and looked forward. She bit her lip,
"That's possible, but I'm still not sure. I think that they would have paid for their sins already and would have passed over by now…"
"If they hadn't killed the girls in that room," Clu said cutting her off. Fi met his eyes with a smile,
"Exactly, what we need to find out is why and I think it is something much bigger and much deeper than just being left alone. I don't think any person living or dead could be driven to murder, just for privacy." Clu scrunched up his nose,
"Actually there are those old weird people who are really protective of their property, like their lawn, even though it is so overgrown and covered it with weeds that you couldn't hurt it if you tried," Clu continued to get more upset about it as he went on. Fi watched him with a smile then asked,
"Speaking from personal experience?" Clu then realized that he went off on a rant. He ran a hand through his hair and let out a laugh,
"I plead the fifth on that," Fi laughed as well, "if the parents found out about half the things I did as a kid I would be grounded like forever." Their laughing stopped and Fi then spoke,
"Yeah, but seriously Clu the people who died in that room were pretty much all around our age so they couldn't be one of those weird old people who you have so much experience with, also it was a classroom, they have no logical reason to feel like they own it." Clu nodded,
"Yeah, you're right, but then what could be the reason?" Fi shrugged and locked eyes with him,
"That's what I'm trying to figure out." Clu was about to speak when Annie busted into the room fuming. She was pacing with her eyes clenched shut throwing her hands up in the air for emphasis,
"Oh my God, Fi I can't stand it anymore, if I have to see her and Jack acting all lovey-dovey and cutsy again I swear I'll…" she trailed off as she opened her eyes and saw Clu. Her expression dropped as did her hands. She clasped them behind her back, "Hello Clu," she turned to Fi, "Fi, can I talk to you, alone." Fi rolled her eyes,
"Annie, if you are here to rant about how Julie and Jack are playing a married couple in the play and they are too good at it, you don't have to worry about Clu telling him. It's not a secret, you glare at them during practice." Annie blushed,
"Well, I thought they could just think that I wanted Julie's part or something." Clu laughed,
"Annie, everyone knows about your crush on Jack," Annie blushed deeper Clu then reassured her, "everyone except Jack. And he won't hear it from me." Annie let out a breath,
"Thanks Clu," her curiosity then got the best of her, "so what're you two doing?" Clu was about to tell her when Fi jumped it and slowly lowered the screen on her laptop,
"Oh, nothing, just checking out some info to update my website, I haven't done it since June." Annie nodded,
"Okay, well Jack, Carey, and I are going to watch a movie, you can come down and join us once your done." They nodded as Annie left the room shutting the door behind her. Fi then lifted the screen again and continued searching. She then felt Clu's eyes on her, she turned and met them,
"What?" Clu looked at her strangely,
"Why didn't you tell Annie what we were really doing?" Fi replied,
"Well, I don't want to get too many people involved in this in case this is just me being paranoid. Also Annie can't keep a secret to save her life and she would tell Jack, Carey, and Julie. Then Julie would wonder what was wrong and freak cause it wasn't over and it would just get really complicated. I'd prefer if it was just me and you who knew." Clu nodded,
"Yeah, also Jules has been really busy and stressed lately. She's forgetting stuff. So it would be good not to worry her about this. If she also had to worry about this I think she'd have a nervous breakdown." Fi raised an eyebrow,
"You think Julie's stressed? To me it seems like she is extra chipper, like she's in love or something." Clu laughed,
"I think if Julie was in love I'd know about it." Fi's expression slightly dropped,
"Unless the person she was in love with was you." Clu let out a laugh,
"Julie? In love with me? Pfft, yeah right." Fi tilted her head to the side,
"Well it happens Clu," she paused as she looked at the screen, "you know really close friends wanting to become more." Slowly Clu and Fi met each other's eyes. Silence hung between them until Clu broke it,
"Fi…"
"Well let's forget it for now and keep focused on the task at hand, the anniversary is not far away" Fi said cutting him off. Fi then turned to focus on the computer screen and continued to search on her computer. Clu and her continued investigating throughout the weekend.
After play practice on Monday they were working again. Clu was lying on his stomach next to Fi but his head was lying on his arms.
"Clu if you're going to just sleep go to your own room and do that." Clu lifted his head and rolled over onto his back,
"I'm sorry Fi, it's just that we've done the same thing for the past two days and have come up with squat. Most of the other times we find out the solution in a day or so." Fi sighed,
"I know, you don't think I'm as discouraged as you. Also we have homework to do and the play is opening up in a week. Our time is really limited this week and the anniversary is pretty soon, from what I can remember. Clu lifted himself up on his elbows,
"You don't remember the date? You mean it could have happened already and we are wasting our time on this." Fi sighed,
"No, I don't remember when it is, but I know it hasn't happened yet, I think it's this weekend or something, I can check as soon as I get something." Clu said sharply,
"Why can't you check now?" Fi's fingers froze on the keyboard as she slowly turned to meet his gaze,
"Well I'd like to get a little bit more information, if that's okay with you." Clu sat up more and returned her slight glare,
"What if it's not okay with me?" Fi refused to break her stare,
"Why should it matter if it's okay with you or not?" Clu scoffed,
"Just like it should matter if I'm okay with the idea of you making out with my brother on stage." Fi's jaw dropped,
"That's what your mad about, that Carey and I kissed," Fi rolled her eyes in frustration, "My God Clu, we were acting, I think you of all people would understand that. I mean you ham up your death scene like no other." Clu then leaned closer,
"Well excuse me, if I was a little surprised when that scene came up and you no longer said 'and we kiss' but laid a big one right on him in front of the entire cast." Fi tilted her head to the side,
"Well, I'm sorry, I didn't know I had to clear it with you if it was okay for me to act." Clu gripped her by her upper arms,
"Fi, that's not what it's about!"
"Then what is it about," Fi shouted back, "My God Clu, your acting like you're…" Fi trailed off as her angry expression dropped to an uncomfortable questioning gaze.
"Like I'm what Fi?" Clu asked still slightly irritated. Fi turned her head slightly to the right,
"Clu are you jealous?" Clu's head shot back slightly,
"Me? Jealous? No." Fi didn't fully believe him and leaned forward causing him to let her go and back away.
"Clu?" Fi questioned. Clu got up from the bed and turned away from her,
"Fi? Why should I be jealous? I mean Carey just gets to kiss you in front of everyone and not be judged for it. He doesn't have to worry about how everyone would react if he really felt something, since he could say that you're just acting. Also he doesn't have to worry about losing you and your friendship since he can say he's just acting." Clu put his hands on his hips and turned back to face her, "I mean why would I be jealous of that?" Fi leaned on one hand as her eyes remained locked on his,
"I don't know Clu, you tell me?" There was a silence between them. They were broken out of it as something on her computer beeped. Fi quickly looked at it then looked back at Clu. Clu leaned his head to the side,
"Shouldn't you check that?" Fi lowered her head slightly as she turned to look at the screen,
"Yeah," She then settled back to her original position on her stomach on her bed. "Oh," she said excitedly causing Clu to move closer, "I got the list of names of the girls who died." She then plugged in the cord that connected to her printer and printed the names out. Clu went over to grab them and handed them to her. She then began typing, "Now I just can check to see where their families are living, if any are close. The one connection I saw among the girls, after the room was locked, was that they all were members of the ambassadors. So my thinking is that maybe they did some investigating on their own and some proof that we may need, they could still have. You know the parents not wanting to disturb the room for sentimental reasons." Clu stared at the screen in shock,
"Of course, that's brilliant Fi, I knew you wouldn't let me down." Fi smirked at him,
"I'll never let you down Clu." Fi then proceeded to look up and print the families' last known contact information.
Meanwhile…
Julie was leaning against the old teacher's desk in the haunted room talking with Alex about everything and nothing. Currently Julie was telling him about the play practice that day. She let out a laugh as she continued,
"And it's so funny that she thinks that her crush on him is a secret, I mean it's so obvious. We're playing a married couple and she doesn't even try to hide the glare at me when he and I are in scenes together." Alex laughed along with her.
"Well, she could be worried that you will steal his affections away from her and onto you," he paused as she blushed and looked away, "I mean who could resist you." He tried to brush some of her hair behind her ear but he just passed through. Julie saw the movement and did it herself. Alex let out a sigh of frustration. Julie knew why,
"Alex, I know you're still frustrated that you can't touch me or anything, but I think that you could if you just tried this theory that I heard about it a movie." Alex rolled his eyes,
"The movie Ghost I presume." Julie stood up straight,
"How do you know about Ghost?" Alex let out a laugh,
"Some girls came in here and gabbed about it around when it came out. I heard about the theory and all. But I already knew how to use it." Julie's eyes widened,
"So you can touch?" Alex tilted his head from side to side,
"Well, not really. I can push things, that is about it." Julie smiled,
"Well, that's great, you just soften it a bit and I bet you can touch." Alex shook his head,
"No, I have tried, but I can only push things hard. If I tried it against you you would fly back and hit that wall. And if I can remember having the sensation of feeling correctly, I do not think it would feel very good." Julie and he laughed slightly. Julie then thought about one other thing from the movie,
"Oh, can you possess bodies, that way you could touch definitely. You can possess me if you want if you want to try out touching stuff." Alex shook his head,
"That is very sweet of you, but I can only possess someone who is around the same height and weight as I was when I was alive. It is at times like this that I am glad I have not crossed over, cause crossed over spirits can only possess the body of their reincarnations." Julie was enthralled,
"So reincarnation is real?" Alex smiles,
"Well souls are not, but the bodies are reused. I mean human have been around for a very long time, they would need to recycle some bodies after a while," Alex saw her expression, "sorry to say it so crudely, but it is the only way I can think of describing it." Julie nodded,
"Yeah," she then looked at her hands and body. Alex smirked,
"Trying to think of who your body could have belonged to before you." Julie stopped and met his eyes,
"Am I that obvious?"
"Afraid so," Alex nodded then laughed. Julie cracked a smile. She then had a thought and gasped as she looked at her watch,
"Oh, I need to get home or my mom will kill me," she met his eyes, "sorry." Alex nodded,
"It is alright, I understand. Tomorrow then?" Julie nodded,
"Tomorrow." She then turned to leave and Alex turned to face the window,
"See you tomorrow Jessica." Julie stopped and turned,
"What?" Alex then sharply turned to her and clasped a hand over his mouth,
"Oh, Julie, I am sorry, I did not mean to say that, I do not know why that slipped out, I am so sorry." Julie shook her head,
"No, it's alright, she was your friend when you were alive. It happens." Alex then said,
"Well, I just did not want you thinking that my feelings for you were actually my feelings for Jessica." Julie shook her head with a smile,
"No, that's silly, if you called me Katie, then I'd be worried." Alex smiled,
"Right, you are so understanding, another reason I love you." Julie then froze and Alex clapped a hand over his mouth again, "Julie, I am sorry I should not have said that. I mean…"
"I love you too, Alex," Julie said cutting him off. Alex then asked,
"You do?" Julie nodded,
"Yes, I do. I know it seems really fast, but you're so sweet and wonderful. You're everything any girl could ever want." Alex beamed then frowned. "What?" Julie asked.
"If only I were alive at this moment, I would kiss you." Julie laughed and Alex joined it.
"We'll figure that out later, I really have got to go." Julie then turned and slightly ran to the door. She opened it then turned back to him with a smile, "Actually I think I just figured it out." She blew him a kiss and he caught it in his hand. She smiled and shut the door. Alex dropped his smile and looked at the window as he faded away.
Alright, sorry about it being really inactive, next chapter will be better I promise. This chapter took me so long to get out. I wrote the first part and half of the second in August. The ending was really hard. I ended up writing something then I realized it would go against a scene I wanted to happen later. I need to be consistent with the facts I'm making up about ghosts, cause I honestly know nothing and I think the facts would just screw up with what I want to happen. So I just am making up my own. School is kicking my butt right now so I don't know when I'll get the next chapter up. There are probably about two or three chapters left. So the action will definitely be picking up in the next chapter. I'll try to post a new chapter next weekend, but I don't know. Please R&R!
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