Befriended a ghost

Truth

The hours dragged on until the school bell rang, its loud shrill signalling the end of school day
"Yippee". I exclaimed loudly and shoved my books into my backpack.
"Easy Sasha. Daphne cautioned . "or do you want your book to have a tear?" She asked , with some miff.
       I rolled my eyes, without uttering a word.
     "Why the rush". Cory spun around to face me . "you going somewhere?"
     "Nope". I popped the p and she furrowed her eyebrow
    " Why then are you all excited?"
  "Nothing".
   "Hmmmh". She sighed. "Anyways don't forget to ask your mum about the sleepover". She reminded
     "I won't". I slung my backpack across my shoulder and stood up and walked up to Declan .
"Declan". I called shyly
He raised his head and looked at me, then smiled lightly.
   "I can see you are so eager to hear all about her". he teased.
      With that , he reached for his backpack which was beside him and got off his seat.
"Let us go". he simply said and we walked out of the class , climbing up the stairs to the empty classroom.

    Entering , I followed behind him as he walked over to a bench at the extreme of the class.
    He sat on it and gestured me to sit beside him and I did , my heart beating faster.
     "But how exactly did you get to know Daphne?" he questioned me and I swallowed hard
    I knew he was gonna ask this!
   "erm we met erm ... eem I stuttered, scratching my hair not knowing what to say.
  He smiled lightly. "You behave just like her"
    Like her. I glanced at Daphne who was now standing beside me.
   He continued. "You act the same way, you talk the same way and seeing you always remind me of her".
      Tears rolled down his face and he tried to wipe it off.
    "Declan". I called softly.
  He chuckled softly. "She was so funny and crazy. I mean what kind of girl sings and dances in front of the mirror".
      "Mirror". I repeated
   "Yes". he nodded . "Daphne does that most of the time... ....he paused to wipe his tears and then he continued.
    "She is  my twin sister, but it was always hard to tell because we look and act differently .The only thing we had in common was the same blue eyes and the same smile. She was also my Dad's favourite and I believed that was the reason they died the same day"
  Daphne and I gasped in shock. "You saying your dad is dead?" I blurted out , horror written all over my face.
   He nodded slowly.
  "What happened? I mean how did it happen ,how did he die?"
    He bit his upper lip , I could tell he was getting angry.
     "he died because of his stupid daughter, he died because of....... he stopped mid sentence when his phone rang ..
      He reached into his pocket and received the call.
         "hello". he greeted the person on the other end .
     "What do you mean? What happened to mother? "he jolted up from the bench and only then did i become alarm.
     His mother! what is wrong with her?
   "Alright, I will be on my way now". I heard him say and he ended the call , slinging his backpack across his shoulder.
  Curious. I stood up and moved closer to him
   "What happened? Is anything wrong?"
     "Nothing , I just need to be ... .."
  "Quit lying Declan. I cut in . "I heard you ask about your mother . what happened to her?".
    He heaved a deep sigh. " She had  a seizure needs me around her".
"Oh". I nodded slowly, not knowing what else to say.
   "See you tomorrow". he bade and ran out of the classroom.
    I stood there confused for a moment and then shifted my gaze to Daphne , seeing her tears
    "Daphne".
"Yes". she tried to blink back the tears , but it was of no use as it flowed down freely.
     "Please Sasha let us go with him". She begged.
Is she kidding me?
   "No". I replied bluntly. "I am an hour late and my mum would be .......
   "Pleeeeeeaase". She cut in ." I just want to see my mum"
Her pleas could wring any heart so I has no other choice but to agree.
   "Fine". I agreed and rushed out of the class ,and kept on running till I sighted Declan about to walked out of the school gate.
     "Declan". I shouted.
    He stopped in his steps , turned around to face me .
     I steadied myself with my hands on my knees for a moment, panting  ; then ran all the way to him
   "Sasha". he called out in surprise. "what is wrong? Why are you sweating? Do you want to tell me something?"
"Yes". I nodded , panting.
     "What is it?"he arched his eyebrow.
I inhaled softly . "I want to go with you to your house "
  "Are you doing this because of what you wanna know?".he accused
    "Hell no. I am only worried about your mom , I want to be sure you are both okay".I answered,  hoping I sounded convincing enough.
    "But it is already past 5 Sasha". he queried. "i am sure your family would be worried about you"
    "Please just let me come with you , I won't stay long" I begged.
    He stared at me for a moment , as if contemplating  and then sighed
     "Fine!". he walked through the gate and I happily followed behind him as we passed through a thin road to the taxi station.