𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟭

《 1 more day 》

I'm sitting on my phone in Zelkam's and TapL's room as Spifey, Vurb, and TapL are talking. Zelk is out getting us all food.

Something pops into my head and I go to google. I search 'Darryl hotel incident' and surely enough, there's an article about it. I click on it.

'On march 26th 2018, a boy names Darryl Noveschosch was found dead at xxxx hotel. Police concluded he jumped out of the window on the 20th floor, taking his own life. It's unknown where his parents are, but the media assumed they're most likely dead, making the police unable to notify them. The hotel in mention soon remodeled the place so there were no more windows to prevent another incident.'

I feel sad reading it. Bad really commited suicide? His parents are probably dead, too.. so I really am talking to a ghost? It says he jumped off the 20th floor. But he's on the 21st.. so it doesn't really exist? Is it a different dimension? How did I get there? I know I didn't make it up, I was gone for hours at a time there without even realizing it.

...why can I see him?

my eyes widen at the thought. wait, can others see him? the others haven't talked about seeing any ghosts or anything.. should I see if anyone else can see him? who should I bring?

I think about it for a minute before concluding that Spifey would be the best option since he's pretty close to me and would probably think I'm the least crazy before hearing me out

I get up and turn to the other three "Spifey" I call. they look to me. "yeah?" Spifey says, confused. "can you come with me?" I ask, awkwardly. "uh yeah sure dude" he says, getting up. I lead him out of the room and right as the door closes, I grab his sleeve and bring him to the elevator. "wh- dude what are you doing?" he asks, confused. I drop his sleeve and turn to him "I need to talk to you about something serious. I'm not joking" I say, looking up at him. "uh okay? go ahead" he says, seeming to take me seriously now

I take a deep breath "I've been talking to a ghost" I state plainly. it goes quiet. he breaks the silence "dude you scared me that's not funny" he sighs. "George I'm not fucking joking" I say, a stern tone. he seems caught off-gaurd that I called him by his real name "...what?". "I've been talking to a ghost on floor 21. his name is Darryl Noveschosch. remember when I dissappear for hours? I was talking to him. time moves faster on floor 21. 10 minutes is like 3 hours there" I explain, not expecting him to believe me. "..really?" he says, shocked

I pull out my phone with the article still up. I hand it to him and tell him to read. I watch as his eyes move with the words. "... a boy committed suicide and now you're talking to him? dude, we have to tell the others!" he says, but I quickly grab his wrist "NO"

"they wouldn't believe me. but I knew you would. I need to see if anyone else can see him. please" I say, desperate. his eyes widen "wait... you.. you want me to try and see him?" he asks. I nod. "dude I've never talked to a ghost before! what if it hurts me!" he panics. "ghosts can't touch you unless you want them to" I say, letting go of his wrist. "wait really?! you've touched a ghost?!" he asks, curious now. I nod. "dude.." he takes a deep breath "okay. I'll try"

I check the time. 1 am. "now's a good time. let's go" I say, pressing the button for the elevator. we walk in together. I look to the buttons and it's there. floor 21. "do you see the button?" i ask, pointing to button 21. "no I don't.." he says, confused. "what? I see it" I say, confused. "try pushing it" he says, still believing me. I nod and press the button. the doors close

"that actually worked???" he says, like he didnt actually think it'd work. the elevator starts going up. "I don't know if I can do this, Zak. ghosts are actual real? I'm about to speak to one??" he says, seeming overwhelmed. I hold his hand "dude calm down, he's nice. oh, also, his nickname is Bad. so call him that. he doesn't seem to like his name. he also knows me by my alias, so you should give him yours, too" I explain. he nods, calmer

the elevator dings and comes to a hault. the doors open and I'm met with the familiar sight of the dark abandoned floor with the window at the end of it. Spifey seems worried about being here, but I step out without hesitation, so he follows

I walk to the window and spifey follows behind, looking around curiously. I make it to the window and look out of it. "Bad I'm here!" I call out

"hello Skeppy!!" I hear from behind me. Spifey flinches and turns around quickly, but I just turn around calmly, like it's normal. I'm met with the sight of Bad, as usual. he's smiling at me with a light blush on his face. I smile back "hey, Bad. I missed you" I say, happily. "I missed you too!! it's super boring up here-" he cuts himself off when he sees Spifey. his smile immediately dissappears and he just stares at Spifey

"oh, yeah. this is Spifey. he's my friend. don't worry, bad. he's nice" I say, reassuringly. "u-uh- hello bad. it's nice to meet you" Spifey says, holding out his hand for bad to shake. I could tell a part of him didnt know if bad would go through him or not. Bad's smile immediately comes back after processing that spifey wasnt a threat and he shakes his hand "hello spifey! it's nice to meet another friend of skeppy!" he says, smiling. spifey seems shocked that he didnt go through him, but bad didn't notice

"how have you been, bad?" I ask, casually. "I've been good, better now though! it gets lonely up here" he smiles at me warmly. "I would assume so" I joke.

Spifey and I talk with bad for a bit, Spifey getting progressively less tense the more we hangout with him. I realize how late it is and I get up from where I was sitting on the floor, "bad, what time is it?" I ask, antsy. "oh crud it's like 8 you guys should get going" he realizes. "what? it's still dark outside though-" I cut Spifey off "time is wonky here, that's wrong. we gotta go" I say, grabbing his sleeve and dragging him towards the elevator.

spifey gets in and I turn around, waving to bad as he waves back. the last thing i see before the doors close is Bad's warm smile falter slightly.

"that was insane bro" he exhales next to me. I snicker "now you know what I get up to every night" I say. "I'm gonna miss him" Spifey sighs. the smile falls off my face as the elevator dings open. oh yeah. we have to leave tomorrow.

fuck.