A/N — Because of work going on in the house I can't write regularly. That's why this chapter got delayed. If I don't update the next chapter on the coming weekend, wait for a couple of days and then it should be up. Love, Auctorsam.
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While sliding the cushion behind my lower back I wince at the pain shooting up from my sprained ankle. I should've listened to my friends and worn a crepe bandage yesterday, soon after the injury, instead of boasting about my Alpha bloodline and saying it'll be healed in no time.
Now I'd to skip school and stay home, tending to my broken ankle. I tried staying on the bed, but that was making me go numb. So I carried my butt to the couch and propped my injured leg over the coffee table.
My phone rings, Sandy's name flashing on the screen. It must be lunch break at school now.
"How is it?" she asks.
"Better than last night. I've bandaged it now. Should be cured by evening."
"I told you to wrap it yesterday itself!"
I wince at her voice booming out of the phone with anger. I can even imagine her shaking her head while saying that.
"Well, it's wrapped up now. Don't worry."
After Sandy's check up call, I lie down on the couch and stare at the ornate ceiling. There's nothing for me to do. There's no new show in Netflix I could binge watch. There's no good movie airing on cable TV. I'm in no mood to read anything either.
It all happened because of the gym job we took — The one where the owner of a high end gym, that caters exclusively for their celebrity clients, wanted us to take a look at the recent unusual accidents that kept happening at the gym.
Sandy, Khloe and I, disguised in our usual seance troupe attire, visited the place and I found out that it indeed was haunted. Not soon after stepping into the gym I saw the culprit, and even recognized her right away.
It was Kelly. When she was alive, she was a big youtube star. I'd seen a few of her videos. Her prominent dimpled cheeks gave the identity of her spirit away pretty much as soon as I laid my eyes on them.
She was famous for her hilarious mukbang videos and had gained millions of subscribers. Unfortunatley, a few months ago, she passed away due to heart failure.
Talking to her spirit in the gym I learned that she was very conscious about her chubby appearance. So one day she decided to lose weight and started going to that gym.
In there, she developed a crush on one of her fellow gym members — an up and coming hot young pop star called Derek. At first, it was simply her enjoying the view of that handsome boy working out. Then she had a couple of instances where they had small talks.
He was nice to her. She fell in love.
She started trying to make up her mind to make a move on him. She wanted to ask him out.
But her health got worse and she passed away — without ever telling him her feelings.
She regretted that — and hence the haunting.
I didn't know who that newcomer pop star was, but I gathered the details from Kelly's spirit and visited his house to talk about Kelly.
I was half expecting Derek would kick out my friends and I thinking we were some shady paparazzis or something looking for celebrity gossips. But he just listened to what I had to say. And to my surprise, started crying at the end.
It turned out he liked her, too. He just never had the courage to ask her out as she was so popular and he was just a novice at the entertainment industry. Just like Kelly, Derek regretted not asking the other one out.
