Torment

Chapter Eleven

"You can't keep me here forever…" I grinned as the spirit threw herself onto her bed. "Yes I can." I heard her say, and I slowly felt it creeping in; the anger, the uncontrollable anger. I balled a fist, hoping to squeeze it right out of me.

"You must really care about me then, ha? I mean, to go to this extent just to make sure I don't get my feelings hurt by some boy-" "human! Human, boy! Do you not get that?! It's not your feelings I care about, I don't even care about you, you're nothing but a disease eating away at my soul!" She vulgarly got up.

She neared to me until she was mere inches away from the salt, "d'you wanna know why I got you imprisoned here? Well here's why; it's because your negligence will cost me my secrecy of existence. There are people out there that call us demons and they will stop at nothing to send us away, so I'm sorry princess looking for true love, but you will be stuck inside this circle for as long as I exist!" She yelled and I thought I saw a hint of the same anger in her eyes.

I started giggling…

"You seriously think this is funny?!" She began, "No, what's funny is that you think you'll actually succeed at keeping me here!" And in the instant I used my powers to open the window allowing a strong breeze to come flying in and blow away at the salt circle.

She got up, shocked and I smiled.

"Y-you won't leave this place!" She hesitantly pointed a finger at me. "No?" I slyly raised an eyebrow with a smirk smeared on my face. "Watch me." And I teleported to the other edge of the room.

Flabbergasted, she came after me, but I balled a fist, and that seemed to stop her. The tighter I balled my fist, the more her body seemed to squeeze under the invisible pressure. "L-let m-me go!" She tried, but I couldn't. Somewhere inside of me every time she squirmed it's like it wasn't enough, I wanted to hear her scream. I balled my fist even tighter until I was sure she could feel pain. Until I heard her bellow at me. And that's when I lost it. I don't remember anything. It was all a blur, like a dream you can never recall, or a nightmare you wish you didn't.

When it was all over she was gone. And I landed on the ground, amazed. I stared at my hands, unable to fathom what had just happened. It scared me, the anger. The anger that always swallowed me whole until all I knew was gone, even myself. Who am I when I'm not me? Who am I when I'm angry, most of all, what am I?

I ran out of the house, human and afraid. The air rushed through my hair as I raced down the street, tears pricking in the back of my eyes. My heart pulsated, my bones rattled, I didn't know what to do. I just knew where to go.

I knocked and waited. "Oh, Kate! I haven't seen you in a while, how have you been?" Winona asked. "Good to see you too Mrs Williams, I've been um, taking care of my aunt." I lied. "Is she okay?" "Better! She's doing better." I blurted out, the thought pricking in my head, how one minute she was there and that's what I recalled, suffocating her, and then the next she was gone and I was on the ground.

"I-is Matt home?" I asked, "Yeah. He's in his room-" "Thanks Mrs Williams." I quickly responded and rushed up to his room. I didn't even knock.

"Kate!" Matt gasped. He was at his desk when he heard the door and saw me come in. "Matt." I lowered. "W-where have you been?" He asked me, his back facing the desk, covering all the papers he seemed to be so focused on just a second ago. "Matt, a lot has happened, I don't know who to talk to or where to go, I mean, this is the only place I have. You're all I have." I tried, a tear leaving my face as I slumped down onto his bed.

Matt instantly rushed to my aid and sat beside me. "Hey, hey. Tell me what's wrong?" He asked me, his hand wiping away the stray tear. "I-I got angry again Matt." I tried. "Okay, what happened?" He asked, a little confused. "I don't know what happened." I shrugged and he instantly pulled me into a hug. "It's okay Kate." He patted me on the back.

And that's when I saw it. The papers on his desk. I pushed him away. "Kate?" He revolted. I rushed over to his desk, ignoring him completely. I picked up a page with writings on it and my hands trembled. My throat went all dry and my vision blurred. "Kate-" Matt lowered. But I couldn't pull myself out of my trance.

"Is it true?" He hesitantly neared to me. And that's when I had to make a choice, tell the truth now, or lie forever. "Norah, is it true?" He asked, and my heart sank away. "Yes." I responded, my eyes turning to the window. I saw some kids throwing a baseball around, and a few others riding their bikes.

"Yes, I'm dead. And I've been dead for 10 years. Until you came. You stole my home, and all that I thought I could be. You changed everything. You brought me back to life again. To live. You gave me purpose." I paused for a long while. "S-so, you're dead. Ghosts are real!? This is so much to take in, ghosts are real and you're, you're-" I finally looked him in the eye and his confusion seeped right into me. "Kate, Norah, whatever, look I can't fathom this, you're not even supposed to be possible! This is too much-" "Matt." Another tear left my eye. "Norah, I don't even know what you are or why you are, how you're even scientifically possible!" I neared to him as he grasped onto his hair; the frustration getting the best of him. "Matt." I lowered again another tear leaving my eye. "I mean, Katy knew you were there, you were here this whole time-" "Matt." I grabbed ahold of his face. "Why, Norah?" He forlornly asked me. "Because I was afraid of this." I responded and drew into him until our lips finally met.

We kissed.