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Chapter 6: Go away, im not home

Shayleys POV
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I'm not dead. I can't be dead. I kept repeating in my head. This all some big horrible dream. This isn't real. I was in denial. I kept pinching my self hoping I would wake up I started to cry.
"Please please wake up" I pleaded in a whisper.
I sat in the corner and started sobbing. I don't want to die im too young I can't die.
I remember when my grandfather died, we were so close. He was like a father to me, ever Friday after school I would drive to his house and we would sit and talk about problems we had then we would watch comedy's and laugh until we dozed off. Saturday's we would always get up and have blueberry pancakes because those were his favorites, oh and of course I can't forget the Orange juice; we would go buy fresh oranges from the food market and hand squeeze them to make fresh juice. It was so good. Then we would do whatever we wanted if that meant I wanted to go swimming, we would hop in the car and go to the beach. Grandad was amazing.
My sobs became a softer lighter cry.
"Shayley?" I heard a familiar voice call.
Who could see me? I though I was a ghost. I turn around to face someone I would never expect to see.
Grandad.
My eyes got heavy and full of tears and my breathing became silent.
"Grandpa?!" I was on the verge of crying.
"Yes honey it's me." He replied.
I ran over to him and gave him the tightest hug I could. He pulled back but I reached for him more and didn't let go. I've been waiting so long for me to be able to do this again. I pulled back to face him and spoke.
"How are you here? I mean like how am I with you?"
He smiled softly, I missed him so much. "Aw darling your in a place between heaven and earth."
I showed a confused look, "wait what how?"
"I'm sure you already know this but you were in a car crash, you technically died but you have a choice." He spoke.
"What choice?" I asked.
"Since I am a close relative to you, I was sent to ask you. Would you like to come with me? Or go back down to earth? That is why your in a place between the two, once you go up here's no coming back down." He said.
"Grandpa what do you mean come with you?" I asked.
He put his hand on my shoulder, "come to heaven with me."
"Wait so your saying have a choice to come live with you were I'll be d-dead? Or I can 'go back to earth' meaning I can be alive again?" You could hear the confusion in my voice.
"Precisely my darling." He said.
I didn't know what to say. I missed my grandad so much, what we used to do together. I could have that back. I have a chance to be with him forever, and I know he can't leave me ever again. I can be happy like the old times with him.
But then again, I can go back to earth. Be with Justin oh how I missed him so much. Frankie I missed him a lot too. My family. I could only imagine how broken they are without me. I don't know what to do. As much as I loved my grandfather I need to see my family and my friends. As much as I loved my family and my family and my friends, grandad was my Bestfriend and I was always so happy with him. How could I make such a hard decision.
"Grandad I don't know what to do." I looked at the ground.
He just sympathetically looked at me, "baby girl don't you worry, when your time is right you can be with me. Right now your young and you still have so much ahead of you, you shouldn't give that up just for your ole grandpa." He smiled. A true smile, I could see he actually meant it, he wanted me to be alive again.
"Wait, so is that actually my body over there?" I pointed at body bag laying on a cold metal table with a name tag on it.
"Actually no sweetie, like I said you are in a place between heaven and earth, it's just an image you created in your head." He answered.
"Grandad I love you very very much and I miss you like crazy, but can I please go back to earth im not ready to die yet." I said.
"Of course honey." He smiled and vanished.
"This was it, I'm getting my life back."
I heard a steady by escalating beep coming from my right side.
"OH MY GOD ITS A MIRACLE." I head some women say.
I still couldn't fully open my eyes, I just heard sounds.
"QUICK CALL HER PARENTS SHES ACTUALLY ALIVE."
I heard cheering and clapping.
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*2 months BEFORE shayley comes back to life*
Justin's POV
I was awoken by the vibrating of my phone - *buzzzz buzzzzz buzzz*
It wasn't even night I was just sleeping. Like I always do, I was severely depressed and I just didn't want to be awake to experience life. Sometimes I just felt like dying. Everything's all bad. My grades in school are horrendous now, I get bullied because. My lack of style/what I wear. Sometimes I just blow off school. I'm always fighting with my family now, that doesn't help at all. I feel like I have my own person raincloud. And sometimes a personal rain cloud can be deadly.
I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone never mind now - im never in the mood.
I let the phone vibrate and vibrate until it finally stopped. I didn't even bother to check who called.
It was probably my mom telling me to get up and do something with my life as usual.
I don't expect it to be anyone else, I don't even expect it to be frankie. We haven't talked at all since the day I saw his mom at the hospital. Not a call, no text, no email, no letter, no seeing each other, nothing. I'm assuming frankie did get better after fainting, I just assumed his mother never told him to call me, or he just personally didn' want too. Either way I have no one in my life anyway so what do I have to lose.
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Still Justin's POV *back into the present*
Just a recap of what happened
Shayley has just come back to life
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I was sitting on the couch watching scooby doo, which I don't know why I was watching it I hate scooby doo, I just didn't have the energy to change it. Well I was watching it when I heard a car come into the drive way, It was Frankie's car. He got out of the drivers seat, then his mom got out of the passenger side. I didn't expect frankie to be here, especially with his mom.
I got off the couch and sighed. I walked into the kitchen and grabbed a coke out of the fridge, I purposefully ignored the fact that my Bestfriend, well I guess used to be Bestfriend and his mom were walking towards the front door of my house.
I walked to the front hall and waited for them to knock, when frankie used to come over he would just walk in, but I already knew we became too distant for him to be comfortable with doing that.
*knock knock knock
"Go away no ones home." I replied.
I guess they recognized my voice
"Justin open the door now, I really have to tell you something." He said.
I finally gave in and reached for the door knob and turned it opening the door in one pull.
"Can I help you?" I said sarcastically.
"Wow since when did bieber become so rude to people." He gave a nasty look.
I rolled my eyes, "since everyone, INCLUDING YOU left me and since my life turned to shit." I scoffed. "How's that for an answer." I clutched the door and began to close it when his mom stopped me.
"Listen we actually have to tell you something very important, something you want to hear. Just let us in to talk." She smiled, obviously trying to act nice out of noticing my attitude.
I gave in and opened the door wide, hoping they got the memo to walk in.
I closed the door behind them and walked to the living room. I looked back and realized they were still standing in the front hall.
"Well are you coming or not?" I said.
They quickly followed and I took a seat on the couch, purposefully stretching out my legs the length of the couch so they couldn't sit with me. So they took a seat on the other couch.
"Talk." I said.
His mom cleared her throat and began to speak. When she was cut off by frankie.
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Frankie's POV

"Mom I think I can handle this." I cut her off.
She put her hands on top of mine and smiled sympathetically.
Well here goes nothing.
"Justin about shayley uh she's alive."
I tensed waiting for a response.
He didn't speak, instead he stood up and ran out the door, not even bothering to grab his phone.
I ran after him, I pushed open the door and caught Justin right before he got into his car.
"Justin where are you going!?" I shouted.
He just looked at me and mouthed, "I think you have an idea."
And with that he got in his car and drove off.
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