Dark Beauty

Chapter 33

I woke up with a smile on my face, now Jake and I were together, and I was so happy. I took a shower and put my new dress that I had brought a week ago. It was a white flowered dress and the flowers were green, it was very pretty.

I couldn't show the happiness I was feeling, or my mom and dad would think it was strange that I had just broken up with a guy and was all happy, even I would think it was strange.

I had breakfast and went to school I wanted to get there early to see Jake playing the piano, but as I turned the street Jessica appeared, she was crying.

'Please you need to run, it's Peter he's going to try to kill himself, I thought he was getting better but now he's... please you need to help me, he's going to the school roof' she cried. I could see the desperation in her eyes. 'He hasn't been taking his medication!'

'Go call Jake, tell him to meet me there.' I said as I ran.

I ran into Jake as I opened the emergency door that went to the stairs, he had a very worried expression.

When we opened the door to the roof Peter was right there, on the edge of the roof, ready to jump.

I didn't know what to do, we would need to tell him that we could see Jessica's ghost. We would need to make him believe. We had no other choice.

'Peter, don't!' I shouted.

Peter turned around his eyes were red and puffy like he had been crying.

'Leave me alone!' he shouted back.

"Peter you can't do this, if you jump Jessica will never be in peace.' I cried.

'What do you know about Jessica? She's dead!' Peter cried. 'And it's all my fault, I killed her.'

'Tell him it isn't, it's not his fault.' Jessica cried she was on the verge of having a break down. Her hands were shaking madly.

'It wasn't your fault she died.' Jake said.

'You don't know anything about me and Jessica, just get out of here.' Lucas took a step further to the edge.

He must have thought he was getting better and stopped taking his medication and now his depression was even worse.

'Jake, Leila, do something! Please.' Jessica pleaded.

I looked at Jake; I didn't know what to do. One wrong word and he could jump, one false step and he could fall. This time I wasn't dealing with the dead, but yes with the living.

'Tell him that if he jumps, he will never do that road trip we were planning.' Jessica said.

Jake repeated what Jessica said, and when he finished, Peter looked at him with a startled look and before I could stop him he had flung himself on top of Jake, both of them falling to the floor.

'How do you know that?' He was grabbing Jake by the collar of his shirt and shaking him.

'Peter stop!' I tried to push Peter off Jake, but it was like he was made of stone.

'How do you know?' Peter screamed again. He wasn't himself. It was like he was pouring out all the anger, guilt and sadness that had been bottled up inside on Jake.

'Calm down man.' Jake tried to say. 'Let me explain.'

'Peter, please!' I tried again. This time I tried to put myself between both. Jessica stood still like a statue. I couldn't read what she was feeling.

'Listen to us.' Jake tried to get out of Peter grip, but it was kind of hard when someone was on top of you and wouldn't stop shaking you.

'Peter.' I calmly said, putting my face between his and Jakes. I could feel Jakes breathing on the back of my neck. 'Calm down.' I slowly said. 'Let's talk, get off Jake, you are going to end up hurting him.