The Seeing and Try

Chapter One

Rita woke up at her desk. She looked up to her computer screen that reminded her that she finally finished her next book and already sent it to her publisher. She has been working for months for it to be done but now that she was finished she was free to go to school without having other things on her mind. Unless it was music. That was allowed. She stood up from her desk and went to the shower to make sure she was cleaned up. When she was out Rita got dressed and put her black gloves on before all her other clothes. Rita was all dressed with dark jeans, black tennis shoes and she was wearing a white shirt along with a black long overcoat even though it was almost summer. She didn't mind the heat and the winter is pretty nice for her. She looked at her watch that ticked every second of the day. It was seven in the morning. It's time to go, she thought and grabbed her messanger bag that held her homework for the rest of the month and her navy blue laptop. She made sure that she had everything before stepping outside.

All she had to do today was to turn in the rest of the work that her classmates haven't even reached yet then head to the library. That was her usual schedule, no one really disturbed her but there are times when the popular kids try to steal her bag to get the answers for the assignment. That was a major mistake on their part. Even though she has been alone all her life didn't mean that she liked it. Her brother was always too busy in the past and when he announced that he was going to another state to own a company she just nodded and wished him luck. Rita knew that he was worried about her but there was no reason for him to. The past was in the past. There was nothing that could have prevent  the events. She needed to keep her abilities a secret because of the rucus it would come afterwards but also her parents told her to never use it on them even if they were badly injured.

It was their demand, she reminded herself and got out her key to lock her apartment. Once she was outside Rita heard her next door neighbors come out. She never really was aware who was living next to her when she moved in. Rita was too focused on her work to finish the next story. She slightly turned her head to see who it was and a surprised looked flashed upon her face.

Living right beside her room was her home room teacher, Mr. Widely and two of her former classments, Karen and Henry. Rita knew their names by the roll call the teachers did at the beginning of school. She made sure that she was familiar with her classmates names at least to not make it awkward if they came up to her. She doubted that Karen and Henry knew her name though. They may not even know that she exsited.

The proof was shown when the three walked passed her without greeting her a good morning. Even though she didn't mind, the burden of diappointment fell on her shoulder.I have to get used to this, she thought and locked her door. She went down the metal stairs and walked her way to school.

It took Rita about fifteen minutes for her to reach the school. She arrived at the office and asked to speak with her counselor as usual. She would meet the counselor giver her the homework she finished for the rest of the year. She didn't have to go to any of her classes if she did it and Rita could just be in the library unil the school day was over.

Rita was heading to the library when she spotted Karen talking to her brother Henry. She smiled thinking that they reminded of her and her brother in the past when they used to hang around each other all the time. She cherished those moments and wished her brother happiness. 

"You're going to be late for class if you just stand there." 

Rita turned around and it was her teacher that lived next to her apartment. She could see it on his face that he didn't recognize her from this morning nor does he know that she was a student from his class. 

That's what happen when you are a ghost, she thought then smiled at her clueless teacher, "I will be on my way then Mister." she walked off to the library and wondered wht kind of story she wil find to read that day.