The ghosts of our time

𝙹𝙰𝙲𝙾𝙱𝚂 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙲𝙾.

𝚌𝚑𝚙.1

I woke up that morning as my Mum opened the blinds. "ah mum it's too bright!" I said reaching towards my table trying to find my glasses, "Soph you've been sleeping for ages! Your interview for Jacobs and co is in an hour!" mum cackled. I forgot that that was today, the only reason I was going is because I have been a listener all my life, I hate it I just want to be normal. Not that you can be normal when you're living in the problem. "Five more minutes mum" "no Sophie you need to be there soon!" I sat up "but why do I even have to go?! I just want to be normal.." I don't even know why I asked it, I had asked it 1000 times already. I could tell mum was getting angry especially when she said this "SOPHIE WOOD YOU WILL GO TO THAT INTERVIEW AND YOU WILL GET A JOB. You don't want to end up like your father do you? A low life drunk is what he is!" She walked out and slammed the door. So I started to get ready.

We arrived at Jacobs and Co at around 10:45. I thought to myself *15 minutes early, great* I sighed while we walked to Greggs and got some food. We ate inside the waiting room of the agency while waiting for someone to finish. The grandfather clock chimed 11:00am. A tall girl and her mother walked out. The mum smiling the girl frowning, she was ginger with short hair. "Wood, Sophie" the man called out we went in and Mum answered most of the questions while I stared outside at the girl and her Mum. They seemed to be arguing of some sort, I could tell she didn't want to have this job. A bit like me to be honest. Well I didn't mind it but mostly I wanted to be normal. To be famous, to have a great life. A rich life. "Well that's great so Norris will take care of the paperwork" the man (who I assumed was called Jacobs) said. I forgot that we were even here, at this point I was too invested in the mother and her daughter "what's that girls name?" I asked Jacobs and he looked a little taken a back. "Oh her, well her name is Lucy Carlyle She's a new agent just like you. You will both be starting training on Monday so it might be good if you get to know her." We walked off into the other room and met Norris she asked mum questions like "Where will the payment go?" "Sophie is the right age to be a hunter?" and then one "Now you're sure that you want your daughter to take this job, as it could result in serious injury or even death." Mum nodded. That's when it hit me she wouldn't care if I died on the job, she just wants the money. When we walked out I didn't know what to say about this new information I had just figured out.

Monday came around and I didn't show any emotion of being 'scared' or nervous even though deep down I was. We got there short of 8AM I saw Lucy we met and our convo went like this: "hello, I'm Sophie Wood and you are?" "Lucy Carlyle I'm new" "oh me too!! So we can be new together!"

And that's how it started me and Lucy becoming best pals. It turns out she hated being a listener (personally I don't mind being one). One day we were talking about how what we want to do one day, we both wanted to leave Scotland and go to London, she wanted to have a normal life, to have kids ect meanwhile I wanted fame, she wanted to work in a group while ghost hunting, I wanted to work alone. We were different but that's what brung us together. We hated Jacobs 𝙰𝙻𝙾𝚃. *To be honest in the three years I had worked I never learned that man's name*.

𝙾𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜-

𝙿𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚜

sophie-a major Swiftie

fav 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖- speak now 

songs- enchanted

Lucy- a major harrie

fav album-harrys house

song-as it was

*-𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎-*

𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝙲𝙷𝙿.1 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚋𝚑 𝙸 𝚋𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚘𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚎'𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎! and again the only reason I'm writing this is bc I was inspired by the story- ghosts of the past written by 2HONEYCOVES go 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚡