The Lady In The Creek, The Story Of Joy

Chapter 11

I lay down on the ground and close my eyes. I’ve learned how to act like I'm sleeping just to help the time pass.

When I open my eyes I'm confused. Something isn’t right. I look around and notice that I'm back in my own bed. I have my nightgown on still but it’s dark and I'm at my house. 

How could this be? I must be asleep or dreaming or something.

But ghosts don’t dream. Well at least I had never dreamt before since I’ve been dead.

I sit up and try to get out of bed but my legs are weak. As I try to stand up my legs are shaking and buckle under me. 

It takes me a couple tries but I’m finally able to get up and walk into the living room and see that the house is silent.

I slowly walk into the kitchen and I take the glass off of the counter and pour me a glass of water. I took a drink and realized that I was able to actually taste it.

Just then Jay walks into the room and he has a look of shock on his face and he comes running up to me and gives me a big hug. He asked me when I woke up.

I gave him a hug telling him that I missed him. And that I’ve only been awake for a couple of minutes

Jay took my arms and headed me back to my room and told me that everything was going to be ok and that he was there with me.

I let him lead me back to my room and as we sat on the bed I asked him “ where’s Mica?”

Jay said “ he’ll be back, he went to check to make sure that Pam is okay.”

I looked at him and my mouth fell open. 

I said “ but he died, how is he checking on Pam?”

Jay looked at me for a second then said “ he was in a coma. We thought he had died but he hadn’t.”

I started to think. Then I asked. “ How long have I been out?”

Jay laughed and said, “ You've been our sleeping beauty for a month now.” “ When pa told you about Mica you fainted but we couldn’t wake you up.” “ So we’ve been here taking care of you. Even Mica after he got out of the hospital came straight here and hardly left your side.”

I couldn’t understand any of this. I had just closed my eyes at the park. I had been dead for a hundred years. I had killed people, my family were all gone. So how was I now in my own home alive?

Jay said he had to go and get ma and pa. And he left the room. I sat there looking around trying to make sense of everything.

A few minutes later ma and pa came running into my room and were shocked to see that I was sitting up. Ma came running to me and threw her arms around me. Pa let ma have her time with me but then he wanted to make sure that I was fine. He set out and got the doctor.

By the time the doctor came everyone in the house were all in my room talking to me and I was trying to figure out what exactly was going on because I still couldn’t make any sense of it. But I was happy to be back with my family.

When the doctor came he gave me a clean bill of health but told my parents to make sure that I take it easy for the next few days so I could get my strength back. 

As he was walking out of the house Mica came walking in. He said hi to the doctor but didn’t really pay him any attention because this wasn’t the first time he saw the doctor there to check on Joy.