Because of You

Chapter 3: Realizing

Greg's POV

I smelled eggs from the kitchen all the way to my room. It sure did smell good. I look at the clock and it says 11:37 am. It's Saturday so I decide to hang out with my friends Anthony and Jerry. I take a quick shower then I put on some casual clothes. Then I head downstairs.

"Good morning Greg" My mother said. "Morning mom" I say back. I sit and eat the pancakes, eggs, and sausages. Then I gulped down orange juice. "Mom can I hang out with Anthony and Jerry?" "Of course you can, come back soon, ok?"

"Yeah, sure mom." I say back.

I grab my phone and my wallet and head to Jerry's house. Anthony will show up in any minute.

"Hey man." Jerry says as he approaches me. "Sup." I say.

"Hey you fools." Anthony says behind us and we all do the man hug thingy. "Yo, you guys wanna go laser tagging?" Jerry asks. We all agree and head there.

When we get there, I see Rebecca and Mary (she's a girl in my math class). I was going to wave at them, but Anthony rushed us. As we got in the room. I suited up and waited for Jerry and Anthony. When we were ready, we played mad crazy. I almost lost the game, but Anthony lost before me. I was running around and I didn't seem to see what was in my way. I bumped into Rebecca and she fell. I helped her get up and said "Sorry." She brushed off her clothes and said "It's alright." I saw that she left her phone. I decided to go and return it so I told Jerry and Anthony that I felt sick and left. Yeah, I'm such a chump.

I'm a nosy person. So I decided to look through her pics. I sound like a total creep but I wanted to know more about her. When I scrolled through some of the photos, there was one creepy shadowy one. I looked at it carefully and it looked a GHOST! What the heck?!? I got out of there and locked the phone. I rang Rebecca's doorbell and she answered it. She looked straight down at my hand. "Oh my god! You found it! Thank you so much!" I gave her the phone. "Would you like to come inside Greg?" I nodded and she left me in. I sat on a couch in their living room and she brought me cookies. They were delicious. I felt a sudden chill and was freaked out. "Can I use your bathroom?" I said. "Yeah, it's down the hall and make a right." Rebecca said.

I walked in the bathroom and looked at the mirror. It was a little dirty next to my reflection. I looked at that closer. Suddenly, terror rushed through my body. It looked like a ghost again. I blinked many times. It wouldn't go away. I turned to see if it was real. It wasn't there. I splashed cold water on my face. I looked again and it was there. It whispered "Get out of here, or you'll be sorry." Its arm started to reach towards me. I ran out of there and went to Rebecca. She was watching tv. "Rebecca can I ask you a question?" "Um yeah."

"Did you ever wondered if your house was haunted or possessed?"

She looked at me like I was crazy.

"Did you see a ghost?" She asked.

"I think I did. It didn't seem friendly like Casper." I said.

"I knew I wasn't crazy!" Rebecca said. She squeezed/hugged me. "Your the only one who believes me!" She said.

"Is your parents home?" I asked. She shook her head no. "Wanna stay until they do?" I asked. "That would be cool." She said. I smiled and we walked to my house.