The Spirits Within Us All [First Draft/In Edit]

66 - Gael

I was hanging out with Nolan on his last few hours being hospitalized. The doctors gave up on explaining his coma and miracle for waking up at all. They won't believe in paranormal stuff.

His parents are filling in discharge form or something, I don't know.

"Your new friend is bestie with who now?" He exclaimed, "FRANCIS?"

I was catching him up on the school problems.

"Yeah... unfortunately..."

"THAT IDIOT!" He said (calmly), "You don't throw away a decade of friendship or anything to prove something! Backstabbing is not a love language!" He took a deep breath, and then out of nowhere, he asked me, "Are you 17 yet?"

"No," I told him, "I am tomorrow." I can't wait to catch up to everyone else in my grade. And then fall behind like immediately after.

"You need to lock in and grow faster," He joked. "Is the ghost still here?" He asked quietly, looking around.

I don't know how to tell him that there are like 10 ghosts that probably died here, watching us in this room as we speak.

TayTay Swift's song '2 Weeks' is blasting. The doctor explained listening to favourite music can speed up the brain's motivation for healing the body. That sound stupid if we're gonna listen to TayTay.

"Which one? Ghosts are everywhere," I explained.

"The one that saved my life? Is she still here?" Nolan said.

Amazing question. I actually haven't seen her since Karen's announcement 2 days ago. I shrugged.

"Well tell her I says thanks if you see her again," He said.

"I will-"

"VISITOR TIME IS OVER GET OUT GET OUT GET OUT!" Some nurse screamed down the hallway, fee fi fo fum ing toward the room. She poked her redhead through Nolan's room and gave me a nasty glance. "GET OUT PATIENTS NEED REST!"

"I'm getting discharge like right n-"

"GET THE FRICKITY DARN OUT. YOU'RE LUCKY WE'RE IN THE KIDS SIDE OF THE ICU OR YOU'LL BE HEARING SOME OTHER THINGS!" She screamed, grabbing my wrist and pulled me out.

"SEE YOU TOMORROW!" I called, trying to fight back.

"SHUT UP. KIDS THESE DAY."

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That night, I went to the bridge where it all started, in the middle of the night. It's a clear night, full moon, at 11:30. I heard there was gonna be an Aurora Light somewhere tonight.

You know that psychiatrist friend my mom have? Well turn out they were having an affair, which sucks. They're having a date at home but I ran away, because I don't want to deal with that right now.

He diagnosed me with OCD or something, and just left and not help. He just said it's not that bad and will go away at some point. I hope soon, because it's getting really bad.

I can't see that guy as a father figure or anything.

I remember going to this spot a lot. I always thought that if I die, it would be here. Then when April came along, I suddenly don't need to go here anymore. I'm close enough to the death as it is.

Where is April now? Now, I want to see her and talk to her. In a way, she had became my best friend.

What was I doing there that night? I always had a good reason.

I mean going to activate ghost vision and power wasn't the reason, even though that's what it lead to.

I think my parents were arguing. I can't remember everything about that night.