Girl + Camera

hell, here I come

I scooped up a bite of cereal as I was thinking about what happened last night. I haven't told anyone and I wasn't planning to, they would think I was crazy. the little boys name was tommy, his little sister Gracie had been missing for over a month. tommy lived there by himself, I had no idea why I had seen a car there. tommy was way too young to drive and so was his poor missing sister. I should have asked him about the car but I completely forgot about it. he wasn't a ghost, I had no idea what he was or why I was the only one that could see him, or was I?
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"Amanda!" my mom broke my thinking. I rolled my eyes "what?" I said. "you realize you have school today right?" she said. "yes mom I'm very aware" I said with much attitude. I didn't want to go to school, I had no idea how I would focus. tommy would be on my mind all day. my mom dropped me off at school, I walked in and sat at a table by myself. why could I only see the house at night? could everyone see it at night? or was it only me? where the hell was his sister? why was that god damn car there? why was everything grey? I had so many unanswered questions and it was annoying the shit outta me. "Mandy snap out of it" my friend Lea said. "sorry" I muttered and listened to their conversation. I began to think again, I should go back tonight, see if tommy's there and ask him all of my questions. and maybe I'll even help him find his sister, if she's alive that is. ugh I don't want to be here. "Mandi what's going on with you? you've been silent all morning" Lea said. "sorry there's just a lot on my mind right now" I told her. "well spill!" my other friend Tasha said.  "I wish I could.." I said. "is it about Jeff?" Tasha asked. "no!!" I responded. "Jeff  has been my crush since 4th grade, I've liked him for 3 years. but he was definitely not on my mind.
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my mom picked me up after school ended and boy was I happy to get out of that hell hole. "anything special happen today sweetie?" she asked. "what do you think?" I responded. "enough with the attitude Amanda" my mom raised her voice. I didn't respond I just looked out the window waiting to get home.