Reconstruction

Haunted Houses

I'm begging you to keep haunting me. - Haunting - Halsey

Watching Phil get ready for this trip was amusing. He was so enthusiastic about getting his cameras together and getting his gear packed away into his backpack. I couldn't believe this was a real thing people did here. The way he was so ready to jump up and leave to hunt ghosts. This is why people in horror movies died. They all went searching for dumb shit, and boom ghosty jumps out and you're dead.

I felt ridiculous doing this and I still wasn't sure how I felt about this, but I wasn't going to let myself miss this. Either way, if it was a flop or no, it was going to be interesting. Hurriedly Phil handed me tools, a walkie and a video camera.

"You're going to have to stay close to me. You aren't very experienced with this, but you can learn. I'll teach you the ropes," Phil smiled.

I guffawed at the thought, "what makes you think this is going to be a regular thing I do?!"

Phil chuckled and for a moment I was going to call him out for being a bit pretentious before he stood in front of me, closer than usual, his warm breath hitting the center of my nose. I stiffened, not sure what to think about how close he was. He was just a little bit taller than me, and looking up at him I felt like a small child. One who was crushing on their much older counterpart, but who was I even fucking kidding to say that wasn't the truth?

"It isn't that I think you won't want to continue, but that I know. You have said yourself countless times you love the history of others, so who's to say this isn't the perfect opportunity to get your hands on other people's information and pasts?"

Shit. We've only known each other about three days and this asshat knows more about me than most people. He could read me like a book and I hated him. He was so frustrating with his glasses propped on his nose and his cerulean eyes focused on his stupid cameras. I wanted to punch him for being so attractive.

That's when I realized I was starting to stare and Phil knew it too. Goddamnit what is wrong with me, this piece of shit is ruining my life.

"I guess you're right in that aspect. I am a bit nosey to say the least. I just don't particularly know how I feel about the ghost thing. I'm a little bit skeptical," I shrugged.

Phil nodded, "you know who Ed and Lorraine Warren are, I'm sure?"

Of course I knew who they were. The top demonologists in the world. So I just nodded. I didn't feel I needed words, I just wanted Phil to continue talking.

"Well, when I was a little boy, my mum and dad took me to New Zealand to their museum and they happened to be there. I was about twelve at the time, and my mom and dad were obsessed with the story behind the artifacts there and I just happened to want to tag along. When I met Lorraine, she told me she sensed something inside of me. Almost to the extent of how she was herself, how I had this energy inside of me that not many people my age have. When I was twelve, I didn't care about that stuff. I ignored it and that's why I never saw anything. I never opened myself to it because I never felt it was necessary, not until my family died. I was vulnerable, I couldn't ignore my brother coming to me in the night and screaming in my ear telling me I had to avenge them. It became unbearable, the screaming, so I just finally accepted it and its since lead me here. So, whether you believe this is the truth or no, somehow this leads me to finding my family's killer."

He was so open about everything and I felt awful that I didn't know what to believe. Skepticism was always a thing I dealt with, but when we were packing our gear into the car, I knew I'd be able to open myself up to Phil's world. I had to or it wouldn't be okay for me to say here because I'd be completely useless to him on this trip. I didn't know where we were going for this trip, but now it was me who felt vulnerable.

You can't do things in spur of the moment, Daniel, you'll end up dead.

Sometimes I think being dead is better than living, dad.

A/N:: HIII THANKS FOR READING.

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