Too far gone

He's gone!

--- Gregory's POV ---

"Sorry about my brother." The boy's voice started me, "he can be rude at times..." the boy sighed and looks away. He then smiled and looked back at me. "But either way. I've returned, like I said I would!" I smiled back at him and jumped out of Box friend's arms. He laughed and pulled out a notepad. Hey, I know what that is! Heh, Box friend brings me those all the time. I draw on them alot. Box friend prefers to draw on the walls... "I do wish you could speak. I'd love to learn things from you." Hnng... should I speak? I mean, if he were going to hurt me, he would've done it by now, right? "I--" my voice cracked and I held my throat. The boy perked up and looked at me, "I'm sorry?" I cleared my throat and looked down. "Were you going to speak??" "He doesn't like tawking to mweanies!!" Box friend sat down and stared at the boy. "Mister... box... thing... I can assure you, I'm not a 'meanie'. My mother raised me with manners..." "M-... man-.. ers? Manners?" It sounded like I had never spoke before. It felt like it too. The boy jumped and looked at me. "Y-Yes, manners." 'W-What are..." I looked down and thought then looked at him again, "What are.. manners?" He smiled and explained what manners were. He used and lot of fancy words though. I could hardly understand him at times.

"So... Ghost- er, no... I should ask you for your name. NO, NO, NO!" He placed his head in his hands and stayed like that for a few seconds before looking up at me, "I should introduce myself. I am Johnny Toast. That boy here before was my twin, Gavin Toast... my sister is at home. She doesn't come out often..." he sighed and took out his notebook again. I just sat and watched him. Curious to see what he was doing. This time he was drawing. He was drawing box friend! I gasped and looked over his shoulder. "W-Wow..!" He laughed and kept drawing until he was finished. He thanked box friend for staying so still then turned to me. "Sorry, I just thought I would draw your friend. Now. What is your name, Ghost?" I cleared my throat, "G-Gwegowy..." "Oh... nice to meet you Gregory." He reached his hand out to me. I just stared at it, not sure what to do. "... uhm... it's a hand shake. Here," he reached his hand towards mine, causing me to flich, pulling away from him. "It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you." He smiled and held his hand in place. I hesitated then reached out and took his hand. He held my hand firmly and started moving it up and down. I gave him a confused look and he explain, "It's what people do when they meet eachother. I believe mother said that it shows that two people trust eachother." I thought about it for and few seconds the copied his motion. We both smiled at eachother and let go.

"Heh... so, Gho- er, Gregory.. do you mind if I ask you a few questions? I'm so interested in ghosts! I'm actually writing actually book about ghosts! And now I've met one that talks! You can tell me everything about ghosts!" He smiled and sat that the table with his notepad. I followed him and sat across the table, "W-What's a... a ghost?" He looked up from his book and stared at me. ".... what? Gregory, are you just playing or are you serious?"
"I'm... sewious..."
"Oh.... I see... uhm.... well, I'm a person, right? And you're a person too."
"Uh-huh.."
"Well... uhm.... you see, I'm a living person... and well.. you're not."
"Huh?"
"Ghost's are people that aren't living anymore... in simple terms."
"Are you saywing that I'm... dead...?"
".... yes..."
".......... but..."
"You're friend here is a ghost too." He pointed to Box friend, only to find that he had left.
"B-Box fwiend?!" I jumped up and ran around the house looking for him. He leaves sometimes when I go to sleep, but he usually is back when I wake up. I yell out his name acouple more times before breaking. I fell over and hugged my knees, crying. The bp- Johnny had been following me the entire time, trying to catch up. Once I fell over, the ran to my side and sat next to me, trying to catch his breath. "Gre-.. Gregory.. are you.. okay?" He could hardly talk..! I guess he doesn't run much.. "Box fwiend's g-gone!!" "I'm sure he'll be back..! Maybe he went for a walk..?" He put his hand on my shoulder, causing me to flinch. "He never takes waks!! He gone!! Just like mama!!" I was crying by this point, in disbelief that box friend left. He gave me a confused and concerned look. "I can't wive wifout him!! I'll die!!" Even though according to Johnny, I'm already dead... Johnny sighed and hugged me, "You'll be okay, Gregory..." I hugged his arm, "He's never coming back..! I'll be alone again!!" I cried more and he sighed again. ".... I know! How about you live with me for awhile? I'm sure mother won't mind." What?! Live with him!? I gasped and looked up at him. He smiled and nodded. I hugged him and thanked him at least a million times.