Ghost Syndrome (Dieletta AU)

C4

Tuesday, 9th, February 2016

1:00 AM

Diego woke up in the middle of the night, and as his eyes darted open, he felt numbness taking over. Could Vilu really be dead ? Is it possible ? No, no it's not. It couldn't be.

But then why wasn't she answering his calls ? Her phone probably broke. But why wasn't she coming over ? She's busy with school, she must have a ton of exams.

6:00 AM

Diego's alarm went off, he woke up and went to school.

5:00 PM

Diego was working on some homework, when he heard a knock on the door. With a sigh, he got up and opened it. On the other side, stood Vilu, with a huge smile on her face.

She hugged him the minute the door was opened enough to allow her entrance and he hugged her back and he was overjoyed.

"I missed you so much Diego." she said as she tightened her grip around him.

"I missed you too."

"Let's play a game." she cheered finally letting go.

"Ok what do you want to play ?"

"Call Of Duty, Duh !"

They sat on the living room couch and played. He let her win.

"Yaay I won !" she cheered.

He smiled at himself, and turned around to hug her, but when she looked at him, it was horrible. No longer was he looking at his girlfriend, but at her decaying corpse, with her rib cage showing, pieces of skin missing from her face and blood everywhere on her ripped up dress.

"What's wrong Diego ?" she asked innocently.

She reached for him with her rotting arms, she was going to hug him, he didn't want to hug her, but he couldn't move.

Before she could get close enough, however; Diego woke up with a start. He had fallen asleep on the living room couch while reading "The Sleeper" by Edgar Allan Poe.

He had to read it and write a paper on it by tomorrow, or else his teacher will give him detention.

For some reason, the poem made him really uncomfortable.