Chapter 2 The Life I Lost

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My abilities were getting stronger I could transport myself to times but not far times like far enough to get back and i couldn't just travel up again and again. Right now it takes a lot of my strength to travel once so for right now I was stuck here but I will get home... Eventually. I walked up to my little self and stared at her in awe I was so cute as a 5 year old I had long blond hair to my ass. While I was looking at her I remembered I hadn't looked in a mirror for a very long time I sort of wanted to see my new self.

I followed myself home and when she was doing her homework (coloring in a dinosaur) I went into the washroom. When I took a hopeful glance at the mirror all I saw was the bathtub I focused really on one thing my face everything about my face my hair and wall I was focusing. Their was something forming in front of the mirror or someone with dirty blond hair and after a couple seconds I saw my face. My hair was long, longer than myself (other self) there was a pair of scissors by the tap of the sink I grabbed them and swiftly cut half of it off. Now my hair was just shorter than my ass I liked it that long and that's how it was going to be to be honest I was good looking too.

I walked back downstairs I was done my coloring sheet and my mother just came back from work

"let's go to the bakery" she said with a smile. But it wasn't a cruel smile like my mother often had on after I disappeared it was a happy smile that I haven't seen in years.

"Yeah" I yelled in delight I laughed at my response and so did my mother she looked so much happier now with her little girl. I wonder if I ever came home would she look that happy I smiled at that thought and I wanted to come back so much more now. I followed myself and my mother into the car and they drove off for about 30 minutes and we were their. I could already smell the bread and cake it made me feel all warm inside and that their was still hope in my life. That I couldn't let go of it made me want to try that much harder for my mother,myself and myself. We all went inside I went into the back room and grabbed a loaf of bread and took a chunk out of it, it made me feel all those emotions again. Every bite I took it made me feel more at home that I could escape this living hell hole, but lately it hasn't felt like that.

When we got home "I" went to sleep and the real I just watched her it wasn't stalking if it was me was it. I thought about that for a while and decided it wasn't after all she couldn't see me but when I thought that it was much clearer. I guess I sort of was but not technically because she was me from a different time so I stayed their and watched her. I slept so peacefully I didn't move one bit nor did I, I didn't want to wake her... oh yeah I'm a ghost  so I walked out with no trouble. I went outside and just watched the stars gather and fall the clouds move I gripped my hands and clenched my teeth. The clouds started to go faster and soon enough the sun was rising and I gasped for breath after I stopped. I saw my bedroom light turn on and then the bathroom connected to my bedroom I went back inside and sat down at the table. I took a glance at the calendar and today was my birthday I always loved my birthday. I always got over eccentric and played obvious that it was my birthday my mother used to laugh her head off after I gave her my sweet devilish smile.

"I" walked downstairs with sweet devilish smile I just remembered about it was so cute I see why mom laughed so much at me. 

"Guess what day it is" I said eccentrically to my mother

"Tuesday" she questioned my face turned bright pink with annoyance and anger I leaned on the chair laughing. Then when I got off the chair wobbled my mother gave a suspicious look and where I was standing I quickly got scared if she saw me. 

"I am a ghost" I gulped my mother grabbed a piece of birthday bagel from the fridge it was from the bakery they always made it on my birthday specially for me. I gave a sweet smile instead and ate it so a bite or two was left for my mother she grabbed my plate while I left and took the last bit for herself. 

I followed myself onto the sidewalk where i walked to school it was the last day of school it was the last day kindergarten. I was skipping the whole way to school that morning I was happy and so was the other me, we were in a great mood nothing could rain on my parade. When I was at the entrance I saw my friends so I ran towards them and talked the living hell out of myself and my friends. As we entered the school the school bell rang and the ringing wouldn't stop and I started to scream again. I collapsed on the floor and started thrashing trying not to hit anything or anyone to not make a scene my head started to pound once again. I was gone everything I was back at my time I felt happy but sad at the same time the life I lost was lost once again.

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