Seventeen-year-old Anna Kripke wakes up dead.
Out of her body and in the morgue, it isn't exactly her best day. But when she meets another ghost, she discovers her predicament isn't so strange.
Trying to get back into a body isn't easy. But with e...
"Oh really. If I'm dead, how am I able to wear these shoes?" I asked defiantly.
"You can interact with pretty much everything, if you're strong enough..." Bess frowned. "Not very many are... Strong..."
"Okay, okay, wait, I can interact with my family?"
Bess sighed. "Yes, I suppose so, but I wouldn't recommend it."
"Does it look like I fucking care what you 'recommend'?" I paused, shivering and grabbing my red coat.
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I shrugged it over my shoulders, feeling comforted in the warmth.
Bess shot me a worried glance.
"What?" I asked, shoving my hands in the pockets.
Bess shook her head. "Nothing, nothing."
"Damn right," I muttered, glaring daggers at her.
"But I have to talk to my family! They're probably really sad! They have to know I'm okay," I protested.
Bess gave me a sad look. "Are you really okay though? You're a spirit that has some sort of unfinished business before you can leave and ascend or descend. Does that sound 'okay' to you?"
"Shut the fuck up," I muttered, looking to the side. But I had already made up my mind, and Bess couldn't stop me.
"Walking on Sunshine" started blasting through the house.
Hmm, my favorite song? Who could be playing that?
I looked at the clock.
3:01 pm.
My little sister Cassy was home from school!
I ran up the stairs. Bess yelled "wait! No! Stop!"
I ignored her, twisting and turning through the green-carpeted hallways towards Cassy's room.
"Cassy!" I yelled, running straight through the door.
Hey, running through things is easy!
I expected her to be sad, but nope! My little 14-year-old sister with plain blonde hair had blue wireless Boombox headphones on her ears. She was holding them and rocking her head to the beat, and dancing too.
