I See You

Just Me

I've been living in a place called Englewood,  Florida for as long as I can remember. And for most of it I've been "blind". I see everything but I see nobody, I can't even see myself. I can see floating clothes walking everywhere. This happened when I was about three years old. People just started to fade away.

Because of this so called blindness,  I can't even show my love for sketching, painting and all that. Showing my art will just draw unwanted attention to myself. I would provably be known as the "Blind Artist" or something. That would be kinda awesome but people would just question me and want to be my friend cause I would be oh so popular.

Oh! And by the way, thename's Catie Mckeehan. I know, what a coincidence. You name means blind or something. Eh. I was born with it.

And if you're gonna ask, "How did this happen? Why don't you want that life?" And say, "Oh My Gosh... That's so cool!"

Ok. Well, A. I don't know how or why it happened, B. I want to live a regular uninterrupted life,  and C. It is not cool. It's horrible. Not being able to see the people around you without looking at a picture. And the fact I have to act like I'm blind around everybody gets so tiring. I have the stick thing and everything. Even my own family thinks I'm blind.

And how do they think I'm blind when we're family you ask?

Well, at the young age of four I couldn't see jack. When I tried telling my parents about it and they just didn't believe me. So when I started bumping into people's arms -cause most people, who aren't business men or something, where t-shirts- my parents immediately thought that I was losing my sight. I guess I just went along with it cause I didn't know any better.

I'm happy with that decision of mine cause I get to life a mostly normal life. But the sad thing about this life of mine is that I only made one friend. His name is Jacob Portman and I know that I'm also his only friend based on the fact he doesn't really hang out with anyone else and that we tell each other everything. And by everything, I mean that he knows my little secret. And I think that secret drew us closer to each other because this was the point where we know that no matter what, we'll always be there for each other.

That is until he suddenly disappeared without a trace.

No one has even seen him since that day. Like he just stopped existing...

I would ask grandpa Abe, who's the best and most caring person I have ever met,but sadly he died a few months back. But for some reason, a while before his death he told me that if anything happens, I should wait for a letter from Jacob. I think that letter would be the answer. But who even sends letter anymore?