Loving the Dead

~Chapter Four~ The Crying Rose~

Max had stopped strumming his beautiful guitar and decided to put his attention on his phone, as Alex was trying to FaceTime him. He answered the call.
"Hey Max, get home safely by yourself?" Alex said sarcastically.
"Look, Alex I'm sorry dude. My attention was on.." Alex had Interrupted  him there.
"Attention to what? Dude, you looked like you saw someone. It was creepy as hell!" Alex put on a grumpy, confused face. Max felt bad for leaving him walking home safely.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean  to upset you Alex. To be honest, I think I'm losing my mind!"
Alex sighed. He couldn't stay mad at his new friend.
" I'm sorry I took it seriously. I'm here for you,man."
"Thanks,so am I. I'm going to try get some sleep. Cya tomorrow."
They both said their good nights and hung up the call. Soon after, Max grabbed his blankets and sheets and piled it on top of him.

The next day, it was lunch. Max and Alex decided to sit together. They talked about Star Wars, IT Crowd, Doctor Who and all the other geeky things they were into. They had quite a lot in common. It was nice to know Max had someone to look up to and was glad they were still friends after leaving him. After all his been through, it was the happiest he's been in a while.

Then, he noticed a familiar figure out of the School's huge windows they had in the cafeteria. The figure looked like it was walking up to a tree slowly.
"Hey Alex, um... I'm just going to the bathroom. Be right back." Max had left the table before Alex could reply.He ran out of the school entrance and near the gates where the figure seemed to be heading. The there were normal bright green bushes around with flowers, and out in the middle was a pretty Cherry tree.  Under the Cherry tree, the strange figure appeared to be the girl.

She had her head in her hands, sitting against the Beautiful pink Cherry tree. She was crying.
"Are you ok?" Max calmly asked her.  She jumped up in shock as soon as she heard his kind voice.
"Y...you!" She realised exactly who he was. Like she remembered what happened yesterday.
"So... you were there. It's not part of my imagination!"
She looked shocked.
"So... you can see me? How! How is this possible? You must be physchic!"
"Um... are you ok? Of coarse I can see you!" She started crying again. She looked happy. She reminded him of a Rose, with her looking so innocent and beautiful. She was wearing the exact same clothes she wore yesterday. He couldn't take his eyes off this crying beauty. 
"Who are you? Why are you crying?" He asked.
"If I'm honest. I don't know anymore. It's complicated." She wipes her tears. "I'm sorry for my weird reaction and speech. But I need to know why the hell you can see me! No one should be seeing me!" She puts her head to the side, like she was annoyed with herself. " Great, now you think I'm a crazy person..."
He looked at her smiling.
"Actually, I don't. I think... your beautiful." The mysterious stranger was shocked by what he just said. It was seconds later that Max realised what he just came out of his awkward mouth. "Omg...I'm really sorry! That just spat out of my stupid mouth! Ugh!"
Her pale face suddenly was embraced by a warm blush across her cheeks, while beautiful Cherry tree leaves set the scene perfectly, as they fell on the two love birds to be.
"I...I don't know what to think, or say. I've never had anyone talk or see me before."
Max was confused. "What do you mean? Of coarse people can see you." At the end of his speech, he was interrupted by the most confusing scene he's ever had to witness. It seemed like someone had just stepped right through the girls body, and appeared a familiar bratty face. It was Vanessa. She had just walked right through the girls body, to talk to Max...