Before and After

Chapter 4 "It's a Sister Thing"

"Ciara...?" I whispered into the cold night air. "Jamiee? Where are you?" I heard Ciara reply. "I'm here sissy! I'm right here!" I yelled as loud as I could.

Ciara's the only person I've ever been able to somewhat connect with. And I don't know how. It's as if we could hear each other but never got so close to where we could see each other.

A while after I left the cellar and entered this new place I heard her voice-calling for me and questioning me. I tried so hard to reply back and get her to hear me and find me but it never worked. Our communication would always some how disconnect and I'd be left alone;again.

But this time it was different. I seen a shadow in a distance and not knowing what to do or say I said the first thing that came to my mind:Ciara.

Unlike all the other times when I tried to call out to her, she was actually able to hear me and reply back. Joy instantly filled my heart as I waited for the moment for Ciara to come save me.

"Tell me exactly where are are! I can't see anything." I heard Ciara's voice say to me. Immediately I began to look around my surroundings to see if there was anything I could point out to her. The Oak Tree.

"I'm by a big Oak Tree! Can you see it??" I yelled back in excitement. Instantly Ciara replied back with a 'yes' and I could see the shadow approaching me. FINALLY IM FREE!

"Jamiee?" Ciara asked while rubbing her hand against my cheek softly. "Yes Ciara. It's me." I replied smiling from ear to ear.

Without hesitation we gripped each other into the tightest hug possible. "I missed you so much! I knew you weren't dead I just knew it!" Ciara said while holding me. Dead? My family thought I was dead?

"Ciara. Y'all thought I was dead?" I asked questioningly."I didn't. But mom and dad did." "What about Aiden? He doesn't think I'm dead does he?" "I don't know Jamiee, it's hard to tell. He doesn't speak to anyone anymore."

I looked up at my big sister and let the words that were coming out of her mouth sink into my brain. Dead...? I couldn't be.

"Ciara?" I asked trying not to sound nervous. "Yeah? What's wrong Jamiee?" "How are you able to see and talk to me but mom, dad, and Aiden can't?" "I-I don't know...Mom and dad think I'm crazy because I keep telling them that you're alive. They even put me in a physiological hospital for teens."

The once enthusiastic voice that I heard from Ciara when she first seen me had now changed into concern. I could tell she was getting worried and I didn't want her to; but I couldn't do anything about it.

"Sissy, you have to do me a favor!" I half yelled at Ciara. "Anything." she responded. "You have to figure out what happened to me and take me to mom and dad. Soon."

"What you mean what happened to you? You're alive! Im physically talking and speaking to you!" Ciara said trying to hold back tears. "Ciara... Im not saying that mom and dad are right but...." And at that moment Ciara disappeared like a ghost in thin air.

Please find out what happened to me Ciara.... Please.