Secret World

Chapter 7

The next morning, I prepared myself to go to school. "Make sure to search the entire house, okay. Tell me what you saw so I can ask John. He's coming for dinner tonight." Blondie nodded. "Bye, aunt Monique!" I grabbed my lunch and rides my bike. During lunch, Debbie and her squad came sit on my table. "Well, well, well. Isn't it feels freaky around here?" Her squad laughing. It's not even funny. I just stayed calm, ignoring her annoying presence. "So how's Patrick? I heard he kissed you yesterday." I stared at her; eyes wide open. "Can you please stop being a bitch, Debbie! Stop spreading rumors about me! I only talked to him!" I've had enough with her blabbering nonsense about me. "How dare you called me a bitch, freak!" She wanted to hit me but somebody stopped her. It was Ryan! Ryan Cooper just stopped Debbie from hitting me. Gosh, can you believe that!

"She said she only talked to him, Debbie. Stop spreading bad rumors about her." Ryan said that! He protected me, me! Take that Debbie! Debbie was furious. She then proceed to leave the table. "Watch out, freak girl!" She shouted. I watched her gone; feeling satisfied. "Thanks. You saved me there." I thanked him. "Why girls are so mean. Well, I don't mean -all girls -or you." He stuttered. I smiled. This is the first time we talked. "Wow..I've never seen you smile -I mean not that I think you can't smile -sure you can -" He stuttered again. "It's okay, Ryan. I get it. Everyone thinks I'm weird anyway, they're probably scared if I smiled." I said, jokingly. "No, you're not. I think you're beautiful." My heart stopped. Is this real? Ryan Cooper just called me beautiful? "You're joking, right? No, I'm not." I just laughed. "Why did you said that. Maddy, I meant what I said. You are beautiful." Can somebody pinch me now. "I'm going to the library later, wanna come?" Our eyes met. "Oh..Su..Sure!" Flustered, I just said yes. Gosh, what am I supposed to do now? Sitting in front of Ryan at the same table for few hours? I must be crazy! He will notice that I have a crush on him for sure!
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Blondie -inside the house from murder case
I went inside the first house; it seems that nobody has lived inside the house after the murder. The house was a mess. The victim was killed by a family member. Do I have a family when I was alive? Why would they kill me? Questions playing inside my mind. I continued to wander around the house. Then I heard something; upstairs. I went towards stairs, I saw something above me; a ghost just like me; slightly older. "Who.. are you?" I asked her. "Who the hell are you? Why are you coming here?" She seemed mad. "I'm trying to find something here. Regarding the murder in this house." I answered. Then she laughed hysterically. "Oh, you want to find out about the woman who died here? Are you her friend or something?" She stared at me, kind of scary. "N-no. I'm just curious that's all -yes, that's it!" She raised her eyebrow. "Oh, whatever. That woman was killed by her husband for cheating with his friend. I have lived in this house even before they moved here; so I watched the whole thing. It was quite a show, I would say." She looked amused. "Do you remember what she'd looked like..?" I asked her for the last time. She might choke me to death if I ask more questions, -oh but I'm already dead. "Of course! Well she's not that pretty tho! Her face has changed few times from plastic surgeries, but I still remember her original face! Short black hair, her body is a bit chubby and she has been cheated on her husband from the first day they got married. I felt bad for the husband." She laughed.

It was the wrong house. I didn't felt or find anything that could spark my memories, so I proceed to go to the second house. The house was quiet. I bet no one lived here since the murder; like the first one. I entered the house. It smelled familiar. The furniture, and everything in the house arranged on their spot; seems like they have not been removed since. The house full of dust. The owner must left the house exactly as it  was. I went upstairs. The same goes to the rooms. Everything was arranged exactly on their original spot. Wait, why did I know this? I've never been to this house. Then I saw the last room; locked. I entered it easily. There were boxes; covered with white sheets. I opened it. Wait...I recognize these stuffs.. Suddenly tears running down my face. I felt...pain. I rummaged through the boxes. I found a frame; it was a picture of me.
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I haven't seen Blondie almost a week now. Where did she gone to? I know she'd be fine as she's a ghost, but I'm still worried. Blondie, where are you?

At the same time, I've been hang out with Ryan a lot lately. Surprisingly, he and I have a lot in common. We both love horror movies, the same food, the same books and even the same thoughts. He also loves my cat, Sniffy. "Do you really can see ghosts..?" He asked. Honestly, I wanted to deny it; as I scared that he might have think of me as a freak as anybody else does. But aunt Monique said; if he truly likes me, he must accept me the way I am. "Do you believe me if I said..yes?" Ugh, I can't look at his face! He might thinks I'm scary. I felt his hands holding mine. "If you said yes, then it's a yes. No means no. Simple as that, right? I believed you." I can feel butterflies in my stomach. "You're not scared of me?" My eyes locked on him. "I'd be lying if I said no. But you know what, I don't care. Because I like you, Maddy." He kissed me softly. I wanted to return his kiss, but then I saw aunt Monique peeking through the window with a smile on her face. Oh, come on! Wrong timing, Monique! I moved my face at another direction; feeling embarrassed. "You like me too, right?" My face turned red. My heart was beating so fast. He looked at me; asking for an answer. "Yes." I smiled at him. "I knew it!" He lift me up and spin me around. "Then, would you be my girlfriend?" He looked happy. "Yes!" I kissed him back.