There (Haunted)

Chapter fifty-three

Slowly the ghost takes a step forward and I feel like i'm not in the Café's bathroom anymore and that i'm in a freezing cold forest. That I will stumble over a log and freeze to death because something is killing me inside, something I cannot explain but I know it hurts. But that something is the ghosts.

They're killing me inside and to be honest there is nothing that I can do to prevent it!

But maybe thats the reason all the people protecting the ghosts die so young because its not the bad ghost that kill us its the good ones and they're feeding from us. From me. They caused the tumour.

But I don't have it.

So why aren't they killing me?

I still feel like i'm in a dark forest alone, but i'm not alone, I get that feeling that a hundred glowing eyes stare hungrily on me. Their eyes feasting on me. I feel the tall dark trees growing up next to me, they grow so high that when I look up all I can see is darkness. And stars.

But they're not normal small stars that are thousands and thousands of miles away, these stars fly towards me, the black darkness of the tress following them.

The stars swoop down one by one and hit me, sharp pains hits me and I clench my teeth. I lift my arm up to shield my body and face so they can't hit me as much. But they just come faster and faster until one of them stops just before my skin.

Slowly I look up to see what looks like a water fall of stars pouring from the darkness and if they fall they will all fall onto me. Now that has got to hurt.

I look around. The bathroom has turned into a normal forest but its still dark and I know its not dark outside.

Just then a see a shadowy figure. He stands directly opposite me. He stands the staring, his face tilted. But within a split second he comes face to face with me. Our noses literally a millimetre appart.

My heart begins to beat faster and faster but I laugh. I'm not that scared after all. So my heart slows down.

I look into his eyes, his blue eyes. Full of once happiness but now pain. I take a step back so I can see all his face. Bashed up and bruised. His cheek torn and grazed where he's hit the ground at a sudden force, it really looks like someone wanted to kill him. But why is he here? Why is he inside my head and changing things, because thats what he's doing, trying to scare me, trying to mess up my brain, trying to prove a point, trying to steer me away from something, but what?

Wait a minute- from finding Rose! He's not so bad after all! He trying to protect me, trying to stop me from going after Rose! He's helping me. He's letting me live.

Suddenly i'm back into reality the trees start to fall down and it goes light again, the stars disappear and i'm back in the grey girls bathroom. Facing him.

He made a point. But i'm not going to listen. I'm still going after her!

Just then. He lets out a loud roar and I turn to run. Why won't he just leave me alone now?

I dash out of the bathroom not looking behind me but hoping he doesn't follow me but to my luck, he hasn't. Not yet anyway.

Finally I get outside and head towards the table but i'm still running.

Harry stares at me, his eye brow narrowed and Marshall is grabbing something from the floor.

Suddenly Harrys eyes go wide as he's noticed something in front of me and when I look my legs fly upwards and i'm lying on my back looking up towards thats ghost.

What the hell does he want?

"I thought you figured it out completly?!" He yells at me.

I know he's completely visible because Harry eyes are wide as tennis balls. But I doubt he can hear him.

But figured what out?

"That you shouldn't go after Rose." He says.

What? I did figure it out, that he was trying to stop me from going after Rose- oh. But I didn't listen. I said I would still go after her and of course, he can read my mind.

Maybe I shouldn't then if it means him constantly trailing behind me trying to stop me.

'Fine, I won't then.' I say through my mind because the last thing I want it Marshall looking up and seeing everything.

The sides of his mouth tug up a little and just like that, he disappears.

If by magic like the world has been on pause for the past minute and someone had just pressed play Marshall sits up, the café owner and barista walk back in from the store room and a family walk in.

"Rebecca, what are you doing on the floor?" Marshall shouts over from the table.

"Oh, I slipped." I lie as I push myself up.

I begin to walk over to the table and William appears next to me and starts to walk with me.

Luckily Marshall gets up and heads towards the toilet, luckily Harry won't mind if I talk to thing air.

"Where have you been?" I ask William.

"Becca, who are you talking to?" Harry exclaims.

"William." I reply.

"Huh?"

"William's my ghost follower."

"Oh okay, where is he then?"

I point to where William is and my finger goes straight through his head, it actually looks pretty cool but freaky at the same time!

"Hey! Watch it! Thats my head!" William laughs.

***

I swing back and forth on the swing in the park next to the café. Harry and Marshall are still in there, but I needed to talk to William and fortunately the park is deserted.

William stands in fort of me and as the swing gets higher my legs go through Williams body. I laugh every time they do.

"So where have you been?" I ask him.

"Busy. I had to do things. You'll find out very soon." He tells me.

"Why can't you tell me now?" I whine.

"Because you will find out very soon." He crosses his arms.

"But you don't know if it will be soon."

"Yes I do."

"How?"

"Because its the future Becs. I control your future!"

"What?" I let the swing slow down.

"What ever you do I add the obstacles in your way. I've done it all your life. Thats the reason why Ben wanted to have his final words to you. I put that thought in his head so he could tell you that."

"M-my whole life?"

"Yes. Even when you were younger, you used to see ghosts, only when you were a toddler because most ghost do choose to see some toddlers but it was destined for you to see them the rest of your life."

"Shut up! I don't want to hear any more of that." My voice goes weak and I can't look at him. "So who was that ghost?"

"Danny. Daniel Parker. He was the victim that Rose's brother and dad killed. Can you remember her telling you that?" I nod but he continues. "Rose's brother hit him and he bashed his head on the ground causing him to die."

"But he looked like a car run him over."

"I made him look like that. So you could think that, I knew you would. Remember some ghosts change, like Aaron dried himself, he drowned, he doesn't look dead. And nor does Rose. You thought you saw Harry in the forest when it was really Charles. Remember?"

I nod again.

It all makes sense.