Ghost

Pt. 1

I wake to hear Kier and Laurence banging on the Bathroom door.

How long was I in here? Ow my head hurts.

"Seriously Luke, wake up!" Kier shouts.

"Open the door, Pilnahn."

I sit up wearily, ignoring the sudden pain in my head.

Soon they both get to smashing the door down.

"Calm down. Can't a guy with a hangover have some kind of privacy." I whine. They completely ignore me and the door breaks and Laurence storms in.

"Damn it." Laurence mutters after looking around the room. "Seriously?"

I'm about to answer but he leaves the room, calling my name.

What the hell?

Kier quickly enters and looks around just as confused.

"Kier, what the hell's-" I start to be interrupted by him shouting.

"Laurence!" Laurence's head appears around the door. "Do you think he climbed out the window?"

"What are you on about? I'm right-"

"Typical." Laurence mutters. "I'm gonna kill him."

Typical? Kill me. What the hell is going on?

"I'll call him. He never leaves his phone." Kier suggests, taking out his phone.

"What are you both playing at? I'm right here!" I almost shout at them, they seem completely unaffected.

Soon I hear my phone going off, Laurence and Kier share a worried look before scuttling over to the window and looking out of it. Kier immediately covers his mouth until he's reached the toilet and throws up. Laurence is just staring at whatever's outside.

"W-we should call an ambulance." Laurence manages slowly, his eyes fixated on whatever's out the window. "Or m-maybe the police."

"Let me see." I mumble, knowing that for some reason they're all ignoring me. I'm surprised when I try to rest a hand on Laurence's shoulder to move him out the way that I don't feel anything but everything starts making sense when I see what they've seen.

"Hang on a sec, what is that?" I say, forgetting that I'm not going to receive an answer.

"What's going on?" Shane asks, appearing at the door and looking inside to see us, apart from his eyes never even flicker to me.

It's like I'm not even here - but I'm out there - WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?

"Looks like someone partied hard." Drew sniggers seeing Kier still throwing up.

"D-Drew... Sh-Shane... come take a look at this." Laurence manages, his voice shaky and I notice he has tears in his eyes.

Drew instantly heads over, completely unsuspecting while Shane treads cautiously towards the window.

"What's up?" Drew asks before he sees what Laurence is still staring at. "JESUS!" He yells, instantly recoiling from the window. This makes Shane stop.

"Wh-what's out there?" Shane stutters fearfully having observed everyone's reactions.

I'm speechless and just watch all of them in horror as Laurence answers.

"It's Luke... He's dead."

I'm about to shout a "But I'm right here" but I stop when Shane runs to the window to see for himself, he runs straight through me. His warmth feels distant but he shivers and stops, still partly standing through me. I step to the side, feeling uncomfortable having him prove that I'm no longer there.