The SpammerCakes

The Starving Ghost

As I enter the train station I feel less threatened by the outdoor showers and lower my hood leaving my space buns in a complete and utter mess.  I look behind myself: Wh-Where's mom? "Moom?" I call looking over my shoulder.  I lean against the wall and take a seat on the cold tile floor, looking up at the times for departure.  We have 52 minutes.  I take my fluffy panda bag off of my shoulders and remove the waterproof cover so that I can get to my phone.  29 missed calls? Jullianna, oh Jullianna!  People keep stepping on my feet but don't notice me. My light blue rain boots are kind of squished against the floor, that reminds me of my time in England. They should be asleep, I bet Kim and Tim aren't though. Sam and Celena are asleep, no doubt.  My hands start shaking as I go to text mom, "where u at".  It says she has seen it but she hasn't replied.  I sit and wait.  I look around the station and see multiple food places, they all smell really good.  My stomach growls as I realise I haven't eaten in 5 days.  Well oops.  I decide to phone Jullianna back as I'm lonely.  10 minutes pass and mom hasn't responded to my message so I phone her.  No answer.  I wanna swear aloud right now but there are kids here...  I phone mum 5 more times before she picks up on the 6th.  She says to go on without her.  I have 40 minutes left.  Darnit - woah I sound like Tara, Dahm southerners!

I need to eat but then I'll be late.  40 minutes.  39 minutes.  My stomach growls increase in volume every minute.  I need to eat.  I need to get through security.  I'm going to miss my train...  I can feel my head spinning - literally.  I shake my head to stop the spinning yet I do feel a little light-headed.  I need to get off the ground!  But if I do the dizziness will increase, and if I don't the same will happen.  Quite a problem.  I slowly tilt my head up to look at the mobs of people getting to their trains.  Happy families, groups of friends, I saw a school class walk past and happy individuals.  Stuff I have never been and stuff I have lost.  It's kind of depressing. Well, I should ask someone for-- No.  They won't hear me.  Nobody does.  Do I even exist?  I may be a part of mom and Jullianna's imagination.  Do I even have to worry about security?  Nobody ever sees me.  36 minutes.  35 minutes.  34 minutes.  33 minutes.  I need to move.  I need to get to my train.  I'll eat in Beijing.

I stand up allowing my boots to retake their original shape.  My head hurts so I lean against the wall for a bit.  30 minutes.  I need to leave.  I need to get to my train.  I slowly use my hands to physically push myself off of the wall.  After I started "walking" I felt the hunger increase but started to feel my feet again, which is a mix of good and bad I guess.  I stumble towards the security area, where they scan you for metals and stuff.  Do I still count as a child?  Will they even see me?  I'm still confused.  People would always talk to Jullianna, but never me.  I am sure they won't notice me.  Never have.  Never will.  The only people who can see me are mum, dad, sis and... them lot!!  They are all crazy!  Kim and Tim (maybe Sam too) can see ghosts, Sakura can sense the movement of molecules - they're crazy!  

I arrive at security and nobody noticed me.  26 minutes.  25 minutes.  24 minutes.  "Hello?" I call out as people bash against my shoulders and stomp on my feet.  I give up and just casually power walk past security.  Nobody noticed me.  I sigh as my stomach starts growling again.  I can't even...  I have so many questions.  Do I exist?  Where is mom?  Did she leave me on purpose?  Does she believe I exist?  Does Jullianna actually want to talk to me?  Dad said he'd be at the station to pick me up, will he though?  Would he send his boyfriend instead?  Does he even remember me?  20 minutes.  19 minutes.  I need to run.  Yet if I run I might puke... Well, shi--sugar!

I start rushing toward the platform, platform 10, I haven't even got to platform one.  18 minutes.  I start running and the lightheaded feeling returns.  17 minutes.  16 minutes.  15 minutes.  Platform 2.  14 minutes.  Platform 3.  I can't... Run... Anymore...  13 minutes.  I must... run...  I start speeding up again.  12 minutes.  11 minutes.  10 minutes.  Platform 5.  9 minutes.  8 minutes.  Platform 4.  I'm not... gonna... make it...  7 minutes.  6 minutes.  5 minutes.  As I run my buns fall down causing my hair to get in my eyes covering my whole face.  4 minutes.  Platform 6.  3 minutes.  2 minutes.  Platform 9... 1 minute - "PLATFORM 10!!" I literally scream as I skid onto the platform.  

I jump onto the train and climb into my reserved seat.  My head is spinning, my stomach is churning, but my happy adrenaline is through the roof.  Why am I even here? Do I exist?  Am I imaginary?  Is it a curse?  I used to be like sis - popular, liked, visible.  What made me disappear?  Was it when sis left?  Yeah.  It was.  But why?  Why have I become non-existent?  Maybe kids just grew out of me?  It is said kids see ghosts better than older people.  I remember how I disappeared if that truly was the trigger anyway.

"Mommy, Daddy! I brought a friend home from school!" I had exclaimed "Oh, wow. I'll make some tea for you three then." mom had chuckled.  "Three?" My friend questioned. "Jullianna is here too." mom said through her giggles. "Sissy?" I had called excited, she was normally at drama club.  My friend was shocked, "You have a sister??" she freaked.  "Yep, I do." I had casually replied with.  "We're twins," I added.  I then heard a loud rustling outside so my friend and I went to check it out.  There was something in the bushes.  An animal?  Nope.  Mythical creature?  Nope.  Neither.  It was my dad and... him!  I didn't like him,  I still don't.  Dad's boyfriend Jerry.  Nasty, rude, potty-mouthed Jerry.  I literally screamed seeing them making out in a bush.  Mum rushed out and after a while decided to get a divorce.  2 weeks later he moved in with Jerry.  Then he came to our house, picked up Jullianna, and moved to Beijing.  Every time I go there he gives me the creeps.  Stroking his moustache, fiddling with sharp objects, getting in moms face and calling her "hot" and asking if her "daddy is Satan".  Satan has 3 kids and mom is not one of them.  He creeps me out.  He always wears masks and is always in full black, calls it a fashion statement.  I don't trust him.  But, I'm just being spoilt.

Well, I guess I'll take a nap and wake up in Beijing.

Thanks for reading this.  If you have gotten this far I thank you.  This is my first proper story on wattpad, but sadly this was actually my English work.  We had to write about "A Journey" and had no other prompts.  Yet, that one prompt created this.  In my English book, this took 5 pages.  My teacher's comments were that she liked my use of time but I needed more descriptive features.  Sadly, my story was so long she hasn't read all of it.  Yes, I typed this out word for word (other than correcting grammar and using better words).  If you would like to see more by me please do comment on an event idea, because give me one little thing to go off of I can make a story.  You leave me to my own imagination I'll get a sentence and quit because the amount I have to write is overwhelming.  I'm hoping one day I can have enough short stories to show off all of my OCs, there are about 30 of them... So yeah, hope you enjoyed and I am excited to see you around.