"Grim Reaper where are you?" I yelled inside my head. It seems like I can still think at the same level as I was in my 30's. It felt weird, I still had a mature mind but everything else seemed underdeveloped. My body felt numb like there was nothing to help me move it.
The furball appeared out of thin air with a huge smile on its face and he was back in its original form, not that weird human form. It just floated there not saying anything just smiling down at me. I looked at myself and it seemed I had my original body in my head while I was talking with Grim. I tapped my foot waiting for it to do something, say something but it didn't. "This is the part where you explain what you did to me," I said trying to ignore the weird fact that I was having a conversation in my head.
It laughed, "Oh, I just restarted your life that's all." It was flying around in circles looking delighted about the whole situation. I was starting to get really pissed off with how much it seemed like my own pet was toying with me. As it was flying by my face, I grabbed it tightly and started to strangle Grim.
I tightened my grip on its fluffy body and shook it side to side in anger, "And why are you saying that like it is a perfectly normal thing to do."
It somehow slipped out of my grip and its little stubs for arms rested at its hips as it swayed side to side, "Well I am the Grim Reaper so you'd expect me to do this bare minimum."
Sighing I tried to calm down and think all this through, "So, you reset my life?"
"Yes," It said resting on my shoulder as it seemed to try to catch its breath, "You know if you held me any longer, I could have been killed."
I laughed, "Well one more thing to brag about, killing the Grim Reaper sounds like an epic achievement." Grim rolled its eyes. Rubbing my temple, "Why didn't you give me a new one?"
"Oh, good point." It said.
"Wait what." I said angry "You were rushing about doing this weren't you?"
It turned the other way whistling, "No comment."
I reached my hand out and strangled the furball again, "Are you in your right mind, I didn't want to reset my life!"
"Why not?" It questioned easily pushing my hands off it.
Despite its appearance, this furball, my pet, is powerful. I looked at Grim as it was flying all around me but, in the process, bumped into my elbow. It slowly fell to the ground in defeat as it reaches out for its forehead in pain. I take it all back.
"Because..." I trailed off trying to find an excuse. It got back to eye level with me and looked at me with a serious face, "Because it betrayed you, it got so bad that you decided to take your own life. You think no one wants you or that anyone needs you."
Ouch... that hit it right where it hurts the most, "Yeah," I said lowly.
Grim landed on my shoulder as it nuzzled up to my neck and close to my ear, "But don't you want to change that, fix all your mistakes? Think about it, since your life restarted you can prevent events that could have resulted in you deciding to kill yourself. Cause we both know that you revealing your sexuality wasn't the only reason you decided to do it." My pet started to explain.
I looked up at Grim questions running through my head now, "How do you know so much about me?"
Waving its arms up and down framing its body, "Grim Reaper...remember?" Honestly, I was still questioning the fact. Out of all the horror films I've watched they never depicted the Grim Reaper as such a cute creature. I picked it up from its fur as I examined my pet more.
Nope, I would never, in a million years suspect it as the Grim Reaper but I guess I could test try something. I tossed the furball up and started to throw a punch at it with all my might with murderous intent. Grim quickly changed, the first time I've witnessed it.
Its pure white fur quickly turned into a dark red as its teeth sharpened to look like Purana teeth and its stubby arms and legs grew with long claws. Now that looks like something that could resemble the Grim Reaper, or rather their minion at least. Before I could hit it, I pulled back not injuring it and couldn't look away from the creature in front of me. "I guess it really is true," I said giggling to myself.
Grim jumped on my arm as it said with a much deeper and fearsome voice, "Never do that again."
I sighed and gave it a small chop on top of the head, "Not like you can kill me. I already wanted to die." It growled at me, but I wasn't fazed as I patted Grim and hugged it, "I'm sorry Grim for scaring you. I would never hurt my pet." Grim started to calm down as it returned to the state I knew him as, the cute white furball that is just too cute to stay mad at.
Grim nodded and disappeared and the black room started to lighten up as my eyes slowly opened. The first thing I saw my mom with her bright smile and right next to her was dad. Dad was alive again, I missed him so much all those years he wasn't right by my side. I wish he would have been there so I could tell him about my struggles for him to turn it into a joke and made me realize that most of my problems can be solved without overthinking it.
Once we made eye contact, me and dad, I cried. I cried so much. The tears wouldn't stop but my mom thought I was crying for something else. "Hey Henry look what you did you made her cry."
"No honey those are happy tears." He said a little panicked.
My mom glared at him, "Don't try to make it seem like Hazel already picked her favorite."
Dad grabbed me from mom and rocked me back and forth, my tears completely gone, replacing it with a bright smile. I raised my hands up to his face squeezing it as he made a funny face at me.
He smiled at me, "I see you like me, Hazel." He whispered so mom wouldn't hear.
"Ah" I responded.
He was shocked, "You're so smart, that's my girl." he said giving me a fist bump.
"I will show you, Hazel, that mommy is better." Mom said as I turned to her and smiled. Maybe Grim was right and all I really needed was a huge reset on my life.
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Restart: The Deal that Seemed Great
ParanormalAfter killing herself after coming out of the closet. Hazel was given a second chance to fix her life with the help of the Grim Reaper. The Grim Reaper resets her life and things seem to be going well. We also learn that Hazel coming out wasn't the...