CHAR ✔️

TEN :: CAN WE?

Char's POV

I held my breath as his fingers curled in my hair.

"You look more beautiful when you're not in your ghost form" He grinned harmlessly and I frowned.

Now, ghosts have two forms, everyone knows that. The first is the appearance of how they looked when they died;mainly to scare or jolt someone into finding out more about their death especially when it's murder and the second is whichever way they liked. We could choose to be more beautiful and collected or choose to stay the way we looked before dying.

"How are you back?!" I questioned,still baffled.

"You mean, WHY am I back? Well, I thought my family needed a proper goodbye, don't you think? After YOU murdered me!"

"Oh you're one to talk!" I fired back immediately and he took a closer step to me, forcing me to back up.

"I did what I did to you because I was scared... You know I would never hurt you on purpose" He crooned softly,his eyes boring into mine.

"Still you... You tethered me to the house and...." I was cut off by a sigh from Summer.

I dropped to my knees and cradled her face in my palms.

"Why isn't she waking up?" I yelled at him and he ran a hand through his hair.

"She's zoned out... She'll come back"

"You mean you're using her body? She embodies you now.?!" I cried.

He sighed and I flew at him.

"You can't!... You'll kill her." I rained punch after punch on him.

It was enough that I was tethered to her and sharing in her soul but Bernard?! Heck No!

He parried my blows and shoved me up against his chest, our faces barely inches apart as I struggled endlessly to free myself.

"I came back for you" He said quietly and I went still.

His face creased slightly and he blinked back tears.

"I loved you Charlotte... I wasn't aware you were still sane.. I thought ghosts lose their rationality and kill everyone involved in their death. I'm sorry Char. I'm so sorry" He pressed his forehead to mine and tears trickled down my cheeks.

"We had a great thing going on and I ruined it." His voice broke and we both cried in each other's arms.

Remembering Summer, I pushed away from him and looked at her.

"Wake her up"

"Even if it means I have to leave?" He asked and I nodded slowly.

Seeing Mark and Summer all the time has always made me feel out of place. Summer had him and maybe someday, she'd need him more and I'd have no one.

Bernard was the only one I'd ever been real friends with and we were really close. Feelings had grown into it but I had tried my best to keep it at bay.

"I'll come back when I regenerate..." He said in a low voice and I continued looking fixedly at Summer.

"Do you want me to?" He asked and I tensed.

"Char"

I stifled a yell of Yes!

Of fucking course!!

"I'd only come back if I have a reason to" He added and I nodded.

"Can we?" He asked and I looked at him. My head was banging hard, not as hard as my heart though.