TheNameIsAlice
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- Parts 11
"Listen, if I get possessed, at least let it be by someone tall and emotionally unavailable."
Elara Sturniolo just turned 20, runs a YouTube channel called Ghostly Curious, and has a reputation for chasing ghosts in crop tops and eyeliner sharp enough to cut through demonic tension. She's hot, haunted, and a little too comfortable flirting with spirits.
When Sam and Colby invite her to collab at the Stanley Hotel, she packs her spirit box, her sarcasm, and her serious good looks- to meet with four boys who are even more sarcastic than she is and maybe just a tad bit hotter too-who are we kidding that's not true.
"Are you always like this?"
"Unapologetically? Yes."
She's never worked with a group this chaotic:
Jake touches cursed objects.
Corey screams before the ghosts do.
Sam asks the ghosts how they're feeling.
And Colby? Colby watches her like he's trying to figure her out-and Elara hates how much she wants him to.
"You flirting with the spirit again?"
"He called me pretty through the EMF, Colby. Let me have this."
"Seriously, how do you stay so calm when the ghost stuff goes sideways?"
Elara shrugs, "Because freaking out ruins the eyeliner. Priorities, Colby."
"Do you think ghosts judge your outfit?"
"Only if they're ugly."
"And the spirit box?"
Elara taps it with a grin. "My favorite way to ghost-flirt. It's like sending a text, but spookier."
"Why do you even do this?" Corey asked, voice cracking after a shriek echoed down the hallway.
Elara smirked. "Because hot girls get haunted. It's the price we pay."
Colby leaned closer, voice low. "You're impossible to read. How much of this is you, and how much is the act?"
Elara grinned, eyes flashing. "Honey, I'm always the act. The ghosts just keep the show interesting."
and the show was just starting.
(Colby Brock x Oc)