Dead Connections

Dying isn't half as bad as most people would think.

I should know, after all, I died at seventeen in a drunk driving accident. I died the moment I was hit, so I was spared the pain.

Being dead is the bad part.

You only get a few weeks on Earth after you die. Your soul will go crazy if you don't have a body for too long. No one can see or hear you once you've died either, so the only way to escape the Earth with your soul intact is a Guide. Everyone has a pre-determined Guide, another spirit that has already moved on that you have a telepathic connection to. After you've been Guided, you Guide another off the Earth.

I could immediately hear my Guide's voice. And I found him, but he wasn't what he should be.

He was completely inexperienced.

The least helpful person I've ever met.

He was still alive.