"Were you looking for me?''
"Ahhh, who is that?" I screamed with dread filling up my body.
"Gosh, you scream so loud"
"Who are you? What are you?Are you a ghost?" I said, walking backward. My eyes darted from one tree to another, trying to find where the male deep voice talking is coming from but there's nothing here apart from trees ,trees and leaves.
"Ghost! why will you link me to those dirty things?
A cold wind suddenly blew towards me.
"Ahhhhhh"
"Will you stop screaming? You will make me deaf"
" Bu…t ..y..ou are the one scaring the shit out of me bastard!!!" I screamed at the empty space.
" Can't you see me?"
"Of course I can't, you creep" I snapped.
"Hey, watch your mouth human, hmm but you don't smell like a human"
"What are you saying? come out" I said with all the courage I can right now but truthfully am terrified.
"You can't see me but you could hear my voice. Interesting"
"Ahhh" I screamed while holding my cheek. I swear to God that something just touched my cheek.
"Will you stop screaming? I just touched your cheek. Hmm there's this energy coming from you. "Hey little girl, are you really a human?".
"What the fuck are you saying of course am a human," I shouted while kicking the air.
Bang.
Did I just hit something right now?
"Owie, my crotch! What is wrong with you"
" I'm so sorry, sorry. I didn't know you were there" I said with concern. What if he is a petty ghost and decides to kill me, I want my mom!.
"That really hurts, for someone that can't see me yet could hurt me. It's as if something is closing your sight''
"I can't understand anything you're saying" I muttered, using my hands to search for where the voice is. I felt a hard surface but I can't think of anything that's similar to what I am touching.
"I will appreciate it, if you stop touching and fondling my chest"
"Ahhh, I am so sorry!!!" I said, awkwardly. My ears flushed red.
"You scream a lot, what is your name?"
"Why should I tell a ghost my name?" I said, staring up in the air, hoping it's his eyes I'm staring at.
"I told you to stop calling me that!".
He sounds offended, but what do you call someone you can't see if not a ghost. If my classmates- especially Vanessa - saw me now, they would have called me crazy.
None of this makes any sense. Am I about to die? Is that why I could hear and touch a ghost - because I am about to turn into one . Why !, why!!, why!!! Does everything bad always happen to me? This isn't fair.
"Hey, hey can you hear me!"
"I wish I couldn't, are you here to take my soul?" I said, sadly. I can't believe I am about to die before my 18th birthday.
" Why would I kill you, I never said I was the grim reaper"
"Then why could I hear a ghost voice?" I cried in desperation.
" I…said…to..stop…calling… me …a.. ghost!!!''
Woah he sounds furious now, I can imagine the kind of expression he has on his face right now. " Then what are you, if not a ghost?"
"Well I am a S …I got to go, my time is up"
"What do you mean your time is up, hey , hey, are you still there" I felt around me but he isn't here anymore. "Ghost ,Mr Ghost!!" He's truly gone. I better start going home, l felt around me one last time before I left.
"Mom, I am home , I will be in my room!"
" Ok honey" mom said from her work room.
My mom is a painter, so she uses one of the rooms downstairs to paint. I threw my bag on the floor and lay down on my bed. Today has been weird, strange and crazy.
"What's that?" I walked towards my dress table, a small gold colored locket was carefully kept there. I slowly opened it, mom 's beautiful smiling face was in the frame. " Mom must have gotten it for me".
"Mom I'm going nuts or am I truly a freak. If not then what could explain this". My finger tracing the figure in the frame.
I can't believe I had a conversation with something I can't see but could touch - and he said he isn't a ghost. So what is he?. He was about to tell me but then stopped after he started with S could it be -spirit?
What am I saying spirit also means ghost or was it Superman, no it's not . Then what is it, I grabbed my hair in frustration, tossing myself on the bed.
Should I tell mom? No, she will get worried thinking I have gone crazy. Or maybe I have truly gone crazy. What am I supposed to do? Who do I ask what's wrong with me?
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SELENE POV
The wind blew softly, the murmurs echoed in the hall, and different scents in the air. I heard and felt everything. It's driving me crazy. I glanced around the crowd from the stage, sweat dripping from my forehead, my skin flushed and pale.
"Selene, are you ok?" Katherine asked, gently wiping away my sweat with her sleeves.
" I'm ok"
"What's is wrong with her"
"Is she ok"
" That freak might ruin the competition"
My head hurts, every word spoken I could hear it all. I clutched my skirt tightly till my knuckles ached, my heartbeat pounding into my ears.
"Selene, I think you should withdraw from the competition"
" I can't"
"But you don't look ok"
"Kathy , the competition is starting in the next five minutes. Just go and sit down ok" I said , between heavy pants. My body felt like it's burning and my vision was blurry. What's happening to me?
"Good day ladies and gentlemen, let the debate competition of 2026 begin" said the MC.
"Who was the first president of the United States of America"
" George Washington" I said with a ragged breath.
"That's two points to St. Louis High School" shouted the MC.
"Who is known as the father of economics"
"Adam Smith"
"Correct it looks like St Louis High School is taking the cup today"
"Woahh"
"You got this Selene" Katherine shouted.
My head hurts so much, my teeth hurt badly. I gritted my teeth, my stomach twisting into knots. I looked around the room, but my mom isn't here yet. She has never been late for an event before.
"The last question to determine the school that will be carrying home this trophy "
"In which year did the King James 1 died"
"1625" I shouted, everything began to twirl around me and then everything became pitch black.
" Selene!!!"
"O my goodness "
"That kid fainted "
"Carry her quickly to the Infirmary"
" Her body is burning up"
"Quickly"