Chapter 28
✾Zak✾
I followed Vera down and she looked a little upset when she saw that her mother made dinner. Maybe she had something in mind and she wanted to cook dinner. Her parents were talking and smiling. I don’t think that I’ve seen Vera’s mom look so happy. It was nice that they seemed to be having a good time and that he was back home. How long was he going to be home though was the question? Hopefully he didn’t have to go back. But I think he would have said something to his family if he was done. By the tone that he used with Vera it sounded like he wasn’t done.
I decided to go up to the roof and relax a bit. It was the beginning of April. The Cherry blossoms were going to start blooming soon. I was excited to be able to sit in the tree with Vera. If she didn’t want to get up to the higher branch, I was fine sitting on the lower one. And I was going to actually go back to the school. It will be my first time back since I was alive. I was excited and nervous at the same time. How much has the school changed since back then? Has it changed at all? I was just always so nervous about leaving the house other then going for a “walk” in the woods and go to the graveyard. Which I haven’t done in years now that I think about it. Maybe one of these days while Vera’s at school I’ll go visit the graveyard.
“School tomorrow then a walk to the graveyard the day after or something like that.” I said to myself tapping my fist into my open palm. I needed to get out more anyways. I’ve been in the house for years.
When the sun went completely down and all the stars were out I went back into the house and out of habit floated into my old room that was now Vera’s room. My glasses instantly fogged up when I saw that she was standing with her back to me in just her bra and panties. I have really terrible timing. I took off my glasses to clean them and she must not have noticed that I came in and she reached behind her and unclasped her bra. I instantly flew out of the room like there was no tomorrow and leaned against the wall taking in deep breaths.
I didn’t actually need my glasses. I could see just fine. Well now that I was dead. It just felt strange without them on my face. But right now I was clutching them in my hand as I tried to calm myself down from what I just watched. “What are you doing?” I quickly turned my head to see Vera looking at me as she held her towel up with one hand and had her other on her hip as she looked at me.
I quickly pushed off the wall and waved my hands in front of myself. “I-It’s nothing. I’m just being a dork is all.” I laughed sheepishly and scratched the back of my head with my free hand. “Y-you know like a spy on a mission.” I joked.
“Mhm…I’m going to take a shower.” She said and then walked down the hall and went into the bathroom. I didn’t move from my spot till I heard the door to the bathroom click and I sank down to the ground.
“I will never tell her about this…ever…” I muttered to myself as I finally put my glasses back on and pushed them up.
Everything else went smooth for the rest of the night and even though Vera said that she was nervous she slept like a rock. It took me putting a hand on her foot that was sticking out of the covers to get her to wake up because she was sleeping through her alarm.
She complained that he foot was cold and gave me a glare or two as I told her she shouldn’t sleep with her foot out like that. I left the room so she could get dressed. After she was ready to go she said good bye to her parents, made sure she had everything she needed and then left.
“If you didn’t sleep through your alarm you wouldn’t have to run.” I commented as I flew next to her.
“Haha very funny. I was in the middle of a good dream and didn’t want to get up.” She mentioned. The school was only about a mile away from the house. But the house was on a dead end road so it was kind of secluded from the rest of the town. It was all down hill though so it help Vera with running.
“Hey it’s down hill.” I commented as she rounded into the parking lot of the school. I could see little beads of sweat on her forehead.
She was huffing a little out of breath as she slowed down to a walk when she got to the door. “Just the way I wanted to start off my first day back to school.” She muttered a bit flustered. I kept hidden but stayed close to Vera as she made her way through the halls.
“Everything will be alright.” I said trying to be a bit more up beat for her.
She went to the office and then she had to go to student services and get her schedule and her locker number. I practically laughed but held my hands over my mouth muffling my laugh when she got the locker right next to my old one. And by the looks of it no has my old locker. Though the lockers are new so technically my locker is no longer there but the numbers are the older numbers for the lockers so it still counts.
I lightly poked her cheek to let her know that I was still there with her just incase she was worried. It was like the whole school had been revamped. It seemed really clean and crisp now, but there were still the old class senior paintings were on the walls. Even the one from my class year. I was supposed to do it. I know that I had gotten the sketch confirmed and left it in the art room. I smiled a bit when I saw it and it was the sketch I made that made it onto the wall. I wasn’t the only good artist in my class so it turned out really well. When I pulled my eyes away from it I looked around and Vera was gone. “um…” I muttered to myself and looked around.
“I’m sure I’ll find her the school isn’t that big.” I said to myself and started wandering the halls. I rounded the gym after poking in there to not find Vera. What made me stop from my search was the trophy case that was still on display in the senior hall way. I didn’t notice it when Vera and I got here. It was much larger now. Twice the size from when I was in high school.
A part of it was dedicated to me. The bell ding that ended class was in the background and the sound of students coming out of their classes and into the hall. I didn’t know if I was hiding and to be honest I didn’t really care at the moment. Most kids today don’t believe in ghosts so I should be just fine.
