Letter’s To The
Loved
Chapter Two - Part One: Letter to
Kate
I had been
floating next to Kate for an hour just watching as she cried;
it’d made me feel utterly helpless. I tried to hug her or pat
her on the back but my hand just swept right through her as if I
wasn’t there. I just continued to float there helplessly,
like always.
Luckily, the doorbell rang and
Kate quickly wiped her tears and walked to the door. On the other
side of the door stood a tall, dark, and hideous police man. And
hideous doesn’t even begin to describe him. Sure he’s
tall, and tan, but let’s just say he looked like a warty
lizard on steroids.
Kate cleared her throat, “Uh, how may I help you
officer?”
The big lizard man spoke in a raspy voice, “Chief told
me to bring you this.” He pulled a light purple envelope from
the folder he had under his arm. Kate’s eyes widened at the
sight, and her eyes began to water. She slowly and shakily reached
out for the envelope.
“Th-thank you, officer. Have a nice day,” Kate
said trying to be calm. The lizard man nodded and walked – or
waddled – back to his squad car as Kate closed the door. We
both stared at the purple envelope with her name scrawled across it
messily. The tears poured out her eyes, and then she raced up the
winding stairs of the houseto her room. And like I was glued to her
side, my ghostly spirit raced after her.
***
When I caught up to her in her bedroom, it was like a flash
flood of memories. Kate’s green walls were plastered with
photos of everything I was never included in. I was only in, like,
one of them, and that was only when Kate and I went to Six Flags
together. It was just two summers ago, back at the end of eighth
grade. We just got off Scream, where we screamed very loudly, and
we ran into Tweety Bird and Scooby-Doo. Being the fourteen year
olds that we were, we just had to get a photo with them
and we did. We had huge smiles on our faces and the sun was shining
behind us. My brown hair was tasseled and my green eyes were
shining. Kate’s black-brown hair was perfectly wavy and her
brown eyes were staring intently at the camera. We may have been
smiling, but I’m not sure her smile was real. But all in all,
it was a fun day, and I miss that. But nothing will change the fact
that my five best friends, never wanted to hang out with me. Kate,
Ashley, Kylie, Lynn, and Lisa basically hated me. Or it seemed like
it. But that’s not the point. The point is, Kate made it look
like she wet her bed with the amount of tears she’s
crying.
I tried to sit next to her, but, of course, I just sunk
through the bed. So I just floated in the middle of the room and
looked at the photos on the wall. They were all of Kate, Lisa,
Kylie, Ashley, and Lynn. The girls at a lake. The girls at a park.
The girls in the mall. The girls laughing. The girls smiling. The
girls with guys. And it kills when you know you weren’t a
part of any of that. It did kill to know I wasn’t a
part of that. I nearly jumped out of my ghostly glow when Kate
yelled at the envelope in her hands. “Why Lorelai! Why? I
know we were never the greatest friends, but you never seemed to
wanna leave your house. We just didn’t bother…”
The tears kept streaming down her face, and watching that without
doing anything was hard. Even if they didn’t care much for
me, I still cared about them. “Just tell me.” She
repeatedly whined.
“Oh my god! Just read the freaking letter
already!” Why I shouted is beyond me. I’m a ghost for
Christ’s sake; I can’t be heard…or seen.
I’m an observer. But Kate seemed to obey as if she heard me.
She opened the envelope seal and pulled out the crisp white paper.
I looked over her shoulder and we began to read:
**To Be Continued**
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