Ordinary I Wish (6)

6

It was about two thirty when my eyes saw the bright California sky. I was relieved to be back in my own body. Looking around I realized I was lying in clear sight of anyone who may have looked out the window in the past hour. Oh well I guess. There wasn’t much I could do.

I decided to walk to the local coffee shop. Knowing Mrs. Rameau she would come asking why I skipped science.

Tomorrow I would tell everyone I hadn’t been feeling good so I went home. It was half true at least.

My feet dragged on the sidewalk as I started to think about everything that I had just seen. The thoughts made me shudder so I pushed them to the side and vowed not to think about it. That of course was easier said then done.

I was soon at the small shop just a mile and a half from school. I made my way inside sitting next to an elderly couple so if a teacher happened to come by I would be invisible.

I pulled out the math homework I was given that morning so that the factorial equations and inequality problems would take my mind away from Jazmina.

No sooner had I started the twenty ninth problem then Hadley popped up. I assumed that she knew what happened already.

“So you traveled?” Yup she knew.

I looked at her and tried not to remember. “Yes I traveled and I don’t wanna talk about it.”

She wasn’t going to let it go that easily but a girl could hope. “Well I’m sorry dear but you know that I have to know where did you go? What did you see? Who did you see?”

Well not thinking about it went out the window and down the street. “Fine.” I said in a huff. “I saw Jazmina’s murder. It was horrible though this Armando guy shot her three times he was so ruthless. It scared me to watch.” I confessed when I finished.

Hadley looked a little taken aback. “You mean you saw her entire murder? How strange no one has ever witnessed entire scenes most with your gift just get flickers. I’m starting to wonder why you haven’t traveled before. Well everyone is different…” Her voice trailed to a quiet whisper I checked around me the elderly couple left but no one had noticed me talking to a wall.

I looked at my phone and realized that time had gotten away from me and some how it was 4:30. I shoved my stuff into my book bag while Hadley decided to pay attention to me again.

“ I think its time for you to go to a council meeting. Most people wait until they hit eighteen but I think you are ready for it.”

“Okay um Hadley council what you have never talked about a council before.” I would remember because she usually went on and on about until my head wanted to explode.

She stopped short haven’t “I told you, oh fiddle sticks I must have forgotten. Oh well I’m telling you now. The council is made up of twenty of the greatest spirits and guides that there are. All spirits have to meet at the quarterly meetings. Though the meetings are for us Seeing are always welcome. It helps us connect because as you know ghosts can’t always communicate with each other.”

I simply nodded my head. She finally said the one word that was mentioned when I was younger Seeing which I thought meant you could just see ghosts. Obviously that took on an additional meeting.

I left the café and headed down the main block to my house. My family lived in a one story house just two blocks south of main. As I came upon the house I heard music pulsing out of the windows. As I unlocked the door I gasped and ran to the safety of my room.

I knew it would do no good they could go through walls. I stuffed my head under my pillow and tried to block them out. I knew on some strange level that everyone in that realm would find out but still why couldn’t they just leave me alone. For once why couldn’t I be ordinary.