Haunted By Love

‘’You… You really see her?’’ Zayn whispered, petrified.

I nodded. The little girl stood in the corner of my room, tears streaming down her chubby cheeks.

‘’Come here. Don’t be afraid.’’ I said, giving her a comfort smile.

‘’Can you see me?’’ Her quiet voice finally spoke.

I nodded again and she looked at Zayn.

‘’I’m the only one.’’ I answered her invisible question. ‘’But… Do you want him to know you’re here?’’

She put her foot in front of her, not sure if she’s making the right decision. She looked again over us and agreed.

I stood up slowly, making sure I wasn’t scaring her. ‘’Close your eyes and concentrate on you, on your hair, your skin, your dress, everything.’’

She did what I said.

‘’Now, imagine you are truly here. Feel the warmth of the room. Let it engulf you. Your fingers no longer transmit cold. You can now sense the citrus and chocolate floating in the air.’’

She took a deep breath, trying to scent the odor. Since she’s a ghost, she can’t smell, has no touch and no taste. The only thing she feels and gives is cold, frozen loneliness.

You must ask yourself why I know all that stuff. Since I’m 15 years old, I can interact with the ‘other side’. Now, you must think I’m a crazy psychic girl.

You might be right.

I lost both of my parents two years ago, when our house burnt during the night. We were all sleeping when the fire started and the fire alarm did not go on. If my brother hadn’t woke up, we would have died.

It’s in the hospital that everything began. A nurse was taking care of my burnt arms when I realised they were there, in the middle of the corridor, holding each other. They were alive! Liam, my brother, was behind them, his head down. He was about to bump into my dad. He continued walking and passed right through my dad. I screamed in horror. ‘What are you doing?! Don’t you see mom and dad? Liam!’ He looked at me, his eyes watered and his lips trembling. His broken voice when he spoke still played in my head:

‘’No, Enda: they died.’’

Since then, I’ve seen hundreds and hundreds of ‘lost spirits’. Well, I called them like that because I ‘helped’ them to find the light, to go where they belong; because they don’t here. Earth is where living people are. Not the dead ones.

I was really afraid at first. Why was I the only one seeing them? Why were they coming to me? I never asked for them. And I didn’t understand where I had a part to play in it.
After I figured it out by myself plus some informations from the spirits, I concluded that I had to help them find their way up to Raj, or let them sink and burn down in Had, aka Heaven and Hell.

Sure, no one believed me. I passed from the ordinary girl who tragically lost her parents to the crazy girl proclaiming to be a witch. Even Liam thought that way. Who wouldn’t anyway? The only person who stood by me was my best friend, Zayn.

Well, I could say my Granny too. She wasn’t complaining about me, or saying I was schizophrenic. But, she wasn’t saying I was right, that I really did see things. She was neutral: she just didn’t care at all.
By helping the lost souls to find their way out, I gained sort of abilities. Now, I was capable to have a telepathic conversation with them. That was a huge benefit: yes, I was still receiving odd looks when I was passing, because people knew who I was, not because I was having a conversation by myself.

So, this is what I’ve been doing for the past 2 years, helping in a strange way.
Recently, I was able to make them visible to the others, but for a short amount of time. That’s what I was trying to do.

‘’When you are ready, open your eyes and say in your head ‘I’m here’.’’ I instructed to the little girl.

By this time, Zayn was beside me. He was staring where the girl stood, but he couldn’t see her.

Yet.

‘’I’m ready.’’ She huffed silently.

I closed my eyes shut, connecting my soul to hers.

‘’I’m here.’’

It echoed in all of my body, filling me with her shaking voice.

Soon, I heard Zayn gasped and stepping back.

Notes

This is it.
My second fic! yeah, this is the one where I found the idea in a strange way xD

Hope you like it! I really do!
It's not the same thing as 'Part of You'. This one will be more... ghost!
xD
hope you like it :)