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Heather jump up all sweaty from the bad nightmares she had all through the night and throw the cover cloth off her body.

It's already past seven and she know there will be lines at the bathroom by now which means she will be late to school today.

Heather walk to the bathroom hoping to have a chance to let out the waste liquid burning down her bladder. When she gets to the bathroom surprisingly, there is no Hope or Mom trying to hold the door for her.

Relief, Heather walks into the bathroom to do her business and spend as much time as she wanted unlike every normal day in her house

Heather opens her sister's closet and look at the new clothes her Mom has bought few days ago for Hope's birthday in two days time.

"I'll just borrow this" she said picking a lacey yellow top with a mini navy skirt to match. Her sister will probably never wear them, she wears hospital gown more than she has ever wear skirt.

Heather dash to her Mum's room to steal her makeup and do not have any problem since no one stops her or give her a earful on why she is too young to wear makeup.

She pick some notes from where her Dad hides his money and walk out of the house into the car driving to school without bothering to find out why she wake up alone in the house.

Heather find a parking space and park the car, she take another look in the rear-view mirror to assure herself she's pretty and prepare for her good life here in school.

She alight from the car and her gaze land on Pat getting down from her beautiful BMW car which her parents got her for her sixteen birthday today, she has literally bragged about it all week.

"Hey birthday girl"

Heather walk to her looking cheery and Pat smile at her almost jumping on her toes at the excitement of today.

"Why didn't you call to wish me like Delaney did?" Pat complain carrying newest Louis Vinton bag Heather has been dying to own.

"Sorry I slept off" Heather said and Pat rolls her eyes at her.

"Did your Mom buy you the bag?" She is force to ask as they walk to Delaney who is already at her locker.

"No my boyfriend did" she said with an air of pride.

Heather turn her face away and murmur 'lucky bitch' then put a fake smile and give a compliment on how beautiful the bag is.

"Did something happen in school?" Heather ask Delaney who is holding a lipstick seeing the looks on people's faces

"The cops found a dead body in some bushes" Delaney answers without any care.

"Hey does this fit me?" She asks pouting her lips.

"Did they say who is it?" Heather ask feeling petrify.

"Apparently he was a student here, some poor boy who eats in the storage room" Delaney replied again not bothered.

"Ice Cleo red is so not your color Delaney" Pat shake her head at the horrible choice of color and Delaney give a frustrated sigh.

Heather ignore Delaney's cry for a good choice of lipstick and her mind dwell on the cops finding out that she is the murderer.

She must have hallucinated yesterday when she thought the body was getting up she never thought she will be going to jail at just sixteen.

"What are you thinking about? We have class now"

"Maybe she's nervous about seeing Antonio” Delaney teased

Heather blush hearing his name and decide to focus on getting Antonio to notice her today, though she has been doing that for two years now and get nothing.

The cops won't be unable to trace anything to her anyways, she has clean the car and trash her blood-stained jean which she do not need to worry about but focus on Antonio her two years crush and imaginary boyfriend.

"Hi" Heather greets caressing her knuckles feeling nervous.

His Hazel eyes look at her and his round lips part in the most beautiful smile Heather has ever seen, her heart did a back flip and she forget to breathe for a moment.

"Good morning" he replies and turns back to his friends.

"You look like you're going to slum and die"

"From happiness" Heather replies drooling but snap out of it when she hear laughter.

Heather didn't realize who asked the question and answered it like a fool, she look at Antonio but he's not making jest of her like his friends are, he is sure the nicest guy ever and that's why everyone likes him.

The teacher enter the class few minutes late than the schedule time and apologize before starting the class and Heather try to focus on the board.

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Heather try to keep violin and the bow in one hand and also pack the music notes of twenty two students in the other hand, she offered to help Antonio of his many works in order to impress him in order for him to attend to other things.

Maybe she should have ask Pat and Delaney to give a hand but it is too late to ask for help in the hallway full of student minding their business——until one of them jab her from behind causing her to let go of the violin.

"..." Heather grabs the person before he could make an escape and pull him back almost cussing at him but her lips freeze seeing the face.

'Ghost!' her brain scream out what her mouth cannot and she immediately let go of her grip taking a step back as the scary eyes glare at her.

Heather's body feel numb causing the notes to also drop from her hands, the eyes in front of her even turn angrier at her stupid reaction and Heather wish something or someone could carry her away.

She finally manages to run away from him when he did not make any move to kill her and make an escape back to the classroom where she was coming from.

Heather’s chest ponders as her back rest against the door trying to see if the ghost has followed her or not.

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"I don't care if ghosts are real or not Heather, what I care about now is my birthday party"

Heather nods her head and tries to focus on their discussion about the party and get her mind off the ghost she has seen or the fact that she has two days detention.

"What do you think Heather?" Delaney asked getting smiley but Heather has no idea why or what she had just asked her.

"Erm...its good" she said dismissively and looks around again shakily.

She is not sure if it is her crazy imagination but she could feel he's watching her right now ready to pounce on her and avenge his death.

"You're not eating?"

Heather pick up the banana giving a forced smile which only make her face wrinkle, she is about taking a bite from the fruit when her eyes sight the 'ghost' walking in to the cafeteria.

The banana fall off Heather's hands as their eyes meet and he start to walk to their table, in that sudden Heather could feel heat rising in her body that is unbearable, a feeling of sheer run through her brain.

She is going to be killed by a vengeful spirit not the type of death she has imagined for herself.

"Are you okay? You are sweating" Delaney asks noticing the sweats on her forehead and Pat glance away from her phone to look at her.

"Do you guys see that ghost?" Heather is force to ask as he's just few feet away from them.

"He's not a ghost"

"That's the school outcast, Leonidas... I can't remember his surname"

Pat answer with a wave of hand not really interested in talking about him.

"What? You can see him, he's not a ghost" Heather said aloud than she intended and her friends send her displeased looks.

Heather stares at the guy standing about ten feet away and have a good look, 'could she have really mistaken him to be the guy she hit? Though it was late in the night, she had a good look at his face before backing out.

"What body did the cops find in the bushes then?" Heather questioned feeling perplexed and worried.