the secret

I'm no longer in lindsey's room but in front of the school. What are you doing little missy. Lindsey turns around dropping a can of spray paint. Um nothing officer just looking for my bag in the hallway. Nice try what's with the pint then? Oh ya know thought i'd finish a project while I was here haha. Hmmm ya know graffiti is very illegal and is just as serious as breaking into a place. Even if it's just a school. Great tip officer johnson i'll just be on my way home then. Well i have to give you some sorta punishment. Please come with me ms. mcdaniels. Dammit she said and followed him to his cruiser. He puts her in the back. Alright miss i'll make you a deal and no one will ever know about your attempt to break in the school. Officer we are heading towards the lake the station is the opposite direction. I know we are going don't worry about it. We end up at the cabin. I already go inside and moments later they came in. i bet your hungry after your little break in attempt. Jake said as he went into the kitchen. Five minutes later he came out with some snacks and led linds into a bedroom. um im perfectly fine eating at a table. Don't be silly he said and sat her on the bed and turned on the tv. He turned her face towards his and kissed her. She pulled away right away. Johnson what are you doing! This doesn't feel right i wanna leave. Lindsey was on the verge of crying. Trust me beautiful girl everything will be okay. This is the only way to stay outta jail. You just have to agree to be mine for the next year. Since you're a sophomore in high school no one can know otherwise you can get in even more trouble. She nodded her head and agreed. A little while later after making her cuddle on the bed with her he started kissing her again. He was really getting into it and he said this might hurt at first but it will get better i promise. He took her innocence that night. YOU SICK BASTARD! I'll make sure you rot in hell from my grave! After cleaning up and making sure everything was the way it was when they came he took her home after changing vehicles at his house. He parked his car a few houses down from her house and gave her a copy of a key to our cabin. He took her cellphone and put his name under jay. That's what you call me when we are together. Lindsey heads her nod in response. Oh and one more thing when I text you it's time to come you come. When i say i love you you say it back. Again she nods. With that he kissed her she got out of the car with tears rolling down her face and she goes to her house. All of a sudden it goes dark for about 5 minutes. I'm back in the high school standing in front lindsey next to her locker. Justin and i are coming up behind her. Ooo who's jay i said startling her looking at her text message. She replied oh just someone I met at the basketball game last night. On the opposite town to be exact. Which you would have known if either of you would have been there. Sorry justin said i had taekwondo and i was working a double shift i said. How about we make it up to you with a date to papa tonys tonight. Sounds good how about you libbs? I'm down i said. We all hug and go our separate ways. It went dark again and tears rolled down my face. How could i have not known lindsey was lying i know that like i know the back of my hand. Now i was looking at a montage of everything lindsey was put through over the past year with jake. She tried many time to leave and every time there was a new threat that made her stay. Theres been a few times she comtemplated on suicide. Within a few minutes i was back in present time. I look at lindsey who fell asleep she had tears stained on her face. How could she not tell me above all people. Its gone on over a year and she hid this very well. To the point i wasn't able to tell something was wrong. I'm so sorry linds i love you i whispered. I used all my strength left to quickly get me home. I find my parents cuddling on the couch. They look so peaceful i wish i could physically join them. Even being 17 i love cuddling with my parents every once in awhile. I decided to go to my room instead of watching reruns on t.v. Up in my room i plopped down on my bed. I close my eyes for what seemed like five minutes. I open my eyes to see derek in my face. Have you ever heard of personal space? Ehh i figured you'd want my face being the first you seen after sleeping a full 24 hours. I went into my parents room looked on one of their phones. Derek was right i slept a whole 24 hours. I couldn't even do that when i was alive. You must have used up all of your energy. Well that was one hell of a day i needed all the sleep i could get. Well id love to hear all about it but let's go to my version of the house derek said. I found the cleanest spot in his room a reclining chair. First tell me about justin. After the station he slept all day then got ready for practice. Derek was bored with his story and wanted to hear mine. Ya know when you said meet back home i thought you'd be gone a few hours. Well like i said it's a long story. I told derek everything. He actually gasped a few times. As the days go on I feel like derek and I are getting closer in a short time. He's actually listening to me and acting more like a friend then some one who has to put up with me. It sounds to me like lindsey put you in an unknown flash back. When that happens you have to be careful you don't get sucked in a time loop. What were to happen if that happens? I ask horrified. You get stuck there until you're pulled out or your energy is completely drained and you're thrown out that takes like a month to completely recover. It could take a while though loops are pretty much energy drainers. At times the living can actually see a loop but if you are stuck in a loop of someone else they won't see you but the person who's loop it is, baut a ghost can tell the living from another ghost. Simply by their energies. Ghosts have way more energy than the living and the longer you're a ghost the quicker you heal Derek explained. I'm surprised you didn't get stuck after saving lindsey from johnson because that much strength takes years to achieve. You must have been irrate to have that much power.