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In The Morning...

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In The Morning....

Okay this is just an original short and dumb story I wrote in under an hour, that I titled "In the Morning" It is a romantic little story, I would like to say that while writing stories I like to either come up with my own names or use really uncommon names, in this case I made both the names up, also I drew that picture on my computer and im not really good with computer art XD please read it it would make me really happy if you did, and I'd like to hear your opinions, Thank you :D

Arek a young boys whose name meant 'great personality' was tending to his garden on a hot summer day, slowly dehydrating and burning he passed out from heat stroke. For hours his unconscious body laid in the yard burning some more, before a younger girl who had been watching for a while decided to take action and drag his body into his own air conditioned home.

After hours of fanning the young boy he eventually woke up from his stroke to see her unfamiliar face staring down at him
"Who are you" he panicked pushing her away.
"I'm dead" she replied bluntly.
"What? How? And I said who meaning I want your identity" he blurted.
"My name is Lish" the girl smiled "I died on my 15th birthday, I don't remember how though since my death I have been stuck on earth with none of my human memories, only a select few can see me, and you're one, so I'd like to stay with you for a bit to make me feel human if that's okay with you" Lish finished explaining herself to the amusement of Arek.
"What do I get out of it?" He questioned slightly warming up to the strange girl.
"I can tell the future, so if you'd like I could tell you how your next day will go every time before you go to sleep" she smiled reassuringly. Arek didn't believe this but nevertheless he let the mysterious girl stay with him.

Lish set up a sleeping bag right beside Arek's actual bed.
"Your morning will be full of pain due to the horrible sunburn you obtained." She predicted
And the next day exactly as she had predicted Arek woke up stinging from a terrible sunburn all over where the sun had shone on him the previous day.
"Told you" Lish laughed "next time stay hydrated while gardening"
"Anyone could have predicted that" he mumbled back.

Arek went to school despite his terrible sunburn, throughout his day Lish wandered throughout his house. At school Arek's friend Rau had a terrible cold, Arek being terribly scared of getting sick covered his mouth every time he was near Rau and washed his hands regularly throughout the day. Upon arrival at his home Lish started giggling, he ignored it for the most part but before he was about to go to sleep she continued giggling.
"What's so funny?" He blurted
"You tried so hard and yet you are still going to get sick tomorrow" she said rolling over on her sleeping bag.
"Yea right" Arek muffled pulling his blankets over his face.

Just as the girl predicted Arek woke up feeling stuffed up and having breathing troubles.
"I told you so, but I'm not going to rub it in" Lish said walking over to him with a tray holding a bowl of soup and a unopened box of tissues "stay in bed all day and you should be better than ever tomorrow" she informed handing him the tray.

Days had passed with the same routine of going to sleep and Lish predicting exactly how his day would go tomorrow, he was used to it by now and starting to like it.
"Hey Lish," he paused "who are you?" He was getting curious of where Lish came from and if she was actually dead or not.
Lish went silent before she snickered and answered
"I'm Lish, but I thought we established that"
"Yea sorry" he said going silent.

Days turned into weeks and every prediction Lish made was spot on and Arek was putting all of his trust into the mysterious girl.
"Lish I'm home" he called out after another day of typical school, to his surprise Lish came around the corner and ran into his arms and hugged him tightly.
"I remember everything" she began tearing up and burying her face into his wool sweater "I died on my fifteenth birthday, my boyfriend stabbed me to death with the knife meant for the cake, I was so scared, it hurt so much, and he used voodoo to keep my soul from leaving this universe and that's why I'm still here" she sobbed all over his sweater.
"It's okay" he wrapped his arms around the shaking girl "I'm here for you and I'd never hurt you" he reassured as she continued to sob into his sweater for the rest of the night.

"Let's go to sleep" Arek suggested as he noticed the late time and the two headed upstairs, Lish crawled into her sleeping bed and Arek climbed into his bed.
"Do I get a prediction?" He questioned.
"You will wake up and be 17" she said quietly, before Arek remembered his birthday was tomorrow.
"Wow I completely forgot" he groaned "birthdays are fun, how about we celebrate ours together" he smiled looking down at her in the sleeping bag.
"Really?" She asked shocked
"Yea like a double birthday or something" he laughed and smiled.
"I'd like that" she returned the smile

The next day the two of them exchanged gifts and sang happy birthday to each other,
"Thank you this has been the best birthday for me yet" Lish smiled, with her eyes filled with true joy.
"Yea but I'm 17 and we don't know how old you are, for all I know you could be an old lady who looks my age" Arek laughed mocking her.
"Well, happy birthday 17th to you" she leaned her head on his shoulder.
"Happy birthday to you old lady" he joked making her chuckle.

"Tomorrow you will be really tired due to troubles sleeping" she told the disappointing news.
"Ah, well that's great" he said sarcastically, and exactly like she said he had trouble sleeping with tons of thoughts running through his mind he tossed and turned, unable to get much sleep.
"Morning" he rolled out of bed greeting the well rested Lish.
"Ha, your tired" she laughed.
"Yea, now I'm going out for a bit so stay here, I'll be right back" he said before leaving his house in his Pajamas.
"Crazy boy" Lish laughed while yawning.
He soon retuned.

"Lish come downstairs now" he screamed
"What do you want weirdo" she asked sliding down the banister.
 "Here.. These are for you" Arek held out a bouquet of flowers infront of him nervously.
"Why didn't I predict this" Lish asked herself feeling unbelievably confused and happy.
"Well... Well... Maybe love is an unpredictable thing" he declared turning bright red and looking away to avoid eye contact.
"Are you trying to say something" Lish asked as her eyes widened
"I love you" he finally managed to say the words
She snickered "your falling for a girl who's been dead for who knows how long, you really are unique" she took the flowers in her hands and hugged Arek "I love you too."

"Tomorrow you will take me on a romantic nature walk" Lish said smiling widely.
"Was that a prediction or a suggestion" Arek laughed.
"Both" Lish said before the two of them fell asleep in each others arms, and once again just like she suggested the two went on a romantic nature walk hand in hand as they bird watched and enjoyed the breeze.
"Can we stay like this forever?" Arek asked.
"I hope so but how should I know" Lish said covering her face to hide her blushing.
"I could spend eternity and more with you" he said squeezing her hand.
"Stop it you" she held the hand back.

The two had dated for a while and Arek told al his friends from school he was dating someone who lived in another country when in reality she was always by his side, but they would never know that for only Arek could see her.
One day Arek went home to see Lish on a sleeping bag pouting
"Cheer up" he said wrapping his arm around her
"Tomorrow you will get mad at me" she sulked more.
"I promise you I won't" he said playfully
"Please don't make promises you can't keep" she signed
"But I can keep that one" he said trying to cheer the gloomy girl up

As all her other predictions were correct this one wasn't an exception, Arek got suddenly mad after talking to Lish in public and being ridiculed for talking to 'imaginary friends' he started taking his anger out on her.
"And if you were visible this never would have happened, " he grumbled storming in circles.
"Please don't blame me" Lish said trying to lighten the mood,
"Why am I dating you, it's like dating a dead body, it's wrong," he went on and on complaining and ranting "I hate you" his last words before storming off to his room.

"Do you want a prediction?" She slightly opened his bedroom door enough to see his angry face
"Go away" he harshly replied
"Tomorrow you will be free" she said as tears ran down her face.
"What" he mumbled confused "ah, I don't care go away"

Arek soon fell asleep and Lish quietly entered his room and looked upon him sleeping
"Your a good kid Arek the nicest I know, you deserve to be free so tonight I will free you" she placed her hand upon his sleeping head as he held her tears back. "Goodbye"

The next morning Arek woke up feeling like he had a strange dream, Lish was gone, but Arek had no memory of ever meeting her, what he did have was a void feeling he felt empty and lonely. The sleeping bag was neatly folded and left in the laundry room, no traces of Lish were left.

Except on the table there was a bouquet of flowers with a tag attached, and the tag read,
"I will always love you"
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Capitaine-Jaf's avatar
Very interesting idea! Too bad the ending had to be sad, I wonder where she went?

Keep up the writing!