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Chapter #2
Atonement
by: Unknown
"Stop! Help!" Sam snarled between her teeth, not loud enough for her parents to hear but quite clear to me. "Let go! G-God!"
For a moment I stopped trying to spread my ghost essence through her and noticed the unfiltered terror on her face. I had loved her all my life and now I was hurting her in my selfishness. I was dead, of course, and I missed the tha-thump of my heart, but did that excuse my insensitivity? Could I finish possessing a beautiful girl who looked so... helpless?
I knew the answer straight away. I let go of Sam, floating up to the ceiling where I watched her flailing slow down. Soon she lay motionless, her breathing rough. She blinked at me, not seeing but suspecting the spirit was still there with her. She waited a long, agonizing minute for that invisible force to fall upon her with a vengeance but nothing came. Once again on her feet, Sam hobbled out of the room and slammed the door shut. I heard her footsteps going down the stairs to the living room. No doubt she'd avoid her room like the plague, at least tonight.
If I really loved Sam - and trust me, except for this lapse of judgment I did everything with my feelings for her in mind - I would not steal her life. She deserved to have a future to herself, whether it was with me or another boy. I would be a part of her life... But I would play a different role.
Floating through her house I stumbled across her parents' bedroom. Her dad slept buried under most of the covers, having rolled around in his sleep until his wife, in a tousled camisole and undershorts, was exposed to the open window and shivering. The moonlight shone across her face, showing me how young she appeared despite her age... She was healthy, pretty, and her dark hair told me where Sam got one of her best features. I got the idea of possessing Sam's mom. I would be there for Sam not as a boyfriend but her own mother. Even when she got a boyfriend she would still love me, the woman who cared for her, gave her a comfortable house, and would never hurt her like a boy could. I lit up at the thought. I would atone for hurting Sam. I would be her mother.
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