-9.5 days deceased-

The first thing I did was scream.

I screamed my heart out, I was fucking seeing my friend, a very dead best friend.

Chloe walked towards me and shouted, "Shut up! Fucking calm down!"

I immediately stopped screaming, I just stared at her.

She looked so alive, like she was right here. Her eyes were still bright blue, her hair still ginger as a nut and she was doing her signature smirk.

I called it the 'Chloe' smile, the smile saying that you don't know her at all, and you never will.

I whispered under my breath, "What the fuck?"

Chloe raised her eyebrows and said, "I know."

"Oh my god.. you're dead."

Chloe joked, "Am I not?"

"You're dead... you're fucking dead!"

Chloe furrowed her eyebrows and said, "I am very well aware of that, Sammy."

I exclaimed, "You were dead! You are dead! How... how the hell are you here?!"

Chloe rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "I'm not dead, dumbass. I'm still dead, I ain't fucking Sherlock Holmes, you know."

"But you're right here, I mean, I'm either imagining this or you're not dead."

Chloe explained, "Wrong on both. This is real, you're not dreaming or imaging this shit. But I'm still dead, I am and always will be."

I asked, "But how the hell-"

Chloe cut me off exclaiming, "Oh my fucking god, I'm a ghost. Jesus, I thought you were into this sort of stuff, you know, ghost stories and all that weird paranormal shit."

"But ghosts aren't real, they're fictional, they don't exist!"

Chloe sighed gently and commented, "I'm disappointed in you, Sammy."

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion and asked, "What?"

"Don't you think people need something to believe about?"

I shook my head and went to touch her hand. She was physically there, but she was cold, she felt almost like a dead corpse.

Well, technically she is.

Chloe smiled and said, "Now you believe me?"

I nodded and whispered, "Yeah..."

Chloe smirked, but as she did, I got up and screamed, "What the fuck Chloe?!"

Chloe got up as well and looked at me with confusion.

"Why the fuck would you do this to me, you wanker?! Why the fuck did you have to get yourself fucking killed?!"

Chloe shouted back, "I didn't ask to get hit by a fucking car?! Okay, I'm here now!"

"No, no you're fucking not! You're some fucking ghost version of her?! Do you have any idea what you've done to do to me, to your parents?!"

Chloe scoffed and exclaimed, "Yes, of course I fucking do, and I'm sorry, okay?! I didn't know people would actually fucking miss me!"

I asked, "What the hell do you mean?!"

Chloe sighed and mumbled, "You don't need to know."

"No, I want to know what the fuck you mean."

Chloe shouted, "I can't."

This immediately made me shut up.

Chloe briefly explained, "You can't know, not yet. You're not ready to know."

I asked, "Why?"

Chloe mumbled, "I can't say, but you'll know why when you need to."

I sighed and mumbled, "Fucking... fine! If you're not gonna tell me, don't tell me then."

Chloe looked down in shame and said, "I am sorry, Sammy."

I rolled my eyes at her, she exclaimed, "I know you don't believe me! But I am, okay?!"

I looked at her and just from looking at her, I could tell she wasn't lying. She had a certain look when she lies and at the time, she didn't have the look.

She said, "From the way I see it, this is another chance."

"Another chance for what?"

Chloe smiled slightly and said, "For us to be mates again, to finish off stuff we didn't do when I was alive."

I mumbled, "I don't know, Chloe. What if people start to notice me talking to thin air? They'll think I'm fucking crazy."

Chloe smirked and said in a flirty tone, "Well, you'll have to secretive then, maybe use physical ways to communicate."

I couldn't help but chuckle slightly, I joked, "Down, girl."

Chloe laughed and said, "Come on, Sammy. Let's have some fun, lets get back to the way we were. Let's be Sammy and Chloe again."

I bit my lip and stayed silent for a minute. I groaned loudly and exclaimed, "Alright, fine! You win, Chloe."

Chloe squealed and exclaimed, "Fuck yeah!"

She then hugged me and held me tight. I was caught off guard, but I hugged her tightly,

I had my best friend back, I had my Chloe back.

Even if she was a ghost and still dead.