FLASHBACK

Fae laughs sitting next to Dawn as they watch the teacher's reaction to the senior prank. "This is too funny!" Dawn laughs loudly.

"I can't believe they put," Fae wheezes out trying to get the words out of her mouth. "A COW in Principle Matthews's office!"

"How'd they even get a cow!" Dawn squints her eyes still watching the teacher's and student's reactions to a cow in the building.

"Who knows! And who cares! It's funny!" Fae drags the y, Dawn gives the girl next to her the side eye.

"You find everything funny." Dawn once again side-eyes the girl.

"Because everything and everyone IS funny!" Fae tries to defend herself.

"Why are you so mean sometimes?" Dawn questions. Fae ceases her laughter at the sudden change of tone and topic.

"Mean?"

"Yeah! Mean, you laugh at everybody if they do something wrong or stupid! O-or if they just look "stupid" why are you so mean!" Dawn confronts the girl.

"I- Dawn!" Fae stutters watching the girl only grow angrier which scares her because after knowing Dawn for almost five years she's never seen the girl this angry. "I just, I don't know!"

"You don't know!"

"When I see something funny I laugh! I don't know! What do you want me to say!" Fae argues.

"Yeah well, you don't have to laugh at people!" Dawn argues right back.

"I'm not laughing at them to be mean! I'm laughing at them because they're doing something stupid! O-or funny!"

"Doing something stupid!" Dawn mocks waving her hands around. "What does that mean, Fae!"

"That they're doing something funny, silly, goofy! I don't know." Fae furrows her brows confused as to what was happening.

"Do you laugh at me?" Dawn suddenly asks.

"What?"

"Do you," Dawn talks slowly. "Laugh at me."

"What! No!" Fae shakes her head. "Why would you think that Dawn?"

"I don't want you to laugh at me. Ever. O-or make fun of me." Dawn's voice starts to soften.

"Dawn. I would never, ever laugh at you." Fae slowly grabs the slightly taller girl's hands.

"How can I believe you?" Dawn questions staring Fae in the eyes. Fae swallows looking at the girl's eyes scanning over her face. Dawn truly was (as cheesy as it may sound) an Angel sent from heaven. Sadly she was trapped in a living hell, but selfishly Fae was glad she was because if she wasn't she never would've met the girl.

Fae doesn't answer the girl and instead takes Dawn's face in her hands and quickly presses her lips to Dawn's.

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"How is the obituary coming?" Mr. Martin's voice cuts through Fae's thoughts quickly pulling the girl's attention to Maddie the person Mr. Martin was talking to. "Is there anything you'd like to share yet with the group?"

"Uh, it's still a work in progress. Sorry." Maddie apologizes. "I feel like I barely slept last night."

"Same." Fae mumbles.

"Gosh, it sounds like you spent one too many days in a row inside this school." Mr. Martin attempts to joke.

"Is there another option?" Maddie slowly questions.

"There is, actually. Gang, I know it's not usually for another month or so, but time is relative here is it not?" Mr. Martin starts to suggest. "So what do you say? Who's up for another-"

"Field day!" Fae cuts off Mr. Martin jumping up from her chair smiling like crazy.

"Yes!" Wally screams. "Hell yes! Field day!" Wally stands up throwing his arms around Fae. "Let's go."

"Please kill me." Rhonda rolls her eyes.

"I love you Mr. M." Wally aggressively whispers.

"Everybody needs exercise, and as you'll come to learn we ghosts occasionally need "excorcise" a few demons too." Mr. Martin laughs at his jokes as he explains. "Am I right guy?"

"Yeah, no." Maddie declines. "I don't do sports."

"Well," Wally turns to Maddie. "Maddie, I hear you, and as the resident jock I am going to choose not to be offended by that. But I just have two words for you, mmm-kay? American Gladiators!" Wally puts a finger up for each word Fae looks at Wally weirdly she then shares a look with Charlie confused. "Blaze. Turbo. Nitro." Wally throws his hands up in defeat. "Are you? Come on! Nobody's heard of this show?"

"All it ever is lots and lots of spandex." Charlie squints his eyes.

"Yes! There were because they were fricking heroes and they're my personal inspiration for field day."

"Awww is that why you always lose tug of war against me and Rhonda?" Fae pouts while Wally fake laughs.

"Leave her alone guys. She doesn't want to play tug of war unless it's to rip her ex-boyfriend limb from limb." Rhonda interrupts glancing at Maddie. "Or wait- has somebody's plot thickened? Do tell. Who do we have in our crosshairs now."

"Rhonda," Fae warns the girl sitting back down in her chair. "Ignore her she can be a bitch."

"You think." Maddie raises a brow Fae doesn't see it but she can hear Rhonda scoff as she smiles at Maddie.

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Fae watches as Maddie drives the golf cart only for Wally to take over the wheel and drive into the stack of igloo coolers. Fae laughs as she watches Maddie yell at Wally.

"Move out of the way." Rhonda causally says as she walks by with her makeshift lawnmower that pours gasoline out. "Of course your majesty." Fae laughs.

"Yo! Yoohoo! Fae get over here!" Wally manically waves his cousin over after Mr. Martin hands. Fae runs over to the duo looking over Maddie's face that was filled with emotions.

"Why don't you take Maddie on an adventure for field day?" Wally tilts his head to the side at his cousin. "Just don't kill her." Wally winks.

"Sure! Come on." Fae gestures at Maddie to follow her, and Maddie follows the girl.

"So," Maddie awkwardly starts to speak. "What are we doing?"

"Well, Dawn and I usually just trash the art room and break all the trophy cases," Fae explains leading Maddie to the school.

"Dawn," Maddie mutters. "Dawns your girlfriend right?"

"Yeah." Fae smiles opening the school door. "Ladies first." Fae smiles at Maddie gesturing for the girl to go inside.

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Fae and Maddie had gone back outside while Dawn decided to stay inside and snoop around people's stuff which when she wasn't with Fae was what she usually did.

Fae sat on the bleacher next to Charlie laughing as they watched Maddie break the vending machines. "Food!" Fae dramatically groans standing up.

"Oh! Yes! That was," Wally makes kissing noises. "Mwah! Beautiful. I'm gonna go find more stuff for you to break!"

Fae waits for her cousin to leave before she speaks up. "I'm not gonna tell anyone."

"What?" Maddie looks confused as she sits down next to Charlie.

"Well, I won't tell anyone else about your friend being able to see you." Maddie lets out a whisper 'Oh' when she realizes what the girl is saying. "Wait anyone else?"

"I told Dawn but uh, trust me she won't tell anyone." Fae smiles. "On the other note. Are you okay?" Charlie nods agreeing with Fae's question.

"Oh." Maddie frowns. "I got into a fight with Simon."

"Oh." Charlie and Fae whisper Charlie is the first to speak up out of the two. "I'm
sorry. That sucks."

"What was it about?" Fae inquires while opening a bag of M&Ms.

Maddie doesn't say anything for a moment and just looks up at the sky. "Simon thinks that this teacher that I really, really looked up to might be responsible somehow. I just can't believe that." Maddie's head shakes as if she's still in denial.

"Why? Because it's a teacher?" Charlie tries to dig a little deeper. "Maybe you should talk to Rhonda." The boy with glasses suggests.

On perfect timing said girl lighted a lighter throwing it onto the path of gasoline she made.

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FLASHBACK

"I'm scared." Fae whispers turning her head to look over at her cousin.

"About?" Wally carefully asks.

"To cross over."

Wally inhales sharply at the thought of his cousin crossing over. Of course, the boy wants her to but he's also scared, scared of being alone.

"I don't wanna leave just yet. What if- what if it's lonely on the other side." Fae looks up at the stars) as the two are outside.) "And I'm just not ready."

"I don't think anybody ever is." Wally's voice breaks. "Look, no matter what happens and no matter how long it takes we' will see each other again."

"Promise?" Fae sticks up her pinkie finger.

"Promise." Wally wraps his pinky around Fae's.

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back from the dead y'all 😛🦶🏼