• I walked alone in the cool April rain, and eventhough the thunder claps announced the comming of a storm, I kept on walking. I saw random every day people running past to get to their cars or houses, but I keep walking down the pitch black street. The cold wind shot right through me, but I just clench my thin coat tighter and keep walking. As I walked, I passed by my mom’s ex-boyfriend’s house, I began to cry tears of anger. How could he have done that to my mom? I continue walking in the middle of the street, I dont where im going, but I need to go somewhere... as I walked, A church caught my eye. It was the church my mother always took me into. It wasn’t as cheery as I remebered, but it was rather gloomy. The sanctuary was brightly lit by the lights above head, and there were many candles burning softly by the altar. But the altar has been moved, and in its place is a open container, but what is in it? There is also a picture, but the glare of the lights denied me a glimpse of it from this distance. I walked silently into the chruch, but nobody turned their head. Everybody is wearing black, as if they were mourning... I kept walking, but everybody kept their heads bowed. I looked left and right, staring at the faces of the people. My family was there, my mother, my grandparents, my aunts, and uncles, and so were my friends. There was Charlie, and next to him was Eddy, they were trying hard not to let their tears show. Infront of them was Diane, trying to stop crying. Over by my mother, sat Corrie, my best friend in the whole world, sobbing hystericly into her hands. I looked back at the container, realizing what it was, it was a coffin surrounded by flowers of many different kinds, and next to it, the picture that I saw earlier was still giving off a glare. I walked closer to the coffin, to see who it was who has had their life taken into the abyss of death. I looked in the coffin, and gasped out of surprize at the face I saw in the coffin...It was me. I looked as if I was asleep, with my hands folded peacefully upon my chest. My hair was combed neatly and hung down just past my shoulders. I had on a pretty blue sundress instead of the blue tank-top and jeans that I was wearing now. Arround my neak was the locket my mother gave to me, sparkling slightly. Tears came into my eyes as realization dawned on me. I was dead! “I cant belive...I’m dead!” I cried as I reached out to my corpse. It felt cold as Ice, and was more pale than I remebered I was. I turned arround to run out, when I noticed Corrie look up. Poor Corrie...with everything she’s gone through this year, she must want to kill herself. I slowly walked away from my coffin, twords the row where Corrie and my mother were sitting. Event if they couldnt see me, I still wanted to be with them to confort them. I cant imagine how it feels to lose your boyfriend, your husband, and your daughter all within a two year period. And for Corrie how her father left her at such a young age, and her uncle passing away and her grandmother dieing, and now to loose her best friend. there was just enough space on the seat for me to sit down next to Corrie without sitting on her. I looked to my devistaed best friend. “I’ll always be with you Corrie...” I whispered softly. She looked up slightly, as if she had heard somthing, but then began to sob even more. I knew she heard me just then, but could she see me? that was a question for later though. right n ow I was too overwelmed to do anything more. I shed a single tear, then left the church. The rain was falling harder from the sky and the lightning had picked up, But I still walked. Why would I care about the weather now? Everybody was inside now, all waiting for the storm to end. It felt like I was in a nightmare as I walked through the empty street, but I knew that it was all real. When some lightling streaked across the sky, I was able to see through myself. it startled me to be able to see through my own hand, but I just shrugged it off and continued walking.I was now in the park, many trees surounded me, and ahead was a path to the pond. It was closed because of the lightning, but I went anyways, I’m dead, so I guess that rule dosent apply to me. I walked through the metal gate, shivering a little after I did. it felt so weird to walk through solid steel. I sat at the water’s edge, watching the rain fall into the pond, creating a bunch of ripples all at once, it made it look like the rain was comming out of the pond. Thunder cracked again, its sound echoing across the park. I began to cry once again, Thinking of all the things I’ll never do, and what I should have done before I died. Suddenly, I heard a voice behind me. “Amilee! what in tarnations are you doing by the pond?!? you’ll kill yourself!” I spun arround to see Murphy, the middle-aged park ranger. I used to volenteer here evry summer, so he knew me well. But how could he see me? Im a ghost! I began walking twords him, my tears stopping fo a moment. “You...you can see me Murphy?” I asked, stupifyed. “Well of corse I can! you’re standing right infront of me!” exclaimed Murphy. He reached out to grab my hand, butI moved my and back, not sure if he would go straight through me. “Murphy, you dont understand.” I tried to explain. Just then lightning flashed once more, allowing my body to become see through. “What the...Amilee? what just happened right there?” he asked, backing up. “Murphy...I’m dead.”