Afterlife ↠ Argent [1]

06. Perks of Being Dead

"Allison!" I yelled as I ran back to the crime scene, finding her sitting in the back of one of the ambulances. My heart races before I see that she was sitting there with Lydia, talking to her quietly. Allison's eyes flick up to me for a moment before she shakes her head, telling me to keep quiet for a moment.

I could hardly stand keeping what I had saw away from her. "Allison, this is important-"

"Everything is going to be fine Lydia," Allison says, talking over me on purpose. I groan, angry that she wouldn't listen to me. I understood she didn't want to talk to me when there were other people around, but this was urgent.

Allison rubs Lydia's back before Allison's phone rings, causing her to pull it out. I glance down at her phone, seeing that it was Scott calling her. She looks back up at Lydia for a moment before standing, walking away slowly.

"I'll be right back Lydia, okay?" Allison says as Lydia nods slowly. Lydia turns back and stares down at the ground before I turn and follow Allison. She walks away from the people before pressing the phone to her ear, talking to Scott.

"What is it?" she says, almost sounding like she knew something was wrong. I can't hear whats on the other end, but it makes Allison's face turn white. "They what?" She's quiet again before shaking her head, closing her eyes. "Just meet me in the woods in thirty minutes. Tell me what happened there."

Allison hangs up the phone then before looking over at me. "Where were you?"

"That's what I've been trying to tell you," I say, sighing slightly. "I needed to tell you about-"

"Lydia? How you found her in the woods?" Allison says, her voice rising slightly. "What did you do to her?"

I furrow my eyebrows. "I didn't do anything to her. She was the one who screamed and did something to me."

"What?" Allison says, a wrinkle forming on her forehead.

I nod. "It was weird like-it was like a vision or a dream of some sort. There was a man and woman standing there, talking to my friend-"

"Jade?" Allison questions while crossing her arms.

I nod again. "Yeah. She was on the ground and almost looked like she was crying. The man kept asking her who she was."

Allison shakes her head. "So you're telling me that Lydia made you see a vision?"

"Or a dream," I correct. "Either way, she did something to screw up my brain."

Allison sighs before glancing over at Lydia, who was now talking to the buzz headed kid, Stiles. "What did I do to her?"

Allison turns back to me. "I'm not exactly sure. She kept saying that she heard something in her head; like a voice. She told me that it said that it was my friend. Only person I know who no one else can see is you."

I place my arms on my head. "So she can hear me, but why?"

Allison runs her purple painted nails through her hair. "I don't know, but we'll figure it out soon. I promise."

I nod before motioning to her phone. "What did Scott want?"

Allison sighs again. "He said that he saw something out in the woods. He said that it was-"

"Gerard and your father?" I finish her sentence.

Allison furrows her eyebrows before shaking her head. "Yeah. How did you know?"

I lick my lips. "I was there. I saw what happened."

Allison widens her eyes before looking over her shoulder, making sure no one was listening. She wraps her hands around my arms, which felt nice since I haven't been able to touch anything in quite some time, before she drags me behind her car, farther away from everyone.