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josh

i snuggle further into my warm coat as i place the scarf that's around my neck over my mouth,

the chilly london weather zips past me as simon wanders through the head stones.

he has a frown on his face when he finds his,

i slowly walk over to him and place a hand on his shoulder.

he looks at me then back at the head stone.

in loving memory of
simom minter
1993-2017
friend.
son.

"h-hey josh," simon says his hands shaking,

"yes, simon?" i give a warm smile as i grab his shaking hands.

"a-am i a good f-friend?" he asks looking up at me, fear and anxiety in his eyes,

"yes, of cause simon! you're one of my closest friends, i think you should be part of the 11 year gang," i smile at the memory of when i told him tobi and i have been friends for 11 years.

simon's smiles at me but then his smile fades and his faces goes even more pale.

"simon? simon what's wrong!" i scream in terror as simon drops to the ground holding his head.

"no, go away!"

simon

xix-before-xix

"yes, of cause simon! you're one of my closest friends, i think you should be part of the 11 year gang," josh says as i remember he and tobi have been friends for 11 years.

i smile back,

then someone screams.

i clutch my head as it pains me.

"worthless"

"not even worth it"

"why should he get a second chance? spoilt brat!"

"just go die! again!"

i start shaking as the voices get louder and more hurtful.

"no, go away!" i screech as I start to panic.

"loser"

"simon,"

"unwanted"

"simon."

"annoying"

"simon!"

"disgrace!"

"simon snap out of it!"

i'm pulled back to reality to josh's voice.

i see tears streaming down his face as he holds onto me,

"j-josh, i-i want to go" i shakily say as i start crying.

"yes, ok, can you stand?" josh asks softy.

i fell numb.

i shake my head.

"well ok then," i feel him snake his arms around me,

"up we go now," josh coos as he carries me bridal style to his pickup truck.

he places me inside he does my seat belt and then closes the door,

i can hear his boots crunch on the gravel as he makes his way around the car to the drivers side.

he hops in and starts the car up and turns the heater on full blast, leaving the radio off.

after about 10 minutes of silence, josh breaks it.

"do you want to talk about it?" josh asks gently,

"not really.." i mutter feeling so defeated.

"it's ok, tell me when you're ready,"

after a bit it starts to rain and the only noise you can hear is the windscreen wipers going,

"they where calling me names" i mutter,

"hmm? what was that si?" josh asks as he sits locked in peak hour traffic on highway 47.

"the voices, they where calling me names" i mutter louder,

"do you know who these voices belonged to?" josh asks tilting his head.

"n-no, but i'm pretty sure t-they where the dead people's voices"

"well you sorta did come back as a ghost simon, it wouldn't surprise me if you could contact spirits or people/things form the underworld" josh says moving the car forward about 7 inches in the bad traffic.

"i guess.." i say as i go over what they said,

i shutter at the thought.

"hey, hey now. ignore what they say, they're just jealous they don't get to spend a second life with someone as cool as me" josh boasts,

i chuckle and smile at his comment,

"keep believing that."

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ik it's been 1 day since the last update,
but it's like 1:30am and in like 1 day i'm going for a holiday for just shy of 2 weeks.
so i wanted to get next weeks update out early,
thanks,
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