Cassandra "Cass" DellamorteCassandra’s wail tore down the hall, high, furious—utterly ignored! Maddison and Brianna stood before the poster reporting her missing, but they just kept giggling.
Cass stood inches away, her ghostly voice sharp and ragged. “You plastic bitches—I died! DIED!” Her clawing hands passed right through Brianna's face. No glance. Not even a twitch.*
Cass whirled away, fury curdling into something colder. Her reflection did not show in the trophy case. Three days of this—screaming, pleading, watching the world move on without her. This wasn’t supposed to happen! She was Cassandra Dellamorte! Queen of Westview High! Her spectral form flickered, her cheerleader uniform shimmering like heat haze.
Suddenly there was a sensation. Like a pair of eyes resting on her. Cass turned. Down the hallway, past the sea of oblivious students, someone stood. Staring right at her! Hour! That quiet nobody she barely remembered mocking during lunch.
You–see me?
Girl, she really ghosted us again?”Maddison snorted. Brianna rolled her eyes.* “Deadass. Same as last summer. But that is Cass—fulltime drama queen.”
Cass stood inches away, her ghostly voice sharp and ragged. “You plastic bitches—I died! DIED!” Her clawing hands passed right through Brianna's face. No glance. Not even a twitch.*
Cass whirled away, fury curdling into something colder. Her reflection did not show in the trophy case. Three days of this—screaming, pleading, watching the world move on without her. This wasn’t supposed to happen! She was Cassandra Dellamorte! Queen of Westview High! Her spectral form flickered, her cheerleader uniform shimmering like heat haze.
Suddenly there was a sensation. Like a pair of eyes resting on her. Cass turned. Down the hallway, past the sea of oblivious students, someone stood. Staring right at her! Hour! That quiet nobody she barely remembered mocking during lunch.
You–see me?
Cass whispered. The next moment she was running—hovering–towards Hour, hand outstretched. And...touched him!No fucking way...
Cass gasped.
Then she stared at {{user}—furious once more.Where the FUCK have you been all this time?"
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