WHO ARE YOU

As l was on the rooftop,l heard another whisper,"Come,come,come"

""Where exactly?"l asked as l wiped away my tears.

"Here,"l immediately saw a a huge tree surrounded by grass.

I neared the tree and l realized l was no longer at my house.The tree was in a forest probably across the world since it was day time which was contrary to how it was back in my house.

A whirlwind of dust appeard at the tree. I backed away from the tree and tripped to the ground.

"Easy there, don't be scared of me," a voice from the whirlwind spoke.

"Who are you?"l stammerer as l got up .

"Guess,"

"What?!" surprised by his answer.

"I said you guess,you heard me the first time,"

"Cut the jokes already,who are you?"

"You are no fun at all," with clear disappointment in his voice "l'm Davin,the god of death."

"So you are the one who brought me here?"

"I guess so,"

"I don't want to be here,take me to where my parents are."

"Sorry but no can do,"

"Why not?"

"Your parents begged me so much to bring you here yet you want me to take you back.Do you have any idea how many people want to come back?"

"Then bring them back and take me to my parents.You have no idea how much it hurts seeing my boyfriend and Best friend together. It sucks,so please take me to my parents."

"Stop being selfish. Assuming l grant your wish,will you able to face your parents?"

I remained silent. I knew that l would break their hearts if l didn't fulfil the mission but it still hurts. Why of all people did l fall for that bastard?

"I'll stay,"

"Good, but then there is a condition. No one should know that you're back, not as a ghost at least."

"Well.....hate to say this but someone already knows,"

"You haven't even stayed that long,but anyways she is special so one way or another she would have found out,"

"How?"

"She is the guardian of the gates to the afterworld. But then she doesn't know it ,"

"Isn't she supposed to be with the gods then why is she here?"

"You don't need to know that but hope you don't break the condition,"

"What if...."

"There are no what ifs,just don't do it or you won't like the consequences,"

In a flash l was back at the rooftop.

I stayed there till it was morning,just thinking of everything that had happened.l later headed down to check on Clare who was still asleep.Not wanting to bother her l went to my closet to check whether my card was still intact.Luckily,no one knew l was dead yet so l could use the cash freely without worrying about the bank. After a while ,Clare's mom entered the room and woke her up.

"Honey,l think it's time for you to get up,you've slept too much already," while removing her duvet.

"Mom, just a few more minutes,l promise I'll get up," pushing the duvet back in position.

"Breakfast will get cold and l won't warm it up for you,so just get up."

She was about to resist when she saw me looking at her from a distance slowly shaking my head. We had a plan for today and if she kept on sleeping we might not be done by today.

"Alright I'm up. Just give me a few seconds to take a bath and change."

"Sure,but don't take too long."

"I won't,"

Clare's mom walked out and Clare quickly got up from the bed and began arranging it.

"I'm sorry you had to see that. It's just that l was tired."

"No problem, and you don't have to be too formal around me.lt's not as if l'm older than you,we are technically around the same age."

"Okay then,"

Though the nervousness she had when talking to me had not yet disappeared fully, it reduced. This made things more comfortable.