Then I met Penny, and he distanced
himself.
Graham
needs to grow up and this is going to be a test for him.
'We'll
find a way separate you,' I say. 'It won't be like this forever.'
'I
wouldn't care,' Graham says. We all look at him. Truth or just trying to keep
his friends. 'Thank you for saving me, Yates.'
'You're
welcome,' he replies, wiping his nose with the back of his hand.
'My
parents will kill me if they knew I'd got married without telling me.' He
laughs.
We
all smile, but that's all he's going to get.
'So
I'm a ghost now,' he says. 'A proper ghost?'
'I
think so,' I say. I feel like I'm breaking a rule for talking. Elle still snarls
at him, he can't just get out of trouble with a few ill-conceived words.
'Close
your eyes,' says Yates.
Graham
obeys him. 'Now what?'
'Reach
out,' Yates says. 'Think about us in the room.'
'Oh,
wow,' Graham says. 'I can see you.'
'That's
the Edge,' I say.
'See
- ghosts - cool,' Graham says, opening his eyes again.
His
eyes rest on Yates. Did he see what he'd done to him? I know how he must be
feeling right now.
'What
are we going to do now?' Graham asks.
I
sigh. 'Whatever we want.'
'We
could follow Teague?' Yates suggests.
'I
don't know what we can do to him,' I say. 'I say we just find somewhere to
think for a while, away from this room.'
Everyone
nods. 'Where do you want to go?' Graham says.
'There's
the best ice cream place downstairs,' Elle says.
'Sounds
like a plan,' I say.
We
exit the room one by one. Graham goes last. I close my eyes. He's the same old
Graham, happy but not shining too
bright. He shines like a dimmed light. Is he guilty?
We're
downstairs in a second and only just realise that it's still night time.
'Little
bit of breaking and entering anyone?' Elle says. 'Their lemon flavour's to die
for.'
Yates
smiles and she takes his hand walking across the square. I follow, letting
Graham bring up the rear.
We
cross the square and pass through the closed shutters of the ice cream place.
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