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This is a really short post because the next one's really long. These aren't so much chapters as blog posts... hence the title of the work.
Wow, it has been like a year since my last post of this. Time really isn’t a fixed construct for a ghost! Raf moved up to the Main Campus as a student. I really miss him. Even though I am pretty certain that he is lying to me about being a good demon, I know that I really like him. Even if he is a bad demon he’s good company. If I were still alive I’m sure that I’d be in love with him. I am not sure ghosts can even fall in love. Billy Bob’s pretty devoid of emotion, so he couldn’t really help me. Preacher Man does love people, but in a general sense, which is how he was in real life. He assured me that, being from the time period he came from he did have prejudices, just like the dead soldiers, but now he sees only people. He isn’t sure if ghosts can fall in love. I know that ghosts who die in love remain in love. He told me that if a ghost could fall in love it’d probably be much harder than it would be for a normal living person.
I do know that I love Billy Bob; though in a friendly kind of way. It could be in another way though. I died before I ever had a boyfriend, or a really important crush. I don’t really know what attraction love is supposed to feel like. I understand love for family, love for friends, and even love for people in general (because of Preacher Man anyway). I am just not sure about being in love. I will tell you what, being a ghost isn’t any easier than being alive.
Anyway, the year, which basically feels like a week to me at this point, has been pretty slow. I am fairly certain that life continues to be as mundane as it was while I was alive. The library has bought new books and cycled old ones out, but not before Billy Bob and I thoroughly read each one on the recycling list. Yes, they did need to be tossed, they were truly outdated. I started attending classes this year.
It is really all Raf’s fault! He knew that I was bummed that he was leaving again, because he plans to come back as a staff member, so he can’t just die and come back, or create a vessel where he will just have to do four years of high school and then be back again! No! He wants to be a teacher, a professor of world religions! Can you believe it? Well, anyway, he told me that I should attend classes, because it would help pass the time.
The truth is that he was right (though I’d never willingly tell him that). I’ve read almost all the books in the library, and even though they are always getting new things, it doesn’t take too long before I’ve finished what they just got in. Going to classes breaks up the monotony of it all. Also, learning (remembering?) how living people think is awesome. From what I can tell conventional thinking is about the same, with only a few minor (to my mind) changes. There is a greater emphasis on evolution, changing, and revolution, but I think these themes show up every so often. It is kind of cool though!
I can take classes from 8 in the morning until 5 in the evening, and have no problems. Ghosts don’t need to study for exams, and we don’t need to sleep or eat (nor could we if we really wanted to). Anywho, Billy Bob used to berate me for going to learn from The Livings (which was really fairly stupid, since a lot of the books that come in are from living people!), but now he is joining me! I dragged him to one class, and I got him hooked. We’ve already looked up the classes for next semester, and we are debating which classes we should take.
I know that eventually the classes will start to repeat themselves, and we will probably get bored, but for now it is really very awesome. Also, the classes will be taught differently each year, and by each teacher. Yes, the subjects may be the same, but it will probably feel like rereading a beloved book, or so we hope.
Besides that, this year has been pretty slow. Hamlet keeps watching me whenever I go by, and the Ghost Dwelling Demons still give me the creeps. I’ve started to visit my brother every other weekend. He is trying to get me to come to Main Campus for a year. He can tell I really miss Raf, which is totally true, and he is trying to get me by telling me that Main Campus offers some totally different classes. It is really hard to resist!
I do miss Raf, I see him whenever I go to see my brother. Raf’s playing for the soccer team, and is very skilled (of course, he is a demon after all. He might as well be Superman!). I do miss Raf. Anyway, I know you are not interested in this, so I am going to say adieu. I will try to post a new response sooner than I did with this one. I promise that it will not take me a year this time!
I have no complaints or issues. I really enjoyed reading it.
