It was 11 pm. Cassidy and Jaylin met before the bridge. Jack was there too.

“I don’t know if this is a good idea Jaylin. It’s way too dark and my headlight is broken. Maybe we should just go home.” Cassidy said. Jack frowned when she said that. Now he couldn’t say hi to her.

“Oh you’ll be fine! No cars barely drive on this bridge and I’ll drive right behind you so you see what in front of you better.” Jaylin said. Cassidy shrugged then nodded. She just wanted to get this over with. The 2 girls hopped on their motorcycles and started driving on the bridge. Jack chased after them. Jaylin was telling stupid jokes and Cassidy was laughing so hard she could barely breathe. Jaylin said something really funny about Cassidy’s teacher, and Cassidy squeezed her eyes shut in laughter. When she opened them back up, a big truck was driving straight toward her. Cassidy knew she either had to drive off the bridge and.. Die. Or take the risk and get hit. Cassidy stopped her motorcycle. She chose to get hit.

“No! You are supposed to swerve off!” Jaylin screamed. She turned her motorcycle to hit Cassidy, and Cassidy went flying off of the bridge. Now it was Jack’s turn to take action. He jumped off the bridge and faced his biggest fear. He landed in the same spot, same position, he died in. For  few seconds, Jack could remember the what it felt like with his dirt bike suffocating him, and the damage he took from the fall. But now, he needed to act like a mattress of Cassidy. He used is hand like a force field to make all of the cars halt. Then he prayed. Cassidy was falling right for him. She landed on him! Now for part 2 of this act. Jack blew with all of the air in him and sent the motorcycle to land beside Cassidy, not on top of her. Cassidy woke up the hospital. Cassidy noticed a shadowy boy she didn’t recognize, but figured she forgot who he was. She looked around at everyone, but what scared her the most was seeing her mom in handcuffs with 2 police officers behind her.

“What happened?” Cassidy asked, confused. The doctors looked around at one another.

“We were hoping you knew. You went flying off the bridge and onto the highway. But we don’t know how you survived. Jaylin, however, didn’t make it. She got hit by a truck on the bridge.” The doctor said. Jack was standing in the corner of the hospital. He erased Cassidy’s memory of Jaylin being the reason she died. He knew it would hurt her terribly if she found out. Cassidy’s mom was later taken to jail and Cassidy rode home with Marley. The 2 didn’t say a word to each other. 

Meanwhile, while Cassidy and Marley were driving home, Jaylin and Jack were talking.

“How could you save her? I was supposed to live not her! You’re lucky you’re already dead otherwise I would kill you!” Jaylin screamed. 

“Why did you want her dead? I’ve been watching her forever and there isn’t one thing she has done wrong to you.” Jack said. He was confused. The 2 were best friends, What happened?

“That is none of your business. Now, if you think this is over, it’s not. I will grow stronger, strong enough to take Cassidy spirit and make it my own! See you on the other side.” Jaylin said. She waved her hand and disappeared. Jack knew he needed to find Cassidy and tell her. A few days go by and Cassidy blonde beach waves have somehow turned into pin straight blackness. She had no idea how, or why, but she finally got her answers the day Jackson showed up.

“Cassidy, I know you don’t know me, I am your ghost. Now before you ask questions, an evil spirit is coming to take your spirit. We need to prepare for battle. I can help you. There is this place, its called ‘the other side’ or at least that’s what I call it. Anyways, Since you are a living person, only your spirit can cross to the other side, I will do the fighting so we can keep you safe. If The evil gets to your spirit, then she can reverse time and swap places. The only issue is, we have no idea when the battle will begin.” Jack said. Cassidy stared at him. She had so many questions. Who was the evil spirit? Who was jack? Does he know why Cassidy’s hair is black?

“Well then, we better get started” Cassidy said. Soon Jack and Cassidy started to become best friends. People at school thought Cassidy was weird and that she was the reason of Jaylin’s death, so they stopped talking to her. Jack toldCassidy why her hair was turning black. It was because she was supposed to die, but she survived. Jack never told her how she survived though. He always told her he was her hero, but never how he saved her. The only other thing Cassidy didn’t know was who was the evil spirit? So she asked him.

‘Hey Jack! I know we should be preparing for battle now, but I want to know exactly who, or what, or was what, I am battling.” Cassidy said.

“Well I’m the one doing the battling first off. And second off…” Jack told Cassidy everything, how he saved her, who Jaylin was, and why Jaylin did what she did. Cassidy told Jack how they could defeat her. They didn’t need to practicing spells, they needed to be thinking of the words to say.

“I can tell you this,” Cassidy said, “We need to get Jaylin on her bad side. Then we should talk about how I will always be, a better person, or spirit than her. And we will watch her crumble with smiles on our faces.” Jack nodded. He knew Cassidy had no real idea what they were dealing with. He hoped that in the end everything would be okay. Little did the both of them know, ‘The End’ was coming much sooner then they could imagine.

“Cassidy! WE are visiting mom today in jail! Hurry up and get your stuff on let’s go!” Marley yelled from downstairs. Jack and Cassidy looked at each other with half worried half blank expressions on their faces, then they went downstairs.

Marley silently drove Cassidy (and Jack) to the jail. Cassidy wishes she could tell Marley everything, but Marley would never understand. So instead of saying anything, she keeps her mouth shut and they drive along. When they arrive to the jail, Cassidy’s mom is sitting with a phone to her ear. Cassidy picks up the phone across from her.

“Hi mom,” Cassidy starts, “ I am so sorry for everything. I ruined our lives. I should’ve never snuck out with Jaylin. I should’ve never asked for that stupid motorcycle in the first place! Everything that is happening is because of me!” Cassidy said bawling. Marley felt bad for her sister, and gave Cassidy a hug. Then her mom spoke on the other end of the phone.

“A sad spirit is a bad spirit,” She said. “I can fix that Cass, let me take you, let me wake you, let me make you.” Cassidy mom’s said. Her voice, raspy, dark. Cassidy disappeared in plain sight. Jack, by her side. The two had entered the battle with Jaylin. Cassidy’s spirit was held tightly by Jack.

“Welcome to Ghost town Cassidy!” Jaylin said. Even though Cassidy wasn’t present, she could still hear what Jack and Jaylin were saying.

“Miss me? HAHAHA who am I kidding? Of course you missed me! This is the place Jack has spent 2 years of his life, or should I say, death, watching you drive your motorcycle.” Jack and Jaylin were standing on the bridge over the highway. Jack looked down, instead of seeing himself with the motorcycle suffocating him, he saw Cassidy. Cassidy dead.

“You are a sick monster!” Jack yelled. Just as he did, Jaylin threw a fast fireball at him. He ducked and the fire missed.

“You wouldn’t say that if you knew what she did to me, Jack!” Jaylin hissed. Another fireball, even bigger, just barely missed Jack.

“She did nothing to you Jaylin! Don’t you see? She has no friends at school since you aren’t there. It’s not her the people liked, it was you! I’ve been watching Cassidy closely enough over the past 2 years to know that! People are always talking to Cassidy, about you! About how pretty, and smart, and nice you are! And here, all this time, you thought they were talking about her! You are crazy! And sick! You were so jealous of something she didn’t even have! She took nothing from you. And you tried to take her life, her whole life, away from her. Cassidy isn’t perfect, nobody is, but everyone thought you were. People talked to Cass not because she was nice or popular, but because she was your friend. All everyone ever cared about was you. You had plenty of friends! None you ever noticed because you were too busy worrying about Cassidy’s life. I’ve been watching Cassidy because she makes me feel at peace. She makes me believe I am more then just some stupid joke. I’ve been watching her because, in order to go beyond the ghost town, ghost need to find peace. Cassidy is my peace. She’s pretty, thoughtful, nice, adventurous, you name it! I think by saying these words, that I’ve put myself at peace, and you too, Jaylin” Jack said. Just then Cassidy broke from her spirit form and turned to her normal self. She looked around but both Jack and Jaylin were gone. They both found their peace, and moved on. Cassidy yelled everywhere for Jack. She needed him. He was apart of her. She stopped out of the Ghost town world and was back at the jail. She ran to the bathroom. In the mirror she saw herself, beach blond waves, and a mark on her neck, the letter ‘J’. ‘jack” she thought, When she walked back out her mom and Marley were nowhere to be found. Cassidy went home and they were both inside, like nothing ever happened 4 weeks ago. Cassidy went up to room and cried for awhile. How could she not?  Jack moved on, her ‘best friend’ died. He best friend wasn’t even he a good friend. Just then she heard a knock on her door. She ran downstairs and answered it. A boy, who looked just like Jack was there, standing, real, not ghostly.

“Jack!” She yelled. The boy stood there, confused.

“My name is Jackson, I never go by Jack.” The boy said. Cassidy frowned. It wasn’t him. Then the boy smiled, and winked.

“I’m back!” Jack said. Cassidy rushed him inside.

“HOW?” she asked. She was so happy to see Jack but this time, he was real.

“Don’t worry, Jaylin won’t be coming back, but let’s just say, I believed you were my peace, and here I am!”

The End.