Brie quickly pulled on her robe as the strange guy turned around. She couldn't understand what was going on right now, a robber or a pervert wouldn't turn around for her to cover her naked body, but he was definitely a pervert for being in her bathroom but then how did he get in? Her door was bolted. She had to call the police.
"I'm so sorry.. but..how can you see me" the guy says still backing her, as she grabs her phone from the counter watching him closely.
"How did you get in here? What do you want from me?" Brie asks as she moved towards the door while typing in 911 on her phone, she wasn't dumb the stranger was most definitely a psychopath and the last place she wants to die was definitely not her own bathroom.
"This is my place. I'm sorry, that didn't… it was my place but .." the guy replied turning to face her, Brie studied him, he didn't look like a psychopath but psychopaths didn't share a common look and she most definitely wasn't a psychologist.
"What are you saying. I'm calling the cops"
"I'm not going to hurt you. I'm as surprise as you are right now"
"What the fuck" Brie calls 911 immediately still keeping her eyes on him, he wasn't even trying to convince her not to call the cops and he still hasn't made a move on her, he kept standing on the same position watching her. She was more confuse right now instead of being scared like she was earlier.
"Hello 911, what's your emergency" a female cop asks. ..
"There's an intruder in my house" the cop ask for the address which she tells them and they promise to send some cops and for her to make sure to find a safe place to hide.
"You need to listen to me" the guy says calmly.
"No.. you can explain your self to the cops when they get here"
"They won't be able to see me" Brie breath caught in her throat, was her new apartment haunted by a male ghost? Most definitely not. This guy was crazy.
"Brie…"
"How the fuck do you know my name" she ask taking a step back
"You were with your friend Jody earlier, the brunette… and even a week back when you both came over to check the place"
"So now, you're a stalker"
"Like I said, this was my place" Brie stares at him, trying to figure out if he was truly crazy. Why wasn't he trying to do anything?
"If it was your place, why are you still here"
"I can't leave" Brie takes a deep breath, why the hell was she entertaining this discussion. The strange guy takes a step forward and Brie could feel the hairs on her skin stand as her body filled with goosebumps the feeling was so odd, she couldn't explain it but she knew she hasn't felt this way before, she wasn't scared of him she could feel it but she knew he was most definitely strange and she ought to be scared.
"Don't come closer" she managed to say. And he stopped immediately.
"What do you mean you can't leave" she asked.
"I know this sounds strange, but this use to be my place, but…. I.. I got into an accident five months back and somehow I've been stuck here… you can ask the caretaker. Or rather check my name on the internet" everything sounded so unreal to Brie, she shouldn't be listening to this, so she rented an apartment owned by a ghost? Who has been cursed to roam the earth? How was she suppose to take such nonsense.
"Miss Brie, are you in there?" a voice says from outside her apartment as the cop rang the bell. But she couldn't find it in herself to move.
"Miss Brie? We'll have to force open the door"
"Miss Brie"
"Open it" the guy says. Brie takes a deep breath as she walks to the door.
"He's in the bathroom" she says as soon as she opens the door. The two middle aged cops walk quietly towards the bathroom hands on their gun holster. Brie stands in the living room anticipating what would come next. Has she really seen a ghost? Or was he a crazy pervert? She hoped for the latter.
"There's no one here Miss Brie" no no no...Brie says in her head repeatedly as she walked to the bathroom
"Are you…" Brie eyes meets with that of the strange guy, he was still standing in the exact same spot she had left him, one of the cops was looking around in the bathroom and they were both totally oblivious to his presence. Brie breath caught in her throat.
"Miss Brie… miss Brie are you alright"
"I'm sorry… I uhn. Sorry for the false alarm. I thought I heard someone around the apartment" she forces herself to say after steadying her breath
"Are you alright" one of the cops asks and she nods.
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After the cops left the apartment, Brie takes a seat in her sofa, trying to calm herself cause she felt like she was about to faint. I mean how do you react to seeing a ghost, one who isn't out to kill you, he looked real like every other guy even more innocent than most guys. As she sat down in complete silence trying to think of the smart thing to do, she could feel his eyes on her, he was standing some feets away from the couch enough space.
"So do you.. am I suppose to move out now? You know spirits… I mean ghost hates humans in their space" she asked after a while. Honestly she didn't mind going back to her parents house this night, she could live with Maxine, who lived in an expensive penthouse owned by her mum she wouldn't even have to bother about paying rent.
"No" the ghost guy answered without hesitation, Brie gives him a questioning look. "I've been alone for the past five months, it feels good to meet someone who sees and hears me"
Brie fidgets in her seat, not knowing how to react to that. She could barely imagine how painful it was to die at such a young age and then being trapped in your home totally invisible to the world. That felt like torture, but she wasn't supposed to be feeling sympathetic for a ghost, a male ghost who few hours ago was standing in her bathroom watching her take her bath. She really must be stupid.
"Why can I see you" she finds herself asking
"I don't know. I thought maybe you had some sort of gift" Brie scoffs, did he think this was some sort of "fantasy book"
"I've never seen a ghost before"
"I'm sorry if I scared you earlier. And I wasn't watching you in the bathroom, I was just there… I spoke your name earlier and you heard me and I was wondering if you could see me" Brie studies him as he spoke gently, he had really bright green eyes they were so beautiful and she felt like she could easily get lost in them but she quickly looks away standing up. What has gotten into her .
"Why am I entertaining this?" She asks rhetorically as she scrolls through her contact list, she needed to clear her head there was no way she was going to spend the night here alone.
"Brie.."
"Stop saying my name" she warned. She felt some type of way whenever he mentioned her name and she was sure it was because he wasn't real, talking to him was basically talking to yourself, if anyone walked In here they would most definitely think she has gone mad.
"Brie… babe I'm so sorry I couldn't make it today" Maxine says as soon as she answers the call
"It's okay. Are you home? Can I come over"
"Yes.. are you okay?"
"I'm fine.. I just. I'm on my way" Brie hangs up and went into the room to get her purse, ignoring the ghost in her living room who just stood there watching her every move.
**********
Maxine's house was the closest to her new apartment and Jody was pretty much living with Adam of recent. Unlike Jody, Maxine wasn't really the curious type she didn't push for information, she believed in sharing whatever happened in your own time. Brie appreciated her two friends and their differences and right now she needed Maxine cause she wasn't even sure she could explain what just happened to anyone. It still didn't make sense to her.
After arriving at Maxine's place, they both sat on her balcony looking over the city as they drank a bottle of wine. Maxine was busy on her laptop. Brie was glad she didn't ask why she came over after their pleasantries.
"Are you okay" Maxine asks as she closes her MacBook.
"Yes. Just stressed" Brie says with a soft smile
"I'm so sorry.. you came over and I'm just here being a workaholic, it's just I have a presentation tomorrow morning"
"It's okay Maxine, I know how much you wanted this job. " Maxine smiles at her.
"So… how do you feel, you finally have your own place" Maxibe asked excitedly, Brie sighs, how do you tell someone there's a ghost trapped in your new apartment
"It's still day one, and well it feels weird staying alone the quietness. But I'll get use to it" she replies with the easiest answer..
"You can now take a guy home whenever you can.. you don't have to hold back your moans" Brie burst into laughter as she playfully hits Maxine.