"How will someone I haven't seen for sometime now possibly know my whereabouts?" I asked J.J.
He shrugged and said,
"They are just being wicked, I guess."
"Of course,they are." I said.
I sighed and added, "I need to find her. She is my best friend,I need to help her before it becomes too late."
"How do you intend to do that?" He asked.
"I do not know,but I will need your help with that." I said to J.J.
"My help?" He asked and I nodded in response.
"Why?" He asked again.
"Because she is my best friend." I told him.
"What does that have to do with me?" He asked.
"Everything." I said.
"Everything?" He asked and I nodded in response.
"How?" He asked again.
"How?" I asked.
I rolled my eyes and said,
"I'm very sorry for bothering you." I said to him,as I picked up my phone and left.
"Wait please." He pleaded, as he tried to catch up with me.
"Why should I wait?" I asked him, looking over my shoulder.
"Because I want to help you, I really want to." He said, as he finally caught up with me and stood in front of me, walking backwards as I continued to walk.
"I thought I was bothering you." I said to him angrily.
"Of course not.I Am sincerely sorry." He apologized sincerely.
"It's okay." I said to him, smiling.
"Wait for me, let me go quickly get my car keys." He said and hurriedly returned inside his house.
He actually stayed inside longer than expected.
He finally came back and ran back to me.
"Here. Put it on." He said,as he was giving me a wig.
I was a bit nervous, I haven't worn a wig before.
I collected and tried figuring out how to wear it.
He giggled mockingly and said,
"Let me help with that." He said and snatched the wig from me.
I wanted to bend a bit, but he was quick to figure it out and said,
"No need for that. Remember that you are half my height." He said and laughed softly.
Was he mocking me?
"You know that's not true." I said to him and slightly punched him in the chest.
He didn't say anything, he just smiled.
When he was done, he winked at me and said,
"Now you look just like my baby sister."
"What?" I asked.
"That's her wig. She is blonde too and very beautiful." He said and started to smile,as he walked towards one of the parked cars.
He indirectly just said that I am beautiful.
Is he finding me attractive?.
OMG!
He opened the passenger seat for me and said,
"Come on, hop in."
"Thanks." I said as I slid my body inside the car.
"Is this yours?" I asked the moment he entered the car too.
"Yup." He said as he fastened his seat belt.
"I do not mean to brag, I own all the cars here." He added.
"Really?" I asked, surprised.
"Where are your parents?" I asked, curiously.
"In the garage." He said and started the engine.
"Wow!" I exclaimed.
"Fasten your seat belt please." He said as we drove out of the compound.
We drove around the city, but there still were no traces of Lizzy anywhere either.
"How about you give her a call?" He asked.
"You know I would have if I could,but I can't." I said.
"Oh, that's true." He said.
"Should I call her instead?" He asked and I nodded.
"Okay, let's pull over first." He said and stopped the car along the road.
I gave him Lizzy's number which he dialed and it rang.
"Hello." He greeted when she picked and J.J put the phone on loudspeaker.
"Who is this?" A masculine voice asked from the other side of the phone.
It's Hales.
"It's John….." I quickly snatched the phone from J.J before he could reply.
"Hey Hale. It's Eunice." I said and patiently waited for a reply while unknowingly inhaling and exhaling loudly.
"Hey babe, come over here, it's Eunice." He said to his girlfriend,my best friend at the other end of the phone.
"Are you sure?" I heard her asking Hale, her boyfriend..
He didn't say anything in response,I could imagine nodding or shaking his head.
"Eunice?" Lizzy whispered from the other end of the phone.
"Hi Lizzy." I greeted.
"Are you really alive?" She asked, she really sounded surprised.
"Yes." I whispered back.
"I really resurrected." I added.
"So it's true, I thought the police were lying." She said to me,
"No, they are right about my resurrection and wrong about me being immortal." I said to her,
"But, I saw you die." She said,
"Like, you know...you died in my arms." She added, as she started to whimper.
"Stop crying, please or else I'm gonna cry too." I said to her,but she didn't stop crying, so I joined her.
"I thought I would never see you again." She said,
"Me too. I wonder if I would be going to hell without you." I said.
"What?" She asked amidst sobbing.
"That was a lie. I went to heaven and the grim reapers said you will die too if I don't come back." I said to her,
"What?" She asked again.
"The grim reapers said best friends are supposed to come together. They said we should come together in a century." I said to Lizzy.
"Okay." She said and cried even harder.
We continued to cry together for about five more minutes.
"It's okay, Eunice is fine." I heard Hale from the other end of the phone, trying to calm his girlfriend.
J.J tried to do the same too,by tapping my back and he exhaled loudly before saying,
"It's okay to stop crying."
It didn't make me stop, instead I began to cry more, and then Lizzy joined me and we both cried harder, as if it was a competition.
J.J snatched the phone from me and said,
"Hello, let's talk instead."
"Yeah, who is this?" Hale asked.
"It's Johnny Johnson." J.J said.
"J.J?" Hale asked,amazed.
"Yeah." He said.
"Wait, you guys know me?" J.J asked.
"I know you,but not directly. I knew you through my girlfriend and she knew you through that girl right in front of you." Hale said.
"I am still confused." J.J said to Hale.
"Actually, the girl in front of you has been..." I did not allow Hale to complete his sentence as I quickly snatched the phone from J.J and asked,
"Where the fuck are you guys?" I asked Hale.
"In my house." He replied.
"Oh!" I exclaimed.
"Thank goodness." I added.
"Where are you?" Hale asked.
"I am on my way to you." I said and quickly hung up before he could say anything else.
"Let's go." I said to J.J.
"Where?" He asked.
"Don't worry I will direct you." I told him.
"Okay, let's go." He said, as he started the engine again and drove off.
An hour and thirty minutes later, we got to Hale's house.
We got down and walked towards the front door and knocked.
"I'm coming." Hale shouted from inside.
"Come inside." He said the moment he opened the door and held it opened for us to come in.
"Eunice." Lizzy said,as she started to run towards me,the very moment she saw me.
"Lizzy." I said,as we engaged in a very warm embrace.
"I have missed you,a lot." Lizzy said and started to whimper again.
"I have missed you even more." I said to her, as I started to whimper too.
Before you know it, we both started crying loudly again.
Hale separated us and turned Lizzy to face him and carried her away, into another room.
She was still crying, but her voice faded, as Hale closed the door of the room they entered.
I just stood there, crying.
"Hey." J.J said.
"Stop crying. You are such a cry baby." He added and that worsened it, as I began to cry even harder.
He tried turning me to face him,but I refused, then he walked to my front and stood in front of me.
"Stop crying." He said.
He walked closer to me and hugged me, to comfort me.
"It's okay. You are alive, you should be grateful for that." He said and started to pat me on my back.
I wasn't crying because I was touched, same with Lizzy.
She is thrilled to see J.J too.
She knows that I do not know what to do, that was why she made Hale take her away.
If you know, you know.
If you don't know, forget about it. Don't worry, you will understand later.
Actually, it's a girl's thing.
Back to reality,
I stopped crying, but was winded.
I inhaled slowly and exhaled loudly to catch my breath.
He lifted me and carried me to the couch and laid me down.
He raised my head and sat down as he put my head on his lap,then started to pat me.
Now, I am jealous of his younger sister. I wish I was her.
"You should be grateful God gave you a second chance to live, not everyone gets to be as lucky as you are. You know that right?" He asked and I nodded.
"My parents divorced my mom before, but they got back together again after five years of being separated." He added.
"At least, you have both of your parents by your side. I have only my mom. I do not know who my dad is." I said to him,
"You have a grandparent,but I do not have any. You should be grateful for that too." He said to me,
"At least, you have a sister to keep you company." I said to him,
"My younger sister, she is seventeen. She goes to a boarding school." He said.
"Wait, are you an only child?" He asked, before I could say anything.
"Yes, I am." I replied to him.
"Why?" I asked.
"Nothing." He said.
"Then why did you ask?" I asked.
"You are very lucky, siblings are so troublesome." He said and laughed softly.
"Even so, it's better than being alone." I said.
He stopped patting me and started to play with my hair.
"But you have a best friend, who is always worried about you." He said.
I shifted, so that I could look at his face and ask.
"Don't you have one?" He shook his head and said,
"No."
"But you are very popular." I said to him,
"Did you know that the most popular persons in the world are the loneliest?" He asked.
I shook my head and said,
"No I do not."
"Tell me about it." I added.
"Let's take celebrities as an example, they train and practice in hiding with no one to cheer them up. They starve to look perfect. People only praise your outward look. They don't care, infact, no one does." He said, sighed very deeply and continued,
"No one cares about what you did to become perfect or very good at something. They only want to see your best side."
"That's the same as impressing people." I said to him,
"Yes. Exactly." He said and nodded in agreement.
"Is that what you have been doing?" I asked.
"No, it's just the girls that have been making me popular." He replied.
"Popular?" I asked, pretending as if I didn't know.
"Yes, because I am very handsome and attractive." He said, praising himself.
"Handsome?" I asked and he nodded, grinning.
"Attractive?" I asked again and he nodded again.
"Who told you that?" I asked mockingly.
"Every female creature I have come across, including you." He replied.
"Me?" I asked.
"Yes, you." He said to me and nodded.
"When?" I asked again.
"You haven't said it directly, but your gaze has been telling me that since yesterday." He replied.
"You are dreaming." I said and rolled my eyes.
"How about that time that I wanted to take you to my room?" He asked mockingly.