The Death My Popularity

I walked down the halls of “My” school, everyone was smiling at me. I was the most popular girl in school. Yeah that’s right, the one who decides who’s a nerd and who’s cool. I went to my locker with all the other cool people I chose following me. I opened it and took my books out. Then I handed it to the closest nerd around me.
“Carry my books to room A24 and set it in the middle desk.” I ordered. The nerd nodded and walked away.
Not only was I popular, but I was rich and beautiful. I was the girl that every girl wanted to be. See I get everything that I want when I wanted it. I put some mascara and lip gloss and I was ready to go. Well I was actually ready to go when I brushed my beautiful brunette hair. I walked out of the bathroom and smiled at my boyfriend waiting there for me. I smiled and he put his arm around me. His name was Jake and he was hot! He like completed my popular image. All the girls we passed all showed jealousy over how I was pretty, popular, and rich; and also because I had the hottest guy in school as my boyfriend. I was really using him because well he’s what every girl wants her boyfriend to be like. We walked in and my crowd of popular people made room for me in my favorite spot in all my classrooms. My spot was always the center. My books were there like I told the nerd to do so. Jake took his seat next to me and gave me a smile.
“Jake do you want to go to prom with me?” I asked.
“Of course I would.” He grinned.
“Well I want us to match so we’ll be a great looking couple. Well we already are anyway.” I whispered.
“What are you going to wear?”
“That, you will have to find out on prom night…” I smiled “But you need to wear a tux.” Did I mention Jake was rich too? When English was over we went to our next class until we encountered the two wannabe’s and there thirteen year-old brother.
“Oh take a look here it’s the I-think -I’m- cooler -than-everybody nerds.” I smiled nastily. My popular people crowded round. I noticed that the wannabe’s gang had most of the nerds in school.
“Very mature Mrs. Popular and I hope you notice your rein of this school is going to come to an end very soon.” Crystal (The wannabe leader) shot at me.
“Please…Most of your nerds are so wimpy that there on my side. Watch…” I told the nerds to come to me and more than half of them did.
“Well I guess I won this battle again. Let me see… Meredith one thousand and Crystal zero.” I said meaner than ever and walked right past her gang, with my own school following. Jake looked uncomfortable and a little smothered.

“What’s wrong Jake?” I asked a little worried.
“It’s nothing, I’ll drive you home.” He rushed me away from the crowd and I got in his car. He drove me home and I started to get suspicious that he knew something I didn’t. He was going to tell me right? We where now in front of my house and I was still waiting for him to tell me something. I started to get out of the car when he said
“Meredith I can’t go with you to prom. But I’m also breaking u”- I was put of the car before I could hear the rest. I ran to the door and slammed it open then slammed it shut. I fell to the floor and started to cry. I wasn’t crying completely for Jake. I was mostly crying because the truth hurt. The truth was that Jake was going to the prom with Crystal.
I bolted to my room. If a normal person saw the size of my whole house there jaws would literally drop to the floor. My room was light blue and had a queen-sized bed. There was also a bid desk with pens of every color sprawled on it. I slowly walked to the desk and took a piece of paper that meant so much to me before but now was worth nothing. It was the design of my prom dress. Sigh… I wish I could go! You’d probably think it’s stupid that all of the boys in school would love to go with me but you don’t know how embarrassing it is. What am I going to do when I go to prom without Jake’s arm around my shoulders? I went to my mirror and redid my make-up. Then I brushed my hair again and again. This weekend was the weekend before prom so my dress should be coming today. I went to the kitchen and asked the chef before he left to make me some fresh cookies and he did it right away. When the cookies were finished the chef went home. I munched on my chocolate chip and couldn’t swallow! I tried and tried but it wouldn’t go down. I was choking! There was no one here to help me. My mom and my sister where in Florida; and my guardian was food shopping! I fell to the floor and went unconscious, well actually unconscious isn’t the right word because the right word was died. I woke up next to my limp body and was crying. I looked at my body and thought the most stupid thing in the world, ‘my make-up looks terrible!’ I started to float and tried to grab onto something but I went right through it. I was suddenly in the sky heading toward this really formal looking building. I shut my eyes when I went through the wall. When I was inside I stopped floating. Well, I couldn’t say stopped floating because I was still one foot from the ground.
“Welcome!” said this girl at a messy desk. I just stared.
“You must be very confused right now um…I hope you know your dead right?” she babbled
“Well, I kind of noticed that when I woke up next to my limp body…” I said. The girl clumsily floated over to me and shook my hand. I looked up at her and screamed. It was my best friend that died three years ago!
“Ana! Is it really you?” I asked so shocked that I could probably scare a monster to death. Sigh, ‘death’.
“Meredith… I can’t believe it!” she hugged me and I hugged her back.
“How’d you die?” she asked me worried.
“I choked on a piece of chocolate chip cookie…” I looked down embarrassed of how wimpy my death sounded.
“How did you die then? Nobody knew…” I asked worried too.
“Food poisoning.” She said sadly.
“I’m so sorry.” I told her.
“So what do you want to do?” she asked.
“What can we do?”
“Everything!” she grabbed my hand and we went to do crazy things.
First we went to France and shopped at what was probably the most expensive store ever! In the U.S.A you could buy a tang top for fourteen dollars and in France you have to buy a tang top for sixty dollars! Did you know that we where shopping at ghost stores and malls? Did you know we could just take anything we wanted for free because you didn’t have to pay for it? We had the best time in France, but then we started to get bored shopping and flirting with French ghost boys. We went all the way to Rome to Australia in a matter of seconds. In Australia we got to ride in a kangaroo’s pouch. It was a very bumpy ride. We actually shrunk ourselves to get in the pouch.
“This is so much better than sitting at that desk all day counting how many people die.” Said Ana

“Did you have to count the dead people or where you just doing that for fun?” I giggled.
“For fun I guess.” She started to laugh too.
“How could you just sit at a desk when you could do everything? I mean to go against your judgment or anything, but counting dead people?” I rolled my eyes. She looked at me sadly.
“Wait did I say something to offend you?” I looked at her with my greatest look of apology.
“No it’s just the… mourning! What are you going to do when your family hears your…dead! What about your boy-frie”- I broke her off right there.
“I don’t have a boy-friend… we broke up, I don’t know yesterday…” I didn’t miss Jake at all! One because I never really liked him, two because I’m already dead, but it would be nice if he mourned for me…and three because I’m having so much fun!
“Hello! Are you even listening to me!!?” Ana screeched.
“Sorry, yes I will miss my family but there’s no use in crying. It’s not going to change anything…” I narrowed my gaze to my floating feet. She sighed and gave me a hug. After that we left Australia and went back home. Since I lived in LA, I was used to the glamour and meeting famous people. But I realized just now I took it all for granted. The life I was living before is the life that people would give their soul for!
“I’m such a terrible person!” I blurted out.
“Why would you say that?” Ana said. I just shook my head.
“I took my life for granted…and I didn’t even get to live it actually! I’ll never be able to have my own child and be a super star…” I smeared away my tears. But then I felt a slight jolt. Then I was vibrating, but it stopped quickly.
“They found your body!” Ana said weirdly.
“So that’s it…they found my body, so what?”
“It’s your time to decide, you know if you want to go to heaven or roam the earth forever.” She said sadly.
“What did you pick?” I said.
“I picked heaven…” she said.
“How are you here then?” But Ana was starting to fade.
“I was here to guide you…but you get to make your mark!” Ana was almost gone.
“What do you mean?”
“Make an appearance at the place that’s tying you down!” the Ana was gone. What was tying me down that was keeping me from crossing over? Prom! Oh my…I have to make my appearance at prom to leave my mark! This is going to be scary yet fun! Did you know that now that I’m dead I can make stuff out of thin air? I thought of a small mansion and there it was! Of coarse no humans would be able to see it but just to make sure I put a force field around it. I got dressed with the best clothes I’ve ever worn. Then I floated all the way to my school. I took a good look, because it might be the last time I would ever see it. I floated inside and walked on stage. I felt solid! I was human but I knew I was still a ghost because I shimmered in an unnatural way.
“I am now crowned queen1” everyone stared, so I took the crown and placed it on my head. I was shot into a burst of the most pure whit light in the world. I looked around and I was in heaven! Everything was made out of clouds. Columns where in front of every house and the sun looked like it hadn’t moved in ages. Ana gave her a giant hug and said
“You did it! I can’t believe you did it! Souls usually spend an eternity trying to go to Heaven.” She loosened her grip on me and people that I hadn’t noticed that where outside cheered. They really like me! For once in my “Life” I felt like I actually fit in! Now I new that this was the place where I belonged, the place where I shined!

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