Dead Love (Chapter 8) Chapter 8 "Tell me the story," I urged him, a sudden wave of curiosity waged over me. He smiled at me eagerness. "It's not one of happy endings as you can see," he said using his free hand to point at his ghostly self. His other hand was still too occupied in holding mine. "Leena!! I'm going bye!" I heard my mum scream up from the stairs. I smiled happily, now I really was going to spend the day with Kane. "Bye!" I shouted. Kane jokingly put his hands to his ears and I laughed while hitting his cold shoulder. "Tell the story!" I said wanting to hear it badly. "Alright alright!" He said holding his hands up as if he surrendered. "Sorry if I drift off into my own wprld a bit my lady, it is a sad tale," he said before he began. "It's ok, I'm proud of you for telling me the story in the first place," I said soothingly. He squeezed my hand again in comfort. "It was back in 1887, Queen Victoria ruled England and even Ireland," He said, "I was 18 years old like you I believe," he said looking at me. "Yeah I am," I said putting legs up to get comfortable. "Anyway, I didn't work or anything because my family were very rich, as you can probably tell by the paintings and the house," "My family and I were happy, I used to spend summer days with my little sister and brother, we played crochet and ball games it was really really fun," He smiled as he slipped into his daydream about his past #life. "One day, my father approached me and asked about my views on marriage, I thought about what it would be like to love someone and to come home to a lovely woman after a long days work, so naturally I said I liked it," "My father was pleased as he had a girl in mind that I could get married to," Kane's eyes glazed a bit but he did bring his face to look at me. "That's when Charlotte came into my #life," he said it smiling. Somewhere inside me I felt a pang of jealousy inside me. It hurt to see him smile so happily about this girl. I recognized the name as the girl I reminded Kane of. "She was my father's friend's daughter and a spark in my dull #life, everything was just so much more animated with her it was like I could do anything," "Soon enough we were engaged and every Thursday I would take her to the park, she would tell me she loved me and make me feel truly happy," he seemed really happy now. The jealousy was growing bigger and louder. Suddenly, the smile faded off of his face. "But, I knew it was all too good to be true, she was actually scamming me, she didn't love me she loved someone else, Hector to be precise," a look of hate and anger overcame his face. His hand tensed in mine and I reached out, with my other hand, to rub his shoulder. "Hector was Charlottes sweetheart and I was just a way of letting them see each other, Charlotte would use the excuse of meeting me to go and see Hector, they were serious," his whole body had tensed up at this point and I started rubbing his neck soothingly. The cold of his skin was almost unbearable but I didn't care. "It's ok," I whispered resting my head on his shoulder. Almost immediately he started to relax. He entwined his fingers with mine again. "One afternoon, while I was taking Rose my little sister to the park I noticed them in the corner, I waved and then my heart stopped, they were. . . kissing, I was horrified," I saw a tear streak down his face and quickly wiped it away getting closer to him. There was now no space between us were totally together. "I went up to them and demanded to know what was going on, I sent my sister home with the maid who had also come, Hector smiled maliciously and kissed her in from of me again, I objected, but he only intensified the kiss, finally when I couldn't take it anymore I punched him," it seemed that he was replaying it all in his head. I edged even closer which I didn't think was possible. I put arm around his chest and layed on it. I felt his other hand start to caress my arm. "He suddenly started beating me, he beat me into an alleyway, he beat me to a pulp, right in front of Charlotte and do you know the worst thing?" He asked me looking directly into my eyes. I shook my head. "No," I whispered. "She watched, she watched me die in the alleyway, she didn't care at all," his voice broke at the end and several other tears streamed down his perfect face. My eyes started to prick with my own tears just by watching him. I wrapped my arm tighter around him. "I'm so sorry, Kane," I mumbled through some tears. I could feel him hugging me back. He buried his face into my hair and I buried mine into his chest. "It felt like no one cared about me, no one does now either," he said into my hair. I hugged him tighter. I pulled him closer to me. The coolness of his skin was freezing but I knew I could warm it up. I pulled away but still kept my arms around him. "I care about you, I really do," I said, my face near to his. His eyes were slightly bloated and I could see he'd been crying into my hair. "You've only known me for a day and a half," he said calming down slightly. His eyes portrayed confusion. "I know but that doesn't stop me from, from well from..." I trailed away feeling ashamed. He was right I can't just tell him I like him. It would be weird. "From liking me?" Kane's said lifting my chin up to look at him. "Look I understand that we have not known each other for a very long time but you're right, we can still like each other," he said. He then put his arm around me and pulled me closer than I imagined possible. He now had one arm around me and one arm stroking my arm. I had my arm over his chest and the other on his back. "You're right," I whispered. He then gently started to lower his head towards mine. I closed my eyes waiting for my moment to happen. Ooh sorry for the cliffhanger I know y'all hate them!! Anyways Read the next chaired to find out what happens!! Star xx

Dead Love (chapter 7) Chapter 7 Like before, we stayed in that same position. We were both enjoying the moment. I was prepared to stay like how I was for the rest of my #life but I suddenly heard my mother calling. "Leena! I'm coming in!" She shouted. Kane and I both jumped violently and then I started panicking. "Hide! Or-" I started but just before I was about to suggest my other idea he smiled and then vanished into thin air. "Or do that," I whispered to myself. I could hear my mother stomping upstairs but I didn't care. I suddenly felt sad. Kane had just vanished and it was like he was never there. Just then, my mum burst into the room. "Ahh so this is what you picked huh?" She said evaluating my bedroom. I nodded quietly, I still wasn't over Kane's disappearance. "It's nice, anyway I really just came to say goodnight, so goodnight," she said. "Goodnight," I muttered. She nodded and then exited. I sighed and then grabbed my pyjamas out of the wardroabe and headed over to my on suite bathroom. Why did my mum have to come and ruin our moment I thought as I changed into my pyjamas and brushed my teeth. I felt really angry at my mum by the time I had climbed into bed. I didn't feel like going to sleep if Kane wasn't around. "Kane? Kane she's gone com back?" As soon as I had said his name he materialized back into the room in a chair near me. "I know, I just wanted to give you some time to use the water closet my lady," he said in his cute Irish accent. I smiled at him. "Thanks," I said appreciatively. He smiled at me again and I wanted to talk a picture of it. I wanted to keep it by me since it made me so happy. "My lady about what happened between us just a moment ago, I wanted to say that it was...nice," he said quietly looking at me deeply. I nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it was," I said. He gave me one of his signature heartwarming smiles. "Goodnight my lady," he said. "Goodnight Kane and please call me Leena! I do call you Kane after all," I said. I wanted to be called by my name, especially in his voice. "Alright, Goodnight Leena," he said and leaned back in his chair. I smiled secretly to myself and then turned of the light. Kane's POV She was truly breathtaking when she slept. Her chest moved up and down quite evenly and her hair fell over her face softly. She was Charlotte, but she wasn't. I cursed myself as I compared Leena to Charlotte. How could I? She was a witch. She didn't deserve to be put next such a...such an amazing person as Leena. I sighed and slumped in my chair. Morning needed to come faster because I needed to hear hr talk again. Back to Leena POV The sunlight shine through the room annoyingly. I got up feeling quite well rested which was good. I stared arpund the room for Kane yet I couldn't find him. I walked over to my closet and picked out some jeans and a top and whizzed into the bathroom. When I can out I realized that Kane still wasn't here so went downstairs for some breakfast. The kitchen looked surprisingly set up and I could even see some breakfast on the table. My mum was there too. "Have some breakfast chick, I need to tell you something," her annoying nice side had come out today for some reason. I kept my face normal and sat down, tucking into my eggs. "What is it?" I said once I had wolfed down my breakfast. My mum sipped aimlessly at her cup of tea. She had a look of annoyance on her face. "Well I gather you know about Andy, right?" She began. I couldn't stop the grunt tht escaped from my lips. Andy was my mums secret boyfriend. After my dad left us she went to see him a lot. She tended to leave alone at home for hours. It was even a day once. I found put about him last year when he came at the door instead of waiting in the car. I was really annoyed. "Well he lives here," she said not getting to the point fast enough. I rolled my eyes and sat back in my chair. "I know, you used I come here all the time, Andy is the reason we moved here," I stated. I didn't need to hide from her the real reason we moved. "Well yes that's true, anyways I just needed To tell you that we're going out today," she finished. I could see she expected the worst. I stayed calm though. "For how long?" I asked. My reaction surprised her, I could see. "A long time," she said. That meant I could spend a long time with Kane. I actually couldn't wait for her to leave. "Ok," I said happily before running upstairs. I slammed my door shut and, to my joy, I was face to face with Kane. And I mean face to face. We were only an inch apart. I could feel his cool breath on my face. "I get to spend the day with you today," I whispered. He smiled his signature smile at me. "Perfect," he said. We were still only an inch apart. Suddenly, I felt him move about a centimeter closer. "I guess we could get to know each other today," I said looking at his emerald eyes. "Yes and I feel as though you need to know my story," he said. His story? "Your story?" I said confused. He edged a centimeter closer again. So much so that our chests were nearly touching. I could feel the coolness even from him. He then took my hand in his. His hand was freezing as usual but I didn't care. He lead me to the window which he had lined with pillows and duvets. We both sat down our hand still entwined. "The story of how I died," he said. I tried to stifle a gasp. He squeezed my hand. I felt sort of safe. "Well if you want to tell me and get it off your chest then I'm all ears," I said. He smiled then. I returned the gesture. He leaned back against the window and so did I. Our hands still held together. A/N Wow! Thanks to everyone who is liking and commenting once again! Please tell me if you think it needs some improvement or if you want the chapters to be longer or shorter!! I hope you guys enjoyed it! Anyways enjoy chapter 7 and await chapter 8

Dead Love (chapter 6) Chapter 6 I chewed my chips with very little interest. My mum had gone to the chippy while I was unpacking for her and bought fish and chips for dinner. The fish was undercooked and the chips tasted of dry cardboard. My mum sat opposite me on the large dining table. We normally ate quietly since I had nothing to say to that horrible woman. "How was the unpacking?" She said suddenly. Was she really talking to me? Wow. "Fine," I replied with as little enthusiasm as possible. She looked up at me and didn't even try a smile this time. I felt really uncomfortable under her stare. "I'm going to eat upstairs," I said and with that I took my plate and ran upstairs. I didn't stop until my room was locked. I was going to pay for tht later I just knew it. "Are you alright my lady?" Kane said anxiously. He had such a look of fear on his face that I couldn't help but laugh. I burst into uncontrollable laughter and he looked annoyed. "Oh my gosh your face!" I said still chuckling. He smiled slightly at first and then started laughing himself. It was deep and beautiful. Pretty soon we were both laughing so hard we couldn't breathe. Finally after an eon we started to calm down. I surprised to find myself and him on the floor. "Was I that funny? Even if it wasn't I needed that!" He said still chuckling slightly. I nodded grinning widely. "Yeah you were! You looked like you'd just seen a-" I stopped. Was I really about to say ghost? I couldn't believe myself. I saw Kane had stopped laughing. "A shark," I said finishing my sentence. What a lame come back. He gave me a meek smile and went back to his ledge. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" I started feeling really bad. I didn't want our laughter to end like that. "It's ok, my lady," he said quietly. Why was I so stupid? Ugh I should just go and die in a hole somewhere. "No I really am sorry, I didn't mean to revive any bad memories," I said once again sitting down on the ledge next to him. Like before I put one hand on his icy shoulder. I felt my hand dropping to -50 degrees Celsius but I didn't care. I hated upsetting him. "Miss Myers, may I ask you yet another question," he said looking into my eyes. "Go ahead, Kane," I said and I edged a bit closer to him on the window ledge, until we only had a little gap between us. Our shoulders touching. "We only met this morning," he began, "Yet I feel like we're really...close?" He said waiting for my approval. "Yeah, me too," I said. I put my hand down and put it near his his. Not touching but just next to it. "Why is that though? We don't even know much about each other yet, when you went downstairs I wished you'd come back up," he said. I then felt his icy pinky finger entwine with mine. We weren't holding hands but it was close enough for me. I looked up at him and his green eyes. They looked back at me swimming with warmth and I dare say...love. We stayed with our eyes locked and fingers entwined. I didn't want the moment to end. 1 day ago I wouldn't have even imagined that I would start falling for a ghost. In fact 1 day ago I didn't even believe in love. But, here I was now, gazing into the eyes of the most beautiful boy ever. He was breathtaking. I couldn't seem to let go. Kane's POV (point of view!) I ventured out further than I had imagined to go. I showed her my affection. I entwined my little finger with hers and surprisingly she didn't let go. I looked at her face. It was so much like Charlotte's but it wasn't hers. It was me falling in love again. He chocolate brown eyes gazed up at me, softly. Her brown hair fell neatly around her shoulders to frame her face. She was so much like Charlotte, but like I said, not Charlotte. How could I suddenly be doing this to a girl that I had only just met. Was it, love at first sight? But, that was just in Rose's fairy tales though, not in real #life. Or was it? Hiya!! I really enjoyed writing that bit and I hope you enjoyed reading it. Did you like that little perspective change? Hehe please like and comment if you did!! But for now just enjoy chapter 6 and await chapter 7 star xxx

Dead Love (chapter 5) Chapter 5 Was I falling in love? Was this what love at first sight was like? This is so cheesy, I thought. Love at first sight? Oh come on Leena, it's not real. Love was only in movies right? It wasn't real. It wasn't. I was so busy debating I didn't even hear Kane speaking to me. "Uhh my lady?" He said trying to bring me back from my daydream. "Yes sorry!" I said. He smiled again. Wow, that smile was...snap out of it Leena! "I believe your mother is calling you," he said sounding amused at my dreaming. I smiled feeling embarrassed and walked out of the room. Sure enough I could hear my mum screaming my name. I grinned sheepishly as I walked downstairs and thought about Kane at the same time. His smile, his face, his clothes, his way of talking it was all amazing. Suddenly I started to feel stupid. I mean I met this boy a few hours ago since then he had me in a hurricane how could I even consider it as love? I sighed inwardly as I reached my mum in the living room. "Have you unpacked?" She asked sternly. Her cheerful mood had gone away I suppose. I nodded quietly in response. "Good, take this and unpack for me," she said handing me a box. Inside I was really annoyed but outside I took it. I knew better than to object. "What room?" I asked trying to be patient. She looked up at me seeming aggravated. "Any," she muttered. Whatever, I said inside my head before heading back upstairs. Which room should I pick? I started contemplating on the right one or the left. While I was in deep thought I felt something cold brush past my shoulder. I looked around to find Kane standing next to me. He smiled his warm smile at me once again. "Deciding on a room?" He asked. I nodded happily. I definitely wouldn't e annoyed if Kane helped me. "For my mum, are there any rooms that you wouldn't throw a tsunami for?" I said jokingly. He gave me another crooked smile that I had grown to crave. "Let me show you," he said chuckling. He led me into a white room which was totally bare. It had nothing on the walls or the windows, it was totally bare. Perfect. I thought. "It's great, it has nothing much in it and I'm not in a particular mood to give my mum the best," I said slamming the box down on to the bed. He nodded understanding that I didn't want to talk about it. He walked over to the window ledge and sat down. But surprisingly he didn't look out of of the window but directly at me. I felt my cheeks go warm and I averted my gaze to the box. I could feel him still staring at me so I started unpacking the box. "You remind me so much of someone," Kane said out of the blue. I wonder who. "Who?" I asked still folding my mums dull clothes. "Charlotte," he answered monotonically. I looked at him and he seemed to be in a day dream. I walked over to him and tapped his freezing shoulder. He jumped and looked up at me. I could've sworn there was a tear in his eye. I didn't know exactly what I was doing but I sat down next to him. I still had my hand on his shoulder. "Who's that?" I asked softly. He brushed the tear away and sighed. "Someone I thought I knew," he said and our eyes locked. For once I couldn't tell what he was thinking through his eyes. He had somehow closed them up. We stayed in that position for who knows how long. It could've been a minute or an hour. We just stared deep into each other's eyes, it was nice. "Uhh sorry I won't pry," I said finally looking away. He started slightly and looked genuinely...disappointed that I'd turned away. I got up and walked back to the unpacking. "Someone I loved as well," I heard Kane say just hefore he vanished into thin air. A/N hi guys!! Thanks so much for the likes and comments so far and I hope your all enjoying the story. I now there aren't many people reading but thanks to those who are ^.^ So anyways enjoy chapter 5 and await chapter 6, star xxx

Dead Love (chapter 4) Chapter 4 The rest of that afternoon was spent unpacking and staring at Kane. I managed most of the room that one afternoon. Kane stayed totally motionless and just stared out of the window. His earlier smile had faded and he was now just sad. I saw it in his eyes, his face. I wanted to ask him what was wrong, for some reason I wanted to console him. Why? Don't ask me. I was too scared to ask him what was up. I mean I'd only met him a few hours ago. I'd finished my unpacking in about an hour and Kane was still the same as before. Sighing, I made my way to the door to explore. I stood out into the hallway and was once again faced with a semi circle of rooms. My room was exactly in the middle. I decided to go in some rooms just to check them out. I walked across the landing to find a white door. Without thinking I just pushed it open and wandered inside. The room was massive; there was a large four-poster bed and a huge wardroabe. The walls were lined with painting after painting. I took a look at the first one. It was of a little girl. She had long straight long mouse hair and greeny blue eyes. She wore a long dress that could only be Victorian. I stared at the painting and then realized something. There was a small engraving on the frame at the bottom. Lady Rose Weddend Weddend House, 1887 Weddend House was this house. Was this house...royal? I pondered over the idea as I moved to the next painting. This one was of a young boy. He looked surprisingly like a younger version of Kane. The same brown hair and green eyes. There was also another engraving on the bottom. Master Thomas Weddend Weddend House, 1887 Thomas Weddend. What a name! I smiled as I moved on to the next painting. It was that painting that shocked me back into my senses. I now realised why the name 'Weddend' was familiar. It was a painting of a boy. A painting of Kane. He looked exactly the same as he did now. The same hair, eyes, clothes. Exactly the same. That could only mean that Kane had...had passed at the time of this painting. I was yearning to know more. I was to curious about him. I felt that I needed to know about him and that I needed to understand him. Again, I haven't the faintest idea why. I moved over to the other two paintings and found they were Kane's parents. I smiled as I ran my finger along the huge frame. "I see you've found my family," I jumped and spun around all in one motion to find Kane leaning in the wall. I felt my cheeks go red in embarrassment. "Oh err s-sorry I d-didn't mean to-" I started nervously. "Don't worry Miss Myers, I'm not angry," he said chuckling lightly. I breathed out a sigh of relief and gave him a shy smile. I felt slightly happy that I had once again found some time alone with this amazing person. He looked so...perfect. What was happening to me?