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should be freaking out or at least scared, but all I can think about is how that explains why he looks so much older. “So how am I here now?”
    Kristian shakes his head and rolls on his side to face me. I lose my grip on his hand and turn translucent again. Kristian sits up and looks around in confusion. “Jess?” He almost sounds panicked.
    “I’m here,” I respond, frowning down at my hand and sitting up on the bed.
    Kristian swings his head round to face my general direction. “I can hear you, but I can’t see you.”
    I scramble across the bed and place my hand on his knee, instantly becoming solid again. Ha, I think I have this worked out now. Kristian drops my bracelet over the edge of the bed in surprise; it clinks as it hits the hardwood floor. I disappear again. Okay, I’m getting sick of this now.
    “What happened?” Kristian eyes glaze over as he loses sight of me.
    It must be the bracelet.
    “Pick up my bracelet.” He nods. As soon as he’s holding the bracelet again, my skin becomes firm.
    Kristian inhales sharply and smiles. “You’re really here?” Tears well up in his eyes, making them shine with grief as he searches my face, looking for answers.
    “Yes, I’m really here.” I frown. “Sort of.” Keeping one hand on his, I reach up with the other and wipe a stray tear off his cheek. He closes his eyes and sighs, leaning into my hand.
    “God, I missed you, Jess.” Kristian places one of his hands over mine and opens his eyes again. The sunrise is beginning to show through the room; the dark grey light turning to a blushed pink. The reflection of the light glows in his dark, shiny eyes.
    I smile and lay back down on the bed, pulling him with me. We lay on our sides facing each other, our hands joined in the middle, the bracelet held between our palms. We’re silent for a long time, just gazing at each other. 
    “I want to stay right here like this forever,” Kristian whispers into the slowly brightening room.
    I smile. “It’s nice, isn’t it?”
    “You look the same as you did the last time I saw you.” I can see the hurt glitter in his eyes as he speaks. He’s remembering something horrible.
    “You don’t. You look much older.”
    He smirks. “I’m twenty-three now.” Wow. I never thought of it like that. Kristian glances away quickly before turning his gaze back to me. “What’s it like?”
    “Being dead?” He nods, his grip on my hand tightening. I glance over at the open window while I answer. “It felt peaceful, like I was floating. But now, now I just feel nothing. I’m not hungry or thirsty; I don’t feel heavy or tired. I don’t even feel angry or sad. It’s as if I could float away at any moment.”
    Kristian’s eyes widen suddenly and his hand twitches in mine. “Don’t leave.”
    I smile reassuringly and rub my thumb across his hand. “Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere.” He lets out a heavy breath and his face relaxes. “So what’s happened since I’ve been gone?”
    He opens his mouth to answer, but he’s cut off by his phone alarm singing loudly into the room. Of all the times for a phone to interrupt something, this is important. I scrunch up my nose in annoyance as he keeps a hold of my hand while reaching behind him to silence it. “I have to get ready for work, I start my new job today,” he says, turning back to face me.
    “Wow, for a moment there I forgot how old you are.” I giggle and place my other hand over my mouth.
    He gazes at me steadily. “I have missed you so much, Jessica.” He looks down at our intertwined fingers and then back at my face. “Will you stay? You’ll still be here when I come home?”
    “Of course. I would never leave you on purpose.” He smiles weakly and reluctantly slides off the bed, keeping hold of my hand until only the tips of our fingers touch. My body goes translucent and I sit up on the bed to watch him wander around the room opening boxes, searching for his