"Um, help?" I'm in William's room and I'm getting so freaked out on this. I'm in a dead guy's room and it looks like he still sleeps in here or some shit. Everything is messy of course because it's a guy’s room, not being stereotypical or anything, but seriously, it's such a mess. I'm trying not to touch anything because I feel kind of weird of touching a dead guy's stuff. I mean come on, I don't even know William, although I kinda do since he's in my fucking head!
"Okay, the key should be here somewhere. Maybe underneath my pillow or in my closet or some shit?"
"You don't know where you put it???" I groan as I just imagine having to look through everything since he has no clue where the hell he put the damn key.
"Hey, I'm dead. Don't yell at me for forgetting something so little." I open his closet and I'm hit with a strong smell of cologne that's coming from his clothes.
"Jesus, why the hell do you put so much cologne on?" He laughs and I'm trying to plug my nose it doesn't fall off or anything.
"So that girls can get in my pants easily. Aren't you at least getting a little tiny crush on my Savannah?" I make a barfing sound and step away from the closet so I can breathe.
"You are nuts. Now, the key. Where is it so I can leave this hell hole."
"Oh! I got it now! It's in the closet and on the top shelf there's a box. Open the box and you'll find it." I groan, thinking that I have to go back to that closet of hell. I walk to it and I get on my tippy-toes to reach the box that's on the top shelf of the closet. I grab the box and open it to find basically everything about his life. There's pictures, old phones, lots of keys and…a ring? I pick up the ring and put it up as it shimmers in the moonlight. It's a diamond ring, fit for a girl. A wife. What?...
"Put it back."
"Why the hell do you have a ring in here? Were you gonna marry someone?" I'm still looking at the ring, loving at how beautiful it looks but confused about why he has it. Well, had it. Forgot he's dead.
"Savannah put it back." He's getting mad at me and I don't even care because there's nothing he can do about it. He's just a voice so I can do anything I want.
"No way. Tell me, why on earth do you have a diamond ring in the box?" William sighs and swears at me to put it back in the box but I'm still not doing it.
"You’re not dumb, Savannah, you know why there's a ring, you know when a guy has a ring he wants to?"
"Marry," I whisper on that word and I still look at the ring with, confused about why a nineteen-year-old kid would want to marry at that age. I haven't even thought about marriage and I don't even think I ever want to. I do the stupidest thing ever and I slip the ring onto my left ring finger and admire it as it fits perfectly on.
"It's beautiful." I'm still admiring the ring that's on my finger and I smile as it shines and sparkles even at night. The diamond itself is gorgeous and I want to know why he hasn't proposed. Or maybe he has but the girl said no. Who the hell would say no to this ring??? I know I wouldn't. My mind instantly tells me to take it off and I do. I put the ring back in the box and rub my eyes.
"Savannah..."
"Stop. Just let me find the key so we can get out of here." So I can get out of here. I look through the box and spot a picture of him with a girl. My stupid self just has to pick up the picture and look at it. I grab the picture and see William holding a girl in his hands as he stares into her eyes with love. I don't recognize the girl, thinking that it was Jennifer or something but it's not. For no good reason, my heart somewhat breaks seeing William in such love but not earning that love back since he's not even alive anymore. I shake my head and put the picture down and look through the box finding of ten keys. Fucking great.
"Are you for real?" William laughs sadly.
"It's the grey one." I pick the grey key up and nod as I close the box and put it back on the shelf where it belongs. Where it should belong forever. I close his closet door and walk out of his room like it's somewhat burning my insides. I run downstairs and I stop as I see Andrew still sitting on the chair looking at his phone.
"Leaving?" He stands up as he puts his phone in his pocket.
"Yeah, sorry. I found what I was looking for." He nods as he rubs his whole face and yawns.
"I'm guessing William also told you about his stupid thing about proposing to his long-term girlfriend." I pause and I can hear William saying oh, shit over and over again.
"Um, what do you mean?" Andrew laughs as he thinks how stupid it is since William was about to propose and honestly, I'm with him on this one.
"William told me about almost five months ago, when he was alive of course, that he was going to propose to Katie."
"Katie? Not Jennifer?" Andrew rolls his eyes and rubs his face.
"Nah, not Jennifer. Katie was his long-term girlfriend for about two years. He thought it was "true love." That is until he saw her cheating on his stupid little ass." Andrew laughs with a sad tone and shakes his head.
"I thought he dated Jennifer though."
"Oh, he did. For about a month, before he found Katie. Trust me, as soon as I saw Katie I knew she was bad news, but somehow that little idiot didn't listen to me. I mean, who would listen to their younger siblings? But anyway, he was gonna propose to her at the place they had their first date. As he was going to see her, he saw her kissing some other asshole, I guess. I don't know, after a month later, William..." Andrew is close to crying and I want to say something but I got nothing. He looks at me and coughs as it seems to cover his sadness.
"Anyway, it's late. I have school tomorrow and I need to sleep early. Sorry for being such an asshole for saying that." I shake my head fast and smile.
"Oh no, don't worry. I totally get it. I need to leave as well." I walk to the door and open it and walk out. I turn around and wave at Andrew.
"Bye Andrew, and thanks." He smiles and shrugs as he knows that he didn't really help me with anything but I know he did.
"Bye, Savannah. Have a good night."
"You too!" I shout as I run to my car and get in as fast as I can. I turn on my car and the heater as well since it's kind of cold. I lean back into my seat and hit my head on the back of the seat.
"Savannah..."
"What next? I don't have all day and the faster we move, the faster you leave." I must sound like some bitch but I'm mad. He didn't tell me and I feel like he should've at least told me part of it.
"Really, Savannah? That's it?" I roll my head and my neck cracks. He puts so much pressure on me that my neck actually cracks.
"Yes. That's it. Now, where to next?"
"Fine whatever. Go straight. I'll tell you when to turn and shit. Just drive." Now he sounds mad and that makes two of us. I put the car in drive and hit the gas as we move fast out of his stupid neighborhood. Now I'm wondering if I should just stop and ask the doctor for more pills so I can stop listening to his stupid voice. That sounds better than agreeing to this and actually getting this stuff for him. I put the key in the back where the hoodie and the headphones are. I'm almost done. The sooner I finish this the sooner he leaves. I should feel happy about this but I'm not. I feel sad and I have no idea why.