Kat was doing homework quietly in her room that evening. The vacuum was right kwa her side in case the Ghostly Trio decided to pay her a visit. She hadn't talked to anyone for hours. Not even Casper. She felt kind of bad about the way she was acting, but not bad enough to apologize to anyone. It was just the whole, 'my grandma is dead' thing that disturbed her. It made her sad. But if she could get over her own mother's death, then she could get over this too. She just needed some time.
"Kat, can I come in?"
Kat looked up and saw Casper waving timidly at her, with his head poking through the locked door.
She nodded. Then Casper floated into the room and approached the girl with caution.
"Are wewe still mad at me?" he asked.
Kat shook her head.
"Is there anything I can do?"
"No, Casper. I'll be okay."
He sat on the kitanda and put an arm around her. "Miriam alisema that she'll still come back to see us sometimes, so it's not like she's gone forever."
Kat closed her workbook and half-smiled at the young ghost. "I've been cold to wewe and I'm sorry."
"No worries," Casper smiled back.
Suddenly, a loud cackling laughter filled the room. The Trio was in the room and they were listening to everything.
Kat growled under her breath. "Get out of here! All of you! And don't let the door hit your transparent butts on the way out!"
The Trio laughed some zaidi and zipped out of the room in a whirr of blue and gray.
"There's nothing really wrong with being a ghost," Casper spoke when everything was still again. "It's like…being born."
"Only backwards," Kat said, a slight smile coming to her face.
Casper chuckled and held her hand. "Let's go see the folks."
"Okay."
OoOoOo
Finally, the siku came when Miriam had to leave. It was a sad time in many ways but also a happy time because she would be moving on to a better place. Kat and Casper especially made sure they spent the last few hours with her.
Miriam didn't mention it at all though. She just acted as if it were any other day. The Ghostly Trio found out she was leaving and they also knew what she had done to help them. But being who were, they couldn't bring themselves to say thank you. However, in their hearts they were grateful.
"Miriam, where are you?" Casper was looking for her.
"Right here," she answered.
"What were wewe doing in the basement?"
"Oh, just cleaning…and fixing up a few things. Getting everything all nice and ready for when I'm gone."
"Oh," Casper replied. "Uh, when do wewe have to go?"
"Well, my junk, taka is all packed and I'm just about ready now," Miriam said. Then she took out a pen and began uandishi something down on paper.
"Whatcha writing?" Casper asked.
"I just thought I'd write up a quick orodha for the grocery store," Miriam said, looking down at the paper. "There's few things we need."
"Are wewe going? To the store, I mean?" Kat asked hopefully, thinking that maybe Miriam had decided to stay longer.
"Nah, it's for your daddy."
"Oh."
Miriam finished uandishi and folded the paper, leaving it neatly on the jikoni table.
Dr. Harvey came downstairs carrying Miriam's suitcases. She thanked him and gave him a hug goodbye.
"I'll miss wewe all," she sighed as Kat went to hug her.
"Casper says you'll come again sometime?"
"You can count on it, sweetheart," Miriam smiled and winked.
"I'll walk wewe out to your car!" Casper exclaimed as he followed her out the front door.
Miriam unlocked the car door and got behind the steering wheel. "Well, I'll be seeing wewe around, Casper."
"I know. It was fun having wewe here. I wish my uncles would come to see wewe off."
Miriam smirked. "You can tell them I alisema goodbye."
Casper nodded. "I'll do that."
Miriam told him goodbye one zaidi time. Then she started the engine and drove out onto the street. Casper went back to the porch and watched her drive away until the car disappeared in a twinkly flash.
Then Casper sighed and went back inside the house. It was very quiet. He wandered into the jikoni and saw the grocery orodha that Miriam had written. Casper picked up the paper and began unfolding so he could read what it said.
But what he saw on the paper shocked him and made his moyo flutter.
It was no grocery list.
On the note, there were just two words…
LAZARUS LIVES
The End
"Kat, can I come in?"
Kat looked up and saw Casper waving timidly at her, with his head poking through the locked door.
She nodded. Then Casper floated into the room and approached the girl with caution.
"Are wewe still mad at me?" he asked.
Kat shook her head.
"Is there anything I can do?"
"No, Casper. I'll be okay."
He sat on the kitanda and put an arm around her. "Miriam alisema that she'll still come back to see us sometimes, so it's not like she's gone forever."
Kat closed her workbook and half-smiled at the young ghost. "I've been cold to wewe and I'm sorry."
"No worries," Casper smiled back.
Suddenly, a loud cackling laughter filled the room. The Trio was in the room and they were listening to everything.
Kat growled under her breath. "Get out of here! All of you! And don't let the door hit your transparent butts on the way out!"
The Trio laughed some zaidi and zipped out of the room in a whirr of blue and gray.
"There's nothing really wrong with being a ghost," Casper spoke when everything was still again. "It's like…being born."
"Only backwards," Kat said, a slight smile coming to her face.
Casper chuckled and held her hand. "Let's go see the folks."
"Okay."
OoOoOo
Finally, the siku came when Miriam had to leave. It was a sad time in many ways but also a happy time because she would be moving on to a better place. Kat and Casper especially made sure they spent the last few hours with her.
Miriam didn't mention it at all though. She just acted as if it were any other day. The Ghostly Trio found out she was leaving and they also knew what she had done to help them. But being who were, they couldn't bring themselves to say thank you. However, in their hearts they were grateful.
"Miriam, where are you?" Casper was looking for her.
"Right here," she answered.
"What were wewe doing in the basement?"
"Oh, just cleaning…and fixing up a few things. Getting everything all nice and ready for when I'm gone."
"Oh," Casper replied. "Uh, when do wewe have to go?"
"Well, my junk, taka is all packed and I'm just about ready now," Miriam said. Then she took out a pen and began uandishi something down on paper.
"Whatcha writing?" Casper asked.
"I just thought I'd write up a quick orodha for the grocery store," Miriam said, looking down at the paper. "There's few things we need."
"Are wewe going? To the store, I mean?" Kat asked hopefully, thinking that maybe Miriam had decided to stay longer.
"Nah, it's for your daddy."
"Oh."
Miriam finished uandishi and folded the paper, leaving it neatly on the jikoni table.
Dr. Harvey came downstairs carrying Miriam's suitcases. She thanked him and gave him a hug goodbye.
"I'll miss wewe all," she sighed as Kat went to hug her.
"Casper says you'll come again sometime?"
"You can count on it, sweetheart," Miriam smiled and winked.
"I'll walk wewe out to your car!" Casper exclaimed as he followed her out the front door.
Miriam unlocked the car door and got behind the steering wheel. "Well, I'll be seeing wewe around, Casper."
"I know. It was fun having wewe here. I wish my uncles would come to see wewe off."
Miriam smirked. "You can tell them I alisema goodbye."
Casper nodded. "I'll do that."
Miriam told him goodbye one zaidi time. Then she started the engine and drove out onto the street. Casper went back to the porch and watched her drive away until the car disappeared in a twinkly flash.
Then Casper sighed and went back inside the house. It was very quiet. He wandered into the jikoni and saw the grocery orodha that Miriam had written. Casper picked up the paper and began unfolding so he could read what it said.
But what he saw on the paper shocked him and made his moyo flutter.
It was no grocery list.
On the note, there were just two words…
LAZARUS LIVES
The End
