watch and wait and pray for the day

[astraeia]

Well, Taffy called me a little while ago, and apparently the high school Prom was the type of disaster you might expect from a Sunnydale prom. She sounded tired and on the verge of upset, so I just got the highlights, but it seemed to involve demons, a werewolf... and Stefan trying to pick up a high school girl. Tsk. We've got to do something

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[astraeia]

Hmm. Well, she doesn't need me to tell her how unsafe that is, I suppose.

"So this kid is hanging out with your gran's ghost? Like, he can see her?" I ask.

[astraeia]

I sip from my glass, then say, "I wonder why he can see her but nobody else can? Is he one of those 'I see dead people' types? And did he say why he -- well, they-- were in your apartment?"

I'm just full of questions today, aren't I?

[astraeia]

"I guess it's nice for her to have someone to talk to," I observe. "A little strange to think of a ghost watching you without you being aware of it, though." I wonder why a ghost would continue to hang around for so many years after her death? I've heard that sometimes they have unresolved business; I suppose that could be it.

[astraeia]

"A throwing knife? I'm not sure I want to know how you knew that." I smile at her. "More Prom badness, I guess?"

I freshen her drink and glance around; customer traffic is still light, but I imagine that will change when the dinner crowd starts coming in.

[astraeia]

"Oh, no," I murmur. "I'm sorry to hear that." Really, it's the kind of thing that gives demons a bad name. Not all of us go around randomly killing humans. "What a terrible thing to have happen."