"I saw you die"

              The words 

bounced                 

                     around 

           his brain. 

                         Until they made sense. 

But, they didn't make sense. Not really. 

"What are you talking about?" Sebastian finally stepped in.

"I've been having these nightmares for years, usually the same thing. My old neighbors were arrested for murdering and kidnapping a kid. And it's like I'm there, them taking him from the woods, drugging him, and then killing him." 

"But it's not that something bad happened near me as a kid so my brain is trying to make sense of it by creating these dreams. I walked in on it." Arms wrapped around themself, Jon continues. 

"The police found that they meant to kill me. They had been planning for months. There was so much preparation. And they just killed some kid they never saw before. They drugged me and had been taking me to their house for weeks so I wouldn't make a fuss. So I just walked there when they didn't come for me." 

Jon finished eyes forward. They wouldn't look at any of us. 

"No one could identify the body." Steph whispers. Brows furrowed. "I remember the investigation afterward everyone was trying to find out who it was. But there weren't any records. No dental or anything." 

"So was it really you?" Erin says face pale. 

"Yes. I remember that night. I never knew that happened to my body when I was killed like that though." I shivered at the thought of my corpse staying around. 

"So it just disappears usually?" Jon asks. 

I nod, bitting my nails distracted. 

"Do you know what they were doing? Jeremy and Margret?" I ask. 

"Um, killing you?" Sebastian answers with no hesitation. Scoffing I bump his side with my own. 

"No I mean, it was like some kind of ritual. Candles going out, different languages, and a weird mixture on my face." I say. 

"We can look more into it. Go to the police station. Their old house. But we were only told that they were going to jail." Steph said running her fingers through her long hair.

"Okay. If you guys are up to it." I say. A pit forming in my stomach. 

"Of course." Sebastian says, Erin excitedly agrees. Steph smilies and nods. 

"Jon you don't have to if you think," I start saying before they stops me. 

"I want to try. And if it's to much I can wait in the car. Anyways you're the one who got murdered in there." They joke. 

Everyone is silent for a moment, it takes a moment to register what was said. 

I start with a giggle, and suddenly I'm full body laughing. Leaning into Sebastian, red faced. 

Everyone joins in wether or not they found the joke funny. 

I smiled, my face red and hot. I was happy. And I didn't want this to end. 

475 words a short chapter but i got a lot of plans :0)