Submitted to: Contest #306

Ghostly Fangirl

Written in response to: "Tell a story with a series of emails, calls, and/or text messages."

Fantasy Friendship Funny

Kye

Omg

12:31 pm read

Ommggg kye!

12:31 pm read

Its happening~

12:32 pm read

KYE!!!

12:32 pm read

Wait, what’s happening?

Is everyone okay?

Did Har finally break up with Aeron?

I can be on a plane in a few hours if so.

12:35 pm read

Okay 1. You text like an old man.

12:35 pm read

Seriously, who types paragraphs

12:36 pm read

2. No she is still dating the hot spicy

Romance novel protagonist guy.

12:36 pm read

3. How could you not kno only the

biggest news ever???

12:36 pm read

BTS is doing a US Tour!!!

12:37 pm read

…Lils, I love you dearly, but you

do know that it is 1 in the morning

here, right?

12:40 pm read

Rapid consecutive texts are reserved

for emergencies and break ups.

And although I love Kpop, it is not

before dawn worthy.

12:41 pm read

Umm excuse me?? I get to

meet my husbands for the first

time in person. That is sooooo

1 AM worthy.

12:42 pm read

You do realize you are still a ghost, right?

12:43 pm read

Uh yea. Kind of hard to forget when

you can magically float through things.

12:44 pm read

So, how are you going to attend the concert?

12:45 pm read

I’ll have Harper or Misha drive me.

12:45 pm

I guess that’ll mean I’ll have to buy

a ticket for them too. But I guess what

else do I have to spend my money on?

12:46 pm

Although….being a ghost means I can

probably save on backstage passes.

12:46 pm

I mean, who’s going to stop me ‘accidentally’

float back there….

12:47 pm read

Lily, NO!

12:48 pm read

I promise not to scare them or see

anything I’m not supposed to see.

….maybe….

12:48 pm read

You’re not supposed to see

any of it without paying AND

the band’s knowing about it.

12:50 pm read

And who is going to stop me??

1: 00 pm read

Seriously!?! You called Harper on me??

What happened to only emergencies

after midnight??

1:01 pm read

You stalking the greatest Kpop

band of all time is an emergency.

1:02 pm read

You snitch!

1:03 pm read

Good night Lily.

1:03 pm

…You’ll come to the concert with me, right?

1:04 pm read

Duh. Like I’d miss that.

1:05 pm read

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Misha

Soooo, kind of a weird ask, but…..

8:14 am read

Can I stay with you for tonight?

8:14 am read

Or a couple nights.

8:14 am read

Or forever. Whichever works best?

8:15 am read

it’s lucky that I like you because you didn’t

offer no as one of the options.

8:15 am read

All part of my strategy: can’t say no

if it isn’t presented as an option.

(jk- of course you can say no)

8:18 am read

figured. you're always

welcome here.

what’s up?

8:19 am read

Oh not much. Just..you know it is the

dreaded day….

8:20 am read

dreaded day?,,,, oh

8:20 am read

Yea. I didn’t like Valentine’s Day when I was

Alive, but it sucks worse when you are dead.

8:21 am read

Cause, like who’s going to buy flowers for

the creepy ghost girl haunting some random

chick’s house? How would I even meet anyone?

8:22 am read

If I was at some old spooky house, I’d maybe luck

Out and meet some weirdy ghost hunter dude. Instead

Im stuuck here. And now I have to watch Harper be

All lovey with an unexpectedly romantic demon, and

It is all just URGH!

8:25 am read

ngl I forgot about VD

& say no more about the happy couple

seriously plz don’t

8:26 am read

OMG Sorry! Totally forgot she’s your ex!

Please don’t ban me from coming over~

8:27 am read

nah, youre fine. welcome anytime.

but for talking about the ex’s dating life

i get to pick the theme for our streaming

Marathon.

8:28 am read

….I’m afraid to ask what the theme is…

8:30 am read

thinking 1st ½ of GoT season 4, followed by

we can be heroes, and the narcos. after that,

you pick.

8:33 am read

Zaddy time! I’m in.OMW to bug

Aeron and Alistair until one of them

will take me to your place.Shouldn't

take that long.

8:34 am read

target the demon brother. he’s got a shorter

temper than aeron.

8:35 am read

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Harper

Hey, Harper…

I know you’re at work and everything

but…. we might have a problem….

1:11 pm read

What’s wrong??

1:11 pm read

Don’t you have a class to watch?

1:12 pm read

I just dropped them off at lunch.

What’s wrong?

1:12 pm read

Oh. That makes sense. I just thought you’ve

always been ignoring me while at work.

1:13 pm read

Lily! What is going on??!!

1:13 pm read

Oh my bad! So….don’t panic but….

Your mom is trying to get into the house rn

1:14 pm read

Wait, what? Why? And how?!

1:14 pm read

How should I know????

1:14 pm read

Is she breaking the door down? Breaking a window?

Using a credit card to pop the door 90s sitcom style?

1:15 pm read

What are you talking about? How

could a credit card open a door?

1:15 pm read

Oh my god, you’re the ghost in this house.

And yet you are making me feel old.

1:16 pm read

Uh yeah. I was born in ‘04.

Which is old enough to drink now, btw.

1:16 pm read

Not our main issue though. Your mom has

a bunch of keys and is trying to find the

right one.

1:16 pm read

Ohhhhhhhhhh remember how Kye lost his?

Maybe your mom took it??

1:17 pm read

Yeah that tracks. Dammit.

1:17 pm read

Hear me out….I think we can send in a video

of this to TLC and get her, Kye, and Yuki on

“I love a Mama’s Boy.”

1:18 pm read

Kye isn’t a mama’s boy. He hates her.

1:19 pm read

TLC doesn’t need to know that. It could be

our ticket to stardom!

1:20 pm read

Lily, you’re a ghost living in a house with

2 demons, 2 werewhales, and a zombie in

the basement. We don’t need a tv crew too.

Listen, I need to go. Just hide, spy, and report

back to me on what she does.

1:24 pm read

Orrr…I can scare her and we can

possibly end up on a ghost show on

Travel Channel…..

1:25 pm read

NO!

1:25 pm read

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Hi Mom and Dad.

So, I’m never going to send this.

But I just wanted to talk to you a bit.

I miss you a lot. I hope you are okay.

I’m doing okay.

At first I was scared and pretty lonely.

But then Harper showed up and brought

a pretty weird mix of people with her.

They are strange but family now so

I guess they are also pretty cool.

I hope you’re no longer so sad about my

death. Right now I am not read but maybe

one day my new family will reach out and

introduce you to the new me.

Until then, remember me as happy and loved.

Because I am still those things.

Lils

3:06 am (draft)

Posted Jun 12, 2025
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