Beyond (Afterlife book 1) by Willow Rose Page B

the
gates of Heaven, and you get to see all the people you have known
in your life, even some you haven’t known but to whom you are
related. And that is pretty awesome. In Heaven you get to meet
Jesus and, even though he will answer a lot of questions for you,
there is still a lot you will not understand right away. But it
will come to you eventually. Oh I forgot, you get to have a whole
new body if you would like. You can choose to be any age you want
to be.”
    I was sobbing. But I really liked what he
was telling me.
    “ That sounds very nice.
Have you been there?”
    “ I go there as often as I get
the chance.”
    “ But you have been in this realm
for so long and you still can’t tell me why no one helps the people
who are suffering on earth. Why no one is helping
Jason.”
    “ All I know is that there
is a lot of evil in that world. There will always be evil on
earth.”
    “ I’m sorry, but that is simply
not a good enough answer for me,” I said and turned around
again.
    Then I felt Mick grabbing my wrist and
pulling me. As I turned he pushed me back against the wall. I felt
his body pressed tightly against mine. Then much to my surprise I
felt his lips pressed roughly against mine in a desperate
passionate kiss. And even more to my surprise, I found myself
kissing him back. It was strange kissing another spirit, but it
wasn’t that much different from kissing a human. It was as though
our lips were all tangled and became like one. It felt incredible.
My heart was beating so fast I was afraid it would jump out of my
chest. I felt so disarmed.
    Then he pulled himself away from me.
    “ I can’t do this,” he said. “I
am so sorry. I should not have done that.”
    I looked at him feeling really confused. He
kept shaking his head.
    “ It is not right,” he said. “We
cannot do this again.”
    I sighed. I was so confused. I kind of
knew he might have feelings for me, but I never thought he would
actually kiss me. I thought I was more like a sister to
him.
    “ Maybe we should just go
back to being friends again?” I said.
    He looked at me and smiled. “I would very
much like that,” he said.
    I convinced myself that maybe Mick was
right, I shouldn’t go to tell Jason, I shouldn’t interfere with
what was meant to be, what was destined for him. So when Mick asked
if he could walk me back to my dormitory I accepted with a
smile.
    When we reached the entrance, I turned and
looked at him.
    “ About that kiss,” I said
but he stopped me by putting a gentle finger on my lips.
    “ Shh. Let’s not talk about
it. Some things are better left in the past.”
    “ Oh, okay,” I said. “Well,
then goodnight, I guess?”
    “ Sleep tight.”
    I gave him a very awkward hug and turned
away, when he suddenly spoke.
    “ How did you know about
the mirror in the cellar anyway?”
    I turned and looked at him.
“What?”
    “ Someone must have told
you about it and where it was. Did you go through it alone the
first time?”
    I looked at him and he was still
smiling.
    “ Portia heard about it from
someone in the second year, why?”
    “ So she went with you the
first time?”
    I nodded a little confused as to why he
was asking that all of a sudden. “Yeah.”
    “ Who else?”
    “ What?”
    “ Who else went with you
through that mirror?”
    “ Uhm … Mai and Abhik.
Acacia tried but couldn’t go through the mirror, why do you
ask?”
    He shook his head. “No reason. Just
curious.”
    “ Oh okay … well
…”
    “ Goodnight,” he said and lifted
his hat off while he bowed elegantly in front of me.
    I couldn’t help but burst into laughter. He
was so old-fashioned that it became rather funny. When he heard my
laughter he seemed a little hurt then he turned around and started
to float away.
    I moved a little in his direction. “Hey!”
I yelled.
    He stopped and turned around.
    “ It was nice talking to
you again. I really enjoyed that,” I said.
    He smiled and bowed again. “My pleasure,”
he