Oh, wow!

Emma was slumped on the floor in a puddle of white fabric, her halo lying discarded next to her. Kneeling over her was either the ghost of Rick Murray or the sickest idea of a joke Manny had ever seen.

“What do we do?” she whispered in Jay’s ear, taking his hand from behind. At any other time, it would seem ridiculous, but staring at the image in the hallway, Jay seemed the safer choice.

Jay shook his head. “I planned on it being Peter.”

Rick apparently heard their voices and stood, placing his ethereal form between Emma and where they stood.

“What are you doing here? You won’t ruin this!” He screeched seeming to glide towards them.

Jay and Manny couldn’t help but take a step back, reflexively, but surprisingly Toby stood his ground. “Rick. Is that really you?” His voice was shaky, but held. “It’s been too long, man. I thought . . . we thought . . . what are you doing here?”

Rick seemed to relax. “I could always count on you, Toby. It’s Halloween – my day. Don’t you get it? My day to walk the earth and finish up any unfinished business. Last year I was too weak, but this year,” He glanced at Emma’s prone form behind him. “This year I can get what I came here for.”

Manny shivered and Jay squeezed her hand reassuringly. He had no idea what the rules were regarding brides of the undead and he was more than a little freaked out himself, but somehow he didn’t think a panicking female would help the situation any.

“But Emma?” Toby replied quickly, trying to bring Rick’s focus away from his helpless friend. “Emma was just a friend.” He seemed to be choosing his words carefully afraid to anger the ghost any more than their presence already had. “She never meant to give you the wrong idea. That she liked you … like that, you know?”

“Oh, but Toby, haven’t you seen her in the past two years?” Rick said, turning back to Emma and kneeling down beside her once again. “She has suffered so much from guilt. From denying her true feelings for me. The acting out, that awful STD, the eating disorder, dating that criminal before dumping him for a bigger one . . . every choice she’s made screams out from regret.” Rick moved a hair out of Emma’s face. “Trust me, she will not miss this life.”

“Move away from my best friend, you undead loser!” Manny suddenly shouted, moving in front of Jay suddenly.

Jay tried to caution her that it was unwise to shout at a potentially evil spirit, but it was too late. The ghostly figure had risen to twice the size Rick had been when alive and his glowing red eyes blazed down at them. “She is mine, now! MINE! And not you, who gave her that filthy disease or you who have hurt her again and again will stop me!”

Brilliant! (I can imagine Rick as the stereotypical vengeful spirit, trying to haunt someone like Emma.) Keep it up with your great writing!

Amazing! Beautifully ended as well. I just have one thing to say...sequel?

WTF?! 'the ghost of rick murry' cmon you can do better than that.

Very interesting. Are we planning a little series with ghost-Rick stalking Emma? Because would be kinda interesting. ^_^ If not more than a little bit creepy.

Also, I was talking this out with my roommie, whose first impression was that it should be Toby giving the roses (since he's so hung up on Emma and needs some loving), but then we decided that Toby and Liberty need to get together. Even though we're both convinced that Toby's going to die when the new episode airs Friday night. ;_;

Anyway, I digress. Great job!

Artemis-chan

You should definitely make a sequel. What about Valentine's Day? o.o Or Christmas? xD There could be a holiday marathon of Drama! Email me, tell me what you think. :P

I thought that the plot was really good. And the story itself
is well written. I'n not a fan of horror, but I consider this to be a great suspense fic. Did I catch a little hint of Janny there? Yay!

Good story.

I usually NEVER read supernatural stuff but this inrtuiged me and I'm really glad I read it. I LOVED it!
that was amazing!

That was awsome! Creepy, but way awsome! great job! Keep up the geat work!

Great story, I did not see the Rick angle at all even when Jay got the theroy about Rick, I thought it was going to turn out to be Peter trying mess with Emma's mind. This fic kind of reminds me of the Our You Afraid of the Dark episode where a girl's secret admirer turns out to be a pyschotic ghost.

YAY! Now normally, I don't read Supernatural ffs, but I've been in the Halloween mood since Friday, it being the 13th and all, but anyways, I'm all for a spooky Halloween story, and after the second rose, (of course I had my suspicious about it being Rick) but I also started to remember how he left roses on Teri's locker every morning before they got together. And not only was the spookiness of it awesome (along with how there was a last rose that's note was never written...I really wonder what it said) but all the other parts were really good and realistic, the visiting with Sean, and how he convinced Jay to look after Emma, along with Liberty's part in here, and also Toby's, it was just right the way Toby had to be the one to banish Rick, maybe it was some type of closure for him, and Toby's never as involved as I wish his character was in the show. I also liked that little part when Liberty was so happy to be hanging out with Emma and that she wanted to eat milkshakes, that assuring her that Emma has a good type of control over her eating. You really seemed to tie up a lot of loose ends, I really loved this! And I can't wait for your next story!

Wow! That was a well crafted story. At first, I thought Liberty was way off, thinking the roses were caused by something supernatural. Good thing she's so smart.

The characterization of everyone was really good, too.

that was soo freaking freaky.. holy crap.. wait, if rick's gone, then who sent the last rose? jay/manny are cute together.. but i was hoping it was jay who sent the roses, i love jema's

This was really good!

This is so creepy, please continue though! I hope it ends up being Semma, and Manny + Jay? hmm...