Ghost Stories
Written by: Aniket
“So what’s your story man?”
“I don’t wanna talk about it.”
“Dude, we’re going to be stuck here for a while. We better get used to each other. And what better way to kill time.”
“Kill time… Seriously?”
“Ironic right? ” he chuckled, “Sorry, couldn’t resist.”
“Alright. My married life was getting a bit, um, mundane. So my wife and I decided to spice things up a bit.”
“Tell me you weren’t having trouble down there buddy? Coz if you were, you just might be better off here.”
“You want to tell me the story or not?”
“I am sorry. I didn’t mean to poke you. Aherm. Please continue.”
“Sigh. So we decided to take a trip to nowhere and you know do it out there in the open. Under the open sky. We thought it’ll be just the right spark we needed.”
“Wanted a spark and got a full blown lightning, eh?”
“You can say that again. So we reached here. Which is the middle of nowhere. We got naked. Fooled around a bit and then she said she’ll go grab a condom from the car.”
“And she grabbed more than a condom.”
“You bet. The next thing I knew she was holding a gun to my chest and boom, shot right through my heart.”
“And dumped you in this swamp. This blows man. I mean death sucks as it is. But getting you here for sex and shooting right through your heart. This really blows man.”
“I know. At least she could have dumped me someplace nice.”
“Yeah, like Disneyland!”
“I meant someplace that wasn’t muddy and stinky.”
“We’re allowed to go places where we’ve been while we’re alive but we have to get back here by sundown. So its not all bad. You can still go to nightclubs?” He grinned.
“You’re having a fun time aren’t you?”
“Hey, there’s not much to do around here, is it? So I’ll take all the fun I can get. Besides when I first saw you, I just thought you were some weirdo, running naked. Now I know the whole story.”
“About that. Since I died naked. Will I always be like this? Please tell me thats not the case. I mean look at you. You didn’t die in a playboy robe did you?”
“May be I did. May be I didn’t.” He disappeared.
“Dude. Not cool.”