Every Where You Look- Part 2

I thought about Hayley for weeks. School had started, and i didnt really have time. I half expected to see her in the park or around town, but I didn't. It had been about a month, and I had kind of let my hopes go until someone brought it up again. 
  "What's bothering you, Josh?" Bailey Marie asked. I told her about Hayley. Her eyes were wide and scared. 
  "Oh my god. Josh, you're not making this up, are you?" she asked. I shook my head slowly. "I think I know who you're talking about. Grandbetty always tells us stories about a girl called Hayley. Ask her." Bailey Marie whispered. She grabbed my hand and pulled me inside her house. 
  "Ma, where's Grandbetty?" she asked. 
  "On the back porch. Why?" her mom responded, but Bailey Marie didn't reply. She ran out onto the porch. 
  "Hi, Bloop. Fancy seeing you, Joshua." I bowed my head to Bailey's Grandma. She always called her Bloop. 
  "Grandbetty, tell us the stories about Hayley." she demanded. 
  "When I lived in this house long ago, there was a sweet couple who lived on Joshua's side. The mother died of Pink Eye, poor woman. The father and girl managed along just fine until he remarried. I was 16 at the time, and I was friends with Hayley. She told me about all the abject things her stepbrother Chad did to her. I always hated that boy. He beat her and touched her in terrible ways. In October of 1901, I came outside where Chad and her were fighting. She was a tiny little thing, and he was huge. He pushed her to the ground and beat her with a bat. I ran in terror. The next day, they found her body broken and bloodied in that stream." she finished by pointing a knobby old finger to the brook running by their house. 
  "I met a girl in the park the other day. She seemed so scared. I saw her later that night again, in my kitchen. She said her name was Hayley. She told me about a stepbrother named Chad who hurt her, and that in was in 1901." I stammered quietly. Grandbetty gripped my arm, her eyes bugging out of her head. 
  "Dear Joshua. What did she look like?" she whispered in a worried tone. 
  "Small, pale, with dark blonde hair. Big green eyes and a little gap in her teeth." I answered honestly, giving all the details I could remember. Grandbetty started to cry. Bailey Marie hugged her and told me to go. 
  I sat on the couch at home and turned on our television. I felt a warm breath on the back of my neck. I turned quickly to see Hayley. She seemed more alive, a small glint in her eyes. She also seemed more solid. 
  "Hayley. I told my friend about you, and she took me to her grandmother. She told me you used to live here. Is that true?" I asked. Hayley nodded. 
  "Josh, come on! Come play with me!" she didn't seem to care at all about what I just told her. 
  "I thought you were scared." I ws extremely confused. 
  "Mama, whose already crossed, said you were good. Now we can play!" she smiled innocently. 
  "We can play after you talk to Grandbetty." I compromised. She tilted her head cutely. I bet this girl had had many eyes on her when she lived.
  "The girl you used to live next to. She's all grown up with a daughter and grandchildren." I explained. 
  "You mean Alice? I didn't like her. She had a crush on Chad." Hayley wrinkled her nose. My eyebrows went up. 
  "She said she hated him!" I exclaimed. She shook her head. 
  "Ill go talk to her though." Hayley took my hand. Her skin was cold and metalicy feeling. I tried not to flinch. We walked back into Bailey Marie's house. The kitchen was emprty this time. She took me to the back porch, where Bailey Marie sat crying. 
  "Josh!" she sobbed. "Grandbetty had a heart attack! Ma took her to the hospital!" I hugged her. 
  "Are you mad?" I asked. She shook her head. I looked at Bayley.
  "Who's that?" Bailey Marie asked. The tranlucent figure beside me took a deep breath. 
  "Hayley." 

The rest will be explained in a one shot called Please Dont Go Now. Comments are appreiciated!!! (: