Carrie watched the new girl walk the halls, but could hardly believe her eyes. Quietly, she followed her as she wandered around, looking for her homeroom.

It was the same as Carrie's.

They both walked in. She sat on the window column, in the middle rows. Carrie sat two seats behind her, so as to have a clear view.

There's no denying it… Carrie thought.

Soon, Miss Simian walked in, looking grumpy as usual. She looked at her roster, and scanned the room, locking eyes with the second new addition to their class of the year.

"QUIET!" she yelled to shut up all the conversations going on. She tended to do that a lot. "Now, we have a new student joining us today. Would you please come up and introduce yourself?"

Shyly, the new girl walked to the front of the classroom, and turned to face her peers.

"H-hi! My name's Kimi, and I'm new here. Everything's sort of a daze right now – I'm not sure how I ended up here, but here I am!" she said, taking a small curtsy.

Carrie inspected Darwin as she gave her introduction. He looked bored as ever. When he noticed her staring at him, he waved. Carrie waved back, glad that he hadn't taken the bait.

The new girl walked back to her seat, and Miss Simian plunged into a lecture. Carrie was tempted to whisper to Kimi, but suppressed the urge.

She waited until after class to confront her. When the bell finally rang, she waited near the new girl's – Kimi's – locker.

"O-oh, hi!" Kimi said, noticing the ghost floating outside her locker. "Can I help you?"

"…I'm Carrie." Carrie introduced herself suddenly.

"I'm Kimi. I recognize you from homeroom! So, did you need anything from me?"

Carrie looked at her carefully, fully.

Her hair was black and tied into two short twin tails; she wore a red checkered coat with black skinny jeans and black converse shoes, giving her the look of a rebel; and her skin was a pinkish color, her complexion clear and beautiful.

…she looked just like Carrie did when she had a body.

Kimi felt uncomfortable with Carrie looking at her so intently. Carrie finally noticed, and apologized.

"Sorry, I was…feeling nostalgic…"

"What about?"

"…having a body."

Kimi raised an eyebrow. "You used to have a body?"

"It was a temporary thing. Lasted a good two days."

"Oh…I'm sorry for your loss…"

"I'll get over it."

An awkward silence hung between the two.

"Well, I'd better get to class. Was nice chatting with you!" Kimi said cheerfully, turning to leave.

"Wait." She stopped.

Carrie thought for a second. She reminisced about the sweet sensation of having a body, of feeling, tasting, eating…loving…

She knew that if she possessed that body, it would be just as though she still had a body. After all, it was the exact same body she used, right?

But…

"Nothing, sorry. I'd better get going to class, too…"

Carrie fought the urge to possess her.

Kimi nodded and skipped off.

Carrie stood in silence for a minute.

Soon, silence turned to laughter. She laughed and laughed and laughed…laughed so hard, in fact, that she started crying. This confused her – she touched her cheeks, which were wet with tears.

Am I happy, or am I sad? she thought to herself. She honestly couldn't tell.

Ahh, what does it matter, anyway? She shrugged, still thinking to herself. She whistled a happy tune, and started floating on.

-={THE END}=-

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