Alice sat dumfounded on the couch. “Do I have to explain it again,” Lizzy said with a hint of annoyance in her voice.

Alice looked at Lizzy. “So, you’re here because I have ‘unfinished business’ and being a ghost is too much of a burden?” Alice shook her head. “I don’t get it.”

“I don’t like ghosts, so I’m doing you and me a favor by helping you.”

“Okay, so when I die…when am I gonna die?”

“Two weeks.”

“Two weeks? Man, I’m gonna miss the season premiere of my favorite show.”

Lizzy hit Alice on the head. “Hello! You’re gonna die and all you can think of is a T.V. show.”

“Ow!?” Alice grabbed her head. “How did you do that?”

“What?”

“Hit me. If I went through you when I jumped, how come your hand didn’t go through me when you hit me?”

Lizzy floated to the other side of Alice. “I have to think really, really hard. It requires a lot of energy.”

Alice rubbed her head. “You hit pretty hard.” Alice leaned back on the couch. “What…when I die, what happens to me?”

“You either go to heaven or hell.”

“No, I mean where am I going?”

“Shit I don’t know.”

Alice closed her eyes. “Why do you have to be here?” Alice opened her eyes and stared into Lizzy’s eyes. “Why do you have to help me? I didn’t ask for you to help me, I don’t want to die yet.” Tears were forming in Alice’s eyes.

“Look, Alice, whether or not I help you, or even if I wasn’t here, you’d still die in two weeks. I’m sorry.”

“No,” Alice stood up. “You’re not sorry. You don’t care. All you care about is whether or not you get your fucking time to spend here.” Alice began to cry and yell. “How would you feel if you knew when you where about to die and you couldn’t do anything about it.”

Lizzy was about to answer when someone knocked on the door. “Alice? Alice is everything okay?”

“Shit, it’s Shane. You have to hide or something.”

“Why?”

Alice pointed at Lizzy. “Look at you.”

“What?”

“How am I supposed to explain that there’s a ghost-”

“Neutral spirit.”

“Neutral what-ever-the-fuck in my living room?”