Decemeber Story-not yet titled Continued pt2

But she hadn't, killed Sophia that is. She tried not to think about it, which was hard to do because all of her possessions were still in the center of the crime scene, and she was currently staying at the apartments across the street with nothing more than a blanket and pillow and a few changes of clothes. The police force was paying for all of this, but still Stacey didn't feel as safe as she did in her own apartment. Stacey curled up on the floor of the empty apartment after peeking out through the blinds at her apartment across the street. A crime investigator was exiting with another baggie of evidence and taking it out to his car-based lab. Stacey sighed as she pulled the blanket closer up to herself. She had trouble falling asleep, and when she did it was just another replay of what happened earlier that week.
She was at the cafeteria, eating another helping of... well... it was probably a good thing that she didn't know what the food was. When cafeterias were concerned, you were better off not knowing what it was they were feeding you. Sophie was sitting across the table from her, reading her horoscope from the university newspaper, and eating a vegetarian dish that looked something like goulash, only with no meat. "Stacey, you should study hard tonight, your horoscope says your memory will be at its best tonight. I mean, it says you'll never forget what happens tonight, but I totally think you should use that to your advantage and study."
Stacey bit into her food. Her friend's obsession with the paranormal was just a silly quirk in her opinion. Stacey never could remember her fortunes that Sophia was constantly telling her. She'd had her palm read, done tarot cards, and even played with a Ouija board, all for the amusement of her friend. "Well that at least should help calm my nerves on that calculous test tomorrow."
Sophie rolled her eyes. She couldn't understand why Stacey wasn't interested in what the fates had revealed. She knew that Stacey herself wasn't able to see, but that was what she was there for, wasn't it? She turned her attention to her own horoscope, "tonight is the night of new beginnings." she read quietly to herself.
"So what is your fortune then?" Stacey asked.
"Tonight is the night of new beginnings."
"Well there you go. Maybe you'll actually get a boyfriend."
Sophia was quiet, zoned out, then she seemed to come back to life. "Yea... right... I've told you, a boyfriend would take away my time from finding out the future."
"And why would you want to know the future, if there's not going to be any relationships in it?"
"Because it's not just about knowing the future. It's the ability to come to my full human potential. Or, rather, my full existential potential."


It was later that same day. Classes were over and Stacey had decided that studying for calculus actually sounded like a smart thing to do. So she was on her bed in her college t-shirt and some boxer shorts kicking her feet in tune to what she was listening to on her ipod, and occasionally writing done parts of the equation as she comprehended it.
"How's studying going?" Sophia was in her typical night-clothes that she always wore after classes when she knew she'd be staying in the apartment for the rest of the night. It was a plain, white nightgown. Only, it was brilliantly white. She had explained to stacey earlier that white invites all the colors into itself, and likewise also draws the spirits closer to her. Stacey happened to be of the opinion that Sophia looked like some weird angel who didn't have either wings or a halo.
"Just marvelous. I think I might pass the test tomorrow. What are you going to do?"
"Just read more of these books." Sophia had pointed to her bookshelf. It ran from the floor to just a foot below the ceiling, and had seven shelves in it. All seven shelves were packed full of books dealing with new age and occult subjects. The books were sorted by subject areas and included everything from astrology, spirit guides, ghosts and how to communicate with them, tarot, ouija, sacrifices, Wicca, numerology, ruins, and even vampires.
"Haven't you read them all yet?"
"I have... but the vampire stuff is rather intriguing. I want to reread it. Immortality... can you imagine?
"If you can really communicate with the dead, then I think that you would be content in the fact that we exist forever in some form anyway."
"Well of course we will exist... but to be human... well, better than human really. Living on this earth forever."
"You'd have to eventually see all those you love die though."
"Yea, well that list isn't so long for me."
"Sorry." Stacey had said awkwardly, she realized that she had gone a bit too far. She went back to doing her studying for the night.

PS note from the author: This is for Dec 7th, I'll post Dec 8th's later. For now, there's no chapter breaks, I'll let you know when I change that.