it’s the voice which has always soothed her, sweet & kind like the soft sound of wind chimes, but it’s been manipulated. cracked. broken. hoarse. it scares her. it doesn’t belong to her allison, but someone darker.
more than anything, she wants to see her & to feel her ;; to hold her hand, to be cocooned within her arms. but all she’s granted is the anger & bitterness within her voice. it causes her skin to prickle with goosebumps.
' i—-i don’t know, they moved away after you died because they couldn’t stick around without you… of course i missed you! i loved you! i didn’t get to say goodbye, i wanted you back! ‘
her words are true but the past tense is evident. she’s adjusted to allison’s absence. maybe she doesn’t want her back. maybe she’s moved on, like scott & isaac. she doesn’t seem to want her back, does she? not with her glossy hues & terrified expression.
’ ally, i—-i missed you!! ‘
All of that translates into Allison's brain in different waves, different measures of understanding. From, they moved away, she gets - they moved on without her, from they couldn't stick around without you, she understands they couldn't wait to be gone from this town that she's now bound to. Allison seems to have forgotten that her father has now lost everyone. That she was his last close family member, and he'll never stop hurting over the loss of his only child. The ghost can only remember watching on as he formed a plan to conceal her bravery. Tell the cops she was just some kid that got mugged on the street while she was out with her friends. The story of Allison, the girl who died to save her best friend is something that will never be told in the papers, thanks to him, never be told again because God forbid anyone ever mentions her damned name again! Everyone except Lydia. "I haven't seen you smile in a while, Lydia." She's ignoring the past tense, softening up (even if it is rather forced) she's got to at least gain Lydia's trust, maybe scaring her will make her close her senses -- and she's only just getting heard! Wouldn't want to dash it all away now just because she can't control her temper! Rough and bloody hands stroke over Lydia's hair, just barely getting a stray strand to move from her face before smiling through pale and cracked lips. Death has hardly been kind. "What was that quote you told me? --- Never frown, someone could be falling in love with your smile. Smile, Lydia."
















