GHOST CHAT

[Doodle Diaries is a series of true stories brought to life by illustration. As always, these are real life anecdotes from my past. Names may or may not have been changed to protect the lives and dignity of the characters. Enjoy!]It's been awhile since my last Doodle Diary, so I thought I'd hit you with one of my favorites. The following is the actual transcript between myself and good friend Julius. Keep in mind, this online conversation took place just a few years ago, so we were full grown adults at the time.9:06 AMdocjpi23: omg, you got a minute?9:07 AMme: yupdocjpi23: you wanna hear a scary story. i understand if you don't want to.me: yes i do9:08 AMdocjpi23: the most scared i've ever been in my lifeme: wow! it's the morning so i think i can handle itdocjpi23: okso last night, i have this habit of watching unsolved mysteriesme: hahadocjpi23: i do that everynight thoughme: naturallydocjpi23: and i kept telling myself i hope i see a ghost someday9:09 AMme: oh geezdocjpi23: i swear i told myself this last nighti swear to godme: i'm getting nervousdocjpi23: the house is always completely quiet from 12am-6am... because im the only one that doesnt work... im the only one up9:10 AMme: okdocjpi23: i wake up in the middle of the night...i hear 4 notes played on the piano!!!!!!

 me: oh shitdocjpi23: and then it closes shut!!!!!me: oh shit!docjpi23: holy shit9:11 AMi sit in bed for 5 minutes thinking about what to do... while having palpitations

 me: yeahi would've peed by nowin beddocjpi23: i say to myself ok, that could be an intruder... maybe someone saw me setting up a house alarm yesterday and they know its not activated yet9:12 AMme: okwhat a creepy intruderdocjpi23: then i was like, "fuck, dude, intruders dont fuck with the piano"me: yeah exactlydocjpi23: exactlyso after 5 minutes... i get the balls to go checkme: nice9:13 AMdocjpi23: ....there is a white lady sitting at the piano

 me: shut the fuck updocjpi23: o...m.....g....me: are you fucking serious?!?!docjpi23: i just laid in bed the whole nightme: WTFdocjpi23: just went back to bed and laid therepraying the piano wouldnt play again

 9:14 AMme: fuck that shityou didn't wake anyone up?i would've woke my parents up like a 5 year olddocjpi23: my family is deathly afraid of the supernatural9:15 AMme: so what did she look like? was she transparent?docjpi23: its fucking crazy that i was just thinking that shit right before i sleptme: there's no possible way you dreamt it?what notes did she play?9:16 AMi have so many questionsdocjpi23: from middle c to gno chords... just slow notesshe looked realme: shitlike a real person?docjpi23: like someone i didnt know was in my fuckin houseme: fuck!what was she wearing?9:17 AMdocjpi23: pants suitme: white?all white?docjpi23: blueshe was whiteand oldme: what kind of hair?docjpi23: over 65 for surelong gray and blackme: oh shit that's scarydocjpi23: skinnnyshe didnt turn around thoughme: how long did you look at her?9:18 AMthat would've taken the cake if she turned arounddocjpi23: 20 seconds.... she just looked down at the closed piano

 im still scaredme: oh my GodI can't believe itdocjpi23: i waited for my folks to go down themselves...they wake up at 6 ami didnt warn them9:19 AMthey just cooked breakfast and went about their businessme: so I take it she wasn't there in the morning?docjpi23: no9:20 AMi wish she was...me: really?what would you do?docjpi23: like a friend that my parents didnt tell me about was staying with usme: hahahathat's what i was going to say...do you think there's any possibility it was a real person?like she was an intruderdocjpi23: it was 3 am man9:21 AMme: just a crazy one that wandered off the street. was your house locked up and everything?docjpi23: i came home from bball at 11pm and locked up everything, its a routineme: damnthat's probably the scariest thing i've ever heard in my lifedocjpi23: its the scariest man9:22 AMim still palpitating... i was just checking my mail to tell youme: not to fuck up your head or anything, but how are you going to go to sleep tonight?docjpi23: i just got off the phone with my brome: you going to watch unsolved mysteries?docjpi23: you're hilariousits funny sometimes you really do get what you ask forme: yeah man...what did your bro say?9:23 AMdocjpi23: he was like oh shit... then laughing his ass offme: hahahahayou can sleep over at my house if you wantdocjpi23: thanksme: you should tell chris. he loves that shitdocjpi23: yeah, i'll call him after work9:24 AMwow..... just wowme: yes. wowyou should've gotten a cameradocjpi23: believe me... that was the last thing i was thinking about. ok im going to try to sleep nowme: wait one more question9:25 AMdid you ever think about talking to her?docjpi23: i was just trying to get the courage to even go checkme: fuck mandocjpi23: no, i was super afraid... just frozenme: that's crazydocjpi23: i slowly went back to my room and laid in bed9:26 AMme: wowdocjpi23: i didnt know what to thinkme: i don't know what to think right nowdocjpi23: at least now i know im not super brave, i know how i'll act with the supernaturalme: hahahahaha9:27 AMso do you ever want to see a ghost again?docjpi23: im goodme: hahawell...scratch it off the old bucket list i guessdocjpi23: i guessok, sorry for wasting your time at workme: no that was great. thank youi might hate you once i try to sleep though9:28 AMdocjpi23: ok, i have to tell you the truthi just wanted to take a spin on the real story and see how it wentme: ah fuck you!docjpi23: sorry againi scared myself there for a minuteme: geezi trust you way too much9:29 AMso what really happened?docjpi23: everything is true except that the lady was my mombut she is never up that lateme: hahahahaha...are you serious?docjpi23: and never plays the pianothey are going to the PI tomorrow and she was finishing packing

 me: wow, that's a great story...for a second you changed my world9:30 AMdocjpi23: sorryme: it's all goodvery believable...especially on gchatdocjpi23: I was like "WTF mom, you scared the shit out of me"me: hahahahadocjpi23: she was like "what?""how about its 3am and you're playing the fuckin piano"me: hahahahaha9:31 AMdocjpi23: "and you havent played one note in like 20 years"thats what!me: let alone 4 notes!docjpi23: sorry again... but i was hella fuckin scared...and i did ask for it...me: was it really the most scared you've been in your life?9:32 AMdocjpi23: the most scared i have ever beenme: nicedocjpi23: its just way too unusual for that to happenme: yeahdocjpi23: now i know how i will really actlike a bitch!me: hahahai can't blame you. i'd probably crydocjpi23: i was lying in bed like a bitch

 9:33 AMhoping that the piano wouldnt play againme: that'd be crazy if the piano plays tomorrow night...after your parents are gonedocjpi23: fuck you hahahaha nice one9:34 AMmy brother will probably come over tonight and do thatme: hahahaha9:35 AMdocjpi23: you think its a better story if no one was at the piano?me: no, the lady at the piano is nuts...keep itit really makes the imagination go wilddocjpi23: its not so believable thoughme: nope9:36 AMi believed it 100%docjpi23: sorry, to fuck with you, hope you still trust meme: yeah of coursedocjpi23: just to reiterate though.... i was really fuckin scaredme: hahaha9:40 AMgeez. what a rollercoaster9:41 AMdocjpi23: wowWTF MOMme: hahahahapardon the phrase, but what possessed her to do that?9:42 AMdocjpi23: man you're on fire hahahashe saw the receipt of the piano tuner...9:43 AMi just got the piano tuned...me: oh man. it all makes sensedocjpi23: she decided to check it out... like she would know if that shit is tuned or notme: see...there's always a logical explanation for everything9:44 AMdocjpi23: right on man.. have a good thursdayme: you toopeacedocjpi23: peaceThis probably doesn't fully capture how blown my mind was at the time. For the first time in my life, I really had to believe in ghosts, and just trying to wrap my head around this new found reality was just mind boggling, not to mention terrifying, but somehow exciting at the same time. Crazy morning. Just imagine if it was true.Never ever grow up!- Dru