A ghostly gathering

Even after all the preparation Jane had done to take her minds off of recent events with Jan, after all the cooking and cleaning and effort to be ready for the dinner party...

Not a single person showed. Not her friends, not your friend, not even her sister and mother! You and she both knew that her family and friends weren't always the most reliable bunch, but for all of them to flake out at the same time? Not even a phone call saying they couldn't make it?

For a while, it looked like Jane wanted to burst into tears. For as selfish and rude she'd been ever since the moment she possessed Jan--showing you a side of Jane that you didn't know existed--you still loved her, and did your best to console her. Neither of you said it, but both of you had a suspicion that Jan may have had something to do with their absence, although you didn't know how you could prove that yet.

Phone calls and texts remained unanswered. Calls to other friends and family seemed to indicate that they didn't know where your intended guests might have been. When the evening turned to night, you and Jane decided to turn in for the day, and would try again in the morning. Maybe they all had the wrong day for the gathering on their calendar or something. After the two of you prepared for bed, you turned off the lights in the bedroom.

The moment the room went dark, you realized you weren't alone. Jan's glowing body came into view, casting an eerie light through the room, causing Jane to shriek in fright. Jan wasn't the only one standing around, however. Jane's mother and sister, her friends, your friend Samantha... all of them stood around the bed, surrounding you, casting their ethereal light through the room.

"W-what... what is happening...?" Jane said shakily.

Jan smiled, her ghostly appearance resembling her normal, tidy self. "I decided to pay the women on your guest list a visit, Jane. I had a talk with each of them about John. You know what I learned? I'm not alone. Each woman in here wanted to be with John at one point, and still does!"

You glanced around the room. "What, all of you went to go see Emilia? You can't be serious..."

Each ghost nodded, eyes on you, before all eyes shifted back to Jane.

"Sorry, kiddo," her mom said, "but when I found out I could relive my youth, it was too much to pass up."

"And I never got to get a body like yours," Molly said, looking Jane over carefully. "But now..."

You turned to look at Sam, who seemed a little embarrassed to be there, but she didn't back away. "I couldn't throw away this opportunity, even if it meant becoming someone else entirely just to get closer to you, John."

You sat further up, looking around again. Jane's friends just giggled as they looked at you with their spectral eyes.

"Being someone else... wait, so you're all ghosts so you could, what, try out being my fiancée one at a time?"

Jan laughed a little. "Oh, of course not, John! We're going to enter her all at the same time, and then divide and conquer! All of us, all together in one body, you wouldn't have to divide up your time to please us all... and we'd each find ways to make you so happy, I'm sure!"

Jane's eyes looked like they were about to fall out of her head. "N-no! That's not fair, you can't just do this! I have a life and I deserve to live it on my own!"

The ghosts seemed to ignore your fiancée's pleas, gliding up into the air and then moving closer. Jane sprang out of bed and sprinted for the bedroom door, thinking she could somehow outrun nearly a half-dozen ghosts... and she failed miserably! Each specter lost their forms, turning into amorphous blobs of energy as they flew into Jane's body with frightening speed! One favored penetrating her back, another flew into her chest. One tried the face, to slide down her throat, while the remaining two charged toward her midsection, one flying between the legs and another disappearing into the rear.

In the moments that followed, you waited in silence to see what had become of your girlfriend, whether the specters fought for control, learned to share, or started making changes beyond Jane's original physical presence...