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"Come 'ere," Lyric held out her arms and pulled me into a hug, rubbing my back. "Honey, Noah's gone. I know you know, but we have to stop living in the past, ok?" I frowned into her exposed shoulder. "Shh, it's ok. He left for a reason. Don't worry. We'll see him again in Eternity."
She held me at arms length as a tear rolled down my cheek. "Let's forget about that, ok? Let's have fun…" the rain started falling, and we both looked up. "*CENSORED*."
All three of the boys looked at us with questions in their eyes, and Lyric shook her head.
"Here" Kevin wrapped a towel around my shoulders and pulled me inside with him. I looked up and smiled weakly.
"Thanks, Kev." I whispered, then drifted upstairs to my room. The rain poured down outside, like a million tears. I looked around my room, clutching the towel around my body. I bit my lip as I looked at all the pictures of Noah and I... Kissing, hugging, holding hands. Without him... I felt empty. He was the light in my life. I walked to my closet and pulled out flannel plaid pjs and a dark blue wife beater. I left the towel on my bed and went downstairs where everyone was sitting on the couch talking. When I entered, they all looked up and stopped talking. I looked at them without smiling, and silently sat between Lyric and Kevin.
"Are you ok?" Joe asked, leaning across Lyric, and laying his hand on my knee. I shook my head no.
"Why don't you tell us about him. All the good times you had." Kevin suggested, wrapping his arm around me. I looked over at Nick, who was sitting in the recliner. He gave me a reassuring smiled and nodded.
"Well... Noah loved Starbucks." I said, looking at my hands that were folded in my lap. "that's actually were we met. I was working there, and he had just joined the team. He kept sneaking in early in the morning when I was there.. Just to talk to me. That was back when we were Juniors. At the end of the year, he asked me to the Junior prom, where he asked me to be his girlfriend. of course I said yes--" A teardrop fell down my cheek, and I wiped it away. "Noah was always there for me. I really looked up to him; He was the one who taught me how to play guitar, and taught me how to be different. Even just through random gestures, like how he used to climb up to my window with a daisy... It just made me love him more." I smiled at the thought of him, little, skinny Noah, climbing up the side of my house to my window to give me a daisy. "But then... I got a call one day that he was diagnosed with brain cancer. He had a tumor in his brain that couldn't be treated. I dove to the hospital.. And.. and.." I started crying, just softly at first. "Just seeing him.. Hooked up to all the machines and tubes.... It made the heart sink. I knew h-h-he wasn't going to.. to.." I sobbed. Lyric took me in her arms.
"He died the next day." Lyric whispered. "I walked into the emergency room.. And she was laying on his bed with him.. Asleep. But he couldn't feel it." I bit my lip as I buried my face into Lyric's shoulder. I know she didn't like him for some reason.. but she never told me.
"Alex, I'm so sorry." Joe said, getting up and sitting on the floor in front of me. I let go of Lyric and hugged him.
"Just come to me any time you want to talk." He whispered in my ear. He was so sweet; such a great big brother. I nodded and Nick got up from where he was sitting in silence and gave me a hug.
"Are you going to be ok?" He asked, looking me in the eyes. I shrugged and he wiped a tear from my cheek. "Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" (Nothing dirty here, kiddos.) I nodded. Kevin patted my leg.
"Wherever he is, he still loves you." He told me, flashing a smile.
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