CHAPTER 9

ONE MONTH LATER...

Brian stood in front of his girlfriend’s grave looking down at the tombstone. The funeral had been over fifteen minutes ago but Brian stayed back. He still hadn’t come to terms with his girlfriend’s death. He couldn’t believe that he would never be able to see her again. He would never see her smile again, or kiss her. Heck he was even going to miss it when she got angry at him for dropping his shoes in the middle of the room so that she tripped on it! He smiled a little as he remembered the way she would hit him over the head whenever he did stuff like that.

He sighed suddenly. He knew it was going to take a while, but he had to move on with his life. Andrea would want him to and he wasn’t going to disappoint her.

He put the rose he had been holding on the grave and stood up and closed his eyes. He suddenly heard the rustle of the leaves in the trees nearby as the wind swirled around him. He could have sworn that he heard her laughter in the breeze, but shook his head thinking that it was all in his mind. He opened his eyes and headed back to his car and where the other guys were waiting on him.

"You okay man?" AJ asked him.

They all knew this was hard for him, but they also knew that he was tough and would be able to get through this.

"Yeah i’m fine." He said giving his friends a reassuring smile.

"Let’s go."

Brian got in his car, took one last look at the grave and headed home, a single tear rolling down his cheek.