| Heather- Life without you is becoming more unbearable every day. Small tasks are becoming harder to do, and as much as I hate to admit it now after everything� I miss you. I miss your laughter, and your smiles. I miss your singing in the mornings while you take showers. I miss eating Oreo�s with you in the bed watching Citizen Kane. I miss making love after. I miss watching you sleep- Nick closed his eyes not wanting to continue. Reading that Heather loved someone before him made him sick. His stomach was in knots. He put the letter back in the box and covered it up. He didn�t even know his name. Who did she make love to after watching Citizen Kane? Who watched her sleep? He stared at the small shoebox, taunting him. Calling to him. He closed his eyes and reached back into the box pulling out the letter. Am I embarrassing you yet? Telling you everything I should have told you before? Before now, when there�s no way to go back? I wish I could go back. I�d do so many things differently. I�d be more honest with you and I�d spend more time with you--but now its too late. Now I sit here alone in a hospital room counting the days until I�m no longer with you. But I am not alone. I have you with me, in my heart and my soul. I have the memories we shared, and times we spent together. I do ask one favor of you though. I ask that you do not mourn me when I�m gone. Celebrate my life. Celebrate our love. Celebrate in Citizen Kane. Remember Rosebud? Celebrate Rosebud. Celebrate me as I celebrate you now. I love you, Heather Angelina Perkins; and I will miss you terribly. My love always, Brandon � Brandon? Heather never talked about a Brandon-� He said. � Heather?!� Brian called. � Nick? Hello?� Nick quickly folded the letter and shoved it back in the box, and jumped off the bed putting the box back in the closet. He crept out of heather's room, closing the door softly behind him. � Is anybody home?� Brian called. � Coming,� Nick called back. He made his way down the stairs and greeted Brian. � Hey. Heather�s not here, she had a meeting-� � With Waldenberg, I know.� He nodded. � Actually I was here to see you,� � Me? What for?� � Well, I thought maybe you�d like to play a little one on one, until Heather gets back,� � Basketball?� � What are you scared?� He joked. � No,� Nick laughed. � Lemme just grab my jacket-� � What do you need a jacket for? This is California.� � Right,� Nick said following Brian out the door. Brian opened the car door for Nick and turned back up the stairs to lock Heather�s front door. Nick sat in the cherry red BMW Z3 and waited for Brian, who leapt into the driver�s seat instead of opening the door. � Ready?� He laughed. � As I�ll ever be,� Nick said looking into the side rearview mirror. Brian turned on the car and sped out of the driveway. � So, you have key to Heather�s house?� Nick asked as they sped down the road. � Yeah. Why don�t you have a key?� He smirked, glancing at Nick before turning his eyes back to the street. Nick glared at Brian, before turning his eyes to the speedometer. The needle stayed steady at 90 mph. � You like speed?� Nick asked. � I think it�s the only way to travel. Heather loves this car, although she�d never admit it.� � I�ll have to remember that,� Nick said quietly. ~ � So, what exactly do you do, Carter?� Brian huffed, wiping the sweat from his brow. � I�m in school, right now. I�m taking graphic design and a few other classes.� He said casually dribbling the ball. � My major is architecture.� � And I�m assuming you�re on break,� � Uh huh,� He said shooting the ball into the hoop. � I go back next week.� He jogged down the court grabbing the ball, before going back to Brian, who was sipping his bottled water. � Brian can I ask you a question?� � Sure.� � Who�s Brandon?� Brian lifted his eyes to Nicks and sighed. � Heather talk about him?� � Not intentionally. She was talking in her sleep,� He lied. � Why didn�t you ask her yourself?� � I wasn�t sure if I should bring it up.� Brian motioned for the ball, and Nick bounced it over to him. Brian immediately turned on his heels and walked over to the nearest bench, sitting down. Nick followed, anxious to hear about Brandon. � Heather would kill me if she ever found out I told you, so please don�t tell her you heard it from me.� � Ok,� nick nodded. � Brandon was my brother. He and Heather dated for a long time. Heather�s only 21, but we grew up together basically. Not many people know that. I�ve known Heather since she was five. Heather and Brandon always had this love for old movies. Ya know like couples have �their song,� Heather and Brandon had �their movie.� � Citizen Kane,� Nick said. � How�d you know?� He asked, shocked. � uh� talking in her sleep,� Nick recovered. � Long story short, Brandon died of cancer about 4 years ago and even though Heather was only 17, she took it pretty hard, and I�ve been watching out for her ever since. I still don�t think she�s over him being gone,� He said softly. And she doesn�t like talking about him, so maybe you shouldn�t talk about it unless she bring it up.� Next Page |