the selection

Chapter 22-The funeral

Aaron's funeral was at ten in the morning. It would be outside, on a mile of grassy hills in which we all used to play as a kid. Bea always used to wake me up, though this time she didn't. My mom had to wake me up this time. There was only thirty minutes until Aaron's funeral. I had decided to not wear the black dress, instead I wore my black jeans, with a black blouse that belonged to mom, brushed through my hair, put on some lipgloss, and mascara. I then went downstairs to see everyone else dressed in their black outfits. Max, dad, and Jackson wore black dress shirts with black pants. Bea and Katelyn both wore black dresses. 

"hey"

"you're not wearing a dress?"

"no"

"man, I thought living at the palace would liven up some of your fashion, maybe wear a dress with heels, instead your wearing pants"

"yea, there is no way I am wearing a dress, I may have lived in the palace for like three months, I still will always choose pants over dresses."

"ugh"

"man I thought so too, that maybe you would start to like dresses"

I snorted "yea no"

I had grabbed a bit of breakfast though I wasn't that hungry, and really no one was either. No one was hungry. We were just thinking that today we would be burying my brother. There would be no cameras there filming, since well Adrian and the family had requested and more demanded that the event not be filmed for the sake of their family. I mean thank god, they said that. I wouldn't want my brother's burial to be live on TV for the world to watch, I mean we were saying goodbye to my brother. We had to get there early to start setting everything up so once we were done eating, we all started to walk to the grassy hills. I could see people try to take picture of us and we just quickly walked over. Aaron would be buried next to my dad's father, and next to my mom's mother. We were all buried in the same place as the house that we lived in was originally bought by my dad's grandfather. Once we were there, Aaron's casket and the keyboard was already there, we had a stone which was engraved with Aaron's name on it which my family had carved. I was able to carve a little star under his birth and death date. Once everything was set up, the picture and  everything else, the guests started to arrive. Aaron's friends Jacob and Braxton, their families, my mother's father and my dad's mother. Once all the guests were arrived, we started.

"Today we are here, gathered to celebrate the life and death of Aaron Colt Ramirez. He had leukemia at the age of eleven and died three months after finding out." Dad said and continued talking, "he was an incredibly sweet kid, and I remember tucking him in every single night and him sleeping with his teddy. He was taken too soon, and may he rest in peace"

Mom went first, "Umm, Aaron was a unexpected child, we had orginally planned to stop at Bea, but we ended up pregnant with Aaron. He-he was a sweet boy, and was kind to everyone he met. I remember his labor well, he had come out when I was home, and everyone else was at work or was too young. Cypress ended up delivering him. Aaron was a beautiful boy with a beautiful heart. May he rest in peace now that he is in a better place"

Katelyn went next "Aaron, well he was the youngest, when he was born, I was ten. I remember coming home from work to see blood on the floor being cleaned by Cypress, seeing my new baby brother being held in my mom's arms. Aaron was kind, was a smart kid, and I remember him being curious of everything around him. He died too young, he had left this world a little too soon."

Max then went, "Aaron was well I remember seeing Cypress delivering Aaron. I was five when he came out of the womb. I remember being bossed around and asked to get certain things by Cypress to help deliever him. I remember the amount of blood I saw on him as he went out. Aaron was an amazing kid. Me, Cypress and Aaron would often have fun playing with cars and toys. He had so much to live for."