Alex POV:
I had fun, real fun. We went bowling, laser tagging, played arcade games, and then went out to eat. All the guys went out of their way to make sure I was smiling and laughing. I was happy for a little bit, but in the back of my mind I knew what had happened. Melody left me, Roman, Dean, mum and dad are all dead and I was all alone, no family, no one to turn to besides these 5 boys who actually like hanging out with me. But why did everyone have to go? I don’t understand it.
As we pulled into the driveway of my house I could feel the rush of loneliness come upon me, well it was more like a tidal wave actually. I got out of the car and walked to the door. I could feel the guys watching me and I turned around to see all of them staring at me. “You know you can stay with us if you want, you don’t have to stay here.” Luke said. His voice was small and I could hear the hurt in his voice. It hurt me that he was hurt but I had to do this, I had to face it and get it over with. I turned back towards the door and thought about how many times I have walked through it with Dean or Melody with me. This is the first time I am walking in without them and it was one of the hardest things I had to do. I opened the door and walked in to meet an empty house. I looked around to only see the broken picture by the stair case. I walked over to it and saw that it hadn’t been touched. I rushed up the stairs to Melody’s room to see it was empty also. I guess she was gone.
I ran over to my room to make sure my stuff was still there and it was. My room was the same as before. Then I ran over to Dean’s room. I couldn’t stop myself, I had to make sure his stuff was there. I barged in the room to see all of his stuff still there. I felt a rush of relief as I took in all of Dean’s belongings. Then I was hit with sadness, like a wave of sadness rushed in and took me away. I hadn’t been in Dean’s room since he died and I really didn’t want to be there but I couldn’t get myself to leave. Instead I found myself walking over to nightstand where all his pictures were. I smiled as I looked at the one of Dean and I making funny faces, that was taken at the fair a couple months before Dad died. Then there was the picture of Roman and I, I was 12 and Roman was 15, in this picture he was happy and healthy. Man I missed those days. Then I saw one under neither the picture of Dean and I, when I picked it up I started crying. It was the day of dad’s funeral when Dean and Roman were a wreck. I remember how much they both cried and how tear stained they made my dress but I didn’t mind. I flipped over the picture to see someone wrote something on it,
‘You say you are weak, but look how strong you are to them. I believe you are The Fighter in the family, not them’
I didn’t recognize the hand writing and I don’t remember anyone with a camera there, unless they used their phone but I still don’t remember, of course I wasn’t really paying attention either. As I looked at the picture I felt this huge weight fall off my shoulders for some reason. Looking at the picture I saw how hurt they both were and how much they hated life at the moment. Roman was horribly sick and Dean was miserable, but now that they are gone they are finally at peace with themselves. They are with mum and dad, no more pain or devastation to hold them back. It still broke my heart that they are gone but at least they are at peace.
I grabbed the picture of Dean and me making duck faces and the picture of Roman and me. I walked over to Dean’s closet and pulled out a few of my favorite t-shirts of his for myself. I was about to walk out the door when I turned around and went back to grab the picture of the three of us at the funeral. I walked over to the door and stopped to turn around one last time. I took in his room, the smell, the feel, everything. I could feel myself starting to cry and I said “Goodbye Dean, I love you.” And walked out.
I decided it might be a good idea to stay with Luke and them for now. I went to my room and packed a bag with some clothes and my stuff. I put the shirts I grabbed from Dean’s room in my bag along with the pictures. I walked out of my room to the stairs and looked back at Dean’s room one more time. I smiled knowing that he was at peace but frowned knowing he is gone.
When I got downstairs I went to the kitchen where the guys were. The kitchen was empty also, well except for the appliances. I knew that they could tell I had been crying but I blew it off. “Are we ready to go?” I asked clearing my throat.
“Yeah but there is something you should see.” Luke said handing me an envelope, “We didn’t open it.” He explained passing it to me and I nodded taking it in my hand. They was no name on the front of it so I was guessing it was for me. I opened it up and pulled out a letter and another piece of paper. I opened the letter and all it read was
“This is Dean and Roman’s life savings and life insurance policy collections and Dad’s life insurance collection also. Take care of yourself.”
I flipped over the other piece of paper to see that it was a check for 45,000 dollars. I couldn’t move, I just stared at the check in shock. When did Dean and Roman get a life insurance policy? Well Roman was sick and Dean a fighter so I mean I can see why they would get one but still.
But what hurt the most was that this proved that Melody was really gone and I don’t think she was planning on coming back anytime soon.
“Alex, are you okay?” Luke asked walking over to me.
“She’s really gone.” I said passing him the letter and the check. He read the letter and looked at the check and his eyes got huge. All the guys hurried over and looked at the check and letter and their eyes became like Luke’s, it was kind of funny and I couldn’t help but smile a little.
As they looked dumbfounded at the check I walked over to the counter and jumped up to sit on it. I looked around and took in everything. I am going to miss this place but maybe it was for the best that I leave. I looked over to the guys and I became happy. I’m not alone. I have these 5 crazy guys that will never leave me, and you want to know how I know that, because they haven’t left me yet. They have seen me at my worse and at my best, I don’t think they will be leaving anytime soon.
Luke looked up at me and smiled at me. I loved his smile so much. It made me happy when he smiled so I smiled back. He walked over to where I was making the others remove their eyes from the check. He put the letter and check next to me and pulled me off the counter into him. As he hugged me I took in everything about him, his arms, his smell, his body. I looked up at him and he was smiling down at me.
“I love you.” He whispered to me and I felt a chill run down my spine,
“I love you too.” I whispered back and he kissed me like he never has before, but it was soon cut off by the sounds of overly immature guys behind him. I pulled away looking at Beau, James and Jai as they were making kissy faces at us and Skip was smiling at me. In that moment I knew everything was going to be okay. I knew that I was wanted here and most of all I knew that I wasn’t alone. I looked back at Luke and said “Alright, let’s get out of here.” And we left this old house with old memories to a new house with new memoires.
AU:
THIS IS NOT THE END, THERE IS ONE MORE PART!
