Part I: There's a new dynamic in the group now that Sarah's got a BFF. Tensions rise, and Emily feels herself changing for the worst.
Part II: Just when things seem to start coming together for Emily and Sarah, a tragedy strikes. One of the twins mu...
I hardly remembered anything after that. All I remembered was sitting in a dark room for days at a time, refusing to leave my bed. I couldn't eat, hardly drank, or even get up for anything other than the bathroom.
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I took the senior picture from high school off the wall and shoved it in the closet without looking. I turned the mirrors around, and avoided reflections. I was already seeing her face in my head 24/7, and couldn't handle it in every reflection around me.
It was almost like I kept waiting for Emily to walk through that door again, but I knew better. I wished I didn't. I wanted to believe she was okay.
My sister died in a car accident. The last thing she remembered was probably fear and pain. Emily was a good person and she never deserved to feel like that. The last thing I told my sister was to get out, and that would never stop being the last thing she'd remember of me. The person I loved the most would always think I hated her in the end, and I would've given absolutely anything to change that.
I hated myself for not stopping her from leaving our room when I had the chance. If I could have just stopped her from going away, I could've saved her life. I could've been drinking coffee and laughing with her at the moment, but because of my stupidity, she was gone. Because of me, she was never coming back.
I didn't know how I would deal with it.
Unfortunately, I was forced to figure it out. Because my parents weren't local and able to come to fill anything out on time, I was responsible for all the immediate paperwork and decisions.
Was I in a fantastic state of mind to make a quick decision on whether I wanted my twin sister buried in a cemetery or cremated to ashes?
No.
Thankfully Calvin was there to help me, as much of a mess as he was.
Mia had a bunch of exams, plus I could tell she had no idea how to console me with any of this. I told her to focus on her stuff, and I'd focus on mine. She kept checking in though.
"So... burial or cremation?" Calvin muttered quietly, his eyes frozen on the paper in front of him.
I didn't know what Emily would've wanted. If I had her cremated, her body would be burnt. The mental image was too much for me to handle.
What if she woke up to find herself being burned-?
"Transportation for burial costs $1,000, and the funeral is $8,000 without the basic... casket. I don't know if it's too much money or what she would prefer, but cremation and the service costs $1,500 altogether."
"Burial."
I knew she wouldn't wake up, but...
"Okay," he checked the box off, seeming visibly relieved with my decision.
