Fool's Gold

Chapter 36

Nick's POV
Everyone was ready so we started to head to the cemetery where we were having the funeral. Once we started to drive in there everything started to hit home. I was already in tears,
"Everything is going to be ok Nick. She's always with you. Remember that," Harry always knew what to say to cheer me up. He truly was a great friend.

The funeral was set up with some chairs and at the front was a beautiful photo of Grace on top of a table, accompanied by some flowers. Beside the table was Grace's black coffin with red flowers on the top. The funeral director was also there to lead the service. We all took a seat and the funeral began.

The funeral director started to talk about Grace and how she was a lovely young woman that had a whole future ahead of her. I couldn't manage to do anything else except stare at her photo. After a while, it seemed so real. I began to think that she was actually right in front of me. I was so lost in my thoughts that I had stopped waiting for my cue to say the eulogy. Harry tapped me on the shoulder,
"Nick, that's your cue," I stood up and started to walk towards the front of the service. I hadn't prepared anything because I knew that speaking from the heart was the right thing to do. The words started to pour from my mouth,
"Hello everyone, as you all know I was Grace's fiancé. To be honest I never thought that I would never have to use the word was in that sentence before. Look, I'm not going to bore you about how much I'll miss her or how I didn't want her to die, but instead I'm going to talk about flowers. It's common knowledge that flowers start as a seed and then they sprout, becoming a long stem with a bud on the end. After a while, the bud starts to bloom, revealing the vivid colours on the pedals inside. Then the flower dies. It becomes nothing within a couple of days. This was the only way I could think of to describe Grace's life. She started off as a little baby and then became a beautiful young women. She then became lifeless within a couple of days of getting hit by the car. Grace's gorgeous life was taken away from her by some idiot that decided to fly around a corner. The injustice from the situation, I still find unbearable. I knew Grace since we were in Kindergarten and ever since the first day I met her, I had fallen in love. She was my true love, my everything. Grace was by my side when I was in hospital at 14. She never left and was there to comfort me. To be honest, at that time I thought that I was going to die. I had thought that Grace was going to be eulogising me at my funeral, but that wasn't the case. I had gotten better and everything seemed to be normal for a while, but it was too good to be true. Today I stand here before you, at a funeral I hoped I would never have to attend. I know that everyone here had some connection with Grace and that you all know about how great of a person she was. To finish, I would like to say a quote that I heard. It was 'In order to be heartbroken, you have to be in love'. I am heartbroken. I loved Grace and I know that she loved me too,"