out of the blue / n.h

Chapter 91

Bob drives us to the cemetery up on the hills and when we get there, I take a big amount of nervous and gulp it down my throat because this is the first time I ever visit my dad's grave. He leads us through the green grass and then he stops right at the right grave we are looking for. The grey cross gravestone was carved by his full name. Christian Julian Richards. 1970 — 2007. I take in everything as I fall on my knees, resting my hand on the gravestone. I don't feel devastate at all, because I know the terrible things had passed and everything is now perfectly fine. He's up there, looking at me in pride. I smile as I look at Niall who is looking at me with his tendency eyes. I'm so grateful that I have him in my life and I love him. I let a tear falls down my cheeks as I smile at the gravestone, stroking his name that carved on the stone.

"And I love you, Dad." I kiss the gravestone and let my tear falls down on it. Bob reaches me and plants his hand on my shoulder.

"I want to be able to give these to you here, so this ol' man would believe me that I made it." He chuckles as I laugh at his remark. He hands me envelopes with my dad's writing on it. "It's all for you. I'll be in the car." He stands on his foot as he leaves me all alone with my dad. I take a look at Bob and Niall who is talking and Bob wraps his arm around Niall as he leads Niall to the car. I shift my head to the envelopes. I read the title of them all.

For your high school graduation. For your 20th birthday. For your college graduation. For Mary Hills. For your 30th birthday. For your son. For your daughter. For your 40th birthday. For the love of your life.

I let a big stream of my tears dripping on my shirt as I smile, looking down at the envelopes. I breath heavily as I stride closer to the stone and give it a last kiss. "I found him, dad." I stand on my foot, taking one last glance before walking briskly to the car, without looking back. This isn't going to be my last time to visit my dad's grave. I take a deep breath before going back to the car. Niall is in the driver's seat as I chuckle at the sight of him, shooting me glances. I walk inside the car and he drives us back to Bob's townhouse.

I feel the drama scenes are now gone and we are going to leave for London. I can't hide my excitement as I gather my things together. Niall has already got his things packed and he decides to help me pack. After everything, we decide to call it a whole dramatic day and fall into a deep sleep by cuddling to each other.

The next morning, we get a cab and exchange bye's to Bob and Marcus. I call my mom to tell her everything, except my dad and she said she's really exicted and she wishes that she could come. The rest of the drive we spend by talking with the driver and I keep on demanding him why he would ask me to go to London. He says to be patient but I'm going to lose it anytime soon. The plane to London is not that long and we spend time by listening to some of the Smiths and some new ages songs that we both seem to like.