S & L

One - Luna

Grey sky, clouds filled with emotion pour down tears to flood. Thunder roams around my head pounding every minute that goes past and my heart feels electrocuted. The lightning flashes down a vivid lilac and I stare at it for one second before it disappears behind the sky. The darkness of this moment will always be remembered in my heart as it's a pain that I will carry forever. A death so close to me has cause me to become silent and already has made my life hell. I still don't know why he had to die, to leave me on my own but it certainly wasn't for to learn from a mistake.

The rain tries to enter my house, but a closed plastic window stops it from entering to fill an open void. But it feels like something is dripping above me ruining the moment almost making me want to drown in disappointment.

"Luella!" a voice shouts behind me but drown in the penetrating rain. "Luella!" they shout again, and I look at their reflection in the window. He's dressed in a black tux with a frown amongst his face and I wish I could tell him that I'll be fine but with the minutes passing he knows it's not the truth - seeing right through me.

I could feel his presence behind me and hear his heavy breathing along with his heart racing. I turn around and embrace him with open arms, tears rolling down my cheeks. "It's going to be okay; everything will be fine. Trust me Luella," he says comforting me, but his eyes widen when the lilac dagger of the night came down again that time has given by.

I walk towards outside into the pitch darkness of day and when I step out, I freeze, no emotion, no words and unable to move. My bare arms are open to the bitterness and I'm already bitten by the wailing of the wind. I stay stuck, cold, but my heart starts to race almost pounding too loudly drowning out the noise of the weather and I start shivering. Griffin looks at me still in his tux, but his white shirt is drenched showing his amber body and brings his arms around me, sharing his warmth with me making me smile with such elation. Even the sun has risen and stopped the storm, everything is ablaze with love and happiness.

We continued walking in the hailing storm, but it didn't feel like it was raining on us as if we had a bubble around us. I smiled through the rain, through the storm and through the pain like everything will go as it has been planned.

When we reached the church, we hurried inside away from the bitterness and my eyes widened to see every pew full. I walked towards the altar to sit down but Griffin parted from me at a time where I need him to be with me, cope through the pain I am going through. I sit down on the shiny wooden long bench and look next to me. There are jewels on this man's head, ruby and gold, but he sees me staring giving a slight smile.

"You're Luna? Constable's daughter?" he asks, and I nod. "I am his friend, Harold Hale. He served in the army for me, for us, for the country and especially for you. He told me so much about you and he admired that you are strong, courageous and brave through the time of your late mother. Everything that has happened in your life, I am sorry you had to go through all that pain but do remember you are not alone. If you ever want to talk to someone, just know I am always free to chat."

"Thank you, Hale but I've got someone else to talk to instead. Sorry," I say as the trumpets begin playing and the whole room turns to silence, standing up paying respect to my father. They bring in the coffin that his dead body lies in and I couldn't help myself to burst into tears; then they all look at me with sympathy and empathy written all over their faces. It brings me back to five years ago, where the church was almost empty, and they were bringing my mothers coffin down the aisle. Sadness takes over me that neither of them will see the day that I say I do to the man of my dreams. But I blur it out to forget about it and the rest of the time, waiting for time to fly by and not wanting to go through the pain of crying again.

I walk out of the church along with the others and the weather has faired up - the sun is out, and the blue sky appears behind the translucent grey clouds. Still, it might rain later but I smile towards heaven, thanking God for clearing all the troubles away.