it as the morning after and i was getting ready for the funeral. Leah was downstairs having breakfast. it was only going to be a small joint ceremony with both mine and Mayas family and some of their friends. whilst planning the funeral Mayas uncle reached out and thought it would be a good idea to have a funeral for both of them and i agreed on it.
i walked down the stairs ready in my suit and my grandparents and my dad had arrived with Elija. i walked and gave them all a hug and went to go see Eli who was in Leahs arms.
"Hey baby i missed you " i said kissing him on the head.
"You ready" My dad said.
"As ready as i could ever be i guess" i said and Leah gave me a small smile.
"So are you two a thing now" my dad said bluntly. i looked up and my eyes went wide.
"Dad come on" i said.
"What your brother went on about you two at some point, so you know are you two together" he said.
"Wow what a way to be blunt about it but yes we are but not try not and go shouting it to the world please" i said and Leah started laughing.
i sat down next to my grandmother who was sat on the couch quietly waiting.
"hey" i said.
"I'm glad you found someone good for you it took you long enough" she said in broken English. and she was right having three different relationships before Leah all of them ended up worse each time.
"Oh, yeh you have had some bad relationships Jae" my grandfather said.
"don't i know it" i said.
Leah handed my Eli when he started to become fussy.
"So past relationships" Leah said.
"Please don't Leah" i said.
"Oh, do you want to hear about them" my grandfather asked.
"No no she doesn't" i said pointing to them.
"i only know what her name Ava was she was the pot head" Leah said.
"Ah yes she was something else" my dad said.
"And then there was Lottie she was a real piece of work" my grandfather told me.
"Wait how do you guys know this stuff" i said.
"Oskar" they said.
i sat there is disbelief that he had told them about my relationships, but to be totally honest I'm not surprised he wasn't always good at telling secrets.
"Jesus of course" i said Eli started crying so i stood up and went to make him a bottle.
"Hey, we should start making our way down to the church" my dad came in.
"Yeh i feed him and get him to sleep and then we will set of he will sleep through it all hopefully" i said and my dad patted me on the back.
"You know you don't have to live life 100 mile per hour you can slow down you need to grieve properly" he said to me knowing that i haven't stopped.
"i will these next two weeks is just going to be me and Eli and I'm going to do all this house and then I'll be ready for pre-season" i said and he sighed and nodded.
once Eli fed and to sleep, we all got into my car and i drove us down to the church. the funeral was a nice and quiet ceremony to celebrate and remember both Oskar and Mayas life and what they have created together. i was sat in the front row with Leah hand in mine and i didn't really listen to the priest and what he was saying it was like background music to me i stared and the coffin on the right realising that my brother was in that coffin and that I'll never get to see him again, i think at that moment it really started to hit me that I'll never get to have them moments with Oskar like watching him get his GCSE result and celebrating, him going to college and university and get to follow his dreams and him have more kids and get married and achieve all them things in life that you could ever wish for, he will never get to do them things I'll never get to watch him grow into an amazing young man he was started to become.
he will never get to watch Elija grow up and take the first milestones in his life because of a stupid drunk driver, the same kind of accident my mum had that took her away from me and my family before i could even grow up and show her and have her by my side.
after the ceremony ended everyone left but i sat there still staring at his coffin. i felt a hand on my shoulder taking me out of my daydream of more of a nightmare, i looked up to see Leah standing there.
"Come on baby time to go home your dad has Eli" she said and i nodded and we walked out of the church, having the final goodbye to my little brother. as we walked out of the church hand in hand everyone was waiting but i didn't say a word and walked straight to the car and put a thankfully still sleeping Elija in the car. i got into the driver's side and waited for everyone who was making their way to the car.
once everyone was in the start i started to drive off as everyone was sat in silence.
"Have you got any plans for today JJ" my grandmother asked me.
"I'm going to sort out the garden today cut the grass get the patio sanded down and painted what about you guys when are you flying out to Barcelona" i asked.
"Our flight is at 7" my grandfather. and i nodded driving into the driveway. we all got out of the car and i grabbed Eli. i opened the door and laid him into the bassinet in the living room.
"Hey when you going to Ibiza with the girls" i asked Leah as i walked into the kitchen.
"My flight it this afternoon" Leah said.
"You excited to be with all the girls" i said.
"yeah" she said sounding not as convincing as i hoped.
"Hey what's up" i asked her.
"I'm worried about you" she asked.
"hey i will be fine i will be doing things that i love and i will be thinking and we will talk everyday i want you to have fun and then hopefully once the house is all done and your back from your holiday we can spend the day just us to and the girls can come round for a BBQ if there up for it I'll be fine okay these two weeks is what i need i promise" i said putting my hands on the sides of her head and she melts into them.
"Okay i love you you know that" she said.
"i love you two now go have fun with the girls" i said and she nodded and kissed me.
"i will call you when i land okay" she said and nodded.
she walked into the living room saying goodbye to everyone and kissed Eli and left to go home.
"Come on kid let's get down and dirty" Dad said clapping his hands together.
"What do you mean" i asked confused taking my suit jacket off.
"You want to do the garden so let's do the garden" he said.
"alright" i said and i turned to my grandparents.
"You want to join" i asked them.
"Now we are going to watch some tv and then get some snuggles with Eli before we go" my grandmother said.
i nodded and me and dad walked out and started doing work in the garden. we started working for a couple of hours before my dad and grandparents had to leave to take them to the airport. i said my goodbyes and sorted Elija out ready bed gave him a bath, read him a book, and put him down for the night. i walked back down and finished of painting the patio since it was still light outside. my phone started ringing and it was Leah face timing me.
i answered and it showed her on the other side in bed.
"Hey, you got there okay" i asked.
"Yeah, it was a good flight how is the garden coming along" she asked.
"Yeh it's pretty much finished my dad was a good help and i just need to put the furniture up the lights and then it'll be done" i said.
"Can i see it" she asked.
"Nope you can wait until you come home" i said and she groaned.
"that's so mean" she said and i laughed.
we talked for a while and then i went up to bed and well asleep.
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The Quiet One
FanfictionJae Black is a 19-year-old football player on the Arsenal team as a striker. Jae is the quiet one on the team who kept to themselves but wasn't left out she was in all the videos and vlogs the girls did but wasn't at the centre. she had just got her...
