Together till the end

Together till the end

Her resting ground

“Hey bestie! I’ll miss you. Just know that you will always be with me okay? I'll never forget you,”
I said to the tombstone in front of me. On it, it said:

Adeline Tan
27 january 2009-08 september 2022
Beloved daughter, loved by many

She was my best friend whom I knew since we were only four years old.
Taking a deep breath, I layed a flower in front of her tombstone- I laid it where her hands would be; if she was here with me to be holding it… I stood there transfixed to the ground staring at the tombstone-re-reading the words written on the tombstone over and over again. This was where her dead body lay. I had been mourning over her death for months now. I just could not let go of her after all the memories i had lived with her.

I was trying to hold back my tears of losing my best friend- especially after I saw her die. I had to be strong for her.

Her death

My best friend, Adeline, had died due to a car accident.

Of course, not everyone likes to be involved in car accidents.
The car is one of the advanced means of transportation that helps us spend our needs faster and easier.
But it is also in many cases a source of pain for us or for others.
No matter how much we find driving, there are still some accidents that happen.
Because of its heavy iron structure and the speed at which it travels, it remains dangerous and causes

many deaths all over the world.
Therefore, half of the world’s population may have had an accident in one way or another with the car, whether minor or major accident, or exposure to the threat of an imminent collision.
In all experiences we remember one thing: intense fear and lack of nerves.
The car is not something that can be avoided because of its speed.
So there is certainly an experience or a memory of witnessing an accident in which every person suffers physical pain with just a mere ticket.

I still remember the day I saw her die…
It all happened so fast.

“Screech” The incoming car came and crushed Adeline on the road leaving her crushed as blood gushed out. It was a traumatizing sight to see. A large crowd of people formed as some panicked while others called the authorities.
The ambulance and the police cars rushed in with their sirens blaring but all this was deafened by my shock of having to see my best friend die right in front of me.
The driver who had taken Adeline’s life was arrested due to drunk driving.

Our Memories

I wiped a tear away from my cheek and stared at the little teddy bear which laid on top of her grave next to the flower. That teddy was a very significant part of Adeline’s life. I had given it to her when we were 7 for her birthday. She had kept the toy ever since then. She told me that it reminded her of me and our friendship and that she held it very dearly to her heart.she still kept it even after all these 8 years. In our last moments together, she told me to lay it on top of her grave if she ever were to die. At the time I never believed that she would and always thought that she would survive after the incident but here I was, standing above where her dead body lay.

I was never going to see my best friend ever again. I was never going to be able to talk to her again or hang out ever again- she was gone .

I then rubbed my finger across a necklace. The necklace was one with half a heart. Where was the other half you ask? Well, it's right below me. It was in the casket- the casket where she rests. That necklace was given by her when we became best friends. Each part of the necklace had a small magnet which always made a ‘clink’ sound when it attracts to each other and got connected. That sound was something I heard countless times and was something I had treasured. But now, I was never going to be able to hear that sound again as the other half was bolted away in a casket underneath the cold soil. I was never going to lose this necklace. It will be kept as a reminder of our close friendship although I knew that I would have to suffer the pain of remembering the death of my best friend-having the unfortunate incidents replay over and over again in my head.