6 years later
It was exactly 6 years after Christine's death. Steph and Willow had met up at her grave with daisy's, her favorite flower. Steph tried to stay strong for Willow, Christines mom, and her dad. But when Steph went to give Willow a hug for comfort when Willow hugged her back, she only broke down on Willow's shoulder.
And soon after everyone else was crying. About 45 minutes later everyone had gone home but Steph had stayed behind for a little bit. She had sat down next to her best friend's gravestone that had read "Christine Emma Taylor loving daughter, best friend and much more". When Steph had sat down, she started to fiddle with some grass by pulling a little piece up and twisting and twirling it around in her fingers.
Christine had always loved gardening which is why there were so many flowers and other types of plants surrounding her gravestone. Steph had been playing with the grass for a few seconds before she had said her first word to her which was, "I don't know if you can hear me, but I have things to get off my chest and you always told me I could come to you if I ever needed to talk to someone,
So here goes nothing, d-do you remember that one time in first grade w-when on our way home from school you found that cat in a box and took it home and n-named it Mocha? You had taken such good care of her until sh-she died when we were in Freshman year and yo-you had a funereal for her i-in your backyard a-a-and you made a little tombstone for her and everyone o-of your friends came to it or when we built that treehouse together in 8th grade and always hung out in it and.... and your brother Eli was never allowed in it."
she said though quiet sobs "o-or that time in what was it uhm... uh I wanna say 6th grade we had a lemonade stand and we also had brownies and cupcakes and cookies and stuff like that. Those were some of my best and favorite times and they only got better when we met Willow.
But then you met Alex and then it was like it had all changed and fore whatever its worth now he's now he's gone and hopefully in hell but knowing y-you are watching over all of us in heaven and your parents are doing a lot better same as Willow and Eli and everybody else including me but why did it have to be you.
You were so good all you did was fall in love. You know you give the saying "love can be deadly" a new meaning anyway I have to go all of us are going to go to Ransoms your favorite restaurant to remember you we do it a lot don't forget we all love, and we always will you had a big impact on a lot of people's lives never forget that. Love you, bye" And with that Steph left and they all went out to eat at Ransoms.
After the talk Steph had her final talk with Christine she had felt better, like she had closure and was finally able to move on this her life but never forgetting her. Christines family and Willow and Steph do this every time, but Eli never did it was always too painful for him because they had a really close relationship, but he always went out on his own.
But after that visit they all kind of felt a little bit better but every time something would bug Steph, she would still go out to talk to Christine like she use to be able to. So, I guess somethings never change and that's ok somethings don't need to be changed.
