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Goodbye

We all wake up with a sense of dread. It's the day. We all get dressed into our nicest black outfits something we think Avery would have liked. We all sit in the kitchen in silence everyone is looking at the floor no one is speaking. I don't think any of us knows what to say. We get into Thomas's car and head to the church. once we finally arrive we stand outside in the cold air waiting for her. 

We seen the coffin being carried out towards us. One of the men carrying her coffin looks like he is struggling, I slowly make my way over to him. I place my hand on his on his arm, he transfers the weight onto my should. Everyone follows us it into the church and we take out seats. The priest says a few words about 'everyone who loves and cares about Averys gathering in one place to say a final good bye'. He walks down to my seat and escorts me to the front so that I can make my speech.

"Avery means everything to me. She is like my sister and I love her more then any thing. All I have ever wanted to do was keep her safe. When were first meant she grabbed my hand and put a seashell in it, she said that this bonds us for ever and no matter where we are as long as one of us have a seashell we will never be alone. She told me secrets that she has never told anyone before and the secret she told me only made me love her more because it means that she truest me more then anyone. She would all ways say family and friends will come and go but our bond is more then that because we are family and friends that means we will never leave each other. She meant it and I know it was true because I can still feel her in my heart, I feel her love and as long as I keep her in my heart I know we will never leave me. I know that if we all keep her in our hearts she gets to live in our memories for ever."

I look around the room so many unfamiliar faces all here because they love her. I head back to my seat with tears streaming down my face once again. Thomas head to the front he stops and wraps his arm around me pulling me into a hug.

Thomas- "Thank you Ren."

After a few seconds he let's me go and continues to walk to the front as I reach my seat. He takes a second to compose himself, with tears in her eyes he takes a deep breath before speaking. 

Thomas- "Avery was so full of life and love and hope. All she ever wanted was a hero one to help people. She never found that but I will keep hoping for one, for her. She had so much love to give and she gave that love to everyone she ever met. She was a true friend and a great daughter. She sacrificed herself to save someone. No matter how much I will miss her I will always be so proud of her. I'm so proud of her for never being afraid and for all ways helping. Avery has always been strong and all I ever wanted to do for her was give her the best life possible. we didn't get to spend much time together because I work a lot but every time we did spend time together I made sure it would be completely unforgettable.  Even if she didn't know how much I love her I will always will no matter what."

Thomas, Ben, Henry and me all grab one side of the coffin and head outside.
Followed by everyone else. Its time for us to all say goodbye. 

The coffin starts lowering into the ground we each grab a flower and place it on the coffin. Henry choses a Lilly, Ben choses a sunflower, Thomas choses a white roes and I choses a pink roes as they were her mum favourite. The crowd of gest start to slowly scatter away the only people left is us. The boys start to walk away over to the lake, I place the seashell that Avery gave me onto her coffin. I walk over to the lake to join the boys.

"Can we write notes no paper boats and but them on the lake for her. We use to do that when we were little?"

Thomas take four white paper boats out of his pocket.

Thomas- "I had the same idea."

Thomas hands each of us a paper boat. Each of us wrote a small not on a boat. Thomas one says 'I love you forever my darling daughter'. Henry's one says 'I couldn't have asked for a better best friend thank You.' Ben's one says 'I'm sorry that I didn't get to know you better from what I did know you were an amazing person'. My one says something completely different, no one know what she said to me that day. My on says 'I wish I could be the hero you think I am but I can't be. goodbye Sister'. We place the boats on the lake, we use Thomas's lighter to set the top of the boats on fire before push them out. I bow down to Avery and everyone looks confused.

"Its what we do back home it's like a Viking thing I guess. If a princess or a queen bows that means that the person will be protected from all of their bad actions in the after life."

They start heading back to the car and I just sit there. Thomas takes the boys home. I sit there alone for a moment just watching the paper boats burn. I feel a slight chill in the air. A snow-flack falls delicately on my noes. I look up, glistening snow is falling from the havens.

"Thank you Avery!"

I head to the bunker. I just want to be alone.