THE FINAL STRAW || 13 Reasons Why

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CLAY GOT ONTO HIS BIKE AGAIN AND DROVE TO EISENHOWER PARK, WHEN THEY ARRIVED, they sat on a bench and watched the playground, Clay handed one of the headphones to his sister.

"I know what you're all thinking, Hannah Baker is a slut, oops, did you catch that? I said is, can't say that anymore, I dreamed our first kiss would take place in the park, I never told you that. The dream starts with me at the top of the rocket holding onto the steering wheel, it's still a playground rocket, but every time I turn the wheel to the left or the right the trees lift up like they're taking flight"

Cleo let a smile stretch across her face, Hannah had always been poetic and she seemed to have kept that till her death, such a poetic death, she dies and leaves tapes behind, to make the people who hurt her pay for what they did to her, a vengeful death, Hannah was carrying a burden too heavy to carry and had passed the burden onto other people.

"And I'm scared because I don't know how to fly, but you were at the bottom of the slide to catch me when I fall, and that's all that happened, we kissed"

Cleo frowned at this sentence, it wasn't what she heard, she had overheard Justin talking about what had happened, she never really asked, cause she didn't care at the time.

"Why? Did you hear something else?" Hannah's voice asked, as if it read her mind "sorry to disappoint you but i guess, now we're even, sort of"

A car suddenly cleared the darkness around the siblings, making them look in its direction, Tony got out of the car and walked up to them, he leaned on the fence, staring at the two siblings, he let a smile stretch across his face at the sight.

"Hey guys" he greeted

"Hey Tony" Clay said, sadness painted on his voice

"You okay?" Tony asked

"Yeah, i'm fine"

Tony raised his head when he noticed something on the bench"is that my walkman?" he asked, Clay turned to the item

"It is" Cleo answered when Clay started stuttering

"No sweats, just be careful listening while you ride though, you don't wanna hurt yourself" Tony said "again" he added, referring to Clay's cut on his forehead

"You're right, thanks"

Tony looked around the park before looking back at the siblings "Eisenhower park" he said "That must mean you're about ready for side two" he added before walking away

"Let's go" Cleo said after Tony left "let's go home"

Clay got on his bike, his sister behind him, they put the headphones on while he drove back to the house.

"See, I've heard so many stories now that i don't know which one is the most popular, but i do know which is the least popular, the truth, see, the truth isn't always the most exciting version of things, or the best or the worst, it's somewhere in between. But it deserves to be heard and remembered, the truth will come out, like someone said, it remains"

When the siblings arrived home, they walked in, walking past their mom waiting for them on the couch, Cleo walked into her room and left the tapes with her brother, but when she lied on her bed, Hannah's voice couldn't leave her head.

Realizing she wouldn't manage to sleep, she got up and walked in her brother's room, Clay jumped when the door opened, his lamp was still on.

Cleo shrugged and walked over his side table, she took the headphones and handed on to Clay, she played the tape."So thank you Justin" Hannah's voice said "sincerely, my first very first kiss was wonderful. What came after my first kiss, not so wonderful"