𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐎𝐋𝐎 has been best friends with Nathan for as long as he could remember, along with his two brothers, nick and matt. they have both always had a good friendship with nathan's younger sister but she's always had an unknown gr...
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the beach house.
the house that they all stayed in nearly every summer. the house that held the best times and the best memories. the house that was going to be revisited for the last time, but it was different this time. chris was missing.
dejah carried the last suitcase into the house, placing it on the floor. she stands next to everyone who are all still in the entrance area, just looking around the house. the nostalgia hit them differently this time. chris wasn't jumping into the pool fully clothed like he did every year on the first day of staying at the beach house. the bottle of dr pepper that was stuck onto the wall that they all begged for the new owners to keep on the wall, which they surprisingly agreed to, wasn't being laughed at like they normally did. instead it was just quiet. "wow" whispers dejah, breaking the silence.
everyone's tense bodies loosened up a little bit as they all began to look at different places of the house. the new owners hadn't changed any of the furniture around, they just added more stuff like photos and personal items.
nate went to the dr pepper that was stuck to the wall. chris had nailed the drink on the wall behind where he had fallen over his spillage after that photo was taken, to remember that funny memory. now that chris isn't here, he has to remember the funny memory for him.
matt and nick go upstairs, heading to chris' room. it was still the same exact room. exactly how it looked when they left it. the owners haven't had this house for long so i guess they haven't been in chris' room yet. nick walks towards his drawers, opening them up, revealing a lil skies shirt that nick had bought him. he kept it at that beach house so that every year they went, he could try it on and see if it still fit him. they made a bet every year wether or not it would fit.
matt knelt down and looked underneath chris' bed. laughter immediately starts to escape matts mouth as he pulls out several pepsi cans from under his bed, "classic chris." he chuckled as he pulls out more junk. he's not really paying attention to all the trash that's he's pulling out, but when he sees a bright pink sticky note with writing on it, he decides to inspect it further. it says : matt just said your hair looks good btw isn't that cute.
he looks at it with pure confusion. he flips it around revealing a name : dejah
once he saw the name he knew exactly what day it was and why she gave chris that note. they were all sat in the living room watching a movie when chris runs a hand through his hair accidentally ruining it. matt laughed and pointed at chris, sarcastically saying that his hair looked good. dejah being dejah, passed the note to chris, in which he realised his messy hair, quickly sorting it out. he laughs thinking on the memory.
"hey remember this?" smiles nick, showing matt the infamous shirt, "bet it still fits him." nick paused, realising what he had said, "would have.."
matt's smile soon fades, looking away from his brother, sliding all the trash back under his bed.
dejah walks past nate, heading into the back garden. she walks past the pool and over to the drying area where they would dry their clothes after the pool. they mainly all used it as a place to stay warm after swimming in the cold pool. she opened the storage box and grabbed chris' swimming goggles. she laughs at the paw patrol design on them. they were the only available ones, so chris had to buy them. secretly he wasn't mad about it.
she puts them on her head and she marches her way towards the pool, instantly jumping on to carry on chris' legacy. matt and nick heard the noise from upstairs and looked out from chris' balcony to see dejah in the pool fully clothed.
nate stops looking at the dr pepper on the wall to take a peek at the pool that dejah is currently in. he laughs to himself before jumping in also. matt and nick instantly run downstairs to join in on the fun, also jumping in.
liv was upstairs in her room, looking at all her pictures on her wall when she hears all the commotion going on outside. she also peers out from her balcony, "cmon liv! jump in!" shouts dejah.
liv looks uncertain as he looks at the height that she would be jumping from if she jumped in from her balcony. "yeah cmon! just jump in!" shouts matt, causing everyone to join in on chanting for liv.
do it for chris. chris would want you to jump in. he always did. he always begged me to jump in with him but i never did. nows my chance.
liv makes a run for it as she jumps over her balcony and into the pool.
the whole week that they stayed at the beach house was bitter sweet. memories of chris floated around the house, filling the air with a sense of comfort. the day came when they weren't ready, the last day at the beach house forever. they all made an agreement to never go back to that beach house ever again in spirit of chris.
as the night sky set, the darkness filled the sky painting little sections with bright, white starts that lit up the sky ever so slightly. dejah liked to believe that was chris' doing. that he was the one making all the pretty starts turn up in the dark sky.
everyone each gathered their own individual items to fill their bottles with. they all sit on the sand on the beach outside their beach house, with bags surrounding them. everyone grabbed their different things from the bags and added them into their bottles.
nate's bottle contained that dr pepper bottle, pictures of them together, a shirt that chris always begged to keep from nates closet and a few letters.
matt's bottle contained that sticky note he had found under his bed, a can of pepsi he also found under his bed, a few little things from his bedroom that he knew chris treasured and of course a letter written by matt.
nicks bottle included that shirt that they had betted on, chris' rings and necklaces, a dear mini figure that he had placed on his desk and a stone that nick always carried around with him from chris' grave.
livs bottle included a small hard drive that had a slideshow of silly pictures of them that they had taken in high school, (she kept a copy for herself for memories) a goodbye card, a small print of a lil skies album that she knew he liked and a few little bits from his room.
dejahs bottle included their matching polaroid pictures, his letter from his coach telling him he was allowed back on the team, chris' paw patrol goggles and all of chris' letters that he had ever given her, even the ones from middle school up to now. she kept them all.
they all sent their bottles into the ocean, watching them wash away further and further into the sea. the moment was sweet until everyone began to cry. painful tears could be heard from a mile away as they all reminisce.
good bye chris.
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maisie 💌
i decided to keep this last ever chapter on this book to be short n sweet ahah but as for my other book that i have plans for, will NOT be a part two about matt and abbie as i've mentioned about possibly doing, but my next book will be a happy one this time lol with matt x oc!!
hope you enjoyed this book even if it was very sad. new book in the works. thankyou for all the reads and support i've gotten from this book, ily all
