The New Kid

Chapter 9

Emma's pov

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It was late on Saturday and I was sitting at my desk after I called Calum. I was hoping that calling him before I attempted to write his eulogy would make it a little bit easier, but it hadn't. I had been putting off writing it until the last minute because it's hard for me to accept that tomorrow, he will be 6 feet under ground and I will never see him again.

His parents are having an open casket, he swallowed pills, so it wasn't visible how he actually died. Nobody knew the truth unless they were close family or me. I told Luke but he had to pretend that he didn't know. We told everyone else he got a fever and it got out of hand. I told Ashton and Liz about it earlier today over Skype and they were so sad, their faces sank when I told them that his funeral was tomorrow" it made me feel bad for lying to them and waiting for so long to tell him that he was dead.

I didn't know what to write, I couldn't contain how much love I had for Calum in one eulogy, he was my best friend and I don't think I will ever be that close with someone again. We knew everything about each other, I even knew that he was gay, I never told him that I knew but when you spend almost 24/7 with someone for your whole life, you pick up some hints.

Once I was finished I took a shower and tried to get some sleep but I spent most of the night tossing and turning afraid to officially say goodbye to Calum.

I woke up to the irritating sound of my alarm clock and I reached over to click it off right away. I sat up and prepared myself mentally for today, hoping that I wouldn't break down and cry while I was reading my letter to Calum; to everyone. I got out of bed and went downstairs where my dad was making him, Corey and I eggs and toast.

Corey had been okay friends with Calum his whole life, my mom used to make us hangout with him hoping he would start talking, he never talked but they were good friends. I invited him to the funeral so that he could say goodbye to him.

While I was eating breakfast, I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket and I pulled it out to see a text from Luke.

Luke the new kid 😊
I'll be at the funeral

It hurt me so much seeing that word. Funeral. Calum's funeral. I still couldn't grasp the fact I was never going to talk to him again. I felt sick to my stomach and instantly didn't feel like eating, so I excused myself to go and finish getting really upstairs.

Once we were all ready, we got into the car and started driving to the funeral home which wasn't too far from our house. I could already feel a huge lump in my throat forming as big as a baseball, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one out of the three of us because nobody said a word until we arrived and parked in the parking lot.

As we walked into the funeral home, I saw pictures of Calum everywhere and people were all talking softly as if they spoke too loud they would get in trouble. Everyone made their way into the small room where there was a mahogany coffin sitting at the front of the room. Tears were streaming down my face as I got closer to the dark coloured casket. I sat in the front row alongside Calum's parents and waited patiently until I had to give my last words to Calum. I was nervous when the priest motioned me up to the stage, not wanting to officially say good bye, but it had to be done.

I looked around the room as I unfolded my paper and noticed that I knew everybody except for a few of Calum's distant family members and knowing that I was surrounded by love, I started.

"I remember the first day I met Calum, we were in kindergarten and I was playing alone at the water table, he came up to me and told me that I had cool shoes because they could light up. From that day Calum had been my best friend, now that he's gone I feel like one half of me is missing. I miss his dimples, the way that he never grew out of his lisp, and the way he never took things seriously. I think that saying goodbye is the hardest part of losing someone close to you, because they are never really gone from your life. They are there, in every song you listen to, every movie or show you watch, and every lesson you learn.

My love goes out to everyone who lost Calum, the brightest boy I've ever known. I hope that you all find the strength to move on and keep him in your hearts forever" I could feel the warm tears fall down my face as I looked around the room seeing I wasn't the only one crying. I walked back to where I was sitting and then the ceremony finished shortly after.

I walked over to Calum's body and held his hand, he was so cold and motionless. I reached into my pocket and took out the letter, a photo of us, and his favourite guitar pic then I put them in his casket beside him so that he wouldn't ever forget me, because I knew I wouldn't ever forget him.

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~Raya ❤️