Love Like Magic (Sequel to 'He's a Keeper')

Love Like Magic// Chapter 16

I put on a short black dress that went just below my knees. My hair was slightly curled. I looked in the mirror. Today was going to be terrible. I got to see him one last time. The thought of it was just unbearable. My fist tightened around the paper in my hand. It was the eulogy for Brandon. I heard steps behind me. My mom was leaning against the door frame. Her eyes were slightly red, long black dress on, touch of make-up to make her look better than she has the past couple days. My mom wasn't taking this very well, we all weren't. We thought he was back and for good. But a year later, gone. I walked over to my mom and enveloped her in a hug. She wrapped her arms around me, tightly. I let a tear fall from my eyes. "C'mon, let's go." I followed her outside. Mrs. Wood and Oliver were sitting in the car. I got in next to Oliver. He was wearing a nice suit. He wrapped an arm around me and we stayed there in silence. The whole ride was quiet, letting things sink in.

"Brandon Pine was a smart, brave young man," the minister said. He gave a little speech. "We would like to invite the closest to Brandon, his sister Violet." I walked up to the stand. I looked at the casket next to me. His hair was slicked back and up into a quiff. He had a nice suit on. In the casket, there was a picture of us sitting next to him. I pulled out my piece of paper and started to read, chocking up on different words.

"Last time I had to do this, I was younger. It didn't hit me as hard. Now here we are again, and it feels like a train ran through me. Brandon was the greatest brother a girl could ever ask for. I would never ask for anyone else to come home to and play with as a kid. He wasn't just my brother, but my best friend. He was there when I needed him. And it kills me to be here today doing this and..."

I froze. Words weren't coming out. I looked at his casket, and lost it. My knees started to buckle from underneath me. Oliver ran up and caught me just in time. I broke down in his arms, staining his tux shirt. He brought me out of the room and into the main hall. Nobody was out there. He sat me down on a chair. "Hey, you alright love?" I couldn't speak. He pulled me back into a hug. "I can't go back in there, I can't."

"It's okay, we'll go. I'll go tell them. Stay here, okay?" I nodded and be walked into the room. I got up and found the bathroom. I looked into the mirror. I was a crying mess. I felt terrible. This was all my fault. I took my wand out of my bag. I put it up to my neck. I knew that any zap would cause risk, no matter how small. Ever since last year, my neck has been at risk. Any zap would cause risk, possibly even death. That's what I was going for. I couldn't live with the thought that he was gone. This wasn't the best for my situation. People know that I was a tad suicidal in the past. Just as I was about to cast the spell, Oliver ran in. He swatted the wand out of my hand. He pulled me into a hug. "Why? Why would you do that? You know how dangerous that is." Tears were falling from his eyes.

"I'm sorry. I just couldn't live with this. I'm sorry." He held onto me for a while. We walked out and back to our house. We had a few days excused from the professors, due to the situation. We sat at home in silence. Oliver knew this was best for me right now. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

That's that. I had a hard time writing this, IT'S SO SAD! But, we move on. Also, I wanted to say that you should check out my other fic "A.M." if you're interested. Thanks for reading and I'll see ya soon. All the love, Abby<3