Remember: Completed

Fifteen: Remember

Sorry for the feels :( i planned for this to be the final chapter, but it got too long so i had to cut it up. Next chapter is last! 

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Luke pulled to a stop, gripping the steering wheel tightly. He stared ahead, shaking. Just a mere feet away was the tree that changed everything. The tree that the car crashed in, the tree that helped kill his best friend.

"luke? come on.." Michael said, stepping out of the passenger side of the car. Luke blinked quickly, looking over at michael with a small weak smile. he nodded and got out, slamming the door behind him. He took a deep breath and eased his way to the front of the car.

If it wasnt the scene of his best friends death, where both their lives changes, he would have actually thought it was beautiful. The ground was littered with the colors of fall, pine trees among oaks decorated the side of the road. The ground sloped toward the sparkling blue lake, the sky was a soft blue, barely a cloud in the sky.

Slowly dragging his feet, luke approached the tree. Michael was already standing there, staring at the large cross that came up to his waist. One arm had M, the other had a C with a photo of michael in the middle. Dolls and flowers surrounded the base of the cross, making michael scrunch his face. "seriously? who told everyone i loved dolls?" he knelt down to grab one, poking it in the eye.

" you.. you do.." Luke mumbled, it was eerie to see michael in-front of his own cross, in front of the tree where he died. Michael shrugged, looking back at the cross. Luke walked closer, taking a deep breath, letting the silence creep in.

They both stood there for a couple of minutes, the silence not bothering either of them because they knew what was coming. Luke took another deep breath," is this going to be bad..?" he asked weakly. Michael turned to him, smiling softly, he reached out taking lukes hand. " youve come this far."

Luke sighed, letting out a shaky breath. He took Michaels hand, and gripped tightly. He nodded, "okay.. im ready.." he mumbled as he slowly closed his eyes, feeling his body shake a bit.

He was back in the back seat, staring at the front passenger seat where he knew michael was sitting in. He could even see some tuffs of dyed hair sticking out, he narrowed his eyes more. How could michael do this to him? he was his best friend!

luke touched the necklace michael gave him, he ran his fingers along it before curling them around it and yanked it off his neck in anger. Even though he was swaying in place, he tried to ignore how drunk and nauseous he really was.

He looked down at the broken necklace in his hand, he felt so many uncontrollable emotions surging through him. He sniffled, catching michaels attention. He looked back at luke, " you okay?" but luke shook his head no.

Thinking that luke was going to be sick he turned to pete, " pull over! Lukes going to be sick!" Luke didnt even wait for the car to stop before he opened the door. Luckly it did stop, right when he stepped out and rushed over to the nearby tree. He bent over, puking.

"whoa whoa whoa, its okay lukey, i got you." michael said, rushing out of the car to lukes side. he started to rub his lower back , trying to sooth the puking boy. "pete?" michael said, just as pete ran up. " im going to go clear out the back of the car, so he can lay down. okay? can you just help him over when hes done?"

" yeah sure." pete said, stepping aside to let michael by. He turned to luke and stepped closer, watching him puke painfully. " shh shh, its okay luke. " pete said. Michael walked to the car and crawled into the back, pushing items off the seat.

"you okay?" pete asked, laying his hand on lukes upper back. " Dont touch me!" drunkenly yelled luke, spinning around to slap at petes chest, shoving him away. Pete stumbled back, confused. He watched luke stumble and march to the driver side of the car. " wait, luke!" he said loudly.

Luke ignored him and got into the car, slamming the door shut. Before pete could get to the drivers side, luke put the car in drive and slammed on the gas, making the car jerk forward and speed away from the edge of the road.

The door that michael left open, swung and slammed shut, nearly hitting michael. " whoa!" he stumbled forward on his hands and knees, almost face planting it from the jerking movements of the driver. "whoa hey!" he said in confusion and anger.

"uh? what happened?" michael said as he sat up and leaned between the seats, looking at luke. "wheres pete?" he asked as he glanced behind him, out the back window. " um, luke? are you cool to drive?" he asked, looking back at luke.

Michael chuckled under his breath, "because admittedly, im pretty wrecked right now. Maybe you should just pull over. " he watched luke, who stared ahead with a scowl. Luke wouldnt answer, so michael spoke up again. " is this about jackson?"

"no!" luke finally said, glancing back at michael. " This is about you! Youre selfish!" he briefly glanced out the front window just before looking back at michael, "always have been. " he returned his attention back to the road.

"Left field much?" Michael asked, clearly offended. "You know, im not the one snapping peoples lucky sex accessories." Luke scoffed, " god, you cant be serious for one second, can you? Not even when it counts. "

"Okay, i didnt even realize i was such a burden. i guess September cant roll around fast enough, huh?" michael looked back at luke, hearing him breathing heavily. He noticed how tightly luke gripped the wheel.

Groaning michael rolled his head back before closing his eyes for a moment, opening them to look back at luke. "Luke, this is where youre suppose to say 'thats not true mikey. youll always be my best friend.' " he waited for luke to speak.

When luke didnt, michael pouted. " okay, i get it. youre mad. i am sorry. but come on, we are friends! One night cant change everything. " Luke spun around, taking his eyes off the road, his hands loosening their grip on the steering wheel.

He faced michael, their noses nearly touching. He narrowed his eyes ,  and glared coldly into michaels eyes. "Well, Maybe we arent anymore." he hissed harshly. "maybe thats how it should be." Luke pulled away, looking ahead.

" LUKE!" michael shouted, seeing the tree looming straight ahead of them. Luke screamed, jerking the steering wheel to the right, trying to swerve away from the tree. He couldnt do it time, Both boys screamed and closed their eyes.

The impact slammed everyone forward, the air bag exploded as the car crushed forward into the tree. The only sounds luke could remember was his name being called, the screams, the sound of metal buckling, glass shattering, and a sickening crunch.

Luke jerked his eyes open with a gasp. His body shook, his grip on michaels hand let go and dropped. He blinked away the tears, shaking his head no. he slowly, with small stumbles, like he was in a daze, walked around the cross and toward the lake.

he stumbled a bit more, then slowly sunk to his knees. he ran his hand through his hair, messing it up as he shook his head no. He could hear michael following him by the crunching of the leaves. "thats.." luke started to say. "thats not it.."