Blake was a pretty average 15 year old guy he kept an A-B average, he was on the wrestling team, and softball team. Blake was a pretty nice guy but he was very quiet and shy. He struggled with depression, anxiety, and self harm. Blake had a girl best friend named Destiney. Destiney meant the world to Blake, she was an amazing person with a bubbly personality, with a smile that could just light up a room, and beautiful blue eyes to match her blonde hair. Blake and Destiney talked everyday for hours on end. Even-tho they went to different schools and lived on complete opposite sides of town, they kept there friendship since 7th grade. Like Blake Destiney also struggled with depression, anxiety, and self harm, but they were always there for each other and they would always help one-another through tough times.
One day Blake and Destiney were talking like normal and it was pretty late probably around 1:30am when Destiney said she had to go. Blake thought nothing of it and said "ok good night I love you and I'll talk to you tomorrow". Destiney replied back with "I love you so god damn much Blake, thank you for always being there for me, just remember I will always love you. Goodbye". Blake thought nothing of it, just Destiney being Destiney, so he turned his phone off and went to sleep.
The next day 11/6/2015, Blake woke up with a really bad feeling in his stomach, he just thought it was the food he ate the night before. Blake sent Destiney a good morning text message, a little while went bye and nothing, a few hours and nothing. Blake had only thought that he somehow pissed Destiney off so he let it be. School let out and he was waiting for his friend to get off of the magnet school bus so he could talk to her for a few minutes . Blakes friend and Destine both went to Kenwood high School. she got off the bus crying and ran into Blake's arms, he was so confused. He asked "whats your problem kid?" and she said "Destiney". Blake said in a confused tone "what about her?", she gave him a bad look, Blake yelled "WHAT ABOUT HER", she replied in a sad and quiet tone "she killed herself Blake". Blake thought that she was just messing with him and he said "haha very funny that wasn't cool." She replied "Blake Im not kidding", as she started crying harder she took a paper out of her book bag. Blake took the neatly typed up letter and began reading it, it said "dear parents and students, with great sadness I inform you of our loss at Kenwood High School, a 9th grade female named Destiney Price was found unresponsive in her home this morning and was later pronounced dead in the hospital". Blake stopped reading after that, he dropped all of his stuff and fell to the ground crying. He was confused, angry, depressed, and the most upset he had ever been in his life. He just lost his best friend, and he started loosing his mind. Blake sat in the same spot he had fallen for almost 3 and 1/2 hours with out moving or saying a word, until he finally got up when his step father went out looking for him and found him in the front of the school.
Bake didn't talk to almost anyone for a week. He didnt eat at all. He blamed himself so much. He had to go to school so he went to school every day, completely emotionless, than Blake would go home and sit in his bed and stare at his wall for hours on end. Blake had thought form time to time that he should do the same as his best friend and end his life, just so he could be with her again. Every day he wore the cross that Destiney had given to him as a birthday present in 7th grade. He still wears it to this day.
Than came the viewing and funeral. The viewing was the hardest day of Blake's life. It was the last time he could ever see her before she was cremated. He walked in the funeral home and saw a bunch of people, he made his way through the crowd until he had reached the casket. Blake completely lost it when he saw her. She was so bloated because of how late they had found her, and the mortician had to put so much makeup on her, she was almost unrecognizable. He knelt down at the casket and prayed, he prayed that somehow this was just a sick joke, or a horrible nightmare. It wasn't, and he realized that.
Blake realized after almost two months, that he couldn't keep making himself depressed, its not what Destiney would want for him, so he decided to do something with himself. Blake decides that he was going to be a hero, like Destiney was for him. Even tho he couldn't save Destiney, he decided to save others. Blake created an account on the social media app kik a safe spot for anyone who was feeling worthless, or was depressed and just wanted to talk, he helped the people get through there problems. Blake started feeling like he was doing something really good, and he knew that his best friend was looking down on him and she was very proud of him.
Blake is still very upset and depressed, but he is fighting everyday for himself, his friends and family, and for most importantly his best friend Destiney. He still knows one day when it is his time to go he will see his bestfriend again.
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not even death can separate them
Short StoryI wrote this story for my best friend who committed suicide