Love Will Hurt//Luke

Epilouge

Joey POV

Today is Luke's funeral.

I hate saying those words. I utterly despise those words.

It's going to be a beautiful ceremony.

Everyone is at home right now getting ready, but I'm at the cemetery already.

Waiting for the casket to come here.

It's around six in the morning. The service is at 7:15. Luke loves sun rises.

I wonder if he's still living but dead?

Like he's still on the planet and he can still hear and think and talk and see and feel, but he's not alive to do it.

Alex flew in yesterday from America so she can attend the funeral.

I probably look insane. It's six in the morning and I'm siting alone in a cemetery.

I see some cars pull up and i see Ben, Jack, Liz and Luke's dad get out of the car.

I look at Liz and shes a sobbing mess. Luke's dad is even worse. Jack and Ben are flat faced.

They begin walking towards me and i stand up.

Jack walks up to me and hugs me. I hug him back as he cries. He lets go and looks at me.

His eyes remind me of Luke's.

Ben walks up to me and pats Jack on the back. "Hey."

"Hi."

"How are you?"

"Bad. How about you?" I frown.

"Horrible. Same with my whole family." He sniffles.

"I miss him." Tears rolling down my face.

"I miss him too."
••••••••••
I'm currently sitting next to Alex and Calum. The service started and I'm trying my best not to completely break down.

The band already said their goodbyes and same with all of the families.

Its my turn.

I stand up, and walk over to the sky blue and gold casket.

There are beautiful flowers all around it. Pale pinks and reds.

Luke's holding his guitar. I made sure to burry it with him.

The guitar was left the way it was, worn out from how many songs he's written.

I take a deep breath and take his guitar pick from my pocket.

"I thought you might need this."

I put the pick next to him in the casket and looked up.

I turned around and began my speech.

"Lucas Robert Hemmings. Where do i even start. Well before i met him, i was an emotional wreck. I suffered from depression and anxiety disorders. When i first saw him in the front office my first day of school here, I immediately fell in love with his eyes. His eyes were beautiful, color of the sky, and the ocean mixed together. His smiled at me and introduced himself. We soon became friends." A tear rolls down my face as I continue.

"No actually. We weren't friends, we were best friends who loved each other. Luke's smile made me smile for the first time in so, so long. He showed me how to be happy again. Honestly, he's the reason why I'm here. When i first looked at him, i saw a chance. A small small chance at being happy again. And guess what? That tiny chance turned into a lifetime of memories that i wont ever forget." By now i was crying. Nothing could stop me.

"Luke taught me that it's okay to be different. He showed me that with all of my flaws that tore me apart, that i was amazing. And strong. And kind. Luke was an amazing man. He doesn't deserve to end like this. Nobody does. But somehow, life picked him." I paused to collect myself before continuing on.

"He saw the good in everything and everyone. He always managed to deal with things happily. His music makes hundreds of thousands of fans happy. He did what he truly wanted to do. To make people happy. He did that with me too. Today, i have been cleared of depression and all anxiety disorders because he told me everyday the things he loved about me. And slowly i started believing it."

"So today. We have to close this book, this beautiful chapter of our lives. Everyone will be affected by this. As we slowly move on, living our lives again, i wont. I can't and i wont. Now his voice is white noise, but i hear him, speaking. Happy. Kind."

"The sky is a little duller, and the oceans a little bit shallower because Luke's eyes, gosh his eyes, they out shine everything. And the sun will be no match, because Luke's smile is brighter. Brighter than anything in the entire world."

"Everything seems grey. The lights at night are duller, the people walking around and sadder, and in the voices throughout the world, there's one less voice being heard."

And as for Joey, she becomes this multi millionaire actress who has four Oscars, the boys become huge and yes, they do play Wembley.

And for Luke, well. He watches over Joey everyday. Twenty four seven. Non stop. Guiding her through her life. Joey found her brother, who serves in the US Marines.

Joey never married, and adopted a child who has the same past as her. The boys all found someone they love, including Alex.

Alex and Michael got married and had a beautiful ceremony. They even had a moment of silence for me. I was the best man.

Oh, I almost forgot. Every year, Joey visits me with her step-kid, and we talk. The truth is, out of all the girls i see from up here, Joey still stands out.
••••••••••

Its been seventy five years since my death. Joey recently passed from natural causes. The boys already passed. They hugged me when they saw me.

I'm waiting for Joey. Like i always will. But the one thing that surprised me.

I finally realized something, Love really does HURT.