All The Love He Does Not Know

Chapter 11: Aliyah

I sat in the car next to Nate looking at a picture of Freya on my phone which had only been taken yesterday at school which now seemed like so long ago. She looked so happy in the picture nobody could have predicted the week would end like this. I could see Nate turn to me from the corner of my eye.
"Hey are you ok?" He questioned.
"How can I be? She was my best friend."
"Sorry that was a dumb question."
"No I'm sorry, I'm just upset I miss her so much."
"We all do,"
Tears began to form in my eyes as Nate took his free arm away from the wheel and wrapped it around me.
"Did you wanna come back to mine tonight I'm sure my parents wouldn't mind."
"Yeah, I don't think I could be alone right now everyone at my house would be asleep it's already 11:00pm."
"Ok, do they know what happened?"
"Yeah I texted my mum at the hospital I was suppose to go straight home after yours I promised her."
I let out a small laugh through the tears to trying and cheer myself up not that it worked.
"Well you'll be back at mine so I guess your not breaking your promise."
"Yeah that's true."
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Nate and I arrived at his house and snuck through the front door trying not to wake his parents. I walked into Nate's room and stood there as he quietly closed the door.
"You can have the bed If you'd like."
I sat down on the bed and looked over to Nate.
"Where are you gonna sleep?"
"The floor I guess, it's surprisingly comfortable."
"How would you know?"
"You'd be shocked with how many times I've ended up sleeping on the floor." He smirked.
"I don't want you to have to sleep on the floor it's your room I don't mind if you sleep next to me."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah it's fine."
Nate walked over to the bed placing his phone on the bed side table as he sat down next to me. The two of us laid awkwardly in silence as I shifted my body closer to him.
"Would it be ok if we just cuddled for a bit?"
"Yeah of course."
Nate moved closer towards me and wrapped his arm around me.
"Thank you for today for being there for me nobody's ever been that nice to me."
"You were upset we all were we just need to all be there for each other now."
"Just without Freya this time."
"Yeah."
I rested my head on Nate's chest and suddenly my mind was filled with glimpses of Freya from the party, in the hospital. I began to close my eyes drifting off to sleep as I heard Nate whisper to me.
"Good night."