|Love means falling and I'm afraid of heights|
Josie Easton, local highschool star football player, is your average seventeen year old teenage girl with the world on her shoulders. With senior year coming to a close and Uni quickly approaching you...
I knock on Justin's door still in a daze as I think about the conversation Calum and I had. Hopefully he does not expect a response too soon because I have no idea what I want to tell him.
The door opens, "Heeey Duude." Justin says in his weird voice, all I do is laugh as I walk in. I bend down and pick up his dog carrying him up the stairs as I follow Justin to his room. I open the door to reveal Kian just chilling on Justin's bed.
"How'd it go with what's his face?" Kian asks even though he does not look that interested. I take a seat beside him on the bed before answering.
"I am even more confused then before and have no idea where whatever this you want to call him and I is going." I say into a sigh as Justin enters the room shutting the door behind him.
"Well I honestly think you should just stop talking to him. It's obvious that you guys aren't going to work out." Kian says sitting up and facing me, I can not help but feel slightly offended by his words.
"What do you mean? Just because I'm confused you think that him and I won't work?" I ask becoming annoyed.
"Not because you're confused...because you could do so much better then him, just saying." He finishes as he looks me in my eyes.
"Well, I think I might actually like him." I say looking down at my hands and I hear Kian let out a unsatisfied sigh.
"I think you two would be cool together." Justin speaks up which receives a glare from Kian and I send Justin a smile.
Just as I am about to say something my phone starts ringing.
"Hello?" I answer.
"Jos, I-I need you...right now." I hear Brea say through tears which causes a frown to replace my smile.
"What's wrong Brea?" I ask concerned and scared at the same time.
"It's m-my grandpa. I really just need someone please come I don't know how to handle this." She says through tears mixed with gasping.
"Ok,ok just tell me where I'm on my way out to my car." I say walking down the stairs not bothering to tell the boys goodbye. I unlock my car before hurriedly entering and turning the ignition on.
"His house." Brea says and I quickly get off the phone with her, the drive to her grandfathers house is a good fifteen minutes. I know how much Brea needs a shoulder for support and I would do anything possible to help her.
I exit out of the Justin's suburban area and enter on the freeway getting in the right lane-fast track. I can not imagine what she is feeling at this moment. My foot is a little heavy on the gas but I do not care because this is a serious situation.
I am growing more and more aggravated by the minute due to the growing traffic. I weave in and out of the right lane and try to stay at a steady speed.
I exit off the freeway and begin the route to her grandfathers house hitting nearly every red light, not to mention that there is a stop sign basically every two feet it seems.
Once I pull up to the house I shut off my car and shut the door quickly as I lock it. I jog up to the driveway edging closer to the walkway. Brea spots me and runs into my arms almost gasping for air.
I hug her tightly letting her pour out all her emotion into that one embrace. We stand in the center of the walkway ignoring the passing strangers that are driving pass as I continue to comfort Brea.
Minutes pass by before Brea finally pulls away with blood shot teary eyes.
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"I don't think I can do this, hospice is here and they said it won't be too much longer." She says wiping the tears streaming down her face.
"Well let's just go inside and I'll stay with you as you sit with him." I say and we start walking towards the front door entering the house to see her family taking their turns saying their goodbyes.
"I want to be the last one to say goodbye..." Brea whispers and I rub her back nodding my head.
She takes a seat on the sofa bringing her knees up and continuing to let the endless amount of tears free fall down her cheeks.
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I watch as her eyes follow each one of her family members walking in and out of her grandpas room. Seeing my best friend in this much pain makes my own heart ache for her, I know how much her grandfather impacted her life.
"My whole world has came crashing down in just a matter of hours." She says looking at me trying to steady her breathing."I've been trying to convince myself that this is just a dream and that this isn't really happening." Brea states looking down at her hands that lay on her lap.
"I wish I could say that this was a dream..." I say looking at her, shortly her mother walks out and motions for Brea to enter the room as she exits. She stands up from the sofa and looks back at me.
"Will you come with me?" She asks and I nod my head following her.
She takes a seat on the edge of the bed taking his hand in hers while another tsunami of tears escape.
"Pawpaw...I want you know that it's okay to say goodbye." I watch as she struggles to let those words fall.
"I will always keep you close in my heart and know that I'll have my guardian angel watching over me and the others. I have so many memories that I am going to look back on and cherish for a lifetime. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have you by my side all throughout these years. I do not think I would be the person I am today if it wasn't for you. I'll make sure to keep up with football and even watch your team even though I always thought mine was better." She says chuckling then sniffling.
"I love you." Her grandfather says lowly almost inaudible and Brea leans down to hug him.
"I want you to know that you are the strongest person I know and I am honored to have called you my Pawpaw." She whispers kissing his forehead while sitting back up.
"Can you go let my mom know that she can come back in?" Brea asks and I quickly leave and walk out into the living room to tell her mom. I walk behind and stand next to her mother on the side of the bed.
A little after an hour passes, Brea physically collapses as her eyes watch her grandfather breathe his last breath. She cries out begging for him to just come back, tears brim my eyes as I watch her in such a mournful state. I sit beside her and lay my hand on her back trying to soothe the staggering pain she is experiencing.
She stands up and rushes outside and steps out into the beginning of drizzling rain drops that mix with her tears.
//Heaven and Earth may separate us today but you will always live in my heart until our souls are joined again//
This was a very special/emotional chapter dedicated to one of my best friends BriannaNicole561
