Josh stood at the front of the ceremony, solemn faces in front of him. He had a crumpled sheet of paper in his jacket pocket that he was expected to read from. He'd written and rewritten, worrying over what he was to write because he wanted to do good. Tyler's mother had asked this as a favor.
"You knew him so well," his mother had said, wiping at a tear as she held Josh's hand, "you and my boy were so close, could you please say something for him?"
Josh had wanted to snort and roll his eyes because yes, he knew Tyler better than they seemed to. That wasn't necessarily a good thing.
So that's how he got to standing in front of Tyler's friends a family.
He pulled out that crumpled paper and his eyes scanned it. He'd written down the opposite of what Tyler had asked. He wrote about the truth, thinking then that it would be beneficial for the family in some way to see the real side of their son, of their friend. The words seemed harsh though and Josh frowned. They people took it as sadness.
He cleared his throat before beginning.
"I am the narrator and this is just the epilogue. This story is full of beautiful poetry or the lies of a silver tongued sinner, I guess it's your decision," Josh started, hesitating. He changed his mind at the last minute, balling the paper up and shoving it back into his pocket.
"Tyler was sad, from what I saw of him. He spent a lot of his time writing his feelings into his poetry and that's how I met him. But he wasn't sad, not really. He wrote the words just for effect, he wanted the praise but he never felt it. He didn't feel it until we met. The night that he finally felt his poetry was the night that he killed himself. I wanted to make a joke about shakespeare somewhere in here but I don't think I have one good enough," Josh said, hating himself because he said exactly what Tyler had wanted him to.
He lied to all these people, telling them that in the end, Tyler did feel it.
He never did.
Josh hated himself for believing it.
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Now is the climax to the story - Joshler
FanfictionThe climax is arguably the most important part to a story, but what about the events leading up to that? Do they amount to anything? (Major character death, a suicide)
