"Miss Rose i over heard you and Mr Rose talking about your son Mason" "wait what? I have another brother?!?!" "Yes shell you do...we had Mason way before i had Aiden or you" "when? How old is he? Why have you kept this from me?" They got out the photo book and started showing us Mason "we had Mason about five years before we had you Shell" she was shocked "how come i never met him?" "Because he has his own life,his married with two children" they said showing a picture of Mason,his wife and two kids "theres Mason,Madison his wife and his two children,Lucy and Lillian" We smiled seeing them all in a photo "can i one day see Mason?" Her parents looked down "what? Why are you so all of a sudden sad?" "Mason died in a car crash with Lucy two years ago" shelly looked down,she was remembering something because in class she would make that face during a test when shes trying to remember something "thats why you guys were so upset?" "Yes" "so its only his wife Madison and Lillian left?" "Yes" "are they okay with me asking them about him?" "no sweetie,we tried to ask what happened and how the car crash happened but she just broke down in tears and told us to leave" Michelle sighed "so I'll never know what my brother was like?" "Never unless you ask Lillian" "how olds she now?" "12" "shes still going to school?" "Yes" "where a bouts?" "Canada" "Canada?" "Yes Canada" "damn" "shelly?" I asked as she looked down and fiddled with her fingers "you okay?" I whispered to her rubbing her back "I just wish he was alive" she said breaking down in tears in my arms "shh its okay" I said rubbing her hair.
When she calmed down her mother spoke again "he does have a spot here in the graveyard" "you mean a grave?" "Yes a grave" "in this town?" "Yes" "can i go see it please" "of course honey I'm going to get changed,you guys should too" "okay" we walked to Shelly's room and got changed into some dark clothes.
Shelly: (except without the high heels,just flat black shoes)
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Michael:
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"Ready to go baby?" I asked her holding her hands and looking her in the eye "you alright?" I said seeing tears form in her eyes "yes I'm fine" "you know that you look stunning especially for a funeral" "yes i know" she held two silver hearts in her hand "one for my brother and one for me" she explained walking to the front door with me "ready to go Shell?" "Yes" "what about you Michael,you ready to go?" "Yes" we walked out the door and headed to the local graveyard.
When we got there we asked for Mason Rose's grave and they showed us to it
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"Mum its so,beautiful" Shelly said squeezing my hand "Miss Rose it does look absolutely stunning" "we wanted him to have a different kind of grave stone so we chose this one" she said tapping her hand on it.
Michelle knelt down in front of the grave stone and she dug up a small hole and put the silver heart in there then she put the dirt back on top of it,i knelt down with her and hugged her as she cried "this,THIS ISN'T FAIR!" She yelled against my chest "shh i know it isn't fair but thats just the way life goes baby and i wish we could turn back time to see him and talk to him but we cant" "i know we can't and it just isn't fair! I want to meet him so bad!" "I know you do i know,when i heard about my brother Brandon dying a few hours after being born i was upset because I didn't get to even talk to him,see him,hug him or even take care of him" she looked up at me and gave me a kiss on the lips "I want to go home" she said getting up and going to her mothers side.
I got up and walked home with Shelly "Michael can you umm go home? Please?" I nodded my head and gave her a hug "yes but if you need me you know that you can always call me or ask me to come over" she smiled and gave me a kiss on the lips "love you" "love you too" I said while walking to the front door as our hands disconnected and i was out of the house.
Michelle's POV "Why'd you do that for?" My mother asked "i need some time to mourn over my brother now did my brother leave something or anything here?" "Why?" "I want to know ma" "theres a box up in the attic,it has the name Mason on it" I quickly ran to the attic stairs and went up to the attic.
As i got up to the attic with my flashlight i looked around for the box with Mason on it,a few minutes later i found it crammed in the far back corner of the attic.
I brung it down stairs to my room and just looked at it "well its time for me to find out something about you" I said to myself as I opened the box and saw little teddies,little books and photos inside i was surprised when I picked up a photo of Mason holding me when i was a baby then another photo of him playing in the snow with 5 year old me, I was surprised 'why don't I remember this?' I thought to myself.
I found a knitted scarf with a note on it saying "I made this little teddy for my little sister Michelle Rose who i owe my whole life to,i hope she has an amazing future, if your reading this Shell. I love you very much"
