their love

The Past

Today I decided to go through some old things, we had so much shit that some of it needed to be thrown away. While going through everything I found some of my old things from high school. My old prom dress, yearbook from the year I graduated, class rings, and so much more. Then I found a book it was covered in so much dust I couldn't read the name on the front. So I got a damp rag and whipped it down.
"This has my name on it..."
I paused sitting there wondering what it was.
"Should I open it? Maybe it's old pictures or an old diary....Must be important if I've kept it all this time."
Mike came up stairs to the attic where I was.
"What all did you find love?"
"Old school stuff..."
I paused.
"And this book."
I handed him to book so he could see.
"Hmm I've never seen it before, and it seems to be locked"
"I guess it does, I didn't notice that before."
"Here come along angel let's go see what it holds inside."
He took my hand and helped me up off the floor. We went down stairs and I shut and locked the attic back. He went to the garage and got a hammer.
"Gotta get it open some how."
He laughed
He hit the lock with the hammer and it didn't come open.
"Damn one hell of a lock."
He took a hit at it again a bit harder this time and the lock broke.
"There we go. Now let's see."
He opened the book and my heart started pounding from what I saw.
"M...My brother"
Mike looked at me confused and seemed a bit worried.
"Your brother?"
"He died from cancer when I was about 14..."
For a moment we both stood there in silence.
"Maybe that's why it's never been opened, to many bad memories?."
He questioned.
"Oh god no! I had some of the best memories with him."
Once again standing in silence. Then he looks at me.
"We can just close it back and act as if it was never opened if you want love."
"We can't do that cause now I'm curious."
He handed me the book and I started going through it. I cried some, I laughed some too, but the last picture made why world stand still. It was a picture of him holding me as a baby. I'm the only sister he has on that side of the family. I mean I have 3 other sisters but he had me. I started to cry silent tears. I closed the book back got a new lock for it and put it away.
"Good times, bad times, memories I'll never forget."....