love in black

when i saw you

Dix's POV
It was Falls funeral. She went one day and never came back. It was heartbreaking to see her in the coffin. I was wearing her favorite black dress. And she was wearing her favorite outfit. She was just laying there. Motionless, breathless.
It killed me inside to see her like this. It really did. She was my best friend. My only friend. I can't believe this... I'm 2 years older than her and she dies first... It's.. Just scary. You don't know whats going to pop out of the corner. Nothing can be explained in school. Nothing... She was 13. She died way too young. As I was saying my speach I made. I cried. I couldn't help it. They just came out of nowhere. They hit the stone cold floor. My Mum came over to me. She hugged me but I shrugged her of. That was one of the worst things I could do... She was trying to help me. And I was being a selfish bitch.
As we went out. Her Mum came over to me And said she wrote a note because she was feeling suicidal but she never actually did kill her self. It has what she wants everyone to have. And my name came up the most on it. I was shocked. I didn't know I was that close to her. Her Mum gave me the note and I went back inside and sat down on one of the pews and read it. It said:
I'm sorry for doing this. I know you all love me. I'm sorry Dix... You mean the world to me. So I give you my clothes and jewelry keep a good look after them. There precious to me. I give my phone to my mum. I love you. Xx I give my room to April. You deserve it more then I do for being such a good sister. I love you all.
Goodbye...
P.S Dix,  give Fry something too. He needs it.
Fry... Who's Fry?
'AMBER! WHO THE HELL IS FRY? COZ IT SAYS I NEED TO GIVE HIM SIMETHING.' I shouted, making everyone's head turn and look at me. I didn't care. Falls Mum didn't answer. But this boy with bleached hair and blue eyes came over.
'I think you mean me.' He smiled gently. He went to shake my hand. 'I'm Fry. I'm Falls cousin. Nice to meet you. I guessing you're Dix.'
'Yes...' I pulled back from the hand shake.
Fry's POV.
I heard someone shout my name so I looked over my right shoulder only to see a girl screeming at the top of her lungs. I walked over to her. She had dirty blond hair and green eyes.
'I think you mean me.' I smiled. 'I'm falls cousin. Nice to meet you.' I went to shake her hand but she pulled back.  She must be the shy type, I thought. I spied the note in her hand. 'I'm guessing you're Dix'
'Yes.. 'She said in a small voice. This whole thing must of torn her. And it was quite hard to not notice. I went to give her a hug. Just to try to cheer her up. I hugged her but she didn't hug back. When I pulled back, she had confusment in her face.
'...what was that for?' She asked. With even more confusment on her face.
'I just thought u need one.. '
'My bestfrined and my dad died... So yeah I did. Thanks...' She looked like she was gonna cry.
Wow.. I feel sorry for her..
'Sorry...' She whispered in a small voice.. 'It's just... I miss them both...'
'Don't be sorry!  Fall was my only cousin. And I NEED to find out what happened to her. I need to to give myself closure.' I said. Which was the truth. I did need to get closure. I need to accept this. But some how I couldn't.

DIXS POV
I've never told anybody that before... My Dad died when I was 4 and now I'm 15 it's been hard on me and Mum. I've never had a normal life to other people. I just thought my life WAS normal. To me it was. And I'll admit that. But when I went into high school,  all of my class mates were talking about farthers day. Me being me I asked them what it was. They laughed and laughed just because I didn't HAVE a Dad. Ever since that day, they've been tormenting me. Saying I lived under a rock and that I'll never be loved. I knew I was, by my Mum, But that didn't seem to satisfy me. I seemed to NEED more. I didn't want it. I just needed it. And now Fall died. My only friend for 10 years. Gone. Just like that. I should of... warned her about him... but of course I didn't. I thought she would of been fine. And now here she is in a coffin. Skin as white and as bland as snow.
'I think I have an idea on how she died.' I exclaimed. Hands shaking with fear.
'how?' He stuttered, confusment rising on his face. 'Nobody does..'
'There was this guy. We thought he was cool. So we trusted him. Fall ended up dating him and the day when she went round to his house. They were gone. Then the next day they found her body in a ditch near a river.'
'So.. you think the guy has something to do with this?'
'Yeah... it's the only explanation..'
'Well, we better get going.' He handed me a peice of paper with a number on it. I was confused but I took it anyway.
FRYS POV
I was shocked. Fall normally told me everything. But this was... something else. I handed Dix a peice of paper with my number on it. In little writing on the back, I put call me. Cheesy I know but I needed to know more; And the church wasn't a good place for it. She took the note. Whipped a tear from the corner of her eye and jumped up to go to her car. I went to my apartment. Which was about a 10 minute walk away. I lived in an apartment since my Mum and Dad died and I only had Fall and her parents. They were my only family. Being 17, I guess I could have an apartment for myself. I was about 6 when they died; So I went to live with Fall and her parents. they soon got annoyed with me and kicked me out 7 months ago so I got the apartment. It's small and cheep, but it's mine and mine alone. It's cute how Fall tried to protect me and begged her parents to let me stay. But I just went with it. I've been a burden for them for too long. And I needed a life for my own.
It was heartbreaking when I found out Fall died. It was like my last part of my family was gone. I still had her parents but it would never be the same. I missed her. Hell, I still do. She was there for me when no one else was. So how could I not miss her?
I jumped a mile when my phone started ringing with an unknown number. I don't know why but I picked it up.
DIXS POV
The ride home was boring. I put the number Fry gave me into my phone. Tapping the blank screen wondering if I should call him. I had my ear phones in and it was another half an hour till we got home and the ride was getting boringer and boringer. I turned my phone back on, punched my pass code in and called him. The tension I felt when it was ringing was unreal. I thought that he wouldn't pick up; but surprisingly he picked up.
'Hello. Who is this?' Came the voice from the other side of the phone. His voice sounded alot different then when I talked to him before.
'It's Dix.. how come your voice sounds... different?' When I said that. My Mum turned around looked me in the eye like asking what the Hell I was doing. Then turned back to the road.
'Oh. Haii. And I normally put a voice changer thing with unknown callers. Coz I don't know who they are. I can turn it of if you want.' He said that with ,what sounded like, a little bubble of surprise and happiness.
'Um... ok?' I didn't know what to say. The call ended and then he recalled me. This time his voice sounded relatively normal. It was a bit static with being on the little country roads. When I looked up, I didn't realise that we were nearly home. I could see it in the distance and I would take another 5/10 minutes to get there. We live in a house on the top of a hill. So when it snows we always have strangers in our back garden, we didn't want to be mean and tell the people to go away. So we just rolled with it. I barely get out so I didn't mind. I've kinda been in a depressed state ever since my Dad died. I heard Fry talk, which startled me.
'You there?' He said with what sounded like confusment in his voice.
'Uh.. sorry. Yeah. I just.. dropped my phone. One sec.'
'OK. Wait. Did u forget we were on a call?'
'Uh... maybe.. maybe not. You'll never know.'
'OK.  You did. I can tell.'
'Wait. How?'
'Coz I'm telepathic. Or I've heard sarcasm before.'
'OK... anyway... why did you give me your number? It kinda shocked me...'
'Coz I wanna know more about that boy that you two hung out with.'
'Fine.' I whispered.'but not now. When I get home. Ok?'
'Wait. Your still not home?'
'Nope. Takes about 45 minutes to get to our house. And there was traffic.'
'Good job I walked. I don't have a car anyway.'
'Why couldn't your parents pick you up?'
'Uhh... I don't have any...' the tension coming back again.
'Sorry... I didn't realised...'
'It's ok. You don't know me. And I'm guessing by you screaming to Amber who I am. I'm guessing you didn't even knew I existed.'
'No... I never got told. Not even by Fall...'
'That's unlike her... she normally tells people about me when she has the chance. Oh. By the way. How old are you? Coz it might explain why she never told you.'
'15.... why?'
'Oh. I get it now. She didn't want you to take me away from her.'
'Why..? And how?'
'I'm 2 years older then you. And... ummm.. I think you know.' I started laughing and said that I didn't. It got so awkward that we had to change the subject. We were coming up the hill to our house.
'One sec. I'm home and I need to sort something out. Ill call you back.'
'OK...?' I laughed again and hung up the phone. Slipping it into my pocket and getting out of the car once it stopped. I went to my bed room and got changed into something more.. Me and comfy. I curled onto my bed and faced timed him. I don't know if he has an iPhone.  Let's hope. To my surprise he does and he must of got changed too.