High School For Prodiges

Visiting With Kaede

June P.O.V.

We are sitting at Panera when I get an idea.

"Um this may sound awkward but can we go visit Kaede's grave?" I ask quietly. This girl dressed in clothes from pink and her hair in a tight bun gives me a dirty look. This is why I don't like Panera. She probably is just wondering why someone that looks like Day is sitting with someone as average as I am. And well, I can't exactly say that I blame her.

"Of course June. It's probably like ten miles away right?" I nod.

••••••

This is sad. I miss Kaede. We are walking out of Panera when I notice that Day has another hair tie on his wrist.

"How many hair ties do you need?" I ask sarcastically.

"More than you." He says. "I put my hair up everyday." I say.

"Well you shouldn't because your hair looks really pretty when you leave it down." I smirk.

"I just said that didn't I?" He says hitting himself in the face. I pull his hand back.

"It was sweet. Don't beat yourself up. Literally." I laugh. He smiles. I swear his smile is enough to kill me.

We get in the car and listen to the radio most of the way there.

We walk out to the grave. There are many tree branches lying around and the grass is really muddy. It's a good thing these sweats are old. I can just ask Grace if I can wash them later.

We both sit down by her grave. "Hi Kaede." I say.

"Hey. I know you probably don't like me as well as you did June." No kidding. She apparently loved me.

"Not much has happened since you left. I know you had your reasons but I wish you would've stayed." I say.

"Everyone misses you, especially June." Day says.

"Yeah. For sure." I say. "Your mom misses you the most I think. She's so broken over your death. I wish there was something I could've done." I say breaking down a bit. Day wraps an arm around my shoulder. 

"If it interests you to know I played a huge prank on Faith. Well not huge, but her reaction was golden. I wish you could've seen it. I left a fake secret admirers note and Anden freaked out. The only problem is that Day and I got caught spying on them during lunch hour." I say.

A few tears roll down my face. Kaede. I lean closer to Day and he moves his arm to my waist.

"I'll let you know if anything else happens. I love you Kaede." I say. Just not the way she wanted. That's why she left.

Day gets up from the muddy ground and pulls me with him. Somehow he manages never to let go of me until I get in the car. And I'm not complaining. We sit silently on the car ride back to his house.

Even though Kaede said to not think of her death as my fault, I can't help but feel that way. I wish she would've just told me before death and then she would've probably been able to move on.

Could I ever move on from Day?

No. Then it's really silly for me to think that. But I wouldn't kill myself over him.

Kaede needed something I couldn't give her. People deal with their problems in different ways, but that wasn't dealing with it. It was leaving everyone else behind to deal with it.

We walk back into the house and I take my hair out. "You can have your precious hair tie back." I say handing it to Day.

"Good. Because like I said before your hair is beautiful down." He says taking it. His hand brushes mine.

"What should we do now? I'm kinda depressed." I say.

"You want to go sit outside on the swing?" He asks.

"Sure." We walk outside and sit down fairly close to each other. Certainly closer than usual.

"I miss Kaede." I say.

"I think we all do." He says. I lean my head on his shoulder looking out to the horizon.

"What do you think made her decide to leave?" Day asks.

"I don't know." Ilie.

"I mean it's just I could never imagine doing that. I love my family and friends too much to leave them by choice."

"Me too." I say. "Thanks for being my best friend." I say pulling my legs up onto the swing. He laughs.

"No but I'm serious, I don't think I would be able to live my life without you." I say honestly.

"I don't either June." And that's why I can't tell him. In case you're wondering. He's my best friend and my world. If he wasn't there anymore it would break my heart even more than living single all my life. I could never date another person ever and if Day was still my friend it would be okay.
(A/N: Okay so I was typing the word friend and I must have really messed up because I kid you not it autocorrected to fire daddy. It was in that last sentence. I felt the need to let all of you know that)

"What's the worst decision you've ever made?" Day asks. I laugh. "No but seriously. This is a question game now."

"Um, I'd have to say, it was when I decided to be your best friend." I say hitting him. He pinches my cheeks. He knows I hate that.

"You love me." He says.

"I do. But who knows? Maybe I used to and now you just know too much."

"Too much? I know too much? You've seen me wearing my mom's bra." He says laughing. I laugh lightly.

"You wore my bra?!" Grace. We both turn around.

"Mom! How long have you been there?" Day asks scoldingly.

"Since the question game started." She says.

"Nice Grace." I say high fiving her. "Do you know how hard it's been to not tell you that all these years?"

"I would imagine it was terribly hard." She says. "I'll be inside now."

"You're turn for a question." Day says turning to me.

"When was the last time you wore one of your mom's bras?" I ask.

"It may or may not have been like just last month but hold your laughter because I can explain." He says.

I'd like to hear this. "Okay. What's the story?"

"So I was sitting there eating Doritos and then-"

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-Ava