This Is The End (PUBLISHING)

Chapter 02

Letter 2

Dear Hide

I'm sure you saw what the hell happened today..I broke down in front of the whole school that crowded around Anna and I. She taunted me to do it, she taunted me to scream at her.

She said your death didn't matter...

At least, that's how it came off. And how could anyone say that about you, say that about anyone's death?! You mean the world to me, and now that your gone, I'm not sure what I'm gonna do.

I want to see you, Hide..

But you'd want me to be strong, I know you would. You'd want me to continue on, without you..

You can't take a fish out of water and ask it to survive..

Chapter 02- Hide's Apron Is More  Than Just An Apron

I threw my backpack to the wall, slamming my door and wiping tears from my blurring vision.
I fell onto my bed, and stared up at the ceiling.

I remembered something.

The first time Hide slept over my house..

I remember he was scared to fall asleep, he was afraid he would never wake up. His mother had scared him about dry drowning, after a kid tried to drown him that day..Being 10 years old, he was afraid.

I couldn't blame him, so I stayed up with him. That, at the time, was one of the hardest things I had ever done. But I got to talk to Hide during it, so it didn't feel that bad..

We watched some TV, and I told him stories about my friends before he moved here. When I asked for his opinion on something, I turned to see that Hide had fallen asleep.

More tears blurred my vision as I thought about it. I shouldn't have memories with a dead man, I shouldn't see him with me. I shouldn't!

Hide is gone.

It doesn't look right when written, it doesn't sound right when said, and it doesn't feel right.

He just can't be gone..

Not this early. Not by suicide. He wouldn't take his own life, ever! Hide, in fact, has told me everything that has ever happened to him.

Things that he kept from the rest of the world,

I remember one day, Hide invited me to his house to make cookies for a baking contest at school. It was our last year at junior high and we wanted to go out winners!

I can still see his face when he opened the door, his smile when he brushed the pollen off my jacket. He took my wrist and ran inside to show me what he had just finished.

They were sugar cookies, that had cursive names on them. All topped off with a little sparkling sprinkles.

"Hide! These.." I was speechless, as Hide took one of the cookies and split it in half. He held it up and let me take a bite out of it, as he took a bite out of his own half.

I felt like I could melt into the floor. They were soft and chewy on the inside, while having this irresistible crunch on the outside.

"You need to enter these!"

I remember Hide trying to hide is smile from me, but his rosey cheeks gave away how happy he was. "You really think I should?"