The Fosters Callie Finds Love

Chapter 21

It was the morning of the funeral. This was probably going to be the hardest day of my life, almost as bad of my moms funeral. The past 3 days have been hard for me. I went back to school, but school was so far from my mind I know my grades have probably dropped in the last few days. Mariana was already in the shower so I decided to just sit there and wait for her to get out of the shower. When she walked in, dressed in a robe her hair tied. I jolted from the bed and rushed in the shower before one of the boys got in. When I got done showering, I decided to just eat a apple and I sat outside on the porch waiting for everyone to get dressed. I just sat on the swing not doing anything just swinging and thinking. I looked across the street at Sunny's house and there were two extra cars in her driveway. I closed my eyes to stop the tears from falling. Then I heard the front door open. Stef walked out she looked nice in her black pants suit. "You look pretty," I said to her. "Aww thanks sweets, so do you," she said kissing my cheek as she sat down next to me. She grabbed my hand and intertwined her hand with mines. "You feeling ok," she said to me. "I'm ok, I'm just tired of going to funerals especially of people that I love," I said to her. "I understand, when my aunt died when I was 18, it was so hard for me. I loved my aunt even though my mom and her never got along, she always made time to come see me. She was easy to talk to also, but when my dad died, I felt the same way. I was tired of losing people that I love. But trust me sweets, it will be ok," my mom said to me rubbing my leg with my hand. "I know, I am just really going to miss her, it is going to be hard to move on. I think she is going to be the only girl I date though. I can't see myself with another girl besides her." "Well whatever makes you happy, boy or girl. But I know Sunny, she would want you to be happy," Stef said to me in a nice soothing voice. "Yea I know, that is what she told me before she died. She just wants me to be happy." "I agree one hundred percent," she said and I laid my head on her shoulder. "So do you know what you are going to say at her funeral," Stef said to me. "I just want to speak from the heart, I know that is what Sunny would want me to do, and so would her mom." "Sounds like a good plan to me," she said kissing my cheek and she got up and went back in the house. I heard her yelling, she must of been telling everyone that they needed to hurry up. I just sat there and took some deep breaths. I closed my eyes and I felt something touch my hand. I looked over and there she was again sitting next to me. She grabbed my hand and rubbed my hand, she smiled again and then she was gone. I started to hear commotion in the house so I knew we were getting ready to leave.

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We all piled up in the car on the way to the funeral. Mariana sat next to me and held my hand the entire time in the car. We all sat in silence the radio wasn't even on. When we arrived at the church were the funeral was being held, there was a lot of people outside. I didn't see her mom or brothers anywhere, they must be on the way. We got out the car and stood outside where everyone else was waiting. I felt Stef's hand go around my shoulder and I leaned in closer to her. When they opened the door we had to wait until it was our turn to go in. We got up to the usher at the door, she asked us a question in spanish. "Estás familia," the lady asked us. "No, Somos amigos cercanos sin embargo (No we are close friends though), Marian said to the lady.
The lady nodded her head and pointed us to the left aisle and we crowed in one pew. I sat in between my moms and they both had there hands in mine. Jesus sat on the side of Lena so he could translate to us and Mariana sat next to Brandon so she could translate to Jude and Brandon. We waited for about 15 minuted until I saw her mom and her brothers and what looked like to be her aunts and uncles and cousins and also her grandparents. They looked familiar from the pictures she showed me. Ms. Paola had a tissue up to her eye. Her sons were holding her arms and they guided her to her seat and they sat next to her. The started the service Jesus and Mariana whispered to us silently what they were saying. When it came time for the family and friends portion, her mom got up there first. The speech she made about her daughter had everyone crying including me. My moms had tears in there eyes as well. When her mom stopped talking she stopped and looked at me. "Quiero pedirle a un amigo cerca de mis hijas a venir aquí y hablar , su nombre es Callie , y ella ha traído una gran cantidad de alegría a mi vida y mis hijas también, ( I want to ask a close friend of my daughter to come up here and speak her name is Callie and she brought a great deal of joy into my life and my daughters life as well.) Her mom said smiling lightly at me. "She just called you up there Callie," Jesus said to me. I took a deep breath and my moms squeezed my hands as well. I walked up the stairs to the podium and Ms. Paola gave me a hug and kissed my cheek. "Is it ok if I acknowledge Sunny as my girlfriend," I whispered in her ear. She nodded to me and winked at me. She stood by me and held my hand, she was going to translate for me so everyone could understand. "Um, I am going to be real quick because Sunny always said that I could ramble sometimes, but Sunny and I was in a relationship, and I loved her very much. I never knew what love was until I met her well until after I got adopted from my family, but I felt a new kind of love. We took care of each other and we understood each other." I stopped to give her mother time to translate. "The day Sunny died I was in her hospital room holding her hand and we was talking. She told me she just wanted me to be happy and I am going to try my best to be happy without her. But I promised her i will. I am going to miss her so much, just her smile, the way she made me laugh. Every time she gave me hug how she squeezed the life out of me," I said chuckling to myself. But I am just glad that I got to be there the last few minutes of her life. We fell asleep cuddling with each other in her hospital room, and when I woke up she was gone but just spending the last few minutes with her was everything I can imagine. I am going to miss her but she wants me to move on, but never forget her and I will never forget her as long as I live," I said tears streaming down my eyes. I looked out to everyone else in the pews and they all had tears in there eyes as well. I squeezed her moms hand and walked back to my seat. Stef grabbed my hand and I buried my face in her neck and just cried. When the funeral was done we waited until we could get out and go view the body. When it was time for me, I took a deep breath and looked in the casket and there she was my beautiful girlfriend. She was dressed in a pink dress. I laughed inside because I knew she hated dresses. She looked so beautiful. I grabbed her hand and rubbed it. "I love you Sunny Bunny," I said to her and kissed the lifeless forehead in front of me. My moms grabbed my hand and we got lead off the car to head off the graveyard to burry my girlfriend. At the graveyard site the minister said a few words before he gave us time to officially say goodbye to her. I really wanted to get out of this graveyard it just felt to dark to be here. I went up to the casket and rubbed it. I was now officially saying goodbye to my girlfriend. For some reason too many thoughts and memories of my girlfriend crowded my head. "Callie are you ok," Stef asked me and I shook my head no. "Bug, talk to me what's wrong," my mom asked me. "I just want to go home, I don't like graveyards," I said to my moms. When I got home, I took a minute to myself and changed my clothes before we went over to Sunny's house for the repass. I just wanted to give my respect to her family. Being in her house was going to be too hard. When I got to her house with the rest of my family, we didn't realize how many people were going to be there. It was crowded but not to crowded. My family and I made mingles with her family. Mariana and Jesus stayed with us to help speak to whoever didn't speak english. A lot of people wanted to talk to me to ask about Sunny and I. I talked to them with a fake smile plastered on my face. I just wanted to get away, and leave here. It was just too hard being in her house. When I got a minute alone I snook upstairs and went into her room. I closed her door and just stood at the door and looked around. So many memories in her bedroom. I sat down on her bed and held her pillow which smelt like her. I felt more pillows come down my eyes. I was going to miss being in this room just hanging out with her and being in her presence. I heard a knock on the door and the door opened up slowly. "Hey Callie, are you ok," her mom asked me. "Yea umm, I am fine, I just needed a minute," I said Sunny's mother wiping my eyes. "It's ok, how are you doing," she said to me sitting down next to me. "I''m doing ok I guess, I am just really going to miss her," I said to her mom. "You and me both, it's going to be hard without her around, she was such an energetic and sweet girl," her mom said to me. "Yes, I loved everything about her. I just wished she could of fought the cancer she had so many plans for her future." "I know sweet girl, but I know one thing, she loved you more than life itself, she talked about you 24/7 it was to the point her brothers and I wanted to find a way to get rid of you," she said laughing a little and I smiled at her. "Well I loved her too, never thought I could love another woman in this way, I mean I know it is possible because my moms are more in love than ever but I never thought I will date a girl and I am glad she was my first one," I said to her mom and she rubbed up my back. She got up and she went to Sunny's closet. She pulled out a box and handed it to me. "Sunny wanted you to have this," she wouldn't tell me what was inside of it." I smiled at it and stared at the box I remember her showing this to me. "I hope you come back and visit every once in awhile, I'm going to miss having you around here," she said to me. "Yea Im going to miss being here," I said to Ms. Paola and she reached her arms out and I gave her a hug. "Stay up here as long as you need too," she said to me. I just nodded my head at her. I sat back down on her bed and I opened up the box she left for me. It was all her personal stuff that was in here before, old diaries, her report cards, ribbons and pictures of her playing basketball. I looked to the bottom of it and there was a photo album with pictures of her and all of them were professionally took. At the last few pages there were pictures of us all the selfies we took, the page was nicely decorated and on the last page it was picture I never before we was faced away from the camera we were sitting on her porch her head on my shoulder this picture was perfect. On the back of the photo album there was a note.

Calz, If your getting this that means I am not longer here on this earth but I am forever in your heart. I love you to the moon and back.

Sunny Bunny :)

P.S: My mom took that picture on the last page. I felt a river come out of my eyes. She was so sweet making this for me. I closed the photo album and laid it back in the box. I held onto her pillow and held it close to me as I laid down on her bed I felt her again cuddle up against me. Her hand touching mines. But in the blink of a eye she was gone. I laid there for about 10 minutes thinking about her the girl that came and changed my life.