When The Dome Was Safe *second book to When The School Was Safe*

Chapter 6

I didn't  want to get out of bed. Memories of Danny flashed through my mind as I just sat there, missing him. 

Willow walked in, I turned away from her. She was trying to get me to talk for the past five days, and I knew that was unfair, she lost a friend too, but I just didn't want to talk. 

"I wrote in sick for you today, later we are going to bury him, if you want to come", she offered. 

I turned towards her, "Okay".

Periwinkle, Will, and I chose a spot by the river for Danny to be buried. He always loved water. We went fishing and while I caught a tadpole, he caught a catfish. He would make fun of me for being a terrible fisherman, but in the end we would walk to my house drinking root beer.

We started to dig, and two hours later we buried Danny where he should have been buried at sixty-five, after an old age. Not like this sad, twisted, broken way.

Willow took the stone she has been painting for three days and set in on Danny's grave.

Here lies Danny James Smith 

May he have all the bikes to ride and all the fish to catch

She painted him, a fish and a bicycle, at the same river we were standing on. 

"It's perfect", Periwinkle gasped.

I put Danny's house for sale three days later. While I was clearing it out, I saw a letter, addressed to me. 

Dear Milo,

Milo, my true friend. I am sorry for leaving you so soon. I could not  handle it anymore. All of this torture. I was planning my death ages before the first nuclear bomb. This was the only time I could pull through and do it. I have been struggling for so long, and all my demons have followed me here. I am sorry to go.  I love you, Milo, you understood me.

There is two letters behind this one, give one to Peri and one to Will.

Danny 

I grabbed those letters and sprinted to Periwinkle's house. 

"He wrote letters!"

I passed one out to Peri. She read it, and her expression soured. 

"Anna and I are officially over"

She stomped towards her front door  and ran to Anna's.

"You bullied him in school and now he is dead. And you were only dating me because he loved me and you hated him." Peri screamed at Anna, who threw open the door to give Peri a hug.

"We are over, we will always be over. I hate you more than you can tell." Periwinkle growled and she slapped Anna in the face.

I watched as Anna's face melted into tears, as Periwinkle walked away. For a second I felt bad for her. But l said for a second.