The Brooks: My Gleeful Neighbours ( A Janoskians/ Glee Fanfic )

43) Time To Move On

'Wha-what?', I asked, shakily, 'You're joking aren't you?'

'I'm not', Ryder replied, 'He took a blow to the head when the truck crashed into you, and he died on impact. That's why you're so lucky Laur, you could have easily died too.'

'It can't be, it can't be', I whispered, before collapsing into tears.

'Come here', Ryder whimpered, standing up and wrapping his arms around me as I wept uncontrollably into his chest.

'NO RYDER!', I cried, 'He can't be gone! Finn can't be gone!'

'I'm so sorry Lauren', Ryder whispered, as I clung to him.

With that I heard my parents re-enter the room and my Dad say, 'I thought we agreed we wouldn't tell her for the time being?'

'I'm sorry', Ryder apologized, 'I couldn't keep it from her.'

'I can't believe it', I gasped from my tears, 'I can't believe it.'

'It's going to be okay Lauren', Mam replied, putting her arms around me when Ryder had let me go, 'I know Finn has always been a special friend to you, but you're going to get through this. He'd want that.'

The next few days past slowly as I grieved for one of my best friends in the world, and eventually I was discharged from hospital.

The first thing I did was go see Finn's mother. She had always been nothing, but kind to me and I wanted to tell her  that I was there if she wanted anything. 

While I was there I also met Kurt's father Burt, and started to cry when he told me that Finn had loved me very much.

Finn's funeral was a few days after, and everyone in the glee club, past and present, was there. It was so sad that we had been reunited for such a horrific reason.

'It was a nice service, wasn't it?', Ryder said, as we walked out of the church hand in hand after it.

'Yeah', I sniffed, 'At least Finn is in a better place now.'

Just then I felt Ryder tighten his grip on my hand, and when I looked up I saw why. Beau was walking towards us with his arm around a platinum blonde girl, who was wearing a skin tight black dress.

'Fuck', I whispered, 'We're going to have to say hello.'

'Calm down, you can do this', Ryder whispered back, as my ex got closer to me.

'Hey Lauren, Ryder', Beau said, when we had reached each other.

'Hello', Ryder replied.

'HI Beau', I said, squeezing Ryder's hand.

'Um, this is Candi', Beau told us, motioning to the blonde, 'She's uh, my new girlfriend.'

'It's soooo awesome to meet you!', Candi practically screamed in a high pitched American accent.

'Um', I mumbled, 'You too.'

Since we had broken up I had hardly checked Beau's Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or Keek pages so I didn't know he was going out with anyone. It wasn't surprising that he had started dating a brainless blonde bimbo.

'So how are you holding up?', Beau asked me, 'You were in the accident with Finn?'

'Yeah', I sighed, 'I'm lucky to be here.'

'Well, uh, it's good to see you again', Beau replied, 'We'd better be going.'

'Yeah see you Beau', I replied, and then Ryder and I continued on our way.

When we were out of ear-shot, Ryder burst out laughing.

'What are you laughing at?', I asked, 'We're at a funeral!'

'I know and I'm sorry', Ryder tried to recover, 'But did you see that bimbo?! Wow! He's really traded down!'

'Ryder stop', I replied, but couldn't help but giggle, 'You're so mean!'

'No I'm not', Ryder replied, 'Laur you're his ex! You should see how much better you are than that girl!'

'Do you really think I'm nicer than her?', I asked.

'Lauren', Ryder said, as we reached his car, 'You're funny, smart, and incredibly talented. Of course you're nicer than her!'

As Ryder smiled down at me I thought of what Finn had said the night of the accident, that Ryder was a great guy and that he was crazy about me. After seeing Beau had moved on, I knew that it was time I did too.

'Hey Ryder', I said, as I got into the car beside him, 'Do you, wanna go Saturday night?'

'Like on a date?', Ryder said.

'Um, yeah, I guess so', I replied.

'I'd love to!', Ryder beamed.

'Great', I smiled, as he started to drive, 'I can't wait.'