Peddie- Seven years is a long time

Hands of Time

Eddie's POV

I'm not sure what to do. How to react. How to anything. I want to go back and prevent it all from happening but I can't. No one can.

I can easily comfort her but this time would be different. Majorly different. "Are you okay?" her sudden burst of speech surprises me. "I thought I would be asking you the same thing" I say pulling her closer to me as we sit on the edge of the bed. "Yeah, well he was your friend too. I know that I can move past this but I'm just worried about what Mara will do. She's always been the in control, organised school girl but this time she had no control and now her life is a mess. How is she going to reorganise this mess?" she seems genuinely, fully concerned for her friend. You don't often see this side of Patricia but when you do, you revel in it. "I know you want to help but this is something she needs to do on her own and you've got to accept that" I say rubbing her arm slowly."I know but now I'm a bridesmaid short" she sighs so dramatically you would thinks it's Amber. "Why don't you ask that cousin who moved to America when you were four?" I suggest hoping to solve the problem. "We didn't end our last conversation nicely but I'm sure she'll be thrilled anyway. I'll ask her later" she says frowning as she obviously thinks about her conversation with her cousin. "When did you last talk anyway?"

"About three weeks before we came here"

"She'll come. She's like your sister. That's what you said, right?." she gives me an unconvinced look but nods begrudgingly. "She is and I love her but she can be...insensitive at times and vain and selfish and controlling and-" I abruptly cut her off knowing she could list all day. "Yes you've told me before, now let's go with Mara to the airport"

No one's POV

"You don't have to leave Mara" Amber says pulling from their friendly goodbye embrace. "I do. I need to. I just need to be in my house and I need to give him a proper send off. He Never wanted a funeral. He just wanted to be cremated and he wanted his ashes spread in the park where he first broke his arm. So I decided that a memorial will be held once you come back."

"Wait. Why in the park where he broke his arm?" Joy asks looking confused. Mara took a deep almost steady breath. "Well, he broke his first bone there, he received his first football on a picnic there, we got back together there, he asked me to go to Las Vegas with him to get married there and he found out he was going to be a dad there. I'm pregnant" she says smiling weakly. It was weak but it was there and that's all that mattered. "Goodbye" she turned on her heel and walked away, head held high. Everyone watched her. Patricia with a ghost of a smile and the others with eyes filled of sadness yet certainty that their friend would survive something as dark as a lightless room. They all turned to walk out the airport once she was out of sight. Just as they reached the exit Amber spoke.

"Wait, she's pregnant?"

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Please comment what name Patricia's cousin should have. the three options are below. In brackets are the nicknames.

Jennifer (Jen or Jenny)

Brooke (B)