Two Months Later
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Grayson
so it's been two months since ethan....y'know..umm, nate is in prison for life but his gang leader is still after ethan's crew, so i decided to step up and be their temporary leader...i know shocking. reina moved in with me after everything, and she's been helping me alot and she's also been the one to organize ethan's memorial service which is this saturday. reina and i will be flying out to jersey tomorrow..the memorial is being held in the backyard of our childhood home. there, we will bury some of his ashes then put his headstone over it. my parents were beyond devastated..i can't imagine having to bury your own child.
so young, so fragile, so strong...so wise.
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my folks questioned me about his death, so told them certain parts of what happened, i didn't want go into much detail... i also didn't tell them it was a gang related. ethan was more than a gang leader. he was thoughtful, selfless, loving, protective, and kind. the gang was only a chapter of his story. they obviously don't know that i took over as leader, i haven't told reina either. at this point it'll make things worse.
im just trying to protect her.
speaking of reina, she's been very involved in everything yet she's so distant...and i want to talk to her about it, but i also don't want to pry.
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Next day
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Reina
its...5am...uuuugh.
g and i are flying out to jersey to spend sometime with his family and for the memorial. our flight leaves at 7:30am and the airport is 20 minutes away...yeah, life's going great! can you sense my sarcasm?
i roll out of bed, literally. i fall onto the soft carpet then jump to my feet and go to gray's room. "gray....graysonnnnnnn. get the fuck up its five o'clock." i say shaking him a little. he groans and rolls over facing the wall...great, desperate times call for desperate measures.
i leap onto his bed, landing on him.
"oh my gosh, reina!" he shouts. i just lay on top of him giggling.
"what are you doing?" he questions. "well i was trying to be nice and wake you up gently but you ignored my kind gesture, so this was my backup plan...get up, our flight leaves soon. and you still has to shower and pack, mister!" i replied with a cheesy smile. he pushes me off of him jokingly, causing me to accidentally land on my ass. "you turd." i joke as he leaves the room. "yep, that's me!" he snickers. i shake my head and go to my room. my bags are already packed and my outfit for the flight is ready for me to wear, so i should do that now.
all that is left is grayson's slow ass, then we can drive to the airport!
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Grayson
we got through security just fine and we're now on the plane waiting for it to take off. reina is already asleep in her seat. of course. one thing about reina is, she gets really anxious flying. so she takes medicine to keep her calm during the flight. she's so peaceful when she's sleeping. and beautiful. she's a good person, and my parents are gonna love her.
i wish ethan was here. he would be so excited to see what they thought of her. this would be his first girlfriend coming home to meet the folks. the thing about ethan is he isn't the one to bring just any girlfriend home to mom & dad, if he's not able to see a successful future with them. but with reina, i know for a fact that he saw a big and bright future with her. he was so deeply in love with her.
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we finally land in jersey and cameron, my sister, is picking us up. i'm ecstatic to see her and the rest of my family and some off mine and ethan's childhood friends.
ha, i remember the day ethan called cam and told her about reina. he sounded so excited but nervous. he begged cam to keep it a secret from our parents cause he wanted to facetime them, tell them about her, then have reina pop-up from behind him and then they could all talk to know each other. he had it all planned out before- anyways, i think we're gonna be okay and have a good time. we haven't had a family get together in since ethan and i we're about eight years old. and unfortunately, it's gonna be so heartbreakingly different. that's the part i'm not looking forward to...that feeling of us missing something, someone, ethan. he was the light of the party, like seriously. he lit up everyone's day and made everyone laugh their asses off. how can i compete with that? i was social with everyone too, but something about my family just made it hard to be my real self. it's hard to explain.
"grayson, i think your sister is here." reina shakes me from my thoughts. i look at her and grin. "perfect, you'll like her." i respond jogging to cameron's car with my bags in both hands and my backpack strapped to my back. i look back at reina and she's laughing trying to catch up.
"cameron!" i say dropping my bags and leaping in her arms. she's smiling widely with tears in her eyes and hugs me tighter than ever. we both shed tears, although i am not sure if they're happy tears or sad tears..but right now i'm just happy to see my sister. i've missed her so much.
