Today is their funeral day. This is it ... time to say my final goodbye. I don't want to say goodbye but I have to. I have to let go, that's what they would've wanted me to do.
I am wearing a dress that Briar chose out for me once. I'd never worn it before, but for some reason today just felt like the right to use it.
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Isaac is wearing a black suit. The funeral is a fairly small one, even though it is a joint funeral not many people are coming. Just Bryles closest friends and family members, and sadly there aren't many of them.
The funeral director and a few people talk during the funeral. They say things like 'I didn't know Briar very well, but I heard she was a sweet girl." and 'Myles was a talented dancer, that I know for sure'. I feel sick listening to what these people have to say, they really don't know Briar or Myles at all. I wasn't going to speak today, but I've changed my mind.
I walk up to the front of the room and I know exactly what i have to say.
"Briar and Myles were the best friends I have ever had. I will miss them greatly, I already do. I thought of them with love today, but that is nothing new. I've was thinking of them yesterday and days before that too." I take a deep breath. "People have been telling me to try and forget them and move on ... but its hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember. The memories I have of Briar and Myles have always brought a smile to my face, but now they just tear me apart, although I hope that one day I will be able to cherish those memories instead."
I glance around at everyone, who are all looking back at me sadly yet expectantly, so I continue speaking to Myles and Briar now. "If only I could have you back, then we could sit and talk the way we used to do. You mean so much to me, and you always will, that's one thing that will never change. The fact that you're no longer here will always cause me pain, but you're forever in my heart ... until we meet again." I say. "I love you Briar and I love you Myles. But for now, its goodbye."
I put a rose on each of coffins that lay in front of me, crying hysterically once again. I stand up and walk back over to my seat next to Isaac. I look at Isaac and I decide that from here on out, I won't take anything or anyone that I love for granted the way I did to Briar and Myles.
