Lost In Flight

Chapter 15- Mystery Solved

"I'm so stupid!" I cried while depressed by the damage I caused not only the hospital, but for Dr.Shane's family. "What have I done?" I asked as I hugged myself tightly. I felt terrible; like I killed my best friend, though we had no relation. Cole crawled over to me and rested his dying head on my knee and looked at me. "A-adrian, I l-love you..." That was the last thing he said to me before fading away from this world forever. My tears grew heavier as nurses snapped out of their terrorized daze and ran to help. Somehow they were calm though I swore and fought them trying to get them to stop attempting to pry me away from Cole's body. I felt broken again. Any feelings I had melted into nothing, but sadness and depression. Would I ever have a friend that I wouldn't lose to death? I didn't think so until one day after Cole's death.

It was his funeral day. His family and I were gathered around the burial site when I looked up and met eyes with her. Lacie, she was there mourning over Cole's death, as she knew him from school and was friends with him too. Tears stained her cheeks as she looked back at me, not knowing I was the cause of his death and attempted to show confusion at my frozen features. No I wasn't crying, and I wasn't frowning or smiling either. My face was more stuck on a blank face showing no emotion whatsoever which to her was odd since we were at a funeral. Maybe it was my attire she was looking at, I wasn't wearing black, but instead was wearing one of the hoodies his parents let me have while they took care of me. They were saddened by their sons death, but at the same time they knew they had to ignore their emotions and focus on the depressed homeless boy before his funeral was next. Lacie quickly looked away when the preacher began saying a prayer and a final farewell to Cole wishing him better luck in the afterlife. Being as though I was not religious, I didn't bother to bow my head and participate in the prayer though deep down in my heart I wanted to. Something inside my head however was stopping me, whether it be the memories that flooded my thoughts and emotions leaving a stone cold expression on my face. After the prayer Cole's family members began filling his grave with soil covering his beautiful stone casquet. That was all it took to get me to cry again... Seeing my best friend in the ground dirt covering his final resting place. It felt awful, I figured out it was denial that was holding me back, I didn't want him to be dead and in my mind he wasn't... Not until only his headstone was able to be seen on top of the layer of sediment that concealed his tomb.

At the after party, Lacie approached me dressed in a ballgown as black as the night with a small silvery sash that tied to a bow in the back. She was stunning and I couldn't keep my eyes off her.

"Hello Adrian." She said her voice as soft as an angel's touch.

"Hi Lacie."

"I'm sorry about what happened to Cole, he was a really good friend."

"It's not your fault, we all have a time to go."

"I know, but you were closer to him, way closer than you realized."

"What do you mean?"

"What was the last thing he said to you?"

"He said I love... Oh..."

"Do you see now Adrian? He had a crush on you."

"I-I see it. Please excuse me..."

"Adrian wait, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to come over here and make you more upset about his death. I actually wanted to talk about my father. He had told me many things as I grew up and I had witnessed him do terrible things one of them was... Well it was... I watched him set up the plan to kill your parents... I'm sorry, I really should have told you sooner, but I couldn't find the strength to do so."

"It's okay..." I turned from her and walked away to Cole's old room. (The party being held at his parent's house.) Once there, I flopped down on the bed and sobbed. There was no sense in being mad anymore over their death now that I knew who had helped set it in motion. I was mostly feeling sorry for myself which was the most stupidest thing I could do. Yes, I had killed Cole, my grandfather, and Dr.Junta, but it wasn't in my control that my parents died. Suddenly there was a soft knock on the doorframe as Lacie walked in. "At least the mystery is solved."