Do you remember?

Chapter Two

Even though it was raining I wore sunglasses. My eyes were bloodshot and puffy. To anyone else in the world I probably would have looked like a drug addict if I didn't were them. I opened the door to the coffee shop and scanned the small store for my friend. He was sitting in the corner and a smile spread across his face when he saw me. I walked over and he got up giving me a hug.

"How are you doing Val?" Theo said as we sat down.

"Oh I'm doing peachy." I said sarcastically.

In reality I had to drag myself out of my house. I fought the urge to kill myself in a car crash on the way here. And I'm fighting back tears at the moment. Theo sighed, pushing a cup of coffee towards me.

"I think you need to see a therapist or something..." he said, slightly above a whisper.

"What I need is for people to stay out of my business. I need people to stop asking how I'm feeling and I need people to stop telling me what I should do." I said through gritted teeth.

"Listen Val. We are all worried about you. We just want you to feel better." he said, his eyes dropped to the floor.

"I would feel better if the police didn't give up on the case. She deserves to have the murderer locked up in jail." I sneered at him.

I suddenly felt bad for my actions. Here he was trying to help me and I was frustrated with him. I tried to hold back the tears. Being with Theo reminded me of Rowan. We were the three musketeers.

"The police say it was suicide. There are no prints on the gun except for hers. Also there is no sign that someone was with her at the time. In the newspaper this morning they said that the case is closed. No more investigating is being done. They are completely sure that it was an extremely thought out suicide." Theo said rambling off the facts like a machine.

I had heard that story multiple times yet I still couldn't bring myself to believe it. I wanted to tell him everything I knew. Everything that I didn't share with the police. But I knew Theo, and he would convince me to go talk to the police and I couldn't do that right now. I was not emotionally strong enough be interrogated again. Tears stung the back of my eyes.

"Can we change the subject?" I asked.

He met my eyes and nodded. He started to talk about school and how he was missing both of his friends not being there. I stopped listening after he brought up Rowan. It seemed like every topic eventually went back to her. Memories flooded my mind of Rowan and I became angry. I clenched my fist together. I started to breathe rapidly and my whole body began to shake uncontrollably.

"Stop it. Stop talking!" I said almost screaming.

People turned and stared and I began to panic even more. The eyes of the people judging me making me worse. I started to gasp for air and Theo grabbed me practically running me out of the shop.

"Calm down. Val, your safe. Calm down." He said sitting me down on the sidewalk.

"Why did she have to die Theo?" I said in between gasps.

He sat down next to me and hugged me as I sobbed into his shoulder. The rain soaking us. Thunder rolling in the distance.

"Death is unavoidable but it doesn't mean that she is gone. Her spirit is surrounding you and she will not let you quit."

We sat for hours, drenched and cold until I calmed down. I ran out tears to cry and Theo ran out comforting things to say.

*This Theo does not have any relation to Theo James(even though I love him.) I just like the name*