Dreamers

{5}

"Um, hey?" Tyler called out. The boy turned to Tyler and waved. "I didn't get to ask you your name the first time, so um" "Josh" the boy said. Josh? Like the boy who died? "I'm Tyler" he walked towards Josh. Josh smiled as he walked into the park. Tyler followed.

Josh swung in one of the swings and, without looking at Tyler, said "What do you think happens after you die?" Tyler was dumbfounded by the question. "I, uh, I don't know. I'm supposed to believe you go to heaven or hell, but I think life just, stops. Like you close your eyes, you go to sleep and nothing else happens. Like, when you die you just stop existing, like, does that make sense?" Josh nodded. "I thought so too, but" Josh suddenly looked up "Hey! Wanna come to my house and help me dye my hair?" Tyler nodded. He had just met this boy the day before, but he didn't seem like a bad person.

Josh's house was right beside the park. The Prussian blue house wasn't empty anymore, it looked like any other normal house, and that's where Josh was headed. There were 2 boys outside of the house playing football. They looked towards Josh, then Tyler, then Josh, then continued playing. Tyler followed Josh inside. His parents were in the living room, Josh didn't bother to say hi or even look their way, and neither did they. Josh's room wasn't big, but it wasn't small. It had his bed, a bookshelf, a desk and a TV with a bunch of CDs and other random things on the stand. He had band posters on his wall and stars on the ceiling above his bed.

Josh took out different colored dyes from the bathroom cabinet and handed them to Tyler "Choose a color" he said. Tyler stared at the dyes Josh had given him. He only had 4 colors. Tyler picked up the red dye and handed it to Josh "I think this color would look good on you" Josh nodded "It might".