N°8

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I roll my eyes at him "Well... You were the only person I told about liking him when we were 16"I giggle at the thought of my teenage crush on Five.

I leave Klaus downstairs and sit in my room for a while.

*knock knock knock* I yell for the person to come in, in which Luther makes his way into my room, slowly as to not hit anything with his unusually large body. "Hey Eight, um...Dads memorial is starting now so it would be nice if you-", he begins "yeah I'll-I'm coming now" he nods and backs out of my room again.

*swish* "You ready?" I heard Five enter my room , I nod and link my arm with his and he spacial-jumps us outside with everyone else.

Everyone stands in a semi-circle with black umbrellas accept Diego and Luther, although Klaus went with a clear umbrella with a pink outline.

"Did something happen?" Mom asks, everyone's eyes wander towards her in confusion.

"Dad died... remember?" Alison questions her, "oh. Yes, of course" she seems confused as well.

"Is mom okay?" She asks again, "yeah, yeah she's fine. She just needs to rest, you know, recharge" Diego is quick to defend. He always was a mamas boy.

Pogo steps forward "whenever your ready, dear boy" he says as Luther holds dads ashes.

He holds out his arm and dumps the ashes on the ground. Pretty dull.

"Probably would have been better with some wind" he says as Diego gives him a death stare from across the circle.

"Does anyone wish to speak?" Pogo asks however nobody answers, "very well" he begins.

"In all regards, Sir Reginald Hargreeves, made me what I am today. For that alone I shall forever be in his debt. He was my master, and my friend, and I shall miss him very much... He leaves behind a complicated legacy-"

He's cut off "he was a monster... he was a bad person and a worse father... the world is better off without him"

Alison gets fed up of Diego and yells his name in irritation but gets quickly cut off again by Diego

"my name is Number 2... you know why? Because our father couldn't be bothered to give us actual names. He had mom do it" He continues.

"Look you wanna pay your respects? Go ahead. But at least be honest about the kind of man he was" he implies to Luther, pissed off Luther tells him to stop talking.

"You know, you of all people should be on my side, Number 1" He starts again.

"I am warning you" Luther tells him which makes me and Klaus chuckle to each other.

"After everything he did to you, and the rest of us. He had to ship you off a million miles away! That's how much he couldn't stand the sight of you!" Diego says while pointing and poking his chest.

Luther snaps and hit his arm away then throws a punch at him which Diego effortlessly dodges.

"Boys! Stop this at once" Pogo shouts at them, they didn't take any notice. Klaus puts his arm in front of Five and I to protect us but Five just slaps it away and pulls me back.

"Stop it!" Vanya tried to get them to stop. Klaus is the oppose tho cheering them on "Hit him! Hit him!"

Pogo leaves the garden, along with Five. Leaving me in the rain.

"COME HERE BIG BOY!" Diego shouts pissing Luther off and giving him a chance to punch Diego but he misses again and punches Ben's statue.

The statue gracefully falls, almost in slow motion, not slow enough for anyone to stop what was about to happen. But not fast enough for everyone to not stare blankly feeling useless...

The head of the statue snaps off. I gasp and feel tears swell in my eyes.

"And there goes Ben's statue" is the last thing I hear as my hearing becomes muffled.

I wander over to Ben's statue as tears fall down my cheeks. I can only stare at it. I don't know how I can fix it. I need to fix it. How do I fix it? I sit on the floor for a moment until I hear someone.

It was Five, "Eight, your soaking and you've been staring at Ben's statue for 20 minutes now... I don't want you getting sick. Come inside?" I nod my head where why drenched hair hangs down my face while  he pulls me up to walk back inside.

*swish* he spacial-jumps us into his bedroom.

He moves a strand of my wet hair behind my ear, kisses my forehead and embraces me tightly. "You can use my shower okay? Then we have to go somewhere later, yeah?" I nod and walk into the bathroom.

After my shower I change again and walk downstairs into the kitchen where Alison, Klaus and Five are.

"I'm taking the car" Five tells them, not as a statement or as to indulge them in a conversation, but more so as a robber would say before they rob you. I stand leaning on the chair opposite Klaus, "Where are you going?" Klaus asks almost intrigued. "To get a decent cup of coffee" Five replies.

"Do you even know how to drive?" Alison questions, underestimating the skills of the 16 years old boy.

"Yeah. I do, quite frankly though, Eight you are a better driver" I nod in understanding. He walks up behind me placing his hands on my waist to spacial-jumps us to the car. We ended up on the passenger seat with me sitting on Fives lap.

"Wow! Didn't know I was 'getting it' now, thought we would at least wait until later, I ain't complaining though, do your thaang!" he says laughing, I slap his arm and climb to the driver seat.

"Aw, ended so soon" he says sarcastically, I just laugh and shake my head at him and start the engine.

We're almost at the doughnut shop when Five consults "Why are you getting anxious around them again?" I don't take my eyes off the road but I shrug my shoulders.

"No! Don't give me that shit again Eight, you know exactly what I'm talking about" I nod and start to tap my fingers on the steering wheel. 

"I dunno I just... they still have their powers, they aren't weak like me. They scare me Five." He nods "That's your insecurities talking not you, not the Eight I know, the Eight I know would tell them all to fuck off because she's a boss ass bitch! She'd be sarcastic at someone else being sarcastic!" I laugh at him.

"I'm just glad I'm not doing this alone, I don't think I could take it!" He scoffs. "You don't think you could take it! You must be joking. Eight I would be totally completely utterly fucking lost without you" He reassured me again. He treats me like a queen. I love him!

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Olivia🎃

Yo! So I know I haven't wrote in a while. I'm actually so sorry, I've been meaning to for the longest time, I just haven't had the motivation. In fact I've been in quite a dark place for a while and haven't been myself, which is really sad because I do genuinely enjoy writing. Comment anything as well, like seriously comment anything you would want me to talk about or anything I've done wrong.

Anyways I've been writing like crazy and have also wrote in my other story 'Philophobia' , please check that out if you like stories about Richie Tozier and sad girls hehe :)