Graveyard Lovers (one shot)

Graveyard Lovers

August 30, 2020

It is a gloomy afternoon for a boy. He is delivering a eulogy. He is holding his tears while he is saying it.

"She saved me from falling apart. She was there at the darkest hour of my life. I loved her and I will always be. She will have a place in my heart forever."

Tears welled up from the eyes of the crowd. He too, can't keep the hurt he was feeling. Before he knew it, tears are running down his cheeks.

After the burial, people are patting his back and saying their condolences. He was just smiling at them as a reply. A very lonely smile.

"We are going first Levi. Glenda needs to rest" said the father of his girlfriend.

"Yes sir. I will be staying here for a while" He said then seated next to the grave.

Minutes of silence passed. When he felt that he was already alone he started talking.

"Hey.. I thought we'll be together until we get old? You promised. We made a promise. Now that I'm all messed up again who will save me? Without you I'm nothing. Baby, please... -" He started crying again. "-don't leave me."

He sensed that someone was standing in front of him. He immediately looked up. He was startled to see a girl. She was about his age. The girl gave him a box of Kleenex then started walking. He saw that the girl was holding a bouquet of flowers and a candle. She seated in front of the tomb which is next to his girlfriend's. He was about to leave because of embarrassment when the girl spoke.

"You'll get through it." She said. "You see? When the time comes for us to left this world, there's no stopping it. You just have to live with it. That's life." She said while still looking at the tomb she was visiting. Even though she was saying it to him, it also sounded like she was saying it to herself. Before he left he took a peek on what was written on the tomb which the girl was sitting next.

Luke G. Hernandez

October 21, 1999 - August 24, 2020

He was shock to see that the date of his death was close to the date of his girlfriend's death. It was just one day ahead. He felt chills run down his spine. When she looked at the girl again, she was smiling. An angel like smile and without knowing he too was smiling.

Weeks passed and he didn't miss a visit to his girlfriend. When he looked at the tomb of which the girl visited, it always has fresh flowers; that only means that the girl always visits the person who is laying there. The guy was the same age as him. He was probably a relative or a boyfriend.

On a Sunday he decided that he will come earlier than his daily routine. It was a day-off after all. When he arrived at the cemetery he saw the girl. He thought maybe the girl always visits the tomb early. Examining the girl, she has good features. She's not that tall for a model but her height is average. She also got the curves. Her long hair looks soft. He shook his head when he realized that he sounded attracted to this girl.

"Is there something wrong?" the girl asked. She probably saw him staring at her he thought.

"no... nothing's wrong..." he answered. That's all he can say from embarrassment.

A minute of awkward silence passed. At least for him it was awkward. Sometimes he steals glances at the girl and he'll saw her smiling or reading a book. It made him chuckle. Realizing that a girl smiling to herself must be crazy.