How Does Your Story Go? (Dinah/You)

Chapter Fifty Four

Dinah's POV

As Alice fought the tiredness from overtaking her, I slipping her left shoe in before scooping her into my arms. Out of instinct, Alice wrapped her arms around me before dozing off on my shoulder.

In full honesty, I too was quite tired but there was a lot of things to be done for the day so we all had to force ourselves to wake up early.

Taking the both of us to Y/N's room, I slightly push the door open with my foot, not wanting to only have one hand to support Alice in my arms. The squeak from the bolts of the door caught the Y/L/N siblings to look my way before going back to what they were doing.

As Y/N finished dressing Jace, she patted his back and led him to the bed, "How about you take a quick nap before we leave? I've still got to get ready."

Lazily nodding at Y/N's words, Jace climbed into the sheets and immediately fell into a slumber.

With Alice staying still on my shoulder, I sit on the edge of my lover's bed as she rummaged her closet for her clothes.

The sound of the kids even-breathing felt calming but not enough to relax my girlfriend's nerves.

Ever since the day the letter was delivered to Y/N, it had been a really difficult time for her. At first she hid the letter from me, not wanting to share something so disheartening the day after we spent the night together but I could just tell that her mind was somewhere else whenever we had a conversation.

I tried not to push her and wanted to wait for her to tell me when she was ready but as days went on, the girls noticed that Y/N wasn't being her usual self. It was hard to be there for her when she wasn't willing to tell me her problems so after multiple pleas of asking what was bothering, she cracked and began to sob for hours.

Within the first few hours of her sobbing, I held her tight in my arms, not wanting to ask any questions until she had calmed down a bit to speak to me. Eventually when she calmed down, she brought up about her neighbour who had given her a letter on the behalf of her parents. Shocked and upset I was to hear what the contents of the letter held, I held her in my arms as she broke down in tears once again.

With the help of the police and all the girls' parents, they managed to find Y/N's parents but it was too late. On that day, Y/N and her siblings had lost their parents to their illnesses.

Months have passed and with the encouragement of the parents and the girls, Y/N went to therapy to help her bring closure of the loss of her parents. Slowly, I could see the greyness in Y/N's eyes gradually lift and become a little more livelier.

Feeling a peck on the cheek, I turn to Y/N and pucker up as I wanted a proper kiss from her. With a small smile on her face, she had succumbed into what I wanted as she leaned in and gave me a kiss.

"Let's get going." Y/N says as she softly wakes Jace up before leaving her house.

The ride being quiet with the kids sleeping, I could feel the nerves emitting from Y/N as time went on. Quickly intertwining my hand with Y/N's, I squeezed in reassurance that she could get through this.

Silently thanking me, she continued to pay attention to the road before stopping at our destination.

As the engine was turned off, we stayed in the car as Y/N was mentally preparing for herself. Taking one last breath out, she turned to me and placed her other hand on top of mine, "Let's go."

Getting Alice and Jace to wake up, the four of us walked to the venue and was greeted by the undertaker before we were allowed inside.

It felt a bit overwhelming to be here but I tried my best to push those emotions to the side as people who knew Y/N and her parents began to trickle into the room.

As words were exchanged between those in the room, a funeral service worker started off the funeral with some words before turning to Y/N.

"With that being said, Y/N has some words to say." The worker passed the microphone to her direction and she stood up from her seat.

Y/N with the microphone in hand, she looked around and closed her eyes to gather her thoughts before saying her eulogy.

"Y/D/N and Y/M/N were two people I could never understand despite of being my parents. Growing up in a household of two people who always found the time to butt heads, my last years of childhood was overshadowed by the years of compassion and warmth in the beginning years of my life.

With Jace and Alice being quite young at the time, I remember the first time their relationship was on the rocks. Whether it was about the stress that work brought in their daily lives and into their personal lives, I had seen the crack in their marriage. That crack was mended but once it was slowly healing, another crack appeared and not before long, it was irreparable.

I knew at the time I would have to step up being the elder sister of Jace and Alice to provide the kind of childhood they deserved, in spite of the memories that I remembered through my childhood. Eventually, my siblings and I no longer were wanted as the two split their own ways. Looking back at it now, it was the most painful thing I had to overcome on my own but I wouldn't trade it for anything.

I say that because eventually I grew up to be someone who could take care of my siblings and on the way met some very important people so I don't regret my choices to getting to where I am today. Surprising enough, my parents and I did reconcile when I found out my mother's illness. Though everything that led to building our relationship once again was temporary as they left me a letter to say sorry for all the things they had done before disappearing once again out of my life.

I may have gone through difficult times because of them but I forgive them for what they had done to me. I just hope that they could finally feel happy with the last days they spent it with each other."

Passing the microphone back to the worker, Y/N took her seat and clutched onto my hand, afraid of me disappearing as well but she had nothing to worry about. 

I never plan to let her go and I never will.

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Wow what a ride. I would have written the experience you go through from the period of the letter to the funeral but I don't want to prolong this story anymore. Next chapter will be the last one so look forward to that!

- Joy