A Broken Love Story

Saying Goodbye

I walked downstairs and saw breakfast on the table. I was beaming that morning and ran to my mom. "The most amazing thing happened last night mom." I sat down as my ponytail bounced. "That's nice sweetie eat up we have a long day ahead of us." I sighed as if being ignored was just the most of my problems. "What do you mean?" I asked taking a bite of my waffle. "Just that Cheryl offered to pay for Pollys funeral and host it today for us." She smiled. I made a face. "Cheryl is hosting your own daughters funeral?" I repeated. "Yes is that a problem?" I sat back and relaxed myself. "Can I invite Jughead?" I asked. She looked at me weirdly. "Since you ignored me which was fine, Jughead and I are.. togther. He's my boyfriend and it would mean the world to me if he was there." I said begging. "Fine." I smiled and took another forkful of waffle.

"When is this funeral?" Jughead asked. "Towmorrow at the cemetery, 11 am." I said. "Okay, I'll be there Coop." He smiled. "Thank you Juggie." I smiled back. "Your the one who helped me through this mess you deserve to be the one who comes with me to say goodbye to Polly for the last time." My smile faded. "Hey, it's going to be okay, I'll be right next to you the whole time." He cupped my face as I smiled and nodded my head.

At the funeral I sat down as Jughead stood behind me putting his hands on my shoulders. "Thank you for coming to my daughter Polly Coopers funeral. As many of you know, my daughter was such a smart, young and beautiful girl. She saw nothing but the best in people. We will always miss you Polly, and you will forever be in our hearts." My mom finished speaking and she nodded to me. I took a deep breath as Jughead squeezed my shoulders reassuring me.

I walked up slowly as I cleared my throat. "When me and my sister were little I used to be deadly afraid of the dark. I would always ask Polly to stay in my room, but she never could so she gave me this nightlight. She would always turn it on when she left my room so I wouldn't be scared anymore. Polly puts everyone infront of herself and she was my best friend and such a role model to me growing up." I looked out to see Jughead smiling at me. I saw Polly standing near the open grave smiling at me. I looked at her and smiled realizing how much I missed her. My eyes watered. "But I will always love Polly. No matter what. She will always be my bestfriend. I know that she is happy now, free with her boyfriend Jason in heaven. I can't explain in word how much I miss you Paul's but I can tell you that you have made me a better person, and so many others. We will get justice for you and I won't sleep till we do I promise you. You are loved and never forgotten." I watched Polly walk around to the edge of the grave. She looked at me and waved goodbye as tears dropped from my eyes. Then she disappeared.

Once they lowered her grave into the ground I took out something from my pocket. Jughead looked over at it. "This is the nightlight." I smiled sniffling as salty tears fell to the ground. "I've always kept it for safe keeping, but Polly needs it now." I slowly walked up to the grave and placed it on her coffin. My tears falling onto the dug up ground as I couldn't help but make noises from my tears. I walked back as Jughead wrapped is arm around me as I leaned my head on his chest. "Goodbye Polly." I whispered.