Within Their World

Missing Them

Jake's POV

      I find myself laying on the edge of the Seeing Pond, looking down at the world. This is my favorite place up here in Heaven. You can see whatever you want when you look through the little pond here in the middle of the forrest. There's thousands across the city but this one is my favorite. It's away form the loud noise.

      I hear some movement coming from behind me but I don't jump, already having an idea of who it is. "How's he doing?" I look over and see Alice coming towards me with two cups of tea and a book under her arm. Her daughter Kara is right behind her with a folded up blanket.

     I sigh to myself but a smile is curling my lips as I answer the new little family I've found here in Heaven.

     "He's doing perfect. He danced for me again. And of course he's snooping and meddling with Chris." I tell them and they laugh with me as we set the blanket up. We all lay down in the edge once more as Alice and I hold our cups.

      "Does it make you sad? To see that he's moved on?" Kara asks me and I look down through the pool to see Cassie getting ready for work, the necklace I gave him seven years ago. Almost a year right before I died.

       "No. I'm not sad. I told him that if I were to ever leave, he had to keep going. And he kept his promise. I miss him though. He was the best person in the world anyone could have. Chris and Chan will be lucky." I tell the sweet girl, turning my head to look at her even as tears form in my eyes.

        "Have you guys checked on Cody yet?" I hear form behind and I smile as Jack comes from behind the trees and sits down with us, next to me as he pats my shoulder.

         "No. Though he and his family should be getting up soon." Alice say and though I know they want to check up on their last piece of family, I'm not quite ready to let go of Cassie at the moment. "It's okay to miss him." She tells me and I can no longer hold the tears.

       "We were gonna start a family. I had already taken the test to be sure. We were so excited and that drunk driver took everything from us." I wail as I cry into the arms of Jack who pulls me closer to him. "I'm happy that he's happy. I'm glad that he's okay. I know he misses me. But it wasn't supposed to be like this." I say, my last sentence watered and pained as I give out my tears for the pond to hold.

       "He'll never forget you. You'll always have a special place in his heart. You know that." Says Alice as she places her hand on my back and I sniffle before nodding my head.

      Kara takes it as her que and she leans over the water, waving her hand through it lightly to create ripples through the image of Cassie leaving the house.

      When the water clears, we find Cody laying in bed with his Mate James and their adoptive son Jonah in between them.

      "They're so beautiful." Alice sighs to herself as her own voice gets thick. No matter how many weeks we come here, it's still so hard to see our family down on the ground, moving on, growing up without us right there with them.

      It's so fucking hard.

      "Cody is such a great father, Alice. He got that from you. Thank you so much for giving me this gift. Thank you Kara for making sure he was saved that day." I don't even have to look at Jake of the rest of the family to know that they have tears on their face as well.

       "I'm happy he has Jessie back. He needs someone with him. Someone who can look out for him like I did. The way I still am." Kara is staring down at her little big brother, the small bean she remembers, an adult now with a family of his own.

       "One day they'll be up here with us. We'll find them when they do." I tell them, voice thick with emotions and tears for all the stuff we missed out on because of the selfish spoke of the world that took something more precious that jewels and money. They stole the time that we had with our family. The people that we love unconditionally.

        "Yes. But I hope it's not for a very long time. I want them to be happy. Even if we have to watch it from here." Alice says and I hate that she's right so much. And I hate that they have to be happy without us.

       I hate that I'm now a cause of pain instead of a cause of joy.

        I miss my Cassie.

       But I'm so happy he's okay now. I will never miss the nights I watched and prayed over him as he drank the memories away. I don't even want to return to a place where I have to get down on my knees and beg my Goddess with tears streaming down my face that he's survived through the night.

        And if Chris and Chan is what he needs to be okay, I'll be okay.

        I'll be just fine. I have to be.

        After a few minutes Cody's fanily gets up to leave, blowing kisses through the pond that ruffles the hair of the family laying in bed. Jack ruffles my own as they get up to leave, the three of them probably going to read together on the couch, their favorite activity.

       I linger for a few minutes before I follow, knowing they'll except me into their home with open arms.

        I let my gaze fall back to the water and let it bring up three images that I watch fro a little bit as they go about their day. "Thank you." I say to two of them and let them fall away. I focus on the last one below me as he gets out the car and looks up at the sky, seemingly holding my gaze. "I love you." I whisper.

        And I let the image fall away as I push myself off the ground and walk away, letting the dance he preforms for me, over and over again in my head, the ending always making me smile.

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So if you didn't cry you're a soulless daemon and you're getting blocked. holy hell this made me cry. not ugly cry but like a constant stream of tears. I love them so much. I hope this answers some questions you have about these characters.

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