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And flowers Flowers everywhere, real and fake, bright and cheery, dark and somber Some are even holiday-themed I see remnants of Halloween ribbon, plenty of autues and harvest yellows

I felt better, seeing all the color, the benches that people put out there to actually spend ti but it’s also such a part of life I don’t like thinking about it, our mortal selves

It’s easier to pretend we’ll live forever

“Here it is”

Drew’s deep, solance up and I see he’s stopped directly in front of a sround

Slowly I approach, stopping just at his side and I let aze settle on the words written across the stone:

Vanessa Adele Callahan

Born September 30, 2007

Died November 27, 2010

Forever in our hearts…

There was a little picture of Vanessa in the upper right hand corner Her hair was dark like Drew’s, she has a big smile on her face and her blue eyes twinkled

She was adorable

I glance over at Drew and see hi at her picture, his hands in his jacket’s pockets, his expression bleak Full of sadness I want to comfort hi’s going to be all right, but I don’t feel like it’s my place

Plus, he needs to do this He told me so on the drive over He wanted a few rave and think of her Talk to her in his rievance practices? We all mourn differently Personally, I wouldn’t want to co age

Curiosity crept over nore it I really want to kno she died I don’t knohy it’s bothering me so much, but everyone in this fa This one little detail isbreath leaves Drew and I can’t take it anyrab hold of his ar hi He haulsaroundht aroundon to me He needs the coainsther outside while my dad took a phone call And then…then I left”