They say when you lose a loved one that they are gone from your sight but never from your heart. I tiredly pushed a mouthful of lucky charms into my mouth. I couldn't sleep last night because all I could think about was my father. At around two am I could hear the cries of my mom. I could tell she was trying to be quiet but with each cry but it only got louder and louder after each one. I got out of bed and walked over to her room. I quietly opened the door ajar and looked inside. She was sitting on the edge of the bed with her back facing me. She had one of my dad's suit jacket over her pyjamas. In front of her on the floor was a box which held some of my dad's belongings. I always see her open it on his anniversary but I'm sure she opens it a lot more than that. To her left was a numberm of pictures and her right hand was enclosed in a fist. I couldn't see what she was holding but my guess is that it was her wedding ring. I ended up sleeping with her in the same bed so we could both comfort each other.

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard the honk of veronicas car. I quickly got up and grabbed my bag and slung it over my right shoulder. I then picked up the flowers for my dad which were sitting on the table. Once I opened the door I saw both Steph and veronica standing outside the door.

"Hey, are you ok?" Steph asked

"Yeah I'm a little sad but I'll be fine" I said giving her a weak smile.

"We are really sorry S" veronica said rubbing my arm lightly in comfort. "Hug?"

I nodded and we all huddled together. I felt a single tear fall down from my eye. I'm so lucky to have friends like them. We stayed like that for a few more seconds until Steph pulled apart. "We better go before we are late for school"

"Yeah" I said in agreement and we all filed into the car. Once we arrived at school I decided to leave the flowers in the trunk of her car. We got to our lockers and did our normal routine of getting our books for the next few classes.

"So guess what?" Veronica smiled

"What?" I laughed

"You're meant to guess but whatever" she muttered "Josh asked me out on a date tomorrow night" she squealed

"That's great V but just be careful Ok?" I said.

After what happened these past few days I'm trying to forgive Josh but I really don't want a repeat of what happened to me to happen to my best friend too.

"Don't worry I'll be fine" she smiled and closed her locker

"So are you going to forgive him?" Steph asked

"I mean I will eventually but I don't know when" I shrugged

"And what about Aaron" veronica asked. I was about to answer when the hell rang. Saved by the bell.

"Gotta go bye" I rushed out and made my way to my first class of the day

At lunch

"God I'm starving. I'm pretty sure the whole English class could hear my stomach growling" I laughed

"When are you not hungry. You're so skinny but you eat so much" veronica said

"And that's on a fast metabolism" I said making all the girls laugh

We were walking towards our old table when Steph stopped me. "Ok so I know you and Aaron aren't on good terms right now but we were hoping that maybe we could sit at the boys table today." Steph explained

"Oh" Is all said as my face fell

"You know what nevermimd we can sit here in-"

"No it's fine plus you should be allowed to sit wherever you want so yeah i guess we can sit with them today" I shrugged

"Oh my God see I told you she wouldn't mind" Steph said to veronica. They both giggled and started making their way to the table and I followed behind them. We stopped in front of them making them stop eating.

"Do you guys mind if we sit here?" Veronica asked

Josh was the first to answer "Of course you can sit here". Veronica sat in front of josh. I sat to her left which was in front of Justin leaving Steph to sit in front of Aaron. You could tell it was awkward because nobody was talking, simply just eating their food.

"So is everyone still going to the cinema tomorrow?" Justin asked.

Shit I completely forgot about that

"Can't I have a date with this beautiful lady tomorrow" Josh said referring to Veronica who was now as red as a tomato.

As much as I hated what josh did there was no denying that he really liked Veronica and she liked him too.

"I have to babysit a girl from m neighbourhood tomorrow" Steph said

"Fine Aaron? Sierra?" Justin asked

I looked up at my food and made the poor mistake of making eye contact with Aaron. He was already looking at me. I diverted my eyes to Justin who was waiting on an answer. "I can go" he simply answered.

Great I was going to say I could go but I'm definitely not going now.

I'm busy" I lied.

"With what?"

"Stuff...I got stuff to do"

"Oh like murdering someone" Justin joked

"Yeah sure let's go with that" I said.

The whole group was quiet again. I felt bad because I knew it was because I was there. There was just too much tension between Aaron and I and it definitely didn't go unnoticed. After thrifty more minutes of awkward talk the bell finally rang indicating our next class will begin.

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After school

"Oh my God but we should totally go go karting" Steph laughed. In our last class the teacher made reference to go karts as an example for what he was teaching.

"Ok but Imagine it flipped over and fell on top of you" I said

"That would never happen" Veronica said. We heard her phone ping. She pulled out her phone and looked at the message. "Ughhh great" she muttered under her breath and started frantically tapping at her phone.

"What's wrong?" I asked

"My mom just texted me that I need to be home ASAP" she sighed "that means I can't go with you to the graveyard"

"What? How am I supposed to get there?"

"I don't know but I'm really sorry I wish I could be there with you but my mom really needs me"

"It's fine I'll just call an Uber" I sighed reaching over to my back pocket to grab my phone.

"But you hate Uber's" Veronica said. That is true. They scare me because anything could happen like kidnapping.

"I'll be fine I promise"

"Ok when you get into the car text me, when you get to the graveyard text me, when you are back in the car text me and when you get home text me. Oh and turn you're location on so I can track where you are" she ordered. This is why she is my best friend.

"Ok" I laughed "now goyou're mom needs you"

"Ok bye I love you" she hugged me and left. Before she left I grabbed the flowers from her car and held them in my hands. As I started calling an Uber a car stopped in front of me. I looked up and saw the last person I wanted to see.

You have got to be kidding me

"Get in the car" he said. Is he on drugs because I know for a fact he didn't just order me to get in his car.

"I'm good thanks" I fake smiled which didn't go unnoticed.

"I know you don't want to call an Uber so get in the car" he said

"Were you eavesdropping on my conversation?" I asked with disbelief

"That doesn't matter get in the car" he repeated

"And if I don't" I shot back

"I'm not going to move and the cars behind me look impatient if you ask me" he smirked. I looked over to the cars that were behind him and they all looked pretty annoyed. I looked back over to him and he was still staring at me. He leaned over and opened the passenger door before leaning back. I rolled my eyes in annoyance and got into the car.

The drive there was extremely quiet he didn't even put on any music. After twenty minutes we arrived at the cemetery. "Thanks" I mumbled and opened the car door. He opened his door which made me whip my head back.

"What are you doing?" I asked

"I'm getting it out of the car" he said slowly with a confused expression

"You can wait here I'll only be a minute"

"Sierra just-"

"No I said wait here" I repeated raising my voice slightly. I grabbed the flowers and got out of the car, slamming the door in the process. I sighed and made my way to my dads gravestone. My eyes immediately welled up as I saw his picture. I stepped forward and kneeled down on the ground. My mood decided to match with the weather because almost immediately it started pouring rain. I could feel my clothes getting drenched and it became second skin.

"Hey dad" I whispered "I brought you flowers" I said placing them down "I got the orange ones because that's your favourite colour" I smiled. I didn't find comfort in the fact that he couldn't answer me. "Why did you have to die? Why couldn't you have just listened to me and mom and stick with your job?" I cried "WHY?" I screamed. I couldn't help it. The tears kept streaming down my face non stop, mixing with the rain.

I suddenly felt strong arms wrap around my shoulders and pulled me back in their embrace. "It's ok, it's ok" he whispered in my hair. "Cmon we need to get out of the rain" he said lifting me up. We walked back to his car and got in. He handed me a tissue before he started driving. I rested my head on the head rest and tilted my head to the right so I was looking out the window. I felt my eyes close slowly but I was fighting to keep the open. Eventually I gave in and fell asleep.

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Aaron's pov

"Sierra, Sierra wake up" I whispered shaking her lightly. I sighed in defeat when she didn't even move slightly. I got out of the car and walked to her door and knocked on it. Maybe her mom was inside. After knocking again nobody answered. I looked back at the car and saw she was still sleeping. I looked under her flower pots but there was no key. I walked back to the car and opened the passenger door.

My mom always told me that you should never ever go through a women's purse or bag but in this case I think I can be excused. I rummaged through her bag looking for her keys but they were nowhere to be found. "For fucks sake" I mumbled. There was only one thing left to do.

I had to bring her back to my house.

Heyyy lovelies. I hope you're all keeping safe. So like I promised this chapter is a lot longer than my last. ALSO THANK YOU FOR 40K READS AND 1K VOTES. It honestly means so much to me that people actually like what I write so thank you. Since I was feeling happy I decided to throw in Aaron's pov last minute. Let me know what you thought of this chapter.

Precious x

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