Flowers for a Ghost…
'Dear Michael...' My hand printed out the words in my journal, Where do I begin? It's been almost a full year since the attack on the Twin Towers... How am I supposed to begin this letter? Here goes nothing...
'Dear Michael,
I know it's been nearly a full year since I've wrote to you... I'm sorry, but after the death of Ally I kinda lost my mind more...' Kinda? I had absolutely lost it! Loosing you and her, it's hard on me Michael..
'Honestly I'm just lying to you and myself, Caroline's trying to help me cope. So is Aidan, least to say he's not even close to helping. Even if what he's trying to do is sincere... I now have two tattoo's to remind me of you and Ally, while getting them I took in the comfort in the pain of the needle... Now I'm just sitting here in our restaurant, killing myself with cigarettes and drinking coffee...Dad's bringing Caroline to spend time with me, she thinks that this could be our place now...The pain hurts, I still think of you everyday-'
Caroline interupted me, that smile of her's crossing her face. No matter how I was feeling I always smiled back, she sat next to me at the booth, hugging me and smiling once more...
"Whatcha doing Tyler?" she asked getting comfortable, Caroline's hair has grown out since it was chopped off and she looks older, considering now she's 12 she's still really cute.
"Writing to Michael..." I said directing my attention to the pencil that was still in my hand directed at the paper.
"Oh..Well any response?" She said with a grin, trying to make me laugh which of course she did.
"No, but I'll tell you when he does.."I smiled back and putting out my cigarette.
"We should go to Central Park or something...with Aidan!" She suggested with enthusiasum..
I sighed and smiled. "Sure, but not with Aidan. The only thing he know's how to do is drink and party, Im not in the mood and your still too young!" He laughed slightly.
Caroline grinned again. "Okay!" she hopped down from the seat, waiting for Me. "Comon Tyler!" I laughed and wrapped the elastic band around my notebook, then paid for the coffee and took her hand leaving the restaurant... Caroline skipped as she held my hand, as I kept one hand on my bike.
I laughed as we made our way to Central Park's Alice In Wonderland statue... 'Michael, you'd be proud of how much she's grown...' I thought to myself as she first climbed the statue. My lips parted slightly when I heard someone call Caroline's name. "Oh Caroline!" A sweet voice called her name.
"Miss Brenna!" Caroline said rushing off of the statue toward's a medium seized women, with dark,curly hair and brown eyes. My heart beated fast, I walked over. This Miss Brenna's eyes sparkled with intrested.
"Tyler, This is Miss Brenna! She's my art teacher at my summer art program!" Caroline's eyes were lit up looking at her teacher's soft face.
"You are?" She asked holding out a hand and smiling. "Tyler, Im her brother..." I watched her as she wrapped her arm around Caroline.
"I'm Jasmine, Well Tyler you certainly have a talented little sister! My favorite student! But that's our secret, right Caroline?" Caroline grinned. "Yes Miss Brenna"
"What are you two doing here?" Jasmine asked curiously towards Caroline, she smiled again "Were just hanging out.."
"Well have fun!" She smiled towards Caroline and then a shy one towards me. She left going over and sitting on a bench, pulled out a book I couldn't tell what it was called. Caroline climbed up the statue and I followed sitting next to her, I watched Jasmine reading while I smoked a cigarette.
"Tyler..." Caroline said pulling on my shirt and smiling, "What?" I asked smiling back. "Your looking at my art teacher.."
"No Im not.." I said looking down at the dark metal beneath my feet. "It's okay Tyler." I stared off into the distance, my hand instintivly touched both my tattoo's, Michael's then Ally's which is on the inside of my wrist...