A/N: I want to see what you guys think. If you guys like it, I will continue. Hope you guys like it. I know for a lot of you have Angel as your favourite character in 'Getting to Know you', so I thought of making something just for you guys.
I've been thinking about it for a while but I wasn't sure when I would upload it, and whether you guys were like it or not. It won't go like my normal stories, like instead of every day as it happens; it will jump between events of Angel's life up to the points of 'Getting to Know You'. Maybe it could cross over to a few points on that, what Angel's views of events were. Because I'm sure a lot of you want to know what she is thinking.
So enough of my waffle, let's just get to the story. I hope you guys like it. Please offer the amazing support as you always do.
I watched as my mother and my father's casket were lowered into the ground. It's hard being only eleven years old, and losing both your parents at the same time in the same stupid accident that should not have happened. My entire elementary school came to the funeral, and my two older brothers Year groups from East Jasper High School were there, along with a huge amount of other people. But no matter how many people came, the two that I really wanted to see were never going to come.
I looked up to see my big brother Humphrey. He is only a year older than me but he looks a lot older than he does. He had his hands on my shoulders the entire service. He's holding up good, considering I heard him cry in his room last night. If it wasn't for Humphrey being here with me right now I don't think I would be able to go through with this. I felt Humphrey squeeze my shoulders. There was something really comforting about his big soft hands gently squeezing my shoulders. It made this extremely painful scene, a little less painful.
The priest read out a final prayer. "Give them, o Lord, your peace and let your eternal light shine upon them." The Congregation responded with Amen. "Let us go in the peace of the Lord" the father said. And like that, the thing I have been dreading the last few days was all over. Just like that the crowd all walked away. I turned around to walk away with the congregation. I couldn't stand to look at that scene anymore.
I stood outside the church doors and watched as the groups of people left. I looked at the hearse straight in front of me. I saw the hat that was covered over the Mercedes badge. I walked over to it and lifted it up. It looked exactly like dads hat. I felt my hands shake a little, until I felt a tap on my arm. I looked up and I saw my even older brother Matthew. He and I maybe aren't as close as Humphrey and I are, but that doesn't mean I love him less.
"Come on Angie, let's go home" Matthew said. "Okay" I replied. "Where's Humphrey?" I asked him. Matthew looked back towards the graveyard. I followed his gaze and I saw what he was looking at. Humphrey was standing at the grave, completely still. Matthew and I walked over to him. It was coming up to 5pm, and it was starting to get chilly. The sun was out but the wind made it feel like a minus temperature.
When we got to Humphrey we saw that he was staring into the grave with the two matching coffins. Matthew rested a hand on his shoulder and I grabbed his hand. Humphrey looked into the eyes of both of us before making an awkward grin. "This just doesn't seem real" Humphrey said. I wrapped my arms around Humphrey and hugged him tightly. Matthew joined in on the hug
When we broke off the hug I realised that I was still carrying the hat and I handed it to Humphrey. "Rest in peace old man" Humphrey said tearing up. Humphrey gently set the hat on top of dad's coffin. The three of us then walked away and let the grave diggers do their thing.
The three of us walked past the church doors where I saw the priest standing. I let the guys walk on; I wanted to say something to him. "Hey father. Thank you for that service. It was nice" I said. "That's no problem Angel" the father said as he walked to the hearse. He stopped. "Has anyone seen my hat? It was right here" the father said. I tensed up. 'Shit' I thought. I walked away and caught up with my brothers before he could ask me anything.
(Time skip to 9:30pm)
Back at our house after the funeral, there were just a few close relatives around. They were telling us stories about my mother and father, like how they named me Angel. Apparently, because she fell pregnant with me so quickly after Humphrey was born, she considered it a gift from an Angel. Well that's what my uncle bob said. Auntie Marie said that she thought Angel was a cute girl's name.
Marie and Bob were now listed as our official caretakers. They only live a few minutes away which meant that we now didn't have move out of the house. They created a new bank account for us because we are expecting a huge sum of money to come from the company that the driver of the truck was working for.
But now it was 9:30. Everyone had left; it was just Humphrey, Matthew and me. The three of us just sat in the kitchen table, not really knowing what to do. "I think I'm going to head up to bed. Night guys" Matthew said. "Goodnight" I said. "Night man" Humphrey replied. He walked out of the kitchen and I heard him head up the stairs. "I think it's time we head to bed now too little sister" Humphrey said to me.
"Yeah I suppose" I said as we got up of the kitchen table. "You can head on up sweetie, I'm going to lock up down here" Humphrey said. "Okay, night Humphrey" I said. I walked right out of the kitchen, and I saw the changed living room. We had to move everything to make room for the two coffins. I sighed and then I walked up the stairs.
When I got to the top of the stairs I saw my parent's room door still open. It was left exactly the way it was the night they left. None of us have been in there. It was only my aunt Marie who went in, and she just picked out clothes for my mum and dad to wear in the coffin. I sighed in sadness once again and I walked down the hall past Humphrey's room and into my room. I turned on my light and closed my door.
I striped down to my underwear and I threw my clothes over my chair. I crawled into my bed and pull my quilt over my body. You can tell that we haven't had the heating on because my bed was absolutely freezing. I sighed and lay there, trying to find the motivation to try and sleep.
Then I heard a soft and gentle knock at my door. "Angel you awake?" I heard Humphrey say from outside my door. "Yeah" I responded. "Can I come in" Humphrey requested. "Yeah come on in" I said. Humphrey then opened the door slowly and I turned on my bedside light, that wasn't as bright as my main light, which illuminated the room just bright enough without blinding us.
"What brings you to my lair?" I asked. "Well I figured you were thinking about something so I was wondering if I can help" Humphrey said as he approached my bed. "What makes you think that?" I asked. "Well I didn't get my normal goodnight hug" Humphrey said as he sat beside me on my bed. "I knew I forgot something" I said in frustration. As an action to support that I punched the bed. Humphrey reached for the fist I used and held it gently. "Hey it's alright" Humphrey said soothingly.
There was a silence as Humphrey and I just sat there, him holding my hand. It wasn't awkward though; I could sit here and let Humphrey hold my hand all night. "Listen Angel there's just something I want to say" Humphrey said. "Okay" I said. I straightened up my posture so I looked directly into Humphreys eyes. I loved looking into his eyes, there just something warm about them.
"I know we might not have mum or dad anymore, but I'm just glad that I have you. I'm not going to lie you're the reason why I am still here" Humphrey said. My eyes widened when Humphrey said. "What?" I asked. I just wanted to make sure I heard that right. "If you weren't here Angel, I wouldn't have any other reason to go home" Humphrey said. "Humphrey don't say things like that" I said. "Well its true Angel. I can't sugar coat it" Humphrey said. I sat up on my knees and looked at Humphrey directly in the eye. "Humphrey you're the reason I'm getting through this. If it wasn't for you, I would have no reason to come home" I said. I could feel myself tearing up, but I tried to remain strong.
Humphrey pulled me into a tight hug. I hugged him tightly back. "Promise me Humphrey that you will always be here for me" I said. I couldn't hold back the tears anymore. "I will Angel. If you promise to be there for me too" Humphrey replied. "I promise" I whispered. "I love you Angel" Humphrey whispered in my ear. "I love you too Humphrey" I said. I buried my head in Humphrey's neck and began to softly cry. Humphrey's hands were rubbing up and down my exposed back. "Everything is going to be okay Angel. As long as we have each other you hear me?" Humphrey said. "Yeah" I said as I quietly sobbed.
Humphrey broke off the hug and looked me straight in the eye as he held my shoulder blades. Humphrey took his left hand and wiped away the tears from my eyes. "Goodnight" he said. Humphrey stood up to walk away. "Wait" I said as I reached for his hand. He turned to face me. "Can you maybe… stay here with me tonight? I don't wanna be on my own" I said. In my ears, I honestly thought I sounded pathetic.
"Sure" Humphrey said. He sat back down beside me on the bed. I moved my covers out of the way to make way for him. Humphrey climbed into my bed, and once he was in, I cuddled up to him, laying my head on his chest. I should mention that this isn't the first time that Humphrey and I have cuddled together. But tonight, there was something different about tonight. When Humphrey wrapped his hands around me, I just felt, this sense of security. And I felt something else too, although I can't really describe it; I haven't felt anything like it before.
Humphrey rubbed his hands up and down my back. "Night Angel" Humphrey said. He kissed the top of my head. When he did that a smile slowly appeared on my face. I closed my eyes and relaxed into Humphrey's chest listening to the beautiful rhythm of his heart through his fabric. "Night Humphrey" I said. And it wasn't long after that when I drifted off into sleep.
(Time skip to 9:00am)
I felt a light shine onto my eyelids. My eyes fluttered as a result of that, which resulted in my eyes squinting opening. I was still lying on the same position, my head lying on my amazing big brothers chest. I sighed and I rubbed his top. "This is nice" I said softly. "I agree" I heard Humphrey say. I felt him rub my hair. "Oh good morning Humphrey" I said getting up and rubbing my eyes. "It's good to see you up eventually" Humphrey said. "How long have you been awake?" I asked as I slowly sat up beside Humphrey as he continued to lie down. "About an hour" he replied.
"Why didn't you get up?" I asked. "I couldn't. You were planted firmly and you could not be budged" Humphrey chuckled. "Aren't you such a good brother?" I asked. "Yeah I am" Humphrey replied as he stretched his arms up. I got up and sat up on Humphrey's stomach. "I hope you mean that because you amazing. I honestly don't think I would be who I am if you weren't around" I said. Humphrey put his hand on my left side. "I could say the exact same thing about you Angel"
Humphrey and I do sit like this quite a lot. If you can't tell this by now, he and I are really close. He's my brother and my best friend. I have lied on top of him like this many times before. But this morning, lying with him like this just made me feel so happy. And when I looked down to him and the way he was holding me, like he has many times before, was a lot different. I felt that feeling that I just couldn't explain again. It was like I wanted Humphrey. What does that mean?
"You okay?" Humphrey said that brought me out of my train of thought. "Yeah. Sorry I was thinking" Angel said. "About how hot you older brother is?" Humphrey said. "Yeah of course" I said in a sarcastic tone, unknown to him that actually was kind of close to what I was thinking. "Come on I'm getting up now" Humphrey said. I lifted myself off Humphrey and rested back on the bed. "I was getting comfortable there" I said. "Well sorry sis, I gotta go and make us something to eat"
When Humphrey got up I realised that he was still wearing the clothes that he was wearing the night before. "I didn't realise you were still dressed" I said. Humphrey then turned and looked at each other. Then I think we both realised what I said. I covered my mouth in shock. "Angel if you wanted me to undress all you had to do was ask" Humphrey said. "Well, if I knew it was that easy I would have tried a long time ago" I said teasingly. Humphrey then lifted up his shirt and threw it on the ground. "Excuse me I don't think I asked you to do that" I said. "You didn't need to. If you don't like I can put it back on" Humphrey said. "Hey I wasn't complaining" I said.
"Good, now you wait there for a little while and I will get you your breakfast" Humphrey said as he walked away. "Oh my god you're getting me breakfast in bed? You don't need to do that" I said. "I do" he said, he approached and sat on the bed beside me. "You had a rough day yesterday. And there going to be many more ahead of us. And I'm going to be the best brother I can be so that together, we can make it through this. I honestly need you Angel" Humphrey said. "I need you too Humphrey" I admitted.
Humphrey leaned forward and pecked me on the lips. Before you go all weird or anything, Humphrey and I are close like this. A kiss on the lips means nothing. Well usually it means nothing. That one however, I felt that feeling again. What the fuck is that feeling?
"I'll be back shortly" Humphrey said. "No rush" I said as Humphrey got up and walked out of my room.
What's happening to me? I feel really… I don't know what I'm feeling. But it defiantly involves Humphrey. It's not a bad feeling. I mean it doesn't appear wrong. If anything I enjoy it. I rested my head back on the pillow. I don't know why but this pillow is nowhere near as comfortable as Humphrey's chest. As I was resting I got a beep on my phone that was lying on the table beside me.
I flipped it open, and it was a text from Lily. Lily was a girl in my class who I was friends with.
(Text conversation)
Lily (L): Hey ang. U up?
Angel (A): Yea, jus up now
L: How you sleep? I regret not calling after funeral
A: no it's fine. U didn't miss much anyway
L: Kate was wonderin how your brothers doing?
A: Hums doing okay. Hes makin me someting to eat now
L: I wish hum. Was my bro. I would love BednBreak right now x
K: I hear him comin up with food. Talk later x
L: See ya x
(End of conversation)
As soon as I put my phone down, Humphrey walked into my room holding a bowl of cereal and a glass of Tropicana. "Humphrey I swear to god I love you so much right now" I said as my happiness levels suddenly skyrocketed. I have never ever had breakfast in bed before. "Well you should be. It took me a lot of strength to fight off the last remnants of the Cornflakes from Matthew down there" Humphrey said as he set the stuff down on my bedside table.
"Oh man. I hope he has something to eat" I said. I kind of feel guilty taking the last few bits of breakfast away from Matthew. He refuses to have toast at all in the morning because of 'carbs'. "Yeah. he found the other box of Cornflakes, literally right in front of him" Humphrey said. I chuckled at that. "Well I have to go and get changed now, so try not to spill too much okay" Humphrey said. "Alright. Thank you again Humphrey you are the best brother ever" I said. "And you the best sister anyone can ask for" Humphrey said as he walked out.
I'm glad I have Humphrey as a brother. My parents are gone, and nothing will ever change that, and I will miss them. But now that I know that I have someone like Humphrey by my side, is proof that my life will still be okay. But in reality all I can do is hope it will be okay. With Humphrey by my side, I know it will definitely be a lot of fun.
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