High school Humphrey
By Jacob Quesenberry
It all started when my parents told me that we had to move out of South Carolina and into Ohio because my parents would lose their Federal job. They told me that I would have a week before we left. (A Federal job requires you to move continually were ever you are needed). For the next week I said my goodbyes to all the friends I made and spent all the time I could with my friends. The day that I had been dreading forever, I was the day we had to leave. My mom was nice enough to let me say goodbye one last time before we lefts so I went about saying goodbye and giving hugs to everyone, the last person I went to see is my girlfriend Blue. Blue and I have dated for over 2 years and she was truly an amazing girl, she was like family to me and my parents. Blue lived with her grandma since her mom and dad died in a terrible car accident. So I made my way to her grandma's house and rang the doorbell.
Blue's grandma: Humphrey it is so nice to see you, come in, come in, Blue has been expecting you.
Humphrey: well Blue I wish today was a normal day like usual but it's not, today is the day I have to leave.
Blue: is that seriously it Humphrey, our 2 year relationship is going to end like this with you breaking up with me and moving?
Humphrey: I'm sorry Blue but there is nothing I can do, I wish there was something to do but there just isn't anything I can do.
Blue: well I'm not letting this relationship end like this, not on this kind of note.
Humphrey: but what can we do?
Blue: what if I was to go with you?
Humphrey: really, you would do that for me?
Blue: I absolutely would
Humphrey: but how are you going to convince your grandma to let you go with me?
Blue: trust me Humphrey, my grandma only want me to be happy so if I tell her that if I don't go with you I will be unhappy.
Humphrey: that just might work Blue.
Blue: it's not a might, it will work. So I go and tell my grandma that we need to have an important talk. Grandma Humphrey is leaving state today and I want to go with him, you always said that you want nothing but for me to be happy and if I say her I will be unhappy, but if I go with him I will be happy.
Blue's grandma: are you sure you want this because once you go there isn't any turning back.
Blue: absolutely, I love Humphrey and want to be with him, I can't be without him.
Blue's grandma: ok let me make a call to Humphrey's mom.
Call between Blue's grandma and Humphrey's mom:
Humphrey's mom: hello
Blue's grandma: hi Jamie its Maggie, it seem that there is a problem.
Jamie/ Humphrey's mom: oh and what problem might that be?
Maggie/ Blue's grandma: well you see Blue want to go with Humphrey and your family.
Jamie/ Humphrey's mom: well Maggie I truly wouldn't want to basically separate Blue from you.
Maggie/ Blue's grandma: oh no there is no need to worry about that, you see that all I ever wanted for Blue is for her to be happy and if she is unhappy and doesn't want to stay here and instead go with Humphrey then I fully support her choice. I would rather see her leave with Humphrey and be happy.
Jamie/ Humphrey's mother: well since your fine with her leaving and going with us, then I would surely love for her to come with us, after all she is like family to us, well I will be keeping in touch with you and please tell Blue and Humphrey that we are leaving in one hour.
Maggie/ Blue's grandma: ok I will be sure to do that, oh and Jamie, thanks you so much.
Jamie/ Humphrey's mom: your well, goodbye.
Maggie/ Blue's grandma: goodbye
Blue: well what did Humphrey's mom say?
Blue's grandma: she said that she would love for you to go with them.
Blue: oh my god no way, Humphrey I can go with you!
Humphrey: oh my god I can't believe it, you're actually going with me! I wonder how long we have before we have to leave.
Blue's grandma: I can answer that, you have one hour.
Blue: well sounds like I need to start packing.
Humphrey: I will help you pack that way it will go faster. You lay out the clothes you want to take and I will pack them in your suit case. Amazingly Blue and I got all of her stuff packed up in thirty minutes. So Blue and I made our way to her the front door of her house and we said our goodbyes to Blue's grandma, but right before we left I heard Blue's grandma say something to me.
Blue's grandma: take good care of Blue for me Humphrey.
Humphrey: you can count on me and with that said Blue and I were off to my house. The walk to my house only took us ten minutes so Blue and I had some time to ourselves before we had to leave. Well the twenty minutes that Blue and I had went fast so now we were on the road to Ohio and boy is it going to be a long eight hour drive. Well eight hours of driving and stopping for gas and restroom breaks we were finally in Ohio. Well about another hour went by and we were finally at our new house and boy was it a nice house. My parents to Blue and I could share a room together. Well Blue and I decided that we would share a bed together. It wasn't long before Blue and I were off to our new school and it was a first day. My mom made sure that Blue and I would have as many classes together as possible. Well thanks to my mom, Blue and I had ever class together even in the second semester, we even sat either behind each other or next to each other. Well it didn't take long before I started to make friends, my main friends were Kate and Lilly, but there is always that group of people who think they are bad asses and cool. The main people is Hutch, Garth and Cando. By like half of the semester Blue and I had lots of friends, at lunches Blue and I usually sit with Kate, Lilly. That year of school went incredibly fast and so did the summer, so it was now time to go back to school for another year and It was going to be a hard year because Blue and I were in 10th grade, bit I knew as long as Blue and I had each other we would be just fine. I had went and got my driver's license the first day of school, which I of course passed and then drove myself to school and Blue will be riding home with me, my first vehicle was a 1997 Chevy Blazer 4x4, this was my mom's first car and now it was my first car. Well one day Blue and I were on our way home and we were crossing going through an intersection when another driver driving a truck decided to blow the red light and in turn he hit the passenger side of my car going forty-five miles per hour, when the truck hit us it make my car flipped totally over to its hood and sent us grinding down the asphalt, but that wasn't the end of it, we then slid right into a telephone pole and that is what stopped the car. I didn't get knocked out but I was in a daze and couldn't get out of my car, so I had to wait till the police or someone pried my door open or cut it. I then hear someone cutting at my door and what seemed forever the finally got the door open and helped me out of the car. I told the police officer that there was still another person in the car, the officer then pulled Blue out of the car. The officer then called for an ambulance. I hoped that Blue was ok, I didn't even care about the metal in my leg or the deep cuts all over my body I had to see Blue. So I went over to Blue and she was barely alive, I knew she didn't have much time left, so I kissed her and held her hand as she was dying, I even felt Blue slip away and leave me. The paramedics soon arrived and they literally had to rip me away from her and they had to hand cuff me so I wouldn't get in the way. The paramedics quickly confirmed that she was dead, I watched helplessly as the paramedics bring out the body bag and put her and it and zip it up, they then tried to attend to me but I wouldn't let them so they had no choice but to force me into one of the paramedics beds and tied me down and send me off to the hospital. When at the hospital they still had to keep me tied down and they then put me to sleep so they could work on me. When I woke up I was tied to the hospital bed and couldn't move so I was forced to stay in the hospital until they let me leave. When I finally got out of the hospital I got the bad news that the guy who hit us in the wreck died on the impact of the crash so he couldn't be tried for attempted murder. They also told me that my insurance would not cover for a new car or the repair of my car. I got even more bad news, my dad died of a heart attack while I was in a hospital. So now I have lost my car, my girlfriend and my dad all in a matter of a week. I know had two of the most painful funerals I will ever go to besides my mom's when her time comes. I had my mom call me off school for the oncoming week of school. Blue's funeral was Wednesday and my Dad's was Friday, so I only had three days to myself and that was Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Monday and Tuesday I did nothing but sleep a lot and mop around my house and ignore all my friends' phone calls, I only slept a lot during the day because I did not get much sleep at night because I would continually have nightmare about the wreck and Blue and a lot of times I would literally cry myself to sleep or my mom would come in and comfort my so I could fall asleep. The day that both me and my mom were dreading has come, Blue's funeral, both me and my mom cried the whole time, a lot of my friend came to her funeral which made me kind of happy but not really. Then the time came say a couple of words on Blue's behalf and my mom and I were the only ones to say something.
(Humphrey speaking on Blue's behalf)
Friends, family and relatives thank you so much for coming it really means a lot to me, as we all know Blue and I were very close boyfriend and girlfriend, we went through a lot together from old schools problems to moving states. Blue was more than a girlfriend to both my mom and I she was family to us. Even though Blue may be gone her spirit will still live with all of us both in our hearts and are minds, well that's I have to say, mom do you have anything you want to say.
(Humphrey's mom)
No you hit it right out of the ball park.
(Humphrey's pov)
Well the time has come to take Blue to the cemetery and final resting place. So everyone followed the police escorts to the burial site for Blue. Well when we finally got to the cemetery some met took Blue's casket and carried it over to the hole dug and set it up on the support stapes above the grave. About twenty minutes later the preachers arrived and then pulled out the bible and said a few words on Blue's soul and on her behalf. The preacher then asked if anyone had anything special that they wanted to put in the coffin with her before the close it up forever and put it down in the hole and berry it for good. I walked up to Blue's casket and took of the necklace she had gave to me when were had first started dating, I then put it around her neck and told her I loved her, I also took of my Rolex watch and put it in with her that way she would have something from me besides my love. They then closed the casket up and lowered it into the ground and then started to fill the hole with the dirt from the hole, at this point I could no longer watch and walked away to my mom's car balling my eyes out and got in the car and just waited for her to come to the car. Then when my mom finally came and got in the care we had to go and see what was going to be done with Blue's stuff. When we were there they told us that we could have all Blue's stuff and could do whatever we wanted with it. When my mom and I got home we both went straight to or beds and crashed. Although my mom managed to fall asleep I couldn't, so I decided to start going through Blue's stuff and when I was looking though her stuff I spotted a rapped present with a card tied to it. I unwrapped the paper and inside of it was a necklace of some sort, I then took the card out of the envelope and began reading it, and it read; To Humphrey from Blue; "Dear Humphrey you have been the best boyfriend ever and I love you very much and we have been together for a long time and I think it time that we prove that we are committed to each other. This is not a necklace in which you unwrapped, but it is a collar. I was hoping I could collar you to show that your mine, collaring is a big commitment and I think we are ready for it, we are ready to show that we are fully committed to each other". I then picked up the collar and carefully looked at it, the collar was a thick stainless steel wire rope collar with a detachable d-ring and the collar locks shut with a simple Allen head screw and engraved in the bespoke lock was Blue's name. I then began to cry and didn't stop crying until I ran out of tears and then fell asleep. I awoke to my mom telling me that I need to get up for school. When I got to school I made my way to my locker and countless people and friend came up to me and hugged me and asked how I was holding up. Then when I went into my first period class everyone was talking but as soon as I step into the door way it got dead silent and everyone's eyes were on me as they watched me walk to me seat and then when I say down I finally noticed that everyone was just staring at me so I told them to quit fucking staring at me. It could not wait to go home because everything at school reminded me of Blue because ever class I would look at that empty desk were Blue use to sit. As the days went one I became less social and spending more time by myself. I kept all my emotions bottled up and eventually they let lose when I heard someone say that I didn't deserve Blue and now she is dead because of me. I was angered that I walked straight up to the kid and told him to never say anything like that about me or Blue and then I punched him as hard as I could and I punched him so hard that it strait knocked him out. Kate saw the whole thing and she ran after me.
Kate: Humphrey are you ok, are you hurt?
Humphrey: no I'm not ok and no I'm not hurt and not to be mean but since when did you start caring about me all the sudden.
Kate: truth is Humphrey I always cared about you but I never had the courage to go up to you and comfort you like this, I'm just a little shy I guess.
Humphrey: I see well since you're here I could really use a hug, please. Kate then hugged me and it felt amazing, all my worries and emotion were gone, I actually felt happy again.
Kate: Humphrey come up to me and ask me for a hug anytime you need Humphrey, don't be shy if I'm with my friend or anything, just come up and ask, I don't want you to keep going down the lonely road of depression and eventually the depression lead to self-harm and I especially don't want you going down that road. Here is my phone number, so call me anytime you want someone to talk to or text and your more than welcome to hang out with me or even drag me any from my friend to talk to me.
Humphrey: thank you so much Kate how can I ever thank you?
Kate: no need to thank me, I'm just helping a good friend out.
Humphrey: well lunch came around I went to my locked and grabbed my lunch and headed to lunch and when I go to lunch I went to the cover of the lunch room and sat by myself. Well it wasn't long before Kate came over to me and sat right next to me.
Kate: you know Humphrey you don't have to sit by yourself, you can come sit by me and my friends.
Humphrey: I don't think your boyfriend will like that.
Kate: boyfriend? I don't have a boyfriend anymore we broke up a little before Blue died.
Humphrey: oh well sorry to hear that.
Kate: it is fine it happens to everyone. Well feel free to come over and sit with us. So I went back to my table and sat down and told everyone that I invited Humphrey over to sit with us, they said it was fine so I got up and went back over and told Humphrey to come over and sit with us. I then grabbed Humphrey hand and led him over to our table and told him to sit with us.
Humphrey: I'm beginning to think Kate likes me because she is still holding my hand, I didn't want to say anything so I will let it go I guess.
Kate: oh my god Humphrey is actually letting me hold his hand I think he likes me, but I wonder if he is just letting me because he doesn't want to say anything. It really doesn't matter, I'm going to keep holding his hand until he lets go.
Humphrey: it was so weird when I was holding Kate's hand it felt good it actually made me happy once again. They more me and Kate began hanging out the more I began to trust and be happy with her, I eventually asked her out and of course she said yes and we dated all through the rest of high school and then about around the age of twenty five we got married and spent the rest of our life's together. But to this day there is not a day I don't think about Blue or don't visit her grave and every day I drop a rose off at her grave and talk to her like she can her me, still to this day I wonder if she wanted me to, move on or not, but I guess it is the question best left unanswered.
The end