Jade woke up that morning finding Tori in her arms. Tori's head was leaned into Jade's shoulder. Her shirt was drowned in tears. She slowly got up. Tori shifted a bit, placing her head into her pillow. Jade walked down. She sat down onto the couch. She had to absorb everything. Yesterday was possibly the worst day ever. She saw her friend fall apart in front of her. She found herself helpless. She found the others helpless. Right now she hoped that someone has an idea. She looked at the clock. It was 11 am. She slept like 5 hours. Not enough for her. She needed coffee. Now.

As she wanted to take her first sip, there was a knock on the door. She walked over, opening the door a bit. The chain was still on. You never know. Andre was standing on the porch. She unlocked the door and let him in. He looked tired himself. Nobody could have gotten any sleep, she was sure about that. Andre slowly placed the things he brought. His backpack was full of song texts and notes. Jade looked at him, a bit confused.

"You know. Since she loves music… I mean it is her life… she said that herself… I just thought we could play some songs, sing, whatever." Andre shrugged. Jade nodded She liked the idea. Music was Tori's life. She loved singing. Andre looked up at her.

"How is she?" he asked. It was a rhetorical question tough. She couldn't be fine. He just hopped she would be better than yesterday.

"She is upstairs sleeping. She cried herself to sleep in my arms last night. I heard her cry around 3 AM, so I went upstairs. Andre, you should have seen her. She… she was just…" Jade let her hands fall and sighed. She couldn't find the words. She didn't want to. She didn't want to remember Tori like this. This wasn't her.

"I understand. Look, there isn't much we can do now. Let's… let's just try to get her mind of this. That is why I want to do something with music, you know. Get her mind away from her dad. I mean, I want to hear her voice again. She didn't say a thing since yesterday," he shook his head.

"Actually, she did. She gave me and Cat a weak "thank you" after you guys left. I guess it took her much to even say that."

"I see. Did she say anything else?"

"She did. When I came up to check on her last night, I found her lying in the bed. Her hands covered her face. She tried to stop herself from crying, but she couldn't. I sat down next to her and removed her hands. She…" Jade took a deep breath" she looked at me with those eyes… they were full of tears and… she simply said "I miss him, Jade." This is when I couldn't take it anymore. I pulled her up and hugged her for dear life." She explained. She began to choke up at that memory.

"You did the best you could. I bet she was glad she wasn't alone." Andre reassured her.

"I know I am glad that she wasn't." Jade responded. She sat down on the sofa.

"I always saw her as the strongest one of us. She was always the one with a solution. Always knew what to do. What to say. I always mocked her because I knew she could take it. But now…" she sighed.

Their attention shifted towards the steps. They saw Tori slowly walk down. She had that empty look again. She walked over to the couch and sat down.

"It wasn't a dream." She weakly said. Her eyes drifted over to her two friends. "He is really gone. He… He's not coming…" she started crying. Andre sat next to her and pulled her to him.

"I'm so sorry. Tori, I am here. Jade is here. If you need to talk…" he tried to comfort her. She moved back a bit, so she could face him.

"I know. I know. I… I have to let you help me. Trina told me the same thing." Tori said, a small smile forming on her face. The tears were still there tough.

"When did you talk to her? I didn't hear you leaving the house?" Jade asked. Nobody else was there.

"Trina left me a message. It was a few minutes before you came up." Tori sighed. "Thank you for staying with me yesterday. Thank you for letting me stay. I'm sorry for not responding and…"

"Tori, you don't have anything to apologize for. Look, you are going trough tough times now. But we are all here for you." Andre said. She nodded and hugged him this time. He was relieved. She would allow them to help her. It was an improvement.

"The funeral is tomorrow." Tori said out of nowhere. "I don't know if… I…"

"You don't have to go. I'm sure everyone will understand." Jade reassured her, taking a seat next to Tori.

"No. I have to be there. I… I'll keep it together somehow." She said, the tears running quicker.

"We will all be there, right?" Jade said, looking over at Andre and then back at Tori, who raised her eyes to look at Jade.

"Right. The others will be there too." Andre confirmed.

"Thank you. So much." Tori said before she started crying again.

"Hey. Tori… Look, how about we sing a bit today. You know. You love singing." Andre tried to calm her down. It seemed to work. She lifted her head up slowly.

"Okay." She said. Andre smiled and walked over to get the songs he brought. She started looking trough them. She seemed to know what she wanted to sing. Her search finally stopped on a single sheet. Andre and Jade looked at the song she picked. They looked at each other, concern in their eyes.

"Are… are you sure?" Jade asked. She didn't think that it was a good idea.

"It… it was his favorite song. Our favorite." She weakly said. Andre simply nodded and got his guitar. He checked if it was tuned, and started slowly playing. Tori began to sing:

I feel unhappy

I am so sad

I lost the best friend

That I've ever had

She is my baby

I love her so

But it's too late now

I've let her go

We're going through changes ohh

We're going through changes ahh

We've shared the years

We've shared each day

I love you daddy

But I found my way

You know the world

Is an evil place

My baby is grown now

She's found her way

ohh ahh

We're going through changes ohh

We're going through changes

ahh

It took so long

To realize

I can still hear

His last goodbyes

Now all my days

I'm filled in fears

Wish I could go back

And change the years

We're going through changes

We're going through changes

We're going through... Changes

Changes

Changes

Changes...

The last words died in her mouth. The last tune left Andre's fingers. Tori lowered her head. There were no ends to her tears. She was crying openly. Jade and Andre looked at each other. Tears slowly formed in their eyes as well.

"Tori?" Jade asked.

"Tori." Andre said and hugged her again. He blamed himself. This was his idea, and it backfired. She was gone again.

She didn't speak for the rest of the day. Andre apologized a hundred times. He didn't know that deep inside it did help her. But now, she needed to prepare herself for the funeral. It would take everything from her not to break down there. She would see her mom again. She would see Trina again. She would see him again…