Death made himself at home considering no one was dying at the moment and he had no other missions to do. The only thing he had a problem with was when the cat known as Lizzie meowed at him with a little growl following.
The front door opened and Jovanna walked in with the girl he had seen her with before. The girl was in tears and Jovanna looked like she'd break down at any given minute.
"Lisa, Jovanna... Please try not to let those bullies get to you..."
Lisa's words when she spoke were slow like always but her voice was gentle, "They said that my mama deserved to die because I was retarded..."
Jovanna grabbed Lisa by her shoulders, firmly but gently to get her attention, "Now, you listen to me. Your mother loved you very much. She still does so do not let those douchebags make you feel bad about yourself. I know its hard but try not to let those who do not matter get to you."
"Mmkay..."
"You want me to do your hair? I can do your nails, too before we do our homework."
Lisa nodded.
Jovanna stood up and turned around only to jump when she saw Death again.
"Why are you following me?" She whispered.
"Can you braid my hair like you did yours when you came to my birthday?"
"Of course!"
Death watched Lisa and could feel that Jovanna was going to lose someone else soon. He felt a sadness rise within him when he felt that not even Lisa knew of the sickness inside of her, not yet.
The girl dropped something when they went into Jovanna's room. It seemed to go unnoticed.
"Jovanna..."
She turned to the horseman, finding that she loved hearing his voice say her name.
"She dropped something." He pointed down.
"Oh, Lisa. You dropped your cross necklace!" She ran back and picked it up, reaching around her friend to clasp it back around her.
"Why do you always wear black, Jo? And why is your room always creepy?"
Jovanna laughed, picking up the brush and brushing through her friend's brown hair, "You ask me this everytime you come over, Lisa." She laughed, "It just suits me better than pink and yellow."
"For me can you wear a flower pattern dress with pink flippy-flops one day?"
"One day, I will. I will get one very soon and I'll wear it when we go shopping next, okay?"
...
"Angel, she looks beautiful." Lisa told Death when Jovanna approached the coffin that held her friend. She was wearing a tank top dress that reached her ankles that had pink flowers patterned on it and on her feet were pink flip flops with big pink flowers on the strap that went between the toes, "I hope she's okay..."
Jovanna was struggling so hard to keep her breakdown inside.
"Jovanna," A man walked up to her and took her in his arms, "Thank you for always being such a true friend to my daughter."
"I'm sorry about you losing her..."
"Jo, she loved you so much. She considered you a sister ever since the first day she came to the new school and you stood up for her. You were there for her when her mother died and you treated her as if she wasn't different at all."
Jovanna caught a tear before it could fall down her cheek.
"This was Lisa's, I thought it was only right to give it to you." Lisa's father handed her a pink glittery suitcase that was covered in Hello Kitty stickers, "And this." He reached around her and clasped Lisa's cross necklace around her neck.
"I told my daddy before I died that I wanted him to give her the stuff I kept in my suit case along with my necklace." Lisa told Death, "Ya know, you remind me of her."
She watched everyone at her funeral and Death waited patiently until Lisa was ready to go.
"Angel, can you promise something? Keep my friend safe, okay?" She made the reaper promise before nodding that she was ready to go but not before running over and hugging her best friend. Jovanna felt the cold chill and had the sudden feeling of being held and brought her arms around herself in an attempt to hug her back.
When they were lowering the coffin into the grave sight Jovanna allowed herself to break down crying. The tent over top with the funeral home logo on it was tossed high into the air even though there was no wind blowing.