Episode 2 Chapter 2 Memory Lane
It had been four days since the plane crash. Spencer's body was never found. Lily was trying to hold out hope, but she was beginning to believe the worst.
Lily was sitting in her bedroom. Michelle walked in.
"Michelle I didn't know that you were still here."
"Yeah…I thought maybe we should talk to Scarlet together."
Lily collected herself. "I think that I should do that alone. That poor little girl has lost so much in her life…"
"She knows that something is wrong."
"Yeah well she just thinks that he is missing. I mean I'm still trying to hold onto that hope. I keep thinking that he's going to call and tell me that it was all a joke, and he's on his way home. I keep waiting for the police to call me and tell me that he is on his way to the hospital and that he is going to be fine." Lily sighed. "But reality is hitting me pretty hard."
Michelle wrapped her arms around Lily. "I wish I could say that everything was going to be okay, but I don't know that. But I do know that Spencer would want us to be optimistic. He would want us to hope for the best."
Lily dropped. "I don't think there is a best in this situation." She walked to the door. "I have to go tell a little girl that her daddy is probably dead. No one prepares you for things like this."
Michelle sat down on the bed. She felt like it was the end of the world. She would have done anything to switch places with Spencer, but she couldn't, and that broke her heart most of all.
The scene changes to Lily walking into Scarlet's room.
She had wiped away her tears the best that she could.
"Scar, may I come in?"
"Yeah," Scarlett looked up at her.
"I have to talk to you about something…I wanted to talk to you about it first because I'm not really sure that Ansley and Scott are really going to understand. They are so young and this is so hard."
Scarlet looked at her. "Did they find my daddy?"
Lily sat down on the bed. "Honey, do you remember what they told you when your mommy died?"
Scarlet immediately started to tear up. "They told me that she was in heaven, and that I wouldn't be able to see her again, but she would always be in my heart."
"Sweetie, the rescue team did the best that they could, but it was your daddy's time to go to heaven…See God decides when he needs more angels in heaven, and he decided that your daddy was supposed to be in heaven with all the other angels…He had already done everything he was supposed to do on earth." Lily didn't know where those words had come from. She wasn't sure if she even believed them, but she needed Scarlet to believe them.
Scarlet sat there for a moment. "No…Daddy's aren't supposed to die. He promised he would never let anything happen." She stood up. "We have to find him. They didn't try hard enough."
"Listen, Scarlet I need you to be strong and brave for Ansley and Scott. They are going to need their big sister more than ever now."
"I don't have a mommy or daddy. I don't have anybody Lily…I'm all alone." She rested her head on Lily's shoulder.
"No baby girl…you are not all alone…You have me sweetheart, and I promise you that I am not going anywhere."
"Everyone always breaks their promises."
"Not me…not this time…I love you sweetie, and we're gonna be okay. Because we have each other and we have Ansley and Scott, and we have to learn how to be brave for them." Lily held her close and they both wept.
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Lucas was sitting on his bed. "I don't understand this."
"Luke," Peyton sat beside him.
"Lily has lost so much in her life. It isn't fair. She deserves so much better."
"Death isn't something that we really understand Lucas. You've told me that time and time before." She rubbed his shoulders.
"It isn't fair…" Lucas sighed. "Lily was finally happy. And now tomorrow she has to bury her husband. She has to hear people tell her how sorry they are, and I don't want that for her."
"I know honey. I wish that we could make it better. I wish that we could fix it, but we can't. We just have to be there for her…We have to let her know that we love her."
Lucas nodded.
Peyton held onto him. "I love you Lucas."
"Don't ever leave me. I don't know what I would do without you."
"Don't worry…I'm not going anywhere."
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Michelle was sitting on her couch.
Andy walked in.
"I want him to come back."
Andy touched her shoulder. "I'm so sorry Michelle."
"I don't want to live here anymore Andy."
"What?"
"I want to travel around the world…The truth is Spencer's not here anymore and Clare is moving to be with Smith…and Daniel and Noah don't need me. I moved here for Spencer…I…And we can always come back to visit." Michelle cried. "It's just going to be too hard Andy."
"Okay…we can do whatever you want to do Michelle…Whatever makes you feel better." Andy hugged her. He knew a thing or two about loss too, and he would do anything to make her feel better.
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Summer is sitting in the middle of the floor looking through pictures of Spencer.
"Sweetheart you should be in bed. We have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."
"I know…I…Spencer was my best friend. He was always there for me when no one else was."
"Summer…"
"We did everything together until Lily came in the picture and then Jeremy came in the picture…And I don't know what I'm going to do without him Jamie. Who am I going to call when we have fight or when I get mad at Lily…Or…" Her voice began to break. "Jamie…I don't want him to be dead. Everyone I love dies…everyone."
Jamie held Summer in his arms.
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The next morning Lily was standing in front of her mirror wearing a simple black dress. She wasn't exactly sure what you were supposed to wear to your husband's funeral. His favorite color was red or some days it was blue…but then again he really liked when she wore yellow. He always said that she looked like the sun or beautiful sunflower. Sunflowers were his favorite flower. They were hers too or lilies. She was very partial to lilies.
But she decided to wear black. That was traditional funeral wear. Everyone would be wearing black, and it was going to be depressing. Her life was going to be depressing now. Living was going to be hard without Spencer, but she would learn how to do it. She would learn how to live without him…it would be hard, but she had no choice.
"Hi," Summer walked into the room. Lily immediately hugged her. She knew better than most what Lily was going through. "How are you holding up?"
"I'm going to need you guys more than ever now."
Jamie walked in. He walked over and hugged Lily and Summer.
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The church was filled with pictures of Spencer and his family.
Lily held it together throughout the service. She had to be strong for his kids. Scarlet was a mess, but Lily was there for her the entire time.
At the graveyard Lily, Michelle, and Summer stood in beside the grave. They couldn't believe that the man that had meant so much to them was gone. He was really gone.
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After everything was over and the kids were finally asleep Lily walked into her bedroom that she once shared with Spencer. His smell still filled the room.
She closed her eyes. When she opened them he was still gone. It wasn't a dream…It was her living nightmare.
She walked out of the room and then into the kitchen. She opened the cabinet and pulled out a bottle of wine.
Before she knew it she had already drank three glasses.
The next morning she was asleep on the couch. The whole bottle of wine was gone. She didn't even realize that she had drank it all. She heard a knock at the door.
"Oh God…my head," She held her head and walked over to the door.
It was Nathan. "Oh God…You look just like I did after Haley died."
"Nate, what are you doing here? It's early."
He looked over at the empty bottle. "You are a lot like me, and I'm here to save you before you self destruct."
"I'm not going to self destruct."
"You did when your mom died…and I did when Haley died. I screwed up majorly after Haley's death, and I'm not going to let that happen to you."
"It was one bottle of wine…" Lily sat down. Her head was still spinning.
"Yeah and then it'll just be two and then three. I know how it works Lil…I've been there, and I'm not going to let what happened to me happen to you."
Lily nodded. "I miss him so much Nathan…When does the pain go away?"
Nathan shook his head. "The pain will always be there, but as the days go by it does get better…I promise…"
Lily rested her head on his shoulder. "I don't know how I'm going to be able to do this without him. It hurts so badly." Tears fell from her face. "I miss his touch, his smile, and even his voice. I keep thinking that he is going to walk through the door but he doesn't…and that's the worst part. That's the part I hate the most."
"I know Lily…I'm going to help you through this every step of the way…I'm not going to let anything happen to you. I'm going to take care of you Lily."
"Why are you doing this Nathan?"
"Because I'm your brother and I love you." He hugged her.
"Thanks Nathan…Thank you."
She looked at him. "Can we just sit here for a while?"
"We can sit here for as long as you want."
She rested her head on his shoulder, and he sat there as she cried. He was going to be the best brother that he could be. He wasn't going to let anything happen to her because he knew how hard it was to lose someone that you thought you would be with forever.
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