Hello everyone, I'm so sorry it took this long.. I really tried to update earlier but I was so busy and I had to finish the last things for school, and the past couple of weeks have been terrible for me. The following chapter really reflects how I feel, and it was a good thing that I wrote it, to kind of let my feelings out you know. Well, i'll definitely try to have the next chapter up sooner! Maybe tomorrow or the day after tomorrow :)
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It is a really sad chapter :( but, I hope you like it.
Troy was sitting in the dining room, his head resting on the table. He was totally exhausted. It had been a week since their parents had died in a car accident, and it had been one crazy week. Their death didn't seem real, it felt as if it was all a dream, like they would wake up the next morning and find out that nothing had happened. Every time Troy walked don the street he just felt as if he would see his parents walking by. But he knew they wouldn't, he knew that they were not their anymore, and yet it felt so unreal. Like said before, this week had been crazy, and it was really busy. There were so many things that had to be taken care of, and Troy's main priority was making sure that the cremation was taken care of. This was a lot of work, and it had to be done, no matter how much he didn't want to. Then there was also David and Emily, who had just lost their parents, and who had no-one except Troy to take care of them. And finally, there was Rosanna. Troy's relationship with her had gotten worse, and worse, over the last few weeks. And that was the life of Troy Bolton at this moment…
Troy snapped out of thoughts when he heard a small voice "Troy?"
He looked up to see his little sister standing next to him. "Yes sweetie?"
"I miss mommy and daddy" her lower lip started quivering and tears formed in her eyes.
"Come here…" Troy stood up and pulled her into a hug "I know, I know, I miss them too"
Troy picked her up, he walked to the living room, and sat down on the couch. They sat their for over an hour. Lindsay had asked for some photos of her parents, so they were watching them. It made her cry, but Troy was actually happy with that. Of course he hated to see her sad, but at least she wasn't bottling everything up like David was.
When Lindsay started yawning Troy looked at the clock, 8 o'clock. "Come on little girl, you must go to bed now."
"Can you read me a story then?"
"Sure, but first you gotta change and brush your teeth ok."
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"So which story do you want me to read?" Troy said, trying not to sound too down.
"Nobody's boy" (Don't own, it's written by Hector Malot, and when I was younger I really liked the book, it's really sad though)
Lindsay really liked this book, and Troy had been reading it to her for a couple of nights now. He started reading the last chapter to her. When Troy was finished and he had closed the book Lindsay started talking again.
"Troy, what will happen if you die as well?" He could see tears coming to her eyes.
"Hey, I won't die ok. I'll be here for you."
"So you promise that you're not going anywhere?"
"Yes I do!"
"So I'll never be alone in this world?" (again, this is from the book, In Dutch the book is called "Alleen op de wereld" which means 'alone in this world')
"Never!"
"Ok, than everything's ok" She laid her head down on the pillow, and turned around. Falling asleep almost immediately after her head hit the pillow. Troy smiled at the sight of his younger sister, she was so sweet when she was asleep. He was thinking about what she asked him earlier, could he really promise he was always going to be there for her? He really wanted to, but what would happen when something happened to him? He didn't know…
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Troy, David and Lindsay walked towards the crematory as slowly as possible. Some family and friends had already arrived, and they were all telling them how sorry they were.
"Hey Troy, d'you think they'll ever leave us alone? I mean, it's really nice of them to be concerned about us and all that… but can we just have a minute alone?!" David whispered
"Yeah I know, we'll be alone in a second."
When they entered the crematory, they saw a man waiting for them. It was the same man that had helped them with planning the cremation. "Hello sir, if you want to you can wait in the family room over there." He said as he pointed to a door.
They slowly walked through the door, and sat down on the chairs in the room. There was an awkward silence, neither of them knowing what to say. There were no words that could describe what they felt right now, no words to describe their emotions.
Troy looked at his two younger siblings. Two children with red, puffy eyes. Two children that had lost their parents. Life wasn't fair, those two children needed their parents. It wasn't fair to take their parents away from them. It wasn't fair to take Troy's parents away, not when he just found them. Well, ok technically mike wasn't his father, but it felt like he was. Of course Troy still had his adoptive parents, and he really loved them, but that didn't make the fact that he lost his real parents less painful.
"Mr. Bolton, everything is ready. Everyone else is already seated, you can come as soon as you're ready." An old man in a dark grey suit said.
"We'll be there in a few minutes." Troy answered, and the man walked away. "Lindsay, David, are you ready to go inside?"
David looked up to Troy "As ready as I'll ever be."
"And you Lindsay, you ok?" Troy spoke softly to his baby sister.
Lindsay just nodded, not able to say anything, tears coming from her eyes. Troy moved his hand to her face, and softly wiped the tears away with his thumb.
They walked towards the door, leading towards the room where the cremation ceremony would be. As they walked through the door, they felt everybody's eyes on them. He looked around, most people he didn't know. They were all friends, colleagues and family of his parents. He had met some of them in the time that he had known them, but from most people he had no clue who they were. They continued walking to the front row of seats, where they sat down next to some other family members.
The old man in the grey suit started talking. "We are all here together for…" Troy wasn't paying attention. He couldn't concentrate on what the man was saying, he was just thinking about everything that had happened, and what would happen during the next couple of weeks. How he would take care of everything, especially the children. But he snapped out of thoughts when eight men brought in the coffins. As they did so, their mothers favourite song softly started to play.
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.
When David heard this song, he had to cry again. His mother had loved the song; she was always singing it when she was at home, no matter what she was doing, during cooking, during cleaning, during ironing, always… No happy ending for them…
morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell
This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I'm wastin'
And I'm wastin' everyday
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.
This is the way they left them… Way too early in an accident. Leaving their children, family and friends behind. "Mum, Dad" Lindsay silently whispered "I love you, I'll miss you, please come back…"
2 o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just carried on
This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I'm wastin'
And I'm wastin' everyday
The men placed the coffins in front of the room, on a little stage. They were covered with flowers, gerbera's in all colours.
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.
A Little bit of love, little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love [repeat
I feel as if I feel as if I'm wastin'
And I'm wastin' everyday
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
To live the rest of our life,
But not together.
When the song was finished Troy was called on the stage to give a little speech. He walked to the stage, and turned around to see everyone looking at him.
"As you all know, I haven't known my parents a very long time. I only met them a couple of weeks ago, because when I was a baby I was adopted. When I first knocked at their door I was afraid they wouldn't like me, that they send me away because they didn't want me. I was wrong though, once they opened the door and we started talking I found out how great they were. They were loving people who immediately accepted me as their family and as their son, even though they didn't know me. And although they have not raised me, it immediately felt as if they were my parents." Troy was crying, and he had difficulty with continuing the speech, so he paused for a moment. "They were two fantastic, loving and caring people, and I'm glad to have met them. I'm grateful for the time I have spent with them. Mom, Dad, I love you."
Troy walked back to his seat, next to David and Lindsay, "Do you want to say something?" he asked them.
They just nodded, and walked to the stage. David started "I- I don't know what to say. I still can't believe it. And there are no- no words to describe my- my feelings… Mom, Dad, I- I love you." David said in between his sobs. He was holding his sisters hand, softly squeezing it.
Then Lindsay started talking "Why did you have to go?" She paused for a second, not being able to say anything "I love you so much, and I didn't want to lose you." David put an arm around her shoulders. "I miss you" she whispered.
After that a few more people talked, telling them about their memories, and that they would miss them. When everyone was done, they all walked past the coffins to say their final good bye. This was hard, the hardest part of the ceremony. This was the real goodbye, saying goodbye now, meant letting go of those two fantastic people…
Okay so what did you think of it? it's sad isn't it :(
Well, I know I asked this before but I want to know what you thought of the story and of the following points:
-the story?
-the way I use dialogues?
-the flashbacks?
-the way I write?
-anything else…
If there is anything that you didn't like, please tell me why, and how I can change that. If there are things that you really like about this story, please tell me as well coz I like to know that too :D So please review to tell me what you think of this!
Btw, some people asked me when Troy and Gabi are going to meet, it's either next chapter or the chapter after that. I just had to follow the story that I thought of so that I could let them meet in the way I wanted. I know that I said it's a troyella, and it is… but I didn't only want to write about their love.. so I decided to make a whole story around it, and that's why they haven't met yet :)
