Chapter Twenty Five
"Hello, miss. May I help you find something?" A female clerk approached Tori and Cat. They were in the ladies section of a department store.
"Um, actually-" Tori began only to be cut off by the peppy employee.
"Oh, here's a pretty dress. You'd look like a doll in this!" She exclaimed, holding a pink, flowery dress out to Cat. The redhead scooted closer to Tori with a sad expression on her face. The lady gave her a confused look.
"Uh, we're not here to buy... that," Tori explained. "We're looking for clothes to wear to a funeral." The worker's face burned red with embarrassment.
"I-I'm sorry... I didn't know," She said softly.
"It's okay," Tori smiled weakly, then walked away with Cat to continue looking around the store.
Jade's funeral was held exactly seventeen days after her passing. Of course, Beck, Andre, Cat, Tori, and Robbie were there along with most of the students and staff from Hollywood Arts and some of Jade's relatives. Beck and the others were wearing black suits and dresses except for Cat, who wore a navy blue sweater and black skinny jeans. Cat clung to Beck's side as the preacher spoke in a somewhat monotone voice. "We all are mourning the death of our beloved Jadelyn August West, who left us on November 13th. This brave girl fought leukemia for a little over a year. Her struggle for victory over this horrible disease was a tough one, as many of her loved ones know," The preacher spoke while looking over at Beck and the others.
Beck stared at Jade's black coffin while the minister continued. He could feel Cat shaking and saw Tori crying silently out of the corner of his eye. He himself began to tear up as he remembered everything about his girlfriend. All her beauty and all her perfect little imperfections. He reached into his pants pocket and felt the leather necklace that she used to wear all the time, the one with the gold circle that matched his own.
"Jade will live on with us in our memory forever," The preacher finished. They all watched as the coffin was lifted and placed in the ground. Beck remembered a horror movie they had watched and how Jade's favorite scene was when a girl got buried alive. Of course, she wasn't being buried alive. She shouldn't be being buried at all, anyway.
"Jadey?" Cat gasped as she looked up to see Jade's coffin disappearing. It was as if she expected them to keep her there. "What are they doing, Beck?"
"You know what they're doing, Cat. They're burying her," Beck answered. Cat whimpered and held onto him tighter.
"Bye, Jadey…" She mumbled while waving to the coffin. Beck was saying the same in his own mind.
A/N: Keeeeeep reeeeeading! :)