Deal
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Author's Note: I think that Isabel didn't really deal with Alex's death in the show. So, what better time to handle it than... summer?
Summary: It's summer 2001, and though Alex was killed weeks ago, Isabel Evans hasn't had the time to process and deal with her grief. What will her summer be like?
Rating: By chapter.
Epilogue--G
Isabel's funeral was even more somber than Alex's, coming so close on the heels, and the school, aware of their relationship, put up Alex's picture again, next to hers. Her friends would smile would they saw that.
Her casket was put into the ground right next to his, on Max's insistence. Mr. and Mrs. Whitman had no complaint, telling Max that he remembered how much his son had talked about 'that girl'.
Kyle, Michael, Max, and the sheriff were among the pallbearers again. This time, Mr. Evans joined them, his face as somber as the rest, maybe more so. Maria sang, and Kyle suggested that she sing 'Amazing Grace', as she had at Alex's funeral. No one objected.
But, sad as they were to lose her, Max, Michael, Kyle, Liz and Maria knew that somewhere, Isabel was happy, and often, that thought made it better for them. Took the edge off the bitterness of her leaving them.
Max was immensely sorry for his parents, who didn't even have to comfort of knowing that Isabel was happy in her death. They were suffering the loss of a life cut short by a hit and run, or so they'd been told.
Alex II was brought to the funeral by Maria, who remembered how much the little animal had come to mean to Isabel during the summer months. He seemed to sense the somber mood, and created no problems, none of his usual antics overtaking his actions. Sitting quietly in Liz's arms, he seemed to mourn his mistress just as the others did.
He'd missed Isabel at home, missed being held and cuddled and whispered at. Now, if he was lucky, Max remembered to feed him. Liz was going to take him home after the funeral, though, because she'd seen that Max was too broken up about his sister to care for the rabbit.
Rumors circulating the school said that Isabel had killed herself, and Max, Michael and Kyle were constantly being bombarded with questions, Liz and Maria only slightly less so. They had, and gave, only one answer for the questions: "She loved him."
That was the only fact they were willing to confirm. Otherwise, the school could speculate how it wished.
They all agreed that too much had happened that summer. In honor of the crazy year, the group bought a plaque, and a bench, and had them put up in a local park. The plaque said: 'Alex Whitman and Isabel Evans, dates of death, April 2001 and August 2001. In love 'til the end.' In the bottom of the bench, Max had carved with his powers, 'Who are you, Tess?' He figured that this completed the idea of it being a life-changing events 2001 bench.
And every night, the group would pray that Isabel and Alex, reunited in heaven, were happy.
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