AUGGIE::
Hands in his pockets, he approached the dead body of his friend. He swallowed thickly and waited. He looked up and down the body. The nice clothes, the make-up, the motionless eyes. Slowly he knelt down on the kneeler. With a heavy sigh he bowed his head.
'I don't know what to say. I mean, this isn't something they teach you in high school. In a way I wish they did. Then this wouldn't be so hard. How do I say goodbye to one of my best friends? How do I go on knowing that I'll never speak to you again? You were really special you know? Not like my classmates at my old school. Not like the kids in my neighborhood. You were so smart. So how could you be so stupid? You knew what would happen, didn't you? Of course you did. When Peter told us you were dead I called him a liar. I'm surprised he didn't put me on shuns...or worse. I wish he had been lying. I would go on shuns for the rest of my life if I knew he was lying. If I didn't have to be looking at your body right now. So you finally did it. You killed yourself. You've been trying to for years haven't you? So how does it feel? I know how I feel. I feel angry and guilty at the same time. But someone has to be angry at you! Somebody has to because if you were alive we would all be angry. We would also be happy though because we wouldn't have to see you like this. We wouldn't have to say goodbye. So I guess being angry is pointless. Peter would say its normal. Nothing about Horizon is normal though. Well adios my friend, I guess I'll see you on the other side.'
He raised himself from the kneeler and touched the head of his friend as he followed the line back to his seat.
Hands in his pockets, he approached the dead body of his friend. He swallowed thickly and waited. He looked up and down the body. The nice clothes, the make-up, the motionless eyes. Slowly he knelt down on the kneeler. With a heavy sigh he bowed his head.
'I don't know what to say. I mean, this isn't something they teach you in high school. In a way I wish they did. Then this wouldn't be so hard. How do I say goodbye to one of my best friends? How do I go on knowing that I'll never speak to you again? You were really special you know? Not like my classmates at my old school. Not like the kids in my neighborhood. You were so smart. So how could you be so stupid? You knew what would happen, didn't you? Of course you did. When Peter told us you were dead I called him a liar. I'm surprised he didn't put me on shuns...or worse. I wish he had been lying. I would go on shuns for the rest of my life if I knew he was lying. If I didn't have to be looking at your body right now. So you finally did it. You killed yourself. You've been trying to for years haven't you? So how does it feel? I know how I feel. I feel angry and guilty at the same time. But someone has to be angry at you! Somebody has to because if you were alive we would all be angry. We would also be happy though because we wouldn't have to see you like this. We wouldn't have to say goodbye. So I guess being angry is pointless. Peter would say its normal. Nothing about Horizon is normal though. Well adios my friend, I guess I'll see you on the other side.'
He raised himself from the kneeler and touched the head of his friend as he followed the line back to his seat.