"I am sorry, Ali" Tyler said as he stood next to me. I looked up at him, and then at the house, that stood in front of me. The house that held the memories of the past, my childhood, with my friends.
"You tired, mother tired, nothing could be done." I said, picking up a bag and putting it in the back of the car. Vern and Chris came down the steps of the house carrying two more bags.
"How come, we have more bags, then when we got here," my mother asked looking at me and Gina.
"Everything will be fine Ali, you will see," Chris said, looking into my eyes.
"It will, make sure you watch over Mel and Ace." I said. "You two will be together soon."
Then Goride came up to me. He looked older, from when I saw him when I got here. He had matured, over the months.
"You taught me so much Ali. You don't even know. You taught me to love, and to help people." He said hugging me. "Don't forget about me."
"Goride…I could never forget about you," I whispered in his ear. He looked at me smiling, and then kissed me on the lips softly.
"Ok, let's go," my mother yelled.
"You're in the middle Gina," I yelled. I walked to the car and waited for Gina to get in, who was making out with Chris at the time. She finally got in, before I did Vend called my name.
"Alia, next time you come, don't wait a few years." He yelled
"Then what fun would that be…"
"Hey, I'll see you," Goride yelled.
"Not if I see you first…"
1985…..
I stepped out of the car, and walked quietly behind Gina who was thirty five years old. I was Thirty six years old and back in Caste Rock. It had been the first time in twenty years. We showed up to the funeral late, we stood in the back, leaning against a tree as we watched Chris's body being laid down to rest.
"A good person, gone," Gina whispered. I could remember his face always smiling, his attitude towards life, and his will to help people. People started to leave, and I saw familiar faces. Eyeball and Ace who seemed not to notice us. They grown up, and looked better than before.
"The only time I see you is on bad times," I heard Vern's familiar voice. I turned around to see him staring at me. "Mel is not here, she ran off with a rich man. Emma and Sarah, moved away after the summer you left. Teddy is off in jail, and Goride…well Gordie is here, by his car…"
I wlaked over to Gordie, not knowing what I was going to say to him.
"Gordie…" I said, he looked at me, and stared at me for a while.
"Alia, haven't changed a bit," he said.
"You changed Gordie, you changed a lot," I said, he just looked at me, then looked away in the distance like he was remembering Chris. Then he got in his car without a word.
"Where you going Gordie," I asked.
'Home…"
"Why, let's talk," I asked.
'I am leaving, and never coming back. Just like you did…."
Remember when the days were long
And rolled beneath a deep blue sky
Didn't have a care in the world
With mommy and daddy standin' by
But "happily ever after" fails
And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
But I know a place where we can go
That's still untouched by men
We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
And the tall grass wave in the wind
You can lay your head back on the ground
And let your hair fall all around me
Offer up your best defense
But this is the end
This is the end of the innocence
Who knows how long this will last
Now we've come so far, so fast
But, somewhere back there in the dust
That same small town in each of us
I need to remember this
So baby give me just one kiss
And let me take a long last look
Before we say goodbye
Well it was one of those great stories
that you can't put down at night
the hero knew what he had to do
and he wasn't afraid to fight
the villain goes to jail, while the hero goes free
I wish it were that simple for me.
And the reason that she loved him
was the reason I loved him too
and he never wondered what was right or wrong
he just knew - he just knew.