He held twelve yellow and orange flowers in his hand as he walked across the freshly mowed lawn to the two graves he visited every now and then with his father. He knelt down setting half the flowers on one grave and the other half on the second grave, the smaller grave.
He frowned running a hand over the smooth surface of the smaller headstone, "Hey little brother." He whispered closing his eyes.
Even though he was young at the time he could still remember that night crystal clear, and sometimes he even still had nightmares about it. He remembered waking up to his door creaking open and someone, defiantly not his father standing in the doorway.
He opened his eyes feeling someone rest their hand on his shoulder and looked up to see Chloe standing there a sad smile on her face.
"Hey kid," She said sitting down next to him, "been a while since I've seen you here. You or your father."
Max shook his head and ran a hand through his short black hair, "Yea well, Dad's been tryin' ta find his past again. Thinks he's gettin' closer."
Chloe nodded, "That good, he's been after that for so long."
Max nodded staring at the grass in front of him, "Do… do you remember her?" He asked now staring at the larger headstone with the name 'Ripley Howlett' etched across its surface.
Chloe's smile faded and she sighed, "Yea, I remember her. She was a nice woman and she loved you boys more than life itself."
Max smiled sadly, "I sometimes forget what she even looked like, and dad won't talk much about her either."
"Max?" A soft voice called his name and he looked up over his shoulder at the girl walking towards him.
Max stood up, "Hey Diana." He smiled and hugged the girl who hugged him back.
"I knew I'd find you here," She smiled sadly then turned to Chloe who had stood up as well, "Who this?" She asked curiously.
"Oh, this is my aunt Chloe."
"Hi." Chloe said rather awkwardly running a hand through her hair.
Diana turned back to Max, "We should probably go, or we'll be late for the movie."
Max nodded, "I'll talk to you later." He waved to Chloe as the two walked away.
Chloe watched the two walk off then sighed turning back to the two headstones, "You'd be proud of him." She whispered then headed back the way she had came earlier.
The End
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A/N: I hope you all liked my story! And thank you all for reading!!