~*~*~*~Chapter 13~*~*~*~

"Amy.. are you sure you want to do this? I mean, you don't have to you know" Dre said to her quietly, wondering if the younger woman was strong enough to do this.

"Yeah.. Dre, I have to. Marshall said he wanted me to listen to these certain song's. And besides that, I want to like, give Marshall's fans something to remember him by. This last album, it'll have songs that are his usual style, some that delve deeper, and some, that are dedicated to his 2 little girl's" Amy said, staring at the ring Marshall had given her. He has given her it to symbolize their deep connection, it had his, Roxy, and her birthstones on it. Roxy had the same one, with the stones in a different order.

"Look, you don't have to do this now, why don't you, Nathan, and the girl's go to sleep, and you'll work over this in the morning. Wait, hold up, I'm telling you to go to bed, and leave this for tomorrow. You look horrible to be honest. I just want you to feel a bit better. So go to sleep" Dre said, pushing her out of Marshall's studio.

When she got upstairs, she told everyone to go to sleep, because they all had a tiring day, and they needed rest.

~*~*~*~*~*~ Next Morning ~*~*~*~*~*~

Amy awoke to a see Roxanne and Hailie Jade, laying down on the bed bedside her, sleeping soundly. She slid out of bed, so as not to wake them, and walked downstairs. She saw Proof in the kitchen reading something,

"Morning, man. Whatcha reading?"

"Oh, uh, um nothing interesting" He replied nervously trying to hide the cover.

Amy snatched it from him, and saw the front cover,

'INTERNATIONAL RAP SENSATION EMINEM, KILLED YESTERDAY' Look inside for details and police report.

It also had a large picture of Marshall, Roxy, and Hailie Jade on the front. She crumpled it up, and her face showed no emotion,

"Those bastards! How the fuck did they find out?!?!"

"I don't know, kid. But when I got here this morning, there was a lot of media out front. I had to get security to help me through" Proof replied.

"Fuck! And how did they get pictures of Roxy? I thought that we had kept pictures of her and Marshall, and Halie Jade, out of the public"

"I thought you did to, but I guess not"

Amy then got a thoughtful look on her face,

"I want Marshall buried the day after tomorrow"

"ok, your planning the funeral so its your choice"

"BUT.. I only want the girls, Steph, Shane, Vince, Linda, Nathan, you, Dre, Fifty, the rest of D12, Randy, Cara, John, and 50 there, ok?"

"Yeah, yeah of course. I thought you might want to keep it private. But what about Debbie? And Kim?"

"Those bitches?!?! What good had they ever done for Marshall? Kim was a no good lying cheating bitch, and Debbie sued him, for some bullshit case!" Amy snarled, angrily.

"Ok, Ok, that all is true, but still..."

"No, Proof. If they end up there, me and my daughter's will not be there, it's simple as that"

"Fine. Fine"

"Good. Now let's get planning"

~*~*~*~*~*~ Two Day's Later ~*~*~*~*~*~

That morning, everybody got up, and showered, and dressed quickly. Amy dressed Mercy, Roxy, Hailie Jade, and Alaina is black dresses that she had bought them the day before. After she got them into her dresses, she went to her room, and pulled on a long, black, spaghetti strap dress, and a pair of black heels. She then walked into the bathroom to see Randy, in his dress shirt, spiking his hair. He quickly finished doing his hair, and pulled on his suit jacket,

"Amy, are you alright, honey? You have not been yourself, and honestly, eventhough your still beautiful to me, you look like hell"

"Why thanks for the compliment, dear! Of course I'm not all'fuckin'right! But that's another story" She said, rolling her eye's. She straightened his jacket and tie, and walked out of the room, dragging him by the hand behind her. They walked to the room that Mercy was staying in, and grabbed her out of her crib. They then walked to the room that Hailie Jade, Roxy, and Alaina were sleeping in. Amy saw the girl's all sitting there, each off thinking in their own little world's,

"C'mon girl's, we have to leave now" Amy said, looking at them, seeing the sadness in their faces.

The girl's all stood up, and they all walked somberly out of the room, and downstairs. They entered the front hall to see, Nathan, Steph, Shane, Vince, Linda, Dre, Proof, John, 50, Cara, and the rest of D12 waiting for them. Amy took a deep breath, and walked to the hook that had her black pure on it. She grabbed her purse, and a pair of sunglasses, and lead the way out the door, everyone following behind her. She hopped into one of the limo's, and everybody got into them, and they were on their way to the church.

~*~*~*~* During the Ceremony ~*~*~*~*

They all sat in the small church, listening to the minister speak. He then called up the person who was giving the eulogy, which would be Amy,

"Marshall Bruce Mathers III, well, wow, what can I say about Marshall? That everyone here doesn't already know. As every person in here knows, Marshall was one of the sweetest people I've ever known in my life. He was a terrific father to Hailie Jade, and Roxy, and an awesome father-figure to Alaina, he loved her as if she was his own" Amy said, swallowing hard. There was a huge lump in her throat, that had been there since she got that fateful call from the nurse, "I will never forget the night I met Marshall, it was a 7 years ago in Detroit, and that, other than my wedding day, and the days my daughter's were born, was one of the best day's of my life. We hit it off right away. We were together for almost two years, we had a daughter together, he went to prom with one of my closest friend's because I asked him too. He would do anything for those he loved. After we broke up, we became best friend's" Amy said.

Amy then began to cry, but she just tried to ignore the tears and go on,

"He..- I..- I can't do this" She said, and fled the podium, and went back to her seat, and sat in Randy's arm's.

The minister finished the sermon, and then the paul bearers grabbed the casket, and they filed out of the church, to the hearse, and the limo's. They went to the cemetery, and went to the gravesite, Amy standing closest to the headstone, wearing her sunglasses, to hide her bloodshot blue eyes. Her face was red from the tear's. The minister said a little prayer, and they put down Marshall's coffin, Amy placed a fire and ice rose on top, Roxy and Hailie each placed a black rose on top, Alaina a red one, and Nathan, a white one.

They put the coffin into the ground, when they put the last of the dirt on top. Amy stared at the ground, it had begun to rain, and the rain had blurred her vision. The rain was seeping over the tall stone, into the engraved lettering, and dark soil. She bent down, and ran her fingertip's over the cool marble of the now wet headstone. She wished she could have hugged him one last time, told him she loved him once more. Had a chance to say goodbye. But it was too late for that, he was gone now. It's not like when he went on tour, now he was gone forever.

She carefully read the lettering, tracing it with her fingers; Marshall Bruce Mathers III a.k.a. Eminem

October 17, 1972- May 20, 2004

Loving brother, father, best friend, and son.

There were a few more inscriptions on the head stone as well, but just reading them brought tear's to her eyes. Everyone thought rap feud's would kill him, but coincidentally, it was rap, and the girl's that kept him alive and safe. It was a car accident that claimed his life, 'Just like it claimed mom and Noelle's' Amy thought.

"I always knew this day would come Marshall, I just didn't realize it would be so soon. I'm going to miss you. I love you. I swear I will take care of Hailie Jade, Alaina, and Nathan as best I can. I promise you that" Amy whispered. Amy looked at the ring, and bracelet Marshall got for her, and thought of how she would always miss him.

"I love you.." She whispered, running her fingertips lightly over his name.

She placed a kiss on the headstone, and stood up quickly, and pushed through everyone, wanting to get away from everyone. Her heart breaking, and twisting with every step she took.

The day Marshall Mathers was buried, a piece of Amy McMahon-Orton's heart went with him.

A/N: I know that the last 2 chapter's have been hella short, but I've had crazy homework, and I've been going to the hospital to visit my grampa, so I don't have a lot of time, but I'm trying. Anyways, as always, please read and review!

Luv, EvolutionsChick (Amy)