What Could Have Been- The Graduation
She sat there, staring blankly at the honorary diploma in her hand. She thought back to 4 months earlier, when everything had come crashing down around the Orton family. Their oldest daughter had been killed, when she had been in the car with her boyfriend, her best friend, and her best friend's boyfriend, driving home from an away basketball game. Ryan, Alaina, Sabrina, and Cory had been driving home from an away basketball game that their school had played, and some idiots from the rival school, had tried to cut them off it seemed, and Ryan had apparently switched lanes back and forth quickly, and the car hit a patch of ice, and went off the road. The car had ended up crashing head on into a fence, and flipping.. The impact had killed Alaina immediately, left Cory in a coma, Trista with serious injuries, and Ryan with just a black eye, and a few bruises. Amy, sat there, and cried, cried till there were no tears left. She was truly touched by the town's concern. They had made a memorial near the fence. With a cross, and people left cards, stuffed animals, flowers, everything. The cheerleaders took care of it. But it was Alaina's senior year! She left behind a boyfriend, sisters, parents, and more importantly, an infant daughter. Rain was only 10 months old, she had no chance to get to know her mom. Amy felt so bad for her grand daughter. She felt bad for everyone. She was so angry at Ryan, angry that he had done what he had. Angry that he made it so that her grand baby would never know her mom. Her daughter, who was only 18, but already had a daughter, was going off to the University of Michigan in the fall. Alaina had worked so hard, and to have it taken away from her so soon. Her thoughts were cut off by a knock at the door. She picked up Rain, and went to open the door. On the other side, she saw her daughters best friend, Sabrina Levesque, one of Paul and Sophia's daughter's, "Hey Brina, honey. I am so glad you could make it" Amy said warmly, welcoming the blonde haired, blue eyed woman into her house. "Hey Aunt Amy, of course I'd come. I just wondered what you wanted to talk about." Sabrina replied, leaning over to kiss her aunt, then god-daughter on the cheek. "Oh yes, I um, well, I figured that since Alaina is gone, and you and her were best friends, I thought that maybe, uh, you might want some of her things, to remember her by. And I thought you might want to see your god daughter some, before me, Randy, and the girls move" Amy said, swallowing her tears. "I.. I.. I mean, yeah sure, I'd like some of her things. But if you're sure that you don't mind.." Sabrina said. "No, no, of course I don't mind, hun. Go on upstairs, in her room, take what you'd like" "Alright, thanks Aunt Amy" Amy just gave a half-hearted smile. Sabrina then turned and walked to the stairs, knowing how hard this had hit Amy, and the rest of the family. She turned toward her best friends room, and slowly opened the door. The room hadn't changed much in the 4 months that had passed. The only difference was that some of her friends possessions were slowly starting to be packed into boxes, "Aunt Amy? Can I use a small box for some things I might take?" Sabrina called. "Yeah, dear, of course!" Amy called back. Sabrina placed a box on the black bedspread that covered the king-size bed. She walked over to the desk, and saw the make-up, perfume, and jewellery that was scattered all over it, "Same old messy Alaina" She mumbled to herself, with a tiny, fake sounding laugh. She saw the photo board beside the desk, but one of the pictures that caught her eye, wasn't on the photo board, it was on the desk beside it. It was 4 photo's in one frame. All of the pictures were of Sabrina, Rain, and Alaina, excluding one, which also included Alaina's aunt, Jessica, and her Uncle's, Dillion and Brock. Sabring loved those pictures, after a few seconds, she took the frame, and put it in the box. She then grabbed a couple pictures off the photo board. Some were of Junior Prom, some had Alaina, and Marshall, Alaina and her Grampa Mark, and others had Vince, or Sabrina's mom and dad. But one, it was special to both of them. It had Sabrina, Alaina, Roxy, Hailie Jade, Mercy, Sabrina's half sisters, Mandy and Jenny Hardy, Rhya O'Haire, Nikki Martin, Alexandria McMahon, Lyndsay Levy, and Biyanka Copeland, Liliana Irvine, Breana Lesnar, Cheyenne Micheals, Aryana Angle, Shauna Bautista, Michael Moore, and Ryan and Nicholas Hardy standing with the entire WWE Roster, it was one of the summers, where Amy had talked Vince into letting all her closest friends, bring their kids on the road. It had been great! All the kids had loved, and they'd forged a tight bond, and Amy had talked Vince into letting the Superstars bring their kids on the road every vacation the kids had. Sure, it had been hectic, but they'd all been so happy. She took the picture, and put it in the box, along with the others she liked. She looked at the bed, and saw a book poking out from under a pile of clothes. She saw it was Alaina's journal, she wasn't sure if she should read it, but this strange feeling suddenly washed over her, that made her feel like Alaina would want her to. She threw the diary in the box, quickly. She then grabbed her best friends signature scents, Adidas and Candies perfume, took some of her body jewellery, and closed the box, taping it with some packing tape she saw on the desk, and left the room, closing the door quietly behind her. She walked down the hall toward the stairs, and stopped, "I'm sorry this happened Alaina, but I'll take care of Rain, if you want me to. Just give Aunt Amy, and I, or just her if you prefer, that you want me to" Sabrina whispered, looking at a picture of her friend. She walked down the stairs, to the kitchen, where she heard her aunt crying, "Aunt Amy? Are you alright?" Amy whipped around, her black and red hair flying in her face, "Yeah, uh, honey I'm fine" Amy replied, trying to compose herself. "Amy... your not fine. You're hurting so much. You are trying to be so strong for everyone, but you have to grieve for yourself. Mom said you were like this when your mom died" "Sabrina, I am fine, I have to be strong. For Rain. For the girls, for Randy. For Alaina's memory, even" Amy replied, wiping away a tear that was falling down her face. A face that Sabrina always saw as strong, a face that Sabrina had hardly ever seen a tear fall on. "Aunt Amy, let me take Rain. Let me at least take care of her for the summer. You need to take a vacation, take a few months to deal with your grief. Just please, let me help. It's what Alaina would have wanted. You know she hated when you sacrified EVERYTHING about yourself to help others. Please" Sabrina paused, to look at her aunt right in the eye. Her blue eye's meeting, Amy's "Let me help. Let me take Rain" "I.. Alright, Just for a month at the most. I don't want to take away your whole summer. Your starting at U of M in fall, you need time to prepare" Amy said, defeated. She leaned over, and hugged Sabrina tightly, and kissed her cheek, "Thank you so much honey" "No problem, Aim. It's my pleasure. Now let me go get some of her clothes and things" Sabrina said, jumping out of her chair, and rushing up to the baby's room, appearing about 10 minutes later, with 3 of Alaina's gym bags, filled with baby stuff. "I have a crib, playpen, and stuff at my house. And no, I don't need the car seat, I have one in my car" "Well honey, I don't think I have to fill you in on anything about her-" "You don't need to. I know all my god-daughters important information. Say good-bye to gramma, Rain" "Gamma bye bye" Rain said "Bye bye, Rain. Gramma will see you in a month, princess" Amy said, kissing her grand daughter, and handing her to Sabrina, "I'll take the bags, you take Rain" "Okay" Sabrina replied, walking ahead. When they got to the car, she strapped Rain into the car seat, and shooed her aunt back into the house. She hopped into the driver's seat of her brand-new silver Saab, pulled out of the driveway, gunned the engine, and took off down the street. "There they go. I hope Rain will be alright. She's all I have left of Alaina" Amy whispered, "When she grows up, I'll see what could have been" She finished, walking into her house. Thinking of how that night, at the graduation, they would have a cap and gown set on a chair with Alaina's picture, in memorial of her. "I'll see what could have been" Sabrina whispered, ãLife is what you make of it and for Alaina, for what couldâve been, I plan on making a lot out of mine. I believe in Fairy tales and Happily Ever Afters, call me corny if you want but it's true. Like my girl Ashanti once sang..."Dreams Are Real, All You Have To Do Is Just Believe!"
The End
She sat there, staring blankly at the honorary diploma in her hand. She thought back to 4 months earlier, when everything had come crashing down around the Orton family. Their oldest daughter had been killed, when she had been in the car with her boyfriend, her best friend, and her best friend's boyfriend, driving home from an away basketball game. Ryan, Alaina, Sabrina, and Cory had been driving home from an away basketball game that their school had played, and some idiots from the rival school, had tried to cut them off it seemed, and Ryan had apparently switched lanes back and forth quickly, and the car hit a patch of ice, and went off the road. The car had ended up crashing head on into a fence, and flipping.. The impact had killed Alaina immediately, left Cory in a coma, Trista with serious injuries, and Ryan with just a black eye, and a few bruises. Amy, sat there, and cried, cried till there were no tears left. She was truly touched by the town's concern. They had made a memorial near the fence. With a cross, and people left cards, stuffed animals, flowers, everything. The cheerleaders took care of it. But it was Alaina's senior year! She left behind a boyfriend, sisters, parents, and more importantly, an infant daughter. Rain was only 10 months old, she had no chance to get to know her mom. Amy felt so bad for her grand daughter. She felt bad for everyone. She was so angry at Ryan, angry that he had done what he had. Angry that he made it so that her grand baby would never know her mom. Her daughter, who was only 18, but already had a daughter, was going off to the University of Michigan in the fall. Alaina had worked so hard, and to have it taken away from her so soon. Her thoughts were cut off by a knock at the door. She picked up Rain, and went to open the door. On the other side, she saw her daughters best friend, Sabrina Levesque, one of Paul and Sophia's daughter's, "Hey Brina, honey. I am so glad you could make it" Amy said warmly, welcoming the blonde haired, blue eyed woman into her house. "Hey Aunt Amy, of course I'd come. I just wondered what you wanted to talk about." Sabrina replied, leaning over to kiss her aunt, then god-daughter on the cheek. "Oh yes, I um, well, I figured that since Alaina is gone, and you and her were best friends, I thought that maybe, uh, you might want some of her things, to remember her by. And I thought you might want to see your god daughter some, before me, Randy, and the girls move" Amy said, swallowing her tears. "I.. I.. I mean, yeah sure, I'd like some of her things. But if you're sure that you don't mind.." Sabrina said. "No, no, of course I don't mind, hun. Go on upstairs, in her room, take what you'd like" "Alright, thanks Aunt Amy" Amy just gave a half-hearted smile. Sabrina then turned and walked to the stairs, knowing how hard this had hit Amy, and the rest of the family. She turned toward her best friends room, and slowly opened the door. The room hadn't changed much in the 4 months that had passed. The only difference was that some of her friends possessions were slowly starting to be packed into boxes, "Aunt Amy? Can I use a small box for some things I might take?" Sabrina called. "Yeah, dear, of course!" Amy called back. Sabrina placed a box on the black bedspread that covered the king-size bed. She walked over to the desk, and saw the make-up, perfume, and jewellery that was scattered all over it, "Same old messy Alaina" She mumbled to herself, with a tiny, fake sounding laugh. She saw the photo board beside the desk, but one of the pictures that caught her eye, wasn't on the photo board, it was on the desk beside it. It was 4 photo's in one frame. All of the pictures were of Sabrina, Rain, and Alaina, excluding one, which also included Alaina's aunt, Jessica, and her Uncle's, Dillion and Brock. Sabring loved those pictures, after a few seconds, she took the frame, and put it in the box. She then grabbed a couple pictures off the photo board. Some were of Junior Prom, some had Alaina, and Marshall, Alaina and her Grampa Mark, and others had Vince, or Sabrina's mom and dad. But one, it was special to both of them. It had Sabrina, Alaina, Roxy, Hailie Jade, Mercy, Sabrina's half sisters, Mandy and Jenny Hardy, Rhya O'Haire, Nikki Martin, Alexandria McMahon, Lyndsay Levy, and Biyanka Copeland, Liliana Irvine, Breana Lesnar, Cheyenne Micheals, Aryana Angle, Shauna Bautista, Michael Moore, and Ryan and Nicholas Hardy standing with the entire WWE Roster, it was one of the summers, where Amy had talked Vince into letting all her closest friends, bring their kids on the road. It had been great! All the kids had loved, and they'd forged a tight bond, and Amy had talked Vince into letting the Superstars bring their kids on the road every vacation the kids had. Sure, it had been hectic, but they'd all been so happy. She took the picture, and put it in the box, along with the others she liked. She looked at the bed, and saw a book poking out from under a pile of clothes. She saw it was Alaina's journal, she wasn't sure if she should read it, but this strange feeling suddenly washed over her, that made her feel like Alaina would want her to. She threw the diary in the box, quickly. She then grabbed her best friends signature scents, Adidas and Candies perfume, took some of her body jewellery, and closed the box, taping it with some packing tape she saw on the desk, and left the room, closing the door quietly behind her. She walked down the hall toward the stairs, and stopped, "I'm sorry this happened Alaina, but I'll take care of Rain, if you want me to. Just give Aunt Amy, and I, or just her if you prefer, that you want me to" Sabrina whispered, looking at a picture of her friend. She walked down the stairs, to the kitchen, where she heard her aunt crying, "Aunt Amy? Are you alright?" Amy whipped around, her black and red hair flying in her face, "Yeah, uh, honey I'm fine" Amy replied, trying to compose herself. "Amy... your not fine. You're hurting so much. You are trying to be so strong for everyone, but you have to grieve for yourself. Mom said you were like this when your mom died" "Sabrina, I am fine, I have to be strong. For Rain. For the girls, for Randy. For Alaina's memory, even" Amy replied, wiping away a tear that was falling down her face. A face that Sabrina always saw as strong, a face that Sabrina had hardly ever seen a tear fall on. "Aunt Amy, let me take Rain. Let me at least take care of her for the summer. You need to take a vacation, take a few months to deal with your grief. Just please, let me help. It's what Alaina would have wanted. You know she hated when you sacrified EVERYTHING about yourself to help others. Please" Sabrina paused, to look at her aunt right in the eye. Her blue eye's meeting, Amy's "Let me help. Let me take Rain" "I.. Alright, Just for a month at the most. I don't want to take away your whole summer. Your starting at U of M in fall, you need time to prepare" Amy said, defeated. She leaned over, and hugged Sabrina tightly, and kissed her cheek, "Thank you so much honey" "No problem, Aim. It's my pleasure. Now let me go get some of her clothes and things" Sabrina said, jumping out of her chair, and rushing up to the baby's room, appearing about 10 minutes later, with 3 of Alaina's gym bags, filled with baby stuff. "I have a crib, playpen, and stuff at my house. And no, I don't need the car seat, I have one in my car" "Well honey, I don't think I have to fill you in on anything about her-" "You don't need to. I know all my god-daughters important information. Say good-bye to gramma, Rain" "Gamma bye bye" Rain said "Bye bye, Rain. Gramma will see you in a month, princess" Amy said, kissing her grand daughter, and handing her to Sabrina, "I'll take the bags, you take Rain" "Okay" Sabrina replied, walking ahead. When they got to the car, she strapped Rain into the car seat, and shooed her aunt back into the house. She hopped into the driver's seat of her brand-new silver Saab, pulled out of the driveway, gunned the engine, and took off down the street. "There they go. I hope Rain will be alright. She's all I have left of Alaina" Amy whispered, "When she grows up, I'll see what could have been" She finished, walking into her house. Thinking of how that night, at the graduation, they would have a cap and gown set on a chair with Alaina's picture, in memorial of her. "I'll see what could have been" Sabrina whispered, ãLife is what you make of it and for Alaina, for what couldâve been, I plan on making a lot out of mine. I believe in Fairy tales and Happily Ever Afters, call me corny if you want but it's true. Like my girl Ashanti once sang..."Dreams Are Real, All You Have To Do Is Just Believe!"
The End