I forgot the disclaimer last time.. --;; O, well, here goes...
Disclaimer: I don't own Even Stevens. If I did, Ren and Larry would be a couple, and people would be a lot nicer to Louis. But, I don't. So don't sue. I have no money.
LOVE YOU THE MOST
The creak of the coffin lid closing felt like razors to Ren's ears. The priest began to talk, but the frighteningly blank girl didn't hear his words.
She hadn't cried. Yet. She felt empty. Like there was nothing there.
As the priest continued to ramble, Ren scanned the faces of the people who had attended the funeral.
Twitty was, to say the least, miserable. He looked like he had been crying for days, and he obviously hadn't slept well. Ren's heart went out to him, and she made a silent note to herself to give him a hug after the ceremony. He needed it.
Tawny had silent tears running down her face. Ren was never too sure how to read the girl, but it had been well known that Louis had loved her, more then just a friend, and so Ren took her to heart as a sister.
Tom was sniveling, but mostly seemed better then Ren thought he should be.
Donny... Hadn't showed up. Ren knew that he was too upset to come, and so, with the last stitch of understanding in her soul, she managed to forgive him. It was, after all, Donny who was going to have trouble looking at himself in the mirror in the morning.
Her mother and father were in shock. Ren had trouble feeling sorry for them. Hadn't they been the ones who drove him to this? Maybe, and the girl was being quick to judge at the moment.
There were various other relatives and friends at the ceremony, including Ruby and Uncle Chuck, but Ren had almost no interest in them at the moment.
The priest finished and Ren turned her attention back to the coffin.
She felt tears welling up in her eyes. She realized, fully for the first time, that she was never going to see Louis again.
Hiccupping with a sudden surge of sobs, Ren teetered forward, towards the coffin. Streams of tears ran down her face.
She approached, with an unbearable ache in her heart, and collapsed on top of the mahogany box. The cries that breeched her throat were heart breaking, and the rest of the family looked away.
"G-goodbye, Louis. Sorry I wasn't nicer to you." Ren placed a small kiss on the coffin lid, pushed herself up, and left the cemetery without another word.
Ren stayed home from school for a week.
Her mother said it was to 'get her thoughts in order.'
Her father said it was to 'try and clean up her emotions.'
In truth, they were both wrong. Ren wanted nothing more then to lay in her bed and stare up at the ceiling, counting every crevice. She didn't think. She didn't feel. She just counted.
But, the day did come when she got up, brushed her teeth, got dressed, grabbed her school things and then left to school without even speaking to her parents.
Ren walked to the school, knowing full well she would get there early.
As she walked down the street, she saw something that seemed hilarious to her at the time: Up ahead, at the corner of the street, was Ruby, fawning- positively FAWNING-over Bobby Deaver, who was flirting and smiling at the love struck girl. Ren didn't care. She wasn't quite sure what she had seen in him before Louis' death, but it was clear now that he was nothing more then a playboy.
Ren moved to the opposite side of the street and continued on her way to school. As she reached the large doors, she sighed, wondering if she was really ready yet.
TBC
A/N Woo! What will happen to Ren in school? Will it have to do with... Dun dun dun... Larry Beale? Find out, next chapter...
Disclaimer: I don't own Even Stevens. If I did, Ren and Larry would be a couple, and people would be a lot nicer to Louis. But, I don't. So don't sue. I have no money.
LOVE YOU THE MOST
The creak of the coffin lid closing felt like razors to Ren's ears. The priest began to talk, but the frighteningly blank girl didn't hear his words.
She hadn't cried. Yet. She felt empty. Like there was nothing there.
As the priest continued to ramble, Ren scanned the faces of the people who had attended the funeral.
Twitty was, to say the least, miserable. He looked like he had been crying for days, and he obviously hadn't slept well. Ren's heart went out to him, and she made a silent note to herself to give him a hug after the ceremony. He needed it.
Tawny had silent tears running down her face. Ren was never too sure how to read the girl, but it had been well known that Louis had loved her, more then just a friend, and so Ren took her to heart as a sister.
Tom was sniveling, but mostly seemed better then Ren thought he should be.
Donny... Hadn't showed up. Ren knew that he was too upset to come, and so, with the last stitch of understanding in her soul, she managed to forgive him. It was, after all, Donny who was going to have trouble looking at himself in the mirror in the morning.
Her mother and father were in shock. Ren had trouble feeling sorry for them. Hadn't they been the ones who drove him to this? Maybe, and the girl was being quick to judge at the moment.
There were various other relatives and friends at the ceremony, including Ruby and Uncle Chuck, but Ren had almost no interest in them at the moment.
The priest finished and Ren turned her attention back to the coffin.
She felt tears welling up in her eyes. She realized, fully for the first time, that she was never going to see Louis again.
Hiccupping with a sudden surge of sobs, Ren teetered forward, towards the coffin. Streams of tears ran down her face.
She approached, with an unbearable ache in her heart, and collapsed on top of the mahogany box. The cries that breeched her throat were heart breaking, and the rest of the family looked away.
"G-goodbye, Louis. Sorry I wasn't nicer to you." Ren placed a small kiss on the coffin lid, pushed herself up, and left the cemetery without another word.
Ren stayed home from school for a week.
Her mother said it was to 'get her thoughts in order.'
Her father said it was to 'try and clean up her emotions.'
In truth, they were both wrong. Ren wanted nothing more then to lay in her bed and stare up at the ceiling, counting every crevice. She didn't think. She didn't feel. She just counted.
But, the day did come when she got up, brushed her teeth, got dressed, grabbed her school things and then left to school without even speaking to her parents.
Ren walked to the school, knowing full well she would get there early.
As she walked down the street, she saw something that seemed hilarious to her at the time: Up ahead, at the corner of the street, was Ruby, fawning- positively FAWNING-over Bobby Deaver, who was flirting and smiling at the love struck girl. Ren didn't care. She wasn't quite sure what she had seen in him before Louis' death, but it was clear now that he was nothing more then a playboy.
Ren moved to the opposite side of the street and continued on her way to school. As she reached the large doors, she sighed, wondering if she was really ready yet.
TBC
A/N Woo! What will happen to Ren in school? Will it have to do with... Dun dun dun... Larry Beale? Find out, next chapter...