April Rain
Chapter Ten
A Happy Ending
Drew Scott walked up the pathway to the house he felt he would never forget throughout the rest of his entire life. It was where... everything happened.
He had heard the news earlier that morning. He came straight from New York the second he heard. He had left his wife of 17 years and his three kids of the ages 8, 11 and 15 behind. He loved everything single thing about his life and everything that he had was perfect. And it was all thanks to the two people that made everything possible for him.
He walked up the old stairs and into the bedroom that he remembered crawling into on stormy nights and early mornings. There he saw the two, old in their beds, with healthcare specialists by their sides. He sat down on the chair beside his mom, and took her hand. The second he did, he felt the tears rushing through him.
"Hey Mom," he said through tears.
"Hey baby," she said, smiling with all her strength.
"I brought a drawing for you," he said as he reached down into his bag and pulled out his sketchbook. He opened it up and flipped through the black drawn pages until he came to one that was inparticularly different from the rest of them. It was... happy. It was a picture of three people holding hands as they walked into the sunset. At the bottom it said in bold letters: A Happy Ending.
She held the sketchbook as she smiled in awe. "I always knew you would do great things and have amazing talents," she said as she looked at him and smiled.
He smiled back, trying to hold back the tears that she could tell were wanting to get out so badly.
"I love you, baby," she said, as she smiled and pulled him in to kiss him on the cheek.
"I love you, too," he said through tears as he hugged her.
He then got up and walked around to the other side of the bed where his dad lay still and quiet.
"Hey Dad," he said, as he sat down on the chair beside him.
"How you doin' son?" he asked as he smiled.
"I've been doing good. The teams been having a great season. I think they might have a chance at winning the ship."
"That's great to hear..." he said, smiling as he chuckled.
There was a moment of silence between the two as they just seemed to enjoy it for what it was. Finally, his dad spoke up, "I love you, son... and I'm going to miss you when I'm gone..." he said as Drew looked up and you could see the tears falling down his cheeks. His dad looked over to his beloved wife laying next to him and looked back at him, "we both will."
"I love you, too Dad," he said as they embraced each other in a long hug that seemed to last forever.
Once he pulled back he said, "I think I'm gonna go and get myself a drink, I'll be right back, okay?" as his father nodded and he walked out of the room.
He walked down the old stairs once more and went into the kitchen to grab a soda. He had a drink and once he finished he walked back up the stairs. He found both his parents fast asleep in their beds. He smiled at the sight of the two as they held each others hands as they slept.
Seeing as they would most likely be asleep for a while, he decided to take a drive around town to see if anything had changed. He went down the streets to see Karen's Cafe still up and running as people quickly ran in and out with their coffees in hand. He went past Tree Hill High and remembered everything about his highschool years and the great times he had had. He went past the old Scott house where his Uncle had grown up and smiled as he remembered him and his Aunt Haley. He missed them so much.
The thing was, driving around Tree Hill only seemed to bring him more pain back as he tried to bare the thought of coming back to no one left living here. Everyone was... gone.
He pulled back up into the driveway to the house and went in the door. He walked up the old stairs once more and went into the bedroom. They looked like they were still asleep but the doctor seemed to have a sad look on his face as he walked up to Drew.
"I'm sorry, but your parents have-" Drew didn't listen as he rushed over to their sides to see the two just laying there motionless in their own grace. And just as he stood there he saw the rush of water come down from the sky as there was a light, peaceful, April rain.
He then remembered back to what his Dad had told him back when he was about 12 years old.
"Have you ever heard the story about April rain?" Lucas asked Drew as they sat on the bleachers of the court late one night.
"No... what about them?" he asked.
"Well, Keith told me once that... whenever they happen it means that as much as things can seem wrong and as much as things can feel so messed up... something is right and something good is going to happen for you. It's like a sign of Hope."
Drew smiled as his dad hugged him and they went back out for another round of one on one.
Drew walked up the gravestone that seemed to look larger than all of the rest. There they all sat. All together just like they were meant to be. Karen, Keith, Lucas, and Peyton. It was like... maybe that feeling that he felt when he saw them all together once again just like they used to be was that one sign of Hope that Drew was longing for the entire time. Maybe the thing that was right was that... everything was right for them. They were together now.. and soon enough, his time would come to join them once again as well. As much as he missed them so incredibly much, he knew that he didn't have to because they would all be with him. And as the April rain fell to the ground, Drew Alexander Scott said goodbye to the rest of the Scott's... for now.
(A/N: Okay! Its DONE! I know.. it wasn't that long of a story but hey, I tried! I know its been FOREVER since I last updated so I just watched an episode of OTH and I got inspired. lol. Anyways, I hope you all like the story and please REVIEW on what you thought of my final chapter! I know it's sad to admit it.. but I was gettin some tear jerking while WRITING this.. lol yea I know my life is sad. But anyways.. Toodles!!! -Brooke.)
