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"Mahogany or Oak?" Ryan asked me.
"Mahogany." Seth and I agreed.
"Okay. Black or gold?"
"For what?" I asked.
"The lettering on the coffin." Ryan explained.
"Gold." Seth and I agreed.
"What is the lettering for?" Seth asked.
"It says his name on the top if we want." Ryan explained further.
"That won't look cool." Seth said.
"Your father's coffin isn't supposed to look cool." Kirsten said.
"The coffin will be under ground, it's pointless." Seth argued.
"Good point." Admitted Kirsten.
"No letters, got it." Ryan said.
"Anything else?" Kirsten asked.
"Just the tombstone." Ryan answered.
"Black and white marble." Seth said.
"Ya." Kirsten agreed.
"What do we want it to say?" Ryan asked.
"Something classy."
"Something funny." Seth argued.
"Classy." Kirsten repeated.
"Funny." Seth said.
"How about something Sandy would like?" Ryan asked.
"Right…" They both said.
Flashback
'Here lies Joe, a good father, a good husband, and a great Lawyer.'
"Boring." Sandy said as he read the tombstone of a colleague.
"Sandy." Kirsten reproached.
"What it is." Seth agreed.
"If I ever die of a stress heartattack I want it so say 'Here lies Sandy, a lot less stress sure would have been handy.'" Sandy laughed.
"Dad." Seth scolded sarcastically.
End flashback
"He was joking." Kirsten said.
"I agree with Ryan." Seth said.
"Come on boys." Kirsten pleaded.
"We're not budging." Seth informed.
"Do you really think so?" Kirsten asked Ryan and Seth.
"Yes." They agreed.
"Fine." Kirsten said throwing her hands up.
"Good." Seth said.
"I'll go hand this sheet in." Ryan said leaving son and mother alone, for probably the first time since it happened.
"Hurry back." Kirtsen said.
Ryan nodded somewhat distantly.
"So…" Seth said.
"He would be proud of you." Kirtsen said.
"What?" Seth asked.
"Of the way you're dealing with it."
"If he was here to be proud, there would be nothing to be proud of." Seth reminded.
"Right…" Kirsten said.
"Home?" Ryan asked when he came back.
"Sure." Kirtsen and Seth agreed.
(AT THE COHEN HOUSE (Seth and Summer), RYAN'S POV)
"How are you holding up?" I asked my daughter Madi.
"Okay I guess." Madi shrugged.
"No one's seen you do anything yet." I said.
"Do anything what?" Madi asked.
"Cry, scream, whimper, anything."
"Right." Madi said.
"Have you?"
"No."
"Why not?" I asked.
Madi shrugged.
"Okay, well you do know it's okay right?"
"What?' Madi asked.
"Showing your emotions." I replied.
"Then why don't you?" Madi asked ending the conversation by walking back into the house.
It has been three days and everyone was still at Seth and Summers. Kirsten couldn't go home. She wasn't ready. Ryan didn't want to leave her and therefore Marrissa and their kids stayed too. And Jimmy stayed for his best friend, while Haley stayed for the same person her sister. The funeral was in two days, Kirsten said that would be her closure. She would go home the day after that. Meaning everyone would clear out of Seth and Summer's house leaving them alone for the first time in a week.
(AT SETH AND SUMMER'S HOUSE, DAY OF FUNERAL, MADI'S POV)
"Ten minutes." Summer called from somewhere in the house.
I heard everyone yell okay as I pulled my dress over my newly done hair, thinking I better go get Grandpa before we were all late. Then I remembered where we were going, I couldn't go get Grandpa. He was already there. It was his funeral. I broke down and cried my mascara running. Going crazy as I realize I had to get ready. I tried to stop crying and grabbed my makeup redoing everything that was messed up and standing. I ran as quickly as I could down the stairs in my new heals.
"You okay?" I heard dad ask Lizzy.
"Yep." Was her reply.
"You?" He asked me.
"Yep." I replied.
"Let's go then." Summer said opening the door and I noticed how weird it must look to the neighbors. Seth, Summer, Ivy, Ella, Scott, Lizzy, Jimmy, Haley, Mom, Dad, Grandma and me. That's eleven people filing out of one house all dressed in black looked overly morbid. I finished my train of thought as I climbed into the range Rover.
(AT THE FUNERAL HOME, OVER VEIW (NO ONES POV)
"Who's speaking?" A worker from the home asked.
"Ma and my Grandma." Liz replied.
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Washroom."
"Who's going first?"
"She is." Liz replied.
"Liz, I need to talk." Madi said.
"What do you mean?" Liz asked.
"I need to talk at the funeral." Madi explained.
"Why?" Liz asked.
"I have something I need to say." Madi said hurriedly.
"Grandma's going first." Liz said.
"Okay." Madi said.
"How important is this to you?" Lizzy asked.
"Important." Madi replied.
"Okay then." Liz agreed.
"Thanks sis."
"I'm more than a sister." Liz started.
"I'm a twin." They both finished.
"Don't tell anyone." Madi asked.
"Why?" Liz said.
"It's part of my speech." Madi explained.
"Okay." Liz agreed.
"I really appreciate this." Madi said.
"You better." Liz laughed.
"I got to go get ready." Madi said.
"Okay." Liz agreed.
"See you after."
"Yep." Liz agreed as Madi rushed off.
"What are you doing here?" Ryan asked a lizbit sat down in Madi's spot.
"You'll see." Liz replied as a minister stood at the front of the room and began the ceremony.
"Amen." The minister finished his prayer and Kirsten stood up.
"My husband was a strong believer in standing up for your beliefs. He always had a thing for the underdog. He was a lawyer for his whole life out of school, and his best case was Ryan Atwood. Ryan stole a car with his big brother Trey and Sandy was Ryan's lawyer. This was his best case because it resulted in a new son for my husband and me. Ryan Atwood moved in with us and he became part of the family. I'm telling you this today because this wasn't just a part of my husband's life that came and went. This is a part of my husband's life that meant something to him. He wouldn't want that overlooked." Kirsten took a breath and looked at Ryan. He had tears in his eyes.
"If my husband was alive and he could pick a moment in his life that he would want remembered at his funeral it would be the day he brought Ryan Atwood home. Sandy Cohen loved his life, his sons, his daughter-in-laws, his grandchildren. Me I hope." Kirsten laughed. "But most of all he loved the way that everything happened for a reason." Kirtsne finished stepping down and sitting beside Ryan his hand on hers.
"What a beautiful speech." The minister said as he stepped up to the podium. "I would like to take this moment before the next speaker to say another prayer in Sandy's behalf."
The minister spoke for awhile while everyone waited anxiously to here Liz speak. But they didn't know that Liz wouldn't be speaking Madi would.
"I am now pleased to introduce, Liz Cooper-Cohen-Atwood." The minister said.
Madi stepped up to the podium and watched, as everyone became confused.
"I know you were all waiting for my sister to come up here and speak but let's face it she's boring. So here I am. As some of you know I didn't take the death of my Grandpa easily. For a week I never cried. I never screamed. I never showed anything to make it look like I cared at all. But this morning before we had to come here, I was thinking how I better go get Grandpa because he always made us late. But then realized where we were going, and the fact that for once Grandpa would be the first one there." Madi paused almost crying.
"I cried for a minute before realizing I had to look my best for my Grandpa. I redid my makeup and went to the rest of the family. I told everyone I was okay and sat in the car just waiting to get here. I wished that when I got here everyone would leave me alone but no, everyone had to hug me and say everything would be all right. I wish that when I had the opportunity I had gone to see my Grandpa in his coffin. But I couldn't. My family is the greatest, I have my wonderful sister who let me do this today. There are my parents who are deeply in love and the only people they love close to the same amount is their family. I have my aunt, uncle, and cousins who know the true meaning of family isn't having the same blood but loving each other. And there's also my Grandma who loved my Grandpa more than anything except maybe my dad and uncle. And last but certainly not least there's my brother. My brother who takes so much after my uncle it scares me, my brother who looks so much like my dad it scares me. The thing that scares me the most is how much he loves his family. The thing that will keep me going is this, I love my Grandpa and I know that he loves me." Madi walked and sat down beside her twin tears falling once again, slowly.
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