A/N: Congratulations 'DarkAnty'! You were the only one that got it right! Look for your username in the next chapter! Unfortunately CFFR, were not there yet, but good try! Well anyway, here's the next chapter!

Note: This story is from my own experience when my grandfather died last month.

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Chapter 12: The Funeral

Bob Golden walked out of his car with his parents following behind him, he walked into the building. Some were talking, some were sitting down, and some were in the room where they keep the coffin.

He saw Helen and walked over to her, she was looking down toward the ground with a piece of tissue in her hand. Bob put an arm around her and she slightly jumped and looked at him.

"Oh," said Helen weakly "Hey Bob."

Bob gave her a hug "Hey," said Bob, he pulled her away from him and looked at her "Are you okay?"

"No," answered Helen "I mean, I'm okay, kind of, I used to be, until I got here!" She sniffled "I'm even scared to go into the room where they keep the coffin!"

"Do you want to go in there?" asked Bob

"Kind of," answered Helen "I'm just scared."

"Would it be okay if I went in there with you?"

"Yeah," said Helen "Lets go."

Bob and Helen walked into the room where they saw some old supers, including Helen's mom and Bob's dad, and some people they didn't even know.

Helen and Bob looked into the coffin, he looked so pale, Helen choked out a sob and grabbed Bob. Bob held her until a man walked up to them

"Helen?" asked the man

Helen turned around to face a man in a back Tux and black hair "James?" asked Helen

"Yes, I know," said James in an elegant tone "shocking isn't it!"

"Yes, quite!" said Helen "How have you been?"

"Great!" answered James "And yourself?"

"Could be better." Answered Helen

"Good, good," said James, he turned around to look at the coffin "Looks a little pale, doesn't he?"

Helen gave him a glare "Thanks for noticing, isn't that how a dead people are supposed to look?"

"You're cranky," noticed James "just like when you were younger!"

"Um, the only reason why I was always cranky when I was younger, is because you made me the peasant and you were the prince!" stated Helen "And I'm cranky now because our father just died and you came along and acted like nothing happened!" Helen screamed and ran out of the place.

Bob ran out of the place after Helen and found her leaning on the balcony shivering in the cold weather "Helen, honey?"

"I hate him!" said Helen under her breath

"What?" asked Bob

"I HATE HIM!" Screamed Helen at the top of her lungs "Ever since I was little, I was treated like I was one of his guneiue pigs! He has always acted stuck up!"

Bob sighed "But all he is trying to do is make you laugh."

Helen turned to him "What?"

"I'm not saying I agree with him, it's just that, this is a funeral and you want to laugh at these things," stated Bob "no matter how close you are to them."

Helen sighed "I guess you're right," said Helen "it's just that, he's done this so many times that I can't tell wether he's trying to make me laugh or trying to bring me down."

Bob put a comforting arm around her "That doesn't mean you can't mourn over your father." Stated Bob "But smile for the time you can before it begins."

Helen smiled "Thanks!" said Helen "I needed that!"

Bob and Helen went back into the building. A few minutes later the priest started the service.

"We're gathered here today to remember Dan Truax, a father, a husband, a friend, a super." Said the priest.

He went on, during this, Helen did pretty well on keeping herself together. Soon it was time for the burial.

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Everybody went to the burial. It was on top of a hill where it was freezing. Everybody stood around the coffin.

Bob put an arm around Helen's shoulder when the priest talked, she started to get all misty eyed. Then the priest stopped talking, the death song started playing.

Bob looked around, everybody was either crying or getting misty eyed. Helen's brother James had the same serious look on his face as he had earlier.

Bob looked at Helen who was crying and shaking. He hugged her as she cried into his chest.

The service ended and everybody started walking toward their cars and toward the after-party.

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They got to the after-party, which was at James' house, Bob walked in and was walking over to Helen.

"Hey," said Bob

"Hey." Said Helen weakly

"Are you okay?" asked Bob'

"Yeah, I'll be okay." Answered Helen

"Hey Helen." Said a familiar voice

Helen turned around, it was James "What do you want?"

"I just wanted to say, that I'm sorry." apologized James "For what happened earlier, I didn't mean to get you mad."

Helen started at him for a minute "That's okay," said Helen "you were just trying to get me to laugh."

"Yeah," said James "it's not going to be the same anymore."

Helen sighed "Yeah."

"Yeah," said James "I've got to go, they need me."

"Okay," said Helen "Thanks for apologizing, that meant a lot to me!"

James smiled and ran off. Helen looked at Bob and smiled at him, Bob then knew that things were going to be okay.

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A/N: I hope you all liked it! This was a little longer than the last chapter, but not as long as the chapters are usually, almost though, this was 994 words and usually they're over a thousand, almost as long as the other chapter, but not enough, the next chapter is going to be as long as they usually are! Review please! Till next time . . .

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