I am sooo sorry this chapter is so short. I have been so busy and what not with tests and school and dance and violin and all that jazz. I hope you enjoy this extremely short chapter and let me know what you think. Later!


CH. 9

Keely walked quietly out of the church.

"Mummy, Aunty Tori is happy now." Lily looked down at her daughter's sincere face and burst into tears. It had been only five days since Tori had died and Lily was still having a hard time copeing. Strong arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her into a warm hug.

"Don't cry, Tori would have wanted you to be happy." James' deep voice whispered in her ear.

"What do I have that could keep me happy at a time like this?" Lily's voice cracked as a sob racked her body.

"Me." Keely said in a quiet voice and hugged her mother around the waist. Lily looked down in shock and smiled slightly. Placing a loving hand on her daughters head Lily laughed.

"I have everything I need to keep me happy and smiling, no matter what happens, right here." Smiling James released Lily and swung Keely onto his shoulders and the three of them walked down the street laughing and joking. No one would have ever guessed they had just come from one of their best friends funeral.

A pair of sad amber eyes watched them and wished that he could have sacrificed himself in Tori's place, but he knew he would someday be with her again. Even if that day was an eternity away. Remus turned back to the graveyard at the side of the church as he reached the gate. A marble angel marked Tori's grave and he closed his eyes as a tear escaped unchecked.