The next couple of days were hard. Adena, Tanis and Meghan locked themselves in their room not even talking to each other. Cameron and Sebastien went to classes but wouldn't talk to anyone and kept to themselves. Dr. Myers had stopped seeing patients. As for Squib, he spent most of his time in the Hospital, watching Mabel. It was 2 weeks before the funeral. Everyone who went to Cascadia was invited. So that meant that it happened at Cascadia. All the students had come, even some students that they didn't know. When the ceremony started, everyone took their seats. The Top Guns were in the first row, along with Dr. Myers, President Baites, Rick and a woman with Red hair like Cody's. The Top Guns assumed it was Cody's mom.
The ceremony was about and hour and a half. Because Dr. Myers knew how important it was for all the Top Guns to say something they grouped them up. Tanis, Adena and Meghan said one speech, and Cameron, Sebastien and Squib said another speech. Then Dr. Myers stood up and said a few words but then broke down and started to cry in the middle so he had to stop.
After the ceremony there was a party in The Open. None of the Top Guns talked. There was the occasional "Thanks for coming" but that was it. When everyone was busy doing other stuff Sebastien snuck out and went back to where Cody's body was. As he walked towards it, he couldn't believe that she was gone…for good. He approached the casket and looked down at the motionless Cody. Her skin pale, hair flared out on the pillow where her head rested.
"Why?" Sebastien said and tears started to fill his eyes, "Why did I have to do this. If I hadn't lied to the group about me working you wouldn't have had to gone to Jake and asked him for help. And then he came to Cascadia, and if it wasn't for me you wouldn't have been in the hospital because he attacked you…well…I was protecting you, but still. And then you wouldn't have had to go to court and repeat what he did to you. Speeding up to know, it's all my fault, and you would still be with us if I hadn't lied." Saying that Sebastien couldn't stand to look at Cody anymore. He turned around to see all the Top Guns standing there looking at him.
"Seb, it's not your fault!" Meghan said as she walked towards him.
"It's no ones fault" Cameron said as he sat down on one of the chairs.
"What are you talking about…it's Jake's fault." Squib said a bit angry.
"Come on guys, we can't just go around blaming people. It's no ones fault, it's a tragedy in life that was an accident." Tanis said sitting next to Cameron.
"Yeah but why did it have to happen to Cody, CODY? She had everything! A great photography career, a kid, a great boyfriend." Adena said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"All we can do know is move on." Meghan said as she sat in another chair.
"How can we just move on from this?" Squib said as he walked up to Cody's casket and looked down to her, "I mean, she was our best friend. She was always there for us. We can't just say 'move on' cuz it's not gonna be that easy." Squib said as he put his hand on hers,
"I'm with Squib on this." Adena said, "She was out best friend, and we can't just say 'oh well, we'll get over it"
"But Cody would have wanted us to, she would have wanted us to go on with our lives, doing as much as we could with them." Cameron said putting an arm around Tains.
"She would have wanted us to be happy." Sebastien said.
"The last thing she said was 'don't cry squib, don't cry.' I remember it so clearly, like it just happened two seconds ago. Just the way the she dropped Mabel." Squib's eyes got watery.
"The way the beep sounded, I'll never forget it." Meghan said as she put her head on Sebastien shoulder.
"Cody Myers, you will never be forgotten!" Squib said and gave her a kiss on the forehead. With that all the Top Guns got up and headed out of the room, not able to look at Cody any longer.