John let go of Angela's face as she perked up at the words 'left side' being called. Angela looked at a tall man with blonde hair and green eyes, was this the guy Angela was talking about? John wondered.
"Jake!" she screamed jumping out of her seat and running over to the man, hugging him tightly as tears ran down both their faces.
"Wow, my little girl is growing up, last time I saw you, you were," Jake said making height marks over the floor, trying to prove his point. "Well it doesn't matter, now does it?" he asked and looked at Angela, then wiped the tears that fell on her cheeks away.
"Jake, I'd like you to meet someone very close to me, my very, very good friend, John Constantine." Angela said pulling him over to John. As the two men shook hands they both looked to Angela, the looks begged the same question 'who is he.'
"Nice to meet you." Jake said to John and pulled his hand away.
"Same to you." John said smiling at how Angela's face was lit up at the sight of the two men in her life finally meeting.
"John this is Jake, my best friend in the whole wide world. Izzy and I grew up with him as kids; he's like a brother to me." Angela explained.
"Older brother." Jake chimed in.
"By two years." She said smiling at him. "And Jake this is John, he's my boyfriend."
Jake and John gave each other a quick smile before Angela pulled Jake over to where Isabel's body lay in a polished casket.
"What happened left side?" Jake asked touching Isabel's cheek and cried at how cold and lifeless she was.
"Long story." Angela said holding back tears as she looked down at her twin.
"When something happens to right side it can never be a 'long story'." Jake said looking at her and smiled, trying to get Angela to smile.
"When you've got time I'll be happy to explain." she said then turned and walked back over to John.
"So, he's nice." John said holding Angela close as she cried on his shoulder.
"Yeah he is." Her muffled reply came.
"what's with the name 'left side'?" John asked pulling her face up to meet his.
Angela smiled and filled John in, "when Isabel and I were young we needed a babysitter because in the summer both our parents worked during the day, so they hired the new kid on the block, Jake. When Jake first met us he thought there was only one of us and he thought Isabel was standing next to a mirror, we just stood there never moving. That is until our parents left we took off running around the house, that's when he realized we were twins. After that I became left side and Isabel was right side, because that's the position we were standing in when he first saw us, I was on the left side of this 'mirror' and Isabel was on the right side." Angela finished laughing at how much fun they had messing with Jake's mind that day.
Angela smiled and looked behind her, her face dropping as she looked at one man enter the church.
"Who's he?" John asked wondering who this man was and wondering why Angela's face had fallen at the sight of him.
"He's my dad." She answered and turned face forward again trying to avoid him. "When we were young and Isabel was going crazy my dad grew distant from the family, then when my mom died when we were 15, he never really spoke to us. I'm just surprised to see him here is all." She explained, then looked up as Jake made his was to her left side and sat down. Father David made his way up to the podium.
Angela watched as her father walked to the other side of the church and sat in the front row all alone. Resting her head on John's shoulder Angela listened as her sister was given the funeral her deserved.
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