(Vincent's Pov)
A while has passed since we had been in Texas. I was helping Clementine with her bags as we packed them up to set them at our home.
"Oh, my little girl off to college." We hear as I put the bag in my trunk.
"Dad I will still be in town and you can visit me too." She says and I closed the trunk and go over to her.
"I know but you've grown up so much." He says as he hugs her and I watch them.
"Dad." Clem says and I smiled at this. It was really nice.
"Well, we will come and visit when you aren't so busy." He tells her.
"I know, and I will call you or mom and when I have my off days then we can go out." She tells him and Lee looks at me and I nod.
"So, you going to head out with the band?" He asked and I nod a bit.
"Yea, they're in uh… currently they're in Virginia, I'm going to surprise them." I tell him.
"How long will you be gone for?" He asked.
"About a month or so, not to sure but I do know I will be back in time for Clementine's first game." I tell him.
"Alright, well, be safe, ok?" He says and I nod at this.
"Are you leaving tomorrow?" He asked and I nod.
"Early in the morning." I tell him and I scratched my beard a bit.
"Well, you two be safe, ok? call me when you get to the house?" Lee asked Clem and she nods.
"I will dad." She tells him then goes up and kisses his check and looks to me. I nod a bit as I get off the car and I headed into the driver's side. I drove her back to the house and I got out and helped grabbed her bags and boxes and we headed inside. I helped bring her things into our room and she set them to her side of the room. I come up to her and kissed her cheek and held her waist a bit as she placed her hands over mine and I kissed her neck a bit.
"Hmm, are you ok?" She asked and I nod a bit.
"Yea, I'm fine I'm just very… handsy today." I chuckled and she laughed a bit.
"Ok, ok, help me unpack all this and we can… have some fun?" She asked and I move a bit and look at her.
"I mean if you want too, I won't force you." She says and I chuckled.
"I know I know… we can think on that later." I tell her and she nods and I help her with unpacking. It took a good few hours but we were able to finish up and I broke the boxes down and placed them in the closet for now. I take a seat on the bed with her and I look at her for a bit.
"Are you feeling, ok?" She asked and I nod.
"Yea I'm fine I just… I mean I could… stay here for a while." I mutter.
"This has to deal with the band?" She asked.
"I mean… I would also be nervous about the sex too; I mean you are a very… I wouldn't want to disappoint you." I mutter.
"Hey it's fine, we don't have to, it's ok." She says and I nod.
"Now tell me about the band what's wrong?" She asked.
"I just… I want to go but I want to stay here too." I tell her.
"It's ok if you don't want to go, you don't have to, you didn't tell them you were seeing them tomorrow, did you?" She asked.
"No, I didn't, but then I would feel pretty shitty if I didn't go." I tell her.
"Why don't you stay and think a bit on it… maybe if you want leave tomorrow night." She says.
"I just…I can leave in the afternoon." I tell her.
"And that's fine… you do what you feel is right." She says and I nod a bit and I look to the window a bit and sigh.
"Could we… maybe… tonight?" I asked and she looks at me.
"Do you want to?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yea I mean if you want to that is… I just have to go and… get some stuff." I mutter and I bet I was turning red because Clem laughed a bit at this and I rubbed the back of my neck.
"I-I didn't mean to laugh it's just… you're adorable." She says and I chuckled a bit.
"I'm sorry I really am." I mutter.
"Don't be sorry it's nothing you need to be sorry about." She tells me and I sighed a bit.
"I know I just… hmm… ok off this subject." I say as I get up and take a breath.
"Alright, we can just watch a movie and see how the night goes?" She asked and I nodded at this. We both head into the living room and I grabbed some popcorn and she picked a movie for us to watch. I bring in the bowl and I think a bit as I take a seat next to her. I lean back a bit on the couch as we watched the movie for a bit, I place my arm around her shoulder and she leaned onto me and I take a breath. The movie was getting to the good part until the house phone rang and we both jumped at the sound. I got up quickly and went to the phone and answered it.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Was I calling at a bad time?" I hear.
"No, no you're fine Brody is something up?" I asked and looked to Clementine who looked at me.
"No nothing is up, just wanted to say that we are heading to Ericson." She says and I stand up a bit at this.
"Wait why?" I asked.
"Apparently they are having an event there, for the kids, something new I suppose." She says.
"Hm, ok, uh, do I need to go?" I asked her and Clem looked at me.
"That would actually be great if you did." She says and I think a bit.
"Sure, I can, when does this happen?" I asked.
"…Tomorrow, I was just told about this a few minutes ago I swear had I known earlier than I would have said something sooner." She says and I think a bit.
"Ok… ok uh night or afternoon?" I asked.
"Afternoon." She tells me.
"Alright, I'll make it there." I tell her.
"I am so sorry for calling late." She tells me.
"Brody it's ok, I will head out in about an hour or so, don't worry." I tell her.
"Ok… see you tomorrow?" She asked.
"Of course… see you later." I say and she and I both hang up and I sigh a bit.
"Hmm, ok." I mutter.
"Everything ok?" I hear and then look to Clementine and I rubbed my neck a bit and I go take a seat next to her.
"Yea just have to leave… uh my old school is holding an event and the band is going, not really sure what the event is." I mutter and look to the TV.
"Are you going to be, ok?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yea, I'm going to be fine." I tell her and I rubbed my face a bit and I look at her.
"I'll be fine." I tell her and she nods and kisses me. I kissed her back and sighed as we pulled apart.
"I'm going to go pack a bag." I say and I head out the living room and I get my bag from under the bag and start packing. It wasn't long until I heard the door open and I look up to see Clementine and she comes up to me and kisses me and I kissed her back. We pulled apart and I look at her as she wrapped her arms around my neck and I place my hands on her waist. I kissed her neck a bit and then look at her a bit.
"I love you." I tell her.
"I love you too." She says to me and I smiled and kissed her cheek. I went and finished packing and I place my bag on the ground and I rubbed my neck and looked to her as she took a seat on the bed. I take a seat next to her and I smiled a bit.
"Ok so your first game is in a month, then your birthday and then a few weeks later AJ's birthday." I tell her and she nods.
"That's pretty much it… you know I don't mind if you miss my birthday…. I would just really like to… spend Christmas with you." She says and I look at her and I nod.
"Speaking of Christmas, um… do you want to have that here? Or do we go to your parents?" I asked her.
"We can spend it here if you want, dad, mom and AJ can come here an we can have a small Christmas party." She says and I think a bit.
"Would they be ok with that?" I asked her.
"Sure, if we make the dinner of course." She says and I smile.
"That I can do." I then looked to the dresser a bit and I rubbed my neck again and take a breath and then get up.
"Alright, I'm going to head on out." I mutter and look to her. I grabbed my bag and she gets up and stops me and I look at her a bit.
"Maybe we can… have some… fun before I go?" I asked and she smiles at me a bit.
"Do you feel comfortable?" She asked and I look at her and I nod a bit. She cupped her hands to my face and I look at her a bit.
"I mean I do… I do feel comfortable… with you." I mutter a bit and she looks to me.
"I know I'm just being repetitive on this-."
"Clementine… I'm comfortable, if I start to feel uncomfortable, then I will tell you." I say to her and she looks at me and nods a bit. I smiled at her and kissed her on the lips and she kisses me back. Just as I was about to take her shirt off her phone rings and I chuckled a bit and she looked to me sadly and she answers her phone.
"Hello… oh hey Duck… I uh… I was a bit busy." She says quietly and I look at her and chuckled a bit at this. She then hangs up and I look at her.
"I think we should save it for a rainy day." I mutter and she rubbed her neck a bit.
"I uh… I'm sorry the mood." She says and I smile at her.
"It's fine, it happens." I say and we both laughed at this.
"The timing we have is just never on our side." I joke and she shakes her head a bit and I kissed her head and grabbed my bag. She gets in front of me and kisses me again and I kissed her back. She walked with me to the car and I look at her after I set the bag in the back of the car and I look at the road a bit and I sigh.
"You feeling, ok?" She asked and I nod at this.
"Yea, I'm doing just fine… hey when I get back, after your game… could we… go on a date?" I asked her as I rubbed the back of my neck.
"Sure, I don't mind that at all." She says and I smiled at her and nodded.
"Alright… awesome… uh… any place in particular you want to go?" I asked her.
"We can figure all that out later, ok?" She says and I nod.
"Alright… alright." I say and I rubbed my neck a bit I sighed a bit as I watched Clem go into the house and I nod a bit and get into the car. I set my music up and I begin to drive to my old school. the drive was long and I was a bit tired by the time I finally reached the school I saw the bus and I parked the car and I go up to the bus and knock on it a bit before the door swung open.
"VINCENT!" Louis yelled as he hugged me and I hug him back.
"Dude nice beard as always." Aasim says and I nod to him.
"Thanks, nice goatee." I say and he laughed.
"I mean Ruby likes it so." He say and I shake my head.
"So, what's this little event thing?" I asked.
"Right well… the school wants to show some kids in the music group that they can use their music as a way to make a career, I guess… not entirely sure." Louis says.
"Hm weird, didn't they tell us that trying to continue on our musical path was a waste of time and effort?" I asked.
"That was the old dean they have a new one now." Brody says as she gets off the bus and I look to her.
"New dean? What happened to the old fat fuck?" I asked.
"He died actually, had a heart attack two years ago." Ruby says as she showed us the old report on him and I shook my head a bit.
"Good riddance." I mutter and look to the school a bit.
"Well let's head on in then." I say as we walked up to the school. It hadn't changed much over the years and then someone comes over to us and smiled.
"You must be the band, how are you?" He asked and I look at him. He looked a little to hyper for my liking but I kept to myself.
"Uh… so you're the new dean?" I asked him.
"Oh yes, I took over after your old dean passed away, don't worry I've herd how much of a jerk he was and I'm not like that." He says.
"I sure hope not, that man would beat the hell out of us if we so much as looked at him, and he was a homophobic bastard." Aasim says.
"Trust me, I've changed the schools policy and so on, we don't tolerate that here." He says and then he looks to the side a bit and smiles then waves and I turn around and froze up.
"Well didn't think you all would be here." The woman says and I glare at her but then turn and looked to the new dean.
"Where do we set up?" I asked and he points to the makeshift stage and I nod as I head on over there. I heard someone following me and I look to see Brody and I slow down and look to her as we head to the side a bit and I look to her as I lean on the stage a bit.
"You doing, ok?" She asked and I nodded a bit.
"I uh… yea I'm just… wondering about Clem." I say to her.
"Did something happen?" She asked.
"No just… she starts college today and I can't call her because she's in class right now." I mutter a bit.
"Oh, you're like a parent with their kid on their first day of school." She joked and I look at her.
"… I uh… we also… before I was asked." I stopped and turned a bit red at this. It was a bit embarrassing.
"Wait… when I called were you two?" She asked and I shook my head.
"No… I mean… no we were watching a movie and I uh… well after you called, we… were about to but um… her friend Duck called." I mutter and she looks at me.
"And you are telling me this why?" She asked and I look at her.
"Well… after we visited my family… and I got the surgery… Clem and I talked for a bit… about having a family." I say to her and I look to the side a bit.
"Wait seriously?" She asked and I look back to her and I nod.
"Yea… I mean after she finishes college of course and we have our life in order then we would… try." I say to Brody.
"So, you aren't going to get married? Just jump to the family making process?" Brody says and I look to her and I laughed a bit.
"I mean yea we would get married before all that but…. I don't know in all honesty we were willing to just do it before her phone went off… and I didn't have any uh… protection." I say to her.
"Hormones are a bitch." She says and I chuckled.
"Yea… yea they are." I mutter and sighed.
"So, this is where you're at?" I hear and I look to see Minerva and I roll my eyes a bit.
"Yea." I mutter and looked to Brody.
"So, how's the job at the music shop?" Brody asked to try and get the subject changed.
"Going good, actually since I'll be with you guys for almost a month I was wondering if I could advertise the shop a bit for people… I can let the check I get go to you guys for advertising fees." I explained to her.
"You work at a music shop?" Minerva asked and I just keep looking at Brody.
"You don't have to we would have let you done it for free." Brody says as we ignore Minerva.
"I mean it only seems fair don't you think?" I asked her.
"Hello?" Minerva asked and I just look at Brody.
"I mean yea but-."
"Ok stop ignoring me." Minerva complained and I sighed a bit and looked at her.
"Hello Minerva." I say to her.
"Finally, why the hell are you two ignoring me." She says more than asked.
"Because we were talking." I say to her.
"About?" She asked.
"None of your business." I say to her.
"Whatever." She says.
"Why are you even here?" I asked.
"Why are you here?" I asked back.
"For your information they called me to come here." She says smugly and I roll my eyes at her.
"Because they probably didn't hear how much of a bitch you are." I say to her.
"Look we talked about it-."
"On a god damn news station and not in private, after you accused me of those… acts… fucking disgusting and you're a god damn liar." I tell her in her face.
"Didn't seem to cause you a lot of trouble." She says and I back off and lift my hands up a bit.
"It caused me lots of problems, my girlfriends parents thought I was a bad influence on her or at least would be, and I ended up doing stupid shit because of it… now leave me alone." I tell her and she looks at me then shakes her head and goes over to the others. I shake my head and look to Brody as she looks back at me.
"So how is Clementine?" Brody asked and I think.
"She's fine, right now all she has to worry about is her college stuff." I explained.
"That's right, now… what have you been up to after your operation?" She asked and I told her everything basically.
"Your own uncle?" She asked and I nodded.
"Yea, he was an asshole." I mutter.
"But your dad stood up for you." She says and I nod again.
"Yea… yea he actually did." I say to her as I lean on the stage.
"And you beat the hell out of him…. Good job." She says and I chuckled.
"You condoning violence that's a sight to see." I joke and rubbed the back of my head and I take a breath. We then saw the Dean walking up to us and I get off the stage and look at him as he comes over with the rest.
"So, you'll mostly be talking to the students, and answering some questions for them, if you don't want to answer certain questions that's fine… we also have a camera that's going to record this meeting if all of you are fine with that." He says.
"This doesn't go to the press or any news outlet, blog and so on, right?" I asked him.
"We were going to post it on our website but we don't have to if you're not ok with that." He says and I think a bit.
"No, it's fine." I say and he nods.
"Alright, let's get this started." He says and we head up to the stage and took our seats. The students had come out the school and they took to their seats too. We were given one of those miniature microphones and we looked to the students.
"Hello Ericson, so today we brought in some special guests, they also attended Ericson years ago, and they agreed to come talk to you all today." The dean announced and I look around a bit. one kid raised their hand and Louis pointed to him.
"Sup dude?" Louis asked.
"Did your parents not want you guys to make a band?" The kid asked.
"No, we all had different career paths that our parents wanted… for instance my dad wanted me to go into politics." Louis says.
"My parents wanted me to be a doctor but I do study medicine on the side." Ruby says to the kid.
"My dad wanted me to work in his auto shop but I do work on some cars here and there." Marlon says. As the others talk one kid raised their hand.
"What about Vincent?" The girl asked and I look to her a bit and I clear my throat.
"Well, they had lots of jobs lined up for me… at one point they wanted me to be a pastor at the church I use to attend when I was younger, but it kept changing over time." I explained to them.
"Why did you start your band?" A kid asked.
"We love making music." Minerva says.
"I heard about your band breaking up… are you and Vincent friends again?" One boy asked and I look to him and I rubbed the back of my neck.
"Uh… it's complicated, right now we're just having to be civil in front of you guys." I say.
"Why should we continue with music?" One kid asked and I look to her.
"If you really love to play, then keep trying, it will be hard trust us we know, but hey, it's fun to do." Louis says and I nod in agreement. As time and questions kept coming I felt my phone vibrate a bit so I took the time and I excused myself from the stage and I answered the phone.
"Hey is everything all right?" I asked.
"Vincent… your grandmother… she's… she's gone." I hear my mother cry and I was frozen in my spot. I didn't know what to do or say until I was able to ask.
"A-Are you sure? I mean she could just be-."
"Vincent she… she shot herself… in the chest." She tells me and I rubbed the back of my head.
"No… no she's not you are lying." I tell her.
"I would never lie about this Vincent." She says and I feel a hand on my shoulder and I look to see Louis as he gave me a worried look.
"I uh… I'm sorry I'll call you back… I promise." I say and hang up the phone before she could say anything else. I take a breath and put on a smile as I look to Louis.
"Hey sorry just… mom wanting to know if I'm ok." I tell him.
"Vincent… you're crying." He says and I wipe the tears away.
"Nah just something in my eyes… uh sorry did someone want to ask me a question?" I asked and he nods. We head back to the stage and I look to the students.
"Uh sorry had to take a call, who wanted to ask me something?" I ask them.
"Me." Says a young girl and I nod to her.
"Ask away."
"Who was your inspiration?" She asked and I think.
"My grandparents… they loved music a lot, my grandpa had a guitar and he taught me how to play… he was important to me especially when it came to music and who I am… so is my grandma." I say to her and she nods. The meeting ended after a while and I head over to my car and call my mother again.
"I'm sorry I was at a meeting… h-how did it happen?" I asked as I leaned on the car.
"The doctors said that she shot herself in the chest, she left a note but it's addressed to you so we wont open it." She says and I think.
"You and dad can." I tell her.
"No, your grandmother would kill us if we opened it." She says and I nod.
"Ok… ok um… when do I need to be there?" I asked as I wiped away my tears.
"In two days, we have everything set up in place she just wanted something small." She tells me.
"How… how's dad?" I asked.
"… Devastated." She tells me.
"Fuck… fuck I'm so sorry." I tell her.
"It's ok… it's ok sweetie." She says and I felt choked up.
"Ok… I'll be there… uh… Clem can't come she has school." I mutter as I rubbed the back of my head a bit.
"I know, it's ok, your grandmother would understand." She says and I nod as I take a shaky beath.
"Ok… I'll drive out tonight and… I should be there tomorrow night or morning after tomorrow maybe." I tell her.
"Don't drive tired, ok?" She says and I chuckled sadly.
"I know… I won't I promise." I tell her. We both hang up and I put my phone in my pocket. I take a breath and I look to the others and I head over to them.
"Hey you good?" Mitch asked and I look to them and I take a breath.
"I uh… I don't know I just." I stopped and I wipe my eyes again.
"Vincent?" Brody asked and I felt more tears.
"Vince?" Ruby asked as she placed a hand on my shoulder and I shook my head a bit as they let me take a bit to breath. I look to Brody as I tried to calm down and she placed both her hands on my shoulders as she looks at me.
"What's wrong? Is it Clementine?" She asked and I shook my head.
"It's… Grandma… she's gone." I choked out and I felt someone hug me and I cried.
"She just… she shot herself… she… she's gone." I mutter.
"Shhh it's ok Vincent it's ok." I hear Brody say as she rubbed my back a bit and I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"She can't be gone though." I mutter.
"Do you need me to come with you?" Brody asked as I pulled away.
"I… I don't know I just… I don't know." I mutter as I take the time to think.
"I think she should go with you, it's fine." Marlon says.
"I have to agree." Louis says and I shake my head.
"No, no I'll be fine I promise I just… need some time alone… to think you know." I mutter and look to all of them.
"I will call or text when I make stops ok?" I tell them.
"You better or we will come hunt you down." Ruby says and I smile just a small bit.
"I know, I know… I will… thanks." I tell them.
"No need to thank us, just be careful." Aasim says and I nod. They head back on the bus and I head to my car. I just think for a bit before I turned it on but then I see Brody come over to me with a bag and I roll the window down.
"I know you don't want me to come, but I don't feel good about leaving you on your own right now." She says and I rubbed the back of my neck and I nod as I unlock the door for her and she comes and takes a seat in the passanger side. I then looked to the window a bit and started to drive. It was about two hours into my drive before my phone started to ring and I answer it. I was glad that Brody was asleep so I kept the volume down.
"Hey Vincent, how was the drive?" I hear Clementine ask.
"It was fine." I say as I watched the road.
"You, ok? you don't sound ok." She says.
"Yea, I'm fine I'm just… tired." I tell her.
"Are you sure?" She asked.
"Yea I'm sure, I'll probably be out longer than expected though." I tell her.
"Oh? Did they ask if you would play for them again?" she asked and I chuckle a bit.
"No, no, I'm not playing again, I just." I stop and think.
"Vincent… did something bad happen?" Clem asked and I sigh and nod a bit.
"Yea… yea I just got some bad news is all." I say as I drive more.
"What happened? Are you alright?" She asked.
"No- I mean yes, I'm fine I didn't get hurt or anything just…. My mom called." I tell her.
"Is everyone ok?" She asked. I take a breath.
"I uh… um…. Grandma… grandma is gone she's um…. She passed away." I tell her.
"Oh god do I need-."
"No, no you don't need to drop anything ok… just focus on school, ok?" I asked.
"Vince-."
"Please… I'm going to Texas for a while but I'll be back." I tell her.
"I'm so sorry Vincent, I know how much you loved her." She says and I nod.
"I know… I know… but…. But she's with grandpa now… so… I just have to think about it like that." I tell her.
"Vince." She says and I look to my phone a bit then back to the road.
"I will call once I get to the house." I tell her.
"Ok, keep me updated please? It could be about anything." She tells me and I nod.
"I will, I promise." I tell her and we both hang up. I drove and drove for hours; I would message Brody and my mom on where I was and they would respond back to me. I didn't get to Texas till around three in the morning, since I had to make a stop at a rest area to get some sleep. I pull up to my parents' house and look at it for a bit before I saw the door open and I shut my car off. Brody and I get out and head up the stairs and look at my father as he looked back to me. He gave me a hug and I hugged him back.
"I'm sorry." I tell him and he nods.
"It's ok, she's with your grandfather now." He says and I nod as we head inside and I see my mother on the couch and she looks up to see me and my father. She gets up and comes and gives me a hug and then I look to see more of our family here and I looked down as my mom moved away from me. She then sees Brody and she gives her a hug as well.
"So, uh… where is." I tried to say but I stopped and rubbed my neck.
"It'll be at the church; they're just doing something small." She tells me and I nod.
"Uh… she was cremated right?" I asked and my mom nods.
"Yes, she said she wanted you to have some of her ashes but the rest are going next to your grandfather." She explained.
"This is bullshit we all know she killed herself because of Violet." I hear my uncle say and I looked to the ground and rubbed my neck.
"Shut the fuck up an be respectful, our mother just died." My aunt says and I look at her a bit shocked but then again, she did love her mother so of course she would speak up on this.
"We all know it's her fucking fault, why else would your mother shoot herself hu?" He asked pissed off and I look to my father but then looked down.
"God, damn it shut the hell up, we are supposed to be mourning not fighting." My father says and I look around a bit before my mother pulls me to the side and I keep my eyes to the floor as we get to my old room and I take a seat on the bed. I looked around a bit and then looked to my mom as she hands me a letter and I look at it as she takes a seat on the chair at my desk. I held the letter a bit and looked up to her then I open it and read it.
'Dear Vinny, I am writing this to you because I know how some of the people in our family are, but I want you to know that this is not your fault and will never be your fault, I love you, and I want you to know that I am with your grandfather, I want you to have some of my ashes and then the rest go to your grandfather, if your father wants any ashes that is fine but only you and him, I also want to tell you that I have a ring for you, it's my wedding ring, if you ever decide to ask Clementine to Marry you, than give that to her, but only when you feel ready. I love you Vinny, please be happy.' I read and look to my mom as she looked to me and I clear my throat.
"She uh… she said that uh if dad want's any of her ashes then he can." I mutter and there was a knock on the door and I see Brody as she came in.
"Sorry just… your dad and his siblings are arguing." She says.
"Oh god." My mother says as she goes out the door and I look at Brody as I get up.
"I would suggest you stay here." Brody says.
"It's about me hu?" I asked.
"Your uncle was starting his shit again and your dad is getting pissed." She says and I sighed.
"I'm going to go out there, they can say it to my face." I tell her and we both walked out and I glare at my uncle.
"IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT GOD DAMN BRAT OF YOURS!" My uncle yells and I shake my head as I go over to them.
"I SWEAR TO GOD-."
"Stop this right now, grandma is gone, we have to deal with it, but putting the blame on me, seriously? She lost her damn husband, the love of her god damn life, didn't you think about that shit? She acted happy around us when she could have been depressed and none of you fuckers ever had the thought to even ask her anything… you never came to visit her, you only came around when you wanted shit from her, so don't act as if you fucking knew her, or if you ever fucking cared about her." I tell him and he glares at me.
"I kicked-."
"I kicked your fucking ass and I ain't afraid to do it again, grow the fuck up and let us fucking mourn for a family member, grandma wouldn't want this at all." I tell him and he shut his mouth. I shake my head and looked to side a bit and rubbed the back of my head. I look to my father as he nods and I look at Brody who was next to my mom. I follow my dad to the kitchen and he offers me a beer so I grabbed the bottle and looked at it a bit before I twisted the cap off and took a swig. My dad also drank some of his and I shake my head a bit before he handed me something and I grabbed it and looked at it.
"Your grandma's and grandfathers rings." He says and I look at them.
"I knew she wanted to give you her ring but your grandfather told me to wait to give you his." He says and I nod and take another drink. The other family members left the house and Brody and I were set up in my room. I let her lay in the bed and I lay on the floor after we argued on it. I was looking at the ceiling for a bit and then looked up to Brody a bit.
"I'm sorry you had to hear all that." I say to her.
"It's fine, you didn't do anything wrong." She says and I nod just a bit.
"I'll call Clem in the morning." I mutter and close my eyes for a bit just waiting for the morning to come and get the day over with.