Chapter Four
The Funeral
Disclaimer: I don't own the Mighty Ducks; they belong to Disney. I don't own the song "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" either. Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber does.
A/N: Hey guys; I am so sorry that it took so long for me to update, but I had a major case of writer's block on this story. But I finally got an idea for it and so here I am. Please review if you can, I'm not getting all that many reviews on this story and it is kind of depressing me. So please review if you can, Thanks.
Note to my reviewers:
KShyne99: Thank you for reviewing, It made me feel a lot better about the story. I am glad you like Charlie/Julie together. Thanks for reviewing, and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Have you read my other stories? The College Years and Getting You Back? Well if you haven't a lot of people really enjoy those stories and they are Julie/Charlie fics. So please read them if you haven't already. Talk to you soon.
C-chan96: Thanks Chels I'm glad that you liked it as usual. Very nice job on the ode to Charlie * Claps and Cheers *. I liked it very much * Grins *. Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, I am sure you will. * Grins* Oh and I got an idea on how to end this story. I'll tell you on IM cause I don't want to ruin it for the other readers. So just remind me and I will tell you. Anyways I'll talk to you soon, hope you enjoy.
Ok well that is done so now I well get on with the chapter. Hope you enjoy!!!
-Chapter 4-
Three days later Julie Gaffney was sitting in the church were her mother's funeral was being held. She was sitting next to her Father and her grandmother. Charlie, Connie, Guy, and Coach Bombay were sitting several pews behind her. Jason was up on the stage telling about things that he would miss, but would cherish the things that their mother would do for them. Julie smiled through her tears, thinking about all the things he was telling about. She thought back to one memory of a conversation with her mom that had happened only a few months before.
***Flashback***
Julie walked into her house in Bangor, Maine feeling like crap. She had just gotten into a fight with he ex-boyfriend that she had broken up with a couple years before because he had cheated on her. But she had long gotten over it and had moved on. In fact, she and a certain Captain of the Ducks had started to get closer and hang out a lot. 'I can't wait to go back to Minnesota and can hang out with Charlie and the Ducks again. At least he won't be a jackass like Jack.' She thought to herself.
Julie was so caught up in thinking about Charlie and the Ducks that she hadn't realized that her mother was standing right in front of her.
"Julie, honey; are you okay?" Her mom asked her.
"Huh? Oh hey mom. What did you ask me?" She said, sounding stopped up.
"I asked if you are okay. But by the way you sound I would say the answer is no. What's wrong sweetie?" She asked her daughter.
Julie sighed and looked down at her feet. "Jack told me that him and his family are moving, and he got mad when I didn't say anything. I told him I didn't know what his problem was and what he expected me to say because we have been broken up about two years and haven't spoken to each other tell about four hours ago. I told him I was over him and have moved on. Not to mention I'm going out with someone else. He got mad and told me that he thought we had said that we would wait for each other. Well, that just pissed me off and I reminded him of why we had broken up in the first place; him cheating on me. He rolled his eyes and walked off, and that is when I came home." She explained to her mother.
"THAT JACK ASS!!! I can't believe he expected that of you after what he did to you. AHH, WHAT A JACK ASS!!!" Marie Gaffney screamed and Julie laughed.
"Yeah, that is about what I was thinking." Julie said, still laughing.
"Julie, did you say that you told Jack that you were going out with someone else?" Marie asked her.
Julie's eyes got huge at what her mom had just asked and then she blushed and looked down. "Yeah, I did tell him that...and it is almost true. We're not really going out officially, just hanging out and stuff." She explained.
"Uh-huh. Well are you going to tell me who it is that you are hanging out with?" she asked her again.
"Umm...Charlie." Julie said grinning.
"THE CAPTIAN!!! That is awesome Julie; he is so cute and sweet. Good choice Jules." Her mom said.
"Thank you mom; but remember we're not officially together yet." Julie said.
"Okay, but you have to promise me that when you get together with him that you will tell me. Okay?" She asked her daughter, grinning.
"Okay mom, I promise." Julie said grinning and then promptly sneezed.
"Bless you Julie; let's go and get you something for your allergies." Her mom said and wrapped an arm around her and led her into the living room and to the couch. When she got Julie on the couch she went and got her some Tylenol Sinus and a cup of water. She walked back into the living room and handed Julie the Tylenol and water. Julie took it and smiled up at her mom in thanks. Her mom set down and pulled her into her arms like she would always do when she was sick.
*** End Flashback ***
Tears came streaming down Julie's checks as she thought about that day. Her mom had taken good care of her that day. She then stared at her brother who was still talking about their mom. She started thinking about what he had gone through to get their dad to let her sing today. It had taken several long hours of arguing to convince him to let her sing. She had run out of the house and had run into her old hockey team at the rink. That was where Jason and Charlie had found her.
*** Flashback***
Julie was skating and laughing with some of her old friends. They were talking about the pranks they would do on people back when she was still on the team before she went to the Goodwill Games. She was having a good time and decided not to think about her problems right then. Well, she hadn't planed on it, but her plans were shattered when John started talking about her mom and some things she had done.
"Hey guys, do you remember when Marie came and helped us sneak in here so that we could have a party?" John asked and they all cheered except Julie who cringed. She hoped that they hadn't noticed her reaction about what they had said, and her wish came true.
"Yeah, that was great; she did a lot of other things like that for us too." Chris said and they all agreed, even Julie who really didn't want to be talking about this.
"Hey Julie, do you think we could talk your mom into helping us have another lock in?" Less asked her. She looked at him for a second before a bitter smile came to her face.
"I wish I could say yes guys, but I can't." She said looking down at her feet, then back at her friends. "They were on their way to one of my hockey games when a drunk driver ran a red light and hit them...on my mom's side. They got them to the hospital and got her stabilized, but they weren't having so much luck with my dad; they couldn't get him stabilized. Finally they were able to get him stabilized and put them both in a room. They monitored my dad more than my mom because she had been so easy to stabilize and they hadn't thought that daddy was going to make it. But what they hadn't know was that mama's lungs had been punctured and not long after they had gotten daddy stabilized she started crashing because her lungs had collapsed." She explained, trying not to tear up and start crying.
"Oh my gosh, Julie; that is horrible." John said, skating to her and wrapping her in his arms. She gladly buried her head in his chest and cried.
"But that isn't the worst of it. Daddy hates me now because he thinks I am the reason she is dead. And you know what? I am starting to believe that it was my fault. Because I was the one that had begged them to come to the game and they did 'cause I asked them." Julie cried into his chest.
"Julie, it wasn't your fault they came because they wanted to, not just because you asked them to." John told her.
"I know, but sometimes with the way he treats me, I start feeling that way." Julie said softly.
"Well don't let him get to you okay? Keep believing it isn't your fault and don't let him make you believe anything else, alright?" John said and she nodded.
"Good girl. Now how about we forget this for a little bit, huh? You look like you need to; and it isn't disrespectful, you're free to and if you don't you'll get sick." He continued.
"Okay, sounds good to me." She said, and then looking into the stands where she saw someone coming. She let go of John and skated closer, and realized that it was Jason and Charlie.
"JASON!!! CHARLIE!!! What are you two doing here?" She asked them.
"We came to find you; we have something to tell you." Jason said trying not to smile.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Well after several hours of arguing, Jason convinced your dad to let you sing." Charlie said smiling at her.
"You mean it?!" She asked excited as she could be about it.
"Yep. He isn't happy about it, but he is going to let you get up there after I talk." Jason said giving a light smile, which was returned by Julie.
"So you two want to come and play with us?" Julie asked. "I don't want to go home yet."
"Sure." Jason and Charlie said at the same time.
"Cool, I'll see you in a few minutes." She said and skated back to her friends.
Jason then led Charlie to where the locker room was, handing the younger boy some extra skates the team had. They put them on and started towards the ice, meeting Julie on her way into the locker room.
"Hey Julie, where you going?" Jason asked his baby sister.
"I was coming to make sure you remembered where the skates were." She said, "I also wanted to talk to Charlie about something."
Jason smiled and patted her on the back, "Alright, I'll just go bug your friends."
Julie rolled her eyes. "Have fun."
"Oh, I will." Jason said and walked off. Julie then turned to Charlie and smiled shyly.
"Hey, Julie." He said and reached out and hugged her. "What was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
Julie looked down at the ground for a minute and then looked back up at him, "What are we? Are we just friends? Or are we more?"
"Julie, I think we are more than friends. We have definitely become closer over the last couple months." He told her and she gave him the brightest smile he had seen in the last week. "Why?"
"Well, the main reason is that I had been wanting to know that for a long time and have been trying to get enough courage to ask you. I know what you're probably thinking; you're thinking I'm the 'cat lady.' I'm not supposed to be scared, but I am. There are just a few things that get me scared: spiders and confronting a guy about what our relationship... Okay, I'm getting of track. The other reason is that my mom promised me that I would tell her when we got together, because we kind of had a conversation about you and me a couple months ago when I was home for a couple weeks. I never got to tell her that we got together. I wanted to do that tomorrow, when I get up there and sing. If it is okay with you that is." She told him.
"Julie, I have no problems with you doing that." Charlie said hugging her back to him.
"Really?" she said looking at him.
"Yes, that way you'll be keeping your promise to her." Charlie said kissing her nose.
She smiled up at him and laid her head back on his chest. He hugged her for a while before pulling away and grinning mischievously at her.
"What do you say about showing your old team how the Ducks play?" He asked.
"But there is just two of us." She told him.
"Nope. Connie and Guy came too. They're in the locker room getting some skates. They didn't come down because we told them to stay up there." He told her and she grinned.
"Okay!!" She said smiling at him. He went back to the locker room to get Connie and Guy while Julie went back on the ice. When the other three got back, they played for about two hours before Jason told Julie that they needed to go so they could go to the Funeral Home for visitations.
***End Flashback***
"Thank you for listening to me and my memories of my mother. I hope you will enjoy my baby sister and some of her memories also." Jason said to the crowd and brought Julie out of her thoughts.
She stood up and walked towards the stage, stopping to look at her mom for a minute; then she started walking back up towards where Jason was standing. While she was walking up there, he had fixed the microphone so that it would be the right height for her.
"Good luck Julie; you're going to do great." Jason told her patting her on the back and left the stage. She looked down for a second to gather her strength, and then looked back up at the crowd.
"There is a song that I am going to sing that mama loved. It is from the Phantom of the Opera, where Christian is at the graveyard singing to her father. I know it is several years after her father died, but mama loved it. I remember when we went to see the play at that part she started crying. I asked her what was wrong, and she told me it reminded her of her mom. My mama said that she had problems saying goodbye when her own mother died. Well, when my dad consented to let me sing up here today, I knew exactly what I was going to sing. So...anyway...the song is called 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.'" Julie said, keeping her voice as even as possible.
She opened her mouth and closed her eyes, allowing the sound of her voice to carry throughout the room.
You were once
my one companion ...
you were all
that mattered ...
You were once
a friend and father -
then my world
was shattered ...
Wishing you were
somehow here again ...
wishing you were
somehow near ...
Sometimes it seemed
if I just dreamed,
somehow you would
be here ...
Wishing I could
hear your voice again ...
knowing that I
never would ...
Dreaming of you
won't help me to do
all that you dreamed
I could ...
Passing bells
and sculpted angels,
cold and monumental,
seem, for you,
the wrong companions -
you were warm and gentle ...
Too many years
fighting back tears ...
Why can't the past
just die ...?
Wishing you were
somehow here again ...
knowing we must
say goodbye ...
Try to forgive ...
teach me to live ...
give me the strength
to try ...
No more memories,
no more silent tears ...
No more gazing across
the wasted years ...
Help me say
goodbye
When she had finished, she had tears running down her face. She looked out at the crowd and found that they were all crying also. "Another reason I wanted to sing that song was that in the past few years my mom and I didn't get much time to spend together because I was away at a private school. When I found out she had died, I felt guilty for asking them to come because I felt it was my fault. But with the help of a friend I realized that it wasn't my fault because it was their choice to come. It isn't anyone's fault except the person who was drunk that hit them. I also felt guilty because I haven't had much time to spend with my mom, and I realized that I was going to have to have someone to 'help me say goodbye.'" She told the crowd but was really talking to her father.
She looked down for a couple minutes again and then looked back up, "Along with the song there was something I wanted to tell my mama. I know you probably think I am crazy, so I will tell you the reason behind this. You see a couple months ago, I had gone home for a couple weeks, and one day I came home not feeling very good and was in a bad mood cause I had gotten into a fight with a guy I...well, it isn't important. Anyways, my mom had me sit down and tell her why I was so mad. I told her about the fight. While I was telling her I let it slip that I was going out with someone, or wasn't really but was really close. She asked me who it was and I told her. She was really happy and made me promise that when we got together that I would tell her." She explained and then looked up towards the sky, "Well mama, as of about a week in a half ago, we are together, and as I promised, you're are the first to know." She said then looked back at the crowd, "Thanks for listening."
She then walked off the stage and went back to her sit next to her father and grandparents. The preacher went up and started talking for a little while and then he released them to view the body for the last time, and head for the cemetery. Once they were all at the cemetery, the preacher started talking again, but Julie wasn't really listening. She was staring at the casket. It hadn't hit her until just then that her mother wasn't coming back. When she was still in the hospital, she knew that she was gone but had the hope that maybe some how she would come back; that she was in a coma or something. But now, sitting there at the cemetery staring at the casket, she knew that her mother wasn't coming back. She started crying harder than she had all-day and leaned forward with her head in her hands. Charlie saw this and reached over, pulling her to him and hugging her to him for the rest of the service.
When it was over Julie, her family, and friends went home to eat supper. Julie's dad was ignoring her even more than usual, but Julie didn't really notice...or if she did, she was pretending not to notice. The rest of the group, except for George, watched her with worry. She finished eating her lunch, looked up at them, gave them a weak smile, and got up, going to her room. Charlie decided that he would leave her alone for a while, and then go and check on her.
The rest of them finished their supper and went their separate ways. Charlie, Connie, Guy, and Jason all went to the living room to watch TV while George went to his room for the night. Charlie knew that there was something bothering Julie's father, but he didn't know what it was. But he knew one thing for sure; Julie was probably going to get it tomorrow, and what ever it was that was bothering him, probably wasn't her fault.
Ok well that is the end of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it, please review if you can. Your reviews keep me inspired. So far I have three more Chapters planed, but more might come to me, I don't know. Anyways thanks for reading, and I'll talk to you soon. Oh and one more thing, Chelsea thank you so much for editing this chapter. I would have probably not updated it if you hadn't have been able to edit it. Anyways thanks again, talk to you later.
The Funeral
Disclaimer: I don't own the Mighty Ducks; they belong to Disney. I don't own the song "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" either. Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber does.
A/N: Hey guys; I am so sorry that it took so long for me to update, but I had a major case of writer's block on this story. But I finally got an idea for it and so here I am. Please review if you can, I'm not getting all that many reviews on this story and it is kind of depressing me. So please review if you can, Thanks.
Note to my reviewers:
KShyne99: Thank you for reviewing, It made me feel a lot better about the story. I am glad you like Charlie/Julie together. Thanks for reviewing, and I hope you enjoy this chapter. Have you read my other stories? The College Years and Getting You Back? Well if you haven't a lot of people really enjoy those stories and they are Julie/Charlie fics. So please read them if you haven't already. Talk to you soon.
C-chan96: Thanks Chels I'm glad that you liked it as usual. Very nice job on the ode to Charlie * Claps and Cheers *. I liked it very much * Grins *. Well I hope you enjoy this chapter, I am sure you will. * Grins* Oh and I got an idea on how to end this story. I'll tell you on IM cause I don't want to ruin it for the other readers. So just remind me and I will tell you. Anyways I'll talk to you soon, hope you enjoy.
Ok well that is done so now I well get on with the chapter. Hope you enjoy!!!
-Chapter 4-
Three days later Julie Gaffney was sitting in the church were her mother's funeral was being held. She was sitting next to her Father and her grandmother. Charlie, Connie, Guy, and Coach Bombay were sitting several pews behind her. Jason was up on the stage telling about things that he would miss, but would cherish the things that their mother would do for them. Julie smiled through her tears, thinking about all the things he was telling about. She thought back to one memory of a conversation with her mom that had happened only a few months before.
***Flashback***
Julie walked into her house in Bangor, Maine feeling like crap. She had just gotten into a fight with he ex-boyfriend that she had broken up with a couple years before because he had cheated on her. But she had long gotten over it and had moved on. In fact, she and a certain Captain of the Ducks had started to get closer and hang out a lot. 'I can't wait to go back to Minnesota and can hang out with Charlie and the Ducks again. At least he won't be a jackass like Jack.' She thought to herself.
Julie was so caught up in thinking about Charlie and the Ducks that she hadn't realized that her mother was standing right in front of her.
"Julie, honey; are you okay?" Her mom asked her.
"Huh? Oh hey mom. What did you ask me?" She said, sounding stopped up.
"I asked if you are okay. But by the way you sound I would say the answer is no. What's wrong sweetie?" She asked her daughter.
Julie sighed and looked down at her feet. "Jack told me that him and his family are moving, and he got mad when I didn't say anything. I told him I didn't know what his problem was and what he expected me to say because we have been broken up about two years and haven't spoken to each other tell about four hours ago. I told him I was over him and have moved on. Not to mention I'm going out with someone else. He got mad and told me that he thought we had said that we would wait for each other. Well, that just pissed me off and I reminded him of why we had broken up in the first place; him cheating on me. He rolled his eyes and walked off, and that is when I came home." She explained to her mother.
"THAT JACK ASS!!! I can't believe he expected that of you after what he did to you. AHH, WHAT A JACK ASS!!!" Marie Gaffney screamed and Julie laughed.
"Yeah, that is about what I was thinking." Julie said, still laughing.
"Julie, did you say that you told Jack that you were going out with someone else?" Marie asked her.
Julie's eyes got huge at what her mom had just asked and then she blushed and looked down. "Yeah, I did tell him that...and it is almost true. We're not really going out officially, just hanging out and stuff." She explained.
"Uh-huh. Well are you going to tell me who it is that you are hanging out with?" she asked her again.
"Umm...Charlie." Julie said grinning.
"THE CAPTIAN!!! That is awesome Julie; he is so cute and sweet. Good choice Jules." Her mom said.
"Thank you mom; but remember we're not officially together yet." Julie said.
"Okay, but you have to promise me that when you get together with him that you will tell me. Okay?" She asked her daughter, grinning.
"Okay mom, I promise." Julie said grinning and then promptly sneezed.
"Bless you Julie; let's go and get you something for your allergies." Her mom said and wrapped an arm around her and led her into the living room and to the couch. When she got Julie on the couch she went and got her some Tylenol Sinus and a cup of water. She walked back into the living room and handed Julie the Tylenol and water. Julie took it and smiled up at her mom in thanks. Her mom set down and pulled her into her arms like she would always do when she was sick.
*** End Flashback ***
Tears came streaming down Julie's checks as she thought about that day. Her mom had taken good care of her that day. She then stared at her brother who was still talking about their mom. She started thinking about what he had gone through to get their dad to let her sing today. It had taken several long hours of arguing to convince him to let her sing. She had run out of the house and had run into her old hockey team at the rink. That was where Jason and Charlie had found her.
*** Flashback***
Julie was skating and laughing with some of her old friends. They were talking about the pranks they would do on people back when she was still on the team before she went to the Goodwill Games. She was having a good time and decided not to think about her problems right then. Well, she hadn't planed on it, but her plans were shattered when John started talking about her mom and some things she had done.
"Hey guys, do you remember when Marie came and helped us sneak in here so that we could have a party?" John asked and they all cheered except Julie who cringed. She hoped that they hadn't noticed her reaction about what they had said, and her wish came true.
"Yeah, that was great; she did a lot of other things like that for us too." Chris said and they all agreed, even Julie who really didn't want to be talking about this.
"Hey Julie, do you think we could talk your mom into helping us have another lock in?" Less asked her. She looked at him for a second before a bitter smile came to her face.
"I wish I could say yes guys, but I can't." She said looking down at her feet, then back at her friends. "They were on their way to one of my hockey games when a drunk driver ran a red light and hit them...on my mom's side. They got them to the hospital and got her stabilized, but they weren't having so much luck with my dad; they couldn't get him stabilized. Finally they were able to get him stabilized and put them both in a room. They monitored my dad more than my mom because she had been so easy to stabilize and they hadn't thought that daddy was going to make it. But what they hadn't know was that mama's lungs had been punctured and not long after they had gotten daddy stabilized she started crashing because her lungs had collapsed." She explained, trying not to tear up and start crying.
"Oh my gosh, Julie; that is horrible." John said, skating to her and wrapping her in his arms. She gladly buried her head in his chest and cried.
"But that isn't the worst of it. Daddy hates me now because he thinks I am the reason she is dead. And you know what? I am starting to believe that it was my fault. Because I was the one that had begged them to come to the game and they did 'cause I asked them." Julie cried into his chest.
"Julie, it wasn't your fault they came because they wanted to, not just because you asked them to." John told her.
"I know, but sometimes with the way he treats me, I start feeling that way." Julie said softly.
"Well don't let him get to you okay? Keep believing it isn't your fault and don't let him make you believe anything else, alright?" John said and she nodded.
"Good girl. Now how about we forget this for a little bit, huh? You look like you need to; and it isn't disrespectful, you're free to and if you don't you'll get sick." He continued.
"Okay, sounds good to me." She said, and then looking into the stands where she saw someone coming. She let go of John and skated closer, and realized that it was Jason and Charlie.
"JASON!!! CHARLIE!!! What are you two doing here?" She asked them.
"We came to find you; we have something to tell you." Jason said trying not to smile.
"What is it?" She asked.
"Well after several hours of arguing, Jason convinced your dad to let you sing." Charlie said smiling at her.
"You mean it?!" She asked excited as she could be about it.
"Yep. He isn't happy about it, but he is going to let you get up there after I talk." Jason said giving a light smile, which was returned by Julie.
"So you two want to come and play with us?" Julie asked. "I don't want to go home yet."
"Sure." Jason and Charlie said at the same time.
"Cool, I'll see you in a few minutes." She said and skated back to her friends.
Jason then led Charlie to where the locker room was, handing the younger boy some extra skates the team had. They put them on and started towards the ice, meeting Julie on her way into the locker room.
"Hey Julie, where you going?" Jason asked his baby sister.
"I was coming to make sure you remembered where the skates were." She said, "I also wanted to talk to Charlie about something."
Jason smiled and patted her on the back, "Alright, I'll just go bug your friends."
Julie rolled her eyes. "Have fun."
"Oh, I will." Jason said and walked off. Julie then turned to Charlie and smiled shyly.
"Hey, Julie." He said and reached out and hugged her. "What was it that you wanted to talk to me about?"
Julie looked down at the ground for a minute and then looked back up at him, "What are we? Are we just friends? Or are we more?"
"Julie, I think we are more than friends. We have definitely become closer over the last couple months." He told her and she gave him the brightest smile he had seen in the last week. "Why?"
"Well, the main reason is that I had been wanting to know that for a long time and have been trying to get enough courage to ask you. I know what you're probably thinking; you're thinking I'm the 'cat lady.' I'm not supposed to be scared, but I am. There are just a few things that get me scared: spiders and confronting a guy about what our relationship... Okay, I'm getting of track. The other reason is that my mom promised me that I would tell her when we got together, because we kind of had a conversation about you and me a couple months ago when I was home for a couple weeks. I never got to tell her that we got together. I wanted to do that tomorrow, when I get up there and sing. If it is okay with you that is." She told him.
"Julie, I have no problems with you doing that." Charlie said hugging her back to him.
"Really?" she said looking at him.
"Yes, that way you'll be keeping your promise to her." Charlie said kissing her nose.
She smiled up at him and laid her head back on his chest. He hugged her for a while before pulling away and grinning mischievously at her.
"What do you say about showing your old team how the Ducks play?" He asked.
"But there is just two of us." She told him.
"Nope. Connie and Guy came too. They're in the locker room getting some skates. They didn't come down because we told them to stay up there." He told her and she grinned.
"Okay!!" She said smiling at him. He went back to the locker room to get Connie and Guy while Julie went back on the ice. When the other three got back, they played for about two hours before Jason told Julie that they needed to go so they could go to the Funeral Home for visitations.
***End Flashback***
"Thank you for listening to me and my memories of my mother. I hope you will enjoy my baby sister and some of her memories also." Jason said to the crowd and brought Julie out of her thoughts.
She stood up and walked towards the stage, stopping to look at her mom for a minute; then she started walking back up towards where Jason was standing. While she was walking up there, he had fixed the microphone so that it would be the right height for her.
"Good luck Julie; you're going to do great." Jason told her patting her on the back and left the stage. She looked down for a second to gather her strength, and then looked back up at the crowd.
"There is a song that I am going to sing that mama loved. It is from the Phantom of the Opera, where Christian is at the graveyard singing to her father. I know it is several years after her father died, but mama loved it. I remember when we went to see the play at that part she started crying. I asked her what was wrong, and she told me it reminded her of her mom. My mama said that she had problems saying goodbye when her own mother died. Well, when my dad consented to let me sing up here today, I knew exactly what I was going to sing. So...anyway...the song is called 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.'" Julie said, keeping her voice as even as possible.
She opened her mouth and closed her eyes, allowing the sound of her voice to carry throughout the room.
You were once
my one companion ...
you were all
that mattered ...
You were once
a friend and father -
then my world
was shattered ...
Wishing you were
somehow here again ...
wishing you were
somehow near ...
Sometimes it seemed
if I just dreamed,
somehow you would
be here ...
Wishing I could
hear your voice again ...
knowing that I
never would ...
Dreaming of you
won't help me to do
all that you dreamed
I could ...
Passing bells
and sculpted angels,
cold and monumental,
seem, for you,
the wrong companions -
you were warm and gentle ...
Too many years
fighting back tears ...
Why can't the past
just die ...?
Wishing you were
somehow here again ...
knowing we must
say goodbye ...
Try to forgive ...
teach me to live ...
give me the strength
to try ...
No more memories,
no more silent tears ...
No more gazing across
the wasted years ...
Help me say
goodbye
When she had finished, she had tears running down her face. She looked out at the crowd and found that they were all crying also. "Another reason I wanted to sing that song was that in the past few years my mom and I didn't get much time to spend together because I was away at a private school. When I found out she had died, I felt guilty for asking them to come because I felt it was my fault. But with the help of a friend I realized that it wasn't my fault because it was their choice to come. It isn't anyone's fault except the person who was drunk that hit them. I also felt guilty because I haven't had much time to spend with my mom, and I realized that I was going to have to have someone to 'help me say goodbye.'" She told the crowd but was really talking to her father.
She looked down for a couple minutes again and then looked back up, "Along with the song there was something I wanted to tell my mama. I know you probably think I am crazy, so I will tell you the reason behind this. You see a couple months ago, I had gone home for a couple weeks, and one day I came home not feeling very good and was in a bad mood cause I had gotten into a fight with a guy I...well, it isn't important. Anyways, my mom had me sit down and tell her why I was so mad. I told her about the fight. While I was telling her I let it slip that I was going out with someone, or wasn't really but was really close. She asked me who it was and I told her. She was really happy and made me promise that when we got together that I would tell her." She explained and then looked up towards the sky, "Well mama, as of about a week in a half ago, we are together, and as I promised, you're are the first to know." She said then looked back at the crowd, "Thanks for listening."
She then walked off the stage and went back to her sit next to her father and grandparents. The preacher went up and started talking for a little while and then he released them to view the body for the last time, and head for the cemetery. Once they were all at the cemetery, the preacher started talking again, but Julie wasn't really listening. She was staring at the casket. It hadn't hit her until just then that her mother wasn't coming back. When she was still in the hospital, she knew that she was gone but had the hope that maybe some how she would come back; that she was in a coma or something. But now, sitting there at the cemetery staring at the casket, she knew that her mother wasn't coming back. She started crying harder than she had all-day and leaned forward with her head in her hands. Charlie saw this and reached over, pulling her to him and hugging her to him for the rest of the service.
When it was over Julie, her family, and friends went home to eat supper. Julie's dad was ignoring her even more than usual, but Julie didn't really notice...or if she did, she was pretending not to notice. The rest of the group, except for George, watched her with worry. She finished eating her lunch, looked up at them, gave them a weak smile, and got up, going to her room. Charlie decided that he would leave her alone for a while, and then go and check on her.
The rest of them finished their supper and went their separate ways. Charlie, Connie, Guy, and Jason all went to the living room to watch TV while George went to his room for the night. Charlie knew that there was something bothering Julie's father, but he didn't know what it was. But he knew one thing for sure; Julie was probably going to get it tomorrow, and what ever it was that was bothering him, probably wasn't her fault.
Ok well that is the end of this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it, please review if you can. Your reviews keep me inspired. So far I have three more Chapters planed, but more might come to me, I don't know. Anyways thanks for reading, and I'll talk to you soon. Oh and one more thing, Chelsea thank you so much for editing this chapter. I would have probably not updated it if you hadn't have been able to edit it. Anyways thanks again, talk to you later.