The Mistake
Heyy. I'm back. Hopefully I will KEEP this up. I've tried to write a few times over the past 2 years since I last updated (pretty much the same for ALL my stories) but it hasn't worked. I'm going to try, though! I think I have a general idea where this is going, so I'm thinking 2 or 3 more chapters. This chapter may be boring as it's just a transitional chapter to the end, but yeah…Please review!
Eric, Shawn and Corey began to walk to school about twenty minutes after Corey had finally woken up. "Man, we're probably going to be late," Shawn remarked. Despite this, none of them picked up the pace.
"Let's skip!" Corey exclaimed.
"Are you crazy? You guys came home late last night, had Turner worried and mad, and you want to skip?" Eric said.
"Well…yeah…" Shawn chimed in, grinning at the prospect of his first rebellion in awhile. "Oh man, it'd be so awesome, come on Eric!"
Eric imagined the possibilities of how this could end and slowly a smile crept on his face. "Alright, but we have to be back at the apartment when school gets out."
"Why? Turner's our teacher, he's going to KNOW that we weren't in school," Corey pointed out.
"Just because," Eric shrugged.
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The three began walking around. They reached the mall and grinned at eachother. "Man, I wish I had some money," Corey said, looking around jealously at the people walking out holding bags of stuff.
"Okay, I have fifty dollars, dang," Eric exclaimed as if someone had been pressuring him. "We can go eat in the food court. I want some Chinese!"
They raced to the foot court, where Eric ate Chinese and Corey and Shawn pigged out on huge slices of Pizza. "Now what?" Eric asked. None of them had actually skipped school before.
"Let's just walk around," Shawn said simply. They began walking around. "We can go to Chubbie's," Corey offered. "…Why? We just ate!" Eric reminded him. "Oh yeah."
Finally they decided to go see a movie. Shawn convinced them to see some cartoon movie, saying that it was mature because "the elephant farts a lot!"
After the movie, they noticed that it was definitely time to start heading to the apartment. They passed the restraunt that had been Amy and Allan's "place", where they had been heading from when the wreck happened.
Eric stopped dead in his tracks, causing Corey and Shawn (who were deeply immersed in a conversation about whether the farting elephant or the constipated giraffe was more intellectual) to run into him. "Um, ow, Eric?" Corey asked questioningly, but Eric just pointed.
It was the spot that Corey had told many people repeatedly that he didn't want to go. The spot where the wreck happened. Someone had already placed an 18 inch white cross with Amy and Allan written on it. There were flowers and a couple of teddy bears, plus somebody had placed a picture of all the kids with them.
Corey slowly walked towards it, knowing that he was about to become overwhelmed with emotion. He dropped to his knees, and placed a hand on the cross. "Oh mom…dad…" he said quietly, his voice cracking. "It's not fair…Why…"
He heard Eric and Shawn walk up behind him. Eric kneeled next to Corey and placed a hand on his shoulder. For the first time in awhile, Corey didn't mind the affection. Shawn stood in the background, knowing that this was a moment for the brothers.
At first, Eric just let Corey cry. He had been here before, but never with anybody else, and he had forgotten that it was where it was or he wouldn't have made them pass it. When Corey's sobs had subsided to just slight hiccups, Eric finally spoke. "Corey, we're going to be okay. Mom and dad wouldn't want you to be mad at the world…We have to keep their memory in Morgan and Josh. That's our job, okay?" Corey nodded. "It hurts…I wish I had been in the car with them…"
"Don't say that!" Eric exclaimed angrily. "Everything is going to work out."
Corey stood up and hugged his brother. "I know. It has to."
The trio continued their walk, although this time it was silent. They finally made their way to the apartment. They saw the ambulance in front of the building, then saw Morgan standing holding a bear, staring at the ambulance in fear. She saw the three and ran up to them.
"There's something wrong with Josh!" She cried. Then Eric saw that Jonathan was huddled inside the ambulance, and the EMT's were working on a tiny body.