A/N-I DO NOT OWN THE NAKED BROTHERS BAND!

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Nat woke up the next morning on the floor in the living room. The apartment was filled with light from outside but the sky was a cloudy gray. He sat up. The guys were all sleeping around him. Could Rosalina have come home last night since he fell asleep? He quietly got up and walked to his bedroom.

It was empty.

He walked through the entire house and found no signs of Rosalina. Forget keeping himself calm.

Something was seriously wrong. It had to be. He walked into the kitchen and pulled out his cell phone. He tried calling Rosalina but there was no answer.

"Nat? Is everything okay?" Cooper walked over to his friend, noticing how worried he looked.

"Rosalina didn't come home last night."

"Didn't she spend the night at Kristina's?"

"Honestly, I don't know. She said she was going to Kristina's to hang out, but she never said whether or not she was spending the night there. She did say that she would talk to me 'tonight' which was last night, but she never came home. She stopped answering my texts late last night, and I haven't heard from her since."

"Nat, just calm down. I'm sure everything's fine. Just call Kristina," Cooper said.

Nat nodded. "You're right. I'm sure everything's fine…" He picked up his phone to call Kristina.

"Hello?"

"Kristina? Please tell me Rosalina's there with you!"

"Um…no, she left last night."

"Did she say where she was going?"

"No, but I just assumed she meant back to your house."

Nat sighed. "Well if you hear from her, could tell her to call me please?"

"Of course. I'm sure everything's fine, Nat."

Nat hung up the phone and turned to Cooper. "She left last night."

"Maybe she…just stopped somewhere and spent the night. She's a smart girl, Nat. She knows what she's doing."

"I hope you're right, Coop."

One by one the guys eventually woke up and Nat and Cooper told them what happened. The guys all said the same thing:

"I'm sure everything's fine."

"Why does everyone say that?" Nat snapped. "How do you know everything's fine? What if something really bad happened?"

"Nat, just calm down. It's Rosalina we're talking about. Don't jump to conclusions to freak yourself out," David said.

It wasn't until in the mid-afternoon after the guys had left and about 2 hours before they were supposed to be at the wake that there was a knock on the apartment door.

Nat rushed over and opened the door.

Rosalina walked inside. "Hey Nat."

"Where've you been?" He asked, shutting the door behind her. "I've been looking all over for you."

She was confused. "What do you mean?"

"You stopped answering last night, then this morning when I wake up you're nowhere to be found, Kristina said you left last night, and you didn't answer your phone. What was I supposed to think?"

At first she thought he was joking, or even over-reacting. But when she saw the look in his eyes she realized Nat was truly afraid something had happened to her. She hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you," She said quietly.

"What happened?"

"I left Kristina's kind of late so I just decided to sleep at my house for the night. Then I over slept since my phone died last night. I'm sorry…I didn't think to call you or anyone."

He pulled back. "It's okay, I was just…worried."

"Well, everything's okay now. I brought some clothes for me to change into for later. Did you guys figure out what you're going to wear?" She asked, walking to his room.

"What we're going to wear?" Nat asked confusedly, following behind her.

"Yes Nathaniel," Rosalina said, walking over to his closet to look through it. "You can't wear just anything to a wake or funeral."

"Um…well…I haven't exactly thought about it, but I assumed I would have something," He said as he watched her from his bed.

She pulled out nicer clothes for him to wear. "You'll have to wear that tonight, and then we'll figure out something else tomorrow. I'm going to go look for Alex's clothes, okay?"

He nodded.

She came over, kissed him, and said, "Don't worry. It gets better, I promise."

~NBB~

Jesse drove them to the funeral home, because she also decided to go to the wake for Nat and Alex's uncle. When the pulled up, there were already a lot of cars, and Nat even noticed the sky was beginning to turn a darker gray. They walked into the funeral home and Nat saw the sign indicating where the viewing room was. He practically froze in his spot.

Rosalina noticed Nat staring at the sign, and walked over. "It's okay," She whispered, taking his hand. "Just relax. I'll be right here the whole time."

He nodded and let her lead him away towards the viewing room.

Jesse walked inside but Nat stopped short, and Alex was right behind him.

"I can't go in there. I can't do it," Nat said, shaking his head.

"Yes you can. You don't have to go up near him, just come inside. I'm sure your aunt would like to see you two here," Rosalina said.

"I don't know if I can do it either," Alex said.

"You both can do it. I know you can. I know it's hard, but it'll be okay. The only way to get over this is to walk in there and look at him. Trust me, I know."

Nat looked reluctant.

She took his hand. "You can do it. I'll be right there next to you." She looked at Alex. "You too, Alex."

"Okay, I'll do it," Nat said, still seeming reluctant. "C'mon Alex, we can do this together."

Alex nodded slowly and stepped forward next to his brother.

Rosalina led the way into the viewing room.

People were everywhere dressed in black or dark clothes, some were crying, some were talking quietly, some were sitting in chairs far away from the casket and others were sitting near the casket.

Nat saw the casket and stopped again.

She squeezed his hand. "Do you want to go up there?"

He shook his head, not moving his eyes from the casket.

"C'mon then, let's go find your aunt," She whispered, leading Nat and Alex away from the casket to find their aunt. They found her talking in another room talking to other people who'd come to the wake.

"Oh Nat, Alex, it's good to see you," She greeted, smiling at her nephews. "Who's this pretty young lady, Nat?"

"Aunt Emma, this is my girlfriend Rosalina. Rosalina, this is my Aunt Emma," Nat introduced them.

Emma smiled and shook Rosalina's hand. "It's nice to meet you, Rosalina."

Rosalina returned the smile. "You too."

"I'll talk to you all later," Emma said, walking away.

"I'll be right back," Nat said, once his aunt was far enough away from them.

Rosalina nodded and watched him walk away.

"Can we go find some milk, please?" Alex said, looking up at Rosalina.

She couldn't help but smile. "Okay Alex. Let's go." They walked down a hallway and found a room with food set out for people to take. Once they'd found Alex some milk, they saw Jesse and sat down with her. Rosalina kept glancing at the door to see when Nat would come back. After a while she figured she should probably go and find Nat. "Guys, I'm going to find Nat, I'll be right back." She got up and walked out of the room to try to find Nat. She was walking down the hallway and could see him sitting in the viewing room. She was beginning to make her way over when she heard:

"Hey Rosalina."

Rosalina turned and saw the guys standing by the doors. "Hey guys."

"How are Nat and Alex?" David asked.

"Holding up…I guess."

"Where are they?" Qaasim asked.

"Alex is in the banquet hall with Jesse and I'm actually looking for Nat right now."

"Wait, banquet hall? Is there food?" Thomas asked.

Rosalina sighed and rolled her eyes. "Yes, there's food. But could you guys please control yourselves?"

The guys nodded.

"But can we please go find some food?" Thomas asked.

"Fine, go ahead."

David, Thomas and Qaasim rushed away to find the banquet hall.

"Have you found Nat yet?" Cooper asked, looking at Rosalina.

"He's over there," Rosalina said, gesturing towards the viewing room.

"I'll go talk to him," Cooper said, walking towards the room.

"Good luck," She said, walking after the guys. Rosalina reached the banquet hall and found the guys and Jesse sitting at a table. They all began talking, and Rosalina would talk too but she still kept her eye on the door for Cooper and Nat.

Eventually Cooper walked in and over to their table.

She looked at him.

He shook his head sadly. "Shut down," He mouthed.

"I'll be right back guys," Rosalina excused herself and walked out of the room. She walked to the viewing room. She found Nat sitting in the back staring at the casket. "You okay?"

He nodded, not taking his eyes off the casket.

She sat next to him. "You're shutting me out, Nat. You're shutting everyone out. You can't do that."

"I know…" He said quietly.

"So talk to me," She said, leaning her head on his shoulder.

"It's just all finally setting in, you know? Seeing him…there…just makes me realize it's real. And no matter how much I'd like it to be, this isn't any dream or nightmare."

"I'm sorry."

Nat only stared at the casket.

"Nat, look at me."

He turned his head to look at her.

"Please, quit torturing yourself. If you're not comfortable about seeing your uncle there, then don't force yourself to look at him, okay?" She whispered.

He nodded. "Thank you for being here," He said.

"You're welcome."

"If everyone could please gather in the viewing room, the priest would like to say a few words," The funeral director said.

"C'mon, let's go," Rosalina said, standing up.

Nat stood up beside her and they walked to where the chairs were set up and sat near the front row. Jesse and the guys came over and sat down next to them.

The priest stood up in front of the crowd, but Nat couldn't exactly pay attention. He didn't want to hear the priest talk about death. He noticed it was the same priest who held his father's funeral. He looked at all the guys. They looked nice; nicer than usual anyway. He looked at Rosalina who was listening to the priest talk. He took her hand.

She looked up at him. "It's almost over, don't worry," She whispered.

~NBB~

That night after the wake, Nat was changing out of his nice clothes into his pajamas. He collapsed onto his bed as thunder rumbled outside of the apartment.

"Tired much?" Rosalina asked, walking into his bedroom.

"A little."

She picked up her pajamas from her bag and walked into the bathroom. When she walked back out she was wearing her pajamas and she sat down on the bed next to Nat. "It'll get better."

He sat up and sighed. "I'm not so sure sometimes."

She kneeled behind him and began rubbing his shoulders. "Did you talk to your aunt?"

"Yeah, she…she said that everyone's excited to see the band perform."

"And what did you say?"

"I told her I was performing. I couldn't tell her no then."

"Good, I'm glad you decided to perform."

"Yeah…but the guys don't know."

"Don't worry, I told them."

"But how'd you know we were performing?"

"I had a feeling," She said, as she stopped rubbing his shoulders.

"Thank you," Nat said, as they got under the blankets.

"You're welcome. And just remember, tomorrow I'm going to be with you the whole time. I'll never leave your side."

A/N-Curse. Me. Being. Self-Conscious. About. My. Writing.

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