Chapter Seven

The next day was the funeral, the day I'd give my sis back to the lord. I kept the note with me all the while. I was the one to deliver the news to her mother, father, and older brother. They all came to the burial site with me and the herd, where we carried out a human-style funeral.

"Sophie, loved daughter, sister, best friend, wise advise giver. Now god has her back, she is looking down at us, shedding her love on our souls at this very moment. She will always be with us in our hearts, she will always be missed." that was Ray's speech, we had buried her already, and now we were spreading seeds all around her grave. "And now, we will have her best friend come up, and sing, as requested by the-" he stopped, seeing tears escaping Rose's, Sophie's mother, eyes. "Deceased."

I stepped up, and sang "God Blessed The Broken Road" then started on another,

"I was told by Sophie to sing a Sad Song first." I was getting choked-up big time because of the song I was about to sing,

"You must've been in a place so dark, you couldn't feel the light

Reaching for you through that stony cloud

Now here we are all gathered in our little home town

This can't be the way you meant to draw a crowd

Why? That's what I keep asking

Was there anything I could've said or done

Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul

God only knows what went wrong

And Why you would leave the stage in the middle of a song."

I stopped, tears streaming down my cheeks. Once I finished that one, I started on our favorite happy one.

"Sophie wanted me to sing a happy one, to lift our spirits. She would want us to smile when we gave her back, wouldn't she?" I attempted to smile, but it killed me to even try, so I just cleared my throat and sang,

"If I show up ten minutes early baby

You can bet that you'll be running behind

well when it comes to loving' me now baby

I'd have to say you're right on time

And I've never been kissed never been kissed never been kissed like this, no no no

And I've never been touched never been touched

Baby till I felt your touch,

Oh, your love's going to my head so fast

Just like the bubbles in a champagne glass

And now I know what I've been missing

I've never been kissed, like this."

I only felt like singing the first verse, it was impossible to feel happy in any way shape or form. So I silenced myself, walked over to Buck, and let everyone else say their words about Sophie. Buck said a few words about her, not much, just that she was a great person, and how he wished he could've gotten to know her better. Even Mr. made-of-stone (Diego, for you who didn't already know that) was crying, and Sid left a flower on the grave. The last thing we did was drive a wooden cross with Sophie's name on it into the ground.

Rose and I were the last to leave, I took her to a spot near the pond and made some "Tea" mostly just water flavored with herbs and heated.

"I just can't get it!" Rose confided in me, "Did she tell you anything? Talk to you about it?"

"Not really, but she did tell me first out of anyone, once in a while she'd say how she didn't like her body, and how she wished she looked like me." I felt bad about saying that, so I changed the subject, "Or complain when I force-fed her." I paused, "She hated that I made her eat."

"Well, you are an angel you know that?"

I was so surprised, "How so?" I asked.

"When she was younger, none of the kids liked her, she only had Jared to look out for her."

"That's something we had in common." I interrupted.

"Yes, and you cared enough to force her to eat, you helped her, you were loyal. The best, best-friend either me or my husband could have picked for Sophie. Thank you." my heart swelled. I was almost crying, remembering the good times with Soph, we looked out for each other, shared all our secrets, and stuck up for one another in hard times.

I reached out and gave Rose a long, tight, hug. "Thank you so much," by this time we were both crying, I'd never cried as much as today, ever, in my life. It felt nice to show my feelings, to not have the pain all bottled-up inside.

After the hug, I excused myself and went back to the cave. The fire king had a fire going, and Ellie had peaches asleep already. Manny was off somewhere, and Buck was right there waiting for me, arms wide open, inviting me to go sit with him.

And you better believe I did! I fell into that weasel like he was, well, like he was someone who cared about me, someone aiming to comfort me. And he was, he was someone who cared about me, and wanted to comfort me. I didn't say a word, I just kissed him, hugged him, and sat next to him, feeling warm while holding his hand.

"Hi." Buck said, rubbing the back of my hand softly with his thumb.

"Hi." I said back, resting my head on his shoulder.

"You okay?" he asked, putting his arm around me and holding me close.

I wrapped my arms around him and closed my eyes, "Are you goanna stay as long as you promised?" I asked.

"Aye." he said, "I swear on Rudy's tooth."

"Then, yes I'm okay." I answered almost playfully.

"Whoa baby!" from Eddie, I didn't pay him any attention.

"You know something?" I said, I didn't even wait for Buck to answer, "I love you." Buck lifted up my head and kissed me, "Ah, that will never get old!"

The twins laughed, and Sid was all, "Aw!" Ray was all, "Oh brother!", so was Manny. Ellie just smiled, I guess she thought we thought we were the only two in the universe, a wise assumption.

(Author's note)

Asia: Sooo watta ya thinks? ^^ we are nearing end here, sadly

Sid: O.o you're goanna kill us?

Asia: No silly, I'm just running out of space to type, plus after that awesome thing that happens, the story kinda dies… Until that other awesome thing happens! But that's a different story ;)

Buck: Yeah, "that awesome thing" happens in chapter-

Asia: Shhhh! We don't want to tell them, or else they'll just skip to the chapter it happens in and won't read the rest! Yeah that's right, I don't trust you guys! Mwahahahahaha!

Sid: Why the evil laugh? O.O

Asia: Oh, that's not my evil laugh, this is, tehehe tehehe tehehe! ^^