Dick held John's hand as they walked up to the casket. Fresh tear tracks covered their faces. After setting the flower down on the casket they sat down in the front row. The priest talked but all Dick could here was his own heartbeat. Starfire sat down next to him and took his hand in hers. Dick looked over at her and gave a weak smile. Jason stood with sunglasses on and his hood up by a tree at the edge of the cemetery. Phoenix was sitting next to John. Garfield was sitting with his hand in Raven's and next to Cyborg. Wally was sitting with Artemis and Nancy near the back. It was a nice winter day outside. They all watched as the casket lowered into the ground and tears fell.
Phoenix was the first one to move. She grabbed the car seat and walked to her car. Sitting down she closed the door and started banging the wheel as her tears started to fall again. Wally pulled Artemis into a hug and she buried her face in his chest. Nancy curled up between them and stared at the grave before shutting her eyes. Dick picked up John and walked over to Jason with Star in tow.
"You okay little brother?" Dick asked.
"More or less." Jason answered, "I heard you by the way."
"What?" Dick asked.
"At my gravestone. I heard you," he said.
Dick stood over his little brother's headstone.
"I'm sorry Jason. I should've been there, saved you. I failed you and I promise that I will never fail another person I care about again. You were the best little brother that I could've ever asked for. Please come back. Just come back and we can fix everything that I broke. I shouldn't have given up trying to come home...I'm so sorry." he cried. Jason sat in a tree not too far away.
"Why didn't you say anything?" Dick asked.
"I was so mad at you that I couldn't see straight. I should have jumped down from that tree and hugged you. I shouldn't have let you think I was dead." Jason said.
"It doesn't matter." Dick said after a minute, "It happened and now we're here." John climbed down from his dads arms and took Jason's hand.
"We're here for you Uncle Jason." John said with a smile. Jason picked him up and kissed the side of his head.
"Thanks, buddy." he said.
Garfield and Raven sat in silence on a bench at the edge of the cemetery.
"Thank you for being here." he said.
"Anytime." she said.
"Why did you comfort me?" Garfield asked.
"What?" Raven asked.
"Cyborg could have come and talked to me but instead you did. Why?" he asked.
"I don't know. It just felt like something I had to do," she said.
"I'm glad that it was you and not someone else," Garfield said.
"It felt...right," Raven said. They both smiled at each other.
Artemis, Wally, and Nancy walked towards their car.
"Maybe we should go visit your mom," Wally suggested.
"Yeah, I mean we haven't mentioned that we're back together yet. That could be fun." Artemis said. Nancy smiled at them and excitedly nodded.
"Alright let's go," he said. They got in their car and drove away leaving the cemetery in the review mirror.
So this is how I'm ending it. Sorry for the long wait and short chapter. The sequel probably won't be up for a little while. I still haven't thought of a name so feel free to comment one. The sequel will take place five years later and there will be more action.