Chapter 12: Who can stop the rain.
(Song: 'Tears in Heaven' by Eric Clapton.)
It was a cold morning. Rain was still pouring from the sky, and it was soaking everything, yet people were coming, and they were coming in a large number. All of them were dressed up in black suits and dresses, and they were carrying roses and banquets with them. The whole town of Tree Hill was mourning that day, and everyone's heart was aching for the loss of a young boy, the one who has always reminded them of one thing and that thing was how to live.
In the middle two parents were standing along with their two daughters and now their only son. Along with them were their families and friends, who were all there to help and support them, but deep inside their own hearts were hurting for the loss.
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Will it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong, and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven
Nathan was watching the road, waiting for his son to arrive. Just a few days ago he felt like he was the luckiest father in the world but now his feelings were totally opposite. He remembered the time when he was injured, and it seemed like his life was over, but his son never gave up on him, now his strength and his pride were gone forever.
Haley was remembering the time when she felt her son inside her. Nine months she carried her son inside her and then welcomed him in this world. She scarified her dreams for her child, and now that child was taken away from her.
Just little far from them Lucas was standing and watching his brother and best friend, he could feel their pain inside his own heart. He looked around and saw the graves of the two most important person in his life, Keith and Whitey, and now one more person is about to be added among them.
Peyton looked at her husband, and she could feel what he was thinking. People always leave but he left way too soon. People leave, but the one's they leave behind have to pay a hell.
Brook was also standing there with her kids, holding on to them. She was remembering the day when Tree hill lost Quentin. At that time, her Godson was there to comfort her, but now he was the one who was leaving. She really needed someone again to hold her hand and let her cry.
Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven
I'll find my way, through night and day
Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven
Adam, Ashley and Maggie were standing with their parents. All their lives their brother was there to help them and to protect them, he was their best friend. Now he was going, and going to the place where they can never see him, for the first time in their lives they were felt so unsecured…so scared.
Sawyer, Adam and Anna were also buried in their thoughts, Jamie was also close to them like a big brother, and he was also a part of their family too. Their pain may be a little less than their cousins, but still it was huge for them.
Just like the other kids, Rebecca, Davis and Shawn were also feeling the pain…a pain to farewell their friend. They looked at their parents, they were together and that's all they wanted, but for that price…it was too much for them to pay.
Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knee
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please
Begging please
Deb was watching her son and daughter in law, she remembered the day when Haley came in her son's life and took him from her, but still she could see her son, hear his voice but what about Nathan and Haley, they'll never see or hear from their son again.
Karen was thinking about the night when it all happened, why she was saved, and that boy was taken. She saw her up and downs, watched her son turn into a man and then into a father, why it didn't happen for Haley, whom she always loved as a daughter.
Skillz was feeling the pain, and it was even more when his wife left and he had to raise his daughter all alone, but he understood it and dedicated his life to his child, but now he can't understand what the reason could be.
Beyond the door
There's peace I'm sure.
And I know there'll be no more...
Tears in heaven
Lily was standing holding the yellow rose. Jamie loved yellow roses. She was also hurting…hurting like the rest of them, but she was also angry, and she was angry so much that it buried that pain underneath it.
Andre looked at the sky, filled with dark clouds and water poring down from them. He could see his brother and now with him his best friend, Finally Quentin and Jamie were together, but what about him…he has lost them both.
Vanessa and Robert were thinking the time when they lost their parents, they thought their own lives were ended, but their Uncle took them with him and brought to the Tree Hill where they got so much love from the Scotts, now the Scotts have lost one of their sons, and they don't know if they can help them.
Jenny remembered the time when her father brought her to Tree Hill, she felt so good. She meet Jamie for the first time and even he was a boy and younger then her, he became her best friend, and she today it was the end of that friendship.
Everyone standing there was remembering Jamie in their thought, and their grief. Every eye was shading tears - his friends, his family, his teachers, his old classmates and even the one who just only knew him. He held a special place in their heart as he was the kind of person, who can touch any people hearts.
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Will it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong, and carry on
Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven
Finally, everyone saw the lights of the car, and they knew that their wait was over. Car toping was decorated with the beautiful and colorful flowers and beneath this sheet of flowers was lying a black shining casket, and inside that casket was the boy named James Lucas Scott.
Nathan and Haley sighed as their boy was finally here, they looked at their kids. As expected the pain on their faces was unbearable.
Andre, Chuck, Nathan Smith along with the group of young boys came out from the crowd. Together they were once called The Ravens, and they were unstoppable in the basketball court, but now they were all together to carry the one who led them from the front to his final resting place. Today it was the fall of the raven.
They carried the black shinning casket and placed it on top of the opening that was dug just moments ago. Nathan and Haley along with their kids came close to it. Inside it was their love, their future and their legacy.
Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven
Lily who was standing there all of sudden came in the middle and everyone was little surprised.
"I know I never planned this, but I know I'm the one who has to do this."
Everyone was a little surprise, they didn't know what she was about to do. Lucas and Karen came to her.
"Lily what are you doing?" Karen asked in a low voice.
"Mom, trust me what I'm doing," Lily looked at her mother and her brother, "You were worried that I'm holding it back, now its time to let it go, I want to do a eulogy for my friend."
Karen was about to say something, but Lucas stopped her.
"No mom, let her speak, I know Jamie would have wanted that."
Lily looked at Haley and Nathan, and from their eyes, she knew they were thankful.
Lily came in front of the casket.
"We were born on the same day, but I really meet him when we were four," Lily began, "I remember that day we were sitting outside the church, and I was forcing him to call me Aunt Lily and he was resisting it."
Everyone smiled in their sadness.
"He never called me Aunt, but we became great friends, I love my brother Lucas Scott, and he's the best big brother any sister can wish for, but he was too old and we did had a problem of generation gap," Lily looked at Lucas, "But with Jamie, I felt like I had a twin, we had so much in common and we could share so much together."
Lily now looked at Nathan and Haley, "Jamie was a son of the two most wonderful people I know, and he was a product of their true love, always and forever"
Nathan and Haley held their hands, and rested their heads on each other, they knew Lily was right.
"He was a great nephew and a Godson to my brother Lucas Scott and Brook Davis," Lily looked at Lucas and Brook. They were quietly listing to her, Jamie was their Godson but the pain in their hearts was like losing their own child.
"Like a good son and nephew, he was a great brother and a cousin."
All kids felt like Lily just said the words that were inside their heart.
"He was always there for his friends and even at young age, he was there to help them," Lily looked at Andre and Vanessa.
"Jamie was a great person, the best thing about him was that he never backed from the challenges, he was strong and brave, and I saw Jamie as a great leader when he was leading the Ravens…"
Every single Raven member head was down.
"Now he is gone…he's gone to the place where we can never see him and never hear him." Lily finally spoke and everyone could now see it, they saw tears flowing from her eyes.
"I was angry and mad for him to leave us all, and I didn't want to cry, but now I miss him so much and so does everyone."
Everyone was silent. They were really missing him.
"Even he is gone I know he is still with us, and he may be listening to us, all I can say is that we all love you and we'll miss you and our lives will never be the same without you, and when you see dad, please tell him that I love him," Lily stopped and finally tears were flowing freely from her eyes, and they were washing away all the anger inside her.
Karen came closer to her and held her. She was so proud of her daughter; today she proved that she was not weak but stronger. Karen and Lily saw Haley coming towards them.
"Thank you Lily," Haley held Lily's hand, "I'm so grateful to you."
Lily looked at Haley, "I own that to him and to our friendship."
"I so glad that Jamie had great friends like you!"
Now the priest came in the centre, it was a time to say the prayers.
"We are gathered here to say farewell to James Lucas Scott and to commit him into the hands of God," Priest began and everyone was silent.
"In the Name of God, the merciful Father, we commit the body of James Scott to the peace of the grave," Priest prayed, "You gave him life, receive him in your peace and give him, through Jesus Christ, a joyful resurrection"
Everyone prayed with the priest and then the time came to say the good bye. Everyone placed a rose on Jamie's casket and said their last word, and soon whole casket was covered with flowers.
"Now if everyone is finished saying their goodbyes, we are ready to lower the casket." Priest said to the whole crowd.
Everyone began walking away, and after few minutes only few people remained at the graveyard.
"Brook, do you need something more to say?" Julian asked.
"No," Brook answered and wiped away her tears.
"Can we leave?" Julian asked Brook.
"Yes…we must leave" Brook answered and with Julian and her kids she walked away.
"Lucas we also have to leave," Peyton said watching Brook and her kids leaving with Julian.
"Yes you are right, there's nothing left for us here," Lucas was about to walk away but stopped when he saw his sister coming towards him.
"Are you leaving?" Lily asked.
"Yes we're leaving and I'm so glad that you said those words."
"Thanks…" Lily had tears, and Lucas was relived. Karen also came there and took Lily's hand, and they along with Lucas, Peyton and their kids walked away.
Now only Haley and Nathan remained there along with their kids. They were all looking at the casket.
"Haley…" Nathan said, "We have to say goodbye to our son."
Haley was silent; she couldn't do it, because it was the hardest thing for her to do, infect it was the hardest thing for all of them.
Priest came to them, "My children, do you need some more time."
"No," Haley answered.
Nathan took his wife and his kids hand and they finally walked away, even it was the hardest thing for them to do.
Finally whole graveyard was empty.
"Ok, lower the casket." Priest said and began praying.
The man who was standing there pushed the liver and casket began descending into the ground.
After few minutes, the ground was leveled and a black tombstone was placed reading the following lines:
James Lucas Scott
2006-2024
Beloved son, brother
and friend.
Phew! I finally wrote it down, I must have written it three times and rejected it, I don't know if I wrote it good or bad.
If there's any mistake concerning the format of the funeral or my writing style, I deeply apologize as writing about funeral is never easy.
Thanks for the reviews, even they were less, but for me one review is enough, if it's a good one.
From next chapter new story lines and drama will come.
