The day of the funeral was finally here. The ED was quiet with only a few staff members bustling around- most of whom had been transferred from AAU and Keller. Connie had persuaded Guy to allow them to have today off to go to the funeral- any members of staff who were working were likely to be upset and it would generally be better to just not have them in at all. Ethan's body was already at the church- it was quiet a while away from the ED and where Rosie and Cal lived but if was what he had asked for. Everyone made their way to the funeral separately, and, as requested, were wearing brighter colours.
Rosie and Cal were driving down the frosty roads listening to a CD that they found in Ethan's room. It was all of his favourite songs from when he was little- although it was sad it was better than the deafening silence and definitely better than the unpredictable nature of the radio. The sat nav guided them along the roads- they were going to be early. Cal did that a lot now- he was always early to everything and had not once been late. He had begun to adopt some of Ethan's personality traits- the nervousness, the earliness, the honesty, the genuine nature.
They cruises down the road and through the country lanes, it suddenly opened out into large fields that were white with frost and snow, there were small ponds and rivers that fed into a larger lake, all of which was frozen. It was all so peaceful