I open the window and climb out and drag ethan with me. I put the stuff in the back of the car and get in starting the car up. Ethan doesn't say anything but I know he is thinking the same thing. I called Nathaniel and Eric answers. "Hey Eric, put Nathaniel on the phone please," I ask nicely but I'm in rush to know he is okay. "Sorry Rose he is in the shower right now, I'll have him call you after," he says but I know something is wrong, but I'm too far away to do anything I should have never left them alone with eric this is going to end up bad. I drive to the funeral place and join everyone. I know I have to see them both one more time before they get buried. I know I won't like what I see but I need to get closure on them. My dreams are getting worse and I need this. I walk through the doors holding Ethan's hand and everyone looks my way, as I make my way up to the coffins everyone is silent. It's me, my grandma looks my way and I know that I should say something and I will. I let go of Ethan's hand I look into the coffins. The two people I loved the most and who loved me in a coffin too early, I'm still in high school and haven't even gotten married or had grandchildren for them to see.
What am I supposed to say to that child or children when they want to meet their grandma and grandpa. Keeping all of this to myself is hard, but I manage to keep it all in. Ethan tries to make me feel better but I know I can't. I hold back tears and I turn around and face everyone even my grandma.
They all sit down and ethan sits down with my aunt. "Hello, thank you all for coming. I am Rose their daughter, I decided that my siblings shouldn't come they aren't old enough to handle this yet. I want to thank my grandma for putting this together and for being there for me and my siblings. My parents both had a great relationship and a happy marriage the perfect family. They always took care of my siblings and me and I always helped them with Kara and Lacy they are trouble makers but they are cute doing anything. My parents may have been the best thing in my life and now that they are gone it's like I've lost my favorite toy and can never find it again. As you can tell I am not crying, but I know they are in a new and wonderful place where they can live on forever and be in peace. I don't know who murdered them, but I will not rest until I find them and they will pay the price for taking them away. Thank you." I keep my posture straight and I walk to my seat. The preacher says a lot of bull, but I listen anyway. After the ceremony, we get in the car and start the line. My car is in the front and I drive slow. My grandma is behind mine and all my aunts are behind her. The cemetery my grandma chose is where we buried my grandpa.
This is gonna hurt to watch and see them being buried 6 feet down, but I have to stay strong I can't cry or show my pain I have to keep it all in. The police contacted me a week after their death and I answered. They asked me questions and I refused to answer, but I know what they are thinking. I must keep our location a secret for a while until they figure it out fully. At the cemetery, I get out of the car and grab Ethan's hand and hold it tight. He knows I'm trying not to cry. We walk to the grave area and I stand there looking at the coffins closed. I open my mom's first and look at her beautiful face and her hair. She looks so peaceful. The tears stream down my face and I can't hold it anymore my mom broke me into tears and I know that I won't be able to stop crying. I hold Ethan's hand tighter and he hugs me and hides my face. I stop crying when people show up and fix my makeup. I shut the coffin and I open my dads. He is very pale and it bothers me, but I know he is in a better place now. I stand next to ethan still holding his hand. They give out roses and flowers and I hold one close to my heart and kiss it as a goodbye. I set it on top of the coffins and ethan does the same with his. I head for the car, I can't face people right now.
I let go that's hand and walk fast to the car. "We have to leave here early my grandma is hosting the after the funeral and she has already left," I say fast, but I know he can understand me. I get in the car and turn it on he gets in the car and I look at him and I manage to make a smile. I drove away from the 2 people I loved the most hoping and waiting for a call from Nathaniel. I drive to my grandma's and park the car in the driveway. I walk into her house and she is setting up the food and getting tables ready. Ethan helps her. People start knocking on the door and I let them in with a smile that is so fake, but they don't know that. They hug me and say "sorry for your loss" well umm no crap, but we all know they are only saying that just to make that person feel better. But does it even help?
I socialize with my family and my cousins but all I want to do is go back home and see the girls and Nathaniel and believe it or not eric. I sit down at a table and everyone starts to get plates to eat, but I'm too depressed and annoyed to eat. Ethan brings me a plate. I kiss his cheek."Thank you." I look around and my aunt is giving me a bad look. After we eat I say my goodbyes and ethan does too and I grab my bag and head to the car. I hand ethan the keys so he can drive.
After 2 hours of being stuck in the car, we stop at a gas station and grab a few items and use the bathroom. Back on the road, I drive and ethan sleeps. 3 hours pass and we are almost back to the lake house. Police pulls me over and I know I wasn't speeding or doing anything bad so I wake up ethan as I roll down my window the officer looks in. "Your headlight is broken miss," he says kindly. "Get that fixed okay miss." He walks away and I roll up my window and get back on the road and ethan looks at me. "Why did you wake me up," he says. "Sorry, go back to sleep. We are almost home." I say whispering. I called Nathaniel and Eric answers. "Eric we almost home make sure the girls are ready and Nathaniel for going out to eat," I say in a happy tone. "Ok," he says so plainly. I end the call. 30 minutes later. I wake up ethan and tell him we are here. We get out of the car and head inside and what we open up to is shocking.
Eric's POV
Nathaniel is mad at Rose and refuses to talk to her because she left him here. Nathaniel and I bonded though. We ordered a lot of pizza and we took the twins shopping, I went searching for a job. I helped Nathaniel with the twins and cooked for them and Nathaniel. Rose left Nathaniel and me in charge. I hope I can cook for Rose sometime soon. It's been fun he has an Xbox and a Wii. I still wonder if mom is okay, but I know dad doesn't miss me. He is always drunk and never paid attention to me only when I would fight him on something. Mom always kept me safe, but when I got older I started protecting her. She deserved at least that much from me, but now that I've left I wonder if she is ok.
I know I should go back and see how she is doing, but dads warning has me scared. I should have brought her with me. Maybe I should go back for her, but maybe rose will mind if I bring her. When Rose comes back I should ask her. Nathaniel and I have been taking care of the twins and taking them places. We put them to bed at 10 pm every night and then we head to the dock and look up at the stars and just walk until we get dizzy. Then we would head to bed and sleep until the twins would jump on us until we woke up and we would get them breakfast at the diner that is down the road.
I'd order the pancakes for the girls that have chocolate chips in them, Nathaniel would order eggs and hashbrowns with bacon, of course, I got the same thing. We'd eat and then leave a $20 tip because everything was so good. We'd head back to the house and get ready for swimming and the boat. Nathaniel would drive the boat, we would stop somewhere in the lake and jump in and swim around. We spent most of the time watching the sun go down.
Rose's POV
We get home at midnight and I walk in the door to a big mess. Pizza boxes on the counter, the trash is full and bags on the floor of trash. "Nathaniel!" I scream I scare ethan half to death he comes running in with my bag. Nathaniel and Eric come up the steps laughing and I walk to the door crossing my arms pissed off. They open the door and stop laughing and smiling. "Nathaniel, what the hell?!" he looks at me with his sad eyes. I sigh and look to Eric. He gives me the go easy on him, please. "Alright, alright. Y'all go to bed now, but I want this house clean tomorrow. Understood?" They both nod. I know I am going to clean it tonight, but I will make them clean a lot tomorrow. I look towards ethan. "Go take a shower." I don't ask I order him to. He goes into the room and I start by taking out the trash and taking out the pizza boxes. Ethan takes a 20-minute shower and I am doing the dishes when he comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist and puts his head on my shoulder and lightly kisses my neck it sends shivers down my spine and I stop doing the dishes and turn the water off. "Ethan comes on, not now I can't," I say turning around to face him and he forces our lips to touch and I fall into his kiss and can fall into his arms.
I push him away and bring my fingers to my lips and trace the kiss like it's still there. I want more of him his kiss was so amazingly crazy and sweet. "Fine, you got me," I say. I yawn and look him in the eyes, his eyes are a beautiful blue and they look like the ocean and I just love to look into them and every second looking into them makes me want him even more. "Let's go to bed." He says in a whisper. I yawn again and I head to the bedroom and lay down. Ethan turns off the lights and shuts the door and crawls in bed and snuggles me, his embrace is strong and it's nice and I fall asleep.
I wake up to the twins screaming. It's around 2 am and I jump up and grab a gun from the dresser and head out quietly, I am careful with every step and ethan follows behind me. I hear the twins crying and I know that they are hiding somewhere. This house used to be safe and we had places to hide and we all knew where to go there are hidden spaces that no one knows unless they have been to this house before. I know exactly where the twins are because they love to hide in one spot together and I should get to the twins first even though Nathaniel and Eric's room is closer, I'll just send ethan to do it. He walks slowly to the boys room and I move toward the twin's room and I grasp my dads gun tightly and open the door slowly there is a tall shadow and I cock the gun and keep it lowered."Who are you?" I ask aiming the gun. The person mumbles and I turn the light on and scream.
The sight is horrifying and I know I should pull the trigger, but it's the one person I didn't expect to still be alive. "M-mom, You're alive!" I lower the gun, but I'm still afraid. She looks at me and I know I am crying, but I am so numb and can't move. Ethan comes rushing in with Nathaniel and eric. The twins are hugging her and I can't move, but I know this has to be a trick. She is covered in blood and her clothes are muddy. "Girls back away from her." I say sternly. They refuse so I grab them both and point to ethan to take them away. I slowly walk over to mom and I take her hand and Nathaniel goes with ethan. "Eric I need your help," I say looking at him. "I need 3 towels and if you go into where I am sleeping there are my mom's clothes in the dresser grab them and bring them to me please."
It's been a week since she came back. I've been busy with the twins raising them and other stuff. Ethan has been busy finding a job and things. Mom hasn't really spoken. I took her to the doctor and he said she needs rest so I let her rest. Ethan and I have been sleeping in my room leaving mom to her bedroom.