I woke up the next morning and had a bath. I got dressed in a black jean and a black T-shirt which had my mom's picture and name on it. It was made for our entire family and went out of my room. I found dad and Henry organizing some other staff for the burial. "Good morning my family." I said. "Good morning, Rita." Dad said. "Good morning lil' sis." Henry said. "Can I help with any thing?" I asked. "No, you can sit and wait in the car." Dad answered and I went to the car and sat doing nothing. They kept coming and bringing things into the boot as I just sat and then, I got bored. I got my phone and started chatting with my friends. I really liked all my friends though I've never met all of them. I liked them mostly because they were always online. So, we chatted and chatted, that I even got tired of chatting and that's when dad and Henry came. Dad started driving the car. We left the house and we reached the church. I saw most people had already arrived. I went out the car and just stood out side waiting for dad and Henry who took their time in the car. Then later on they went out both of them with something in their hands. I didn't bother to ask what they were holding because I had starting having memories of mom when I saw her pictures with us, tears started rolling down and I just couldn't help it. I decided to first go to the bathrooms. "Dad, am going to the bathroom." I said not looking at him but the tone in my voice was sad even though I tried to disguise it. Dad noticed it and asked, "Rita, are you crying?". At a point I thought that I should lie and say no but he turned me and looked at me in my eyes which were red. "Rita, what's up? Why are you crying?" He asked. I just broke into tears. "I miss mom." I said. "Look, Rita, we all miss mom. She was always there for us and a friend to all of us." He said. "But we shouldn't be grieving for her all the time. You can miss her, it's okay to do so." He added. "Crying is also okay. but you shouldn't have it in excess. Incase you feel you miss mom, write something you did with her in your diary or journal. Whatever you call it." Henry said. I just smiled. It was so good to know that my family was still by my side. "Now you can go wash your face and come back." Dad told me. I plastered a fake smile on my face and started walking to the washrooms. As I was going to the washrooms I saw our school bus coming. I knew Aura had to be there and I thought maybe talking to her would help me get my mind calm. I entered inside the washrooms and heard someone crying from inside. I think the person heard my footsteps because she stopped crying. Later on, she went out with her eyes red and started washing her face. She stopped and looked at her self in the mirror and the tears started rolling down her face again and I thought I was the one with crying issues. I tried to start a conversation with her. "Hey" I said and she didn't answer. "I'm Rita." I continued and she still didn't answer. She continued looking at her self in the mirror and later on I gave up on having a conversation with her. Later on, she asked, "Am I ugly." I wondered why she was asking me that question but I just answered her, "No, your not." She looked at me like as if she thought I was lying. Alright maybe I was, but I didn't know. How in the world was I supposed to answer such a question when her eyes were swollen and red plus her cheek and nose were red. Really honestly at that time she didn't look good at all but I just said, "Like seriously, you're not ugly. The person who told you that was just jealous." She sighed and said, "I don't think he is jealous." Okay, so we are talking about a he, this is weird. "It's a he? I think he just wanted to hurt you." I said. "You're sure?" She asked. "Yeah, I am sure." I lied. I wasn't even sure of why I was speaking. "Well, I guess it's the truth because he was my boyfriend." She paused for a while and said this after wards, "Fake boy friend, like it was a fake relationship through out but at least he used to care for me and he used to respect me not until this new girl came into school and he changed he's attitude towards me. I would see him hang out with her all the time and when ever I would try to join their conversation, he would all be like he doesn't talk to girls without style. It hurt me at that time but I never took it so seriously. Not until now when I found him and her kissing and when I tried to talk to him about it he told me that I am really ugly and he doesn't want me in his life ever again." She said. "Aww, that's sad.." Even before I could finish she said, "And to make matters worse this new kid girl laughed at me." She added. She said 'new kid' with air quotes and she left me in there walking out angrily. I wasn't the 'new kid'. Okay maybe I am a new kid but not in her school, so what's the use of her all being so angry while talking to me. I just shrugged and just washed my face and went out. The entire session was going to be in the church compound. When I was going to the compound I noticed Aura who was coming to my way. I started walking towards her. When we were close, we hugged. "Hey girl, I made it." She said. I smiled and said, "Thank you." She smiled too. "So, since your the host you have a right to show me around. She said like as if it were her first time in the church. "How about I introduce you to my family?" I asked. "Ooh. That's a better idea." She said and we started moving holding hands to where dad and Henry were. "Hi am back." I said when we arrived. "I can see and you brought a friend with you." Dad said. "Oh yeah, this is Aura my friend from school. Aura, this is my dad and this is my big brother, Henry." I said. "Nice to meet you all. Rita is always talking about you." She lied. "The pleasure is ours." Dad said. "You can have a seat this side." Henry told her. "I wish I could but I came with the school and we are all sitting in the second tent." She said. "Let's go and talk to the principle." I said while grabbing her hand and made her move. When we were far enough from them, Aura said, "Wow, your brother is hot." "Oh My God!" I just said. "Like seriously he has that nice skin on him and the dreads make him look like fire." She said and I started laughing. Honestly, I knew girls always fall for him so first but I never saw how 'hot' he was. I just saw him as a normal brother. "Are you serious?" I asked. "Yeah, like seriou.." She paused and I saw her wave. It took me a while to think of turning and when I thought of it I heard, "Hi" The voice was so familiar. I turned to see Aaron who was dressed in black jeans and the black T-shirt with mom's pic on it. I think he bought and he wore a black leather jacket on top of it. "Hi" I answered. "Hot-ish" Aura whispered in my ear. "I came." He said and I just remained silent thinking of what Henry had told me to ignore him. "Thank you." I said. "I think I should leave." Aura said and left I couldn't believe she was leaving me there alone. I saw her smirk. "I thought you weren't going to come." I said. "I had a change of mind." Aaron said. "I wanted to at least hang out with you in a place that isn't school." He said. I bit my lip and started praying for someone to call me and from no where Henry came, "Hey, lil' sis. Who's your new friend?" He asked. "Hi am Aaron." He said. "Aaron?" Henry asked while looking at me. "Nice to meet you." He added. I looked at the ground like as if I were counting the grass. "Rita, can I talk to you?" Henry said. We walked away and he said, "Are you serious?" He asked and I remained silent. "You said you were gonna ignore him." He said. "I-I can't." I said. I saw the shocked look on his face. "And why is that?" He asked. "I just can't ignore him today, Henry. He came for mom's burial that shows he cares. First he wasn't given an invitation to come so he had to pay for entering. Really, he's sacrificed a lot." I said. Henry just looked at me in dis belief and walked away going to Aura and I thought I was the one not being fair to my self but he had just met her. I just walked back to Aaron. That was my first fight with Henry but I thought I was doing the right thing.