CAN’T YOUR EYES SEE?
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: FUNERAL IN THE RAIN
Emma stood up to get a dress from Ryan from the bed, as she turned to the mirror. She stared at the dry tears little farther away from her chocolate eyes. She started to look down to her slippers on the floor away from the mirror until she raised her head to look at the entire body in a pajama to the face. She was trying not to cry once again until she arrived the funeral for her father, Jonathan. She began to slip into in a black, lantern-sleeve dress alone in her room while Ryan was waiting outside of her room.
Ryan was still nerve-racking about Emma. She was not herself at all since her father died. He knew that she still loved her like always. Why did her dad do that? Oh man, he wondered deeply as he still stood beside Emma’s naked, white door. He leaned against the wall, as his head looked at the olive carpet with his tear dropping out of his cheerless eye.
Emma was looking for the black shoes to match her black dress in her closet, even though her closet was still partly mess. She called Ryan to come in for a help to find her perfect shoes. He rummaged many, dirty clothes and other stuffs out of the wardrobe. Finally, he found a perfect, couple pairs of shoes, black heel shoes--the classic closed-toe evening pump with satin upper with bow detail--and a ballerina leather black flat shoes. He pulled the shoes up in an air to show Emma and let her pick one of couple pairs of shoes.
Emma was gazing at the shoes where were behind Ryan, noticed him staring at her in the eyes, and wondered. Where does his eyes come from? I never see just like that before. Her thoughts were carrying in her mind deeply, as she just decided one of the shoes--a ballerina leather black flat shoes--and she pointed her index finger at it in a silence.
In half hour later, she went to the funeral with her entire family and her friends especially Ryan. He was sitting with her in 2007 VW Caddy van while his arms were around her with his deep thoughts of many things with her in many memories. A sound of laughter. He missed that sound of her laughter. He missed an old Emma when she was smiling widely on her face and playing with him just like in the beginning of the story. He missed that kind of memory before the things happened horribly. Ryan still held her while she was closing her beautiful eyes with no makeup, as he still wondered in many memories on his mind.
They finally arrived outside of the grave land, as they entered a beautiful place of worship. It was not like a church where they had benches for people to sit to worship God. Just beautiful, soft chairs in many rows from back to the front. Emma grabbed Ryan’s hand firmly that she was scared to see her father’s dead face in a coffin. She refused to cry once again because she was tired and sick of crying for weeks. She was done but her heart was still broken in two pieces. The song soared around the temple called ‘The End’ by My Chemical Romance. The entire band was playing their instruments there with Gerald Way singing on the stage to honor Jonathan’s death.
Now come one come all to this tragic affair
Wipe off that makeup, what's in is despair
So throw on the black dress, mix in with the lot
You might wake up and notice you're someone you're not
If you look in the mirror and don't like what you see
You can find out firsthand what it's like to be me
So gather 'round piggies and kiss this goodbye
I'd encourage your smiles I'll expect you won't cry
Another contusion, my funeral jag
Here's my resignation, I'll serve it in drag
You've got front row seats to the penitence ball
When I grow up I want to be nothing at all!
I said yeah, yeah!
I said yeah, yeah!
C'mon C'mon C'mon I said
(Save me!) Get me the hell out of here
(Save me!) Too young to die and my dear
(You can't!) If you can hear me just walk away and
(Take me!)
To end with a song by My Chemical Romance, they walked toward Emma while she was holding Ryan around her. Gerald Way--his messy, black hair with his whole black suits with a messy tie--pulled his hand out of his pocket to shake Emma’s hand. Emma lastly smiled far and wide on her face. My Chemical Romance was her favorite band and she always sang every of their songs. She fearfully shook his rough, lukewarm hand with her smile on her face. Ryan joined with her. His thoughts were fill of happiness once again with his heart skipping a beat. It was not dead once more. Ryan silently hugged around her waist behind with his smile on his face. Gerald said hello to Ryan and shook his hand also. Every person in the band hugged Emma and said sorry about her father. They all smiled. Happiness flew around the room. It supposed to be sad but not for Emma and Ryan.
In few minutes later, they all had to go outside with the coffin lead to the a big hole for Jonathan to be buried under the ground. My Chemical Romance was still there on the grave land with Emma and Ryan. The man, in an entire, black suit, spoke in a prayer to God in the heaven with his eyes closed and the Bible in his hand,
"Merciful Father,
hear our prayers and comfort us;
renew our trust in your Son,
whom you raised from the dead;
strengthen our faith
that all who have died in the love of Christ
will share in his resurrection;
who lives and reigns with you,
now and for ever.
All
Amen."
(I took this research in internet. Here is it: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/liturgy/commonworship/texts/funeral/prayers.html#collects)
When the prayer was done. Everyone was crying out aloud to the dead man in the coffins. The workers were burying him while Emma was singing in front of the coffins near the hole. She wrote the song named ‘Tears’ without a music. Just vocal. The rain started to fall but she didn't care if she got wet on her black dress. She just continued to sing out of her heart.
Big tears fall down like puddles
When something cuts it bleeds
Big storms leave towns in rubbles
Shore just recedes
Take some time to secure
A stream of water to occur
But crying is a way to know
Your tears are how you learn and grow
So better off to let it flow
Stains on cheeks will come to know
Heartaches and hopes for healing
Through the raining of your tears
You'll learn the pain you're feeling
(oooooooohhhh)
Take some time to secure
A stream of water to occur
But crying is a way to know
Your tears are how you learn and grow
So better off to let it flow
Stains on cheeks will come to know
Tears [7x]
Tears [7x]
There may not be more than one of you
Appearing to be by your side
But if the ones you still love are here
To fight against time
Take some time to secure
A stream of water to occur
But crying is a way to know
Your tears are how you learn and grow
So better off to let it flow
Stains on cheeks will come to know
Tears [7x]
Tears [7x]
The day was still lasting all day along with the tears falling down on their faces.
Pshh, tears by Emma is really behind Aly and AJ's song. :)
Tragedy
Created on 8-12-08
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Story Rating PG13
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