Fairy Tale

I was sitting in the front row of chairs with Brianna sitting on my right side; we were right in front of our parent’s coffins that hovered above the 6 foot holes that would soon be filled in, along with the two dark brown coffins. I know the children are meant to bury their parents when they pass; but I never thought I would be 19 and burying my parents, it just wasn’t right in my eyes and it wasn’t supposed to be now.

Brianna and I were supposed to have our dream career, get married to our prince, and have babies; then once our parents were old and got to see their grandchildren grow up, then that’s when they could die from old age. But no that’s not how it happened; Dad took Mom out for dinner and on the way back home a drunk driver ran a red light, slamming right into our parent’s car and killing them instantly.

I sat there staring at my parent’s coffins as I held onto Brianna’s hand; I knew it was harder on her as she’d already lost her parents once before but I couldn’t help the silent tears that ran down my cheeks, I felt Brianna’s thumb gently rub the back of my hand which was her way of comforting me at that time. Once we’re alone I know we’ll both start bawling but I had to be strong for her right now; the priest was talking about our parents but I wasn’t listening to him as I had written what he was saying, I was too much of a mess to get up and talk so I let some of Dad’s friends do that part.

Soft sobs escaped from my mouth as the coffins were slowly lowered into the ground; I wiped the tears off my cheeks and then wiped my hand on my simple black dress that was paired with black ballet flats, a bracelet and necklace, my makeup was light and my bright red hair was thrown into a messy ponytail. I didn’t really care what I looked like right now but Mom always taught Brianna and I to at least make an effort; so we both made an effort today just for Mom.

“Come on Will” Brianna whispered to me as she stood up and pulled me up beside her; it was time to drop some flowers onto the coffins and it was always family first. I held onto her hand as we slowly stepped up to Dad’s coffin; we both dropped in a white rose and said our goodbyes, we did the same to Mom before we took our seats again and let everyone else pay their respects.

“I can’t believe we’re leaving tomorrow, I never thought we’re ever leave home” I said softly to Brianna as everyone started leaving to head over to our parent’s wake; our Mom’s best friend told us yesterday that we would be moving to Germany to live with our cousin, Mom’s brother thought it would be better for us because he’s around our age.

“I know what you mean, a part of me what’s to leave and the other part of me doesn’t. But I’m sure our cousin will be really nice and will look after us, besides when we’re older we can always move back here” Brianna reassured me as we stayed seated but she was fiddling with her black dress which means she’s nervous; if I was honest with myself I was terrified of what tomorrow has install for us both.

“From what I can remember he is, I’ve only met him once and I was like 7 at the time. I’m just scared that we’re not going to like it over there and then we become miserable because we have to stay here, I just want Mom and Dad back” I said to my sister softly as I closed my eyes as I felt more tears forming; I felt her arms wrap around my body as she held me close to her and gently rubbed my back soothingly.

“I want them back as well Will but right now how about we head over to the house for the wake, if we don’t get there soon than everyone will think you’ve run off again” Brianna told me as she slowly stood up and lifted me up with her; I smiled softly when she said the last part as we slowly over to her car, I didn’t actually want to leave the cemetery well I didn’t want to leave Mom and Dad.

“Oh that was one time Brianna and I was only gone for a few hours, besides Dad had lost my doll and I was angry at him. I didn’t want a new doll so I ran down to the park, but then I got hungry and came back home” I said rolling my eyes at her as no one let me forget about my little run away; but Dad lost my favorite doll and offered to buy me a new one but I didn’t want a new one, I wanted my doll so I ran away.

“I swear all you think about is food sometimes; you couldn’t even run away because you returned home when you were hungry. You get grumpy when you don’t eat anything and start snapping at people who just look at you” Brianna said with a small smile as we both climbed into her car and buckled up; I knew what she said was true as everyone knew that I was a huge foodie but I couldn’t help it, food was amazing and I would never be one of those girls who hardly eat.

“Oh shut up Bri, you’re just the same as me and we both know it. I’m just more vocal about my love for food than you are, but you still love me just the way I am” I looked over at my sister giving her a soft smile as she turned her car on and started driving back to our parent’s house; it was weird staying there to say the least. Sure our parents had gone out of town before and we stayed at home; but this was different now because our parents were never coming home.

“Sadly yes I do love you” Brianna said with a small smile as she drove along the highway; I rested my head on the seats headrest as I looked out the window and just thought about everything.

It was 10 pm when the police knocked on our door and after they told us what happened they spent the next hour just sitting with us; that night I cried until I passed out on the couch with Brianna by my side, I’d never felt so heartbroken in my entire life. At first I didn’t know what to do and stayed in bed for hours on end in the few days that followed; Brianna was the strong one who kept everything running as normal as it could be and I was so grateful to have here there with me.

First I had to deal with our parents dying, then the news of us moving to Germany to live with our cousin came, and now every time I fall asleep I have nightmares about that night; some nightmares involve Brianna being taken from me, and some involve different senses of how the car crash was. So lately I’ve been trying to stay awake for as long as I can and take small naps which usually turn into actually sleeping; but drinking unhealthy amounts of coffee and energy drinks have been really helping me out when I feel tired.

Brianna and I were sitting in the airport waiting for our flight to Germany; we were sitting in Subway having something to eat before we had to board, I actually never realized just how boring an airport is. I mean who goes shopping for clothes or books or handbags in a freaking airport? The prices on everything is way overpriced and if you wait a few days than you can go shopping and buy the same thing for a better and low price in the mall.
“This sandwich is so damn good, why can’t my sandwiches ever taste this good. And the guy was cute as well, I wonder if he’d fit in my suitcase” I said to Brianna as we sat in our booth and ate our sandwiches; Brianna had a diet coke and M&M cookie while I had a raspberry soda and a double chocolate cookie.

“What are you going to do? Sneak him down to the plane and stuff him into one of your already completely full suitcases? I don’t think so Will, he won’t fit trust me” Brianna told me as she sipped her drink and shook her head at me a little; most of our things had already been sent over to our cousin’s house who I think was setting up our new rooms, so we only had two suitcases each to bring with us.

“What? It could work; you should never judge my ideas so quickly. Besides it’s not my fault that I had trouble closing my suitcase, maybe if they were bigger than I would be able to fix everything inside them neatly” I told her as I finished my sandwich and started eating my cookie; honestly I don’t even know when I would start dating again and I wasn’t really looking around for a guy anyway, so I didn’t want to kidnap the Subway guy.

“I always judge your ideas and I always will, maybe it’s not the suitcases fault. Maybe it’s your fault for having too much stuff” Brianna told me making me roll my eyes at her as we finished our food and walked through the airport to our gate; we both knew how much of a shopper I was and I couldn’t help but love shopping, it was just how I was.

“I do not have too much stuff, thank you very much” I told her giving her a playful glare as we walked through security; let me tell you this now I absolutely hate going through security at the airport, I always panic that the metal detector is going to go off when I walk through and then everyone is going to stare at me but thankfully I walked through without anything happening.

Brianna chuckled softly when she saw how quickly I walked through the metal detector; I ignored her as we collected our handbags and laptop bags from the scanner, before we walked to our gate to wait until we could board the plane. I wasn’t that long until we were sitting on the plane ready to take off; I was beside the window as I loved to look out the window and Brianna was sitting beside me.

We both had our iPod’s and a book out so we wouldn’t get so bored on the long flight; even though I would get extremely bored anyway because I always do get bored on planes, but hopefully I’d get at least a few hours sleep as we were meeting our cousin straight away as he was picking us up from the airport.

I took deep breaths as the plane took off as I thought it was the worst feeling ever; the landing didn’t bother me at all so it was just the taking off that I hated. I listened to my iPod first while Brianna started reading the thick ass novel she brought with herself; I stared off out the window and watched the clouds as I listened to everything on my iPod.

Once I was done with listening to music I decided I might as well read the book that I brought with me; I placed Brianna’s book back into her bag as she had fallen asleep with the book on her lap. I spend a few hours reading my book as I kept getting distracted; all I could think about was my cousin and how he was, would he like us, would he like Brianna, what was he like, what did he do for a job, would his friends like us.

I finally drifted off to sleep after a few hours of reading my book and I stayed asleep until I felt the plane start to land; I sat back up in my chair and saw that Brianna was reading her book at again which wasn’t a surprise to me. I grabbed my handbag from under the seat in front of me and pulled out my little makeup bag; I opened my compact mirror and fixed my makeup up as I wanted to look the best that I could when we met our cousin.

Brianna and I have been in Germany for a few hours now and so far things were going pretty good; our cousin Gustav was absolutely amazing just like our Uncle and Auntie, we met two of Gustav’s friends and band mates, Bill and Georg. We were both shocked when Gustav told us that he was a drummer in a successful band; that was weird because I to played the drummers and piano even though I hadn’t even touched either instruments since the accident.

Gustav had ordered us all some pizza for dinner as we waited on this Tom guy that was running late; he was Bill’s older identical twin brother even though Bill said they had very different styles. Gustav also took his time and told us how Tom was; apparently he was very flirty, very cocky and very confident, he’s also known as being a man whore.

When the pizza’s came I was the one who had to answer the front door because the guys were too scared that it would be a fan and then people would know where Gustav lives; so I paid the pizza girl and took the boxes into the living room where we’d be eating, I was coming back from the kitchen with six dinner plates in my hands but I stopped walking when a guy walked inside.

“Well hello gorgeous, what’s your name?” The stranger asked me in his deep German accented voice as his eyes ran up and down my body; I instantly knew that this was the man whore Tom and I rolled my eyes as I just walked around as I went back into the living room.

I took my position on the couch in between Gustav and Georg as Tom followed behind me; Bill introduced Tom to Brianna and I making Tom wink at me before he sat on Brianna’s other side so she was in between Bill and Tom. I was surprised to see that Bill had the more darker style which really did suit him and then Tom had the gangster style going on which also did suit him; but they were just so opposite of each other which I wasn’t really expecting.

As we all ate and got to know each other a lot more I started feeling more comfortable with them; well not so much Tom but I really liked Gustav, Bill and Georg. I could tell that Georg liked Brianna even more as the night went on as he talked to her about everything; which was such a great thing because she deserved a good guy like him, most of her boyfriends ended up hurting her so I then had to hurt them in some way or another, mainly I would wreak their cars or wreak something that’s important to them.

I talked to mainly Gustav and Bill while Tom talking with us occasionally; I just knew that Gustav and I would be super close as cousin’s should be but I couldn’t help but glance over at Tom, most of the time he was already looking at me and his tongue would be playing with his lip ring. I guess most girls who were fans of the guys or just fans of Tom would find that incredibly sexy and then they’d fall for his bad boy charm; but not me I kind of found him annoying to be honest, I mean all his flirty looks were starting to get old and I hated being treated like I was a prize or a piece of meat.