Chapter 4: Chapter 4
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Azrail's Point Of View
I looked at all the people wearing the same expressions of grief as they looked at the body lying in the casket
Judging by the number of people she seemed to be pretty famous and a happy-go-lucky spirit
What was her name again? Nancy? Nora? Something from N..... I guess...
Well she did look like a Nora to me... I'll just call her Nora then
Livia was right as usual... I still wonder how is she able to tell when a death will occur
Does she have a crystal ball or something?
'Thats not your job' My conscience warned me 'Curiosity kills'
I focused back on the funeral observing anyone and everyone
My attention was drawn to the four people standing close to casket looking the most devastated about the death
According to the portfolio I was handed, this girl had a brother, a mother and a father
The woman who was crying hysterically in the arms of a man seemed to be the dead girl's mother, the man the father and the kid who was clutching a girl's black dress seemed to be the brother
The girl was standing beside the man placing a comforting hand on the kids head and murmuring something to him while tears poured out of his eyes
She looked just as broken as the other family members but the question was who was she? I don't recall a girl's name being mentioned in the portfolio.... strange
She didn't look like Nora's sister for her features did not match Nora's features or Nora's family's
She looked familiar though ... Had I seen her before? Probably at someone's funeral....
My eyes bored into her back and as if realising that someone was staring at her she turned towards me making me suck in a surprised breath
I know her...
She is the bus weirdo!
I swear that she was looking right at me while I stood there captivated before the young boy called her making her turn towards him, I quickly moved away from my previous position towards the back of the church so I could see her but she won't be able to see me
She turned her head looking confused as she glanced around the place I was standing
There was only one thing that was making look at her in surprise....
How in the heaven can she see me?
It shouldn't be possible... she either has to be dead or....
No freaking way
I calmed myself down and looked at myself in the mirror before remembering that it would be blank
I.. I'll just tell Livia, she will know what to do... She always does
I shrugged it off and looked around once again
There were truly a lot of people, all of them looking grieved and pained, this Nora girl must be pretty popular, I noted
I looked in front and realised that the funeral was already over and people had started leaving
I straightened my shoulders and ran my hand through my dark hair
Its time.....
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Anastasia's Point Of View
I tried...
I tried my best to gather it all up but- but I couldn't
I pried Jake's (Nikki's brother) hands off me making him look at me in confusion
"Where are you going Anastazia?" He asked with a slight lisp messing up my name as usual
I flinched when I saw the dried tears on his cheeks, the dark circles under his red rimmed eyes and overall grief stricken expression on his face
No kid should ever be this unhappy
I made him unhappy
Its my fault
"I am gonna go to see my parents kay? Stay with your mom" I lied my voice a bit hoarse
"You will be back won't you?" He said grasping my hand with his small hands and looking at me with so much adoration, it nearly broke my heart
I don't deserve this
I stand up without replying and move out of the church, as soon as I am outside I start running
Wind whips my hair and attacks my face, a burning sensation spreads through my arms and calves as I push myself to my limits
I start to pant and lean against a wall to get my breath back
I turn around to see where I am and realise that I am in the park
The park where I and Nikki first met and the one where Nikki died
Something compels me to sit on the swing and so I do
Memories flood my mind, 1 shining brightly than others-
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"Shit" I say as someone rams into me making me throw my strawberry shake on myself
"Watch where you are going freak" A teenage boy wearing a hoodie sneers before shoving me down
His insult makes me forget the smart comeback I was going to say to insult him back
A freaky freak
"WHAT THE HELL?" I hear someone yell
Turning my head I see a blonde girl with twinkling blue eyes who has dropped her chocolate shake on the boy's hoodie
Catching my eye she proceeds to wink at me before turning to the boy and retorting rather sharply "Watch where you are going freak"
She then leaves the dumbfounded guy and moves towards me and helps me up
"Hi I am Nikki' She says offering her hand and a bright happy-go-lucky smile
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I smile to myself as I remember that day
This park has been filling the role of our bay window since forever
Never in my whole life I would thought about finding a crazy and slightly erratic friend like Nikki and never in my whole life I would have thought about losing a friend like that
My smile drops as I stare at the horizon where the sun is beginning to set
Bright yellow light mixed with orange with a tint of red illuminates the whole place
I keep staring at it until the sun disappears under the horizon and twinkling stars are the only thing left for people to see
I look up and close my eyes
'Maybe what they say is true.. maybe she hasn't gone.. maybe she has just turned into one of those twinkling little stars.....'
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