I walked through the graveyard with my granfather, Kevin. He took the whole situation pretty hard, why wouldnt he? She was his oldest daughter. My aunt Holly is the only child he has left. I held to my grandad's arm and walked beside him until we reached it. The marble stone ascending from the gound stared back at us. Only a few feet tall but still the most overbearing thing we could ever lay our eyes on. I looked over to his glossy blue grey eyes that were a mirror image of hers. I sighed holding in my tears while I held the basket in my other hand. Within it held a small planting shovel and a flower that I would put in the fresh soil beside her toumb stone.
I took a few steps foreward and made a small indention in the ground beneith me then replaced the air with the small plant. I coninued filling in the hole with dirt then took out a water bottle from the basket putting a small amount of water on the flower so it could get its nutrience.
The win blew behind me and took my hair in it along with a pedal from the flower. I sighed down at it and stood wiping my face of the tears I hadnt even noticed formed then left my grandfather alon with her.
"I'll be at the car Granddad." I said and walked off.
The sky was crystal clear and the most beautiful blue I had seen in ages. I sniffled a bit and smiled knowing that my mother was in a better place where every day the whether could be completely different. A place where the outside world wouldnt look so depressing and a single tear would never fall from her face. She was looking down on me, I knew it. The one single think in the sky was a rainbow from rain earlier that hour.
I looked to my right and noticed a boy with slightly curly hair standing beside a grave stone. He looked at it and nodded a sympathetic nod as if he were speaking to the person resting beneith. He walked away from the spot and began coming to the pathI was at. I looked at him wondering why he was coming so near to me. I didnt ask him to approach me so why do it?
"Hi..." He spoke with a deep raspy voice.
"Hello." I replied quietly without making eye contact.
"I was visiting your mother's grave earlier." He said and I looked at him confused.
"You what? No her's is over there" I spoke confused then pointed to where my grandfather stood. His head bowed and hands were held together. He's probably praying.
"I was there before you got here. Sorry to startle you but I'm Harry."
"Um, Scarlet... How'd you know my mother?" I ask as we began walking along the sidewalk path between rose bushes and marvelous trees that went along the gated path of toumb stones and tall statues.
"I just did, she was a really nice lady. Always smiling and trying to help people."
Harry spoke with a smile that made depmles appear on his face. I could only smile back at that and blush as I looked to my shoes.
"You know, someone as pretty as you shouldnt be crying." Harry said wiping a still remaining tear from my face. I hiccuped a chuckle and sniffed my nose once to his words.
"Thanks, sorry to be like this. It's just hard..."
He nodded his head in response then we approached where two cars were parked. One further than the other. I smiled slightly to him sayin goodbye and he pulled his phone from his pocket.
"Here, what's your number? I'd like to see you again."
I smiled "good luck with that. This is the only place I'm allowed to go and never alone. There's eyes on me at all times Harry. I wouldn even try if I were you..."
His shoulders dropped a bit making me almost sad inside that I couldnt see his smile again or hear his warm voice speak to me.
"but I can give you my number still if you want to talk to a girl you'll never see again." I said with a slight chuckle. He smiled and handed me his phone to put in the number. I checked over the digits thinking if this were the correct number or not. I nodded my head to myself saying that it were right in my head then gave Harry the phone back.
He took the phone before kissing my cheak. I blushed and looked down before smilin back up at him and getting in the driver's seat of the car to take my grandfather home. A minute later he began walking this way and I saw him wipe his face. My heart felt broken for my grandad but all I could do was comfort him. I got out of the car and walked to him putting my arm around him in a hug. He hugged back and went with me to the car.
We rode home in silence. I wanted to ask if he knew the boy, I wanted to ask every question possible about the outside world but I knew to keep my mouth shut. I knew he didnt want to go thorugh explaining things right now. He was lost in his own thoughts and I was okay with that. Everyone needs their time to think.
I dropped grandad off at his home and hugged my grandmother's neck. She was delighted to see me and thanked me for going with Kevin. I nodded my head with a smile then said goodbye to them before heading back to my house. Still, the thought of Harry was stuck in my mind.