it’s totally awesome because…?”
“Because I’ll be there.” And then he gave me this cheesy sympathetic smile.
“I’ll think about it,” I said, which was the truth. I twirled my necklace, deciding whether or not what I wanted to do next.
“Eric gave that to you, right?”
I nodded.
“Did ya open it?”
I shook my head.
“Can you?” I shook my head again. It’s a hard locket, so I didn’t even try after the first few attempts. “Let me.” He pushed my fingers away while fiddling with it, and after a few yanks, it gave in and opened up.
A little small silver object fell from it onto Aaron’s hand.
“What is that?” I asked.
He pulled it up to show me. The charm glistened in the sunlight. It was in the form of an emoticon. The one that goes like ‘:X’. I was amazed. It was either a mistake or an intention.
Aaron grinned politely, “Looks like one of those faces you type.”
“It’s pretty.” I shook my head in disbelief and opened my purse to grab the folded page from Eric’s notebook.
Aaron glanced over it. “What’s that?”
“Eric wrote something,” I said softly. “For everyone.”
“A letter to everyone?” He said, dumbfounded. Then he grabbed the piece of paper from my hand, unwrapping it. He smoothed it out against his leg and then looked at me.
“Everyone,” he shouted, “get your asses over here!”
“But we didn’t bring any donkeys, Aaron,” Shannon said as a grin spread across her face.
He rolled his eyes. “Listen, Eric wrote something. You guys might wanna hear?”
Shannon’s face went all serious. “Go on.”
“Okay.” Aaron cleared his throat, glancing at me to give him the ‘okay’ signal.
“‘If I had to sell my soul to the devil to save you guys, I would because you saved me countless times, even when I tried to push away. And sometimes it was a little too hard to save me because I didn’t want to be saved. But were there. That’s all that mattered. I know that I’m strange and messed up. And I know that my ideas and actions are crazy enough to get us all into jail. This was partially why I didn’t want you around me all the time. You guys all influenced me to get better.
‘Which is why I’m sorry if I really hurt you in anyway. I know you were hurt Shannon—” he looked up and she nodded “—but at least you had Travis and Carter around to keep you company. I’ll see you guys around. I’ll get better, okay.”
After a moment of silence, Shannon said, “That’s it, huh?”
Aaron shrugged. “All that’s written down here, at least.”
“We will see him around,” she spoke, determination in her tone. After a few moments they went back towards the lake again. Aaron stayed with me, handing me back the letter.
“Thank you.” I murmured.
“No problem.” After another break of open air he said, “You know it’s kinda funny when you really think about it. Shit happens when you least expect it.”
I’ll miss you, Eric.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I’d like to thank my family and friends for their full support in my writing career. And anyone who decided to give this book a chance, I’m thanking you too. So thanks (seriously your readership is much appreciated)!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Briana Lagos grew up in a small town in Florida. She found herself in writing stories, hoping to entertain anyone who’d wanted to read her work. This is the first book she has self-published.
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