AN: So sorry this took so long and I am going to try and update my other stories as well. I'll do that asap, promise. So anyway, this is mainly a time lapse to the funeral. I hope you like it!
Chapter 13: I don't know what to feel
Disclaimer: Yes, I own Gilmore Girls
and just won the Nobel Prize.
Rory walked into the church and looked around. She recognized people from the town, and very few from Dean's family that she had met briefly. She spotted his mother at the front of the church, conversing with Reverend Hackett. She walked towards her and quickened her pace when Mrs. Forrester turned and motioned her forwards.
"Rory here will also be giving a eulogy" she said to Reverend Hackett, placing her hands on Rory's shoulders and managing a weak smile.
"Wonderful. Okay well Mrs. Forrester, when the time comes we're going to ask you up and you may give yours first, followed by Rory"
"Thank you Reverend Hackett" she said. He gave a sympathetic smile and nod, turning on his heel and walking away. "Are you alright, dear?"
"Yes, I'm holding up"
"Well, good. Such a tragedy for Dean to go like that" she said, furiously blinking to hold in tears.
"Yeah" Rory said giving her a small hug and smile before Clara joined them.
"Well, why dont we sit down now?" she said, wiping her tears away and motioning to a seat.
The ceremony started and Rory glanced around her, noticing a few people drying their eyes and blinking to hold in their tears. Reverend Hackett came up and asked for Dean's mother to come forth.
"At this time we have Dean's mother who wanted to give a eulogy in remembrance of her son"
She walked up and looked out at the crowd, taking a deep breath before beginning.
"My son, Dean Matthew Forrester, was a wonderful person. He was honest, loyal, and very loving. He died horribly, and I feel that he did not deserve that. He was always loyal to his family, he worked very hard, and he loved his girlfriend very much. It's very hard to lose a child, especially at such a young age, but it's always reassuring to know that your family and friends are there to support you. The town welcomed us when we moved here from Chicago all those years ago. We have lived here ever since, and the amount of loyalty and friendship you get from this town is overwhelming. I was very glad to have raised my son here for the last few years of his life. Here he found friends, he found a job when he needed it, and he met his girlfriend whom he loved deeply" at this point she was looking out at Rory when she mentioned Dean's girlfriend.
"I have never seen my son happier, than when I saw him with her. She was there for him when his life got stressful, she was there for Clara acting like the big sister she never had, and she has been there for us in this hard time, and vice versa. I will miss my son greatly, but whenever I think about him from now on, I will not forget that now he may watch over our family, myself, and everyone else he has ever loved and appreciated. May he rest in peace, and I hope to see him at heaven's gates when my time comes"
She stepped down and took her previous seat next to Rory. The reverend looked at Rory and she nodded, standing up.
"Now we will hear from Rory Gilmore, Dean's girlfriend"
Rory took a few deep breaths, looking from her paper, to the crowd. She swallowed before looking up and beginning.
"I met Dean when he first moved here to Stars Hollow. He was my first everything. My first boyfriend, first kiss, and he was the perfect first boyfriend. My mother liked him, and I eventually grew to love him. We had our rough patches, but what couple doesnt. Our relationship was tested with everything that life could throw at us, and in the beginnings we always pulled through, together. When Dean passed on, it was our third time being together. We stayed friends the second time we decided to end things and it proved to work out for us. His family welcomed me with open arms, and I was glad to have had a boyfriend whose family loved me as much as he did. I will miss Dean, I'll miss our past and our memories. It was sad for him to have gone the way he did, but I believe that when God takes someone from us, he needs them up in heaven with him. May he rest in peace, and as his mother said, now he may watch over his family"
She stepped down and took her previously vacated seat. It had been hard, to carefully select her wording in order to write that. She tried to keep her mind floating on the past so she would not remember the ugly times that had recently occured.
The funeral carried on, and ended with Deans burial. She kept one arm around Clara as the casket was lowered into the ground. After giving the eulogy the only thing she felt, was numb.
Very numb
AN: Okay, I know this is so so super mean of me to make you wait this long and then give you this short short super short chapter! Dont hurt me, please. I'd very much appreciate it if I could keep all my limbs in tact. So I'm going to try and get the next one out soon, and I will try to make it a bit longer than this one especially. So, please review. The more reviews I get the faster chapters could appear. Think about it...
Sarah