Sidelined (Game On 3)

“I like that idea better. I think he’d roll his eyes at my silliness then do something weird like put it in his hair to make me laugh.”

“Sounds like Will.” Leah smiled, too.

Freya picked up my daisy chain and placed it on top of my head like a crown. “That’s what I’m going to remember most about today. I’ll remember the daisies.”

“I’m going to remember this,” Leah said, letting out a sigh. “Today has been rough. But right now, just the three of us, this is the part I’ll remember.”

“Me too.”

“Me three,” I added.

And just like that, all three of us held each other tighter, silent and lost in our own thoughts.

We had so much more to face over the next few months. We would grieve, and I’d spill my heart out to my therapist about the ghosts from my past, but every day, we’d all get a little bit stronger. A little less sad. What mattered was doing those things together. We had battles ahead but I was ready for them because I had the best friends anyone could ask for. Perhaps it sounded too soon to be so optimistic about the future.

But what can I say? I’m Bree Collinson, and I’m an eternal ray of sunshine.

THE END