Chapter Four

I let my hands stroke the back of Glen’s head as he held onto me tightly. I noticed a movement from the corner of my eye and looked towards the window to see Ashley turn her head and move away. My heart skipped a beat knowing that she hadn’t left but I pushed it out of my mind.

Glen stood up slowly and sat in the chair that Ashley had occupied earlier. He kept his eyes on the ground as we both just sat in silence. The closeness was enough to keep us comforted while we let everything process.

It was hard to think about the fact that Clay was no longer with us. It seemed like it was only seconds before that we were all having fun together dancing and laughing. Chelsea was so happy and so was Clay.

My thoughts were all over the place while I thought of everything. I thought back to the time my mother and father had adopted Clay. To times when he and I would have our sibling arguments and times when he would let me cry on his shoulder.

He was there for me through so many hard times in my life and not once did he ever complain. He was one of the first people to support my relationship with Ashley and was the first to defend me when things started to go wrong.

I placed a hand on my head and closed my eyes. I felt a little bit light-headed and I tried to calm the pounding that kept coming as the clock on the wall ticked off the seconds.

I felt a strong light on my closed eyelids and opened my eyes to see my mother and father walking inside. My mother rushed over to my bedside kissing me on my forehead and I saw my father start to walk inside but then disappeared back into the hallway.

“Oh Spencer I’m so happy you are ok…I’m so sorry we weren’t here sooner.” My mother said as fresh tears fell down her already tear-streaked face.

“It’s ok Mom…I’m ok.” I said reaching out my arms and holding onto her tightly.

My mother hadn’t noticed that Glen was sitting next to my bed still looking at the floor. She moved back and finally saw him and wrapped her arms around him kissing the top of his head.