Hidden Behind the Smile 
Chapter 16; July 24th,2011
I woke up to my alarm blairing beeps into my ear at 7:00 this morning. I hit the snooze button and threw my covers over my head. Five minutes later, the alarm clock was beeping again. I turned it off and got up out of bed. I looked in the mirror and was horrified at the reflection staring back at me. My hair was going every direction possible, my mascara smeared down my face, my eyes puffy, and I was breaking out from all the stress. I went in the shower, blow dried my hair, and put my hair in a curled up-do. I put on a black dress and black heels and my ring and necklace. I put on even less makeup today then the past two days, because today, my makeup won't even make it to the cemetery. I walked to Louis' house and there was even more food then yesterday on the table. 
"Want a bagel?" Chris asked me.
"No thanks, I'm not too hungry lately..."
"I know, I understand."
A black limo showed up in front of the house around 8:30. Leah, Chris, Kayla, Parker, and I piled into the limo. Another limo was picking up his grandparents and aunts and uncles. We got to the funeral home and Kayla and Parker took my hands again. I looked down at both of them and Parker said, "I don't want to say goodbye to him... I don't want him to leave."
This made me start crying, I hugged her and tried to comfort her. After Leah and Chris went up, Kayla, Parker and I went up together, just as we did the first time we did this. The three of us were crying instantaneously. Then we realized, we still have the final goodbye, which made us cry even harder. We went by the seats and sat down so everybody else could go up.  After the funeral director came in and did prayers, it was time for the Final Goodbyes. The friends that showed up went first, then the aunts and uncles, then the grandparents. I went up alone, and I couldn't control my tears. I just let all the tears pour out, I talked to him a little, and I kissed him softly before letting Kayla and Parker go up. I was histerical in Albies arms for ten minutes. He came in the limo with us, too. We had extra space and he was as good of a friend to Louis as I was. On the way through the funeral procession, Albie had the idea of sharing our favorite memory with Louis. Leah, of course, said the day she gave birth to him. Chris said when he first taught Louis how to ride a bike. He described how happy Louis was when he finally learned, and it made everybody happy. Kayla said her favorite memory was when Louis taught her how to play golf. She said he took her to a golf course and showed her how to swing, and where to position her hands. She started crying halfway through though, because she realized she can't golf with him anymore. Parker said her's was when he would throw her into the pool, and when he taught her to do a front flip off the diving board. Albie said it was when they went to lacrosse camp in Delaware a few years ago. My turn was last, I had a few favorite memories, but I picked the one when it was just me and Louis on the beach. How he walked me all the way down the beach so we could have the whole part to ourselves. I left out the details of the making out in the sand, in the cave, and on the wall, of course. Before we knew it, we were at the cemetery. We got out of the limo and walked to his gravesite. I took a deep breath as I saw the casket closed with so many flowers scattered on it. Albie was next to me, and he took my hand in a brotherly way. I took Kayla's hand, and she took Parkers. Together we stood, as ready as we would ever be, to bury our brother, best friend, and boyfriend.