A/N – Hey guys and welcome to Chapter Seventeen. Picture of Matthew ^^^^

----- Hannah's P.O.V -----

The drive to the crematorium will take about half an hour, which isn't too bad however the hearses and funeral cars drive slowly so that's why it's taking half an hour.

Even though it's a sad occasion, it's lovely to see how many people stop walking or take their hats off or whatever to show respect as the hearses go past.

I am sat in the middle of the backseat, with Reece on my left and Drew on my right. Drew could've sat in the front seat next to the driver, but he said that he wanted to sit with me.

We're all just sat in silence, it's not an awkward silence but a silence where we're all thinking about our own things and that's okay because there doesn't need to be conversation all the time.

It's slowly starting to sink in that we are saying goodbye to my parents, and of course I wish that I didn't have to do this so early on in my life because no child wants to lose their parents full stop let alone so early.

I know that Drew is missing them a lot, he's the one that spent the most time with my parents as he's the eldest and he was so incredibly close with my Mum as was Dean whereas I was very close with my Dad but I loved my Mum just as much.

As we pull up to the crematorium, I see the whole of my family and our family friends stood outside with each other.

The cars stop, and the driver goes to open Drew's door whilst Reece gets out his side and holds the door open for me. He smiles down at me as I climb out, and offers me his arm so I interlock my arm with his.

Alana comes over to the both of us, and she reaches up to hold Reece's hand so he obliges and grips her hands as the six of us walk into the crematorium with everyone else following us.

The six of us sit down in the first pew type seat on the right-hand side, whilst my Aunt and Uncle and cousins sit in the first row on the left hands side.

The rest of the seats fill up, and the two coffins are side by side at the very front of the room with the guy who's doing the talking about them stood just in front of the coffins.

He starts to talk – introducing the whole reason why we are here, and that my parents were loved and surrounded by a whole load of people that cared about them. He explains about the work that my Dad did, being involved with football and when I turn around, I see the whole of the team that played at the club my Dad was involved with which makes me smile because they are a great bunch of guys and I know they will miss my Dad being around.

After a bit, he invites Drew up to talk and for the whole of my life, I have seen Drew cry once and that was when I was about six. Seeing my brother cry now, it shows me just how hard it has hit him and how much he has been keeping it together.

Drew comes to sit down, and he pats Dean's knee and kisses my forehead before he sits back down next to Alana. Dean goes up next, talking about how he is so grateful of everything my parents taught him and how lucky he is to have me and Drew around him, as well as Lewis and Alana.

He finishes talking, and the guy invites me up to speak.

I cautiously get up, and go to stand at the podium thingy, facing the people that I have known all my life and the ones that have done nothing but support me.

I take a deep breath "I just want to say thank you to everyone that has decided to come today" I start to talk into the mic that's attached to the podium "I miss my parents a lot, being the youngest meant that I was still living at home so losing them has gotten me to move out to live with Dean and now I get to annoy him 24/7" I joke a little, wanting to lift the mood somewhat "I wish that my parents were still here. They supported me through everything, and now I will never get to thank them enough for what they did for me. They will never get to see me get married, graduate from any form of education, have children and that sucks because I know how much I wanted them to be there for everything in my life" I explain what's running through my head to everyone, but as much as I don't want to, I can't help but start to tear up "We're here to celebrate every amazing thing both my mother and my father did throughout their lives, including having three pretty awesome kids" my words warrant a smile from both of my brothers "Mum and Dad, I hope I make you proud" I state.

I move to sit down, and Reece puts his arm around my shoulder to pull me into him "Well done" he whispers in my ear, comfortingly rubbing circles on my upper arm.

The rest of the service goes on, and before we all know it, the coffins are going into the fire and it's time for us to scatter the ashes. We decided to scatter the ashes at the graveyard that's by the crematorium, well surrounding it technically, and it's where two of my grandparents are so it's what my parents wanted.

As we all go to walk out, we realise that it's raining and the funeral director hands Dean, Drew and Reece golf umbrellas so that we can walk down to where we want to scatter the ashes.

Reece holds an umbrella over me, whilst Drew has an umbrella in one hand and is holding Alana's hand in the other, Lewis has both of the urns and Dean is holding an umbrella over himself and Lewis.

We all walk down, and for once Alana is completely quiet which shows me that she's feeling it too. She might only be six years old, but I know she'll miss her grandparents a lot as she grows older.

We reach the patch where we are scattering the ashes, Dean takes on urn whilst Drew has the other. The two of them move forward to scatter the ashes, whilst I stay next to Reece.

I reach down to intertwine my fingers with Reece's, and I wrap my free hand around his arm. As I move closer to him, he leaves down to kiss my forehead "It's okay Hannah, they're okay" he whispers as I cry a little.

My two brothers turn around, and Drew opens his arms so I go over to him and hug him. I feel Dean wrap his arms around the both of us, and we stand there together for a few moments.

I know my parents are gone, and I will miss them for as long as I am myself, however this is what we are now.

We are three siblings, along with our niece and brother-in-law plus Reece who I know Dean and Drew consider family now.

We'll be okay.

We'll make them proud of us.

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That was Chapter Seventeen, hope you liked it.

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Till the next chapter.....