This was so sad! I almost cried, and I pretty much never cry. The descriptions, about everything that Gerard would never hear Frank do again, that really put me over the edge. I guess because there's a lot of little things about people that you don't really notice till they're not around anymore, but then once they are there's just nothing where all those things used to be. That definitely got me the most.
This was beautifully written, as usual, and I loved it not matter how sad it was!
On a side note, I must ask; don't English children have summer vacation? Every British child on the interwebs seem to have tests whose names are acronyms right now, even though it's halfway through June.
Anyway, excellent story and I hope you get a break from school shit soon!
OXO
Author's response
Sorry about the sadness; please don't cry! The descriptions' purposes were kind of to give little hits of misery, so I'm glad they worked even if they did make you sad. I know from experience that it's the little things you never think of or even the things that you think you find annoying that you miss the most; that you wish you appreciated whilst those little things were still around to be appreciated. Thank you very, very much and I'm extremely pleased that you liked it!
We do have the summer holidays, yes, but not until another four/five weeks. We're then off until September. I take it you guys in America are already off? If so, I envy you greatly. ;)
Thank you very much and so do I! :D