"Gee, you ready?" Mikey walked up to see his crying sister, Grace had her clothes on for the funeral, but nothing could fill the Elena shaped hole now in the siblings' lives "come on, Gee. Stop moping around, that's what Grammy woulda said" Mikey soothed his older sister "I-I know, Mikes. B-but I-I-I miss her..." Grace choked "I know, Gee. I do too" Mikey held her close as they went down to where the hearse was waiting to take them to the church.

Elena had many friends and only two blood relatives, those relatives were Mikey and Grace as her daughter's children. Elena had raised Grace and Mikey after their parents died when the two were very young, Grace being ten and Mikey being seven at the time "Mikes..." Bob nudged him. Mikey glanced to where he saw Ashley Purdy in the shadows "shit, he's after Grace. Andy's after his mate" Mikey hissed, keeping his voice low as to not disturb his sister.

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Grace took the front left side of the coffin as Mikey took the right side when they exited the church to place their grandmother's casket in the hearse, Ray slipped an arm around her shoulders "hey, she's in a better place now, Gee" he reassured the lead singer of My Chemical Romance "I know, Ray. But when I need a shoulder to cry on, she's not there anymore" Grace sighed, looking with tear-filled hazel eyes at the hearse going to the cemetery. Mikey gently took his sister's hand and led her back to their car so they could go home. Neither sibling wanted to go to the wake, it only served as another reminder they were now truly orphans.

Ashley watched the two as they left, but as soon as he scented the wolves, he had to leave and meet up with the others "did you find her?" CC asked "yeah, I'd leave her for a few days. Poor kid's just lost the last parental figure in her life" Ashley was sympathetic to the Ways since they were grieving.

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Grace was woken by Frank the next morning, but she was too heartbroken to even think about what she used to do when she had lost someone she loved. She used to get herself so drunk that she would collapse on stage or abuse prescription drugs. Mikey and Elena had sorted her out on that, but she turned her grief into something to help others who had lost someone.

Grace threw the idea at her band and they nodded in agreement with them making a new album, this time it was a personal one for Grace and Mikey since it was their way of saying goodbye to their grandmother Elena.

Notes

Since it's late, I've gotta post this chap before I head to bed. It will be completed tomorrow afternoon when I get some time

Mystic Jinxx