photo is also responsible for how Layla felt now. But how is he supposed to explain it to Layla? He did not know.
The days passed and Layla didn't say a word to Mike at all. Everyone was amazed because of that. One day at Layla's house the doorbell rang.Bryan opened the door. A brown-haired girl was standing in front of the door. Bryan asked her: "Who are you and what do you want?" The brown-haired girl replied: "I'm Sofie. I wanted to talk to hmm ... Layla. Is she at home?"
Bryan called into the house: "Layla! Someone here wants to speak to you. Her name is Sofie!" Layla came down after a few moments. She saw Sofie and was a little angry. But before Layla could send her away, Sofie said: "I wanted to give you something. My cousin gave it to me so that you could take it back. I don't understand why you just wanted to throw away such a beautiful picture. Such a Luckily my cousin came over and took it with him. ... Tell me, why are you so mad at Mike? Because of the picture he showed me? I'm laughing crookedly. So, should I tell you You know, this picture must have been taken around last summer, I had to bail out my cousin Mike.And as a thank you, he invited me to eat ice cream. In that way, I don't want anything from him. You might think I was his girlfriend, but that's not true. I am two years younger than him. Well, he's way too old for me. ... So here is the picture and then I'll go again. See you then. "Sofie left. Layla stayed with Bryan and the picture. Layla didn't quite understand what she had said. She took the picture and went to her room.
Upstairs in her room she wondered why Mike had taken the picture. She just couldn't see this picture anymore. She was about to toss it in the corner when a letter fell from the back wall of the picture. She opened it and read: "Dear Layla, please forgive me. I couldn't have known that you would get jealous so easily. If I had known, I would have told you about my cousin. She always pretends to be we together when we walk around town. Maybe those who gave you this picture spied on me and my cousin.Please don't be angry anymore and talk to me again. It is terrible if you do not speak a word to me. I hope to hear from you soon. Your mike. PS: Please forgive Sofie if she talked to you. But she can't keep her mouth shut for long and once she's started, she doesn't stop that quickly. "Layla was very surprised about this letter. Mike apologized. Now everything became clear to her. Yamato and Co. wanted to separate the two of them and they almost made it.
She wanted to apologize to Mike, but she didn't know how. After all, she hurt him more than he hurt her. He always wanted to help her, but she refused his help again and again. She got dressed to go for a walk. She had to think. She went to the cemetery to ask her parents for advice.
When she got there at the grave, she saw Mike standing with her parents. Layla stopped. She wanted to know if she was going to leave soon. But it wasn't the case.Layla walked slowly towards him with hesitant steps. When she was about ten yards from him, Mike turned his head to face her. She stopped immediately. She thought he'd turn around and walk away. But he smiled in her face and took a few steps towards her. Layla didn't know what to do at that moment. On the other hand, she wanted to apologize to Mike, but on the other hand she was afraid that he would reject her. Mike got closer and closer. He stopped a meter in front of her and said: "What about you? It looks like you haven't seen me in a long time."
He gave her a smile. Layla still didn't know what to do. But suddenly her legs moved in the direction of Mike on their own. They stopped right in front of him. Both looked each other in the eye. Her tears came slowly. Mike spread his arms and took her in his arms. He said quietly to her: "I'm so sorry. But I really couldn't have guessed that it is so bad for you."Layla heard the words and took him in her arms too.
She said quietly to him: "I have to apologize. I have suppressed the truth. I'm so sorry. Please forgive me." She cried even more. Mike ran one hand over her hair. They stood there for a few more minutes. Then Layla said: "You have to show me your sister's grave. You have been my parents so often, but I've never been to your sister's." She smiled at him. Mike nodded and they both broke away. They walked side by side down Friedhofweg to the chapel. There they went to the right to a tree. The two stopped there.
Layla looked at the grave. The gravestone read 'Kathryn Hanson'. So here was Mike's sister. They stayed there for a while. They wanted to leave when they heard Bryan's voice behind them: “I see you've made up again.” He came to the grave on crutches. He was holding a bouquet of flowers. When he got there, he put the bouquet on the grave.Neither Layla nor Mike understood. Bryan said: "I suppose Kathryn was your older sister or Mike? ... We were in the same class back then. I realized too late that something was wrong with her. She had already taken her own life when I did Have buckled what was going on in class at the time. "
Mike couldn't believe that Layla's older brother knew his sister. Mike said, "I didn't know anyone in her class mourned her. I thought at the time that everyone was picking on her." All three then fell silent. After a while they left the cemetery and went home in silence. Layla was glad Mike was still her friend. Without him she would have had no strength to go on living. Only through him did she learn how beautiful life can be. She liked him very much and she wasn't going to leave his side anytime soon. He was her best friend to her and she wanted them to be friends forever. It wasn’t possible for her to part.She had new courage to face life. Through Mike she managed to get out of her deep grief. It was only through him that she was accepted in the class. Layla was also Mike's best friend. It was enough for him if she gave him and him a smile. That was all he wanted - a smile of happiness and joy. He didn't need anything more from her. And one thing they both knew very well: They wouldn't part that quickly and neither could ever separate them. Nothing in the world could break them. They had become friends forever.