The Wildflower Quartet, Star's story- completed

Star had a pretty rough life to this point. After she was forced to live with her grandmother, she and her brother were finally given a chance to be children. Her grandmother put them both in school, and they were adjusting to their new lives. They were never really good at school, and she made sure to mention that it never did get any better, despite their change in lifestyles. Star finally met a boy when she was 16, and it was someone that she could completely relate to. He had a very similar life to what she had grown up in. He held back a lot of his past, but what he did let out was that his dad had killed his mother in a drunk driving accident when he was very young. He was released to care for their son, and became a heavy alcoholic to cover up his hurt from the death of his wife. The result of this was severe beatings to his son. His mother left an inheritence to him- and made sure that his father would not be able to touch it. Star spent an evening at his house one night, and described how it was unkept- and how it looked like nobody in the home knew how to take care of it. He made dinner for them both, and they retreated to his bedroom before his father and girlfriend showed up drunk. When it was time for Star to leave, his dad was home harassing them both. Steve argued back, but showed no signs that an argument like this was anything new for him. He promised to meet Star at the locker in the morning, but did not show. She went to check on him after school, and found that his dad had left a large bruise on his face. She blamed herself for his pain, and they went inside. They wound up having sex that day, and she hurried to leave before his dad came home again. She was completely in love with him. He promised to meet her the next morning, and he did not show. Since he had the bruise on his face, she figured that maybe he was worried he would be picked on for it. The following day when he did not show, she went to his counselor at the school. She expressed her concerns about what had been happening, and he informed her that he had been a domestic violence victim a couple nights prior, and was in a coma at the hospital. Star went, and stayed by his side (pretending to be his sister). Eventually, he passed. She was mortified. They were planning their lives together, and his father killed him. She was oblivious to the world around her, and wound up walking into the middle of a busy highway. She almost got hit by passing cars, but hospital staff was able to get her. She hadnt seen him since, because everyone thought it was a bad idea for her to attend any funeral, or to see his grave.
When it was time for her to leave the therapy session, she asked her grandmother to take her to his grave the next morning so that she could say goodbye to him. She wanted to move on.