Susan and Libby raced to the graveyard, worried and distraught.

They met up with their husbands, who were standing with their arms crossed, watching Zeke. They were a good distance away.

Zeke was next to two graves; one belonging to his mother, and the other belonging to his father. He knelt on the floor with his arms sprawled across a grave. He was crying and shaking violently.

The women began crying to.

"We didn't go up to him," Karl explained. "We thought that this should be a more private moment of his, and I didn't think that he needed us there."

"He needs to know that we're there for him," Libby retorted. "He'll think he's all alone to deal with this!"

Libby and Susan went up to Zeke. They too were crying.

Zeke didn't look up at them.

Libby hugged Zeke, while Susan held one of his hands.

Meanwhile, Dan and Karl were standing there watching the scene.

Of course they felt remorse and heartache too, but they both felt better away from the scene.

"Who's graves are those that he's on?" Dan asked.

"They're his parent's graves. Oh, the trauma Zeke went through those days and Rachel as well. But Rachel was there for Zeke; she was like a rock. He was young, you know."

"He hasn't had an easy life, that's for sure," Dan said.

Karl agreed.

"Nor has his life been without drama," Karl added.

The guys nodded solemnly.

"You know, when his parent's died, Zeke felt without family. Of course, he knew Rachel was there, but he didn't feel safe. He had been lied to by adults, and he didn't trust them. Poor kid felt alone."

"Libby told me that Zeke felt responsible for his dad's death," Dan said. "Why is that?"

Karl laughed at the memory, but realised that that was inappropriate.

"Zeke told me that he had wished that Alex was dying instead of his mother.

When his mum died, there was trauma of course, but when Alex died, oh dear. He thought that because he had wished for Alex to die instead of his mum, that his wish came true.

Young children get all sorts of things into their heads"

Dan nodded. He understood. After all, he had experience death in his own life as well.

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"I can't believe it..." Donna trailed off.

"We know, you've said that fifty times in last few minutes," Ringo said.

"Well, it would be nice for you to show some emotion seeing as your best friend's sister just died. You know, Rachel was your friend too!"

Ringo rolled his eyes and gestured to Declan. Declan shook his head.

"We're not leaving until we get some info," Declan said. "No matter how annoying that may be."

Sunny was quiet. She had been for a while. Declan noticed this.

"Hey, Sunny, he'll be fine. Don't worry," Dec assured the quiet one.

"Yep," nodded Sunny.

"Look, I've got to go to the hospital to see Didge and Tadpole. I'll be back later," Declan said as he got up.

"What happened to waiting until we got some info?" Ringo questioned.

"Did your wife just have a baby?"

Ringo sat back down, irritated by the whole situation.

Why should he have to sit there with a girlfriend who was mad at him, and a friend who was so quiet it was freaky?

"Ringo, didn't you hear me?" Donna said angrily. "I said no TV at a time like this!"

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"Zeke, we should get going," Karl began cautiously.

Zeke shook his head determinedly, but didn't speak.

"Sweetie, it's going to rain," Susan attempted. "We have to go home and sort things out, okay?"

Another tear slipped out of his eye and down his cheek.

"Or we can sort things out tomorrow, and just relax tonight," Susan added quickly, noticing the tears.

Zeke eventually budged, and allowed the adults to steer him to the car. He sat quietly the whole ride home, staring out the window.

"Zeke, we're home."

Zeke slowly got out of the car and into the house. He goes into his bedroom and locks the door. Karl and Susan sighed heavily.

"Call us if anything else happens, please!" Libby said before she left with Dan.

Meanwhile inside his room, Zeke was frustrated.

Why did everything happen to him?

Why couldn't he have been one of those lucky kids with a real mum and dad, and siblings?

Why was he now alone?

Zeke saw a picture of himself and Rachel on his wall. He snatched it off and ripped it, before falling to the floor and crying for the rest of the night.

R & R plz