"Calm down Dave," Rose said.

"Calm down?!" Dave snapped. "He's in Canada! With that freaky-ass devil politician whatever! And how the fuck am I gonna afford to go to Canada?!"

"I said calm-"

The sound of Rose's ringtone going off interrupted her. She sighed and answered the call.

"I'm in the middle of disciplining Dave, can this be short?" Rose was silent and her eyes went wide. "Oh my god! Okay, we'll come over." Rose hung up and dropped her phone in her purse. "Dave, we're going to Terezi's. Now!"

"What?" Rose grabbed Dave's arm and hauled him out the door. They ran down the street, crossed and ran a few more blocks to Terezi's house. While Rose rang the doorbell Dave caught his breath. Normally, running that much wouldn't bother him, but she'd caught him off-guard.

The door was opened by a panicked-looking Latula. "Oh good, please come in!" she said. She grabbed Rose and Dave's hands and dragged them inside.

"What's going on?" Dave asked.

"It's Terezi," Latula said. She sounded like she was trying not to cry.

"What happened?"

"Her…her soulmate's dead."

Dave's jaw dropped. It was then that he realized he could hear Terezi screaming and crying. Latula brought them into Terezi's room. Terezi was curled up in a ball on the floor, while Kanaya, Tavros, Gamzee, Sollux and Karkat sat in a circle around her and tried to comfort her. It didn't seem to be working. Rose and Dave immediately sat with them. Rose put her hand on Terezi's shoulder while Dave sort of sat there.

"She just passed out," Kanaya said. "We were worried because she's not sixteen yet so she couldn't have been dreaming of her soulmate. Then she woke up screaming and crying and saying her soulmate's dead."

"Terezi, what happened?" Rose asked. Terezi sobbed and wiped her eyes.

"Th-there were a lot of people shouting and running and…I think she fell and someone stepped on her neck and broke it and…" She howled and Latula pulled her into a hug.

"There, there," she said. "Shh, shh." Latula had begun to cry to, but she wiped the tears away and swallowed to stop herself. "Will someone call my mom please? Use my phone." She jerked her head at her coat pocket. Kanaya reached in and took out her phone. She walked out of the room and shut the door. Dave looked back at Terezi. He had mixed feelings. On one hand, all his worries about how he just found out his soulmate was in Canada seemed pretty meaningless next to what Terezi was going through. On the other hand, now he was worried his soulmate was going to die!

"Who wath she?" Sollux asked. Latula glared at him, but Terezi actually stopped crying. She pulled away from Latula and wiped her face.

"I don't know her name," she said. "But I have a sort of idea of what she looked like. She had long black hair and an eye-patch over one eye. And she was wearing a blue jacket and blue lipstick. And OH MY GOD SHE'S DEAD!" Terezi howled again and Latula pulled her back into a hug. Kanaya came back in the room and set Latula's phone on a table. She sat down and rubbed Terezi's back gently.

"Your mom's coming," she said. Latula nodded, blinking back tears. Sollux took out his phone and walked out of the room. Dave reached over and held Terezi's hand. He squeezed it as hard as he could without hurting her. He felt terrible, like he would puke any second. And the fact he hadn't been getting any sleep for the last two days didn't help.

"Terezi!" Sollux said, coming back in. Terezi looked up in his direction.

"What?!" she snapped.

"Um…" Sollux looked like he was regretting saying anything.

"What?!" Terezi repeated.

"Don't know if thith helpth, but I figured out who she ith…wath." Terezi pulled away from Latula and sat up.

"Who was she?!" Sollux took out his phone and after a few seconds of tapping the screen he spoke.

"Vrithka Therket. Thixteen yearth old. She hath black hair, an eye-patch over her left eye and uthually wearth blue lipthtick. She liveth—lived in Canada, and wath at the riot that wath taking plathe. I called thomeone I know in Canada and he called thome other people and found out. She wath one of hith friendth…kind of." Terezi took a deep breath. "Doeth that help?"

"Not really," Terezi said. "It doesn't matter that much, does it? SHE'S FUCKING DEAD!"

Ten minutes later, Terezi's mom arrived. Dave and the others went to the living room to give the family their space. They all sat in silence for a while, none of them sure what to say.

"Dave figured out where his soulmate is," Rose finally said. Sollux's head jerked up and he stared at Dave.

"Bullshit! How the hell?!" he exclaimed.

"Saw him on TV," Dave said. "While they were shooting the riot."

"Oh shit."

"At least um, he's not dead?" Tavros mumbled quietly. Dave scowled at him and he mumbled a quiet sorry and stared at his lap. Rose put an arm around Dave's shoulders.

"It's going to be fine," she whispered.

"Shut up!" Dave snapped. "You don't fucking know that!" Karkat, who was sitting on Dave's other side, also wrapped an arm around his shoulders.

"She said it'll be fine, so it'll be fine asshole," he said. Dave clenched his jaw. None of them know that! They just want me to feel better! Well fuck that! Terezi's soulmate died from that riot! What if he dies?! There could be another one! Fuck my life! It wasn't until Rose wiped his cheeks that Dave realized he was crying. He quickly wiped his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest.

"…Don't you dare tell Dirk I was crying," he whispered.

"We won't," Rose promised. Dave blinked and wiped his eyes again. He leaned his head back against the couch and shut his eyes. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck! Karkat rested his head on his shoulder and Rose stroked his hair. Dave bit his lip and tried desperately not to puke. It was the worst day of his life.