Beth walked silently into the large bedroom. Her eyes scanned it and she found Lita lying down on the bed, her eyes facing the wall. Beth walked more into the room and cleared her throat. She wasn't sure how well she was going to do with this. She knew Lita had a tough time dealing with this but today... Well today she was going to be even worse off.

Lita turned towards Beth and immediately Beth could tell she had been crying. Her eyes were puffy and her face had tear streaks running down them.

"Hey," said Beth softly and Lita ducked her head and Beth sighed, walking over to the bed.

"How's it going?" she asked and when Lita wouldn't speak she sighed once more.

"You know, you're going to have to talk someday. This really isn't helping, just avoiding Matt and locking yourself up here. Not to mention it can't possibly be healthy," said Beth and Lita shrugged.

"I don't care. I just don't care anymore. I hate this. I hate myself for letting this happen and-"

Beth cut her off as she realized Lita had started crying again and she closed her eyes. This was definitely going to be hard to do.

"Honey, why are you doing this to yourself? Is this what you've been doing all day? Berating yourself for something you had no control over?" asked Beth and Lita let out a hitching sob.

"You don't understand! I was there. It was my fault! If I had of watched him go and, and-"

"Lita! Come on now, you know that this is not your fault. You can't keep blaming yourself. Lucas wouldn't blame you," said Beth and Lita let out a bitter laugh.

"Well he's not really here to say that, now is he?" asked Lita and Beth groaned. She wasn't going to get anywhere if Lita kept acting like this.

Jeff listened as Matt just talked about Lucas. He didn't mind. He knew his brother needed this. Hell, Lita probably needed to do this too. One thing though, he knew she wasn't doing it. Lita could be as stubborn as ever when she wanted to. She had never been good with letting herself loose, at least not at explaining much anyway.

"Thank you Jeff," said Matt and he looked at his brother.

"For what?" he asked and Matt shrugged.

"Just for listening to me. I, I think I needed to just talk or, or something," he said and Jeff nodded.

"It's not a problem. It's what brothers are supposed to do," said Jeff simply. Matt was about to say something but the phone interrupted his thoughts.

Beth swallowed as Lita began to cry once more. Beth didn't what to do anymore. She was too much of a wreck. She wasn't sure if there was anything worse that could happen today.

"I-I'm sorry Beth," said Lita suddenly and Beth looked up confusedly.

"For what?" she asked and Lita blinked a few times before taking a breath.

"For this, for being such a jerk to you. I... You were just trying to help," she said quietly looking Beth in the eye.

Beth just smiled and gave Lita's hand a gentle squeeze.

"Hey, I think you have the right to do that. I just wish there was something I could do to ease this pain you and Matt have. Jeff and I hate seeing you guys so torn up," said Beth earnestly.

Lita nodded. The two sat in silence for a moment, neither knowing exactly what to say. Just then, Matt and Jeff came rushing through the door. They both had tears coming down their faces, and Lita quickly looked up.

"What's wrong?" she asked immediately, a hollow pit forming in her stomach as Matt opened his mouth. God, how was he going to tell this to Lita?

"Matt? Wh-what's wrong? You-you're scaring me," she said and Matt took a breath, swallowing hard.

How could this be? The, the police had called and they gave him those dreaded words. The words he and Lita never wanted to hear.

"Li, that...that was the p, police. Oh, God Lita. I, they said they are going to, to pronounce Lucas dead," he nearly shouted before breaking down completely.

A/n: Ok, there you go. Another chapter!