Rick's POV

"Rick Stop!" Kate laughed as I tickled her. I had no idea that she was ticklish so once I found out I had to get the most out of it. Her adorable laughs and begging me to stop was just feeding me my daily dose of adorable that I needed. "Rick please!" Kate begged.

"Oh alright" I said, finally giving up. I stopped the movement of my fingers and then leaned in to give the gorgeous wolf a sweet kiss on the lips. Even though she was out of breath she still accepted the kiss gladly, not even bothering to pull her shirt down. Now she just lay on top of my bed as I sat next to her, leaning over perfectly to kiss her.

Yesterday I had spent the night at her place, given that Angel was going to be at Shaky's all night. We had just chilled in her room. Watching movies and playing chess. I say watching movies but really movies simply played in the background as all of our attention went to the game. Dinner we had fun with the family. I was nervous about going at first because of what I heard about Winston putting two and two together the day after valentines. But I think he just still wasn't used to Kate doing adult things. My guess is that he got over it. Thank God he did because otherwise that dinner would have been awkward as hell. Instead though it was a nice family dinner with me, Kate, Lilly, Winston and Eve.

Eve had decided to cook some shepherd's pie which tasted amazing. Not quite the way my mother made it but Eve's was a close second. Of course I didn't tell her that though. Instead she was told that it tasted great, and given that I was already deeply involved with the family things went by pretty casually. The most tense thing brought up was Lilly asking Kate about the dinner tomorrow. She wasn't upset though and understood. Angel had already promised to make it up to Lilly, and Lilly looked forward to it. Most likely they would hang out and hopefully take a photo together like the last time they did. It came out super typical. Two close friends smiling and pressing their cheeks together. But I think that's what made it charming.

The next day I had to go home to get a change of clothes for dinner. That and to wash off the small hint of sex from the night before. Yes we had sex that night, how could we sleep over the others house and not do it? Anyways Kate dressed cute for the dinner. It was a bit chilly so she wore her cute black leather jacket as she often did, but also wore dark blue skinny jeans and a white button up. She didn't know how everyone would dress so she wanted to look good but not too good which of course was hard for her to pull off. She could never look just good. She took a shower and then the two of us stopped by my place which by then my parents had already gone to pick Angel up from Shaky's. From what I understood she had brought a change of clothes and most likely took a shower at his place as well.

Me and Kate walked upstairs to my room and then Kate sat on my bed as I got changed. Given what we've done together I had no problem undressing in front of her. I took a quick shower as she chilled and then put on black jeans and a gray button up and watch. But what else? Oh, my black jacket which looked almost the same as Humphrey's. Mine had two pockets on the chest though so in my opinion it looked better. Don't ask why I just like my pockets. Even the ones that I don't use. Once I was all done and dressed I sat on the bed and stared down at Kate as she played on her phone.

"Ready to go?" I asked as I scratched her belly. Her shirt was just ever so slightly up, giving me a view of her cute white belly, and just ever so slightly golden on the sides. When I scratched her though she laughed lightly.

"Yeah, do you know where we're going though?" she laughed. I didn't answer.

"Are you ticklish?" I asked.

"No" Kate blushed, now looking at me instead of her phone. I simply stared at her and then slowly and overdramatically moved my other hand above her belly. "Don't you dare," Kate smiled. I then went in for it with both hands, making Kate start laughing as she curled up a bit. It wasn't until we were kissing that my phone started going off, breaking our trance and making me snap out of it. I broke the kiss and pulled out my phone to see it was Angel calling me. I swiped answer and then put it on speaker, while also taking the opportunity to lay down next to my lover.

"Hey Angel" I greeted her.

"Hey. Are you on your way?" Angel asked.

"We're about to leave the house now. Where are we going again?" I asked.

"Uh we're gonna go to green olive. Mom is definitely excited about it" Angel answered.

"Hey. don't act like you didn't pick it" I heard my mom call to Angel jokingly, making me and Kate both laugh lightly. Kate had also cuddled up to me and nuzzled into my neck as I lay there, her soft breathing made me feel so at home.

"Is Kate with you?" Angel asked.

"You bet" Kate answered for me.

"Good," Angel said. I could hear the smile in her voice as she spoke. It was one of the cutest things. I then heard my dad scoff lightly in the background.

"What's wrong?" my mom asked.

"Fuckin car feels weird. I gotta get it checked out tomorrow" dad replied. Good, I thought it was about Kate being there for a second.

"Alright Angel we'll meet you guys there okay?" I said, getting back on the subject.

"Sounds good. I love you guys" Angel said. I smiled as I listened to Angel's parting words.

"We love you too Angel" I said. Next thing I knew I heard the three beeps that signaled that the call had ended. I slid my phone in my pocket and then turned to Kate. "ready?" I asked.

"Yeah" Kate said. I gave her muzzle a quick peck and then the two of us went back downstairs, hopped in my truck and left for the restaurant. As we drove and entered the highway Kate giggled at something.

"What?" I asked.

"Nothing, it's just that… for a second I thought your dad was scoffing at me is all" Kate said. I snickered.

"Yeah, you thought that too? You'll never have to worry about that. My dad is a complete joker. He's where all of my humor comes from" I explained.

"Oh yeah? I never really talk with him too much. When I do interact with him though he makes me laugh" Kate said.

"Yeah. His stupidity has that effect on people. When I was little we used to stay up all night watching aqua teen, robot chicken" I listed until Kate put in her two cents.

"All the adult swim classics?" she asked. I nodded as I kept my eyes on the highway.

"Yeah… all the classics" I said. I heard Kate snicker next to me as she rested her hand on her cheek. "Were you ever not allowed to watch those things?" I asked.

"Uh, not really, no" Kate answered, making me confused.

"No you weren't allowed to watch them? Or no you were allowed to watch them?" I asked. Kate laughed.

"Sorry, I was never really troubled like that so my mom was fine with it. Dad was a different story but you know mom. She got her say" Kate explained, making me laugh.

"It was kinda reversed for me. No, I wasn't troubled with it, but often my dad would come into my room at night just to wake me up to watch it. It was like our little secret. It wasn't until one night when my mom woke up and caught us that we stopped, but it kinda made her realize that I could handle it. Besides, how do you think Angel is the way she is?" I asked. Kate laughed again.

"You can't be around Angel and not laugh, she's such an asshole, but in a good way" Kate explained, making me laugh.

"Oh, I love that girl. I really couldn't have asked for a better sister, and in a few hours it will be twelve o'clock and she'll be sixteen" I explained. Kate rubbed my shoulder.

"I promise you Rick, no matter what happens you'll never lose her. She'll always be your little sister. And believe me she's loyal, I can tell" Kate explained, making me smile.

"Yeah, that she is. She's a devil sometimes but she's the best" I said. Kate took her hand off of me and went back to simply looking out the window. I of course haven't stopped but there was one thing that caught my eye. The police lights in the distance getting closer. "Think someone got pulled over?" I asked. But then I noticed there was more, before I could point it out however, Kate did.

"No… I think that's an accident" she said. I sighed.

"Hope everybody's alright" I said. As we got closer I noticed a car flipped over on the side of the highway, which was led by what looked like tracks and debris. Something bad must have happened. We slowed down and followed the officers orders as he directed us to the far left of the accident, away from all the details as everyone did their job. I hung a left around the cones until I heard Kate gasp. "What's wrong?" I asked. Kate didn't answer. "Kate?" I called, slowing down even more until I looked over myself. After taking a closer look I noticed through the lights of the police that it was my parents car. My heart sank as time slowed down. I didn't know how to react. Immediately I stomped on the breaks and somehow managed to remember to put the car in park.

"No" I managed to get out, and then stepped out of the truck to start running over to the wreck. I heard my truck door open behind me, signaling that Kate had just got out. Just then I was almost grabbed by a cop who from the looks of it had little to no patience.

"Hey, where are you-"

"That's my parents" I blurted out as I ran past him. Nothing else mattered, I had to get to my family. I ran past the parked police cars and others who tried to stop me, none of them grabbing me.

My heart only sank as tears filled my eyes as I saw paramedics carrying two gurneys, blankets completely covering them. It was what I feared the worst. Looking at the completely totaled car which must have flipped many times I saw more debris. But still I looked around frantically until I saw her… my little sister. She had to have been about twenty feet away from the car. I'd found her, but not the way I wanted to. I put both hands on my head as more tears flowed my eyes, almost everyone had their eyes on me. It was only when I made it to my sister's body that I fell to my knees as scooped her up in my arms… her face was bloody, her body felt heavy, but worst of all she just… wasn't there…

A-A… Ang-g-gel?" I whispered. No reply. I shook, I trembled, tears fell, but still I tried again hoping that maybe just maybe, Angel would respond to me. "Ang-g-gel?" I sobbed.

Nothing… just nothing.