AN: I want to preface this by saying THANK YOU to every single one of you who has read the ficlet that started this little collection. I'm so incredibly sorry that it's taken me this long to update this, I just… I'm very flighty. But that lovely review I got earlier… It inspired me to try another little ficlet.

I hope you enjoy this little ficlet!

"…What the fuck have you done?" The question tore itself unbidden from Veronica's throat as she stared, horrified, at her boyfriend. The silence following the gunshots was deafening.

When the boy in the trench coat didn't answer, she took a step forward. "JD—" Her voice caught in her throat as he whipped around, gun pointed at her chest. Her hands few up, stopping just above shoulder level. The gun she'd been given fell to the ground with a soft thud.

"It had to be done," he said, his voice a low growl. "Don't tell me you're getting soft now. You know as well as I do that there was no chance for them."

"Are you going to shoot me, too?" she asked, trying to keep her voice level. It wasn't working. As she watched him, JD's eyes softened and he lowered the gun slightly.

"We're the asteroid that's overdue," he said. "You have to see it, Veronica. You have to see— This is what we're meant to do! If not us, who?"

"What are you talking about? You're not making any sense!"

"This life doesn't make any sense!" JD roared. Veronica took a big step back as his grip tightened on the gun and it was leveled at her chest once more. His eyes were black and soulless; dead as the underwear-clad jocks at their feet.

"JD—" she cried, but before she could form another word, another gunshot rang out. A terrible scream tore its way up and out of her chest, and for a long moment everything seemed to stand still.

She slumped forward, landing hard on her knees. JD's eyes widened in shock as he realized what he'd done. The gun fell from his hand, bouncing once as it hit the dirt near his feet.

"Veronica?" he asked weakly. A small red stain bloomed just above her breast as she collapsed sideways. "Veronica!"

Her vision blurred in and out of focus as the boy who'd captured her heart with such ease stood and stared at her, unable to process what he'd just done. He reached out to her, but made no move to be with her.

As her vision darkened, the boy fell to his knees. Tears streamed down his face as he watched the life leave her eyes.

The last thing she saw was his hands shaking as he picked up the gun once more and brought it to his temple.