A/N: Mini-rant ahead!

So, I ended up reading a Panic At The Disco and Jonas Brothers fanfiction the other day (damn you,xxMiddlexxOfxxSummerxx! I'm an addict now!) and now can't stop being obsessed with them and listening to them and worshiping the ground Ryan Ross walks on... Anyway… point of the rant is that I wanted to know who actually cared that they lost the exclamation point? Also, does anybody else think that Ryan's got a better voice than Brendon?

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Wednesday, lunch

I was sitting in the cafeteria with Nick, watching him devour whatever toxic waste lunch was when my phone rang. Since the ringtone was "Welcome To The Black Parade", I knew it was dad.

I picked it up. "Yeah, Dad?"

"Lilly…" He sounded shaky, just like Nick did after that happened. "Your mother… She's-"

I almost dropped my phone in shock. "What? She's what? Dad! Tell me!" I couldn't help it, I started crying.

"Lilly, honey, stop crying please." My father asked and I swiped at the tears pouring out of my eyes. "Can you visit the hospital later?" I quietly agreed and hung up.

Nick broke the silence after ten minutes. "What's up?" I just shook my head and wiped at my eyes before grabbing my bag, abandoning my lunch, and sitting in the library until the bell rang.

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Same day, after school, at the hospital

I walked into the waiting room where my father had camped out on the couch. "Dad?" He mumbled in his sleep and rolled over. "Dad?" I prodded him. He blinked a bit and sat up.

"Hi, Lilz." He smiled faintly. "I've got some very bad news." He had such a pitiful look on his face that I knew what was going on.

"No. She can't be. She was fine yesterday!" I grabbed my bag and ran out.

I found myself at the Jonas' house a half-hour later with tears pouring down my face. Nick opened the door and held me as I sobbed. "What's wrong?"

"She's gone."

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A/N: Short, I know, but… More next time. I promise. Review or I'll have Nick dump Lilly for Miley and have Lilly marry Jake! -evil laugh-