I don't own anything. This chapters pretty short. I'm tired so there might be some mistakes.

LISTEN TO 'LOVE COMES DOWN' BY KERRIE ROBERTS FOR THIS CHAPTER!

"Crystal? How are we going to tell my parents about...the incident?" Lilly asked me, the next day. We spent the night in the peach grove. Lilly is still surprised on how we were able to keep it a secret all these years. Even I don't know how we kept it a secret.

We just talked about all the good times we had with Jack. She broke down a couple times and I cried but she didn't see it. Right now we were on our way to her house to tell her parents.

"I don't know. Just know that I'll be with you every step of the way." She hugged me.

"You would've been a great girlfriend to Jack." She mumbled. Wha- Does she know about my crush on Jack?

I blushed. "How did you-?" She giggled.

"It's pretty obvious! Everyone in the village knows about it!" EVERYONE? Did Jack hear about it? "Don't worry, Jack didn't know about it."

"Oh thank goodness!" I sighed.

We finally reached her house. "You ready?" I asked. She took my hand. "Ready as I'll ever be."

"MOM! DAD!" Lilly yelled when we entered her house.

"Yes, cupcake?" Lilly's dad, Jacob, said as he came into the room. Lilly looked at him, afraid that he'll blame her. "Get mommy." She stated. He looked at her, confused, but he still went to get her. We both walked over to the couch and she sat on my lap. She started hyperventilating.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. Calm down. Calm down." She slowly started to calm down before she could start crying.

"I'm fine. Thanks." She panted. I nodded. I may have been in love with Jack but Lilly had that special 'Brother and sister' connection with him. And knowing that he died saving her doesn't help at all. I may be acting like this isn't hard for me but it is. It's taking all I have to not cry. I have to be strong for Lilly. If she wasn't here, I would've broken down already. My heart has been ripped to shreds. It tore apart when Lilly said the word 'died'. It tore more when I saw the hole in the ice. It ripped to shreds when he wasn't at the grove. I just don't know what to do.

"Yes darlings?" Lynette said. She saw Lilly's eyes all red puffy and she picked her up and her in her lap. "Lilly? Sweetie what's wrong? Where's Jack?" Jacob sat next to me.

Lilly reached out and took my hand. I gave her a reassuring smile before looking down. To my surprise, she didn't cry when she talked.

"The ice was breaking under my feet. He pulled me out of the way but the ice cracked under his feet," She started to cry, "H-he d-died s-saving m-me!"

Lynette and Jacob gasped. "WHAT?" They both yelled at the same time. Lynette immediately started crying while Jacob tried to hold it in to look strong in front of his wife. He was speechless. That makes 2 of us, buddy.

"My poor baby!" Lynette cried. Lilly jumped up from her lap and ran to me. Lynette got up and sat next to Jacob while he held her.

We stayed like that for about 2 hours and I didn't cry once. Believe me, I wanted to. But I just couldn't. I just sat there, watching his family. Lynette ran out of tears a couple minutes ago. Lilly fell asleep.

I made the mistake of looking at the fireplace. Whenever I look at it, it reminds me of the day when Jack called me evil(Remember the flashback?)

I started hyperventilating as the tears flowed down my pale, rosy, cheeks. It became harder to breathe. Lynette noticed this. "Crystal? You okay?"

"I...ca-ca-an't...b-breathe!"

"Get her outside! She needs some fresh air!" Jacob picked me up and brought me outside. He put me down on the bench.

He's gone. He's never coming back.

Memories of Jack flowed into my head.

Jack hanging upside down from a tree branch while I just sat there, talking to him.

Us talking in the grove.

Us laughing in the woods.

Jack and I almost kissing.

Me hiding from the bunny.

Him giving me the puppy eyes.

"I'll always be there for you." Repeated in my head.

This was all to much to take in. The memories are too much.

"What's wrong with her?!" Jacob asked, worryingly.

"Her body's finally taking in that he's dead..."

"Sweetie! Breathe! Take slow and steady breaths." Lynette brought me back to reality. I did what I was told and I started breathing properly again. Though it was still hard.

"I don't get it. How did she react differently than us? She had trouble breathing for crying out loud!" Lynette always did say that boys are oblivious.

Lynette looked at me, wanting to know if I wanted to talk about it. I nodded and spoke, "I love him." Jacob looked at me, shocked.

"L-loved?" I shook my head. Lynette looked at me confused.

"Still do." I said.