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"You...guys...did...it..." Brian said really quietly. I looked at Ariel and Aly who were also starting to cry. Knowing Ariel, it wasn't like her to cry. Being that she was crying, it was hard because she never liked to show that kind of emotion. Brian was like her brother, too. He was like a brother to all of us.

"We did." Aly said, tears streaming down her face.

"Oh Brian..." Ariel said, kneeling down beside him.

"It's...okay..." Brian said, trying to make us feel better.

"I'm sorry, Brian." I say, starting to sob. Brian didn't say anything, he just blinked slowly a few times and looked at all of us. Even the guys were shedding a few tears.

"We all love you, Brian." Ariel said taking a deep breath.

"I...love...you...guys...too..." Brian said. His voice was practically gone at this point, and he took his last few breaths.

"No...no...no..." I say, my shoulders shaking because of my sobbing. Aly and Ariel were crying just as hard as I was. This wasn't fair. Why Brian? Why not me? Why? Why? Why?

"Shhhhh..." Scott said, kneeling down by me and wrapping his arms around me. I didn't fight it, but I wanted to just push everyone away. Isaac took Ariel away from Brian's body, and Stiles sat with Aly. We all kind of just curled up and cried until we could cry no more. We all went over to my house because none of us really wanted to be alone. Over all, Derek had lost his brother, all of us lost Allison and Brian. When we walked in the door, it just didn't feel the same.

"Are you okay?" Stiles asked Aly.

"What kind of question is that?" Aly said, sounding angry that he would even think of asking that.

"Sorry. I'm so sorry." Stiles said, embracing her while she sobbed. Isaac turned to Ariel.

"Don't even ask me, Isaac. You should know the answer." Ariel said, trying to hold back the tears.

"Ashley?" Scott said, putting his arm around me. Out of all of us, I was the biggest mess.

"No...no..." I say, crying.

"Kira?" Lydia asked, looking at her. Lydia had been crying, not only for Allison, but for Peter and Brian, too.

"No." She said quietly. She had dried mascara on her cheeks from crying so much. I think all of us girls did. Lydia pulled Kira in for a hug and they sat down on the steps and both cried. The guys had still been shedding a few tears, but they were trying to keep it together for our sake. Derek disappeared after this whole ordeal without a word to any of us. It was just Ariel, Aly, Scott, Stiles, Kira, Lydia, Isaac, and myself now. I wish I would never have to imagine Brian not being here with us anymore.

"Does anyone...know...where Derek is?" I ask, trying to stop crying.

"No. He left after he killed the last Oni." Scott said.

"I need to go find him." I say, wiping away the tears and heading for the door.

"Let me come with." Scott said.

"No, no. Stay and help with the girls. Please. I need to try and get some fresh air." I say, closing the door behind me. I put on my jacket, and head for the woods. I made it about 3 blocks from my house when I head Derek's voice call my name.

"ASHLEY!" Derek said, running up from behind me. I had been crying some more, but I tried to make it unnoticable before I turned to Derek.

"Derek-" I say, happy, but angry that he was here. It wasn't Derek's fault, but I still had anger towards him because he was the one to want the Oni dead. It was his fault. Okay, so maybe it wasn't. I was just feeling so hurt and upset.

"Oh god I'm so-" Derek said. I bursted into tears and started yelling and screaming and hitting and punching him. It didn't seem to phase him because, well, he was mainly muscle.

"NO DEREK! THIS IS YOUR FAULT! IT'S YOUR FAULT HE'S DEAD! YOUR THE REASON ALL THREE ARE DEAD! DEREK HOW COULD YOU? NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!" I scream. Derek pulls me in and tries to calm me down.

"Hey...shhhh. Shhhh. Shhhh." Derek said, wrapping his arms around me and kissing my head.

"No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No." I say, over and over.

"I'm so sorry, Ashley." Derek said quietly as I sit there in his arms in the grass of the park and cry.

"I need to go home." I say, getting up and wiping away the tears. I was tired and my eyes and head hurt.

"I'll take you." Derek said.

"Do you have anything to drink?" I ask, looking at him.

"Uhh..." Derek said.

"Please, Derek. Just please." I say, my face red from crying.

"Once we get you home, I will get something to drink." Derek explained.

"I want it now. I don't want to go home and just sleep it all away. I want to get away from this reality, Derek. I don't want to live anymore. It's my fault he's dead. It's all my fault." I say, tears starting to well up in my eyes.

"Don't you DARE say that, Ashley! It is NOT your fault and you do NOT want to die." Derek said, almost offended that I had said those things.

"Oh but I do. I want to die. Just please, let me." I say, really hurt.

"No. I can't allow that, Ashley." Derek said, grabbing my arm.

"AND WHY NOT?" I ask, raising my voice.

"Because I love you. I'm not going to let you go downhill. I won't give up. No matter how much you hate me for it, I will NOT allow you to die." Derek said. I looked into his eyes and saw what I saw when Scott looked at me.

"Derek I can't do this." I say, pulling away from his grasp.

"I know. I'm going to get you home, and then I'll back off on my feelings, but not from protecting you." Derek said. I paused, and without hesitation I went back to Derek and kissed him.

"Goodbye, Derek." I say, heading for home.