Hello, my lovely readers. Sorry about not updating last week. This chapter is a follow up of our last because we just can't separate the wonder twins, now can we? And we're going to see a lot of different characters including some Delena and some Klaroline. On with the show…

Chapter 10: Memorial Day

Straightening her black dress, Liv frowned at her appearance. It wasn't the right length. She was showing off far too much leg. But she couldn't find the right dress to wear, and she didn't want to wear pants. Maybe she should. What did you wear to school the first day that you entered the halls after your brother's secret lover accidently falls off of a roof top? Ordinarily, she would call Anna or Hayley and ask them. But she didn't care what they thought today.

Looking up, Liv found that Luke was standing in the doorway in a black button down shirt and a pair of slacks. He hadn't shaved and the bags under his eyes were much worse than the day before. "Ready to go?" he asked soberly. His hands were shoved in his pockets but she could tell that he was tapping the sides of his legs. Nervous fidgeting was a trait that they shared.

Exiting the room, Liv reached for Luke's hand and he pulled it out to take hers. His palm was sweaty, but she didn't complain as they walked out of the house and toward her car. She was going to drive them today because Luke was too twitchy. When they arrived at the school there was no one in the parking lot for once. And there was deadly silence in the hallway.

Walking down the hall, Liv squeezed Luke's hand as they walked toward the assembly hall. They had all received a text and a call to their parents to make them aware that there would be a memorial in Oliver's honor. Attendance was mandatory. No exceptions. "Are you going to be okay with this?" Liv asked. "Screw what the school says we have to do," she whispered as Luke shook his head.

"I need to go in," Luke said and walked in ahead of her. They found seats with Amara who was sitting with Jackson. Enzo was sitting behind Amara with his eye on Bonnie, who was crying. Why was she crying? She didn't even know Oliver? But, then again, a lot of the kids that had been at the party were crying. For once, Elena was not trying to make a spectacle of herself as Damon placed an arm around her shoulders and she came to kneel before Jackson.

"I'm so sorry for you loss," the triplet said as she wiped away a tear. "I didn't really know Ollie. But Caroline told me that he was really nice." Caroline was coming into the auditorium in a dress for once, being guided by Klaus. Her eyes were red rimmed as she came to stand before Jackson. The dark haired teen got to his feet and placed his arms around the blonde who sobbed into his arms. "Jack," she cried.

"I know, Care," Jackson said as Klaus placed an arm on his shoulder.

Looking around, Liv's eyes landed on Tyler Lockwood. He was sitting with his uncle, Mason and Jenna, who was wiping away silent tears. Brady and Jules where sitting with them.

Jules looked somberly around the auditorium. For a moment they made contact and Liv nodded. She did not remember ever speaking more than three words to the other girl but now that Luke had told her his secret she felt like she should not treat the girl like she did not exist. Katherine sat down beside Jules and Liv looked away.

Momentarily, Liv's eyes landed on Tyler whose gaze moved to lock with hers and she gulped. She did not want to be nice to him. They were not part of the same crowd. She might as well try her chances with Elijah, or Jackson for that matter. But when Tyler's gaze lingered on her all she wanted to do was get up and hug him. "Liv," someone whispered and she looked up to find Hayley standing on the bleacher above her. "Hey."

"Hey," Liv replied. She had to take a look at the head cheerleader a second time to be sure of what she was seeing. Hayley was wearing baggy black jeans and a loose black sweater with her hair in a matching scrunchy with no makeup. "Where have you been?" She hadn't heard that Hayley had been doing anything on the social scene and she looked, well, kind of "Ugh."

"Around. Had some stuff to do. I'm glad I missed the party. But I'm sorry that you had to be there. Is Jackson coping? Or do you know?" Hayley whispered, eyeing Jackson who was only two bleachers down. Liv had to stop herself from telling the girl to ask him herself if she wanted to know so freakin' badly.

"His brother just died. So, I think it's going to take a couple of days," Luke snapped and Hayley sat back in her seat as if he had slapped her.

"I'm sorry. I just wanted to know," Hayley whispered.

"No, you wanted to gawk," Luke continued, his voice rising, causing other people to look up.

"Luke," Liv murmured and her brother turned to glare at her.

"I don't care, Liv," Luke snarled as the principal came to stand in front of the microphone.

Tapping the mic, he caused static to shoot through everyone's ears and they winced as the man coughed. "Hello, everyone," the principal called to the assembly who simply stared back at him. "Thank you for coming today on this somber occasion. We have come to remember a fellow student, a brother and a friend of some of you, sitting here today. I wanted to take this time to remind students that drinking is a dangerous activity as many of you who attended Diego's party now know. We have a zero tolerance policy at Mystic Falls High for a reason, folks. Sadly, that policy could not save the life of Oliver. But it might save one of you later on. Now, if anyone would like to speak a word or two in honor of Oliver, I will leave the floor to you."

At first no one got up but then Caroline got to her feet. Walking over to the microphone, she stood, her lower lip trembling, before she gripped the sides of the podium. "Hello, everyone. My name is Caroline Forbes and I am proud to say that Oliver was my friend. He was a quiet kid and hung out with his brother a lot. We played a lot of games and ate a lot of snacks together." Several students laughed, including Liv at Caroline's joke as tears came to her eyes. "Oliver was one of the kindest people that I knew. He never had a bad thing to say about anyone. Except for Jack, who he nicknamed Jack the Ass."

Jackson's shoulders were shaking. Liv could not tell if he was laughing or crying as Caroline stepped away from the mic and made her way toward him. "Thank you, Caroline," the principal called. "Anyone else?"

Klaus got up and walked over to the mic. Tapping the thing, he smiled. "Testing, testing. One, two, three. Is this thing on?" he called and people chuckled as he rewarded them with dimples. "I wanted to say that Oliver did not beat me at X-Box. That was a dirty lie that he perpetrated." Looking down at the podium, his eyes clouded. "And I might have written in the ladies' washroom that he had a crush on Donatello who is a Ninja Turtle, not the sculptor. He might have allowed me to 'borrow" Jackson's CDs and to then sell them on E-Bay for a profit. Oliver was a loyal mate and brother and he will be missed. Stupid wanker," Klaus groaned as he went to sit with Jackson who got to his feet.

"Hey, everyone. I'm Jackson," Jackson announced as he came to stand at the podium. "Oliver is… was my brother. I remember the day that he was born. He was this little thing, with a loud mouth. I didn't really want a baby brother but there he was. So, I got used to him. And I was there when he learned to ride a bike and when he lost his first tooth. And when he came to me and told me that he had a crush on Joshua Jackson, I didn't blink an eye. Why? Because he's my baby brother. It didn't change the way that I looked at him. He was still the goofy kid that would hang around me and my friends and steal my stuff. Thanks, for letting me know what happened to my CDs, Klaus," he called and Klaus bowed from his seated position with a wide wave of his hand. "I love my brother. I will always love my brother. Thanks for listening," he called before sitting down.

Everyone clapped except for Kenny. "Cry for your gay brother," he jeered and Jackson's head whipped around. When the tall gamer started toward the basketball player, Klaus got up and surprisingly, so did Elijah, who helped to restrain Jackson. The brothers exchanged a long look before they managed to get Jackson back to his seat.

Everyone became quiet when Diego got to his feet and walked to the podium. "Hi, I'm Diego. I wanted to take this time to tell everyone, especially, Jackson, how sorry that I am that it was my party that the drinks were served at and it was my parent's roof that… I also wanted to say that I'm stepping down as the captain of the Mystic Falls basketball team." Looking at Jackson, Diego nodded before he walked away from the podium.

The principal was staring at Diego with a frown when Sage got to her feet and made her way to the podium. Liv felt Luke grab her hand and squeezed. "Hello, everyone," Sage said and people began to boo and yell at her to go back to the nunnery. She stood quietly with her eyes on the top of the podium. When everyone quieted down, she looked up. "While I do not condone what young Oliver chose to do with his body I must say that it is a tragedy that he has lost his life. I would like to take this time to ask everyone to bow their heads in prayer so that Oliver may know that our thoughts are with him."

For an uncomfortable moment no one moved before everyone bowed their heads. Sage, thankfully, did not recite her prayer aloud and everyone sat in silence with their own thoughts. "Thank you. I'm sure that he heard us," Sage said with a bright smile before she walked away to sit beside Finn and to be applauded by her little group.

Their principal walked over to the podium and started to speak when Luke got to his feet unsteadily. Liv started to reach for his hand to ask him if he was sure that he wanted to speak but he was already headed toward the podium. Taking ahold of it, he stared at the crowd silently. "Hello, Everyone. I'm Luke. Many of you might know me because I'm on the basketball team or because my sister is a cheerleader. Or maybe you know me because I'm a twin which is not a big deal in a school with two sets of identical triplets."

"Damn straight," Elena called and Amara laughed.

"Or not," Stefan Salvatore cried. "Do your own thing, Ollie," Stefan shouted at the ceiling, pumping his fist and several people cheered.

"Thanks for that," Luke said with a shake of his head as tears began to run down his cheeks. He was smiling and Liv felt proud of him as he spoke again. "What you don't know is what Ollie was going to say on top of that roof. He was trying to say that he loved me because I was his boyfriend." Stopping in the middle of his speech, Liv saw her brother looking around as the audience broke into shocked whispers.

"I knew it," Kenny yelled. "Get the hell off our team, you freak."

"Shut the hell up!" Liv screamed. Jumping to her feet, she moved around people, who jumped back to make way for her. Stopping in front of Kenny, she glared down at him. "You are the only freak around here. Everyone knows that you think that it's okay to get girls drunk and to have sex with them while they're passed out. Now, get the hell out of here, you damned rapist."

Kenny started to laugh. Looking around, he found that everyone was staring at him and no one was about to defend him. "Fine. Whatever. You all want to hang with the freaks who like their own and the bitches who cry foul when all you're trying to do is have a good time, then have fun without me."

Many of the audience members began to clap and cheer. "Hey, hey, hey. Good-bye." Blowing out an angry breath, Liv walked back down the steps and grabbed Tyler's hand. Dragging him over to her group she sat down, placing her head on his shoulder. Right then, she did not care what other people thought as Luke started to speak again.

"I was too embarrassed and scared to tell people that I was gay because I thought they would think like Kenny does, that I was a freak. It made me into a coward. And I hate that I was never able to go out in public and hold my boyfriend's hand like other couples because I was too scared. Oliver begged me to come out. He said we could come out together. But I told him no. I told him no on the last day that I kissed him. I didn't get to tell him that I loved him before he died. And I will never get to tell him that I loved him in front of our friends and family. And every day I'm going to remember all the things that I did not do because I was ashamed. But I refuse to be ashamed anymore. I'm gay. Okay?"

Liv got to her feet and started to clap. "BRAVO!" she shouted as Tyler got up and soon many other students got to their feet and joined them. Jackson got up and walked over to Luke. The dark haired boy wrapped his arms around the sobbing blonde and held him. While Liv felt her chest begin to heave, she saw Jules make her way over to Luke and embrace him before kissing him on the forehead. When Luke returned to sit with their group, Liv hugged him tightly before taking a seat and leaning back against Tyler.

The principal walked back to the podium and cleared his throat. "Thank you for coming. The family has informed me that there will be a public memorial service this Tuesday." With that everyone began to file out of the auditorium except for Liv, Luke, Tyler, Jackson, Caroline, Klaus, Enzo, Amara, Elena, Damon, Katherine, Jules, Mason, Brady, Elijah and Hayley.

This small group sat in silence in an auditorium that only days ago had thundered with the cheers of students as their school won a game bringing them closer to their championship. For a moment, each of the teens contemplated who they were and what barriers they were willing to break down to attain their goals for a better world.

Comments, questions, debates, the desire to hide in a corner from this story… tell me all about it in a review. Thank you kindly.

Thank you to all you wonderful people who have faved, followed, read or reviewed this crazy thing I'm writing.

Alexis2106: It was remarkably sad. I don't recall ever killing off a character before which was extremely hard to do and does not get easier. The twins are kind of awesome although we rarely see Luke which makes me worry that they're going to have him combine with Liv to make a super witch. I think Liam the Boring has gone the way of all things since fans were not that into him and the writers seem to have a limited attention span at the moment. No matter what I do with Care she seemed to carry that jealous streak around. That is a long acronym. Ha! Thank you! Nothing. She's just bitchy. No, she hadn't made up her mind about whether to come out with her new relationship with Jackson in case one of her sisters decided to make a move on him.

Guest: Who said Stefan wasn't gay? We'll have to ask Paul Wesley what he thinks.

Starlight000: Sorry. I was beginning to like Ollie even though he killed Eve in season one and I was angry at him for that. Eve was a really great character in my humble opinion. They did contrast nicely and I wish I had been able to develop their relationship but I have to be true to the story. (Sounds odd when I say that aloud.) I hope you liked this chapter even though it was probably also depressing in some ways…

ScarletRose: You choose me over Bekah? Seriously! I don't think I could do that. Did you see the latest episode? Not my favorite due to what they did with Bekah. Not a happy viewer, not at all.

Thank you. There are few stories in which Klaroline were BFFs before falling in love. However, I can't name them at the moment. Too much to do with trying to finish my first novel to be published in the non-FF world and trying to think through my other FF works.

Silas and Elena as friends was probably one of most out-there-on-a-limb ideas but it went well and was fun to write. We will probably see more of them at some point.

Yes, there are more teen suicides than I even want to think about so it helps that there are people that someone who's depressed can talk to even if they're not consciously thinking of taking their own life. Of course this makes it all the more traumatic when Oliver dies because you're left questioning whether it was really an accident and that isn't made clear because you never hear his thoughts.

I'm not sure that they do intend to get rid of Jackson since Michael Narducci, Julie Plec's co-ex-producer for the Originals seems to be rather excited by the Jackson/Hayley storyline. My problem with Jackson on the show would be that in season one it became apparent that he has a dark side that is power hungry and I fear that he is using Hayley to gain more power. Of course she's not in love with him so that's a two-way street they're moving through and I think that their relationship with end tragically for any number of reasons.

As for Ty, I think it was pretty clear that he wasn't in his right mind when he threatened Hayley and Hope. The way that I read Ty's state was that he wanted Klaus to put him out of his misery and he knew going after the child would do that. When Klaus compelled Ty to get over it basically and Ty came back as an untriggered wolf at the end of season five of TVD that allowed him start his life again. And Liv is a part of Ty's trying to find his own redemption for past wrongs.

As for Klayley I will keep this brief because I don't want to seem as if I am not respecting your beliefs. However, I will say this. Klaus and Hayley had a one-night stand. Jackson and Hayley on the other hand were/are bethrothed at birth. So, technically speaking Jack and Hayley would be part of the arranged marriage concept rather than Klaus and Hayley. If that makes any sense.

I'm not sure when Anna's chapter will be exactly but once I figure it out I'll let you know. There could be some Pearl and Isobel interactions. I forgot how much I liked Pearl's character… :/

ObsessWithElijah: It was sad.

Lootmagoot: Ha ha and Kat gets her own chapter during lucky thirteen.

Peace,

Jessica