Ricks POV

Me and Kate split up from the rest of the group and picked a spot in the living room. The music was blaring and some people were already drunk. Not too much though. From here I could see Shaky and Angel grabbing a cup of soda. It didn't seem like a bad idea.

"Hey Kate, you want something to drink?" I asked.

"What?" Kate responded.

"Are you thirsty?" I asked a bit louder.

"Sure," she said. I nodded and we walked in the kitchen. Angel and Shaky were gone by now, but they could do what they wanted. I poured me and Kate some soda and went back to the living room. It was still really loud, and now some of the others were dancing. Humphrey and Lilly included. I felt Kate pull me into the dining room which was much more quiet. The doors were shut so there were a couple people in here having a conversation. It was a little crowded though.

"Finally I can hear myself think," I said. Kate giggled but stopped when she saw Garth. He was sitting with his three buddies at the end of the table. Kate grabbed my hand and pulled me into the basement just as Garth looked up and saw us. As we walked down the steps we saw that there were some wolves down here. It wasn't as crowded and it was pretty chill. Kate and I ended up taking a seat in the corner.

"Fucking Garth, of course he would be here" Kate complained.

"As long as we stay away from him there won't be any bullshit" I said. I put my coke on the small table next to me and put my arm around Kate. "so this cant be why you wanted to come here, want to grab a real drink or-"

"What do you mean? I'm just fine here" Kate said. She then rested her head on my shoulder. I felt bad though.

"Come on Kate, it's a party. Why dont we go upstairs and do some stupid shit" I said, getting up. Kate smiled and took my hand. I led her upstairs again. "We can come back down in a bit"

"Sounds good," Kate said. We then went into what looked like a family room where drinks were being handed out the most.

"Shot?" someone asked me and Kate.

"Sure," Kate said. The wolf poured us two shots and handed them to us. I looked down at it and then back at Kate. We chuckled and clinked the glasses together and took the shot. It went down rough and packed quite a punch. Kate put the glass down as she recovered from the shot. As she was recovering the guy poured her another one.

"It is a party," I said. Kate smiled and took another shot. As she recovered some idiot fell and broke one of the tables. Kate started coughing as she laughed. I patted her on the back. "You okay?" I asked.

"Fine," Kate laughed. Just then one of Kate's friends tapped her shoulder, causing her to turn around.

"Kate? I haven't talked to you in so long, the girls miss you" she said.

"Oh Candy hey, sorry i've been spending time with Rick and them" Kate said.

"Well me and the others are chilling out, partying it up in the other room, want to catch up?" Candy asked. Kate turned back to me.

"Would you be fine with that?" she asked.

"Of course, go have fun," I said. Kate giggled again and pecked my lips. As always her kiss tasted sweet.

"I love you," she said. She then went with Candy to the next room. I was by myself now. I went back into the kitchen and saw that there was food now. I made up a plate for myself and Kate and brought it over to her. I found her and her friends sitting on two couches. Two friends on each one. I handed her a plate. She thanked me and I was on my way. I went back into the kitchen and leaned on the island as I ate my food. I placed it down for a second though to refill my cup. I did but before I could pick it up I was spun around by some random girl.

"Hey, you're the one that beat Garth right?" she asked. And by looking at her, she was wasted. I could smell the alcohol on her even if she wasnt rubbing on me.

"Yes, but i didn't-"

"That was so hot, look I want to show you how hot I found it. Why don't we go upstairs, so you can fuck me" she said.

"What? No, I have a girlfriend" I said.

"Oh come on, she doesn't have to know, come on. You, me, upstairs. I can make you feel good" she said as she grabbed my crotch. She then went in for what I could only assume was a kiss.

"Stop," I said, grabbing her arm.

"Come on, I want to feel you inside me" she whispered. I then pushed her off.

"Enough" I said.

"Ugh, why does no one want to fuck me" she whined as she went into the next room. I shook my head and turned to grab my coke and plate. As I went to walk out though I saw Garth grabbing food. I hope he didn't see me. I then went over to the living room to see if Humphrey and Lilly were still there. They weren't. I searched for a bit until I found them in the dining room. I took a seat next to them with a plate.

"Did you know they had food?" I asked. They stopped their conversation to look over to me.

"Ohhhh, Humphrey, go get us some" Lilly requested. Humphrey got up and went into the kitchen. "I'm gonna grab one of these, I'll give you one of mine" Lilly said as she took a chicken wing off my plate. I laughed.

"It's fine," I said.

"So where's Kate?" Lilly asked. She took a bite as she listened.

"She ran into her friends, they're catching up right now" I explained.

"Hm," Lilly hummed. I guess she was satisfied with the answer. I took another sip of coke, the cup was half empty now, I'd have to get another refill soon. I took another bite of my pizza and then turned back to Lilly,

"You think Humphrey will get you a drink?" I asked.

"Hopefully, I might just have to take a sip of yours," Lilly said.

"If it comes down to it," I said. Just then Humphrey came back. He held two plates and cups. He put them down and then sat back down.

"Thanks babe" Lilly said. She then placed a wing on my plate and started eating. She didn't have to do that. But she was nice.

"Damn, this is some good shit. I might have to get the menu" Humphrey said.

"I swear to God Humphrey if you steal they're fucking menu" Lilly said.

"I'm not stealing anything," Humphrey said. I laughed as I finished the rest of my coke and pizza. All I had left now was three wings.

"Did Kate eat?" Lilly asked.

"She did," I answered. We ate our food in silence and then I stood up to go wash my hands and throw my trash out. "Hey guys, I'll be right back. Gonna go wash my hands and stuff" I said.

"Alright" Lilly said while Humphrey gave a nod. I went and threw my trash out and then went to the bathroom to wash up. As I washed my hands I started to feel dizzy. What the fuck? Was it the shots? No, shot. I only had one. It will pass. I walked out of the bathroom and ran into Lilly on the way back. Carrying her plate.

"Oh, hey" I joked.

"Hey, would you mind showing me to the bathroom? I gotta wash up too," she said. I nodded and took her plate, throwing it in the trash can and then leading her to the bathroom.

"Good food right?" I asked as she washed her hands.

"Pretty good, I think I know where I'm gonna go next time. I don't want to spend money on pizza hut" Lilly said. She dried her hands and then followed me out, something odd happened though. I lost my balance and fell onto the wall. "Woah Rick, are you okay?" Lilly asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine just… I'm a little dizzy" I said.

"Did you drink?" she asked.

"I took one shot with Kate but that was it," I said. Lilly nodded.

"Can you stand up?" she asked. I tried to push myself up but ended up leaning back on the wall, losing all senses for a moment. Lilly caught me though as I snapped back to reality. "Woah, hey it's okay. Just… here lean on me" she said. She wrapped my arm around her neck and guided me to the back door. I tried my best to keep my balance so I wouldn't overpower the small wolf that was keeping me up. We went outside and then Lilly helped me lay on one of the pool chairs.

"Thanks" I said.

"Yeah, yeah, don't worry about it… listen I'm gonna go grab Kate and Humphrey and we can leave okay?" Lilly said. I shook my head.

"No, don't just… go back in, have fun. Dont worry about me" I instructed. Lilly looked back to the house and then back at me.

"Are you sure?" she asked. I nodded.

"Yeah" I said.

"Alright, but I'm going to check in with you in a bit okay?" she said.

"Yeah" I answered. Lilly got up to go, patting me on the leg as she passed. "Lilly?" I called. She turned back to me. "Don't tell Kate, I don't want her to worry" I said. Lilly nodded and then headed back inside. I laid there resting for a bit. Everytime I turned my head it felt like I was moving thousands of miles an hour. It made me feel sick. Not long though I saw Lilly come back with Humphrey. Humphrey knelt down over me.

"Hey bro, you okay?" he asked. I nodded weakly.

"He doesn't look good," Lilly said.

"Im… fine" I mumbled.

"Rick, buddy? If you need us, use your phone okay? And if a spot clears up on a couch inside I'll move ya in there, it's freezing out here. Other than that we'll keep checking on you okay?" Humphrey said. Again I nodded. Humphrey got up and then headed back. Lilly stayed.

"Rick, I don't like this. I think we should go" Lilly said.

"Lilly please… just go have fun" I said. I really didn't want everyone to get up and leave because of me. I would feel bad stopping the fun. Not to mention I would never hear the end of it.

"Rick… you don't look well" Lilly said. Before I could respond though Humphrey came back.

"Hey Lilly, you gotta see this. Mooch is downing bottle after bottle, it's insane" he laughed. Lilly turned back to me.

"I'll be back in a bit okay?" she said.

"Yeah" I responded. Lilly gave my chest a light rub and then left. When she did I closed my eyes, trying to not think about how I felt. What the fuck happened? I have absolutely no fucking clue how I could be feeling like this. I opened my eyes to see that everyone had gone in. made sense. All the fun was in there and it was freezing out here. Wish I could see Mooch downing some shit. I closed my eyes again and then before I knew it I passed out.

When I opened my eyes I was in a car, not sure whose it was but I was in the back seat, and someone was to my left. I turned to see who was driving. I couldn't quite make out who it was due to my blurred vision but eventually I saw that it was…

"Garth?..." I said lightly. He turned to me for a moment and then back to the road.

"Hey he's awake" he smiled. I went to open the door and get out but the person next to me grabbed me and slammed me back into the seat. "Give him some more, I don't want him getting away," Garth said. Before I knew it I felt the person next to me shove something in my mouth. It felt like pills. He then shoved a bottle of alcohol in my mouth and forced the liquid down my throat so I could swallow whatever it was that he just gave me. It worked as two of the three other people in the car laughed. I felt so sick and dizzy, I couldn't do anything to defend myself. Eventually we came to what looked like a silo. Must be one of the farms. The car stopped and Garth got out. I groaned as I tried to get my bearings but to no avail. The others got out and I then noticed who it was. Cando and Hutch, of course its his fucking football buddies.

Garth opened my door and forcefully grabbed my jacket and yanked me out of the car, dragging me away in front of the truck so that there was light. The only light being his front headlights. One I was there he threw me to the ground. The Fast movements made me feel even more sick than I already felt. I tried to get up but I felt Garth kick me in the stomach, turning me over. He then grabbed my shirt collar, pulled me up and punched me in the face. Then he did it again, and again, and again. He just wouldn't stop. Each blow surprisingly made me more numb than anything. My stomach now felt more upset than ever. Garth must have punched me about ten times before his friends stepped in.

"Alright bro he's had enough" Hutch said. Garth stopped to look over at him. I couldn't see it but I could feel that my face was bruised, blood pouring from my mouth as he held me by the collar.

"I don't know, let's ask him," Garth said. He pulled me up to get face to face with him. "Have you had enough sport?" he asked. The movement though was too fast for me once again, and I couldn't hold it anymore and ended up puking on his sweatshirt. Garth grunted in disgust as he dropped me. I fell to the ground again, coughing up blood as my vision blurred again. I could feel the second wave of those pills coming. I breathed and wheezed desperately for air as Cando laughed while Garth slowly took his sweatshirt off, being careful not to get puke on him. Meanwhile I just laid in the dirt in defeat. Once the sweatshirt was off Garth threw it to the ground and kicked me. "Oh it's gonna be so much worse now!" he yelled.

"Garth," Hutch said.

"Shut up" Garth said back, cutting him off. He then grabbed my collar again and lifted me up. "You know I might be able to live with everything else you did but Kate… she was my everything… and you took her from me…" Garth growled. I then felt a sharp pain in my lower stomach, causing me to yell out in pain. I looked down to see that I was stabbed with a pocket knife, blood was already starting to pour out. Garth then twisted it, making me yell again, squeezing my eyes shut. "Now. I'm gonna go back to that party, I'm going to give Kate, the same shit I gave you. I'm going to take her upstairs, and I'm going to fuck her senseless, and you are gonna lay here and bleed out as your girl gets destroyed" Garth said.

"P-ple" was all I could get out before Garth ripped the knife out of me and punched me to the ground one last time. I fell and didn't move. I couldn't move. It was impossible. Garth then started walking back to his car.

"Wait, we're just gonna leave him here? He'll die" Hutch said.

"Good," Cando said.

"Hutch hurry up and get in the car, or I'm leaving you here in the freezing cold" Garth said as he ducked into his car. Hutch then started to back away from me.

"I'm sorry" he said before dashing to the car. It then left leaving me in pitch black coldness. It was freezing. I could feel my blood leaving my body as I lay there. Kate was going to get raped, and I was here bleeding out. My love is going to get traumatized, and there was nothing I could do about it. I felt a single tear roll down my cheek as the thought came to mind. No, I couldn't let that happen. With all my strength I put my arm out and pushed, getting to my feet shakily. I only made it about two steps though until I fell once again. I then started to sob as I realized there was nothing I could do, unless…

I pulled out my phone and tapped it. It came on, revealing a bit of light, showing that my hand was drenched in my blood. I tapped my contacts and went to Kate. I saw her picture, she looked so beautiful, I hope this wasn't it. I clicked call and laid there as the phone rang. She ended up picking up on the third ring.

"Hello? Rick, where are you? I haven't seen you" she said. I then said with everything I had left in me.

"D-d-dont… d-drink… a-a-a-anything" I whispered.

"What? Rick, where are you? You're scaring me" Kate said. She continued calling for me as I swiped back and shared my location with her so that she could find me. I hoped it worked. "Rick?" Kate called again.

"I–i-i-... l-l-l-l-love… y-you… K-K-k-k-Kate'' I said as I pulled out my locket. I flipped it open to see Angel's picture.

"Rick?... RICK?" Kate called. I held the picture close to my heart as I felt colder than ever. I couldn't tell why at this point, the weather or the bloodloss. I just held the picture to me as I cried. Not long after the world went black.