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"How unfair, it's just our luck
Found something real that's out of touch
But if you'd searched the whole wide world
Would you dare to let it go?"

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In our world everything was going normally.

Everyone continued to follow their normal lives. Amelia was in school which was very different now.

Lexi was now the Howard sister that completed their trio and it seemed to be working better than with Cassie who continued to stay with Nate which was weird but everyone had moved on from that problem.

Everyone had moved on.

I was clean. Clean of drugs. Clean of Jules.

I love Jules but I just realized it wouldn't work.

Maddy was focusing more on school now that Amelia was guiding her through everything and she was even excited about making her next step in her life.

Lexi's play was tomorrow which she was very anxious about but she was still doing her thing.

Kat as well was looking into her future and next step.

And well Amelia was being Amelia with her shit together and her life planned out.

Now the rest I didn't mention is because they don't matter.

Fuck them I'm proud of us and only us!

And I'm talking about school wise, not like Ashtray and Fezco. They were doing their thing too but they've been doing it for the longest.

Anyways it wasn't about them it was about us but if there was one thing that had us a little worried was someone was working with the police.

Someone that knew something and it wasn't making Alex's or any of their lives easier.

Amelia was worried of course but the whole Lexis play and her senior events were distracting her.

She wanted to include Fezco in most of them and trust me I've never seen a person so proud of Amelia besides her parents like Fezco.

He was so proud of her and I didn't blame him. Our girl was really making big moves.

It also helped Fezco to try and distract himself from all the stress of everything going on.

Ashtray was clueless that everyone knew about what he had done in his head the problems had disappeared but not exactly since having Faye around only made him suspicious about what her intentions were.

He hated that Amelia trusted Faye way too much just because she knew what had happened to her boyfriend while Ash just didn't care about her feelings.

All he cared about was protecting his family.

There was a lot going on that none of us knew about and it was probably better that way but we all knew that would change sooner or later.

Amelia was currently walking down the hall with Lexi on her side and Maddy on the other.

Amelia was looking down at her phone texting fexco back and Lexi was texting as well.

"Okay can both of you just like stop worrying about dicks and listen to what I'm saying?!" Maddy paused and stood right in front of them making them pause.

"Bitch I was making sure we had a ride" Amelia rolled her eyes and put her phone away from her face then turned to Lexi.

"I'm currently telling someone to drink shit ton of DayQuil so they can get through the play" Lexi told them while still looking at her phone.

"That's going okay right? It's still on?" Amelia asked the girl.

"Yeah we got quick rehearsal in ten minutes that's why I chose today to dot the play..." Lexi then looked up from her phone to the two girls. "Why are y'all here? It's a half a day you two never come"

"Had a paper due," Amelia told her. "But we'll be there cheering for you"

"Oh for sure! And your man's about to be here too you better show out for us lex" maddy winked to Lexi who was as red as a tomato.

"I'll see you two later" Lexi turned around trying to hide the fact she was blushing.

Maddy and Amelia chuckled and began to walk side by side down the hall to notice Andrew was walking down as well.

"Just know if he even looks your direction ima beat his ass" maddy leaned closer and said to Amelia in her ear.

"Honestly I would join" Amelia shrugged as she watched Andrew pass by.

Maddy kept her longing stare on him and he just looked the other way.

"Just what I fucking thought" maddy said loudly enough for Andrew to hear.

So let's just say nate and Andrew were not bothering maddy or Amelia at all or anyone they associated with them too because of Alex of course he threatened them both to stay away from the girls and it was actually funny the way they were actually scared of him.

Amelia began to laugh as they walked out to Fezco's car.

When Amelia got in the passenger seat she leaned closer to give fez a kiss while maddy got in the back seat as well.

"What's got yall laughing?" Fezco asked, looking back to maddy.

"Showed Andrew what's up" she shrugged with a smirk.

"He was bothering you?" He looked over to Amelia immediately placing his hand on his seat belt.

"No" Amelia told him, knowing he was about to go find him.

"But if he was I was ready Fez don't worry" maddy added causing him to nod scoffing.

"You are fucking crazy maddy" he started the car and maddy leaned back in her seat.

"I know"

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Fezco drove to his house to hang out until it was time to leave for Lexi's play.

When they walked in they saw ashtray and faye sitting down on the couch watching tv.

Maddy and Amelia paused when they saw what was playing on the screen.

The Originals season five episode six.

"What?" Ashtray said with his attitude as always watching how the girls were paused there watching.

"Nothing..." Amelia replied and sat down on a chair facing the tv.

"Shit I got to see this..." Maddy sat down next to Ashtray.

"Y'all weird told y'all to stop hanging out with big lips" he shook his head and turned back to the tv watching how Klaus and Caroline were walking up to a house.

"What?" Faye turned as she heard her name.

Amelia chuckled and watched how Fezco pulled up a chair to sit next to her.

"What he snap her neck for man?! He is pissing me off. They need to just take Hayley and Hope and leave man!" Ashtray complained.

Everyone just remained silent waiting for the next thing to happen.

After a few minutes Ashtray snapped up from the couch with his hands on his head. "No! Bro if he don't hurry up and get her!"

Maddy tried her best to contain her laugh and Fezco turned to Amelia who was holding her laugh in as well.

"What the fuck...!" Ashtray paused and watched how Hayley sped out the house with Greta and burned. "No! Bro what?!" He turned to the girls. "Please tell me that shit ain't real"

"You just watched it..." Amelia pointed to the tv.

"No man...turn this shit off what the fuck" ashtray tried to search for the remote.

"What, you don't want to watch her funeral?" Maddy mocked not even trying to hide her laugh anymore.

"Bro fuck you maddy" he turned to Amelia. "Why you bitches laughing shit not funny y'all are sick"

"We're laughing at you!" Amelia chuckled.

"Go cry in your room ash" Fezco mocked him as well laughing.

"Yeah yeah whatever" the kid walked away leaving the rest of them laughing.

"Can we order some food or something? I am starving" Amelia groaned while she pulled out her phone.

"Same, let's use Alex's card!" Maddy kneeled on the couch and faced the couple. "The other day we ordered from this place and I saved his card"

"He will kill us," Amelia stated.

"Ugh so boring I'll ask him first then" maddy sighed and turned back to sit down.

Amelia rolled her eyes and put her legs up on Fezcos lap who was pushing her chair closer to him.

"You going to the play?" Amelia asked him, taking his hand.

"I thought we was all going," he said, pulling her legs more up to his lap.

"Yeah but I just didn't think you would want to go"

"I mean you gon be there why would I not go?" He questioned her now knowing what the girl was trying to do.

"Smart you said something nice when I was about to start an argument..." she squinted her eyes and shook her head smiling.

"Always trying to argue for no reason..." he sighed and sat his hand on her leg.

She just smiled and turned to maddy who was texting Alex when someone knocked on the door.

Fezco took Amelia's legs while he got up and set them on the chair he was sitting down on and walked to the door opening it to see Custer.

"He said yeah we just got to order" maddy toldΒ  Amelia ignoring the man who was walking in with Fezco.

Amelia wasn't. Her eyes were on Custer she knew who he was and his eyes were on her too knowing who the girl was as well.

Fezco noticed the way he was looking at Amelia and then to maddy and he walked over to the girls.

"Go to my room" he told Amelia which made her look up to him with a concerned face.

She didn't like anything about what was going on. She knew Custer was there for something he wasn't just showing up randomly if he was there to see faye he would've already been next to her but he wasn't he was just standing there nervously.

Amelia sent Fezco a questioning look but he just pointed to his room and maddy.

The girl got up and tapped maddys shoulder to get up and follow her.

Fezco walked with them to the hallway to make sure they got in.

Custer used that time to set something in one of the plants and walked over to the living room to sit down.

Faye kept his eyes on him while he signaled her to walk over to him while he set his phone down on the table.

The girl looked down to the phone and nodded her head.

Custer kept motioning his hand but she continued to nod then looked up to see Fezco heading back in the living room.

"You got something going on you know with your girl over and her friend" Custer asked once he noticed he was back in the room.

"That's her cousin but nah don't worry 'bout us worry about yourself man if you came to see your girl go ahead just don't cause no trouble" Fezco warned and went to walk back to his room.

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In the room, Maddy stood still confused why they were in there and why Amelia was worried.

"I don't get it what's going on..." maddy asked looking at Amelia who was leaning her ear on the door trying to listen.

"That man he is one of the people that worked with Mouse and he's Faye's boyfriend" Amelia answered in a low tone trying not to be too loud.

"Ok and..."

"I don't know but the fact he is here is weird" the girl said, still trying to listen worried for Fezco.

"Why would it be? He wants to see faye maybe?" Maddy suggested, causing Amelia to sigh and turn to her.

"No because this is the first time he's come here and he didn't even make it seem like he was here for faye and he was here when ash killed Mouse" Amelia said to her "...I need to do something"

"Like what? We can't do anything. What we should be doing is getting out of here" maddy got up from the bed and walked to the window trying to see if she could open it.

"And leave them here?"

"No we would go get someone but we can't be here if something happens!" She talked back to Amelia who was pacing around trying to figure out what to do.

Before she could even speak again the door opened making her jump, turning around to see who it was.

"It's me...look tell Alex to come pick y'all up" Fezco told them as he remained in the doorway looking down the hall seeing Faye standing there behind the couch where Custer was sitting.

"Why don't you just tell him to leave?" Amelia suggested, still speaking lowly.

"Cause I need to handle this shit, he been acting real weird when he come around here" Fezco stepped forward and placed his hand on Amelia's arm. "Amy please don't fight me on this just do what I'm telling you"

"But what about you?" She asked but there was no point maddy was already telling Alex to pick them up.

"I'll be fine, just go" Fezco told her.

Amelia just turned to Maddy who just frowned.

"Let's go he's going to be here" maddy grabbed onto Amelia trained to get her out.

Amelia's eyes remained on Fezco's. She wanted to do what he was telling her to do but she also wanted to stay and make sure everything was fine.

Once the three of them were in the hall ashtray peaked out his head sending them questioning looks. Maddy pointed down the hall and he turned his head to see Custer.

The boy got out of his room and headed down to the laundry room but Amelia stopped him.

"You're going with us," Amelia whispered.

"Going where?!" Ashtray exclaimed but all of them told him to be quiet.

"Alex is picking us up, we're leaving and you're going too" Amelia ordered but the boy kept shaking his head.

"No I'm staying you two leaving"

Before Amelia could say anything else someone began to knock on the door. Fezco headed down the hall followed by the two girls and ashtray.

Custer immediately paused and looked at them watching how everyone was entering the room.

When Fezco opened the door Alex was standing right there and entered immediately.

"Y'all ready to go?" Alex said then looked to Custer who was on the couch looking at them.

"Y'all going somewhere?" Custer asked, moving his body towards them.

"What I tell you to not worry about us man" Fezco told Custer who just put his hands up in defense.

"Here go get in the car" Alex put out his hand with his keys giving them to maddy.

Amelia turned to ashtray but he was already nodding.

"I left my bag i'm going to go get it" that was i lie Amelia didn't leave her bag she didn't even come in with a bag she left it in Fezco's car but she needed to get ashtray back in the hallway to persuade him to go with them.

Once she began to drag the boy down she paused right at the end of the hall.

"You're going," Amelia told him.

"No I'm not"

"I know what you did ash if you leave with us it'll be easier he won't have to worry about you" she continued to whisper making sure Custer wasn't listening.

"What about him?" Ashtray was speaking lowly now too.

"Ash please i don't want to leave him either but he's just going to talk this out and make him leave"

That's what Amelia thought was going to happen. She wanted to believe that's what Fezco was going to do but there was something else going on.

"Bro Amy hurry up, we're going to be late!" Maddy stepped into the hall to look at the both of them.

Amelia just sighed and sent Ashtray one more look and then headed down.

Maddy was the first to step out the house and behind her was Ashtray who was basically being dragged out by Amelia who was behind him not letting him turn back.

He looked at Fezco who just gave him a reassuring nod. Ashtray walked out and then next was Amelia.

"I'll see you at the play" she told him and he nodded then stepped forward taking her head and placing a kiss on her forehead.

She then walked out giving him one last look before maddy took her hand and began to drag Amelia out wrapping her arm around her to hold her while they walked down to the car to wait for Alex to join.

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Now I had no idea what was going on. I don't think any of us did.

But there was definitely something else going on other than what Amelia thought was happening.

She thought Fezco was going to talk to Custer and then meet them up at the play and everything was going to be fine but that was not what was going on at all and they were going to find out the hard way.

In the meantime everyone headed to lexis play even if Amelia couldn't really pay attention because she had a very angry ashtray next to her and she was constantly looking at the people who were entering to see if Fezco was there yet.

Maddy sat on the other side of her holding her hand seeing how everytime the door opened Amelia would turn to see.

Alex was sitting at the end of the row next to Ashtray looking at his phone constantly which none of them noticed.

Amelia caught Lexi peeking her head out to the audience from backstage to check how many people were there then her eyes landed on her.

Amelia put both of her thumbs up for her and Lexi smiled and then her eyes moved down to Alex who was also looking at her.

Alex winked at her with a smirk which caused her to blush immediately.

Then the lights shut off and the play began.

"It was the summer before I started ninth grade... back when we thought we'd all be friends forever"

"There were six of us. There was me, Grace.."

"My sister, Hallie..."

"Her best friend, Marta..."

"Marta's best friend, Luna."

"Her cousin Lilly"

"And my best friend, Jade."

"And this is life. Not everyone's life... But our life!"

Amelia, maddy and kat who were on the same row remained silent watching the doubles that appeared on the stage that represented each one of them.

"Wait, is this fucking play about us?!" Maddy exclaimed and looked down to Alex who basically had read all of it.

He just shrugged and clapped as the audience began to as well.

"I feel like I've lived most of my life in my imagination. Taking the smallest moments and dreaming them up into something bigger." Lexi continued to narrate and everyone continued to listen. "A little exchange and I fall in love"

Amelia smiled watching how Alex reacted to the line and turned back on stage.

"When I first met Marta, she made me nervous. I had never seen anyone as sure of themself as her. Because of that, I didn't really trust her. Until her parents started fighting all the time and she basically moved in with us for a few months since her cousin wasn't in town..."

Amelia knew that part was about maddy so she turned to her but there wasn't a reaction, her face was just empty.

"I never really talked to Lilly. I think part of me was always scared about her and now that I think about it I don't know why. I knew she was good friends with jade but when she came around she didn't really talk to me then I realized when I saw her it had been close to when her friend had passed but eventually when I got to know her she was one of the best people I've ever met and if she was to be listening right now I would tell her that I love her and because of her I got to know a part of me I never knew"

Maddy turned to Amelia who was close to tears. Alex was looking at her as well then turned back on stage seeing how her double was doing Lexis hair.

Amelia smiled at Lexi who turned to see if she was okay. Once she saw Amelia smiling she continued the play.

"All right, babe. Time for me and the boys to work out." Mates double said on the stage.

"Come on, let's pump some iron, boys!"

"Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler playing.

Amelia didn't really pay attention, her eyes were on her phone waiting for a text from Fezco. She knew the play was almost over and he wasn't there yet.

Ashtray shared the same worry with the girl looking back to the door every once in a while just like Amelia.

What worried Amelia more was Alex wasn't worried at all.

She didn't know if it was because he wanted to give the play his full attention but he seemed like Fezco didn't even exist; he was just calm as ever.

"Alex..." Amelia leaned closer to him causing him to turn. "Why isn't he here yet?"

Alex just shrugged and looked back up to the stage.

Amelia sighed and leaned back on her seat to watch all the boys dancing in a very sexual way and watching how everyone was laughing especially maddy.

"Lexi you're a fucking G!" Maddy shouted from the audience and she continued to clap.

Amelia turned back to Nate who immediately walked out while Cassie followed him when she was turning back to the stage she noticed Andrew was sitting on the next row next to Alex only having the stairs in between them.

Andrew didn't notice since he was too upset at the scene up on the stage.

And if Amelia wasn't as worried for fez as she was she would be enjoying the scene Lexi put up.

"Aren't you going to go?!" Amelia leaned closer to Alex again.

"Amy Fezco is doing what he had to do" Alex replied to her and turned back to the stage.

Amelia paused at the words not knowing what they meant.

What did Fezco have to do?

In those moments all Amelia could listen to in her head were those words.

"He did what he had to do"

She didn't know why the words were so familiar until she kept saying them over and over again in her head.

Imagining what they would sound like if he was saying them to her.

"I did what I had to do"

That's what Stefan told Elena when they met in the afterlife when he died.

She found it silly that she made that connection but then she thought about it more deeply thinking what if that's what was going on.

What if that's what Fezco was doing?

Saving his brother and leaving the person he loved behind like Stefan left Caroline.

Amelia just paused; she couldn't hear the cheering or the music that was playing.

All she heard was silence.

A silence that was killing her.

Just like the thought of losing Fezco.

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- one more chapter...and the epilogue.

Welp we'll see what happens I just know it'll be sad to write.

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