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"Death is not the greatest loss in life

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"Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside of us while we live"
                                                             -Norman Cousins

Last year

"Jackson hurry up won't you? We're gonna be late!" I shouted from the bottom of the stairs as I fixed my hair in the mirror.

"Relax, I'm pretty much ready" Jackson called out as I rolled my eyes.

"Dani!"

I spun around to see my parents standing in the kitchen with a grim look on their faces.

"Yeah?" I asked as I smoothed my skirt over.

"Come here a minute" My dad said as I made my way into the kitchen.

"What?" I raised a brow, "I'm already running late"

"Yes, yes we know. We just need to talk to you about something"
———

Jackson Whittemore was dead.

His body had been put into the ambulance, Mellisa going with them. Stiles was still nowhere to be found.

I had gotten changed in the girls locker room before leaving to see Sheriff waiting.

"You're parents are headed to the hospital with your brother, I told them I'd keep an eye on you" He said weakly.

"He's really gone isn't he?" I asked, my voice cracked.  He nodded before giving me a quick embrace as I stood in Sheriffs grasp as tears continued streaming down my cheeks.

"Hey, hey calm" He told me as I shoved him off.

"I just want my brother back!" I shouted. Sheriff looked taken aback as he raised his hands in surrender.

"Look, I know what it's like to lose someone you love okay? I'm sorry you have to go through it too" He said as he pulled me in for a hug.

My breath hitched through my sobs as he put his arm around my shoulder and walked me back to the boys locker room with the rest of the team.

He brought me over to where Scott and Isaac stood, both changed from their lacrosse gear.

"I got to meet with the medial examiner and try and figure out what happened with Jackson. I've got an APB out on Stiles. His jeep is still in the parking lot so that means...." Sheriff began exposing as he trailed off, tears now forming in his eyes. "Well I don't know what that means. Um...Look if he answers his phone, if he answers his emails, if either one of you see him-"

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