Rejection Kills

Rejection Kills-Tears/Funeral

(A/N) Heeey, I hope your not mad, but seriously! I got like four-hundred reads for killing Candace, Wow.... but there's a lot to come, any guesses, bebz? -M.

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She's gone. She's actually gone. After seven agonizing minutes of watching my childhood bestfriend scream in pain because of her mate mating another, she's gone. I always thought we'd grow old and die together, mainly, I didn't expect her death like this. Its horrible, and I didn't even get to say goodbye.

Candace was officially dead.

*FLASHBACK*

"Candace!" I screamed as eight-year-old Candace jumped down the large wall surrounding our school. She landed on feet, it was almost cat-like. I was terrified, I thought shed get hurt! "Candace! Are you crazy, you coud have died!"

Little dare-devil Candace just smirked. "Did I?" she remarked. "Don't worry about me, I'm indesrtuctable!"

Ten-year-old me scoffed. "Indestructable? More like illogical," my smartass self pointed out. "Nuh-uh. I'm indestructable. Didn't you see me? I was like batman!" Candace squealed. "Hah, at one point, you won't be so 'batman-ey'." I laughed. "Nope, no ine can hurt me, I'm amazing. I'm gonna be big one day, you'll see." my little bestfriend promised.

"Well, then. When you're big and famous, you'll get me an autograph from batman?" I asked her. "I am batman." Candace stated, scribbling her name on a piece of paper and giving it to me, before strutting off, well, it was her idea of it, away.

*FLASHBACK OVER*

I didn't notice when tears were streaking my cheeks. I felt a hand wipe them away and sparks and warmth filled my body. "Justin," I whispered. "Its so hard," Justin just nodded and took me in his arms. "I know, I just met her, and she's gone. She wouldn't want you to cry like this Lou, be stromg, baby." he said softly. Ah, I love him. Its a shame Candace couldn't get to know her brother like she should have, half or not.

But he's right. Candace would want me to be strong, she'd want me to go up to her coffin, and tell her that I'm gonna be okay.

Standing in the full legnth mirror in one of the guestrooms in the Lupus Pack house, I took in my plain black, thin-strapped dress. I saw my mate come up to me in the corner of my eye, and wrap his arms around my from the back.

"Whats OHD° going to do after this? We aren't complete without her." I whispered softly, leaning my head on his broad shoulder. "She would want you guys to continue your dreams, Summer. She wouldn't let all that hard work go to waste." he whispered lightly in my ear making me shiver. "She did make the band," I started. "She's going to haunt us if we break it, it was all her hard work."

Its true, it was all her. She did everything. The name, the logo, the lyrics to our first song, everything. She was amazingly talented. I-no we, can't let that go to waste. One Hundred-Degrees will continue.

I reached to zip the back of my dress, when a warm hand trailed against my back leaving a trail of warmth, and slowly zipped the dress up. I sighed softly, she never got to feel that, the love of her mate.

His big, warm hands gripped my waist and spun me around to face him. My eyes stayed glued to the ground. My best friend, she's gone. "Hey, Brie," Austin tried to get me to look him in the eye but I couldn't. I need to see her. He cupped my face, forcing me to look at him. I saw his blue/grey eyes, looking worried and sad. He never got a chance to really meet her. Its sad, she was going to be the godmother of my children.

I had her wedding planned out, too. Everything was going to be perfect, and her dress would be a sweetheart strapless one, with a princess dress flow, and a purple silk belt with a purple veil. Me and the girls were going to be her bridesmaids. And to think, it would never happen, it hurt. I didn't notice tesrs leaking out of my eyes. I felt soft lips kiss them away. "Why her?" I whispered and sobbed quietly in my mates arms, and all this time I thought, 'She never had this'

Slipping on my black flats, I pushed my hair out of my face. "Why did you leave?" I asked in the air, I was alone here. I needed time. I hoped she would answer as to why she left us. Glancinf in the mirror, I immediately snapped my head back to look again. She was there! In my mirror, she was there!

"Jade," her voice rang through my head. "You came back!" I almost yelled. "Shhh..." she whispered. "You'll never be alone, Jade, you have Jacob. He'll keep you happy. And the girls. I want you to run OHD° from now," she stated quietly. "But, no! If your back, stay!" I tried to reason with her. Was she a ghost? "No, I have to go, but Jade, the funeral, something will happen. Keep your eyes open. Its big," were her last words before she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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At the funeral, Louera was the first to go up and say something. She wiped her tears away before starting, "I met Candace, I was just five, and she was three. I threw a diaper at her, I difnt mean to, but I'm glad I did. Because, if I didnt, I wouldn't have known her. She was a very kind person, a but daring, too. She once told me that's she's indestructable. Se promised me that she'd be famous one day, I asked her to get me an autograph of batman when she does. All that eight-year.old did, was tell me she was batman, sign my notebook, and prance away like she was a movie star," A few people smiled through their sad masks. Teagan was there, too. Even though he rejected her, and killed her, he wanted to be there.

After Louera finished, a lot of people were in tears, including herself. That's when Summer came up, "I met Candace, a few years ago, all I saw, was a star just waiting to shine. When she formed our band, she was so determined. It was inspiring, not only to me, but to everyone else. If she was here, with us, she would love the attention. She's always loved attention, and she got a lot of it, too. She was the best friend anyone could ask for, she never judged anyone. She was a great leader. She was the whole reason we were famous, that we were noticed, recognized. Everything, we alk owe it to her, we owe it to her not to break the band that she worked so hard to build. She once said "I'm not letting this go to waste, we fell, everybody falls, but we aren't even on a level on which we could get bruised. Get back up." It was when we lost a charity singing competition when we were fifteen,

It didn't stop Candace from trying again. We went for another one, and got discovered. It was one of the biggest days of our life. We're all going to miss her. Its hard, to loose someone like her. Very hard. But we'll get through it, Candace would want us too."

Every one of Candace's friends went. So did Justin. He didn't know her very well, but that's what hurt him the most. Everything was teary and normal, until they heard it.

"Touchy," came a voice they thought they'd never hear again.

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(A/N) I'm so sorry for the cliffhangers, but I how am I going to get votes if I don't create any suspense? Vote for more!

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