Alive >> Jake Fitzgerald << Scream

Thirty-Nine.

"C'mon goddamit! Go faster!"

"Miss, I'm going as fast as I can! We're already over the speed limit!" The police officer told me

I narrowed my eyes at the young man, by that point I was ready to smack his hat off of his head, but before I could tell at him any more than I already had, or even assault him, Maggie spoke over me.

"Well go faster! The Sheriff's life is on the line!"

The entire car ride I was a complete mess, Maggie couldn't calm me down, the cop couldn't calm me down, not even Emma could.

That asshole had my father, I couldn't lose him just like I had everyone else, I loved him more than anything. He's been my superhero since I was a little girl, and it was time for me to be his.

The car came to an abrupt stop and the four of us quickly ran from the car, another two police cars along with an ambulance pulled up behind us and the officers and paramedics scrambled from inside.

An instant flood of relief filled my body as my eyes landed on my father, he didn't look in the best shape, but then again who would when they'd just been kidnapped by a serial killer. I'd never been so happy to see him in all of my life, that happiness didn't last long, in fact it was drained from within me as the seconds ticked by...

"Dad?"

Some people would say it all happened so fast, some people would say for a moment everything slowed down, but that wasn't how it went for me.

My father was untied from the tree, at a normal speed, at a normal time, but still the abnormal happened. Emma, Maggie and I all watched in horror as my Dad's guts fell from inside of his body.

"Clarke! It's okay, stay with me! God damn it! Stay with me!" Maggie screamed as she ever so desperately tried to keep my fathers insides from falling out.

"No! Daddy, please just stay with me!"

"Lydia..." he choked on his own blood

I couldn't stop myself from crying, I watched with desperation as he dropped down onto the ground like a broken toy. I quickly scurried across the dirt so I was able to hold him in my arms, his blood immediately began to soak through my clothes.

"Dad, please!" I sobbed, my tears falling down onto his face, "Kieran and I, we need you! W-What are we supposed to do without you?"

"Just be. Just be, Lydia..." His voice cracked, "I love..."

He never finished his sentence. Instead, his eyes stuck open and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

"Dad? Dad, no! Stay with me please! What am I supposed to tell Kieran? Dad? Dad, I love you, please! What am I supposed to tell Kieran?" I repeated myself, I knew it wasn't going to bring him back.

But it was all I could do because the man who had raised me, the person who had shaped my entire life, was dead.

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After seeing my dad die the only thing i could think to do, before getting angry, before crying so hard that it hurt to even think, was to drive to Brooke's party and find Jake. After losing my dad, I realised that Jake was the only constant in my life, the only person who continuously looked out for me even when I didn't do the same for him.

And that was the moment I realised...

It was Jake.

It had always been Jake.

I turned the engine off with mascara streaking my face before I ran inside Brooke's house. When I entered the backyard, covered in my father's blood and wearing Jake's shirt, everybody shot me terrified looks, as if I, myself, was the killer. But I wasn't, I was nothing but a broken girl, finally realising that I was in love with the meat-head jock.

"Jake!" I called out, he immediately turned at the sound of his name, but the only thing that disappointed me was he had his arm around a random girl wearing rabbit ears. He pushed her off of him before walking over to me, a terrified look covered his face.

"Lydia? What-"

"That bastard got my dad." I mumbled as i threw myself against his chest, his fingers slowly wove their way through my hair, my tears had begun to wet his shirt, but he didn't mind in the slightest.

"That psycho kept him alive so they could watch me to try to save him, and then he made me kill him. I had to watch him die, Jake, he was right in front of me and I-"

"Shh... Nobody's gonna hurt you anymore."

"And the worst part is Kieran doesn't even know, no one can find him." It had hurt me when Riley died, it had killed me when Will died, but this was a whole other level of hurt, it hurt so much that I could barely breathe, it hurt so much that I couldn't even cry. I wanted to kill whoever had done that to him, I wanted to make them pay, I wanted to torture them the way they'd tortured my dad.

"I know, I know... If there was something I could do to make the pain go away-"

"Who was she?" I had to know.

"She's no one important." He shook his head

"She must be important enough to kiss."

"She's not as important as you." He breathed, "She's not you. That girl won't ever be you."

"There is something you can do to make things better."

"What?"

"...Kiss me." I leaned in closer to him, standing on my tip toes. He took my face into his hands and stared into my eyes for the longest time and for a brief moment it made the hurt go away.

"Not here and not now. When I kiss you, I want it to be my time, I don't want you to think I'm taking advantage of you, especially after your dad died."

"Thank you..."