Only Know You Love Him When You Let Him Go

Gone {ch.15}

Today was the day. If Alexander didn't wake up they planned to pull the plug. Thomas wasn't even crying at this point. He was broken and numb. Lafayette was begging his father to give him another week, but George wasn't listening. It really was the end

Only an hour left. Thomas was sitting in the bed next to him, holding on to Alexander's hand. The sight was something else. Everyone was screaming, crying, or too numb to the pain to feel anything. At one point Thomas got up and went to go see James, who he was informed had passed only minutes before. When Thomas returned, it was barely in time to watch.

He didn't even want to see it. As soon as he saw Alexander's chest stop moving he was gone, out of the hospital. He couldn't take it. Thomas rummaged through the cabinets in the dorm until he found a bottle of pills and some razors.

He swallowed the pills and before he finished the job, he called Lafayette. "Thomas! Are you okay?"

"Bye Laf. Tell Mary and Lucy I'm sorry."

"Wait what?" Thomas didn't bother to end the call. He slid the blade across his wrists, watching the blood drip from them as his world faded to darkness.

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Lafayette ran into the room going straight to the bathroom. Sitting in the tub was Thomas, covered in his own blood with an empty bottle of pills on the floor. He checked his pulse. Nothing. He had just lost two people in the same day. He began to cry. Finally letting out all the emotions he had been holding in since John's death.

They were all gone. He wasn't quick enough. He could have saved them! (But ya didn't!)

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A week had passed. Lucy and Mary were heartbroken. Not only had they lost their brother that day, but the rest of their family died in a car accident on their way to see the girls. Lucy was being strong for her sister, but Mary was broken. She never spoke, slept, ate, or anything. 

On this particular day, Lucy entered their apartment with some donuts and coffees. When she didn't see her sister, she looked around. And found her dead much like how Thomas was found. It seemed to break her. She started crying and crying, calling Lafayette who came and picked her up. 

The pair ended up crying for hours together, Hercules being sure they had everything they needed from ice cream to tissues. It was going to be okay. They were all broken, but they could fix each other. It was just going to take a long time.

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Maria and Eliza were found dead a month later. They had been murdered, and the killers had been caught. They also were found to be the same ones who kidnapped James Madison. The three were killed by James Reynolds and Aaron Burr, both of whom seemed to have no regret for their crimes. In fact, their bragging is what had got them caught. 

Another month later, George was found dead from a heart attack, and it only took two weeks for Martha to follow. This broke Lafayette more, who had begun to rely heavily on Lucy and Hercules. Through all this, Hercules kept up his strong facade. He couldn't break. Not yet.

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It took everyone years to overcome it. And over those years, Lafayette and Hercules had gotten married, Lucy had become a writer, and wrote a book telling her brother and sister's stories. It had become a best seller. Peggy and Angelica had been devastated at Eliza's death, but Peggy and Lucy hit it off and were now engaged happily. Angelica almost broke at the loss of her sister and had been in intensive treatment since.

Their lives were far from perfect, but they were working to fix them. One day at a time.

A/N: Hi people thought I went soft. I have not. In case you couldn't tell this is not the end of the story. This was NOT a real chapter and you will return to normal chapters soon. I needed to prove a point bc some people decided to upset me over on Tumblr (I made an ask blog for the characters @ask-jamilton-college-au it's lit over there. I scared everyone. I'll get the real chapter out soon!