You & Me? We're The Same

A Memorial For Those We've Lost

This chapter was inspired by season 4 episode 2 from The vampire diaries and I can't take credit for it. I really loved that final scene with the lanterns and had to put it in here so enjoy and let me know what you think :)

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"You're a werewolf" Liam listened to Mason repeat the words for the next five minutes so they'd sink in, or maybe in hopes that he'd correct him and tell him no he misheard, Liam wasn't sure, but at least he was forming full sentences now without stuttering.

When Bonnie opened herself up to them Friday night he came to a decision of his own.

"I'm gonna tell Mason" He whispered into the darkness with his head still on her shoulder, though his tears dried up hours ago. It was midnight, which meant they'd been sitting there, on her bed, in the dark for the past three hours and he still wasn't ready to leave just yet. He didn't want to leave her alone with the guilt he knew she'd been carrying for the past year now, guilt that was misplaced because their grams' death wasn't her fault.

He almost thought she didn't hear him until she shifted underneath his head so he looked up to see her facing him with her legs crossed on the bed so he mimicked her actions to get a better look at her as well. "You should".

"Really?"

"It's not safe anymore Liam, for anyone, so if you think this is the best way to protect your friend and prepare him for what's coming, then I think you should".

"And what's after us?"

"I don't know yet, but I plan on finding out" she said and looked distant in the very next second. She was staring at something behind him, but when he turned around there was nothing there, when he turned back to her he swore he could smell the fear radiating off of her and her voice shook slightly when she said "Go to bed, Liam". He was about to object when the look in her eyes told him she wasn't in the mood to argue with him about this so he slowly got up and reluctantly walked out the door. Her cry came moments later as he slid down the door and all he could do was listen.

He'd given himself the weekend to think of how he was going to tell Mason and how much he was going to tell him without exposing everyone else's secrets so he ended up just blurting it out on their morning run.

"What did you just say?!" Mason stopped and grabbed onto his friend's arm to stop him. He couldn't have heard that right, Liam wasn't a werewolf, mainly due to the fact that they didn't exist. Mason wasn't an idiot, he knew that strange things were happening, people were disappearing and kids were turning up dead, but saying there were werewolves was kind of a stretch, right?

"I said I'm-"

"I heard what you said Liam, but how- wh- what?!" He stuttered and started pacing in front of him trying to make sense of it.

"Please stop pacing you're making me dizzy" he said and grabbed Mason's arm to make him stop. "Look, I know it's a lot, but it's true. Remember that day I ran to school?"

"Running 6 miles doesn't mean you're a werewolf, Liam, it just means you're crazy" Mason pointed out, but Liam was already shaking his head because this was going way worse than he thought it would, how the heck did Bonnie do this? Oh yeah, she showed them.

"Okay listen, I'm going to show you something, but I need you to promise not to freak out"

"Liam-"

"Just...promise me" he said and for the first time Mason looked kind of worried, the seriousness in Liam's eyes was already starting to make him question his beliefs so despite his better judgement he promised not to freak out.