rabbit heart;

Thank you so much. I needed this.

Of course.  Maybe...maybe we can hang out again later, too.  Or tomorrow, after school.

Now I have this. You and the pack.

This is enough for me.

You always have this.  You always have be, no matter what.

Thank you for being here.

What do you need?  What can I do?

Y-yeah. Maybe. I just, um… [He doesn’t know how to explain what he feels. He doesn’t know how to go through this again. The first time, he went through it alone, and it was dark, and… he can’t deal with things the same way he did then. Missing school and letting himself rot in his dad’s hatred only worked when no one care that he disappeared and his dad was alive. Now, he has a pack, and his dad is dead, and so is Camden. So is Camden.] I need to let it go.

[It breaks Lucy’s heard to see Isaac suffering like this, to feel his pain like this.]  I’m here for you, no matter what you need.  I’ll do anything to help you, Isaac.  Anything in the world.  I promise, I’ll help you get through this.  I’ll do anything you need me to do.  

No. He’s dead. I know he is.

...Maybe...maybe they just...look a lot alike.  It was dark, and...th-that could have happened to anyone.  [Lucy moves closer to Isaac, leaning her head against his shoulder.  The hurt that he must have felt, the hope, and then the crushing agony when it turned out not to be Camden... It’s all so heartbreaking.  Lucy wishes there was a way she could help, a way she could take this pain away.  But all she can do now is be here for Isaac, and she isn’t planning on going anywhere, unless he wants her to.]

I was stupid. For thinking I saw him. He’s…. he’s dead, and I thought… I don’t know. I’m sorry.

...Could it...is there any way it...it was him?

What’s going on?

I know this is...oh, Isaac, this is just all so much, and I know it must be so hard, and I’m...I am here for you, and I’ll do anything I can to help you.