You're leaving? (A 1x1 with Lexxy)

[isax]

Gaven and Mallory smiled softly and then looked at each other. It was sweet, what Ashley and Clay had. Now they knew this wasn't a sore spot for him. "That's sweet." Mallory said as she offered her friend a bright smile. Gaven nodded and he smiled. "Ashley sure did have a plan huh Clay?" He asked referring to how she passed but still bought the ring before she did and left it somewhere Clay would find it.


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[Lexus]

Clay turned to them with a smile. "Yeah," he didn't know when would be a good time to tell his friends their friend had been sick, maybe Mallory already knew but he imagined no one would keep such a thing from him him. He decided he wanted to tell everyone at once despite his feelings towards some of them right now, they all deserved to know about what caused their friends passing. "Hey Gaven, could you do me a favor and call everyone else after breakfast and tell them I have something to tell everyone?" He asked it with a smile so he didn't hint towards the what was heartbreaking news to him.


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[isax]

Gaven was a bit confused but nodded. "Yeah Waters." He told him and got his phone out to text everyone to be at Clays house in an hour. Everyone replied with an okay. When it was done and breakfast was ready, Gaven ate his pancakes and smiled a bright smile. "Just like Ash would make them." He said and Mallory agreed. The kids came to get their plates and went to the playroom to eat in there. Rylan stayed asleep.


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[Lexus]

When breakfast was over he quickly did the dishes and ran up the stairs to change. When that was done he ran into the library and unlocked the drawer grabbing the papers he has thrown in disbelief back in the drawer. He put them in a folder so no one could catch a glimpse until he revealed them. By the time he was done everyone was there and his eyes shot to Ivy and Krislyn who stared at him uneasily. It was unclear to him why for a split second he got pleasure from their discomfort. His sister too was giving Krislyn an in welcomed glare before he spoke he removed the kids besides Ry because he was still asleep from the house but carried him to his room. "Okay," Clay says with a sigh putting his hands in his pockets. "All feelings aside for my wife, this isn't going to be easy for me to tell any of you, at first I didn't understand it myself but I learned to accept it's what she wanted so I'm okay with it." The last words made him cringe, he wanted to be okay with it but he wasn't. "Also, if any of you knew," he sad to pause to chose his words carefully. "I pray you were there for her when se needed you to be." He stated back at all their confused gazes and continued, "Ashley knew." He flat out said. There was no easy way to say it. "Ashley knew she wouldn't make it, she was sick." He says pulling out the papers and laying them across the tables. "They tried everything and nothing would work, she kept this from me because she knew there was no escaping it."


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[isax]

Everyone sat there in disbelief but Mallory. Of course Mallory knew. She was Ashley's nurse after all. Mallory sighed. She had tried so hard to convince her friend to tell her husband but she wouldn't budge. Everyone looked at the papers and Jenna tried to fight back tears. She thought they were best friends and they could tell each other everything. This just made Ivy and Krislyn feel worse then the night prior to this. Now Ivy really regretted everything she had told Clay. Gaven took this the hardest. He gripped his wife's hand right but when Mallory was unphased Gaven looked at her. "You knew and you didn't tell any of us?!" He exclaimed and it made Mallory flinch. Then all eyes were in Mallory and she felt Gaven let go of her hand. She sighed and looked at the papers. "Of course I knew. I'm her nurse. I tried so hard for her to tell you guys but she wouldn't budge. I stayed with her though. I was there for her through all the tests. We both had so much hope but when they all came back negative, even for a transplant, she broke. She made me promise not to tell any of you. She didn't want y'all to worry and become sad. She didn't want to see y'all's faces when she had to tell y'all that nothing would help or prevent it from happening. She said her death was inevitable and she accepted it." Mallory said and everyone sighed and shook their heads. Mallory felt terrible for not telling any of them but she knew what it felt like. To have so much hope then it all be broken down with the results being negative. She could understand why Ashley didn't want anyone else to know because the minute she would tell them, they wouldn't let her finish and try to find ways to help her when nothing could. She was far to sick.


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[Lexus]

Clay had a hunch Mallory knew but he wasn't upset with her. Like he said he was trying to be okay, because he knew that's what Ashley wanted. He could feel Gaven's anger towards his wife and he stepped in grabbing his friend when he tried to leave. "I understand this is hard, believe me out of all of us I think I can say that but you can't be angry, not with your wife. Ashley was stubborn, when I couldn't brake that Gaven and you know it. I'm not upset, none of you should be with her either. It was her dying wish." At his last words he felt his friend relax his muscles. "It's okay Gav," Clay says taking him into a hug. He knew he looked to Ashley as his little sister and he knew he would take it the hardest. "I'm here," Clay repeated as he felt the hug grow tighter.


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[isax]

Everyone gave Mallory the death glares. They were angry with her. With her and Ashley. Mallory sighed and stood up. "If you can please excuse me." She said and walked past Clay and her husband and went to the playroom with the kids. They were the only ones who weren't angry with her. She played with them and tried to get her mind off of the anger she knew her friends had with her. "Dammit! That's why I didn't want her in the clan! She keeps secrets when we promised not to!" Jenna exclaimed. It was just the anger talking. Ivy pulled her down to get her to be quiet and Gaven sighed but continued hugging Clay. He was harsh on his wife. Ashley was a stubborn girl. "It's not Mallory fault Jenna. Calm down." Ivy said and Jenna sighed and just stared at the papers.


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[Lexus]

Clay didn't pull away from the hug until his friend released him. "It's okay." He whispers. "She's not suffering anymore." That sentence made Clay smile. He could see his wife, the beautiful angel watching over all of them, healthy as can be. However something in him turned when he heard Ivy speak. "You," he says pointing a finger at her "Have no right to tell Jenna what to do." He says the angry growing inside him again. Ivy didn't even seem to care about the news. "And you," he says pointing to Krislyn, you should tell your sister you have secrets of your own." And that was it for Clay he calmed down and made sure Gaven was okay before going to check on Mallory, sending the kids to the twins room. He walked up next to her and took a seat besides her taking her in his arms. "I'm not angry with you," he whispers. "Thank you, for taking care of the person who meant the world to me."


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[isax]

Ivy and Krislyn blinked at Clays sudden anger but Ivy sighed. She felt horrible. Jenna looked at Krislyn and then at Gaven who simply shook his head. "Guess they didn't tell you what they did last night huh?" Gaven said and Jenna shook her head. "Not at all. Mind explaining." She told Gaven and the two began talking. Mallory on the other hand cried on Clays shoulder. She felt terrible. He wasn't mad at her but he should be. "I'm sorry I didn't tell any if y'all.... I knew what it was like for all the hope to get crushed. I just didn't want y'all going through that. She felt bad enough I had to go through that with her." Mallory said as she hugged Clay close. Now her own husband was angry with her. Mallory knew this would happen and she did all the preparing in the world for it but it obviously didn't work.


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[Lexus]

"Shhh, I know." Clay whispers holding her tight. "Don't worry about them, Gav will be okay he's just grieving her loss again, I did it too. As for the rest of them their not the perfect bunch anyway. All that matters Mal, is that you did what Ashley asked of you. You did nothing wrong by me and if I can be okay with tht and they can't then I guess I didn't love my wife as much as I thought I did and I thought I loved her an awful darn lot." He says trying to get her to laugh. "It's okay, " He says again.


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[isax]

Mallory laughed like Clay was trying to get her to do and she smiled. "Thanks Clay... You always know what to say." She whispered and then heard a knock on the door. She looked over at Gaven and then pulled away from Clay and stared at her lap. Was he here to get angry at her again? To just tell at her once more? "Mind if I take over from here Clay?" He asked as he walked over and sat on the other side if his wife. He needed to apologize. She didn't deserve to feel like he hated her. Out in the kitchen however, now that Jenna knew what happened, she was chewing Ivy and her sister out. "You two disgust me! I can't believe y'all thought this was what Ashley wanted! You don't know what she wanted! I do and I know for damn sure she wouldn't want to be replaced! Clay was special to her and he was hers! Nobody else's!" Jenna exclaimed and Ivy flinched along with Krislyn. They didn't like getting yelled at.


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[Lexus]

Clay smiled at Mallory, "Someone I used to know used to tell me the same thing." He got up when Gaven sat down. "Of course, it sounds like I have another argument to referee in the kitchen any how." He says leaving the two alone and heading into the kitchen placing his hand gently on Jenna's shoulder. "Jenna, I think they've been chewed enough." He says gently to her avoiding eye contact with them still remembering everything he said.


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[isax]

Mallory and Gaven sat there talking. They ended up hugging each other and Gaven kept Mallory in his arms. "I'm sorry for snapping at you." He told her and Mallory shook her head. "It's okay. You had every right too." She whispered and Gaven sighed. "I didn't. I love you Mallory. You know that right?" He asked and Mallory nodded.


Jenna sighed and relaxed as he felt Clays hand in her shoulder. "There is no such thing as being chewed enough. What they did is disgusting." She said and looked at her sister who merely avoided eyes contact with her. "I'm sorry about my sister Clay." Jenna said and looked at him.


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[Lexus]

"Your sister is old enough to know what is right and wrong you don't have to apologize hot her, I already said what I needed to say to her." He then loomed at the two of them and shook his head. "I'm also old enough to make my own choices and it's clear what I've decided."


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[isax]

The two looked at Clay then down at the table again. "We better get going." Ivy said and stood up with Krislyn and walked out and left. Jenna sighed and shook their head. "Gosh, I honestly don't know in what world would what they did be okay." She told Clay and then sat down. "I'm really sorry about Krislyn." She added.


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[Lexus]

"It would be okay in no world Jenna but it isn't your fault so stop apologizing for it. Besides, can you blame her? I am pretty good-looking and every woman wants to be a Waters." He then laughed and hugged her with a sigh. "Ashley was just, the one, I don't think I could move on from that, no one would be good enough. No offense to your sister or anything." He added quickly. "Plus, the kids all they've ever know is me with their mom and I don't want them to think I didn't love her."


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[isax]

Jenna laughed at her friend and hugged him back then sighed. "No offense taken." She said then smiled. "I get what you're saying. That's cause Ashley always thought she would never be a Waters. I told her she would be. It was inevitable." Jenna said and laughed again. She pulled away and smiled. "Y'all still are the perfect couple." She told him then said, "Have you talked to her parents?" Now she didn't know if that was a sore subject.


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[Lexus]

"No, I haven't but on the same note her mother hasn't come to me." Clay still held resentment towards Ashley's mother because if she didn't do what she did then none of this would have happened and he would have got the forever he was promised.


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[isax]

Jenna nodded and just shook her head at her friend. She knew if her mother didn't do what she did, Ashley would be alive and well with all of them. "You can't change the past Clay. All we can do is move on forward." Jenna said unaware that Ashley had said that to Clay as well. She really didn't know how Ashley's parents didn't want her.


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[Lexus]

"I know Ashley," he says turning to Jenna with a smile when he called her by his wife's name because she was acting just like her. "I just hope I do alright on my own. Ya know? Do what she wanted." That's when Rylan made his way down the stairs. "Well hi there, are you feeling okay?" He asks walking over to him and lifting his shirt so he could see if the bandage needed to be changed from his stitches.


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[isax]

Jenna looked at Clay a little confused but she nodded and smiled. "You'll do fine Clay." She told him and then smiled as her nephew came down rubbing his eyes. "I'm fine. I think the bandages need to be changed." Rylan said with a yawn then smiled at Jenna and waved. "Hey there buddy. You better?" She asked him and Rylan nodded. He then looked at his father and whispered. "I saw her.... In my dream."


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[Lexus]

Clay smiled and picked him up placing him on the island counter. "You did huh?" He then went looking for the bag that had the bandages and cleaning stuff in it before coming back over to him removing the old ones and cleaning the wound. "What did she look like?"


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[isax]

"Beautiful." Rylan said as he smiled and then continued, "Beautiful and healthy but she came off sad." Jenna looked at Clay then at Rylan. "Did y'all talk?" She asked and Rylan nodded. "Just for a little bit. After we talked I dreamt about mom and dad's wedding. I wasn't born but I felt like I was there." He said and Jenna smiled. Ashley really was an angel. Why would she be sad though?


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[Lexus]

Clay stopped what he was doing for a minute and thought about what his son had said. She was sending him into her memories. Why? "Ry, what did she say?" Most people would probably think they were a bunch of crazy people believing that she was walking in her son's dreams but he didn't care, he knew it was her.


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[isax]

"She said she wanted to show me her best memories since she couldn't while she was alive. See mom and I always talked about her telling me the best memories of her life but we never got the chance." Rylan said as he sighed and then looked at Jenna and his dad. Jenna was smiling. She knew it was Ashley. No doubt about it. "Well isn't Ashley the sweetest?" She said and then looked at Clay for his reaction.


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