Willa Angelo walked into school alone, Philby wasn't by her side like normal. She had texted him this morning but got no response. It was odd for him to not respond to her and even odder for him to miss school.

Willa impatiently waited through all of her classes and when the bell finally rang signifying the end of the day she sprung from her seat ready to go see if Philby was okay.

She walked the familiar route to his house. When she got to the door she rang the doorbell. Mrs. Philby opened to door and smiled slightly at Willa.

"He's up in his room, please get him to talk about it." She said before ushering the girl in and closing the door.

Willa wasn't sure how to reply so she merely nodded and walked upstairs to his room to see what was wrong. She knocked lightly on the door before pushing it open.

Philby was sitting in his desk chair slowly spinning in circles. His eyes red from crying and unshed tears still in his eyes. She moved towards him placing a gentle hand on his shoulder so he would look at her.

"What happened?" She whispered, scared that talking to loud might break him.

He starred at her not opening his mouth to speak once. She gave his shoulder a light squeeze of reassurance before he looked at her fully.

"Elvis died." He mumbled as a tear fell down his cheek. Willa's eyes began to fill with tears.

"What happened?"

"I had just crossed you guys over and he was just sitting on my bed purring contently, then after a while he just stopped. I didn't really think anything of it at the time, I figured he has just fallen asleep. So I crossed you all back over and went to go to bed. I pushed him a little so that he would move but he didn't budge. I called his name but his eyes didn't open and that's when I realized he was gone." By this point the tears were freely flowing down his face. He didn't make an attempt to brush them away.

"I'm so sorry, I know how much he meant to you." She says while pulling him in for a hug. He buries his head into the crook of her neck while pulling her down to sit on him. Philby holds her fearing that if he lets go she too will leave him just like Elvis.

"Willa?" He whispers.

"Yeah?"

"Please don't leave me."

"I wasn't planning on it. You're stuck with me forever." She says with a ghost of a smile.

"Good, I don't think I can handle losing anything else I love." He tightens the grip on her and she hugs him just as forcefully back.

"I love you too Philby."

Oh my god, that pained me to write. Like sad Philby breaks my heart and killing Elvis was almost the to much. Anyway make sure to review!

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