"Hold on Caroline, I-" Lilly whipped around at the sound of her voice, her eyes growing wide. "Told you." Collins whispered, pecking her cheek softly. Tears forming in her eyes, Lilly barely shuffled up to Caroline. "T-this isn't some cruel joke…. is it?"
She shook her head "I'm here lills " she said
Lilly couldn't hold back tears, pulling Caroline in to a hug. She full on started sobbing into her sister's shoulder, not holding on too tight. Due to having a lack of strength, she was holding on as tight as she could, yet wasn't hurting her in the slightest. "I-I…I can't believe it's you."
"I'm here Lily I'm not going to leave you Ever again" she said
"Y-y-you shouldn't be here. This isn't physically possible." Lilly continued to sob, pulling back just a bit to look at her face. "T-this doesn't make any sense." She continued to mumbled, trying to catch her breath.
"I know do you want me to be dead because I'm sure they can take me back to that state" she said
"N-no! Please, don't leave… I don't even want to joke about that." Lilly begged her, swallowing down the lump in her throat. "I-it's not funny… not even a little bit. I don't want to think about losing you again."
She smiled holding her sister close
"I love you too much to let you go again." Lilly whispered, pulling back just a bit. "Did you guys call everyone else? Amber, Kaylee, Lucas?" Lilly asked softly, taking Caroline's hand in her own. "Jane?" Receiving nods in response, she wiped her tears away. "Well, all except Jane. None of us have her contact."
" Jane knows I'm fine " she said
"How… how does she know?" Lilly asked softly, raising an eyebrow. "None of us have seen her since we got back. She came back down with us. I never bothered trying to call her though." Lilly mumbled, tracing her fingers over her neck delicately. As of the last time she had gotten close to Jane, she had almost been killed.
"Jane came back for me" she said
"B-but how? We all thought you were dead. She thought you were dead." Lilly insisted, glancing over to Brad who looked terrified. "I-is there something you may have forgot to mention, to Brad?" Lilly asked under her breath, trying to be as quiet as she could be.
Caroline looked over at brad confusion on her face
"Jane went after you?" He asked, his voice low but not angry. Brad seemed more confused than anything. "I…I thought you told me everything that happened in Vegas?" He stated again, raising his brow while he chewed on his bottom lip.
"sort of Jane cane that she had a feeling that something wasn't right and she came back" she said
"That little-" Brad cut short as both Lucas and Anthony came in the bar. They seemed to be confused, even more so as everyone was starring at them when they came in. "Uh… hey?" Lucas said awkwardly, not having noticed Caroline.
Caroline looked at the two boys a small sad smile
A tight knot formed in Lucas's chest, as his jaw dropped just a bit. "I-Caro…Caroline?" He asked softly, walking through the group of people as he approached her. "N-no… this- this can't be true."
She looked at him sadly biting her bottom lip
"It's you, Caroline?" He asked weakly, Lilly stepping aside so he could see her better. Lucas took one look at her, before pulling her in to a hug. "How the heck are you still alive?"
"magic " she said sarcastically
Lucas rolled his eyes, pulling back to look at her. "Come on, it was a rhetorical question." He mumbled, cupping both of her cheeks in his hands. "I just don't normally see people back from the dead."
" eh well I have a best friend a sister and a boyfriend I kinda had to come back" she said
"Well, that works for me." Lucas hummed, pressing a soft kiss to her forehead. "How long have you not been dead? A week or so?" It was odd how casual he was being about the situation. It felt like he had been expecting this, of course that wasn't the case.
" a month" she said
"Why didn't you call? Wasn't there a phone anywhere for you to use?" Lucas asked, raising a brow as he pulled back. Having to have telling everyone the same things a hundred times was probably getting frustrating, so Lucas stopped. "Actually, hold that thought. Wait until the others get here."
She whimpered at his tone everyone telling her the same things she backed moving Into a Booth
Lucas paused, following her as she went to sit in a booth. "Hey… what's wrong? Did I say something?" Lucas asked softly, resting one hand on her shoulder. "Or did I do something?"
She shut her eyes tightly tears streaming down her cheeks