The Ghost Of You [AIDEN, MINNA]

[Aiden James Murphy]

Aiden nodded and went to help Brent up. "Comeon, let's get you to Chase. Its your wedding day Brent. Don't mess it up." Aiden whispered as he scooped the smaller man into his arms and headed to where Chase was.

"I'm sorry to have made you find out like this. I didn't want you too. Not today that is. I wanted to make sure that everything I heard was accurate before saying anything... I'm so sorry Brent." Aiden said with all the sincerity he had in his body.

He placed Brent on the sofa near Chase and turned to make sure Minna was alright. Chase could take care of Brent. Aiden had to care for Minna.

[Chase McKinney-Jackson]

Chase was kind of confused when he saw Aiden carrying Brent toward him like a baby... What was going on? Why did Brent seem... Not right. "B-Brent? Are you alright?" He asked kind of worriedly. He wrapped his arm around Brent's shoulder as soon as he was on the sofa. The smile that had been on his face not minutes before was completely gone. Something was wrong here.

He was kind of at a loss as to what he was doing... something was wrong, but he didn't know what. He heard someone shouting... but he didn't think it was Brent... n-no... surely it wasn't. Something was wrong, and Chase wanted to know what.

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

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He clung onto Chase as he sat down next to him. No, he wasn't alright. He was far from it. "M-Maryn's... d-dead." Brent choked out before pulling Chase closer still.[/color][/ul]

[Chase McKinney-Jackson]

It took a moment for Chase to comprehend what Brent had said. M-maryn was dead? No way... there was something wrong with that. There was no way she was dead. Sure... she had gone missing a while ago, but Chase just figured she wanted some space from Brent and Chase both for a while. But.... dead? It was Jackie. Chase knew something was up with the way Jackie knew Maryn was missing before, but dead? Fuck...

"B-Brent... I'm so sorry." Chase wasn't sure what else to say, honestly. What did he tell his newly wedded husband when he found out his ex wife just died. Chase was going to hurt Minna and Aiden for telling him now and ruining everything. "I'm here... Things will be okay..."

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] Maryn in the first place. Brent was blaming himself for this too though. He believed he could have prevented it.

"N-no.." he whispered, shaking his head again and sobbing into Chase's neck. Things weren't going to be okay. It was his. Fucking. Fault. Just like everything else always ended up being. If something went wrong... blame Brent! Except this time... it was actually his fault. And Brent didn't think he could deal with that.[/color][/ul]

[Chase McKinney-Jackson]

Chase wasn't sure what to do. How did he console his newly wed husband about the death of his ex wife? How did anyone do that? Chase just held him tight. Obviously telling him things were going to be okay wasn't going to help anything and that was all Chase could really do. But Chase knew what Brent was thinking and he couldn't let him think that.

"Brent... you can be upset. But please don't think it's your fault. It's no where close to being your fault. I love you, and we'll get through this together." Chase told him, hoping he would listen to him, but having a strange feeling he wouldn't.

[Willhellminna "Minna" Theoreux]

Minna was sitting in a corner, lost in her sanity of the thought that her best friend has passed away. Was Maryn murdered? And why was Aiden aware of it? How did he find out? When was he planning to tell her? So many questions ran through Minna's head but no answers were given.

"Aiden... I want to go home now please..." Was all she said as she looked up from staring at the beach. She then stood up, made her way to where Brent was and gave him a hug. Then she whispered in his ear, "I'll find the fucker who killed Maryn... And I'll kill him in front of you..." she then stood up and hugged Chase.

"Take care of him Chase... He needs you know... More than ever..." Minna turned to bowed at Alex and Reid. Then grabbed a hold of Aiden's arm for support. She tried to smile at Chase and Brent. "You had a lovely wedding. I'm happy for you both." she said as tears ran down her eyes.

[Aiden James Murphy]

Aiden simply nodded as Minna held his arm. He had ruined a fine occasion and knew that Brent was going to come after his head soon enough. He didn't know if Brent was going to forgive him or not. But then again, Aiden knew that he and Jackie were going to go far far away. So it wouldn't matter at the moment.

Aiden stood up straight with Minna beside him, "Yes, it was a nice wedding. Many blessing and fruitful years to you both." he greeted them as he turned to look at Brent once last time. Yes, one last time. Aiden then was going to go far far away with Jackie and might come back after a year or two. Maybe. then without another word, he apparated Minna and himself back to her house.

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] his fault. He could've been there for her, then nothing would've happened and he wouldn't be left feeling this way about everything. This was supposed to be the happiest day of his life, and it sure as hell had been before everything had taken such a terrible turn for the worst. There was no more Maryn Lovegood. No more chances to try and fix things so that they could be friends again. Brent just sniffled into Chase's chest. "Y-yeah.." he lied, not in the mood for an argument at the moment. "L-love you t-too." Brent wiped his eyes and put on a smile. He still had Chase. He wasn't going anywhere, neither were Rose, Belaya and Tommy; there was no way Brent would let them leave him too.

Surprisingly, Brent moved away from Chase slightly and hugged Minna back. Yes, Maryn's killer was definitely going to die, Brent was determined to help Minna out with that. "Good. They're gonna pay for this." he whispered back, more angry than sad at the moment. He nodded gratefully at Minna and reached out for Chase's hand, gripping it tightly in his own.

Finally, Brent held Aiden's gaze steadily... This couldn't be goodbye, not again. But he knew it was. He was angry was Aiden for keeping the truth from him but, at the same time, this was taking things a step too far, wasn't it? He hoped that there was actually a justifiable reason behind this. Brent gripped Chase's hand even harder as Minna and Aiden disapparated and let out a shaky laugh, "Th-that was interesting, eh?"[/color][/ul]

[Chase McKinney-Jackson]

Chase hated seeing Brent like this. Hated seeing him so down on himself and feeling like it was his fault when it was no where near his fault. This wasn't even close to being his fault and Brent was thinking it. Chase knew Brent probably better than Chase knew himself or that Brent knew Brent. Chase held Brent tight before hugging Minna when it was his turn. "Thanks for coming, Minna. Sorry it ended this way. You're welcome to our home anytime you wish." Chase offered before they left.

"Brent. You don't have to try to be brave or anything. But we're all here for you. I am, Rose is, Tommy and Belaya are. Everyone is here for you, but you have to tell yourself it isn't your fault. I love you more than anything in this world. I want you to be happy. In less than 24 hours we're getting on a plane and going off on our honeymoon to have a good time before we have to go back to school. I want to know that you're going to try to have fun. I know it'll be hard... but I'll be there to help you." Chase whispered lovingly to Brent.

[Brent McKinney-Jackson]

[/i] Brent though, what else could people expect from him? "Y-yeah." he nodded at Chase. Brent wasn't going to ruin their honeymoon by being miserable the whole time. "Can we go home now? Please?" he asked in a small voice, just wanting to get away from the prying eyes of all their guests and back to the privacy of their home before the honeymoon.[/color][/ul]

[Chase McKinney-Jackson]

Chase hated seeing brent like this. Hated seeing him so upset and thinking it was his fault when it wasn't. He wasn't there when Maryn died... who's to say he wouldn't even have been able to stop it if he was given a chance. Chase would rather Brent be safe with him and Maryn be dead, than both of them found dead somewhere.

"Yeah, we can go home. It's basically over anyways." Chase said with a smile as he slowly got off the couch and dragged Brent up with him. "C'mon, Boo." Chase whispered as he held his newly wed in his arms gently and took him back to their house in the country.