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Hell Hath No Fury	By : FabulousBeauty Category: Reality TV > American Idol/Pop Idol Views: 1475 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Clay Aiken, Kimberley Locke, Ruben Studdard, and Ryan Seacrest are the property of themselves. I do not know either of them, nor will I be making any money off of this writing. This is a work of fiction.

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Part 19
Amber stood up over her ex-boyfriend's now lifeless body. She couldn't believe what had just happened. In only a few minutes, she had gone from hating him, to forgiving him...to finally losing him...thanks to the actions of a man scorned.
She turned to Ryan. "You..." She ran towards him and started hitting him, but he grabbed her wrists. "How could you do this to him?!" She yelled angrily. "First, you rape him, now you take away his life?! He never did anything to you! He didn't deserve any of this! How could you?! How could you?!" She continued to yell as she struggled against him. Finally she stopped and just began to sob loudly.
Ryan wrapped his arms around her and held her as she cried. "It's all right. He's not going to hurt you, or Kim, or anyone else ever again." He said quietly.
Ruben, who had surprisingly been silent throughout all of this, walked over to Ryan, who handed a distraught Amber over to him.
"Here." Ryan simply said. "It looks like she could really use a friend right now."
Ruben simply nodded.
Ryan went to get in the car...but not before he turned back to Ruben and Amber.
"By the way...I'm really sorry...for everything."
Ruben nodded, but Amber kept on crying and refused to acknowledge his presence.
Ryan quietly got in the car and it drove off.
Ruben looked at Amber. "Well...looks like Kim got her wish. She got the answer to why he did it, and Clay got his...but I doubt she would have wanted it to go down this way. I guess it'll be me that delivers the news."

After Ruben dropped Amber off at her apartment, he rushed over to Kim's. He didn't know what she'd think of the whole situation. 'Only one way to find out...'
He knocked on her door. She quickly answered it.
"Hey, girl." He said, giving her a hug.
"Hey. Looks like you survived Clay."
"Yeah, I did, but...that's why I'm here."
"What happened?"
He led her to her couch and they sat down. "Kim...as much as I hate to say this, I thought you should be the first to know. Clay..." He took a deep breath. "Clay is dead."
Kim sat there, obviously stunned. "Dead?"
Ruben nodded.
"Did you..."
"No way. As much as I hated the bastard, I didn't kill him."
"Oh, God..." She burst into tears. Ruben put his arms around her. "I admit...I wanted him to pay for what he did to me...but not like this!"
"Well, Kim...someone else wanted him to pay too."
"Who?"
"Let me start at the beginning..."

That Friday morning, a private memorial service was held for Clay. A few of the other AI finalists came, including Vanessa and Rickey, and Josh. Ruben had invited Clay's mother, but she politely refused, wanting to have her own memorial for her son in their hometown.
Somehow, Ruben had managed to convince Kim to attend too. He may have been an asshole in his final days, but he had still been Kim's best friend in the long run.
Amber and Ruben had already spoken about their memories of Clay. Now Josh was talking. Kim was next...and she wasn't thrilled.
"Ruben, what do I say?" She had asked earlier. "I don't want to mention that he raped me."
"And you don't have to." He had explained. "Just talk about the good things you remember about him, like when we were all on American Idol together, and the first few weeks afterwards. That's all you have to say."
Kim knew he was right, and she had to admit, they did have a great time together.
Josh had finished speaking and now it was Kim's turn. She took a deep breath and approached the podium.
"Clay..." She looked at Ruben and he smiled at her. "Clay was a great person, with a great gift to share. I was lucky enough to be around to see him share that gift with the world. Clay was sweet, kind, innocent...he loved his family, he loved his friends...and I was one of those friends. We were so close, I could have been the sister he never had. You could see how close we were when I was voted off American Idol. Many have said that we were even closer than him and Ruben...and we were.
Though we recently hit a bump in the road in our friendship...just before he died, he made sure that he made peace with me. That's how he was. He wanted to make sure that I knew that he was sorry for what he'd done and the way he had treated me." She took a deep breath. "Clay...I know you're watching me somewhere right now. I know what happened between us wasn't your fault. You didn't deserve to pay the way you did...but you still apologized in the end. That's what I'll always remember about you. Your kindness towards your friends, your love for Amber..." She smiled at Amber. "And the way that you were yourself until the very end." She looked up towards the heavens as a tear slid down her face. "Goodbye, Clay Aiken. I'll miss you. Have fun in heaven...without me."
There wasn't a dry eye in the church. Everyone started applauding Kim. She looked down at Amber, who was smiling through her tears. She looked at Ruben, who gave her a thumbs up. She returned it along with a smile of her own.

After the service, everyone had congratulated Kim on her eulogy. Though they didn't know the real story, they felt what she said had been the closest to the truth about Clay.
Soon, Amber walked over to her.
"Girl...I don't know how you did it, knowing what went on between you and Clay."
"Well, Ruben said to focus on the good memories I have of Clay. I did that and well...you just saw how I did up there."
"Yeah, you were great. But what I meant was how the hell did you manage to speak with crying? If that were me, I'd have been bawling!"
The two laughed.
"Listen, Amber, I'm sorry that Clay had to die the way he did. He may have been a jerk lately...but not even he deserved that."
"Yeah, I know."
"But how are you doing otherwise?"
"Hey, I'll live, but it was just horrible seeing Ryan shoot him right in front of me. It's...Kim, I'm going away for a couple of days to get it back together. I hope you understand why-"
"It's all right, Amber. You've been through a lot lately. You must be on the verge of a breakdown."
"Hey, I haven't been through what you've been through, that's for sure."
"True. Rape may be something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy...but death I wouldn't have wished on even Clay."
The two embraced each other. Amber looked up...and saw Ryan standing a few feet away.
"Excuse me." She told Kim and went over to Ryan.
At that moment, Ruben walked over to Kim. "What's Ryan doing here?" He asked.
"I don't know. Maybe he wanted to apologize to Amber for what he did."
They watched as Ryan and Amber talked. After about a minute...they embraced.
Ruben and Kim smiled. "Looks like Amber's finally forgiven him." Ruben said.
"Yeah. I think she's going to be just fine."
"I think we're all going to be just fine."
Amber soon rejoined Ruben and Kim and they all walked off together into a new beginning.
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