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"Hey, are you okay, Oz?" Grell hugged Ozzie, trying to comfort them.
"I- What did I do to deserve this? I thought she loved me, y'know? She will never see me as I am. I don't think I can do anything to change her mind." Ozzie said through tears.
"I don't understand. Who did this to you? Who made you cry this hard?" she demanded, fuming with anger.
"Uhm, I don't want you to overreact, okay? I still care about her."
"I won't, dearest."
Turning to face the red haired woman, Ozzie mumbled, "Summer."
"Wait a second, Summer? Summer Chienne?" Grell asks in a surprised tone.
"Yeah her- Wait. How do you know her?" Ozzie asks, shocked.
Grell stood up and stepped over to the hotel window. She looked out at the snow falling on the roof of the first floor, "I don't know how to tell you this, but I saw her on my list of souls to collect for tonight."
Ozzie stood up and grabbed Grell by the shoulders, "What!? Really!?" Ozzie yells trying not to hurt the startled Grell’s shoulders.
"Yeah. Sorry, I don't know if she deserves to die yet. All I can do is wait until it happens. Then, I can look at her kaleidoscope of life and decide." the reaper comforted, taking Ozzie's hands into her own, "If you want her to live, I can always cut some of the film without William finding out."
"No, if she deserves it,she will die. I love her, but I can't ask you to break the rules for me, Grell." Ozzie sighed.
"Alright, do you want to continue our plans then?" Grell asked cautiously.
"Yes, that would be marvelous. I need to take my mind off of things."
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The two friends arrive at the ice skating rink. This, of course, being Ozzie's idea.
"I've never been ice skating." worries Grell.
"I went as a kid for a birthday party. That was years ago so it's my first time in a while, heh." Ozzie laughed, nervously.
"Okay, we can hold hands so we don't fall." suggests Grell.
"Sounds like a plan!"
They start skating once they have finished pulling on their skates.
Ozzie falls after only a few seconds. As Grell offers a hand up to the fallen skater, their heart skips a beat as they see the joy on the reaper's rosy face. In an attempt to make sure she doesn't notice Ozzie's staring, they pull Grell down to the ground.
"Hey, what gives?" Grell shouted in a huff.
Ozzie starts to giggle. The giggling quickly turns to laughter, as Ozzie falls backwards.
"Hey, careful!" Grell frets..
Ozzie's laughing dies down and they sit up.
"I like you." Ozzie confesses. They realize what they just said, "I mean, I'm uh- You're beautiful? Wait, no,-" they panicked.
Grell places her hand over Ozzie's mouth, "I like you too!" she hummed.
Ozzie grabs hold of the red haired reaper and wraps their arms around her, "I'm so happy you said that!"
Grell embraces Ozzie as well, "Yeah, let's go out."
"O-Of course!"
The brand new couple skate around the rink together, hand in hand, giggling.
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"Oh! It's almost Summer’s TOD. Do you want to come with me? I thought you'd wanna see how this plays out."
"I'll go with you. I want to see her one last time. If she, y'know, dies."
"Okay!" Grell smiles, revealing her sharp, charming smile.
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They arrive at the scene of the death. Ozzie looks around like they recognize the place.
"This looks like… The library? Why would she die here? I mean, It's a library for crying out loud."
"I don't know. I just know this is where it happens."
“Man, we used to hang out here after school together. Can’t believe this is where it happens.”
“Well, be prepared to make some new memories here.” Grell joked around.
They walk around the library. Grell stops and sits in a chair.
"Alright, so, when does it happen?" Ozzie inquires.
"In, like, a few minutes."
Summer walks into the room and looks around for a few minutes. After she leaves, Grell follows her after waiting a second to create a distance between them. Ozzie ambles behind, awkwardly.
Summer starts checking out and walks outside.
"Wait, doesn't she die here? Maybe she dies in the parking lot." Ozzie mumbles to themself.
"Well, sometimes it's not inside, but outside the location I'm given." Grell responds.
As they walk outside, it becomes apparent how she’ll die. Summer gets into an argument with some shady-looking guy, he looks very angry. Summer doesn't seem too scared. She should be though.
The guy pulls out a knife and starts a screaming match with Summer. Summer yells back at him and apparently he didn’t like that because he stabbed her afterwards. He gets in his car and speeds off. Summer dies in a pool of her own blood.
"Oh god, that's awful!" Ozzie shouts.
"If you don't want to watch me go through her life, it's okay if you wait over there." Grell reassures Ozzie softly.
"Yeah, alright."
After Ozzie walks away, Grell gets to work deciding whether or not Summer should die.
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Grell goes over to Ozzie, "Yeah, she had a pretty sad life, but that's not enough for me to let her live."
"Oh. Well, I figured. So,,, where's her soul going?"
"There's a place called Nothing and it's just darkness and you can only hear your thoughts. No physical form, nothing. That's where she's going, and she's not coming back."
"Oh, okay."
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time skip because i said so shhh
1 year later.
Putting on their shoes, Ozzie hums happily to themself.
"I can't believe I'm getting married!" they beam.
"You better believe it, dearest." Grell hugs them and pulls away, "You look fantastic! So beautiful."
"You look fantastic too. Gorgeous. Are you sure you're okay with me seeing you in your wedding dress?"
"Of course! you helped me pick it out after all."
"That's true. Well, I better get to The Arbor , haha."
"See you up there, my love!"
Ozzie rushes to the platform where The Arbor is. Standing there, they realized they finally got to marry their dream girl, Grell Sutcliff.
Grell walks down the aisle between the rows of chairs. The only people who got invited were close friends and family and the other reapers. William didn't show up because he thought a reaper marrying a human was “Extremely irresponsible” but, hey, what can you do? You can’t always have everyone’s approval.
Grell takes her place next to Ozzie. They smile softly at each other. Embracing each other, they both feel that they are right where they're supposed to be.
"Do you, Grell Sutcliff, take-" the wedding officiant is interrupted.
"Oh just skip all that and get straight to the kiss!" Grell blurts out, impatiently.
"Oh, uh okay, Ozzie Cooper, you may kiss the bride."
Ozzie looks into Grell's bright green eyes, and kisses her.
The people who showed up cheered and started heading towards the food, and, of course,the newlyweds cut the cake.
"I'm glad I get to spend my life with you, my love." gushed Ozzie.
"And I, you." Replied Grell.