The amount that Kai cared about Jess always makes me sad
…
I’m so sad
They would legit have to restrain her on the bed to keep her still
… I can see that happening
Oh my… Val…
Yeah… if the baby hadn’t I can’t say she would have survived.
Jess just… she’s lost so much. And she’s always felt like those around her get hurt because of her. Simon died when Jess should have and now Kai. She already felt like she didn’t have a right to live and Kai dying would have emphasized that feeling
Dan would have to deal with them all breaking at once… Jess completely broken, Val breaking too, and even Akielah who would normally be the one staying level headed…
Just what I thought…
And Kai would want her to keep on living more than anything…
She’d have to… Live for the baby, and be there for the baby even if Kai couldn’t…
Jess’s alternate with Kai: chain of differences caused by different sex position
Stabbing Alt 1: chain of differences caused by different position of where Kai stood, being in front of Jess
Stabbing Alt 2: chain of differences caused by different position of knife
Dan can hate Kai, but if Kai had died, especially like that, it would’ve been a lot for Dan to deal with having basically the people closest to him all breaking… (especially since at the same time, there was Jez dealing with the high likelihood of Laurel not surviving too)
It would’ve broken him… especially if he knew about the baby. There’s a couple ways it could go probably, but with the guilt and everything, he’d probably be a shell of the Kai Jess knew…
Maybe something about Andy? Like maybe if Ziah hadn’t died, or if they had ended up having another kid before she died? Or if you want a more sad one, maybe if Andy was dying instead of Ziah?
Or some major event from one of your character’s pasts before their senior year that could’ve gone differently?
Or there’s a lot of options for scenes in the real timeline.
Dan can hate Kai, but if Kai had died, especially like that, it would’ve been a lot for Dan to deal with having basically the people closest to him all breaking… (especially since at the same time, there was Jez dealing with the high likelihood of Laurel not surviving too)