Waking up with the sound of my alarm was a good way to get me in a crappy mood. I sighed and unplugged my phone from its charger, disabling the alarm. I continued to lay down, honestly I had no motivation to get up and get ready for the day. Today is my first day back to school since the break and I'm dreading it more than anything. I rolled over on my side and realized Vic's arms were no longer wrapped around me like they were when we fell asleep. I brushed it off, closing my eyes once again and letting sleep take over.

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'Carlee wake up!' Vic sang, shaking me to get me to wake up. I groaned and rolled over, not even bothering to open my eyes. I heard Vic chuckle and felt the bed shift as he sat down.

'Come on, wake up. You're gonna be late,' he laughed.

'No,' I groaned, my voice muffled in the sheets.

'It's 7:15, babe.'

My eyes shot open and suddenly I was more alert than ever. I threw the covers off of myself and jumped up, rushing into the bathroom.

'Shit Vic!' I said frantically, quickly turning on the water to wash my face. I quickly began washing my face and brushing my teeth. I had about 30 minutes to do that, do my hair, my makeup and get dressed. Each of them taking a little over 10 minutes. However, today it looked like it was going to have to take me less than 5 minutes each.

After I brushed my teeth, I quickly plugged in my straightener and pulled out my makeup bag. I began doing my makeup while my straightener heated up, and once that was done I quickly began picking up random pieces of my hair to straighten.

'What time is it now?' I asked as I frantically straightened my hair.

'7:30, hurry up,' Vic said, walking into the bathroom and stealing the brush from me to brush out his own hair.

I sighed and took the brush back from him, brushing through my hair again, this was as good as it was going to get. I rushed back into the room and practically tore apart the closet looking for something to wear. I settled on a thin pullover hoodie, regular jeans and vans. I quickly grabbed my bag and ran back into the bathroom, doing some finishing touches on my hair and makeup.

'Time?' I asked once I was finished.

'7:15.' Vic laughed. I whipped around to face Vic, giving him a confused expression.

'7:15?' I repeated.

'7:15.' he confirmed, laughing once again.

I gave him a dirty look and smacked his arm gently.

'Seriously? You're such an ass. You just sat there and watched me get ready in like 10 minutes and didn't even say anything?'

'Basically,' he laughed. 'I wanted you to get up earlier so we could go get some breakfast though,'

I smiled widely, it was such a sweet thing to do, just an asshole way of doing it.

'Fine, let's go,' I laughed.

He smiled and we walked out of the house, getting inside of the car to decide where we'd go eat.

'Is this even necessary? We both know we both want McDonalds,' Vic laughed.

'You're right. Let's go,' I laughed. 'I'm not feeding you this time though. So we're going inside.'

'Ugh,' he groaned.

'I love you,' I smirked.

'Yeah, yeah,' he sighed playfully, pulling out of the driveway.

--

We ordered our food and sat down in a nearby booth.

'I didn't even realize how hungry I was,' I laughed, taking quick bites from my egg mcmuffin.

'Damn, calm down,' he laughed. 'You need to start eating breakfast in the morning though.'

'Whatever,' I said, taking the last bite of my mcmuffin.

Vic kept yawning as he ate his food, earning a glare from me.

'Sorry,' he laughed mid-yawn. 'I'm just really tired. Didn't get much sleep last night,'

'Aw, why?' I asked sympathetically.

'I don't know.. I'm just really worried about Mike, y'know? Like I know he's not in danger or anything but he's still there,' he sighed.

I sighed, too, I really did feel bad that Mike took the blame for me. It wasn't anything too serious, but he did get a charge and now he has to wait to be released for some reason. He took the blame for me because he knows I have to go back to school, he didn't want me to miss any days-especially with it being my senior year. It's really important that I don't miss any school, and it's even more important now because it's already second semester. Grades really have to be my best ones if I want to make anything of my life.

'I'm sorry,' I said lowly. 'He shouldn't have taken the blame for me,' I sighed.

'Hey, no,' he cooed, 'don't feel bad. He'll be fine,' he said, shooting me a smile.

'I know, but,'

'No, no buts,' he smiled.

I laughed and shook my head, 'you're so dumb,' I smiled.

We finished up our food and headed out back into the car.

'I really don't want to go to school,' I sighed.

'You'll be fine,' he said reassuringly, rubbing my back. 'I'm pretty sure Ethan won't be fucking with you anymore,' he laughed, attempting to lighten the mood. I laughed along with him, that was probably true, and I was glad it was.

'Ahh, I forgot about that,' I smiled.

'Plus you have Tony and Jaime, too,' he reminded me.

'Yeah, that's also true,' I sighed.

'You'll be okay, I promise.' I nodded my head and he turned to face me, quickly giving me a kiss.

'I love you,' he said.

'I don't get why,' I laughed, 'I love you too.'

We pulled up to my school and already I started to feel sick. I really did not want to go inside.

'I shouldn't be feeling this bad over school,' I sighed.

'You'll be okay,' Vic repeated, pulling out his phone. 'I'll call Tony.' I smiled at him and nodded as he dialed Tony's number.

'Tone, come to the parking lot, we're here,' he said. 'Yeah, in the front of the school,'

'Oh wait, I see you. Okay, okay bye,'

'There he is,' he said, pointing out the window. 'Have a good day, okay? I love you.'

'I love you too,' I sighed. He smiled at me and gave me a quick kiss before I left the car, waving at him as he drove away. Tony approached me and gave me a quick hug.

'Hey Carlee,' he smiled. 'You excited for school?' he laughed.

'Not at all,' I sighed. 'Where's Himes?'

'He's not here yet,' he said, walking towards the school, me following behind him. I looked around the parking lot, noticing two police cars pulled up at the front of the school.

'What the hell?' I muttered under my breath. I really started feeling paranoid now, what were the cops doing here?

'Do we really have to go inside already?' I sighed.

'Yep,' he smiled.

'Why?' I asked.

'You'll see.'

I followed closer behind him, feeling like a lost puppy. I was really curious to see what was
awaiting us inside, but very anxious about it too. He opened the door for me, following behind me as I walked in. Right in front of me were two police officers and Aubrey, cuffs wrapped tightly around her wrists. I opened my eyes widely, completely shocked about what I was seeing.

'What the hell?' I asked, turning to Tony. 'What's going on?'

'Well, they finally were able to prove Aubrey drugged you,' he said as the officers and Aubrey walked past us, exiting the school. Aubrey shot me the nastiest glare, me smiling at her in return.

'Holy shit? How?!' I asked excitedly, turning my attention back to Tony.

'A few witnesses came forward,' he shrugged.

'Witnesses?' I asked. 'Who? Who would want to testify against Aubrey?'

'Ethan.'

I looked at him in shock, how the fuck was this happening? Not only a week ago Ethan and his friends hated me, tried beating up my boyfriend and me, called the cops to get my bestfriends in trouble.. Nothing made sense, honestly I didn't know if I could believe it.

'W-what?' I stuttered, 'why?'

'I don't know? Why don't you ask him?' he said, pointing over to Ethan standing alone at his locker.

'Come with me,' I asked, sounding more like a demand, but I still didn't trust that Ethan was 'good' now. Tony nodded and followed behind me as I approached Ethan.

'Ethan,' I said, him whipping around quickly. He still had a black eye and what looked like stitches on the side of his face. 'Holy shit,' I breathed.

'Please, I'm sorry,' he said, backing up. 'I admitted everything, I'm sorry.'

'Why did you testify against Aubrey?' I asked.

'B-because what she did was pretty.. fucked up,' he admitted.

'Oh and what you did wasn't?' Tony chimed in.

'Oh shut the hell up Perry, what you did was no fucking better than what I did,' he spat.

'Don't ever compare me to you.' Tony snapped.

'Hey,' I said loudly, pushing them both away from each other. 'Shush.'

Ethan sighed loudly, 'anyways, Aubrey paid me to do what I did. I'm not really that fucked up unless you offer me money,' he shrugged. 'A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.'

'What?' I asked, furrowing my eyebrows.

'You really don't know anything,' he laughed painfully. 'My mom has cancer, my dad is dead. I'm the man of the house and my mom is too weak to work. I'm the only one who brings in money for my mom, me, and my two sisters. While I'll admit what I did was completely fucked up, I needed to do it for my family.'

I shook my head, not because I didn't believe him, but because I had to remind myself that this was reality. Sometimes reality hits you like a bus, but this time it hit me harder than that. Things did not make sense at all in my life. I really do believe everything happens for a reason. I was about to say something when the bell rang, teachers filling the halls to welcome their students back into their classrooms.

'I gotta go,' Ethan said, shutting his locker. I watched as he walked away, completely speechless for what had just happened.

Not only did Aubrey get arrested at school, but the person who testified against her was Ethan.

'Alrighty then..' Tony said, dumbfounded. 'Let's go to class?'

--

'Welcome back everyone,' my teacher said, sounding very unenthusiastic. 'I'm sure you're all so excited to be back. Get your journals out and write about your break for the next hour.'

I looked over at Jaime, both of us laughing, thinking back on the crazy break we had.

'Well uh, first of all I got beat up at the mall while Christmas shopping, started seeing my dead relatives randomly, moved into my boyfriend's house, found out his band got signed to a record label and had a gig on new years eve, went to that gig, saw the same guy who beat me up at the mall, beat him and his other friends up leading to my boyfriend's brother and friends getting arrested, yep. I had a pretty boring break,' I laughed, Jaime joining in on the laughter.

'Oh shit, you make it sound interesting,' he laughed.

'It was interesting!' I laughed. 'Why is my life so dramatic?'

'I don't know. It's kinda fun being friends with you because of it though,' he smiled.

'Oh thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the Dramatic Life of Carlee,' I laughed, rolling my eyes playfully.

I picked up my pencil, flipping to a blank page in my journal, jotting down a couple of sentences.

'That's all you're going to write?' Jaime laughed.

'Yep. Why do I need to write anything more? I'm practically done with my journal anyways,' I said, flipping through the pages of the notebook.

'Ah, I see now,' he laughed. 'I'm just gonna write that I got arrested for beating up a dude who was hitting a girl. Make me sound all heroic and shit,' he smirked.

'Wow Himes,' I laughed.

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Although nothing in my life made sense, it was finally normal.

Notes

alright honestly guys I think this is going to be the last chapter of this story, it's really hard updating it now in case you haven't noticed I haven't actually updated it in over a month, lol. if you guys want a sequel, I might do that because I have some pretty good ideas for one, but i don't know. if you guys don't want one thats fine but really it's up to you

who wants a sequel?