I hid behind Tony as he led me to a cabin that they had near the bridge. I was scared. I don’t think I could handle all the yelling from them. At least Tony was on my side.

“Hey, relax,” Tony said to me when he realized I was trembling.

Gripping onto his shirt we entered the cabin, Jaime’s laugh echoing across the room.

“Hey Tone, you got a girl there I see.” Jaime said cheerfully.

“Not just any girl,” Mike sneered, “Why did you bring her back?”

I couldn’t help but start crying again.

“Why didn’t you just jump off the bridge Nicki? You could’ve made us so much happier.”

Oh god. I started hyperventilating. Vic did not just say that. He couldn’t. No, no, no, no, no. Tony turned around and placed his hands on my shoulder, staring into my eyes.

“Hey, hey. It’s okay Nicole. Don’t listen to them okay? Their bastards.”

“Oh we’re the bastards? She’s the one that killed Jake. She murdered him.”

For some reason, a surge of anger went through me and all I wanted to do was scream. I wanted to scream at Vic and Mike for being so clueless. I just wanted to scream. And that’s what I did; I let all my feelings out.

“I didn’t murder Jake. I didn’t kill him. It wasn’t my fucking fau-”

“Don’t you dare say it wasn’t your fault Nicole! You know it was. If you hadn’t been in that building, then Jake wouldn’t ha-”

“Stop cutting me off Vic! Haven’t you guys ever thought about how I felt? Jake was my friend too. I didn’t ask Jake to come in and try to get me. I didn’t ask Jake to get stuck in the fire. And I certainly didn’t ask Jake to kill himself. You know what? At least he tried to come in and save me. At least he tried to stop me from dying. What did you guys do? You just stood there, watching the freaking building burn down into ashes. You didn’t even care that I was in there. You didn’t care that I was dying.

So Vic, don’t you dare call me a murderer ever again. I didn’t kill Jake. He chose to come in and save me,” Tony watched me warily, as if I was actually going to murder someone. Vic to be exact, “We were eight Vic. Eight! Get over it. I would rather have a best friend that died trying to save me, than a best friend that didn’t even care I was being burned alive.”

I took a breath and tried to stay calm. All I wanted to do was punch Vic in his pretty face and tell him to wake the fuck up. But, obviously that didn’t work because Vic took two steps towards me and slammed his lips against mine. Why? I have no fucking idea.

Notes

Gah okay, I actually had a different ending for this where Nicole left and Vic would feel guilty for a week before they kissed... buuuuut since all of you guys wanted Nicole and Vic together, I thought I'd just throw the kiss in now.

Song: No One Does it Better by You Me At Six
Quote: "What do I do when, I am so in love with you."
"If I just saved you, you could save me too."

Quotes describe Vic's feelings awww. Haha

xx (: