Jaime's POV~

"Okay, I'm not with Vic. What happened?" I asked Tony through the phone, concern evident in my voice. Tony was hysterical and it was difficult to decipher what he was saying. "He...Jaime he jumped...he did it...I tried t-to sa-ve him Jai-me oh my g-god," his voice cracked through the speaker. My heart dropped and I ran for my car. "Tony, what is the address, and I need you to go look for him and see if he's still alive," I said, trying hard to remain calm and keep from crying. Tony gave me the address, and it took me all of five minutes to get there. When I got there, I leaped from my car and ran towards Tony, who was holding the limp body of my best friend. "There's a pulse, Jaime! He still has a pulse but i-its so weak-k," he stuttered, his eyes never leaving Mike's face.
I dialed 911 and told them what happened, and they said not to move and that they'd be there in less than five minutes. I stayed there with Tony and Mike's body until the ambulance arrived. Tony got in with the paramedics, and I went to get Vic and Savannah. I pulled up to the house and ran in. "VIC, SAVANNAH, GET IN THE CAR, NOW! C'MON!" I screamed frantically. Both came running at me. "What happened?!" Vic asked, but I shook my head and ran back to the car. Everybody got in and I took off for the hospital. My hand never left Vic's the whole way there. When we pulled up to the hospital, I dragged the two confused, but not clueless, passengers behind me. Together we rushed to the front desk. "Michael Fuentes!" I demanded. The receptionist, clearly not understanding our hurry, slowly walked around the desk and we followed her upstairs and into the waiting room of the ICU.
"Jaime what happened to my brother?!" Vic demanded, his voice starting to crackle with more tears. I shook my head again. "He jumped, Vic," I said softly. Savannah went into a shock, and Vic just collapsed in my arms, melting into a puddle of sobs. Savannah began to whisper things to herself. "M-my...fault. Pierce The Veil could be over, Mike could be gone....it's all...because of me.." I heard her whisper. Vic must've heard her too, because he shot straight up, just as she took off. He looked at me with fear, and I understood. He went after her, calling her name. I sat and waited. Trying to ignore the world around me. It was just too much.

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Vic's POV~

I may've just lost my brother, and I'll be damned if I'm about to lose my daughter too. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me after her. "Savannah! Wait! No, honey! It isn't your fault!" I screamed, but she ignored me and kept running. She darted through heavy traffic, causing a lot of honking. I followed her, parkouring everything in my way. I don't remember a tie when I was ever able to parkour, but I guess adrenaline causes crazy things. I lost sight of her when I got to the children's learning park downtown. I looked around frantically and called her name, but I saw nothing and got no answer.
I fell to my knees, as cliche as it sounds. The pain of losing this much in one day after feeling like I had everything in the world was unbearable. I looked up and it started to rain. Great. This day just gets better and better. I looked up and saw my daughter sitting in a tree. She didn't notice me, so I went around back of the tree and climbed up silently.
"She sits up high,
surrounded by the sun,
one million branches and she loves everyone,"
I sang softly to her through the tears that were choking out my voice. She turned and looked at me. "No Vic! Don't you see? My loving people is what caused all this shit! You guys need to forget about me, you all know that none of this would've happened if I'd never been nosy and on the phone with Jaime that one day at the mall. Your lives would probably be perfect if you'd never met me, I just have to face it. So just forget about me, please, for your sake, pretend I was never there," she said. I scooted towards her and wrapped my arms around her trembling, and now soaking wet body. "Savannah, do you realize that Jaime and I might not even still be together if it weren't for you? That Jaime and I might not be here if you hadn't talked to him that day? Savannah, you saved us. All of us. Life would be hell either way, that's just how it goes darling. Please don't say these things. We love you and regardless of what the outcome is, we always will," I said. She broke down.
I finally got her calmed down about an hour later, so we both returned, drenched, to the ICU waiting room. Some nurses brought us towels and we waited. I leaned on Jaime's shoulder and felt myself drift into sleep. I hope it takes me far away from here. I need an escape.

Notes

FILLER ALERT I'm so sorry but school's wearing me out /.\ I'm trying though, I promise!
Love you guys, and thank you for reading my storiesss :)
~Shayde~