I don't know what I was thinking when I got on the plane back to New Jersey. I just needed to get out of there and home was the only place I could go. I pulled the key out of the ignition of my rental car slowly after I parked in the driveway. Tears fell from my eyes again while I walked to the front door of her house. I made three swift knocks on it and waited for someone to answer.

"Yes?" She said while she swung the door open, looking in the opposite direction.

"Hi mommy" I said and let out a sob. She pulled me to her body and wrapped me up in a tight hug while she kissed my forehead and cheeks a million times, whispering to me that everything would be alright.

Mike's POV

"Dude what just happened?" I heard Vic's voice coming from the backstage door.

"I don't know" I whispered, holding her locket in my hands. "She just- we were fighting and we got
carried away and she got even more mad and she just left and now she's gone. Vic she's gone. She said she hated me. She hates me." I felt tears threatening to fall from my eyes. I was not going to cry in front of all these people. Vic followed me to the RV as I walked away from the parking spot she just pulled out of. She was really gone. "Vic what did I just do"

"You both did it. Not just you." He sighed sitting next to me on the small couch. "The both of you are too stubborn for your own good, not to mention your tempers."

"Yeah thanks Vic you're a big help" I rolled my eyes and poured Whiskey and Coke into a red cup.

"No, listen. You both need to cool down. Don't call her tonight. That's just going to make her more angry and you know it" He said trying to be helpful. "You guys are such a bad mix of personalities but you're perfect for each other. It's fucking weird man. Give her some time."

He patted me on the back and left, shutting the door behind him quietly. I rested my head in my hands and sighed. This is kind of what I wanted right? I wanted her to leave me, so she could move on and have a normal life? I wanted her to have someone who could love her all the time instead of having me gone most of the year. I loved her though, I could never let her go. I took my phone out of my pocket and dialed her number, ignoring Vic's warning. Straight to voicemail. Of course she would turn her phone off, Vic was right after all. He usually was.

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Victoria's POV

"Five years?" My mother squeeked, her eyes growing wide.

"Yeah" I gave this sort of half-laugh at her reaction.

"My daughter, twenty-two years old, and in a relationship for five years?" A smile played on her lips.

"I was in a relationship for five years. It's over mom." I sighed, feeling tears forming again.

"No, you still love him. I know my daughter, you still love that boy. Mike? Did you say" She said getting up and going to get something from the kitchen.

I wasn't mad at her for leaving anymore, she wasn't happy with him. I understood that. I still hadn't started talking to her until I showed up at her house earlier. She had come to visit us a few times when I lived with my dad, but I always made sure I stayed at Mike's until she left.

"Mom, he told me to leave."

"You told him to go screw some whores" She pointed her finger at me from the kitchen. I groaned and threw myself onto the couch. "You need to call him baby" She handed me a mug filled with hot green tea. I bit my lip and looked away from her. "He already called you, didn't he?"

"Maybe"

"Take out your phone and call him back right now," She practically yelled at me.

"But mom I don't thin-" I started to protest.

"Victoria Leigh Giorianni take out that cell phone right now and call that boy" She glared at me.

"Mom!"

"Do it"

I muttered something about her being a jerk and pulled my blackberry from my pocket. I had two new missed calls. Before I could do anything, Leo's name flashed on the screen.

"What?" I said as I pressed the phone to my ear.

"What do you mean what! I tell you to apologize and you go and disappear! Jesus Christ what is wrong with you! Is this how you solve shit?!" Her voice felt like daggers in my ears. "Where the fuck did you
go!"

"I'm home" I said calmly.

"You are not home. I've been to your apartment already don't try to lie to me." She huffed.

"Ask Mike what I mean when I say I'm at home, he'll know exactly where I am. Not that he'll care" My mother glared at me for the last part.

"You think he isn't going crazy right now!? He looks at his damn phone every two seconds!"

"Leo I have to go okay? I'll call you later, bye" I said before pressing 'end' and looking over to my mom.
"What?"

"Don't do this to yourself Tori" was all she said.

"Yeah I'm gonna go somewhere, I'll be back later"

I smiled at my mom and kissed her cheek before walking out the front door. Before I could go to where I needed to be, I stopped at 7/11. When I walked in, I grabbed as many chocolate bars as I could hold and dropped them on the counter. It cost me twenty-six dollars to buy all that chocolate. Once I got back in the car, I drove in the direction of the one person I needed to see now more then ever. I pulled into the driveway, pulled my keys out of the ignition, and walked up to the apartment with the bag of candy in my hand.

"Do you know how worried you have everyone?! No one knew where you went!" Danny screamed at me before pulling me into a huge hug. I felt tears escape from my eyes almost immediately.

"I b-brought chocolate" I said between my crying.

"I know babe come on. I've been waiting for you" He mumbled into my hair.
I followed him to the living room and sat down on the couch before pouring the chocolate onto his coffee table. I grabbed a bar and unwrapped it, and placed a square on my tongue, tears still falling from my eyes.

"I couldn't stay there Danny, everything reminded me of him" Was the first thing I said.

"I know sweety. He still loves you though" He ate a piece of chocolate after he spoke.

"He told me to leave"

"He didn't mean it"

"I told him I hate him, there's no fixing that"

"Stop making excuses! You're going to get on a plane in two days, go home, and be there when he comes back from the tour on wednesday!"

"Danny, I threw the locket on the ground." I covered my face with my hands. "I told him I was going to be out of his life for good."

"I know exactly what you said to him. He told me. You want to know what else he told me?"

"No"

"He said that he still loves you. He said he feels like he lost the only thing in the world that matters to him. You've been in New Jersey for the past three days, avoiding everyone's phone calls, hiding from all your problems. Something like this isn't going to just go away Victoria. And no matter how hard you try and believe it will, you know I'm right. How many times has he called you and you just sent him to voicemail?"

"I don't know" I bit my lip.

"Yes you do. How many?" He narrowed his eyes at me.

"Seventy-four" I sighed.

"He's called you seventy-four times and you haven't answered once? Good idea Victoria. He's going to stop calling eventually you know. It's going to be all your fault and you'll be miserable again, just like when you and Josh broke up. I think moving so San Diego and meeting those boys was the only thing that got you out of that. They saved your ass and you know it, don't throw all this away because you guys got in a fight." He finished yelling at me and ate a piece of chocolate.

"So I've got two days to clear my head and go back to have another fight?" I rolled my eyes.

"Hey, if that's what you're gonna do, then sure. But if you do that, I'll call every airport in your area and tell them that you said you were going to bomb the next plain you were on and you'll be put on the 'No Fly' list. Then you can't run back here."

"Fine. I have two days until I have to go back" I mumbled wiping away a few stray tears.

"Yes, two days until you go back and fix things" Danny wrapped his arms around me and kissed my forehead.

I don't think I'm going to be ready for this in two days.