“Fan?”
“Newly.”
“Do you know our names?”
“Vic” Dead silence.
“And…”
I pointed to myself. “New fan.’ They laughed.
“Tony”
“Mike.”
“Jaime. We met.” He pointed at the library.
“Vans man!”
“Yeah!”
Jaime and I awkwardly laughed. I rocked on my feet with my hands in my pockets. I could feel their eyes on me so I stared down. Despite being here for almost three years, this was my first time. No one ever came into the library, much less noticed I existed. I’d never been alone with grownups. (Mrs. Stanley doesn’t count.)
“Well,” Mrs. Stanley declared, “Any questions you have for her?”
"Favorite color?” Vic asked.
“I have four. “
“Name’um.” Mike said confidently.
“Sky blue, light purple, blaze orange, and forest green.”
“Favorite music?” Tony said.
“As long as it’s not Classical, Christian, or Country, I’ll be okay.” They nodded in approval. “Birthday?”
“February 15. I get everyone’s ‘I’m sorry I dumped you. Here have some chocolate’ so the best gift I ever got was a stuffed moose.”
“A stuffed moose?” Jaime questioned.
“Yeah!”
I love that moose. He was the only gift I got that wasn’t chocolate. It was also the last gift from my family before they sucked. My last, last gift was the rubber shark tooth I wear around my neck. The day I went into rehab we had went out to McDonalds. My parents got me and my older brother Prince Kid’s meals. I got a Barbie and he got the tooth. The next day when I was in rehab, I was miserable and only Prince cared. He sat with me, gave me a hug, and when I woke up the next morning, he was gone and the tooth was around my neck. I’ve never taken it off. It’s the last and only thing I have left of my family.
“How old?”
I was snapped back to reality by Mike. I looked down. I was holding the tooth. Vic looked at me. He knelt down and grabbed me by the shoulder.
“You okay?” I nodded. He pulled me in and picked me up.
“We’ll take her.“he said as he rubbed my back.
I grabbed onto his shoulder, tears silently slipping out of my eyes.

Vic’s P.O.V.

She obviously needed us. As I held her I could feel as the sleeve of my shirt got wet. Her hands were holding my shirt as if she would never let go. As I rubbed her back, I turned to the guys who were nodding in silent agreement.
“Are you sure?” Mrs. Stanley asked.
Lillian dug her head into my shoulder and tightened her grip on my shirt as if her voice hurt Lillian’s ears.
“Yes.” I said.
I turned my head and whispered, “You wanna go get packed?”
Her grip loosened and I put her down. She wiped her tears and headed up the stairs.

Lily’s P.O.V.

As I went up the stairs there was a chorus of “Ha!” and “Feel that freak? That’s rejection.” I walked over to where Stacey, Jamie, and Sam were.
“Hey. Got a duffle bag?”
The whole place went silent. Stacey looked at all the shocked faces.
“Come on. I’ve got one.“
I followed her to her bunk.
“So you got adopted.”
“Yeah. By Pierce The Veil.”
She had a brief fangasim but calmly responded, “Nice.” She handed me the duffle bag.
“Hey. Ill get this back to you as soon as I can.”
“Don’t worry about it.”
“And if I get the chance to bring friends on tour…” She looked over.
“You’re the best.”
I walked over to my room, filled the duffle bag with my bloody clothes, which consisted of three shirts, two pairs of pants, some snow boots, my one pink, knitted hat, underwear, and a pair of those sucky knitted gloves that I had cut the fingers off of, my stuffed moose, my favorite blade, some bandages, my toothbrush, my pillow, and someone’s concealer that I use more than them. I switched shirts and left the PTV one on the floor.
I walked out of the room to be greeted by a new chorus of “Freak!”, “You don’t deserve this. Just die already!” and “Why are you even going? You’re not even a fan, scum.” I felt as the words stung. They were right. Suddenly, I felt a dozen small arms around my middle. I looked down to see the little kids swarming me. They knew that once I left, Stanley would have no one to hit, so she’d move on to them. I had thought of that too, but the guys seemed set on me. Stacey and Jamie came over to me.
“We’ll miss you.” Stacey said.
“Yeah. And don’t fan girl too hard…and take lots of pictures!”
“I will.” I said as I hugged them both. Sam was sitting in a corner.
“Hey” I said.
“Hey” was all I got.
I reached my hand down and he grabbed it. I pulled him up. He looked down at his feet.
“Hey” I said as I flipped my head over so we could see eye to eye. He smiled.
“Screw you Lily.”
“Screw you too, nerd.” I said as we hugged,then I went downstairs to my new family.

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