You'd Better Hide the Bullets

Holy shit my parents went crazy. They grounded Alison and told her to get a job to pay for the rest of her college tuition because the money to repair the damages from the party would be taken from her college fund. She also got her car taken from her, which can only mean one thing. I'm her new taxi; ha as if that's ever gonna happen. I've never felt more smug in my whole life though. The bitch deserves it.

I sat on my front porch, watching the day disappear. Hoping that somehow I would find something interesting to do but so far, nothing.

However I did receive a text from Alex asking if I wanted to hang out tonight so I decided to take him up on the offer. Maybe it's best if I distract myself from the situation with Vic, it is getting me down too much. I just can't help myself from thinking about the things he said last night, maybe I need to really work out if he's worth the pain and heartache. People say that true love isn't easy, it's messy and complicated. They make you want to tear your hair out and then kiss them like you'll never see them again. It has also been said that not everyone has a happy ending with their true love, because some loves are just too explosive. I have a feeling that Vic Fuentes is the kinda guy to give me everything I could ever want, the love and the madness but somehow it'd end just as dramatically as it started. Do I want that? I don't know.

Vic's P.O.V

I couldn't get Scarlett out of my mind, everything I did just reminded me of her and it's tearing me apart. All my friends think I'm growing soft because of it, nah I just think I'm growing up. I don't really care as much about beating kids up for their dumb lunch money or because they looked at me the wrong way. All I seem to care about is her, and it's sickening.

Mike thinks I'm better this way, he's all for my feelings for her but is doing nothing to help me. He knows fine well that we can't do this on our own, we are both too stubborn, but honestly I would do anything for this girl. I know it's only been a month since she came into my life but seriously she has taken over it.

It feels as though before she came to San Diego I never needed anything, now she's just making things better. Giving me a purpose. I just need to show her that I would do anything for her, to show her that she's the most beautiful thing in the whole universe.

"Vic, do you wanna come for a walk with me?" Tony asked. I looked up at him from my notebook. He had been playing video games with Mike for the past hour but Mike decided to go for a shower so Tony was evidently bored.

"Sure." I said throwing my book to the side of my bed and getting up. I put my vans on and found a beanie hat.

We left my house and began walking towards the park that I ended up going to with Mike, Scarlett and her friends last week. "Look, I dunno what to say to you right now. You're not yourself anymore and we are kinda worried." Tony began. I rolled my eyes feeling a pep talk coming on.

"Tony what age am I?" I asked him. He scratched his head and looked away. "17, I'm 17 Tony. I can make my own decisions and maybe I feel like I'm tired of being the bad guy, like you said not too long ago, I want to feel invisible too." I shrugged. He looked at me and smiled a little.

"You love her don't you?" He questioned, I could feel my cheeks burn a little.

"You love her!" I retorted. He just rolled his eyes and smiled.

"That's cute Vic, why don't you just stop being an asshole to her and then maybe she will like you back." Tony suggested, I couldn't help but smile that he wasn't being weird.

"She is so complicated, it's gonna take a lot to get her to even notice me." I sighed. We reached the park and went to the swings.

"Do you think she hates me and Jaime?" Tony asked with a strange tone.

"I don't think she's your biggest fan right now, but I guess if you apologised to her she'd probably forgive you." I explained to him, he nodded in reply and began swinging.

"I feel really bad cause you guys totally kicked ass singing together and well she looked really pretty in that dress, I think we ruined it." He said as he swung past me.

"She did right?" I couldn't help but think back to the dress she was wearing at the recital. She looked so amazing, hence why I confessed to liking her. I couldn't hold back from how I felt and denying myself the privilege of her beauty was not something I enjoyed doing.

"I bet 20 dollars you'll end up taking her to prom." Tony said smugly to me. I just rolled my eyes.

"Who said I even wanted to go to prom." I laughed. Tony just shrugged his shoulders as he swung past me.

"I know you do, Vic Fuentes passing up the chance to wear a suit and swoon all the girls who he doesn't even want? Never." Tony said with so much sarcasm.

"Do you think she would ever be like us?" I asked Tony. He stopped swinging and looked at me with a grin on his face.

"Okay 50 dollars says you can't get her to join us by prom." Tony held his hand out for me. I stared at it and then grabbed it.

"Deal." I pulled my hand away and began swinging. "Mike would kill be if he heard this one." I laughed, Tony followed suit.

Notes

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