I Will Follow You

"How do you feel?" Lynn asked from across the kitchen table. I looked at her and gave her a frown.

"My throat hurts a lot." I said softly.

"A lot happened last night so it's no surprise." She said as she took a sip of her coffee. I looked down at my tea and stared into it. I made a horrible choice last night and now I'm paying for it.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" Lynn said but didn't look up from her cup.

"Not yet." I told her. She nodded and said no more.

I finished my tea and then got up and left the kitchen. I walked off the bus and towards the venue. I had to begin setting up for the show beginning in like an hour or so. I stayed in Vic's bunk pretty much all day to avoid the embarrassment. He got me breakfast and basically treated me like a princess. He didn't ask too many questions and he let me cry into his shoulder all morning.

Once I got inside the venue I found Drew and Max, whom had the basics set up. I got to work putt up the Pierce the Veil merch; I was in charge of that. "Hey Scarlett, heard you got wasted last night." Drew grinned at me.

"You can say that again." I muttered to myself.

"How was it? We didn't come out last night." She said while putting out wristbands.

"It was fine, I don't remember much." I said softly. I didn't wanna tell anyone off the bat that I got high and freaked the fuck out.

"Well next time I'll try and join you guys." She smiled at me and continued on with her work.

I finished pinning a shirt to the board and turned to see the guys walking off the stage after finishing sound check. I turned around and kneeled down to search through a box for some shirts to count the stock for the night. When I had enough shirts scooped up into my arms I stood up and turned to place them on the table when I noticed Vic standing on the other side of table. "Hey." I said with a small smile.

"How much is it to take this cool merch girl away from her post for 10 minutes?" He asked with a small smile on his face.

"You couldn't afford it." I joked with him, he pouted at my remark. "Anyway I'm busy, setting up for your show." I told him, folding a shirt over in the process.

"It's only gonna take 10 minutes Scarlett." He begged. I rolled my eyes and placed the shirt down onto the pile that I had began making.

I walked around to the other side of the table and placed my hand in his outstretched hand. "This better be worth the extra work I'm gonna have to do." I warned him, he just smiled and led me out into the corridor.

He took me towards the greenroom, once we got to the door he opened it and pulled me in with him. There was no one in the room and it confused me. "Sit." He told me and pointed towards the sofa.

"Okay." I said as I sat down. "What's up?" I looked up at him and he walked over and sat next to me.

"I wanted to talk to you about last night." He frowned, I closed my eyes and waited for the arguments to start. "Why?" He asked. I opened my eyes and looked at him.

"I don't know honestly, I felt out of place so I got offered some blow and I took it." I shrugged. "I know it was really dumb and anything could've happened, yeah I get it but I literally didn't care." I said brutally honest. I didn't wanna sugar coat it because what's the point.

"Why didn't you just speak to me?" He frowned a little.

"Vic, I don't know where I stand anymore. One minute we're friends and the next thing we're not." I laughed.

"We will never be just friend Scarlett. It's kinda all or nothing for us." He smirked at me. It made the hairs on the back of my neck stand tall.

"And right now it's nothing?" I asked.

"What do you think?" He smiled at me, moving closer to me. I looked away, unsure of where this was really heading.

"I don't want to get into this Vic, you have a girlfriend." I told him.

"I broke up with her." He said really, really quickly. I turned to face him again with a confused look on his face.

"What?" I asked shocked.

"I broke up with her last night before we all went out. I wanted to speak to you and hopefully, I don't know." He started. "Make up or something." He said leaning in a little.

My breathing began to intensify, what the fuck? Why didn't he say something earlier and then maybe this whole mess wouldn't have happened. "I don't know what to say." I shook my head.

"Nothing, just kiss me please." He pleaded. I didn't hesitate for a single second. I threw my arms around his neck and attached my lips onto his. He pulled me close and parted his lips enough for me to slip my tongue into his mouth. I could practically feel my whole body shake with happiness.

Vic ran a hand through my hair and rested it behind my neck, pulling me in closer. Our tongues danced together until he pulled back and placed his forehead on mine. "I've missed you so much." I said with tears building in the corners of my eyes.

"I've missed you too Scarlett." He said, lacing our fingers together.

Notes

Finally, something positive...