Carter's POV
As soon as he mentioned the name Rose, I almost had a heart attack.

Rose. Only Cesar and Michael ever called me that.

As I stared back, I realized I had been crying a little as he finished.

"Cesar?" I quietly asked. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and nodded. It really was him….

Oh my God…

I found him. I found Cesar.

Wait. Michael….

Oh my God… that's where I remember him.

When I first met him in 6th grade with Lyric, he seemed very familiar and he said the same about me. But we could never put our finger on it.

"Wait. Michael? My Michael? As in we were best friends in kindergarten Michael? Bohn? It's been him this whole time? What?" I said asking a million questions at once.

He nodded a little.

"Wait. Cesar? OH MY GOD!" I shouted as I shot up from my chair and hugged him. He smelt great. It felt right. I started crying.

Until every bad thing him and the Veil ever did to me and my friends came flooding into my memory.

"Wait….you motherfucking asshole. Why the fuck have you tormented Michael all these years in high school if you knew it was him? What about Lyric? And why have you guys tormented me? What the hell did we ever do to you guys?" I asked, angry as hell now.

His head fell and he shrugged his shoulders.

I scoffed then got up and stormed out the library.

I'm happy that I found Cesar again.

But I was pissed that he was still the biggest asshole like the Veil.

And to someone that was his best friend.

Oh Michael….

I wish my phone wasn't dead.

I need to talk to him. Soon.

Tony's POV
Rose….

Oh my God, I found her.

The one girl we would always torment, destroy, bring down, hurt, belittle, was the same girl that I loved. Even being a five year old, I knew love. She made my heart melt. Why would we do anything like that to her?

Why would I do anything like that to her?

I'm not really this mean person that everyone believes I am. I only did this so I wouldn't be targeted. And also, I needed the money. Jumping people, stealing wallets, robbing, was the only way I could help provide for my mom ever since my dad died. My mom grew into hard depression.

She needed me.

She needs me.

I don’t want to be this rude man anymore though. I want to be with Rose.

Oh Rose, what have I done?

I got up and ran after her. I listened for her, maybe she was singing. Nope. I heard crying instead.

I followed it to see Carter sitting on the floor by her locker.

"Carter?" I said. She looked up at me with swollen, red eyes. "I love you."

She scoffed and shook her head.

"You don't love me. If you really did, you wouldn't have been so rude to me. You wouldn't call me names, you wouldn't make my life hell. You wouldn't make me question my existence. What did we ever do to you?"

I didn't want to tell her the real reason. It's more complicated than it seems. So I did what I thought would be best.

I leaned in close to her and hugged her. Seemed legit at the time.

"I don't understand why nor will I ever maybe but just know that I am truly sorry," I said with tears in my eyes. She pushed me back a little but I held on tight, not wanting to let her go. "I love you," I said. It seemed right.

"Tony, your girlfriend," she said. I let go and sigh. I forgot. "But what if I leave her?" I said with hopeful eyes.

"I don't even know if I'm ready to forgive you yet, let alone date you," she said spitefully. I dropped my head down and nodded. "Let's go find something to do," I said and she nodded as I started walking, thinking to myself…

'What have I done to my poor Rose?'

Notes

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