One-hundred Sleepless Nights (Vic Fuentes is my dad)

Chapter 27

"Hey baby. Wake up sweet-heart." I hear someone say as they shake me.

I moan, "where am I?" I say opening my eyes slowly.

"Your on the bus. I carried you back here. You fell asleep in the car on your way back." Austin's voice says.

"Where are we?" I ask.

"Cleveland... Ohio..." He says carefully.

I jump up at the sound of that.

I'm home.

"I-I need to go..." I say crawling out of my bunk, and getting some clothes.

"Go where?" Austin asks following me.

"A lot of places, my moms grave, my old house, the old park I used to go to all the time, maybe Annie's. I don't know really. I just need to go."

"Alli, I don't think you should do that alone..." He says, stopping me from going into the bathroom and taking my hand.

"Aus, I appreciate it, but no thanks. I'll be fine. I'll take my phone, and I'll text you every so often and let you know I'm okay." I say, looking at him with a sad smile.

"Are you sure?" He asks, looking in my eyes.

"Yeah. Thanks though." I say hugging him.

He hugs back, and kisses my head. "I'll tell your dad your gonna be gone for the day, okay?"

I nod and pull away. I go into the bathroom and get in the shower. I get out, do my hair and make-up, and put my clothes on.

Once I'm ready to leave, I leave the bathroom.

"I'm leaving guys!" I yell into the bus, as I walk out the door.

"Be careful! See you later!" Vic yells back.

My first stop, my moms grave.

I asked Tony (PTV) of I could borrow his car, then drive to the graveyard she was buried in.

I park the car and start the walk to my moms grave.

I see someone sitting by her grave, with flowers, and a military uniform on his body.

"Marcus?" I say, recognizing him.

He looks back and sees me.

"Oh my god, Alli! I haven't seen you in forever!" He says standing up.

I run straight at him and hug him tightly, him hugging me back with the same strength.

"Your so much thinner now sweet-heart. I thought you were eating again.?" He says pulling away and examining me.

"I'm eating, maybe a little less then I should, but I'm still eating." I say smiling sadly.

He notices the wraps on my arms, and looks at me disapprovingly, "Alli, do you remember what you promised me? Before I went to Afghanistan?" He asks.

I nod slowly, "I promised I wouldn't cut, and I would eat the healthy amount... But it was so hard! Everything's been so hard... I just got out of the hospital... Some cuts from a week or so ago... Got infected... I had to have surgery on them..." I say.

"Oh Alli-cat..." He says sitting down and putting me in my lap.

"So who are you staying with?" He asks.

"My dad... We found him." I say looking at the gravestone.

"What's he like? Does he treat you right?" He asks.

"He treats me great. I love hanging out with him and his friends... It's Vic... Vic Fuentes..." I say slowly.

"WAIT! The Vic Fuentes?!" He says loudly.