I'll Steal You Flowers (Pierce the Veil)

Chapter 9

Hey guys! I may be updating weekly now instead of twice a week because i have upcoming state tests (the ccrap that is parcc) that i need to study for which is going to take away my writing time. But anyway, hope you enjoy this short chapter!

Lily's POV

I gave in. I gave in and it pisses me off so much. I didn't mean to, I swear! Everything just caught up with me at once and I couldn't take it. I stared at the silver villain in my hand and could feel the rage building up inside me. I looked at it to my open toilet seat and threw it in there with all the anger inside me, all the anger from everything. I flushed and watched it spin down into nothingness. I was strong. I was better in this. Yet I cried as I cleaned myself.

I looked in the mirror and I knew I shouldn't let them get the best of me. I shouldn't care about them. I groaned in frustration and stormed out of my bathroom and going down the hall, sitting on top of the stairs. This wasn't who I wanted to be anymore and I need to control it. My phone vibrated in my pocket breaking my thoughts. I pulled my phone out of my pocket and saw Tony's name on the screen.

You live next to Vic right? He asked me. Tony has never been to my house before so I guess he wanted to come now. I didn't mind.

Yea, on the left of his house. You can come over if you want. I sent back. Having him over right now would be a good thing. A distraction.

I'll be there in two minutes. He said. I remember his house was barely a block away from mine, so I went downstairs and made sure everything was in order for me to have him over. I kept my attention on fixing my stacks on cd's in the living room until the doorbell rang.

"It's open!" I yelled. Fixing the last cd so that they were all in order. I heard the door open and close. "I'm in here." I said and he showed up at the edge of the living room and my kitchen.

"Hey Lil." He said with his smile.

"Hey. What's up?" I asked standing up. I didn't mind having him over, but it was a little sudden.

"I, uh. I wanted to talk to you." He said and rubbed the back of his neck. I've noticed that he does this a lot. Mostly when he's nervous. So I sat down on the couch and tapped the spot next to me. He walked over and sat.

"What about Tone?" I said, trying to think of what he would want to talk about. The only thing I could think about was...lunch. Lunch.

"What you had said at lunch today. It kinda worried me." he said and I could feel every organism inside me going insane. 

"I told you that it didn't faze me Tony." I said with a smile, ignoring the throbbing in my arm. He didn't smile back. And that scared me.  

"I know Lily." He started but didn't sound sure. "It's what you said. You told me that worse things have happened. They've only disliked you for what? Two days? I'm worried." he said and it made my heart melt. It was so comforting knowing that he cared. But the context is what worried me.

"What do you mean?" I asked, my voice threatening to shake. 

"Lily..." he sighed. "I just want to help you. What happened?" he asked. I could trust him. I know that Tony is a good person. I know that I can trust him. So I will.

"It's not them here. It was my old school. At my old school, I was bullied. It was bad. But it could've been worse." I lied. It couldn't have been worse. "There were these girls and they were mean. Not the classic mean girls. They were physically mean. Once they tried to drown me." I said, my fingers shaking at the thought. My eyes lightly watered and I couldn't look at Tony. "I moved here and I know that it will be a lot better. This is just... a bump in the road." I finished, squeezing my hands together to stop them from shaking.