One Maniac at a Time

Going nowhere

Tara's POV

I woke up to the smell of pancakes.  I saw a brightly colored figure next to me.  I rubbed my eyes and saw Hailey standing over me.

"Hi?" I said, confused.

"Hey sweetie." She said kneeling down to my level, I had slept on the couch.

"Did my dad send you?" I asked.

"Yeah, but I'm worried about you, you need to take care of yourself." She said.  I sighed, everyone was just disappointed in me today weren't they.  It was Saturday.  I was gonna meet up with Violet.  

"I'm gonna go change." I announced.  I showered and put on a black muscle tee with skinny jeans and an over sized sweater.  I went back downstairs.

"Breakfast burrito!"  Jaime said placing the burrito in front of me.  I felt anxiety bubbling under my skin.  I usually only ate when I was high.  I took a small bite and cringed.

"Oh come on, my cooking isn't that bad." He joked.

"No it's not that..." I trailed off.  

"Come, Tara, we'll take some smaller steps." He said handing my a thinly sliced apple. It was painful and took a lot of effort not to barf.  

"See, good job." He said rubbing my back.

"Shit!  I have to go meet up with Violet!" I said jumping up and grabbing my phone.  

"What are we gonna do?" I heard Hailey say just before I closed the door.  

Pete's POV

I was riving on the highway, I needed to get away from everthing.  I know I have made a huge fucking mess.  Literally made my daughter fall to pieces.  I heard a chrash and felt a flying motion, I felt weightless, then so heavy, I became dizzy, I felt my eyelids drooping, ,the world was distant.

"Sir! don't close your eyes!" The voice said, it sounded worried, I felt so strange, I couldn't make sense of anything.  I felt myself being moved, I heard shouting and sirens, I was so dazed.  

"stay with us!" the voice said. I was in the feild again suddenly.

"Pete are you fucking serious?" a different person asked.  It was Erica.

"What?  How?" I asked , very confused.

"you were driving recklessly and crashed, when you have our daughter as well as a son to take care of." She said.  I felt so guilty.

"She can't get better when you do stuff like this, come on, you're better than this." She said cupping my face.

"I want to be enough, I want to fix her, she is so broken, and everything I do shatters her." I explained.  

"I know it seems hard right now, but there's gotta be something." She said.

"I never meant to hurt Tara, I never meant to crash, I'm just so stressed and mad at myself." I said pulling at my hair.

"Well, we are gonna talk before I send you back this time." Erica said.

Vic's POV

Mike has been acting strangely since last night, I wonder what's gotten into him.

"So what do we do?" Hailey asked, we were coming up with ways to help Tara recover.

"I heard that if you reverse the "Ana Diets" (A/N please do not do those, A) you don't need it, B) it glorifies anorexia, which is not pleasant at all) it works as a recovery to help your body heal." Tony said.
"I'm up for it." I said, honestly, I was up for anything that would help Tara.  My phone rang, it was Andy.

"Hey dude what's up?" I asked.

"Get Tara and get to the hosptial, Pete was in a carh accident." He choked out, I put a hand over my mouth.

"Are you fucking kidding me, this is gonna detroy her.  We are gonna need to take extra care of both of them." I said stnading up and grabbing my coat and keys, motioning for the others to do the same.

"We haven't heard from the doctors yet, but I have to go." He said.  

"Pete is at the hosptial,he was in a car accident." I said.

"Tony and Jaime, have a bear hug ready, we need to take care of her." I said.  We pulled up to Violet's house.  I knocked on the door.  Tara answered it while giggling.

"We need to go, something bad has happned." I told her, she was very confused.

"Okay, vi, I have to go, I'll call you." She said.

"Okay!" I heard violet answer.  

"What happened?" She asked.

"Pete is in the hospital, he was in a car accident." I explained.  She looked pale, she kept moving, but looked like life had left her.  she got in the car and lost it.  Her sobs and screams were hoarse and she finally just passed out.  I felt horrible, her world was crashing down.  I wanted to make all the bad things go away.  When we reached the hospital Tony carried her in because she couldn barely function.  Nurses swarmed around us.
"No, we are here for her father, she's just in shock." I explained.
"Guys!" Andy called, we ran over to see Meagan crying in a corner.  Tara was in Tony's lap now, he was whispering in her ear.  I didn't know what to do.

Pete's POV

"I never meant to do this, I was not paying attention, Erica I need to go back Tara needs me." I explained.

"And you've been oh so present in her life." Erica said crossing her arms.

"I know, I know I fucked up, I know I made a mistake and I hate myself for it every day! There is not aday that goes by without me blaming myself, but please." I pleaded.

"Pete, calm down, you're hurting yourself." She said.  I tried but couldn't shake the feeling.  I was mad and upset.

"Pete!  Breathe!" She ordered, I did.  

"Good, now come on.  Your body is trying to heal.  You have got to be more careful.  I'm serious." She said.  I looked at her, I had missed her so much, I remember meeting her, and when she told me she was pregnant, and I realized I couldn't let Tara go, because Tara is the legacy Erica left behind. 

"I love you, I still do." I blurted out.  she laughed.

"You miss me, I miss you, but you're with Meagan, who is very cute and seems like a good fit for you." She said.  

"Yeah I guess, I wonder if it was me who messed up our daughter." I said.

"No, you didn't, it wasn't you, thing happen sometimes they suck and sometimes they make us better people, Tara's got somethings she needs to face by herself." Erica said.  I sighed.

"I wonder what she's doing right now." I muttered.

Tara's POV

"Come on sweetie, just look at me, or squeeze my hand to let me know you can hear me." tony whispered.  I squeezed his hand.

"That's good, it's gonna be okay, I'm here for you." He said giving me a hug.  It's been eight hours and we've heard nothing.

"She caused this." I heard Patrick mutter in the distance.

"Are you fucking serious Pat?  She's a kid, and you treat her like this, Pete was in an ACCIDENT!" Hiley yelled.

"I'm leaving." He said, storming off.  I look at Tony.

"Did I cause this?" I asked.

"No, no you didn't do anything to cause this." He cooed.  I felt so guilty.  I saw a very tired looking doctor emerge.  I shot up along with everyone else.  

"Pete Wentz?" He called.  

"that's us." Vic said.

"How is he?" I asked.

"Well, Ms. Wentz, I have some news..."

A/N 

My attempts to be cliffy suck, oh well.  lots of drama because I'm bored but it's a lot of fun.  sorry guys, please VOTE AND COMMENT! you're all awesome people so stay cool :)