VINNIE KNOCKED THE DOOR repeatedly until the girl answered the door— inside the girl was sitting on the couch hesitant to open the door and face the boy ' you have to tell him the truth' Luke's words replaying in her head, she finally got up and opened the door now looking at the boy.
"can I come in?" he asked softly but the girl doesn't say a thing she just nods her head and walked back to the same spot she was at before she opened the door.
Vinnie cleared his throat " i'm sorry. I shouldn't have made such a stupid bet with my friends and it was Kio's idea, he wanted to-"
Maia cuts him off " I know something about Mai's death" her voice a little raspy since this was the first time today she spoke. Vinnie looked at her with his eyes widened not sure how to form words, he kept quiet but Maia could tell that he was confused.
" Mai Scott Maia scotter, do you not see the similarities?" She asked the boy before she continued " Mai and I aren't related but when she was still in london, we were in the same friend group. Mai, Louis, Luke and me" She chuckled
Vinnie was still confused " and?" was all he could say
" Mai and I got into a huge argument because she was moving to Seattle. Her and Louis stayed best friends while me and you know, Luke. Mai never planned her death, there was no such thing as ' she felt like she was gonna die at the age of 18' bullshit! She wrote that because she was getting threatened by her dad every day for the past years when her parents got a divorce he wanted to get rid of her because he felt like Mai was the reason her mother got a divorce-" the confused vinnie stops her and argued " but her mom said she overdosed"
" it was all a lie ! her autopsy was a fake, her father paid a doctor. The overdose lie was something her mother said because she knew you would blame yourself for not being able to keep Mai safe !" at this point Maia was shouting at the too of her lungs, she was standing up and she was frustrated but relieved because she could finally tell Vinnie even though, it was gonna hurt him and be a lot of him to take in.
Vinnie rubbed the back of his neck and asked " then why are you here?"
"I've lived in LA for the longest time,this isn't some kind of sick plan to be your girlfriend or to still my best friends boy friend. I genuinely want to help you because I made a promise to Mai and trust me, I did not plan to bump into you at the coffee shop. My original plan was show up at your house and explain things to you but things went a different direction and here we are" she sighs and sat down at her spot again letting Vinnie take in everything she just said.
A FEW DAYS BEFORE MAI SCOTT's DEATH
" Maia!" Mai constantly rang the door bell but the girl was dead asleep until finally, she woke up to the sound of the door bell " what the hell?" she mumbled under her breath as she rushed to open the door to the sight of her friend.
Maia washed up while Mai went to the kitchen to grab herself a bottle of water, " what are you doing here at 10am" Maia groans still sleepy— Mai gave Maia a look which Maia understood and knew something was wrong so she sat down on the couch and asked her friend 'what's wrong?'
Mai took a deep breath and sighed " my dad, he's threatening me and I think he wants to-" Maia immediately cuts her off " That's crazy, you need to report this to the police!" Mai stops Maia from getting up from her seat and places a hand over the girls— Maia looked at Mai confused " you need to help me." her words cause a weird feeling in Maia's stomach.
"If I die and if I dont make it, you need to help me tell Vinnie the truth" Mai begged maia but obviously the girl was hesitant, she wasn't about to just pop up at the boys house randomly one day and explain to him this was how his girlfriend really died.
" help me make sure he moves on" Maia looked at Mai like she was crazy, but Maia knew what Mai was trying to do she knew her friend had everything planned out— mai dies, vinnie finds the journal he burns it, maia finds vinnie, maia helps him move on, vinnie and maia end up together but Maia fought back " no. I'm sorry but thats crazy and I can't do that to you" Maia chuckled nervously " i'm not going to steal your boyfriend while your dead or alive ! even if you want me to, i wont do it" Maia stated her point.
mai says softly " maia, you need to help me" was the thing that guilt tripped the girl, just a simple ' you need to help me' because the girls were the best of friends before Louis and Luke came along— they were the best of friends because their names were crazily similar and they had a lot in common. They used to lie to others saying that they were long lost cousins and people would believe it.
" why can't louis do it?" Maia looked as Mai fiddle with her thumbs " I can't tell louis, at least not now" mai avoided eye contact.
Maia decided she was going to help Mai but she was going with her own plan, helping Vinnie to move on— she knew it wasn't going to be easy and she hated how this felt like she was forcing the boy to practically move on from the girl he wanted to marry, Mai and Vinnie were inseparable and their love story touched Maia's heart. Luke and Louis was aware of Maia's plan, she knew this was going to go the wrong direction and not like how she planned but she had hope. She wanted to keep her promise she made to her best friend years ago, when she promised she'll do anything to make sure Mai is happy.
After the girls death, Maia was anxious and just hearing the lie about Mai's death almost cause the girl who knew the truth to explode, she was about to spill the truth but the plan had to go on so Maia held it together for a little while longer till she kept her self at home until people stopped talking about Mai's death.
she prayed everyday someone would just find Mai's disgusting father and give him a life sentence— she hoped that he would rot in prison for what he did, for hiding his crime that he committed to his own daughter.
Vinnie sat there confused— he had so many questions but he just couldn't form the words to ask or say anything not even a single word.
' why?' or ' why didn't she tell me?' and typical of him to blame himself ' i couldn't protect her' and of course, he was mad that the truth was hidden from him for so long.
He cleared his throat " t-thank you for telling me" was all he could say before he walked out and sat in his car, he took a deep breath and drove off.
a/n : oops..
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𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬- V.HACKER
ФанфикIN WHICH a boy moves on from his late girlfriend and meets a girl who reminds him of girlfriend. OR IN WHICH vinnie hacker finds a girl who she tries her best to help him heal.
