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Chapter Fourteen - Dancing With Danger

Still got you on my mind, 

starting to realize,

no matter what I do, 

I will only hurt myself trying to hurt you,

-Little Mix, "No More Sad Songs,"

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Veronica's eyes flutter open slowly a small groan escaping past her lips as she tries to move but finds herself trapped by two arms wrapped around her tightly, she contemplates pulling away when she notices she's not in her room or Archie's, she's in Katy's her eyebrows draw together as most of the previous night was blurry and she can't seem to remember what happened, she inhales deeply being instantly hit with an intense scent one that she recognizes instantly, she turns onto her other side and is greeted with a head of messy raven hair, she lets out a deep breath and sighs, shaking her head but can't help but smile as she thinks of all the jokes he'd make if he woke up to see them like this, his favorite being

"This is what someday will look like," 

If we're being honest by the way, Mike, described it, "someday" seemed like Veronica's paradise, a place where she was loved unconditionally and all her sorrows were nothing but distant memories, best part no need for drugs in order to be calm enough to leave her room, 

"Que esta pasando en esa linda cabesita tuya, amor?" Veronica hears a groggy voice whisper in her ear pulling her from her thoughts, she lets out a small laugh turning onto her back,

"Nada que pueda interesarte," she responds through a sigh,

"Cualquier cosa que te concierna es de mi interes," he responds,

"Look at you with the vocabulary," she laughs, causing him to let out a small chuckle of his own, 

"No, but really, tell me what's going on," he says, 

"You do realize we've been cuddling for like five minutes now and you haven't said anything?" she says

"What's going on?" he asks yet again, this time firmly as he notices she's doing anything she can in order to avoid his question, 

"Please drop this, Mike," she sighs swallowing back the huge lump developing in her throat, 

"No, something's up with you, and I want to know what it is, you're not being yourself and it's making all of us sad," he snaps, she looks up at him as soon as her eyes meet his the flood of tears she'd been holding in, come crashing down, as she breaks out into a fit of uncontrolled sobs, 

"Honey? What's wrong?" Katy calls out groggily as everyone else starts to wake up, 

"How come nobody wants me?" she cries as she falls into Mike's arms, feeling like a desperate twelve-year-old all over again, helpless and undeserving of love, it'd been ages since she'd felt like that, because, Archie was always there to remind her she was loved, only now it was him causing her such pain, which he'd promised he would never do, she'd laugh at how ironic her situation was if she didn't feel as if her heart was being torn from her chest,

"Hey, that's not true," Mike said wrapping his arms around her tightly, "All of us love you," 

"You barely know me, you can't say that," she sniffles, pulling away, she sits up hugging her knees tightly as tears continue to stream down her cheeks, Mike shakes his head exhaling deeply,