I Left My Heart At Home [Vic Fuentes]

I Left My Heart At Home [Pierce The Veil]

You know when you wake up with a feeling that something big is going to happen, which is going to change your life? That's how I felt when I'd woken up this morning.

I went to school like normal. I got picked on like normal. I hid in the music room like normal. I listened to my music like normal. I made it home to the orphanage like normal.

The only thing that wasn't normal was the fact that Shelly, my worker was at the home three hours earlier than she's supposed to be. What also wasn't normal was that I was called into the office, earlier than my usual councilling session.

"Riley, what I'm about to tell you is going to probably shock you a lot." Looking at Shelly, I raised an eyebrow and she let out a sigh.

"Look, unless it's something to do with my future, I couldn't care."

"That's the thing. Your father's been in contact and want's to take you home."

I lost my voice then.

My father. The one mom would never talk about. The tabboo subject which would make me want to cry everytime I thought of her. Because it was our last fight over him.

I stormed off to my place, and mom panicked. Had I not stormed out of the house. She'd still be alive. I was the reason that she died. I didn't kill her literally, but when you link up the chain of events, if I hadn't started the argument about my father and walked off, I wouldn't have been in this crappy orphanage. I'd be with her, having ice cream sundaes and maybe a chai tea latte.

But luck was never on my side.

Neither was fate for that matter.

"He wants me, after fourteen years he finally wants me?" The crack in my voice was clear. I was confused. I was lost and for the most part, I was hurt.

"Yes. He'll be here by the end of this week. For now, stay out of trouble and please, please don't run off."

"Too late for that." I mumbled as I stood up, taking off out of the room and heading out to the back garden.

The workers believed that I climbed the fence, and bolted from the home, but really, I simply climbed the large oak tree. I sat up in the brances, the silence offering a solace.

Once I was on my usual perch, I wrapped my arms around my knees as I mulled everything over, letting my tears run free as everything I'd locked up for the past six years came back to haunt me.

I just wanted my mom to hug me and remind me that everything would be alright.

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The week passed by uneventfully. Aside from the snide remarks I gained from my classmates about being parentless and the bullying, I went through the week in a numb state.

After letting my emotions get the better of me, I was starting to struggle again. I wasn't happy, I felt alone and Shelly wasn't helping me by telling me to talk to my councillor.

I didn't want to. I wanted to go home. I wanted to be with my mom. And I couldn't do either.

Eventually, the day rolled around to when I was staying home for the day. They were going to have me meet my dad. Apparently, all the background checks were done on him and whether I liked it or not, I was going to be going back with a complete stranger by tomorrow.

I was on autopilot when Shelly got me up. I showered, I got dressed in my skinny jeans and pulled on my Of Mice & Men shirt.

"Riley, your visitor is here." Shelly called up, her voice clearly filled with excitement.

Nothing like this ever happened. You go into the system, you never come out. It was a torturous cycle, but I found one friend amongst it all. She'd  been with me since I first started till the day she left to move to San Diego. Kerri still stayed in contact with me with phonecalls and Skype.

To my knowledge, she'd managed to make it as a tour manager and she told me that she was going on her first tour soon. I envied her for that.

Making my way downstairs, I gently knocked on the door to Shelly's office before timidly opening the door. My eyes drifted to a male who had his back to me, his hair was a chocolate brown which fell past his shoulders. He had a good build from what I could see and only when did I look over to Shelly, she smiled and motioned for me to come in the room.

When the door slammed shut, the guy turned around and I felt my heart stop as I made my way over.

Vic Fuentes was sat there.

I took a seat next to him, giving him a shy smile before turning to Shelly.

"Explain."

"Riley, meet your dad." She motioned to Vic and I felt my jaw fall slack as I simply stared at her.

A new Pierce The Veil story. I had inspiration and yeah. 

Enjoy xo