TW: abuse.
Vance pov: another boring school day. Vance walked downstairs and saw his mom eating breakfast. "morning Vance." "good morning" Vance yawned "are you being nicer to that guy?" "yes mom.." "good." Vance walked out the house without eating breakfast. He got to school and Bruce had been waiting for him. can he not notice that Vance didn't wanna be his friend? It was just so his mom wouldn't be mad. "Hi Vance!" "Hi. You can come over tonight if you want, my plans got cancelled." Bruce sighed. He remembered what he had said to his sister, that he would hang out with her today. maybe.. if he told Vance not to be rude he wouldn't be? he'll try "uhm sorry.. I promised my sister I would hang out with her. You can come too though?" "Sure." Bruce smiled "Okay but you CANNOT get mad at her. She's only 8." "yeah yeah."
Bruce went to see his sister and told her that Vance would be coming over "YAY" "Amy be quiet! You'll get in trouble for yelling!" "sorry.. I forgot." after school Vance walked home with Bruce. Amy had taken the bus. When they got home, Amy was already there. "Hi!" Amy said to Vance "Hi! What do you wanna play with? Do you have any dolls maybe :)?" woah. Bruce had never seen Vance be this nice before. Maybe he was just really good with kids? "Yes! Come to my room come!" Vance and Amy place with dolls whilst Bruce did his homework. "I'm gonna go to the washroom I'll be back!" Amy nodded. He walked to the bathroom then saw Bruce "since when did you like kids?" Bruce asked "I don't know." "I've never seen you be nice to anyone before." "oh shut up, and I guess I'm just good with kids?" Bruce smiled "well, she seems really happy. Thank you." Vance let out a small smile.
Bruce pov: yesterday definitely went well. I swear I thought he would get mad at Amy. that's why I didnt want them to meet in the first place. Bruce found Vance smoking once again "Vance, you know you shouldn't smoke. Right?" Vance nodded "of course I know, dumbass." Bruce asked him: "so why do you smoke then" "it gets rid of all my problems. why do you care anyway?" "because your my best friend. I don't want your health being ruined because of a stupid cigarette." Best friend? did Bruce really think of him that way? How could he feel so close to him when Vance felt nothing. at least not yet. "oh dont worry babe. It's already ruined. Physically and mentally." "uhm.. do you wanna be partners for the project?" he knew no one would wanna work with Vance anyway because of how dumb he was. so why not? Plus, it would probably make my mom happy. "sure.." "good! We can go to my house and work on it tonight and tomorrow after school? it's due Friday." "sure." Vance walked away.
Vance pov: he was in class. They had to have new seats "I'll be assigning your seats as I am the teacher. Billy, Donna. Robin, griffen. Finney, Sarah. And Vance and Bruce. He was always with Bruce. So he wasn't surprised. they all got in there new seats. "now, im gonna make partners for the English work. That you WILL complete in class. Sarah, robin. Griffen, billy. Donna, Vance and Bruce and Finney." that was a first. Vance had always been with Bruce. But he was with Donna today. Donna was a brown eyed, brunette, smart, kind girl. Vance didn't know her well, but he didn't mind working with her. He had known who she was since 1st grade. She hung out with him a few times at recess when they were younger. "Hi!" Donna had said to Vance. "hey, I can write down the answers you can read the textbook?" "Sure! Hey uhm, your friends with Bruce right?" "I guess you could say that.. why?" "No reason. Just wondering. People were saying you guys were dating." Vance looked shocked. "w-what did they say now?" "yeah I know! I told people it was fake but no one believed me." "we're not even close to dating." "I believe you don't worry! Anyway, let's start?" Vance nodded
Vance went to see a therapist after school. He thought it was stupid, but he wanted to see if it would help him. "hello! do you have an appointment?" "uhm yes, under Vance. Vance hopper." "yes! you're with M.James. Room number 5 on your right :)" "thanks." he went in the room. "hello! Are you Vance?" "yes." "perfect! Sit!" Vance sat down. James continued to talk. "so what's your issue today? Family problems? Anxie- Vance cut him off "family problems, uhm. My father." "okay.. what is it that makes you upset about your father?" Vance didn't know if he should trust him or not. But for some stupid reason, he did. "uhm.. he hits me a lot?" "I'm very sorry." They continued talking for an hour until it was over. Vance felt much better after that.
Vances older sister of 2 years was at home doing homework when she heard screaming and crying from her brother. She knew there was something up, he never cried. She heard it from the kitchen. "DAD STOP!!" Lily (Vance's sister) yelled. "HEY. YOU STAY OUT OF THIS." "VANCE, WHY DID THE POLICE. COME TO MY WORK?!?" his dad yelled at him "I DONT KNOW IM SORRY." "WHY DID THEY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ME HITTING YOU?!? WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU SAID VANCE?!?" "NOTHING" "WHAT?!" "NOTHING. NOTHING!" "lie to me again and you'll regret it young man." Vance ignored him "YOU HEAR ME?!" Vance nodded and swallowed. "now. what. have. you. said." "I said, nothing." "VANCE HOPPER WHAT DID I JUST SAY?!" "IM SORRY I TOLD SOMEONE YOU HIT ME OKAY?!" "THE HELL VANCE?!? WHAT IS WRING WITH YOU I COULD GET ARRESTED!!" "THATS THE POINT." "SO YOU WANT ME GONE NOW?!?" Vance stopped yelling "what if I did?" "excuse me young man?" "I SAID WHAT IF I DID?" he tried hitting him again. but Vance just grabbed the belt and threw it across the room. he bursted out the house and ran to Bruce's crying. Bruce was his only, kinda friend.
lilys pov: "dad." "go to your room Lily." She walked upstairs to her room. why did her dad have to do that? she hadn't seen Vance cry since he was little. she had never saw her dad do that before.
Bruce's pov: "hi- VANCE ARE YOU OKAY?!?" considering he was full of bruises, he was not okay. "my, dad." "omg come in now!" "what happened?!" "I told uhm a therapist something and the cops went to his work and.. he got angry at me." "Vance I'm so, so sorry. You can stay with me tonight." "thank you, Bruce." Vance was happy. Bruce was so kind to him and all he gave him back was bull shit. He felt bad. Maybe Bruce wasn't so bad after
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