Best Kept Secret and Your Biggest Mistake (Peterick AU)

Chapter 8: I Think You're My Best Friend

"Brendon Boyd Urie, to the stand."

I was finally done with my testimony, and now it was Brendon's turn, I feel bad that it's my fault he's up there. Maybe if he wasn't friends with me or discovered what was going on with Pete. Same goes for Joe and Spencer I wonder when they'll have to be up there?

"Mr. Urie how long have you been friends with Patrick Stump?"

"About six, seven years now."

"That's a very long time, tell me during your friendship before Wentz did Patrick tell you everything?"

He shook his head. "No, not everything there was something that Patrick hide from me during our friendship."

"Can you tell us what it is?"

He shook his head again. "No I will need Patrick's permission in order to do that, it's a private matter."

Brendon looked at me. I knew what he was talking about, during middle school I would starve myself without him or anybody knowing.

"Mr. Stump, can Urie have permission to tell us this private matter or would you like to come and tell us."

I looked at the juge. "Yes, I don't think I'll be able to tell what happened."

"Okay, Mr. Urie please tell us."

(Flashback

I need to stop eating, look at my stomach I could barely see my feet, but Brendon is here he'll probably think something is up if I don't eat.

"Patrick, what's wrong don't like school Pizza?"

"No... It's not that I just had a large breakfast before school, I'm really not hungry."

"Really that's funny, you said that yesterday and the day before?"

"Umm... I?" I didn't know what to say how could I have been so stupid and used that lie again.

"Tell me what's wrong Patrick?"

"Nothing, you got me I don't really like school pizza it's nasty."

He looked annoyed. "You liar, you haven't ate anything at school all week, and I know school food is bad and I even said I'd buy you lunch so you can take to school."

"Brendon I'm not hungry, I eat a lot at home-"

He cut me off. "Stop lying to me Patrick, I notice you been losing a lot of weight are you starving yourself?"

"Starving myself? No..."

"Then eat all of your food."

"Brendon... I..."

"Eat it." he says.

I looked down at my food. And started crying. "I can't I'm sorry."

"Patrick."

"I have been staving myself, only because I'm fat."

"Patrick your not fat, I'm so tired of you always putting yourself down. From now on I'm keeping an eye on you."

"Brendon I'm not a child."

"I know your not, but I'm your best friend and I'm going to help you... So tell me how long this has been going on."

"Since the beginning of the year."

"Beginning of the year... How could I have not noticed."

"It's not your fault... I'm sorry."

"Dude, I'm going to help you and soon this will become nothing but a bad memory."

"Okay Brendon... But can you please not tell the others?"

"Sure."

End of Flashback)

"We move on and Patrick, did not starve himself anymore."

"Was there anything else he hid from you?"

"Nope, that was until Mr. Wentz, but Patrick had his reasons for not telling me that."

"Next question then Urie, how did you find out about Wentz?"