BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER, vinnie hacker

chapter fourty-five.

CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE,
narrative.

[YOUTUBE]
Nora Villanueva uploaded a video!

THE TRUTH | Nora Villanueva

The screen cuts from Nora's usual intro— a compilation of videos about her, recollected from older videos. Nora sits on a stool on her apartment's kitchen island. A cat passes by the camera, making her turn her head and stretch out her arms to grab him.

"Before we get into this, meet Egg. I got him like four- no five days ago." The white cat meows softly.

Nora sets him back down and then turns to the camera. "Hi, guys! Welcome back. I know I haven't posted in the longest time. I'm sorry." she does pray hands and her face depicts a sad expression.

   She then claps her hands together. "This video is very different than what I usually post here. There's a lot of information and twists, I will try my best to make it not sound as confusing. PSA: I was a dick through most of this."

   A white screen then pops on the screen with a screenshot of the first post about Frances and Vinnie's kiss. "I took this picture. I was drunk and when I get drunk I get petty." she declared.

"I sent this picture to Kendall. Why? This is where I might lose some of you." she sighs, reflecting on her choices.

"When Kendall's big blowout with Fran happened, most of us distanced ourselves from Kendall because of things she said. But I really really liked Kendall. I don't know what it was really. So I sort of kept contact with her."

"I liked her. But she didn't. She always talked about missing Vinnie. I never tried forcing feelings on her. I never expected reciprocation. That's not it. I don't really know if she figured out I liked her because I never told her. But she used to always try to get me to say stuff about Fran that she could use against her."

The picture pops up again. "I took this picture and I sent it to her. And said: he doesn't like you anymore." The chat screenshot shows up on the side of the screen.

"She didn't reply. But the very next day, that picture was posted on Tea Spill. I felt horribly guilty but also didn't say anything because Fran was my friend. We've known each other for years and years, and losing her wasn't what I wanted."

"I texted Kendall and asked her what the fuck she was doing. Instead, she just said: thanks for sending me that, I knew I could count on you'. I felt even worse. Because of this, I distanced myself from her."

"She would constantly text me. Especially when she figured out that Fran and Vinnie had some sort of situationship. I would ignore her."

   "At some point, I texted her back and asked how she had been; because of everything with Vinnie and Fran. We kind of reconnected."

   Then pops a picture of Frances's birthday. "On Fran's birthday, Kendall texted me that she was going to meet up with Vinnie. I kind of didn't pay much mind to it because I thought she wasn't being for real. And also, Fran had told us that Vinnie was coming to her birthday dinner. So I didn't tell her anything about Kendall."

   "When Kendall posted that pic with Vinnie I immediately texted her." multiple screenshots pop up of Nora asking Kendall what the fuck was wrong with her and why she was being such a cunt."

"Fran and Kendall began to dish things and it got very ugly. I kind of distanced myself from Fran because I felt so guilty, after all this was all kind of my fault. Not kind of— like actually my fault." Nora's expression is sad like she still feels guilty.

"I ended up showing up at Fran's and confessed to everything. Clearly, Fran was over me and honestly, I would be too. I felt so disgusted with myself for the longest time. I began to kind of just drink and smoke all day. I lost weight like crazy. I had lost Fran, who was never anything but the sweetest person with me and lost all my other friends. And I deserved it."

"Kendall then sort of popped back up in my life and I just let her use me and walk all over me. I would be drunk or high most of the time and just trying to get over my guilt of everything."

Nora scratches the back of her head, thinking back to all the things she allowed just because she was in love.

"I kind of ended up with the realization that I was the biggest dick ever. I took time for myself and worked over my stuff with a psychologist— which, by the way, was one of my best choices these past few months. I realized too that no matter what Kendall would never be able to swallow her ignorance and realize I was right there. She just used me, lied to me, and expected me to blindly follow behind her."

"After that, my feelings faded quickly. I asked Fran if we could meet up and I apologized for everything. We talked for a while and Fran accepted my apologies. There's definitely the longest road for us to get back to where we were— if we ever do, but I'm willing to work things."

   Nora sighs, exhausted but also relieved to finally have revealed things. "I'm very sorry for everything I did to Fran and Vinnie as well. I'm way better than I've been for so long."

   "And I want to also encourage any of you who may be going through it but don't contact a psychologist or help in general. Often times you might feel like your problems aren't that big of a deal but talking to someone really helps, I promise." Nora intertwines her fingers.

   "Thank you for watching. Goodbye." Nora smiles and the video fades to a black screen.

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crawled out of my grave 🤞

i actually kind of lost motivation and also went through some stuff but trust i will try and finish editing and uploading all the final chapters

i will get new fics out as soon as i can and hopefully be more active.

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