True Love Comes From More Than Just The Heart [Vic Fuentes]

We're like a time-bomb

Jody's POV

in Scranton, Pennsylvania…

"You did what?!" I squealed and shot up from the couch I was previously sitting on.

"Chill! It's just a party" Austin tried to calm me down.

"It's not just a party! Vic is probably gonna be there!" I was seriously about to punch him.

"Maybe he's not gonna be there. And what's so bad about him being there? You two need to talk anyway" he answered and shrugged. I immediately calmed down and opened my mouth to answer. But then I let it.

"C'mon, it won't be that bad. If he's really gonna be here and wants to talk but you don't, just come to us and we'll kick him out." I giggled and then finally agreed.

"Okay." Austin highfived me and added a short “yeah” before he left the bus. I still don’t know if this is such a good idea. I don’t know if I’m ready yet to speak to Vic. Actually I have no idea what I’ll say to him. I mean, I don’t know if I can forgive him already. He treated me like shit and that’s not nothing. Maybe he just wants to explain or something. Well, if it’s just that, then I think I can listen to him. I’ll let him say what he wants to say, if he comes to the party. I don’t know if I want him to come or not. I have to talk to him soon, because of Cassie but THAT soon? Oh well, we’ll see.

I checked my phone and saw, that it was already time for me to go to the stage, I wanted to see Of Mice & Men play today. I’ve already seen them yesterday, but I mean c’mon, free gigs! I put my phone back in my pocket, put on my sunglasses and left the bus. Of course the band was already gone since maybe and hour or so, because they had to warm up and stuff. Yeah, except of Austin who just left some minutes ago.

I closed the bus door behind me and started walking to the stages. It was another hot summer day, a typical Pennsylvania day. Everyone seemed to have an amazing mood, because everyone that passed me was either laughing or telling a story to a friend. I love seeing people like this, it automatically makes me feel amazing, too. I left the “just bands”-area and came to the official festival area where everything was happening. First I passed all the merch tents and said hello to every merch-guy I know. When the merch-area was over, the stages were next. I was so focused on looking around and seeing all those people having their time of their life, that I didn’t notice that Mike passed me.

“Hey Jody” he said a bit unsure. Maybe he thought that I was ignoring him or so.

“Oh, hey Mike” I said and stopped walking. He looked down at me and seemed to search for the right words to say.

“So there’s gonna be a party at Of Mice & Men’s bus tonight?” he asked and scratched the back of his neck.

“Well yeah, Austin decided this maybe an hour ago or so” I answered and smiled weakly.

“Vic’s gonna be there, too” Mike said like he was reading my mind. This was the next question I was about to ask. I just nodded and bit my lower lip.

“He doesn’t know yet that you’re staying at their bus so I guess he’s gonna be a bit surprised when he’ll see you tonight there and he’s probably gonna try to talk to you” he added and looked more sure now.

“Okay, thank you. For not telling him that I’m at their bus, I mean” I thanked and smiled at him.

“No problem. But don’t wait too long to talk to him. I know that it maybe takes some time, but don’t wait too long” he said before he smiled once more and left without another word.

“Well yeah, thanks for the advice” I mumbled to myself. Weird that he was just walking away without another word, but yeah. I just hope, that I won’t meet anyone else from Pierce The Veil. I just don’t wanna get back in contact with them before I haven’t sorted that thing with Vic. But what am I gonna do with Vic? I can’t tell yet if I already forgave him, I mean it’s actually a pretty big deal. And now since I know that thing with my…Dad or whatever he is, it’s probably affecting me more than normally. That poor guy Vic doesn’t know about this yet. Maybe I should tell him? He actually should know about it, I guess. He can probably understand my reaction better then. But if I’m honest, I don’t wanna talk about this yet. I don’t know yet what I should do with this whole father-thing. I mean, should I meet this Kevin guy or should I just leave it? Sometimes there are things in life you don’t wanna find out about, but is this one of those things? How can I find out if it is?