Floral&Fading(PTV fanfic)*Completed*

Seven

Vic's POV

Later that night, we got ready and headed to Hime's place for the party after picking up Mike since he went home to get dressed.
Scarlett and I spent the afternoon sitting in silence watching her favourite movie perks of being a wallflower. It was a lame movie but it was better than her screaming at me.
When we got to Jaime's everyone was already there meaning we were late thanks to Mike who can't be ready on time. We got out and walked towards the backyard where everyone was sitting around or in Claudia(Tony's mom)'s case, dancing around with Erin and Tony was in the pool talking to his friend Tyson.
"I'll be back" Mike said walking up to Tony leaving me with my daughter but it didn't last long because my parents were up and in our faces in seconds.

"Look at her face! Oh my god she's beautiful Victor she reminds me so much of Cara it's scary!" Ma said turning Scarlett's face side to side before hugging her.
"Hi" Scarlett's small voice piped up.
"Hi sweetie. Im Vivian and this is Victor senior but call us grandma and grandpa. We like to be hip you know"
"Okay ma stop it" it said quickly cutting her off and pulling my short mother into a hug. Pops hugged scar and we spoke for a while before Rachel then greeted me with a kiss and my daughter with a hug.
"What do you want drink love?" She asked my daughter.
"Uh water?"
"This is also a welcome party for you. No water. How about a Palm Bay?" She asked excitedly.
"Babe she's 12. No alcohol" I reminded my girlfriend.
"Half a Palm Bay won't do her any harm"
"I wish it kill me" I heard Scarlett mumble.
"What was that?" I asked her making the 12 year old shake her head.
"Nothing. Uh how about ice tea?"
"Alright. Come on. Don't wanna be seen with this party pooper" she said slinging an arm around Scarlett and smacking my ass as they left. I turned around and Rachel winked at me before guiding the small girl towards the cooler full of soda and juices.

"Looks like mister daddy lost his daughter" I heard my best friend Curtis say from behind me. I turned around to see the dark haired idiot I've known for years and hugged him.
"Hey man. How've you been" I asked him.
"Pretty good. So when were you gonna tell me about Cara's doppelgänger?" He asked pointing a finger to the blonde girl next to Rachel.
"When I saw you" I said. He handed me a beer and I opened it taking a sip.
"How'd you know it was my daughter?" I then added.
"You think I'm an idiot just because I didn't go to university don't you Fuentes" he asked chuckling.
"No but uh I could kinda tell. She has similar features to you so I took a guess" I nodded.
"Yeah she's mine. Cara uh kinda died in a car accident and I now have full custody of her. Granted she hates my fuckin' guts but she's stuck with my ass till she's 18" I explained.
"And how old is she?"
"12" I said taking another sip.
"So Victor Vincent Fuentes busted a nut at a young ass age I see" I chuckled and pushed him away from me.
"Shut up. It was prom and we were both horny and drunk"
"So your daughter was a mistake?" He asked.
"I don't know. We both wanted a kid but not at such a young age. I think that's why I left. Because I wasn't ready"
"So you leave Cara with your kid while you go touring"
"I guess so. Stop making me sound like an ass" I told him.
"I'm just asking questions. Questions that she's gonna want answers to when she's older" he said looking past me towards Scarlett, Rachel Frenchi and Jess who were all laughing at probably something girly.
"I know I know. I'm just not ready to answer them. I don't even know if I have answers to them to be completely honest with you"
"Well you better start coming up with some. She's 12 man. She's gonna wanna know why her dad left"
"Cara told her I committed suicide before she was born"
"And that took an unexpected turn" he said loudly.
"What the fuck? You're joking" he said. I simply shook my head playing around with my beer bottle making the liquid inside hit the walls of the bottle and bounce back down.
"Anything else? Was she a drug addict? Did she kill anyone? Did she talk to the sex demon or some shit?" He asked sarcastically.
"To be completely honest with you I have no clue"
"How are you gonna find everything out then?" He asked.
"Gotta do it by myself. There's nothing in Scarlett's files saying a lot of Cara's 'activities' I guess you can say, Only a few things but other then that I'll have to do it myself"
"Good luck my friend" he said patting my back.
"I'm gonna need it" I told him.

Mike's POV

"So?" I asked the turtle in the pool.
"What Mike?"
"Are you gonna tell me now?" He nodded getting out of the pool and drying off before putting a shirt on and sitting on a camping chair.
"Well?" I asked beginning to get impatient with my friend.
"She told me not to tell" he said.
"She's my niece Tony. I should have some right to know"
"She's been through a lot"
"I know I-" I was cut off by Tony speaking again.
"No you don't know. She's been through some rough shit Mike. She actually cried telling me"
"Why would she tell you first though. Vic is her dad. Shouldn't he have known first?"
"I don't know why she trusts me so much but she does and I don't wanna loose that to be honest. She doesn't seem the type to trust easily" he said.
"I have nothing against you tone but out of us four, why does she trust you so easily"
"I wish I knew"
"Mike, Tony want a beer?" We heard Jaime ask.
"Sure" I said for the both of us. Tony then got up and said he'd be back. He was gonna go change into pants and it left me thinking everything over.
Why she trusted Tony so much but only knew him for a short period of time. Why she didn't trust Vic or me considering the fact that we're related to her but Tony. Granted I have nothing against him, he one of my best friends but she barely knows him and it confuses me.
"You okay babe?" I heard Frenchi. I turned my head to my left to see her beautiful brown eyes and that perfect smile.
"Yeah I'm fine babygirl. Why?" She said her hand down my chest and nuzzled her head into the croke of my neck.
"Just asking" I placed a hand on hers and sighed.
"Everything's find babe" I told her.

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So, Scarlett and Vic were watching a movie together. That's a step up right?
Why do you think Scarlett trusts Tony so much?
Also, I'm sorry the book is moving slow, I don't wanna just jump right into everything just yet like my last few. I wanna take it slow.
Let me know what you thought about this chapter! :)