Floral&Fading(PTV fanfic)*Completed*

Eleven

Vic's POV

"So then they left me laying there and Tyson had to help me out" Tony rambled. We were at a coffee shop in downtown San Diego-pretty close to my place- talking about the time he got trashed with his friend and ended up getting stabbed for throwing water balloons in south SD. Well tone was talking, I couldn't get my mind off the photos.
"Vic?"
"Huh? What?"
"You kinda spilt the coffee on your lap" he said gesturing towards the tipped coffee cup facing me.
"Shit"
"I'll get you napkins" he said getting up.
"Nah it's cool. I gotta piss anyway" he sat back down and I got up walking into the shop towards the bathroom when I bumped into someone.

"Oh my god I'm so sorry" I said looking at the person in front of me. It was the girl that work at Maria's building in San Fran.
"It's oka- Vic Fuentes? What brings you to San Diego" the red head asked.
"I live here. You?" I asked.
"I got fired for coming in late once. Now I'm staying here with my friend Hatty until I can afford a plane ticket to South Carolina to be with my mom" she explained.
"Oh. I'm sorry about that"
"Wasn't your fault" I smiled at her and she returned an adorable one back.
"I'm Danielle by the way" she said extending her hand.
"I know. Wait, that sounds creepy. I meant like when I went into your building you had a name tag so I found out your name then. I'm not a stalker" I explained making her giggle.
"I would hope a 30 year old lead singer of a band isn't stalking me"
"Trust me I'm not. You are pretty adorable though" she looked down at her shoes and I saw blush rising to her cheeks.
"Let's say Saturday night me and you go to the fair here in downtown San Diego to uh. Get to know each other?"
"Are you asking me out on a date mister Fuentes?" she questioned raising an eyebrow.
"Maybe I am. What do you say?"
"I'd love to"
"Great. Here's my number" I said pulling a pen out of my pocket and grabbing a napkin from my left and writing it down plus my name.
"Thank you. I guess I'll see you Saturday"
"Yes you will" and she walked off and out of the shop.

"You didn't clean the stain" tony said when I got to our table.
"I met this adorable ginger and guess who scored a date with her. This guy!" I told him excitedly.
"But you're still with Rachel"
"She was gonna break up with me so I'll just break up with her before she gets the chance" I said sitting down.
"Vic, you literally just met this chick. You don't know how old she is or her last name or basically anything about her"
"I know that her name is Danielle and she was fired because she was late so she's staying here with a friend I forgot her name until she can afford a ticket to South Colorado, I think that's what she said"
"So you're just gonna break up with your girlfriend for her? Jesus Christ you and mike need to find someone and stay with them" he said taking his hat off, fixing his hair and puffing it back on.
"Well me and her have been fighting often and if she doesn't wanna break up because she's too scared to hurt me then I'll do it. Scarlett would be in good hands with me"
"You're forgetting that she doesn't exactly like you" I sighed and took a sip of my friends coffee before giving him the cup back. I leaned back in my chair and just looked at him for a few minutes.

"When were you gonna tell me?" I asked after about five minutes of silence.
"Tell you what?" He asked. I took the photo out of my pocket and slid it across the table. He took it and looked at what was in his hands.
"I remember that week. Me, Stephanie, Cara, her boyfriend at the time and Scarlett all went to six flags while we went to visit their family"
"How did you know Scarlett though?" I asked.
"Cara and Stephanie were sisters. When I met you guys back in 2006, Cara recognized you and Mike so then she moved. To be away from both of you, And to keep her daughter safe"
"Why didn't you tell me you knew my daughter" I told him
"I didn't know she was yours until recently. Cara told me that her ex aka you isn't to be spoken about so I left it not wanting to get my girlfriends sister upset"
"Even after I brought her home, you still didn't tell me you knew her tone. Why?" He shrugged.
"I don't know. I'm sorry" I nodded.
"I know you are but in this situation, sorry doesn't exactly fix everything" I wasn't mad at my best friend, just disappointed that he kept something that big from me.

"Does anyone know?" I asked him.
"Just me and her. Well and steph because she helped raise Scarlett when Cara wasn't around"
"Does that mean you helped Stephanie raise my daughter?" He nodded.
"Cara was always fucked and almost never had money to support Scarlett so we took her until Cara was back on her feet"
"She turned into a prostitute" I added making him nod.
"But that was after she moved to San Francisco. But before that, came the boyfriends. They would always end up mistreating either her or your daughter so me and steph would take her from them while they sorted out their issues.
If I knew she was your daughter I would've told you. Of if she had your last name but Cara had never added Fuentes to her name. Just Crawford" he explained.
"What about their last names? Steph never went by Crawford" I asked.
"She went by her middle name so people wouldn't ask if her and Cara were sisters because Cara went to mission bay like you and Mike while steph went to El Capitan with me" I nodded in understandment.
"I'm sorry Vic"
"Don't be sorry man. It's cool. I just wanted to know" he nodded and took a sip from his I'm pretty sure coffee and checked his phone while I continued to just think.

Scarlett's POV

Rachel picked me up after school and we grabbed Starbucks on the way home. The entire ride was full of her sniffling but I didn't dare ask what was wrong. I heard her boss was a dick so maybe it could've been him saying something to her.

When we got into the apartment, it looked empty. Not completely empty but Rachel's shoes were gone from the shoe rack, a lamp was gone, the lights that hung around the ceiling were gone and the flowers Vic bought her when they came home from tour was on the ground along with a broken vase the flowers were in.
"What happened?" I asked her. She took me to the couch and looked me in the eyes.
"I'm leaving Vic, hun" she said rubbing her thumb across my hand.
"You're what? No you can't leave" I told her.
"I saw him today while I was on my break. He was flirting with some red head and they exchanged numbers. I called him when I got off work and we just fought so I cut it off. I called Mike shortly after so he's gonna stay with you until your father comes home. I'm sorry my love but I just can't look at him right now" she took off the promise ring he gave her and put it on my ring finger. It was a bit big but it was still pretty.
"Keep this okay? Don't give it back to Vic. I want you to keep it. It's kinda a gift from him, to me, now to you" she played with the ring and smiled.
"I remember him telling me that I'm the only girl he cares about and when you came along, I got put aside. I'm gonna tell you right now sweetie that I didn't mind. You are his daughter and I love you just like you are mine. Me leaving has nothing to do with you. It's just your dad needs to be free. He's not a relationship person and-" I heard a knock on the door and I'm guessing Rachel did too because she went to go answer it. There stood Mike in grey sweatpants and a black tank top with adidas slip ons. He pulled Rachel in for a hug and kissed the top of her head.

I got up from the couch and hugged her for probably the last time.
"If you ever need something, I'm only one call away okay darlin'?" I nodded and she kissed my temple.
"Please don't go" I whispered.
"Love I have to"
"Where you gonna go? Are you still gonna stay in contact with everyone else?" She shrugged.
"I'm gonna head back to either my parents place or move in with my older sister in L.A. I'm close enough to come get you at any time of day. Okay? Something happens, call me" I nodded and she picked up the last box that was on the counter and left.
"I love you scar" she said kissed my head before going out the door.
"I love you too" and Mike closed the door bringing me into a hug.
"I guess we're all experiencing heartbreaks huh scar" he asked rubbing my arm. I simply nodded and hugged him tighter. My old source of comfort at the moment.

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I couldn't avoid their break up for much longer so here it is *cries* I'm gonna miss my baby but she will make a return at some point but not for Vic.
Now you guys know how Tony knows Scarlett, were you expecting that? Yeah probably knowing me.
Now here comes Alysha and Danielle.
Let me know what you guys thought about this chapter!