Fashionably Late. {Pierce The Veil}

Chapter Twenty-One:Cheers To The Forgotten.

A Week Later:

I sigh as I listen to all the guys talking about their upcoming tour. I look up and my eyes meet with his dark brown ones for the tenth time in an hour. I push my food around with my fork and Tony notices. He squeezes my hand gently but I just stare at my half eaten food on my plate.

"So Jye, hows you and Tiff?" Vic asks.

"Great." His voice sends me over the edge, how can he sit here and talk about him and his girlfriend after he cheated and lied to both of us.

"Alexis, you okay?" Mike asks.

I look up to see everyone staring at me, all of CTC except for Jye are giving me sympathic looks. I roll my eyes and just nod, I didn't want to come to this stupid dinner but I had no choice.

"Yeah, I need a cigarette." I stand up and go to Mike's side of the table.

Tony looks at me weird and raises an eyebrow, I don't smoke, well not anymore but I just couldn't handle this right now. Mike pulls out his pack and places one in my hand as well the lighter.

"It's cold out, just go in my car?" Mike hands me his keys and I thank him before putting on my coat and leaving.

I lock the doors once I'm inside and I relax into the seat. I inhale the smoke and let it linger deep into my lungs before blowing it out. It felt so good to smoke again, its been so long. I put the keys in the ignition and start the car to heat it up but I find myself putting the stick into drive when I see Jye step outside and look around the parking lot. I quickly pull out of the spot Mike was parked in and drive away.

"What am I doing?" I ask myself as I start to drive down the road to my apartment.

This isn't my car, I'm suppose to be having dinner with my friends and boyfriend right now. My mind tells me to turn around and go back but I don't. I park in front of my building and turn off the car before getting out and locking the doors. Mike's going to kill me.

As I get in I hear my house phone ringing and I immediately run to it and answer.

"Hello?"

"You seriously left with my car? Alexis, you could of just told me you wanted to leave." I hear Mike whisper, why was he whispering?

"Has Tony noticed? I'm sorry I just couldn't be there." I sigh and Mike laughs.

"No Alexis, and I know. I told Tony you weren't feeling good so I told you to drive home. Don't worry. Tony and I will drive over there after, okay?"

"Thanks Mike, see you soon." I end the call and sit down on my couch, sighing I remove my jacket and throw it on the floor.

Why did Jye have to be such an asshole? I didn't want him to be in my life again, it took me so long to forget about him and my past but now he's here and I can't seem to hide from him. The guys always find a way to bring him around and I just can't handle it anymore.

I decided to drink the bottle of whiskey that I was saving for god knows what, I needed to forget for tonight. My brain was slowly slipping into a drunk state and I couldn't stand up straight anymore, I had to sit down and focus on certain things to stop the room from spinning.

"Alexis?" I look over at the door to see Mike and Tony and I smile.

I take a swig from the bottle and squeeze my eyes shut for a second as the liquid burns my throat. I look down at my hand to see Payton's ring and my heart breaks, why did she leave me?

"Are you drunk?" Tony asks as he comes and kneels in front of me.

I shrug and keep my eyes on the ring, my eyes start to get blurry and I know its because I'm about to cry. Tony takes the bottle from my hand and I don't even have the strength to take it back.

"Jye and I were dating when I went on tour with him and he lied to me, he told me I was the only girl he was seeing but the guys told me about Tiffany, he cheated on her and me and lied to both of us." It all comes out before I can stop myself and I feel so guilty for not telling them sooner.

I start to cry when none of them say anything, but when I look up Tony reaches his hand to my face and wipes away my tears. Mike takes off his shoes and comes and sits beside me.

"If you told me sooner I wouldn't have made you come to all those get togethers with them." Tony says quietly.

I put my head down and let the tears fall onto my shirt, I wasn't crying about the situation with Jye, I was crying because I missed Payton. Mike rubs my back and Tony grabs my hands and holds them in his own, he goes to say something but I shake my head.

"I just want to sleep." I whisper.

I take my hands away from Tony's and I get up, I head towards my room but I kept tripping on my own feet making me angry and frustrated. I finally make it to my room and I quickly get undressed and put on one of the shirts Tony gave me. I get under the covers and curl in a ball before closing my eyes and letting sleep consume me.

***

I spent the rest of the week getting drunk and crying, I didn't go outside ever since that dinner situation, Tony comes over everyday and yells at me for being drunk but I usually just ended up telling him off and going to bed. I was well over drunk right now, my body was numb and felt heavy as hell.

"Alexis, seriously? Again?" Tony says with a sigh as he comes in and closes the door.

"Oh fuck off. I can do what ever I want so you can go home and worry about yourself." I yell.

"Alexis, why are you doing this to yourself?" He asks softly.

It catches me by surprise and my eyes start to well up with tears. I didn't want to talk about it but he deserves to know why.

"I'm trying to forget."

"Forget what?" He asks confused.

"Jye, Payton's death, my parents, everything. I miss Payton." A cry escapes from my mouth and I just can't stop.

I cry so hard I swear I was about to pass out but Tony rushes over to me and holds me in his arms, he rubs my back and tries to sooth me and it works. I calm down slowly and my cries die down, I just wanted to sleep and wake up the next morning feeling happy again.

"Baby, she's in such a better place now. I know she's watching over you right now probably telling you not to cry over her. She wants you to be happy Alexis." Tony rubs my cheek with his thumb and it helps me relax.

"I'm sorry." I whisper as I lay my head on his chest.

"It's okay babe. I understand why you're upset but don't resort to drinking." I nod my head and close my eyes as a pounding headache takes over the numb feeling.

"I just want to sleep right now, okay?" I mutter.

I let myself get comfortable in Tony's hold before I fall into a deep sleep.

Tony's P.O.V:

I watch as Alexis' chest rises and falls with every breath. She was sound asleep and I didn't want to wake her up so I just got comfy and let her rest. I felt so bad for her, she just wanted her best friend here with her and it was hitting her pretty hard lately.

The whole Jye situation pissed me off because I can't even believe he would do that to her, after everything she went through he turned around and did that. I bitched him out pretty damn hard and he hasn't stopped apologizing since but I wont forgive him. He wasn't the one who was hurt and he wasn't the one who had to deal with such a broken beautiful girl.

Mike, Vic and Jaime keep asking if they can come and see Alexis but I keep telling them that it's best if they don't. She's pretty nasty when she's drunk so I wouldn't want her to start any problems with them. They understood though, they've all had to deal with her more than once when she was wasted and they don't want to have to do it again. I don't blame them.

My eyes start to get heavy so I close them and tighten my hold on Alexis before falling asleep.