After College (Vixie & Chris Powell)

/17/ Small talk

Chris' P.O.V.

I was at the cafe with Zack and Tyler 'cause they wanted to hang out and drink some ice coffee. We were all laughing, then Zack nudged my arm.

"Woah, destiny's not giving up on you two..." Zack said, looking at the entrance of the cafe. I followed his gaze and I saw Vixie and Dylan sitting at a table. Dylan stood up to order, leaving Vixie alone at their table.

"Should I talk to her?" I asked them.

"I don't know....To be honest, I think Vixie needs some space. She's a pretty busy girl." Tyler said, honestly.

" I think you should go for it. Maybe she needs someone right now," Zack said, based on his own opinion.

"Pretty sure, she's open to Dylan. I mean, they are siblings." Tyler said to Zack.

"*Sigh* I don't want to push her into talking to me......" I said, lowly.

"How about this.... I go talk to her?" Zack suggested.

"Good idea," Tyler agreed and I nodded.

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Vixie's P.O.V.

While Dylan went to the counter to order, Zack came and sat down next to me.

"Hey, Vixie" Zack greeted.

"Hey, Zack!" I replied, with a smile.

"So.....can I talk to you?" Zack asked.

"Uh, yeah, sure" I answered, nervously, cause I already know it's about Chris.

"Well, Chris told me what happened... I respect your decision, though." Zack said, comfortingly.

"Thank you. It's just.....I'm going through a lot, right now. I don't wanna blow it all up on Chris. I appreciate his effort, though." I replied.

"Got a lot of problems?" Zack asked.

"Yeah......Many." I answered.

"Wanna talk about it?" Zack asked.

I looked over at Dylan first and I saw him talking to a girl. I chuckled and turned my attention back to Zack.

"Okay," I replied.

I took a deep breath before telling him about what happened these past few days and what happened earlier.

"Well........ Me and the band were spotted Cassandra and her gang. Cassandra started talking trash to me and then.... she started talking about my Dad..." I said.

"Oh, that is a problem," Zack said, eyebrows furrowed.

"So I started beating the hell out Cassandra, then I blacked out." I said.

"Yep, so....did you kill her?" Zack asked.

"Hell, no. She's back at her gang house. Anyway, that's not where my problems end. Mom texted me last night and begged me to come back home with Dylan, but I said no. Then earlier, Melissa was at my apartment, she started begging us to come back home, too. But we refused." I said, frustrated.

"Okay, yeah. You got a lot of problems to handle....." Zack said to me.

"Yeah? And the biggest problem is, I don't even know how to handle every single one," I replied.

"Well, you certainly need some space. But I just want to tell you that Chris has been beating his self up, and me and Tyler are trying to cheer him up, for like, days now." Zack said, chuckling.

"Sorry to hear that, but I just don't want to handle things right now with Chris. I want to fix things between us when all these worries of mine are gone so I could clear my head." I explained, feeling bad cause I'm the reason why Chris is blaming his self.

"Yeah, pretty sure he'll understand that, You're right, though." Zack said.

"Hey sis...oh hey, Zack!" Dylan said, smiling at Zack.

"Hey Dy," Zack replied.

"Am I interrupting something?" Dylan asked.

"Uh, no. I was actually going back to my table, anyways. Bye, you two!" Zack said, standing up and walking back to his table where I noticed that Chris and Tyler were seated.

"Oh, well" Dylan said, smiling at his self.

"You seem happy. You got the girl's number?" I asked, grinning at him.

"Yeah, her name's Kayla. Dang, she's beautiful" Dylan replied, smiling widely.

I shake my head in amusement.
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