Heart of Glass (A Pierce the Veil Fanfiction)

XXIX

Monica's POV

I looked over myself one final time before I waited for Tony to pick me up. My short colorful hair was full bodied and I ran a comb through it to loosen up the curls a little. I analyzed my make up and ran another coat of burgundy lipstick over my lips. My black eyeliner was done up with cat eyes and I probably had about ten coats of mascara on.

I rummaged through my closet for the pair of purple suade wedges with the black wedge. It was my favorite pair of shoes that my aunt sent me for my birthday. They made me five inches taller and matched my shirt perfectly. My shirt was a long sleeve but it was sheer and I had a black bandeau underneath. I tucked my shirt into my tight black mini skirt loosely, and admired my work in the full body mirror. The black fishnets set it off just right.

I quickly changed my eyebrow piercing to a silver one as I knew Tony's piercing was silver. There was a knock at the door and I swiped my burgundy clutch off my bed before rushing out.

"You ready?" I grinned at him wide and he half smiled at me. We walked out to his mom's car and I noticed he followed my instructions and wore purple. His purple v-neck matched me perfect and his black skinny jeans made it even better. On his feet, a nice pair of purple Vans with black laces and he had a black jacket on.

"Damn, Tony. You look great." He half smiled, but it wasn't genuine.

"Thanks, Moni. You look pretty tonight." He stuck the keys in the ignition and we got on our way. I was giving him directions to where we were going until I made him pull the car over.

"You seem like you don't really want to go out. Is everything okay?" I placed a hand on his arm to let him know I was there and he sighed and knocked his head on the head rest.

"Doesn't it just bother you?"

"Doesn't what bother me?"

"No one told you?" My heart rate increased and I prepared for some bad news.

"Belle's being sent to rehab for her anorexia. It happened last night. You guys are best friends, no one texted you?" He seemed so suprised and I was holding back my sadness.

"No," I cleared my cracked voice. "no one told me."

"Huh, I guess that's partially my fault too." There was a silent pause between us. "Dammit, Moni, I'm sorry." He unclicked our seatbelts and pulled me onto his lap and I laid my head on his chest.

"You should talk to Jaime about this. You guys probably feel the same, you know?" I nodded against his chest and he placed me back into my seat and got back on the road.

"Come on, we're gonna go out tonight and I'm going to help you forget all your problems. Even just for a little while." He flashed a full smile and in return, it brightened me up a little.

"Make this right up here." We drove to the center of the city's night life and I told him to park. He followed me out the car and I got happier and happier as we neared our destination.

From the back, it looked like a nasty, trashy, building where people went to get killed. The door had a giant keypad on it and I plugged in the code.

I opened the door into an empty club. And yelled for the owner.

"Barracuda!?" My older cousin rushed out and greeted us.

"Moni!" His tattoo sleeves enveloped me and he pulled me up off the floor as I squealed. He set me down and his eyes went to Tony.

"You must be the famous Tony." They shook hands and my face went pink at his comment about Tony being 'famous.' Tony looked over at me, eyebrows raised, a smirk playing at his lips.

"Famous?" I put the blame on my cousin.

"Daniel!" I scolded him and my face turned even pinker.

"Hey, don't use my real name!"

"Don't embarrass me!" Tony was laughing at our childish argument and after some small talk, Barracuda lead us to a back room. There was a pretty little table set up with two chairs. We took our seats and Barracuda came out with two plates of lasagna.

"Now, Monica tells me you're a vegetarian so any meat you eat isn't actual meat. It's tofu that I bought. It was hard to find." We all laughed a little and Tony made me happy while we ate.

"So why isn't there anyone here?" After we were done, Barracuda cleaned and we help him set up the club.

"Club doesn't open until nine and it's only 8:30." He nodded while drying tiny shot glasses behind the counter. In 30 minutes, Barracuda flew open the doors to the Black Hole and in swarmed the party.

As the night progressed, I got Tony off the shy couch in the corner and brought him to the bar. Barracuda was out serving drinks next to a young blonde I recognized as Keri.

"Who's driving?" Tony raised his hand and Barracuda handed him a glass. He looked at me and laughed, knowing exactly what I wanted. I downed my ciroc and Tony drank what looked like Coke with limited vodka.

"Dance with me!"

"What?"

"Dance with me!" I got Tony off his barstool and onto the dance floor where he was clearly out his element. I got closer to him and pressed our bodies together so that he would start to get it. I had one arm around his neck and the other had my hand in my hair as I moved to the bass of the music and he followed suit. After that, the rest of the night was a blur.

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I woke up, in bed, with one shoe on, a bandeau, and my fishnets. I tried to remember the events of last night and the only hint was Tony in my room. He was sitting against the wall in a chair, a giant purple bruise on his neck. His jacket was missing and so was his shoe and his shirt was disheveled. He was fast asleep.

I got up and sloppily tied on a robe to cover my half outfit. I kicked off the other shoe and shook Tony until he was awake. He woke up, slightly startled, and I watched as the events from last night flooded back to him. He relaxed.

"Tony, I need to know something." He looked at me expectantly. "What happened last night after the dance floor?" I asked him nervously and he collected his thoughts.

"Well it was 12, you were shitfaced so I brought you back here." His morning voice was raspy, and it was a turn on, but that was besides the point.

"Did you take advantage of me?" He raised his eyebrows at me and gave me an 'are you serious' face.

"No, you took advantage of me." He cocked his head to his right and there it was. That giant purple bruise on the left side of his neck. I drunkenly gave Tony a hickey. I couldn't help but laugh before I straddled him.

"Thanks for not having sex with me last night." Strangely enough, I was trying to seduce him now and I had two hands on the back of his neck, playing with his hair.

"No, um, no problem, Moni." I leaned in and softly kissed him and things sped up by themselves. I pressed my hips hard into his and he placed his hands around my waist. I stood up and pulled him up with me, never breaking the kiss. I walked backwards until we fell onto my bed. His feet were still planted on the ground and he broke the kiss. He hovered above me, hands on either side of my head.

"Are we really going to do this?" He asked the question and I really pondered the answer.

"We could." I shrugged it off a little and he stood up fully, pulling me up with him.

"No, Moni. You could. I couldn't." He placed a kiss on my cheek and gathered his shoe and his jacket. "Thanks though, I really had fun last night." With that, he left, leaving me to shower and start my day.

I can't lie. I was a little bummed out that we didn't.