One Million Branches [Vic Fuentes Book One]

Do you want to let me know that you're okay?

~ Vic's POV ~

~2 week later~

I sighed as I got up, I had stayed up till three AM Skyping Paige. Telling her some more stories of us. She had a couple flashbacks, but not much. She remembered when she cut after I cut and when she met Jaime. Not much at all.

I took a shower and got dressed in black skinny jeans, black green day tee, black Vans, and red beanie.

I grabbed my phone off my bed and rushed down the stairs. I had to go to school then I could visit Paige, Sally, and Jordan, for Paige had left the hospital two days before.

"Bye mom, I'm heading to school." I told my mom.

"You sir need to wait for your brother." My mom scolded me.

I groaned. "But why? Anytime I wait for him, I'm late to school!"

"Just because you get to school sooner, doesn't mean you get to see Paige sooner." My mom told me.

"Wh-why do you think that I thought that?" I asked, even though, I thought going to school would make tine go faster then I would be able to see Paige sooner.

"Because I know my son, and I know that you want to see her more than anything." My mom replied.

"I need to help her remember mom," I sighed slowly. "I need her to remember."

"Its okay honey, I'm sure she will, you just need to give her time to remember." My mom said as Mike walked down the stairs.

"Lets go, if I'm late, my teacher will kill me." Mike said. "Bye mom, see you later."

"Bye you two, tell Paige I said hi." My mom said.

"She doesn't even remember me and I'm her boyfriend, how would she remember you?" I asked as I exited the house. "So, are you ever going to actually take Sally on a date?" I asked my little brother.

"Well, her and I prefer when we're alone at her apartment." Mike replied as we got in the car.

"Of course you do," I said as I started the car. "But are you sure Sally doesn't want to go on an actual date?"

"Well, no, but-"

"Just take her on a date. Not a cheesy one, but take her on at least one date."

"Um, fine, I will tonight, considering that Tony is taking Jordan on a date, it will allow you and Paige to hang out."

"Thanks Mike,"

~Sometime near the end of school~

I excited my last class after everyone else, I didn't want to be pushed around in the halls. I got up and exited my class, heading toward my locker.

After I put my books and stuff in my locked, I felt someone shove me aside.

"What do we have here?" I heard Lisa's new boyfriend Brady say.

"I-I was just leaving," I said loud enough for everyone to hear, I should probably mention, Lisa and all her friends were also there.

"Why is that?" Lisa asked me.

"T-to visit f-friends." I stuttered.

"What friends? Last time I checked, your only friend was Paige and didn't she kill herself?" Lisa's best friend Molly replied.

"Sh-she d-didn't k-kill he-herself. Sh-she tr-transferred sc-schools." I stuttered, feeling myself become cornered as everyone crowded around me.

"Oh, I don't think that's true. You see, she disappeared right after I said I was going to ruin her life, but now that she's gone, I have to make your life hell." Lisa smirked at me.