Heart of Glass (A Pierce the Veil Fanfiction)

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Tony's POV

"Alex, again!?" I was just trying to skate home and Alex was bothering me again with some story that Monica had cheated on me.

"Tony, would I lie to you!?" I was skating away but she wouldn't give up. She was struggling to keep up and I popped my board up from under me and grabbed it. I stared at her, hard.

"Shut up, Alex. You and Jennifer lied to me last time and almost destroyed one of my greatest friendships. I don't know why you want to keep fucking with me, but stop. I won't let you ruin my relationship." I hopped back on my board and pushed off, away from Alex. She didn't follow me and as soon as I got home I angrily slammed my door and threw my skateboard into a corner of my room.

I collapsed down into my chair and ran my hands through my hair. Why did this shit happen to me? All I could think about was whether or not Monica had cheated on me. A part of me was screaming out no but the other part was telling me to believe it. My mom poked her head in through the door and knocked. I looked up and watched as she entered. She slowly took a seat on my bed and patted the spot next to her.

"Tony, what's wrong?" I sat beside her cross-legged and played with my hands in my lap. I was beginning to think that what Alex said was true and I wondered why I wasn't enough for Monica.

"It's Monica. Mom, I think she cheated on me." My mom immediately took on an 'oh' expression and it soon turned to sympathy.

"And what makes you say that?"

"Alex. Jennifer's friend, Alex. She told me today and I'm not even sure what to believe." I turned my attention to my hands that were frantically fighting one another and my mom let out a sigh. She took my hands and I looked up at her,

"Tony, get the whole story. You may have reason to believe that Monica is cheating, and she might be, but just find everything out first. Okay?" She kissed my forehead and left my room, closing the door behind her.

Get the full story...

I immediately fumbled for my phone in my pocket and texted Anne.

"Hey, do you know if Monica cheated on me?"

It was straight forward and to the point. She didn't text me back.

I tried just to not think about it but that didn't work. It was eating at me to know whether or not Monica had cheated on me and why she did. I spent hours just trying to not think about it but I couldn't take it anymore. I picked up my mom's car keys, and left.

Monica's POV

Brent was over at my house and we were talking. For some reason he felt really bad about what happened and I was trying to make him feel better.

"Brent, you didn't kiss me. I kissed you. This is all my fault so stop worrying about it and let me take care of it." I was pacing the room, trying to think of ways to cover this up but nothing good came to mind.

"Yeah but I kissed you back and that wasn't right. Monica, I don't want to come between you and Tony. You guys are in a relationship, not you and I."

"Brent, you don't think I know that!? I know I'm in a relationship, I just screwed up and kissed you! Now please, either help me think, or stop talking!" I finally exploded and when I turned around, he was shrunken down in his seat, looking defeated. I opened my mouth to apologize but as soon as I did, the doorbell rang and I went to go answer it with a sigh.

As soon as I opened the door, an angry and hurt Tony stood in front of me. I wondered what had made him so upset and looked around him and saw Brent's motorcycle in the driveway. I mentally cried out and let him in.