Adopted By Brendon Urie

Lies with a side of truth

"Hey Vicki, time to wake up. We need to go shopping." Brendon said almost whispering. I rolled over and looked at him and said,"But I'm so tired." He laughed and told me to get up anyways. I groaned and rolled out of bed, trapped in my cocoon of blankets. When he saw that I was up he left my room, and shut my door. I got up and walked over to my closet and grabbed a Panic! shirt and put it on then I went to my dresser and pulled out some red ripped skinny jeans. While pulling those out, a couple of razors fell out too. I grabbed one and put it in my phone case. After I got completely dressed I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and straighten my hair. I quickly slipped my black converse on and ran down the stairs. Of course I'm clumsy and tripped on the last step rolling and stopping by colliding into the wall. I sat up rubbing my head one hand rubbing my back as well.

**Magic time skip brought by Brendon's forehead**

We arrived at the mall with high hopes. Brendon asked me where I wanted to go first. I looked at him and said, "Hot Topic obviously." We laughed and continued to walk. I walked down the hallways and stopped in front of the store. I turn around and looked him in the eye. "I'm warning you now, when I walk into this store I will be a entirely different person and might be dangerous. Best stay a few feet away." I the turn and walk into the store Brendon falling behind me. I immediately walk over to the Panic! section and grabbed the first shirt I saw in large. I show him and he asks me if I know that I grabbed a large. I simply nodded and responded with,"I like big shirts." He nodded and we continued to walk around the store and grab things that were interesting. I told him not to spend too much money on me. He laughed and said," I do what I want."

We got done shopping and went to the car. While driving home, La Devotee came on the radio. Brendon rolled down the windows and cranked up the volume. It was one of the first good days i've had in a long time.

When we got home I went to my room, he was confused but let it go. He called me to lunch about 30 minutes later. I got up nervously and went downstairs. " Grilled cheese is my specialty!", he said with a huge grin. I chuckled nervously and said,"I'm not hungry, I ate some breakfast while you were getting ready." He just nodded and looked a little disappointed. I quickly went upstairs to my bathroom feeling horrible for making him feel bad. i opened my phone case and got out my blade. I rolled up my shorts and cut six times. It's not a lot but I don't want him to get suspicious. A couple hours later I went downstairs to get some water. He stopped me in the kitchen and asked if I was hungry yet, I told him that I had snacks from the orphanage and I had been eating them. He looked a little suspicious but didn't ask anything else and let it go. At this point I hadn't ate in two days and I was praying that I would make it to three.

It was around 6 pm and I was tired of being awake so I took some Nyquil. I was out by like 7:30. I guess Brendon came to check on me because there was a note on my desks that said, "When you wake up come downstairs dinner is in the fridge." I looked at the clock and it said 3:30 am. I tried to go back to sleep but i couldn't. I decided I would go for a walk around the block. I was half way down the block when I heard the click of a camera and saw the flash. Someone had just taken a picture of me. I was terrified. I was very low on energy since I hadn't ate anything. I ran but then I felt really light headed. I made it in the front door trying to stay conscious. I look up and I can see Brendon racing down the stairs asking me if I know what time it is. The last thing I saw was him walking towards me. I woke up in my bed. Brendon brought in a chair and was sleeping in it. I could still see the worried look as he slept. I rolled over so I wasn't facing him and my bed creaked making him wake up immediately. He looked at me and said, "Victoria I know you're awake." I slowly turned back around to face him. He looked at with worry in his eyes. "When was the last time you ate anything? You were too light when I carried you up the stairs.", he said to me with tears slowly filling his eyes. I looked him in the eyes and said," I ate yesterday." He rolled his eyes as if he could see through right through me. "Go away!" I yelled at him crying a little bit. He hesitated for a little bit then sighed and left. When the door closed I went into my bathroom blade in hand. I hated feeling like this so cut to distract myself from the emotional pain. I went back into my room and changed for the night. I laid down and stared at the ceiling. I ran out of nyquil so I would end up remembering my dream. I was dreading sleep. After Brendon went to bed I got up and made some coffee. I looked out the window into the night and saw a paper halfway in the mailbox. I decided I would go it. As soon as I took one step out the door the flash of a camera was there. I immediately turned around and went back inside terrified of who was on the other side of the front door. I went to my room and kept the light on.