tangled in the great escape. (pierce the veil)

chapter 24

vics pov

what have I done? I'm a monster. I picked iris up and held her in my arms while sobbing.

"iris, please, darling wake up, please, I'm so sorry" I said while brushing some hair out of her eyes.

I didn't know what to do. when would she wake up? should I tell someone? would they understand why I did it? or would they think I'm a monster and take her away from me?

I was interrupted by a knock at the door.

"vic? you home?" jaime? what was he doing here?

"jaime?" he walked through the door and his eyes widened

"jaime help me"

"dude what happened?" he said while crouching down next to us. I explained what happened, how iris freaked out and I panicked.

"I don't know what to do anymore, what should I do?"

"we should get her to the couch or her bed probably" I nodded and we headed up the stairs to her room and I layed her down.

"jaime, she's gonna hate me, what am I gonna do?"

"I don't know man" he said shaking his head

"I messed up so bad. all I wanted to do was help her, but all I do is hurt her. why, why did I do that?" jaime put his arm on my shoulder

"vic, its gonna be ok man. you panicked, you didn't know what to do and you did something you regret. maybe we should try talking to her, and you can explain everything to her. maybe she'll understand" maybe, just maybe she would understand.

iris pov

I woke up in my bed, I was scared. where was dad and why did he do that to me? I was so confused. I turned my hard to find jaime and dad staring at me.

"iris, I'm so sorry I didn't mean for that to happen" dad said while trying to grab my hand but I pulled away

"no, get away from me you monster!" I said pulling back

"iris please, just listen to us" jaime said appearing on the other side of me

"n-no just please, d-don't h-hurt me" I said backing up until my back hit the headboard

"iris, just please listen to us. we aren't gonna hurt you and there are two sides to this and I think you need to hear what your dad has to say" jaime said. I looked over to dad who was crying into his hands. he looked up at me and took a deep breath.

"iris, I was scared, I didn't know what to do, I-I panicked and I regret doing what I did. I've never seen you like this before, and your my first and only kid and I'm a single father in a band and that's hard to keep everything ok. I know I haven't been the best dad but I'm trying, I'm trying so hard, but I don't know what to do. even when stuff like this happened to your mom, I had no idea what to do. I have no idea why I hurt you when all I ever wanted to was help you. I hate seeing you like this, it kills me. and I don't blame you if you hate me, cause I hate me to right now. I'm sorry, I'm so sorry i hurt you so much. I love you so much" I didn't know what to say. I wasn't even sure if I should believe him. but he poured his heart out to me and I needed someone to help me somehow. him and the guys were all I had

"d-daddy I-I'm s-sorry"I said while wrapping my arms around his neck and he gave me a protective hug.

"I love you daddy"

"I love you to iris. so much, more than you could ever know" I pulled back and gave jaime a hug too.

"dad?"

"yea?"

"I'm scared"

"to be honest, I am too. but I know your strong enough to get through this and survive, I know that you can and will get better"

"and we'll be here to help you every step of the way" jaime chimed in

"thank you guys, so much. I'm sorry for hurting and scaring you"

"don't be sorry. it's ok"

"I love you guys" I said and they pulled me into a group hug

for the first time in a long time I felt like nothing could hurt me.

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