Bullied By Them, Loved The Other

Its true

I heard knocks on the door that kinda woke me up a bit. After Tony left I got up to grab food from the kitchen.  "Fine..." Tony was taking to someone not very nicely.

The voice sounded familiar. It brought me back to Mike's theory. It couldn't be, she has to be in California...why would she be in Miami? I continued listening to the whole ordeal, I heard crying. I know it wasn't Tony's girlfriend because she left about 12 hours ago...

Oh my god...It was her. Mike was right...

Tony came back on the bus. "What was all that about?" He stopped dead in his tracks and said "Mike was right. And I'm an ass. And I miss her."  Tony said while plopping himself on the couch. "What do you mean? What happened?" Tony sat up, sighed, looked at me in my eyes, and continued "It was Mariah. I was so mean to her..."  he paused "Yeah I heard." I stated. I couldn't say shit though, evidently. "I miss her too." Tony rubbed his hands together and covered his face with his hands.

"We can fix this. Are you truly happy with Remy? He shook his head no "Not as happy as I was when I was with Mariah. Why did you guys hate her so much?" I dreaded this question because I had no real reason. "I honestly had no real reason, I'm not sure why Mike and Vic did but I followed them. That's something I'll always regret, she never did anything to make me hate her and I hurt her in every way possible."  Tony got up and grabbed his coat. "I gotta find her" he said leaving the bus.

I called Vic on the phone and found out what bar him and mike went to.  I caught up with them and told them everything, down to the last detail. You could tell Vic was upset, "I tried to hard to forget the things I've done to her and I just wish she knew how sorry I was." He downed another shot. I nodded my head in agreement.

The next morning I walked out of my bunk into the living room. Tony was on the couch sleeping. His body was completely covered under a blanket. A note pad and and a pen was on the table near his phone.

I thought I should write an apology letter to Mariah for if I ever see her again. I know she didn't want an apology in high school so I figured she would not want one now, but it's the only idea I have so far, I just want her to hear me out. Since I found out about her I've felt awful. I kicked her, I hit her, I let everything happen.

I started writing a letter that sounded more like:
Mariah, I'm sorry I bullied you. I didn't realize that Tony was the only person you had in your life at the time. I know it's no excuse for why I treated you the way I did. As soon as I found out about everything that went on in your life at the time it made me feel awful. I should've never treated you like that

I crumpled up the paper. I couldn't give this to her. Should we just start over completely? I don't know? I don't even know if I'll ever see her again. Tony started shuffling awake. He sat up with his hands folded "I have to get her back." He got up and left.

As soon as he left I woke everybody up. We needed to discuss this.