Fuentes Next

"I hate her!" I exclaimed. Alysha looked at me sympathetically and patted my arm. I took a strawberry and dipped it in the bowl of melted chocolate. I took a huge bite and chewed slowly. "You should have seen her face when I said you gave me the top."
"I bet she hated that." Alysha rolled her eyes.
"She did. Just... fucking hell! How can she try to push me away? Why does she want me out?"
"Maybe you're ruining her little game. It's been her and Vic for ages. She doesn't like that he loves you more than her."
"Does he love her?" I bit down onto my lip.
"No." Mike said, walking into the room.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"Because when he loves someone he gets that look."
"What look?" I frowned.
"In his eyes. They like glow. He doesn't have that."
"Did he have that with my mom?"
"Every damn day." Mike said, flopping down onto the couch.
"She's a bitch." I said plainly.
"I know." Alysha agreed. "But there's not much you can do."
"Should I make him choose?" I asked seriously.
"No." Mike said.
"Why?" I asked.
"Because if he chooses you he'll never forgive himself for letting Emma go and possibly losing someone he could love. If he chooses her then you'll never forgive him." Mike explained.
"I am never getting in a relationship." I said crossly.
"I'll believe that when I see it, Kid." Mike told me.
"You know, I'm kind of jealous." I admitted.
"Why?" Alysha asked gently.
"Because she's come out of no where. Now Dad has someone. He could love her more than me. She knows it too. That's why I hate her so much. Is it wrong I don't feel guilty?" I asked.
"It's not wrong. It's natural." Alysha assured me.
"I can't be home when she's there."
"You can try?" Mike suggested.
"No, I'll kill her. Like arsenic in her food or razor blades in her soap." I said half serious, half joking.
Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door. Whoever was there kept on knocking, it getting louder. Mike sighed and went to answer. I raised my eyebrows at Alysha and she shrugged. Then Dad stormed into the sitting room. He looked at me and glared. I bit down anxiously on my lip and moved closer to Alysha.
"Just what have you done?!" Dad demanded angrily.
"What?" I asked timidly.
"What? You know what, Effy!"
"Do I?" I mumbled. He came over and gripped me hard on the shoulders.
"Vic. Stop." Mike warned.
"You're on them again! You're taking the pills again." he spat. I looked up at him and shook my head violently.
"No," I muttered. "I promise."
"Let her go." Alysha said.
"No." Dad muttered.
"You could hurt her." Mike growled and pulled him off of me. "You don't touch her like that."
"Look, if Effy says she's clean then she is." Alysha tried. I smiled gratefully at her.
"How do you even know she's on pills?" Mike asked.
"This," he said and threw a bag at me. It was a small little bag with only two pills inside. I looked at it and groaned. Now I know what Emma took from my purse.
"It was in my purse." I supplied.
"You're taking again?" Mike asked, sounding disappointed.
"No, I promise," I said desperately. "I had it from before. I didn't need it. I just saved it, for security. It made me feel good knowing it was there." I tried.
"Swear to me." Dad said desperately.
"I swear." I muttered.
"Did you look through her purse? That's not right." Alysha said carefully.
"No, I didn't. Emma gave it to me." Dad said.
"You're joking!" Mike exclaimed. "And you're okay with that? Your girlfriend searching through your daughters shit!"
"I - I didn't think-"
"No, obviously." Mike shot back.
"Don't, please." I tried.
"This is the only way that it's going to get solved," Mike told me. Then he turned to Dad. "Effy doesn't like Emma."
"What? Why?" Dad asked me.
"She- she wasn't very nice to me." I said.
"How?"
"She said a few things to put Effy down. About how she looks." Alysha said for me.
"She was just joking. She'd never be horrible on purpose." Dad said.
"She wants Effy away from you. She's pushing her away." Mike told him calmly.
"She'd never to that."
"Wake up, Vic," Mike groaned. "The minute Effy is with her she suddenly wants to spend time with Alysha. She hasn't seen you. She's terrified you're going to get sentenced."
"We talked. She told me basically she's going to come before me. I told her her that you'll always love me more." I said.
"You said that?!" Dad stopped me. "How could you say that to my girlfriend? I can't believe you!"
"It's true isn't it?!" I demanded.
"How can you make me compare it? The love I have for you is completely different to what I feel towards Emma." Dad said.
"So, you're siding with her?" I asked.
"I never said that!" he exclaimed.
"Please," I tried. "I don't like her."
"She's staying, Effy. Whether you like it or not." Dad said firmly.
"Well, I'm not." I said thickly.
"Vic," Mike stopped him. "Don't you dare do this to Effy. She comes before everything. You look at her and tell me you don't think the same." Mike snapped. I looked at Dad and wiped my eyes. I couldn't help crying.
"I-" Dad went to say but then stopped.
"You think she's this and she's that. When we came back she was crying by the time we were in the car. She was fucking distraught. Your only daughter was cursing and in tears because of your girlfriend." Mike rushed.
"If she stays I'm going." I told him.
"Where?" Dad asked.
"I'm going to LA. I mean it." I cried.
"Don't, please." Dad tried.
"If I stay here then I know I'll keep my promise to her. You don't want that." I said sadly.
"I... I need to go and think stuff over. My head is killing me." he told us.
"Don't call me unless it's what I want to hear." I looked down.
"Sweetheart." Dad sighed.
"Don't call me unless it's what I want to hear." I repeated.
Then I watched - as if in slow motion - as my dad walked out of Mike's apartment, leaving me all alone with Mike, Alysha and a bowl of chocolate strawberries.

Notes

Hey everyone! Who expected such a dramatic scene? What did you think? Did Vic do the right thing? Will Effy really move to LA? Any predictions?

Now that was the final chapter! I have built myself a little reputation on here for doing sequels. So yes I will be doing one if you want me too. As long as you'll read it! But I'm sorry, it won't be up for at least a month or two. I have promised so many sequels to everyone and I haven't wrote them. I really want to focus on those right now. So I will write more Effy, just not right now.

As always I need to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported me through this. You'd have to be silly to not know by now that I have a lot of things I struggle with. I'm dealing with them. But you've all been so helpful and understanding and I really appreciate that! You all mean the world to me. Even when someone STOLE my writing you were all there and backing me up. So I love every one of you!

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