A/N: I'm back from the writer's grave! I finally figured out where to go with this story. I'd like to thank and give a shoutout to lilEminem for reminding me to start this because I completely forgot until just recently. Now that I remember how I had this story planned out, updates should be much faster. Let's get back to this story.

Chapter 10

Tuesday

Iggy's POV

Roy better have an explanation for not coming home yet. I had to cover for him and say that he was stayin at a friend's house for "a bit." I knew King Dad was watching me like a hawk, so I had to keep my facial expressions away from the worrying looks.

Vec wouldn't stop texting me, constantly asking if Roy was home or if I found out where he was. I understood his concern, but it got annoying after a while. I was already reluctant to text him because of he advances he tried to make on me, but as long as he was talking about Roy and not me, I wouldn't complain.

The whole time Ludwig kept giving me these looks, as if he knew what was going on. He seemed to be around me a lot too. Every time I tried to go to Roy's room he was walking down that same hallway. Luckily, I had taken his phone, pictures, and sunglasses out before Roy was supposed to come back.

Then I got another message from Vec.

VEC: I hav a feeling hes hurt

I sighed. Here he goes again.

IGGY: Im sure hes alrite. Hes tuff.

VEC: I hope he is. Im just woried.

IGGY: Me 2.

That's how each conversation had gone since the evening before. I wouldn't be able to take this much longer, so I came up with the idea to track down Roy. If he had hair it would be much easier to start, but I had to sneak in his room to find something with his DNA on it.

For whatever reason my tracker wasn't working at all. I checked it again, and I saw that it had been tampered with on the inside. It had to be Ludwig, but I had no idea why he would mess with it. He probably thought it was something of his until he looked inside. He'd done that before.

So I just had to wait for Roy to call or show up somewhere.

Lemmy kept trying to cheer me up with his tricks on top of his ball, which was nice, but for some reason, it made me more stressed. Then he sat next to me on my bed and hugged me instead. We both sat there for a while in silence (except for Vec's messages that I chose to ignore). It was obvious that Roy wasn't coming back that night.

Vec's POV

Wednesday

If I didn't seem worried before, I was most certainly worried today. Roy hadn't shown up anywhere in two days. I knew it was a bad idea for him to go with his gang friends. He didn't know that I saw every bruise or gash that he'd come back with. He never said anything about them, and I just avoided them.

I heard a car pull in the driveway.

Well fuck everything.

My mom's car was sitting idly. I hope she doesn't expect me to go out there. Shouldn't even be here. Bitch.

She came up to the door and started knocking. I didn't get up to get the door because I was hoping would just go away. Then she started screaming and banging on the door.

"Vincent! Open this door now!" she yelled. "I know you're in there, so let me in before I break my way in!" She continued to knock and scream with her stupid shrill voice. Then the noise at the door stopped.

Please fucking go away and don't come back ever.

I heard the front door open, and I saw my mom walk in my house.

"How the hell did you get in here?" I asked. "And if I didn't answer the door, it means you are not welcome in my house."

She scoffed as she held up key. "You have no right to keep me out, you fucking queer." She went to sit on the couch. "Speaking of queers, where's Alexander James? You're always on the phone with him."

"None of your business," I replied. Roy as much as I don't want you here with her, please just walk up to my door step right now.

"Oh." The bitch smiled and gave a sarcastic and dry laugh. "You don't know where he is. Ha! He's just as much of a butt-whore as you are."

I rolled my eyes. She was really making me mad already, and she'd only been here for two minutes. Roy's fine. Iggy said he would be. I knew that he only said that to comfort me, but if I believe it enough, I can get through my mom's bullshit. "He's not like that."

"You mean he's not like you." She flipped her hair to one side. "Just admit he's cheating on you. His brother already told me he was. Boys and Girls." She still didn't know that Jes and Roy weren't related.

I took a deep breath. "His brother literally doesn't know anything. AJ's not cheating on me and he won't, so stop saying that."

She shook her head like she was still right. "Okay...but when he leaves you for some slut, don't come crying to me."

That kinda hurt because I was still slightly upset about the Kyra thing. "I wouldn't come to you for anything anyway. I'd rather jump into a lava pit."

She gasped. I didn't know why; she's full of shit. She stopped smiling and she looked serious. "What happened to you, Vincent? You used to be so nice and sweet."

"Wish I could say the same about you, but I can't because you're a bitch and you always were," I told her. "I lost all love and respect for you went you kicked me out. Then you prevent it from ever returning because you continue to torture me and fuck up my life further."

"Well." She looked hurt, but I certainly didn't care. I meant what I said. "If you were the normal son you were supposed to be, I wouldn't be how I am. I'm only trying to change you back to before you corrupted yourself. That's all."

I was beginning to break down. I hadn't done that in front of her in years. "You're supposed to love me anyway! I don't have anyone to turn to because you don't even try to love me, how I am now and how I was seven years ago." Tears were sreaming down my face.

"I shouldn't have to be satisfied with a failure," she said nonchalantly, as if she were talking to a stranger. "So I won't be, and neither will your father.

Neither of us ever mentions my dad. I started shaking. "He doesn't think anything like that! You make him say stuff like that! He knows what you're doing is inhumane." It'd been so long since I'd seen my dad. It was hard to picture him.

"Hmph. I don't make him say or do anything. He just agrees," she said. "At least he doesn't run off to go fuck other people and never say a word, like Alexander James has done now."

"AJ never just runs off!" I yelled. My voice was starting to crack. "He's probably hurt or something, and of course you don't give a flying fuck. You don't even realize how much I care about him. Couldn't you pretend to care or pretend to support me? Why do you have to be such a horrible mother? You won't even give me the slightest bit of comfort!"

She blinked at me and said nothing at first. She began to play with her hair. "If you give up on him, I'll accept you for being gay. I won't even be involved in your next relationship. I just think that Alexander James, if that's his real name, is a terrible influence and will get you in trouble."

I wanted to kill her. Because all her promises were fake. Because she was being a smartass and actually pretending to care. Because she wasn't going to accept Roy or me. Because she drove me to the point of wanting to kill her. "Get out."

"You're not going to accept my terms?"

"Get out." I said again as calmly as I could. My fists were balled at my sides. And my face was was a mess.

"I'm not leaving yet," she told me. "I just got here."

I couldn't even stand to look at her any more. "Whatever. I'm done talking to you."

Just then my phone vibrated on the coffee table between the couch where she was sitting and the chair I was sitting. I reached for it, but she grabbed it before I could get it.

"You whore!" she said as she looked at the screen. "Who's Iggy?"

I quickly snatched the phone from her. The message was the only good thing about today.

IGGY: Roy called me. He said hes Jes's house. He said hes probly not comin home 2nite. He said hes okay but not 100%. I'll text u again if he says somthin else.

It relaxed me so much. Now if this bitch would just leave.

VEC: Thank goodness. Ok thnx Ig.

"Always on that damn phone! Why don't you talk to people?" She tried to peek at the screen, but I turned away. I wasn't going to say anything to her, and she knew it.

I waited patiently, hoping she would leave soon, but she just kept hurling insults about me and Roy. At one point, I was crying silently because I was starting to believe her anyway. It was a long while before she would finally leave.

Roy's POV

I woke up after another few hours. I didn't know where I was. I couldn't see much. I was in a bed, not mine though. It was a bedroom that I haven't seen or just don't remember. I stood from the bed. My leg was feeling better, but it still hurt a little. I didn't feel too bad at all. As soon as I got to the door it opened in front of me, and Jes was standing there.

"Oh, yer awake." he said. "You alright?"

"Yeah. Hey thanks, Jes." I looked outside and it was starting to get darker, but the sun was still out. "Van I see your phone?"

He tossed me his cell out of his pocket. I called Iggy to let me know I was okay and to tell Vec because I knew he was worried about me. He was nervous for me before I left.

"You want me to take you home?" he asked. "Or you could stay here. As long as that lady doesn't come here with some bullshit like she did the other day."

I laughed a little. "I can't stand that bitch, and I've only seen her once."

"Is she always like that?"

I nodded. "As far as I know. Hey did you ever see Bianca again?" I didn't want to stay on the subject anymore.

He smiled. "Yeah look!" He showed me a few pictures of her and him. She was a skinny koopa with short, bright blue hair and golden eyes. They looked like they'd been together for a long time. There were a few silly poses and normal ones.

Isn't that what Iggy's girlfriend is supposed to look like? I wondered. Then I remembered he said she had 'Ra-red hair.'

"You got her number?" I asked.

"Yeah. She gave me the right one too. We got a date Saturday," he told me.

It amazed me that Jes managed to get a smart girl's number, and he could have a normal conversation without sounding too stupid.

Everyone was changing around me. It was weird.

I told Jes that I'd talk to him later, and I didn't need a ride or anything else. I left his house a moment later.

Iggy's POV

I knew Roy wasn't coming home tonight, and I knew that he'd never tell me where he was for nearly two days. I only knew that he wasn't with Vec. Thank the Stars that he stopped texting me. He was driving me crazy.

At least Roy called me from his friend's house, so I technically didn't lie to King Dad.

I got a text from my significant other. I answered it quickly as if someone were watching me. My significant other made me more nervous than I should. My face was probably completely red by the time I finished the text. I had to watch that in front of other people. King Dad was already keeping an eye on me because of...you know, the reason I have to take meds. If he watched me any closer, he'd eventually lock me up for good and disown me. And Roy would be right next to me, except he wouldn't be in a straight jacket.

Ludwig was watching me too. It was so weird. It was like he was King Dad's second pair of eyes. If he saw something that I did, then King Dad would ask about that same thing later. I thought that Ludwig and I got along well. Maybe he's bitter because I'm a better scientist. He didn't talk to me that much anymore. He was always researching things. I guess that was for him preparing for the throne.

He and Roy are always fighting...maybe he's looking into what Roy's doing.

It explained why Ludwig kept walking by his room and why he asked about Roy when he normally wouldn't care.

I should tell Roy about this.

Roy's POV

I finally got to Vec's house. There were no cars in the driveway, which was a good sign. I walked up to the door and knocked on it.

There was a bunch of shouting from Vec, but I don't know what he said.

I knocked again.

"I said fucking go away! I'm not in the mood!" he yelled. "Come back some other time, just go!"

There was no way I was leaving now. He was clearly upset by the whole thing. I rang the doorbell.

I heard him stomping towards the door. "Did you not hear me?! Leave me alone!"

I thought he was going to open the door, but apparently, I was wrong. I rang the bell and knocked.

"What the fuck! You better have a good reason for still being here!" The door swung open, and he gasped. "Roy!" He jumped on me and almost squeezed me to death. "I'm sorry."

I dragged both of us inside and closed the door. "Why are you 'pologizin'? It's my fault." I felt tears on my chest.

"I don't care!" His voice was cracking when he talked. "You're okay! I thought something happened."

I had no idea that my disappearance would upset him this much. I never wanted to hurt him like this. "Vec, I'm so sorry...I didn't know you would get so worried." He looked up at me. His eyes were very red from crying, and his face was tearstained. He looked like he'd been crying for hours. "I-I...I didn't mean to make you cry."

He suddenly stood. "Ahem...it wasn't all you, believe me." He tried to gather himself. "My mom came today."

Of course! She probably said everything in the world to upset Vec even more. "Oh." I didn't know what else to say.

"She said...everything she could...to try to...convince me...that you...weren't coming back...and you were just gonna find...some other whore for temporary use...just like me." He broke down again.

I couldn't have felt more teribbly. I completely set myself up for something like this. A few lies hurt Vec more than the truth would have. But with all of my lies, Mrs. Carson's words were just plain evil. "Vec, I could never just leave after all this time. I didn't even disappear for two days on purpose. I was passed out on the ground all that time because I quit the gang."

"You're not...in it anymore?" I knew he was looking for my injuries. They weren't really visible except for a big bruise on my right leg. "Oh...that's good. That's what really worried me."

"I know."

He hugged me softly and kept his eyes on mine. "I thought you liked it though."

"Well, I love you more," I told him. "And never forget that."

His smile couldn't have been any brighter or more beautiful.

A/N: So how was this first chapter back? I've been totally drained by it mentally and emotionally. I'm certainly not done yet, if you're thinking that. I still have a lot planned. I promise not to die again, and I'll try to update soon. Maybe in the meantime you could leave a review? :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D