Thanks for all the reviews! And, hello to some of the new readers. Ok, so when I first started writing this fic, I had no intention of putting Weiss and Francie together. She really was supposed to be with Will. But, I got such a big response from you guys wanting Weiss and Francie to hook up before I even thought of it. So, I decided to write it in the story even though I love Will on the show.
So the bad news is that I'm sick and have to stay in bed all day. Good news is that I can't go to my classes and have nothing to do so I'm writing... so it works out for you guys. :p
Chapter 19.
Vaughn's POVThe scene played out in my mind a million times while I just stood there on the street looking like an idiot. I couldn't even move. From the few months that I have known Francie, she had been nothing but a great friend and person. She didn't deserve to get cheated on by that scum bag Will.
On the drive back to my apartment, I continued to contemplate any possible explanation for Will's behavior. He did kiss the other girl on the lips and lingered there a little longer than what would look friendly. Maybe it was his good friend? Screw it, good friends don't kiss like that. Syd and I didn't kiss like that when we were just friends.
When I walked into the apartment, Syd jumped up from the kitchen table and gave me a big kiss on the lips.
"Hi sweetie!" She said cheerfully. "Oooh, you brought bagels. You read my mind perfectly."
Grabbing the bag of bagels from my hand, she made her way back to the kitchen table. Just then, Weiss came strolling up to me.
"Hey there studly, you brought bagels!" His voice was high pitched and moved towards me like he was going to give me a kiss.
"Get the hell away from me! Are you still drunk?" I said shoving his body away from me.
"I'm just kidding. I was just over there hitting on your girlfriend."
"I bet you were you jerk."
Sydney shifted over in her seat and patted the edge of the hard, wooden chair, wanting me to sit next to her. Grabbing a knife from the drawer, I took a seat beside her and started to cut her bagel.
"How was your run?" She asked, nudging me in the side.
"It was good."
"Are you ok, Vaughn? You look a little pale?" I handed her the bagel as she proceeded to spread the cream cheese liberally from edge to edge.
"I saw something… weird today when I was getting you guys bagels." I explained.
"Weird? What do you mean?"
"I saw Will kissing another girl." I cringed knowing the exact reaction I was going to get.
"You what!" Both Weiss and Syd screamed in unison.
Weiss came barreling over from the couch and sat opposite from Syd and I. Syd's hand patted my leg under the table, encouraging me to go on.
"I was walking out of Noah's bagels when I saw Will with another girl. He had his arm around her and at first I thought it was his sister. But then, he kissed her."
Stopping in mid bite, Syd put her bagel down and pushed herself away from the table. She began to pace back and forth in front of our fridge and sink. She looked to be deep in thought.
"Maybe it was his cousin." Weiss said while chomping on a whole bagel. It was one he didn't even bother cutting or putting cream cheese on.
"That's what I thought! But the kiss was heated. It was definitely not a family member. If it was, he is in one sick family." I ran a hand through my damp hair and down my face.
"Ok, let's call Francie. I'll ask her what she's doing right now and then casually ask where Will is. He can't be with that girl and Francie at the same time. If he gave her a lame excuse, then we'll know." Syd explained, walking back to the table and placing herself on my lap.
Grabbing her cell phone, she pressed 5, which I was assuming was the number for Francie on speed dial. I made a mental note to ask Syd which number she had for me on speed dial.
"Hey Fran! What are you up to, sweetie?" Syd was trying her best to sound cheerful while Weiss continued to sit there anxiously.
"Yeah? Oh you're by yourself. Where's Will?"
Weiss and I both nodded at each other, acknowledging that Francie was alone.
"Oh, we're just hanging out. We called because… because… we have extra bagels. Yeah, we were just calling to tell you that if you want some bagels, they're over here at Vaughn's place!"
I had to stifle my laughter by pressing my face into Syd's shoulder. What a lame excuse. She couldn't come up with something better than that? She slapped my knee a couple of times in attempt to make me shut up.
"Alright Fran, I'll be by the apartment later. Bye!" Closing her phone, she turned slightly on my knee to face me.
"Yeah, he's definitely cheating on her." She said, picking up her bagel and taking a few bites.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"She said that Will didn't stay over last night because he said he wasn't feeling good. Are you sure he's the one you saw?"
"Of course, I'm positive."
"That little bastard!" Weiss growled while standing up. "C'mon Vaughn, we're gonna beat the shit out of this dude. How dare he cheat on Francie!"
"Calm down there tiger. We need to tell her first, right Syd?" I started rubbing my hand up and down her back as I could see that she was feeling bad for her best friend.
"Yeah, do we have to tell her now? I mean she's going to be hurt." Sadness was evident in her voice as she spoke soft.
"Aww, Syd. We'll go with you, ok?" Weiss walked over and ruffled her hair a little. "You don't have to do it alone."
Syd's POVI felt horrible. Francie was my best friend and she didn't deserve any of this. When she talked about Will, her whole face lit up and you really got the genuine feeling that she was smitten with this guy. She was going to be devastated with the news. I agreed with Weiss. I say let Vaughn and Weiss beat the shit out of Will.
The whole time Vaughn was in the shower, I went back under the covers of his bed and curled up on his side. I still hadn't changed out of my pajamas. Actually, they were Vaughn's clothes. I became accustomed to sleeping in his blue Champion shorts and one of his t-shirts.
I was lying there, thinking to myself when Vaughn exited the bathroom. I smiled when he came out shirtless, wearing only black, Nike track pants. His body was absolutely flawless. His abs were hard and his chest and shoulders were well defined. He wasn't one of those guys that were overly buff and gross. He was more the type that was fit and slender. The type that by looking at his body, you could tell he was in good shape, but wasn't the one to go and lift weights until they can't move.
Running a towel through his wet hair, he took a seat at the edge of the bed.
"You going to stay in bed all day? I could join you, you know." His tone was flirty and that sly little grin was plastered on his face.
"No. I'm going to get up right now." I lifted myself off the bed and made my way to the bag of clothes on the floor. "Put a shirt on, by the way. You're distracting me."
"I'll only put one on if I have the one you're wearing." Picking up one of my sandals, I playfully tossed it towards his way.
"Vaughn! Will you stop it! I'm sitting here concerned about my friend and you're trying to seduce me!"
"Can't blame a guy for trying, can you?" He snapped back.
"Yeah, yeah. Just go put a shirt on."
Later on in the day, we decided that we were going to go back to my apartment that night and tell Francie. In an effort to make her feel better, we were planning on bringing all of her favorite foods. Of course it was Weiss' plan to bring her all of her favorite foods and even offered to go to the store and pick them up. It was such a sweet gesture.
Then, Vaughn and I took it back and got mad at him when he said he was willing to stay at my place with Francie since she would be in a very sad, vulnerable state. He was implying that she would be hurt and not able to control herself. Leave it to Weiss to want to think of something like that.
On the way to my place, we picked up Chinese food from Fran's favorite place. We all agreed the more food we got, the better. Plus, Weiss insisted he could eat a whole order of chicken chowmein.
Right when we reached my door, I almost forgot I lived there and went to knock. Vaughn was the one who reminded me that I had a key. I could see Weiss taking a deep breath before sticking the key in and opening up.
"Fran?" I yelled out while putting the foot down on the kitchen counter.
"I'm in here Syd! I'll be right out!" She answered back from behind her closed door.
Wasting no time, Weiss grabbed a plate from the cupboard and began to pile a big mound of chowmein and chicken on the center of it. Vaughn and I both gave him a serious stare making him go, "What? We'll eat first then tell her. I have to feed my stomach you know."
"Hey guys! Oh you brought Chinese! You guys rock!" Francie said while exiting. She too wasted no time in digging into the food.
Vaughn and I both figured we'd do the same since Francie and Weiss were stuffing their mouths. We ate in silence for a couple of minutes when a male voice called out from Francie's room.
"Hey babe, do you have any extra towels?" All of Weiss' food dropped out of his mouth as all of us registered whose voice it was.
It was definitely Will in there. What the hell was he doing here? He wasn't supposed to be here. Our plan took a turn for the worst when we all realized there's no way we could tell her with Will being here. After all, he was the reason we were here in the first place.
While Fran walked back into her room, the three of us gathered together closely to figure out what we were going to do.
"He's not supposed to be here!" Weiss whispered with a spoonful of fried rice in his mouth.
"No shit! Will you stop eating Eric! This is important!" Vaughn took Weiss' plate away from him and placed it back on the kitchen counter.
"Ok, obviously we can't tell her with Will here. We either need to get rid of him, or we're not telling her tonight." I said softly.
"Syd, we have to tell her. That little sleaze ball is cheating on her. She needs to know."
We all realized Weiss was right. If we didn't tell her right away she would be upset.
"Alright, I'll bring her into my room and tell her while you guys keep Will busy in the family room. Make sure there's nothing Fran can throw at him. She has a wicked temper and a good arm. The dude is scum, but we don't want things to get messy. Weiss, make sure you don't physically harm Will. Vaughn, you make sure he doesn't go anywhere. Got it?" I explained.
"Got it." Both boys repeated.
"Hey Syd, you're kinda sexy when you take charge." Vaughn scooted closer to me while Weiss rolled his eyes.
"Oh god! Will you two stop for two seconds!" Slapping both of us in the arm, we heard Francie shuffling behind us.
"Thanks for bringing over the food you guys. I was just going to cook for Will but you saved me some time." She said chuckling.
Just then, Will exited Fran's room and gave both of the guys a high five.
"What's up guys? Are we all hanging out tonight?" He said while Weiss sat there glaring at him and clenching his jaw tightly.
"Umm, I guess so." Vaughn answered tentatively.
"Hey Fran, can I talk to you in my room for a sec?" I asked.
"Yeah sure. Guys, we'll be right back."
Vaughn's POVBoth Syd and Francie went into Syd's room and closed the door. I could only think that the next time we saw Francie that she would be fuming. I couldn't do anything but sit there so I spooned some more food on my plate and gobbled it up.
"What was that all about?" Will asked us.
Weiss shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know, as I stayed silent. The three of us didn't talk much since there really wasn't anything to talk about. I felt a twinge of awkwardness and a bit uneasy about the events that were to take place in a couple of minutes.
It seemed like Syd and Francie were in there forever. All of us were well past being full and continued to sit at the kitchen counter.
Francie was the first to exit Syd's room. Walking out slowly, her fists were balled up with Kleenex while her eyes looked puffy. Syd had a sad look on her face and laid a comforting hand on Francie's shoulder.
"Francie, baby, what's wrong?" Will walked over to her and attempted to touch her, but she shoved him away.
"I hate you!" She yelled. "How could you do this to me!"
Will stood there with a shocked look on his face. Obviously the idiot didn't know what was going on. I mean, if I were in his situation, I probably would've figured out that my girlfriend found out I was playing her.
"What are you talking about, babe?"
"You have been cheating on me! Don't act like you don't know Will!" Francie's voice was hoarse and her eyes were narrowly looking at Will.
"You don't understand…"
"What do you mean I don't understand? I understand clearly. You were screwing another girl while you were with me. Michael saw you this morning!"
All eyes turned to me while little beads of sweat broke out on my forehead. I really didn't want to be the bearer of bad news, but what I saw was unmistakable. It was slightly nerve racking to have everyone staring at you though.
"Why do you have to tell on me you little rat!" Will strode towards me a lifted his fist like he was going to punch me until Weiss came over and stood in front of me.
"You better put your fist down, Will. You don't want a piece of Vaughn and I. You cheated on our friend and we weren't going to sit here and let her suffer while you were fooling around."
Will backed down and turned to Francie.
"Francie I am so sorry. Please, I'll make it up to you. I promise. Don't listen to them. I never meant to hurt you." He pleaded.
"Get out. I don't ever want to see you again." Pointing to the door, she stood there with an expressionless look on her face.
Will walked out with this shoulders slumped and looking defeated. As soon as the door closed Francie broke down into tears. Helping her to the couch, Syd motioned for me to go get the box of Kleenex from her room.
Weiss sat down on the couch and took Francie in his arms while she sobbed into his shirt.
"It's ok Fran. That guy is an ass. You're better off without him." He said as he rubbed soothing circles on her back.
Placing the box of Kleenex on the coffee table, I walked back to Syd and put my arm around her shoulders.
"You ok?" I asked, placing a kiss on her temple.
"Yeah, I'm fine. She's pretty torn up though. Maybe I should stay with her tonight. I don't want to leave her alone." She answered and wrapped her arms around my waist.
"You mind if I stay with you guys? I think Weiss wants to too."
"Ok. Thanks for being here Vaughn."
"Of course, Syd. She's our friend too. Don't worry about it. She's going to be fine."
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