Entry #007: The Fury Of Victoria Vega

Saturday, May 31st

9:10 P.M.

I hoped that we weren't too late.

I had to stop Lauren at all cost.

"Drive faster!" I yelled, as Trina drove a measly 35 mph, "I have to get there before Andre sees Lauren."

"Explain to me again, why are we taking my car?" Trina asked, as we swerved around a corner.

"Andre would recognize my car and I can't have him seeing me if I catch Lauren before he does." I explained, as we got closer to Andre's house.

I couldn't let this girl mess with Andre's anymore.

This sick game had to end once and for all.

I had to do everything I could to stop her.

Although, I really hoped that this Lauren chick wasn't a professional kickboxer or something.

Cause if you didn't already know, I'm not much of a fighter.

Once we arrived at the block where Andre's house was, I told Trina to park the car across from the house.

"We don't want to be too close to the house; cause I've got to catch Lauren by surprise."

"And exactly what are you going to ask her? 'Excuse me, but could you pretty please stop texting my boyfriend? I would gladly appreciate it." mocked Trina, poorly imitating my voice.

First Jade and now Trina… seriously, can no one imitate my voice perfectly?!

Geez! Ugh!

Sorry, it's just so damn annoying when someone does that.

But anyway, back to waiting for Lauren.

"I don't talk like that!" I yelled at Trina, as a mysterious green car pulled up in front of Andre's house.

"Shh! Look! You think that's Lauren?" asked Trina, as the car shut off.

"I don't know. It could be her."

As we stared at the car, waiting for the driver to step out, the doors opened.

Yeah, doors.

The girl stepping out on the front passenger side was fairly slender.

She was Hispanic, had short brown hair with red streaks, and from what I could tell… a nose piercing.

A bright yellow shirt and purple skinny jeans was what she wore.

Tacky.

"So… is it her?" asked Trina.

"No, it's not her." I sighed, as the girl on the driver's side moved to where I could see her.

To no surprise, it was indeed Lauren.

She looked as if she really went through the trouble of making herself look gorgeous.

She wore a really, pretty blue top with a short white skirt.

And that top was really, really pretty.

"Do you see what she's wearing?" I asked, practically leaning on Trina.

"Yeah, I wonder where she got that top from." Trina replied, as Lauren and her friend stood next to the car.

"Probably from that new store down by the market."

"I don't know. They don't carry anything nice there." Trina responded.

"But I bought this shirt from there." I uttered, looking down at my purple shirt.

"Proves my point." spoke Trina, as Lauren and her friend began walking towards Andre's front door.

"Let's go!" I said, as we got out of the car.

My heart was thumping loudly. I was finally about to confront this girl.

But what was I going to say?! What was I going to say?!

I had to come up with something pretty damn good…

"Hey! You! Stop right there!"

…Nailed it…

Lauren and her friend immediately turned around as Trina and I walked towards them.

I could tell that Lauren immediately recognized me.

After all, she did go through the trouble of snooping around to see who Andre was dating.

"Let me guess… Tori, right?" Lauren asked, smirking.

"You guessed correctly." I replied, trying to not look intimidated, "I take it that you're Andre's ex?"

"Yeah, I'm Lauren, the infamous ex that you've probably heard about." smiled Lauren, as she and her friend started laughing, "And this is my right-hand bitch, Lindsey."

It was confusing. She actually enjoyed being known as a scheming ex-girlfriend. I highly doubt that I would ever understand why some girls are like this.

"Okay… let me guess, you're here to try and stop me from talking to Andre. You're here to stop me from reminding him of all those fun and amazing times that we use to had, aren't you?" Lauren asked, as she walked up to me.

I'll admit, I was a bit frightened of Lauren when we were face to face.

But then I remembered that I couldn't let this girl get in between me and Andre.

I had to stand up to Lauren… and show her that I was no one to mess with.

"Yeah, that's right. I'm here to stop you." I replied, pushing Lauren away from me.

This cause Lindsey to immediately hold her back.

All I knew was that if Lauren was going to punch me, I was definitely going to punch her back.

"Calm down, Tori. We're not here to cause trouble." spoke Trina, as she held me back.

Coming to my senses, I realize that she was right; I was there to talk, not fight.

"Look, I have nothing to do with your previous relationship with Andre, but I won't have you causing trouble with the relationship that I have with him. So could you please just leave Andre alone?"

I laid it all out. Plain and simple.

It was only a matter of whether or not Lauren would accept it.

As Lindsey let her go, Lauren stood there for a bit and uttered, "Alright, I'll go. I'll leave you lovebirds alone."

Have to admit, I didn't see this coming.

"Wow… Thanks, I really appreciate it." I sighed, feeling relieved that Lauren was going to leave peacefully...

...or so I had thought.

As Lauren went to walk back to her car, she quickly turned around and swung at me.

THWACK!

The punch she threw had hit me directly on the cheek and let me tell you… it stung like a bitch!

Stumbling backwards and falling on the ground, I looked up to see Trina shoving Lauren.

"What the hell you did that for?!" Trina asked, as Lindsey walked up to her, "What are you crazy?!"

Speaking for the first time, Lindsey smirked, "We don't care what the two of you think. Just be glad that things didn't get any worse."

"Oh, like this?" asked Trina, swinging on Lindsey, knocking her down and jumping on top of her.

It was a good thing that Trina knew some martial arts... or whatever it was that she did in her spare time.

"Hey! Get off of her, you dumb bitch!" shouted Lauren, trying to pull Trina off of her friend.

But before she had to chance to do so, I got back up and tackled Lauren to the ground and began swinging on her.

There was just so much intensity.

So much anger bottled up inside of me.

This was the girl who was harassing my boyfriend.

The girl who cheated on him when they were together.

The girl who was trying to ruin our relationship.

She was going to learn that no one messes with Victoria Vega!

…

Wow… that sounded so much better in my head…

I felt so infuriated that I barely noticed that several of the neighbors had came outside to see what was going on.

But none of that mattered, my sole focus was on Lauren.

Who was cowering from the punches that I kept throwing at her.

It felt good to not be the sweet little nice girl for a change.

I felt empowered. In control of things.

Nothing was gonna stop me from beating the crap out of Lauren.

That was until I felt someone pull me off of her.

"Let me go! Let me go! I'm not done with her yet!" I yelled, as I struggled to break free from the person's grip around my waist.

Whoever this person was, their grip was pretty strong.

And from what I could tell, they were well built.

"I said, "Let me go!" She deserves th-" I shouted, as I turned to see that the person who was holding me was Andre.

"What in the world is going on?" he asked, as he let me go.

"Long story short, these crazy bitches ambushed me and Lindsey." lied Lauren, as her and Lindsey got up from the ground.

"Stop with the lying, you swung at Tori first." Trina responded, brushing the dirt from off of her shirt.

"It doesn't matter who started it, but I know who's gonna finish it!" exclaimed Lauren, as we brushed up against one another, only to be blocked by several of the neighbors and Andre.

"You two need to get up out of here before the cops show up." warned Andre, speaking to Lauren and Lindsey.

The two stood there for a while and straighten up their clothes and hair.

"It's good. It's good, but we'll be back for Round Two." Lauren smiled, as Lindsey and her got back in the car.

"And we'll be ready!" I yelled, as they sped off from the block.

"Come inside, I'll get you two an ice pack." spoke Andre, helping the two of us up the steps.

I spent about a good twenty minutes explaining myself to Andre, while he tended to us in the kitchen.

Telling him everything...

From looking through his phone.

Reading his messages.

Confronting Lauren to stop her from talking to him.

And to my surprise, he took the explanation quite well.

"…and that's what led to the brawl out in the streets." I explained, as Andre rubbed an alcohol patch on the cut that was on my cheek, "I was really trying to keep you out of this, but things got out of hand- Ouch!"

"Sorry bout that… Tori, I have to be honest. No girl has ever stood up for me the way that you did and that's really saying something."

"Oh, really?" I asked, holding the ice pack on my head.

"Yeah. Plus, it was cute to see you holding your own in a fight."

"Aww!" I smiled, trying to stop myself from blushing.

He then leaned in and kissed me on the cheek.

"I hope that'll help it heal faster."

"It's already starting to feel much better." I replied, as Trina got up.

"Come on, Tori. We should be getting back home."

"Really wish I could stay longer." I said, as I hugged and kissed Andre, "Text me later?"

"You know it."

"Good."

"Will you hurry up?! My beauty rest has to start at 10 o'clock sharp!" yelled Trina, as she dragged me out of the house.

"See ya!" I shouted, as we got in the car and drove off.

Sunday, June 1st

1:32 P.M.

I was sore. Oh, so sore.

And I found it very difficult to get any sleep.

Tossing and turning. Turning and tossing. I just could not relax!

It was beginning to feel like I would never get any rest.

*A musical chime plays on my phone*

It was a chat message from Andre.

I began to smile as I read it.

{Been thinking about you and what you've done for me.}

{Really glad that I have someone like you in my life.}

{Glad to see that I have your back and you've got mine.}

{So nighty night, Tori. My lovely girlfriend. My best friend. My watchful protector.}

I sighed contently, as I held the phone close to my heart.

"He's been watching The Dark Knight again." I chuckled, turning over and slowly drifting to sleep.

I guess I really was a watchful protector.

After all, with a sweet boyfriend like Andre, I wanted to do whatever I could to make sure that our relationship was strong.

And looking out for each other was one of the best ways of doing so.

As I slept deeply, I began thinking of all the wonderful things yet to come for us.

So yeah, this summer was going to be awesome!