Adopted by Pierce the Veil

almost getting caught by them

Vic:

Oh my God...She looked just like her Angela.... her blue eyes and the freckles across the bridge of her nose... Images of Angela dead flashed in my mind. I blinked at the teenage girl as she smiled a shy smile.

"Hi... I'm Melody" Melody smiled.

Melody looked from me, to mike, tony and jaime. The guys smiled as If they remembered Melody when she was a baby...

"You guys look like someone I know.." She said as she played with her bracelets. "Yeah where Pierce the veil!" smiled Jaime. "Pierce the veil?! Ohmygod Y'all are so cool!" She smiled and jumped up and down.

"Thanks kid! Well we where thinking maybe we should get some dinner and get to know you" said Tony. Melody nodded "That'd be awesome!" she said. Melody gave a quick hug to Ms.Anne then she grabbed her iPod and we walked out the Door.

We all pilled in the car. Jaime driving, Tony in the passenger seat, Mike on her left, and Me on her right. "Where do you want to eat, Melody?" I asked. She thought for a little bit "Applebee's" she smiled.

Tony flipped threw the radio stations while Jaime drove. When Tony got to a station a song started with

Shimmer down, Shimmer down they say we're to young to now to amount to anything else But look around we work to hard for this just to give it up now if you don't swim you'll drown but don't move honey...

Melody almost shit bricks! She jumped over Tony and turned up the station and giggled screamed "5 seconds of summer!" She started to sing along to the song.

"You look so good standing there in my American Apparel underwear !and now I know I'm so down! your lipstick stain is a work of art I got your name tattooed in an arrow heart! and I know that I'm so down!"

Jaime and Tony started to sing with her while I laughed at Mike who was groaning "Turn it offffff!!!!"

Melody danced with Tony until we arrived at Applebee's.

We piled out and got a booth. A waitress took our drinks us guys getting a beer and Mel getting a strawberry lemonade.

"So Melody what's your full name?"I asked as she sipped her drink.

"Melody Marie Santiago" She said.

"What's your background story?" I said.

Melody looked down at her lap. "Ummm okay...well... I don't know who my birth parents are... I heard around that my birth mom died and my birth dad left my mom..."

Mike gave me a hard look but I kept looking at Melody who kept on with her story.

"My adoptive family.... um... my mom was abused by my dad.... he would get drug addicted and beat her if she didn't have sex with him... and when I was 5 he killed her because she refused to sleep with him.... the police didn't catch him..... My dad cleaned up for a month until he couldn't take it anymore.... he....um.... raped my foster sister..... she was 15....she was scared from the event so she ran away and started doing drugs..... she's in rehab today.... my older brother... he would try to protect me from my dad.... my dad would try to beat me...but my brother would fight back..... one day my brother came home....he was sick of my dad.... he was sick of the world.... he shot himself.... my dad he um....went and left me.... I was 7 at the time... and he went to go sell and buy drugs... he was caught and is now in prison.... I was sent into foster care..... I hated my first foster parents so i ran away.... I ran away from 20 times I think.... at school... I would get beat up and the teachers.... they would just call me stupid and stuff..... one.... he....I saw him.... touch girls.... he hit me because I told him to stop doing it..... I've been kicked out of.... 13 schools....... finally.... I was sent to Anne.... Anne....she thought I was special girl.... I've been at her place for 4 months and..... yeah... I guess..."

Melody looked up finally. Her blue eyes where water "Excuse me.." her voice cracking as she got up from the booth and to the bathroom.

Tony puffed out air "Damn... She's been through a lot"

"Yeah..." said Jaime "If I was her birth dad I would feel like shit... you know who Mikey?" Jaime asked Mike knowing I was listening.

"Why Hime?" Mike said looking at me.

"Because! If her dad stayed! He would have protected her from her hell of a "family"" Jaime said.

I clenched my fist "Shut the hell up!" I clenched from my teeth. "Calm down Vicky!" Tony said. I didn't notice that I was in Jaime's face with his shirt in my fist.

I let go "Sorry.... I'm just.... never mind... she's just so strong.. like Angela.... but what if..,what if she hurt herself?" I asked really scares.

Melody:

I locked the bathroom door. I hated my past so freaken much!!! I hated my birth dad for not being there! I hated myself for my mom dying!!!!

I started to cry. I grabbed my iPod and took off my jack skelington case off to see a small blade. I yanked off my black veil brides, asking Alexandria, devil wears Prada, suicide silence, and panic at the disco bracelets off.

Yanking of my red stained badges and yanked my blade down my arm and let my arms bleed. I hold my arms close and cried into my sleeves.

Finally I put in my earphones and my play list played I see fire by Ed sheeran. I listened the song as I cleaned my arm and wrapped it up in the bandage.

I got up and wiped the dirt off my butt and walked out of the bathroom to the booth. I'm good as long as they don't see my arms they'll think I'm an OK teenager and they'll love me....

I sat down next Tony and the guys where serious. "Is everything OK?" I ask.

Vic smiled but he looked so sad.

"Melody...may we see your wrist?" he asked