"Hey! Ron.. Oh my god. Oh my god."

"Val? Who is it?"

Alvanis comes to the door when I don't answer her. She looks at me and waves a hand in front of my face. I stare, unblinking, at the former Falling In Reverse member.

"Oh hey Jacky. Come on in."

Alvanis hugs him and closes the door.

"I heard you were visiting, so I thought I'd stop by. I've missed you."

I follow the two into the living room, wide eyed and mouth open, in shock. Jacky looks at me, curiously.

"I'm guessing that's the girl you were telling me about. Is she going to be okay?"

Alva shrugs and snaps her fingers in my face. I come out of my shock.

"Oh my god. Jacky Vincent! You're friends with Alva?!"

He nods and shakes my head. Alvanis just laughs at my stupidity.

"Alva! Why didn't you say anything? Holy fuck!"

Alvanis pats my head.

"Calm down Val. I used to live here, remember? Of course I know Jacky."

I smile at him and he smiles back.

"Nice to meet you Valentina."

"Oh my god. Jacky Vincent said my name."

He laughs and Alva rolls her eyes. She grabs her purse and kisses Max goodbye. I follow them to the door.

"Where are you going?"

"Jacky and I are going to hang out."

"Awesome."

Jacky hugs me goodbye and I smile like an idiot. When they leave I turn to Max, the same stupid smile on my face.

"Jacky Vincent just hugged me."

"Congratulations."

I scream, startling Max, and run upstairs.

~Ronnie~

When Michael and I get home from the studio, Max is in the living room, watching TV. The two girls are nowhere in sight. They better not have gone out shopping again. Alva could've went with Val to look at places to stay, or at least drove her. Damn, I hope not.

"Where's Alvin and Val?"

Max looks up from the TV, uninterested.

"Alva's out with Jacky."

I roll my eyes. Of course she is. She's been friends with Jacky before I ever moved in, before she even started dating Max. When he left the band, Alva tried to kill me, even though I had nothing to do with it. Michael sits on a chair, away from Max. I think Mikey will always hate him, and I don't blame him.

"What about Val, Maxwell?"

Max sighs, annoyed, and turns his attention back to the TV.

"I'm guessing your room."

Michael and I laugh.

"What did she do to you?"

Max mutes the TV, irritated and turns to us.

"I could only imagine how she reacted when she met you and Michael. Did she scream?"

I look at my best friend, confused.

"No.. What?"

Max nods his hand and Michael gets impatient.

"What the fuck are you talking about Green?"

"She scared the shit out of me dude. She freaked when she answered the door, when Jacky said her name she freaked, and oh my god when Jacky hugged her, she screamed and ran upstairs. She's probably up there still drooling. Maybe you have competition Ronnie?"

Michael laughs out loud and looks at me. I give Max a look just as Val comes down the stairs. She skips up to me, with a huge smile on her face. She kisses my cheek and hugs Michael.

"Oh my god, guess who I met today?!"

I roll my eyes.

"The pumpkin spice latte fairy?!"

Max and Michael bursts out laughing and I somehow manage to keep a straight face.

~Michael~

Valentina crosses her arms and glares at Ronnie until Max and I finish laughing. I have no idea how Ronnie didn't laugh at his jokes. That was fucking hilarious.

"Ha ha, Radke. Nah I actually met the only important person in Falling In Reverse, oh wait he left.."

Max and I laugh again. Ronnie is not amused. They're such jerks to each other. He hugs Valentina into him and she tries pulling away.

"You know you don't mean it."

He's kissing all over her face and she's twisting away, wearing a disgusted face.

"Ew Ronnie! Let go!"

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He stands, tickling her and she begins laughing, admitting defeat.

"Get a room. Fuck."

"You're only mad because Alvin's out with Jacky."

Max crosses his arms and stares at the TV mumbling.

"And you're jealous because Valentina like Jacky more than you."

Ronnie leans down to Val's ear and hugs tighter, he complains dramatically.

"Say it ain't so."

Valentina escapes his hug and looks into the distance with a huge smile on her face.

"Jacky Vincent said my name. He gave me a hug!"

Ronnie turns away, fake offended.

"And I was going to give you the shoes I got you!"

"Shoes?"

"Mhm. But I mean since you like Jacky more."

He shrugs. And Val rushes to the stairs.

"No! It's not true! I'm going to get socks!"

I look at Ronnie, shaking my head.

"You really blackmailed her with shoes."

Ronnie smiles as Val runs back down the stairs, nearly falling.

"Clothes, hair, makeup and shoes Mikey."

I just roll my eyes.

~Valentina~

I went to bed at 7pm due to a headache. It's gone now but I still lay in the bed. I jump up, startled, at the sound of a door down the hall slamming. All of the sudden, I hear Max and Alva yelling at each other.

"Are you fucking serious Max?"

"Oh my god, you're overreacting Alvanis."

"I'm overreacting? Why the fuck is she texting you? Why are you answering? Why do you still have her number?"

"Calm down! It's not what you think! She just wanted to talk!"

"And you fucking answered?! After what happened before?!"

"That was a long time ago Alva, come on."

"No! You cheated on me with that bitch for months!"

"The past Alva!"

"You're just talking? You expect me to believe that bullshit?"

"Wait. Where are you going?"

"Out!"

"Like that? Hell no!"

"Get your hand off of me before I tell my brother everything."

After that I hear nothing. Until there's a soft knock on the door. I open it and Alva's standing there in a short, revealing black leather dress. She comes into the room and closes the door behind her.

"Ronnie in here?"

"Uh. no. Where are you going?"

"We're going to a party."

She goes through my clothes and spots the hidden dress. Her eyes light up and she pulls it out.

"I should ask Ronnie."

"Is he your parent? Are you dating? Is there any reason you need his permission?"

"N-no. What about Max?"

She tosses the skimpy dress at me. If Ronnie sees me in this, he'll freak out.

"Hurry up. Do you have heels?"

I nod, slipping on the dress. With the lace ripped sides, nothing is left to the imagination. I hold up a pair of red pumps before putting them on. I instantly become 3 inches taller. Alva pushes me out of the room and Max just looks at us, clearly upset and sad.

"Where is the party?"

"Jacky's house."

As we get in the car, I go from hesitant to excited.

"I'm going to a party at Jacky Vincent's house?"

"Fuck yeah you are!"

Alva adjusts the music volume to blast in the car and peels out of the driveway.

~Ronnie~

When a car pulls out of the driveway, Mikey and I search for Alva, Max and Valentina. Nothing in my room, except the clothes Val was wearing today are discarded on the floor. We find Max sitting on the floor, next to the bed in him and Alvin's room.

"Hey, where did the girls go so late?"

Max just stares at the wall. It's a few minutes before he speaks.

"They went to a party."

"How? Val doesn't have any party clothes here. And Alva's clothes don't really fit her."

Michael steps up to Max.

"What did you do to Alvanis, Green?"

Max sighs and ignores Michael. I push Mikey out of the room. He's dialing Alva and Val's numbers. I hear Val's phone ring in the other room. Fuck. She left her phone here. After calling some people, no one knows, or won't tell us where they are. A little later Mikey comes up to me.

"So they're at a party either at Jacky's house or with Jacky."

I'm about to drive and grab them both but something tells me to stop.

"Alva texted you back?"

"Um no. Jacky posted a picture of them."

I grab Michael's phone and sure enough there's a picture of Jacky in the middle of Alva and Val on his Instagram page. Alva's wearing a short dress that I swear I recognize, I'm just not sure. But Valentina's dress. It's the same slutty, poor excuse for a dress I told her not to wear. She must have grabbed it when I was putting things back. She looks like a fucking prostitute and Jacky's hand on her lower back just pisses me off more. The caption reads, 'Bestie and my new friend look fine as hell', with a winky face and the 100. I scroll to the side. There's a picture of Alva and Val both kissing Jacky's face. It seems like they're having a lot of fucking fun. I scroll more and see ridiculous pictures. I know that's Alvanis' best friend so I'd expect nothing less from her. But Valentina has never met Jacky before, and barely knows Alva. Yet I'm seeing the pictures myself. There's one of Val sitting on Jacky's shoulder and Alva slipping a dollar bill up Valentina's dress. I know it's all in good fun and I know I shouldn't be angry but I am. I'm also hurt, although I don't really have a right to. I see other people I know with pictures from the party. Shit Craig has a fucking picture with Val. She's holding up a vodka bottle and it's caption, 'My new friend and Valentina', with the laughing face. You have to be fucking kidding me. I hand Michael his phone back and go into my room.