Peggy's POV

"Hey, it's me again. Please answer the phone, I wasn't lying to you. I just want to talk to you again.. I miss you.. Call me back."

I sigh and hang up the phone, pulling my blanket up further over me. I was curled up on the couch, the TV playing in front of me, even though I wasn't paying attention. My laptop was open in front of me on the coffee table, but I wasn't doing my schoolwork. John was in class and Alex was at work, so there was no one to tell me to stop moping around.

We were only together for a month and a half, and it was just one fight, but it hurt like hell. She wasn't answering any of my texts or calls, and every time I go to the cafe, she's not there. She was avoiding me, even though I didn't do anything, really.

She's convinced I was lying to her. Making up stories to make her sister look bad. As if I would do that.

After around fifteen more minutes of moping, the door opens and I hide my head under the blanket. I didn't want whoever it was telling me to get up and do anything.

"Peggy? Is that lump you?" I hear Alex ask.

I sigh. "No." I mumble, though he knew it was.

He sits down next to me and lifts the blanket up, looking at me. "Have you eaten anything today?" He asks.

I quietly shake my head and he nods, reaching down outside of the blanket. He holds up two bags of takeout from my favorite restaurant and I give him a very small smile. "Thanks, Alex."

I move the blanket and he scoots over close to me, handing me my food and a water bottle. We start to eat in silence, watching the show in front of us. "Any contact with Victoria?" He asks.

I shake my head. "No, she won't reply. I don't even know if she's reading or listening to my messages." I say sadly.

"She'll come around. John is going to go try and talk to Carrie today, see if she has anything to do with this." He says, staring at the tv. I tilt my head.

"You're sending John to talk to Carrie? Are you comfortable with that?" I ask him. I didn't want to push, but I wanted to know.

Alex's jaw tenses up slightly as he continues to stare at the tv. He shrugs his shoulders gently. "No, not really. But she won't talk to me, and we don't like seeing you all upset like this. I'm hoping we can help you two, because you two are really good for each other."

I nod slowly and look back to the screen. I lean my head on his shoulder and continue to eat my food. "I appreciate that, Alex. I know this is probably very hard for you."

"Well, you are practically my little sister now, I'm going to do the best I can to help you and take care of you." He says, wrapping an arm around me and holding me close. "Just ask Theo, though, I'm a bit overprotective sometimes."

I giggle very quietly. "That's alright, you couldn't be any worse than Ange. I love her to death, but she smothers me too much."

He chuckles softly and I raise an eyebrow. "Do you still talk to Theo? I only met her a couple times, but she seemed like a fun person."

I feel him nod. "I still talk to her occasionally. She's with Aaron Burr, so I know she's doing alright."

"Aaron Burr? The guy who was on the debate team with you and Ange?" I ask, looking up at him.

He nods again. "Yep, that's the one."

"He was so quiet all the time.. How did they meet?" I ask, trying to take my mind off of Victoria.

"They were online friends, actually. And then I brought Theo to one of my debates and they met in person there." He explains. "Aaron was so nervous that day." He chuckles.

"Was he? That's kind of cute, though." I sigh softly.

His phone starts buzzing and he raises an eyebrow and looks at it. "Sorry, I have to take this." He answers the phone and I watch him as he talks. "What's up?"

There was a pause and then I see Alex's face soften a little bit. "She does? That's great... Uh huh... Okay... Alright, sounds good... Love you too, bye." He hangs up the phone and I raise an eyebrow at him.

"Was that John?" I ask.

He nods. "Yeah, he went to talk to Carrie and found Victoria instead. He explained everything to her, and she wants to meet with you in person."

My eyes widen. "She does? You'd better not be messing with me, Alex!"

"Jeez, that would be cruel, I wouldn't do that to you." He looks me up and down. "You should probably go get changed, you two are set up to meet in an hour at that new restaurant down the street."

I nod and jump up off the couch for the first time all day and rush to my stuff. I couldn't look like a mess if I was going to talk with her, that would be something John and Alex do, not me.

Timeskip brought to you by the world not being perfect, but it's not that bad

I fidget with the sleeves on my jacket as I wait for Victoria to come to the restaurant.

I almost thought she wasn't going to come. She was so angry with me. But John must have been pretty good at explaining.

Eventually, she comes into the restaurant and quietly sits across from me. I nod at her. "Victoria, hi."

She nods back at me. "Hi."

I sigh and get right into it. "Look I'm sorry, about coming off so strong. I'm sure your sister is a really great person to you and-"

"Peggy, stop. Your "brother" already told me the whole story and.." She pauses and looks up at me. "I'm sorry for getting all mad at you. I don't know exactly what happened between my sister and your friends, but I know that I don't want that to affect us in any way, shape or form."

I was stunned by her reaction. This is the same girl who's been ignoring me since I told her that stuff was now apologizing to me. Most people wouldn't do that. Maria never apologized to me for anything.

"Wha-what? Why are you sorry? I'm the one who-"

"I took what you said way out of proportion, I shouldn't have done that. And then I especially shouldn't have avoided you, I should have come to talk with you sooner. Because that's what a good girlfriend does, she talks out her problems." She explains. I simply just nod, staring at her. This was all so new to me.

"Look, I know my sister isn't perfect. It's just hard to believe after all that she's done for me." She stares at the table, playing with the napkin.

"Victoria, I understand it, I really do. My sisters aren't the best to everyone, but I would defend them the same way. I wasn't trying to get you to turn against your sister or anything, I was just explaining our.. Complicated history with her." I say cautiously, watching her reaction.

She sighs and looks up at me. "Did she really do that to your friends? She really tried to break your friends up?"

I bite my lip and think through my answer. "Well, in a way, yes. But it does take two to tango, so it's also partially John's fault, not only Carrie's."

"Why would she do that? I just.. It doesn't make sense to me.." Victoria frowns. I could tell Carrie was her hero in some way, even if she was a terrible person to us.

"I don't know.. You seem to really care for her, though. And I mean, I get she's your sister and all, but it seems like more than a sisterly love."

She hesitates but nods slowly. "A little more than a year ago, Carrie turned eighteen and moved out. She came up here to New Jersey to get away from our family. I was going to wait until I turned eighteen to go move with her, but it happened a little sooner. I came out and my step dad kicked me out of the house, so Carrie took me in. She's been supportive of me and enrolled me in school here and all of that fun stuff."

"How come she never mentioned you or brought you around? Or how come John never saw you?" I ask.

"I got a job as soon as I could to help pay for stuff around the apartment, so I was always either there or at school. Plus, she would text me when she had someone over, so I would go stay with friends or something." She shrugs. "Crazy how the world works, right? I stayed away so I wouldn't have to meet the boy Carrie brought over and then he ended up being my future girlfriend's best friend?"

I let out a small chuckle and nod. "Yeah, but everything happens for a reason, you know." She smiles gently and I continue. "You know, we should let their issues stay their issues. We shouldn't let them force their fight onto us."

She nods. "We could be like Romeo and Juliet, but with a less tragic ending hopefully." She smiles and reaches her hand across the table.

I smile brightly and hold her hand. "Definitely with a less tragic ending." 

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Just a little bit of Peggy for you because she deserves a significant part. Back to John and Alex dram- happy times next chapter.