"Well, i've gotta go-Virgil will be back home soon, and plus, visiting hours are nearly over-i'll be off now, good-bye! Patton, don't bore her to sleep" Lucia joked with a smile.

"Oh, he could never!" Rose laughed, "bye!" She called as Lucia grabbed her stuff and walked out the door.

She went to her car, finding out that she wasn't especially tired that day, so she could drive herself home. Plus, she could still reach everything she needed, so was comfortable with driving safely home.

About an hour later, she'd finished dinner, which was simple enough- mini chicken quesadillas with salad on the side.

She decided to use mini tortillas, so that Virgil wouldn't feel as guilty-still, even though they were mini, they still had a good amount of chicken and cheese in them. She served him one at first, giving him a normal sized portion of salad, and a water bottle out of the fridge.

When he got home, the smell of the kitchen filled him with dread. It smelled like something...high in calories. When he slowly made his way to the kitchen, he saw his plate with one tiny quesadilla and a salad. He relaxed when he saw it.

He'd been working himself up from oatmeal, apple slices, and nuts(both kinds) for a while, so he was confident enough to try something new. He sat down and they engaged in some conversation.

He'd feel so bad if he didn't eat it, his mother took time out of her day to make him food, and he usually just ate oatmeal instead. Everything tasted like numbers to him, and he hated it.

Ten minutes went by, and he hadn't even touched his salad, so Lucia just smiled softly and said, "Virgil, honey, you're overthinking. I don't want you to feel pressured into eating it, you can have whatever you want-heck, you don't even have to eat right now if you aren't feeling up to it."

"I just-I feel so guilty.." he began in a small voice, "you just, you take time out of your day to make these meals for me, and I don't even eat them-"

"Virgil, baby, I make them because I want to, not because I want you to feel pressured into eating it. It's a just in case thing, if you want it you can have it, great. If you don't want it, that's fine too, either way, I won't be mad, or disappointed or upset. Because I love you. And if you think that eating a banana for dinner is what you need, i'm not here to stop you, or force food down your throat. Just remember, something is better than nothing, and I love you, so, so much!" She explained as she got up to hug Virgil from behind.

"Thanks mom" Virgil said, getting a little teary eyed.

"And I just want you to know, that I, and pretty much everyone that you know, will still love you, whether you have a little stomach chub or not. There will always be people who will try to bring you down-and if they do, you don't have to hide it or feel embarrassed. It's okay, and everything will be okay."

Virgil smiled, leaning into his mother's touch, "The only exception is if it gets too dangerous. You're not dying on me, hon."

Then the front door bursted open, and someone screamed, "hey there hoes! I'm hereee~"

Virgil jumped about ten feet out of his seat, before falling down and covering his face as he began to have a mental breakdown.

"ALICE WHAT THE FU-HEL-FUDGE!" Lucia exclaimed, holding a hand over her heart.

"Hey, i've been ringing the doorbell!" She argued in defense against herself.

"The door bell is broken! Oh my go, are you okay Virgil?!" She asked, her son's hands over his head as he began to shake, and flinch away from any touch.

"Y-yeah-i'm fin-ne" he said, his voice a tiny whisper as he began to take deep breaths.

Lucia grabbed one of his squishy stress balls and gave it to him so that he had something to fidget with.

"Oh my god i'm so sorry-Virgil, I didn't mean to-I-"

"It's okay it's okay it's okay" he said as he took a few more shaky breaths, "I heard the door slam open-and I thought it was-was-" his voice cracked, and he took another deep breath.

"It's okay baby, we understand" Alice said, walking over and sitting down next to Virgil, who wiped his eyes and said that he'd be alright.

A few minutes later, everyone was calmed down from the damn near heart attack Virgil almost had, and Alice just helped herself to some of the dinner, "damn Lucia you sure do make a hell of a lot of food."

"Force of habit, Andre-I mean, my ex, who shall not be named because he doesn't deserve a name, used to-"

"Okay okay let's stop making shit awkward, Virgil how was your day?" She asked.

"It was good until I almost killed my mom with my fork a few minutes ago when you barged in like a barbarian" he smirked.

"Oh you little shit, you know, this attitude of yours is getting out of control-"

'You're so close to me that you nearly died, oh
... Here you are down on your knees again
Trying to find air to breathe again-"

"Virgil how do you keep changing my ringtone?! I'll be right back" she said, running up to her room as she saw what the contact was.

"Flyleaf, nice" Alice smirked, high fiving Virgil as he began to pick at his salad.

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Lucia picked up the face time call, "Rose!" She exclaimed, "hey there!"

"Oh stop with the pleasantries, tell me about Alice. I've met her a few times-but is she worthy of my bff?!"

"How'd you know it was Alice?-"

"I have my ways. So," she began to squeal, "I can't believe this is happening!!!"

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Reagan met up with her new little friends as they came up with a plan. See, the cops that guarded Andrew's cell worked long hours, so near the end of his shift, when he's most tired, Raegan would go in while everyone else distracted the other cops saying that one of their prisoners was outside.

Raegan had a rag, and a huge bottle of nail polish remover. The smell is so strong, it could render the police officer defenseless for a while as she dumped the bottle all over his eyes and grabbed his taser to tase him, and keys to get Andrew out.

But they were getting ahead of themselves-how would Raegan even get in there?