Kieren stumbled through the woods, not caring where he was headed or what he was planning in doing when he got there. he needed to think. Everything had just been too much today - and he was not sure he could cope with such an overload of emotions, especially seeing as the last time he felt like this he...
No. I would never ever put my family through that again
That was one of the bonuses of rising - his actions were a result of unbearable pain ... The pain of losing the only person who truly loved, the only person who made life worth living. It was ironic how he had to die in order to realise that suicide was not the answer.
Kieren stopped in a small clearing in the woods. Everything was silent so he slumped on the ground, certain that he would not be disturbed and reflected on what had happened earlier that day.
Kieren's POV
It had all started when I had a fight with Simon. He had wanted to free the rabids from the surgery... I had lived in Roarton a long time and was very friendly with all the people so you can understand why I did not want him to release them, even though in hindsight it was probably the right thing to do.
Simon seemed so mad after, said he was wrong about me but wrong about what? His words stung me like salt in an open wound - sure they were only words but from him it was ... I dont know really but I felt pain like never before.
But he wasn't wrong about me, because he was right all along. Someone I knew - Freddie - forgot his medication ad was trapped in a garage about to feed on his girlfriend. Until I saved her and I thought i had saved him too but never have i been so wrong. Gary picked him up - tossed him in the back of a truck and in response to my protests said that he could do whatever he liked with 'my lot'. This was when the realisation hit me like a tonne of bricks. No matter what I did or how I dressed, this town would never treat me like Kieren Walker again - that part had died with me and it was futile to try to pretend otherwise. This was when I knew I needed Simon.
So I went to see him with the intention of telling him exactly what happened but when I saw him, everything changed. Words failed me so I went with my feelings, something that I had not done since when I was with Rick. I kissed Simon.
The words reverberated through Kieren's head. Why had he kissed Simon? Why had Simon kissed him back? But more importantly What would Amy say when she found out?