A/N: I wrote this story with Kevin McCallister modeled primarily like Macaulay Culkin is today, well, I modeled Kevin after the physical description of Macaulay anyway and I added that Kevin is a smoker like I know Macaulay is (or was), lol but other than that, its still Kevin McCallister, only a now adult Kevin, lol…
~Apologize~
Theme Song: "Apologize" ~ One Republic
Kevin McCallister was eighteen years old and was home for summer vacation from schooling at Harvard University, where he was studying Psychology. His parents, Peter and Kate and brother, Buzz and sisters were glad to see him home. Kevin really hadn't been back to his old stomping grounds of Chicago since he was eleven—and that whole fiasco with the two crooks who had broke into his home and caused him trouble. Then of course it was the New York time as well, but then a year later, he and his family moved from Chicago to Philadelphia. As Kevin walked back in the house from the backyard, where a bar-be-que was happening, he walked out to the front porch of the house and to the mailbox on the lawn. Kevin was expecting to receive his test scored for the college semester by mail. He always liked to receive his grades by mail, why? Who knew, that was Kevin for ya. As Kevin opened the mail slot and went through the different envelopes in hand, he saw one that peeked his interest. It was from Riker Prison, addressed to him-Kevin McCallister. Kevin frowned as he opened the envelope, who could be writing him from prison? No one he knew. Inside was a letter. The letter said:
"Kevin,
Its been years, you probably don't know me. But its Harry Lyme, the first half of the two person group of crooks who tried to rob your house years ago. Sure, you know who I am. Anyway, I was writing because I'm sure after all these years, you're an adult now or at least a teen or something, and I—I wanted to see you at the prison. Not to hurt you or anything, because its not like I could, I'm in prison, but I wanted to see you. I know you have every reason not to, and every reason to hate my guts, but as my last wish in here, I'd like to see me. The address of the prison is on the front. I hope to see you this Saturday, Kevin.
Harry Lyme"
Kevin closed the letter back and sighed with anger. Was this man serious? He wanted Kevin to see HIM? Why? After all the shit Harry put him through, Harry and Marv, why would Kevin go see him? It would take a lot of convincing to get Kevin to see Harry—lots.
Theme Song: "Under Pressure" ~ Queen
Kevin awakened the next morning, it was a Friday, he hardly had any sleep last night, thinking about the letter he received. He didn't even tell his girlfriend, Mila about it. Not Mila, not his family, friends, no one. However, in his thinking, he came to a decision, he'd go see Harry Lyme, yeah he'd go see him, because Kevin had some real choice words for that damn bastard. Kevin quickly got up out of bed and showered, dressed and folded the letter and envelope in his jean pants pocket, his long, blond hair falling down into his blue eyes, covering them completely. With a swaying of his blond streaks out the way, Kevin dashed downstairs and saw his mom and dad in the kitchen. Peter was cooking at the stove while Kate was at the table drinking coffee, Buzz was eating cereal at the table, while his other sister was eating oatmeal at the table. Kevin sighed and frowned. How was he going to let his parents know, in a lie, that he was going to New York by plane for a few hours?
"Um, look guys, I'm going to be out for a couple of hours," Kevin said in his now adult voice. "I should be back by tonight though, alright?"
Kate looked up at Kevin and smiled.
"Oh? Where are you going hun?" Kate asked.
Peter laughed.
"Come on hun, don't pry." Peter said. "He's probably got a hot date tonight, right Kevin?"
Kevin scoffed, smiled and shook his head and Buzz laughed.
"Please who'd touch Kevin as goofy as he is?" Buzz said with a laugh.
Kevin looked at Buzz and raised an eyebrow at him.
"Um, I don't know, how about your girlfriend Buzz?" Kevin said with a wink and a smile and a laugh from his younger sister.
Buzz looked at Kevin with anger and Kevin laughed.
"You dipshi—" Buzz began before being cut off by Peter.
"Cut it out you two." Kate said as she got up and walked over to Kevin and kissed him on the cheek and hugged him.
"We'll see you tonight, hun." Kate said. "But please try to be back tonight before eleven. This is you and Buzz's summer vacation home from College and your father and I would like to spend sometime with you all, before you two go back."
Kevin laughed and nodded.
"I promise mom, I will." Kevin said with a brief smile.
Kevin waved at everyone before walking out the kitchen. As Kevin walked out the house and towards his red, Infiniti sports car, he pulled a pack of cigarettes and a green lighter out of his jean jacket pocket and pulled a cigarette out of the pack and lit it before he unlocked and opened the door to his car. He looked at the cigarette he was holding and briefly chuckled to himself. Smoking, nor his parents or his siblings knew he started smoking, but he had, when he was fourteen. Stress, relapse of memories, bad memories he had from his childhood, mostly of the fear he had that came from Harry and Marv from them trying to kill him in both Chicago at his home and in New York, and the endless threat letters Harry and Marv had sent him while in prison for the three years after their New York arrest in the park. Yeah, see THAT was why Kevin wanted to go see Harry, and Kevin was going to make sure when he saw both Harry AND Marv, their meeting or reunion rather, would be anything BUT pleasant…..
TO BE CONTINUED…..
(Longer chapters tomorrow)
