Kellic - Chapter Two

Vic's POV

I woke up to the shrill, monotone buzzing of my phone alarm on the bed next to me. Sighing, I blindly stabbed at the screen until I found the off button. I snuggled further into my covers, but then realised what day it was. It was Monday. I was meeting Kellin today. Ever since that Skype call, I had been oddly intrigued by the black-haired boy. He was really different to Jaime, and he was new. I liked it. I had felt a bit awkward about asking for his number, but he hadn't minded so it was fine. We had texted all weekend and I couldn't wait to meet him. I was a little worried though, I already had no self-confidence, what if Kellin didn't like me either? Most people hadn't at my old school. I was just the skinny, Mexican freak. I needed a fresh start, and Kellin and this new town looked like the right one. I threw my covers off of me, exposing myself to the cold, morning air around me. It was October but still freezing, and the shock of the cold was enough to wake me up and will me to stand out of bed and get dressed. Another good thing about this school was that there were no uniforms. There wasn't at my old school, but there were still strict rules. No jeans, especially skinny. What a stupid rule. I got in trouble practically every day because I ignored this rule, and even got sent home to change a few times. But then I just stayed at home. My parents worked during school, they never even knew. And because of their new jobs here, they would be out working for even longer. From early in the morning until late at night. This meant that Mike and I had the house to ourselves most days until quite late. I liked it.

I showered and then ruffled my hair into the right position, picking up my toothbrush and brushing my teeth while my speakers blared music to wake me up a little more. I walked back out into my bedroom and I chose a pair of black skinnies, a beanie and a band top, pulling my red toms onto my feet. I grabbed my school bag and walked downstairs, being thrown a piece of toast from Mike when I reached the kitchen. I grabbed it mid-air and took a bite out of it.

"Making me breakfast, eh? Why so kind today?" I said to Mike through mouthfuls.

"Just trying to be prepared and on time for once bro, and for how long you take doing your hair in the mornings I thought we'd save a little time if you didn't have to make breakfast too"

"Well that's very kind of you. And you're just jealous of me. I'm too fabulous for you" I said as I flipped my hair.

"Not the word I was going for" Mike laughed, and we both left the house, locking the door behind us.

I was starting to get nervous as we walked down the street, I knew that Kellin would probably be on his way too by now. Jaime had given us directions to the crossroads so we knew exactly where we were going, but we were getting there too quickly for my liking. I felt butterflies in my stomach and a lump in my throat as we approached the meeting point. The last corner was in sight...

I started panicking inside, fixing my hair as I walked and pulling the straps on my backpack protectively. First impressions always meant a lot. What if I didn't look good? I fussed about with myself earning a couple of giggles from Mike as we made our way towards the corner.

"Worried you don't look good enough?" Mike laughed. "Jaime's seen you before, i'm sure he thinks you're pretty already"

I stuck my middle finger up at him. At least he hadn't guessed that it was Kellin I was trying to impress. We made it to the corner and I stopped trying to fix my appearance, it was over now. He would see me now and there was nothing I could do about it. The second we turned the corner we heard a shout, and saw Jaime running towards us.

"HEY!" Jaime shouted, running over and pulling us both into a hug. It was good to see him again, but I couldn't help but look over his shoulder at the person standing there.

"...Hey" Kellin said, smiling a little.

"Hey" I replied, finally pulling myself from Jaime's grip and walking over. "So, you're Kellin"

"Duh" Kellin winked. Oh my god, he just winked at me I thought. His eyes were bright blue, it was really hard to look away from them. He blushed a little and looked at the floor, I guessed I had been staring at him a little weird, but that wink had caught me off guard.

"Nice to meet you" I smiled, stepping closer with my arm outstretched. A handshake?! I thought. Could I be any less cool?

Kellin laughed and stepped closer, taking my hand and shaking it. He leaned in a little to my ear.

"No offense, but I definitely like Real-life Vic more than Cyber-Vic" he said, winking again and then walking away over to the others to say hey to Mike. I stayed fixed to where I was standing, staring after him in awe. Did he just... flirt with me? My pulse was racing and I was sure that my face was bright red.

"You okay, Vic?" Jaime asked. I realised all three were looking at me. I brushed it off as well as I could and smiled back at them.

"Yeah, just thought i'd forgotten something. Shall we go then?" I asked, and we all began walking to school. I felt a little self-conscious, the sidewalk was only big enough for two people to stand next to eachother so Jaime and I were in front, with Mike behind him and Kellin behind me. But I had to admit, that had gone better than I thought it would. He actually seemed to like me.

Kellin's POV

I could not believe how amazing Vic was. When he walked over, Jaime ran to him and hugged him. I watched from the side feeling a little awkward, until Vic looked over Jaime's shoulder. Directly at me. His brown eyes stared right into mine and I don't know, I just knew that I really liked him already. He walked over and I knew that I needed to be cool, so as we talked I actually winked at him. Twice. He must think i'm such a freak. I also flirted a little, I don't know why. I didn't really know what my sexuality was, i'd had two girlfriends before but i'd never really thought of it as special. I decided it was nothing really, just me being friendly. Vic actually blushed a little, it was cute. Maybe he actually did like me. When we began walking I ended up behind him, and I couldn't help but watch him while talking to Mike. The way he walked, how he smiled at Jaime as they were talking, the way that he laughed. How could one person be so perfect? I didn't get it.

Eventually we reached school, and we had to split up. I said goodbye to Vic and Mike and watched as they walked off to the office to get their timetables. I looked at mine, I had Chemistry.

"What lesson do I have?" Jaime asked.

"You're so useless" I laughed. "I have Chemistry so you'll have Maths"

"Ok, cheers. See you at break" Jaime said, and then left. I began walking to Chemistry. I arrived in the room and sighed, I hated this lesson. Most of them actually. I didn't have many friends other than Jaime and Tony, and they weren't in any of my lessons except French. I sat on my own at the back in all the other lessons. I walked in past the douchebags, silently praying that nothing would be said to me. There was one 'emo' comment, but other than that, nothing. Maybe I was lucky today.

Vic's POV

After we split up, Mike and I had to go and get our timetables. We were in different years so we wouldn't have any lessons together. I just hoped that I would be in some classes with Kellin and Jaime. Okay, especially Kellin. The headteacher welcomed us to the school and told us some of the rules, and then we were handed our timetables and maps of the school.

"Try to find people that you trust that can help you around the school, good luck" the headteacher said, and that was it. We walked out of the office and I looked at my timetable.

"What do you have?" Mike asked.

"Chemistry, you?"

"English. I'll see you later, bro"

"Yeah, seeya" I said, and then started to look for the classroom, using the awful excuse for a map in my hands. Eventually I found the right classroom and walked in, explaining to the teacher that I was new and that's why I was late. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a head pop up from the back of the room as I began to speak. I turned a little and was happy to see that it was Kellin.

"So sit anywhere you want. We're just learning from the board today so it should be quite an easy lesson" the teacher said.

"Thankyou" I smiled, and made my way to the back of the room. Luckily, no one was sitting next to Kellin. Infact, he was a whole row behind everyone else. I sat down and smiled at him, and it was returned.

"Hi stranger" I said, and then the teacher began the lesson. He seemed like a nice teacher, but often got annoyed when people were speaking so it was hard to have a conversation with Kellin. I needed to get him back for this morning though, he caught me off guard and I managed to embarass myself within the first five minutes of us meeting. It was his turn to suffer.

"Boring lesson, huh?" I whispered.

"Ugh, tell me about it. At least today I actually have someone to talk to. I'm normally so bored that I actually listen"

"Well, it's my pleasure to be ruining your education" I winked, making sure he saw. He looked down at the table, blushing a little and... giggling? Oh god, what did I do? "What's funny?" I asked.

"Just you winking. You sorta screw up your face a little" he laughed. I put my arms protectively around myself, sinking into my chair. I didn't like when people pointed out my appearance. Kellin noticed and corrected himself. "But I didn't mean it in a bad way, it's quite cute actually". This made me blush even more. He was good at this. I needed to do better.

"Well yeah, I know i'm cute. But what about you, are you just another pretty face?" I asked.

"Oh, i'm much more than that. But it's nice to know you think i'm pretty" Kellin winked. Fuck.

We talked a bit more, and soon there were five minutes left of the lesson. Kellin got out his notepad and began scribbling something down, and I was stunned for a moment thinking he was actually doing the work. But then he slid the notepad across the table to me, and I read what he had written.

What lesson do you have next?

History.. why?

Feel like missing it?

My second lesson ever at this school? I thought about it. Kellin wanted me to skip a lesson with him. I knew it was wrong and stupid, but I wanted to do it. Before passing the note back, I added something onto the end of my note. I saw Kellin's face light up as he read it.

Kellin's POV

Vic paused for a moment, and then wrote something down before passing it back. I looked down and read the note.

My second lesson ever at this school? Absolutely.

I smiled. Perfect.