Chapter 3

Old Habits Die Hard

Two weeks pass by and the bond between Jon and Kal has grown stronger than ever and Kal has made friends with Amy and Jake Bradford as well as a boy named Harry.

Jon's POV

Taking a sip of my coffee as I read the morning paper I heard Kal getting up out of bed. I checked my watch.

"9 o clock right on the dot. I'll never understand how that boy gets up so early." I said to myself.

He then walked down wearing tan cargo shorts with a silver buckle belt and had on a plain red t-shirt. But what really caught my attention was his hair. No more than a week ago did Felicia take him to get his hair cut and now it was past his ears and his bangs were long enough to cover his eyes completely and by the looks of it his hair must have gotten thicker and it's color changed a little. Now it's sort of a rustic color.

He must have noticed me staring because he turned towards me and said "Jon is something wrong?"

I shook my head and said "No its nothing."

"Okay well, I'm going to go meet Amy, Jake, and Harry at the park." Kal said.

"Aren't they still in school?" I said.

He then gave me a wolfish grin and said "Today is the last day of school for summer. They get release around ten."

"That's right, I completely forgot that summer started today." I said to myself.

"Well I'm off see you later Jon." Kal said.

"Alright see you later. Remember Felicia is wanting to take us all out later today at 2. So be back around 1:30." I said.

"Alright later." Kal said as he walked out.

When he was gone I walked up to his room and opened the door and looked around. I've only been in his room once and that was when I checked up on him. The room looked like it had before Kal moved in except for a picture that was on the nightstand and a laptop on the desk. I walked over to the nightstand and picked up the picture. Apparently Felicia was right Pam had three kids. I recognized Kal right away and saw that both his younger brother and younger sister both had blonde hair. I then saw who Pam married, Justin Wilson. He was the star football player back in college. He was also one of my closest friends and he also knew that me and Felicia were Darkstalkers.

"Smart move Pam." I said to myself.

Justin hasn't changed at all. He still had blonde hair and was a little bit taller.

"He'll be a good father to Kal." I thought.

I then sat the picture back down and walked out and went up to the roof top to exercise.

Kal's POV

After a few minutes of jogging. I arrived at Silverstone High School and I sat down underneath one of the maple trees.

"Ah high school cann't wait to join." I said to myself.

After a few minutes of daydreaming I heard the bell ring and saw the students walking out. I saw the students flood out of the front doors. I then saw Amy, Jake, and Harry. I then got up and walked over to them.

"Hey guys. What's up?" I said.

Amy was the first to answer. "Nothing but enjoying the first day of summer!" she said cheering.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Jason McDavis walking this way with his two sidekicks, Josh and Dal.

"Oh no, here comes trouble." Harry said fixing his glasses.

Now I haven't known Harry long. But what I do know is that he is good friends with Jon and Felicia and the guys back at the apartment and he is also friends with Amy and Jake. He told me that he had to stay at the apartment because his mom was a world reporter and was currently in Paris. My thoughts were disturbed when Jason spoke.

"Well, well look what we have here. A group of bozos and a wimp." he said pushing Harry almost knocking him over.

I felt my old fighting instincts rising to the surface.

"Touch Harry one more time and you'll surely regret it! That also goes for Jake and Amy!" I said with venom in each word.

"Oh I'm so scared. What are you going to do if I did this?" he said pushing Amy in the middle of her chest.

In a flash I had him on the ground with a simple kick to the leg. Then Josh came at me with a side swing. I quickly ducked under it and hit him with an uppercut. Then Dal tried to tackle me but I jumped to the side and brought my leg down hard on his back. When I was sure they were done I noticed that there was a large group surrounding us.

"Did you see that? That dude took down Jason and his guys down without breaking a sweat." one guy said.

"Who is he? I sure don't want to make him angry." another said.

"He's kinda cute." a few girls said.

Then all of a sudden they were all clapping even a couple of teachers that came to stop the fight. Then I started to get a strange feeling. It was positive, warm, and a nice feeling. But it reminded me of the negative feelings I had back at my old school. Pain, fear, hatred, loneliness, and sorrow. I gripped my chest and shook my head.

"I can't stay here." I mumbled.

I then bolted out of the circle of people. Some of them were startled at this but I didn't care. I had to get away to some where safe. I then pushed my body to it's max making everything I passed look like a blur. I then knew where to go. I turned on the next corner and ran towards the park.

Amy's POV

It was amazing at how Kal took down and his guys. I then noticed that a large group of students had came to see the fight. I also noticed that a couple teachers came to stop the fight but stopped to noticed that it was already over. Then all of a sudden the students and the teachers started clapping. I then overheard the teachers talking.

"That boy did something that the students didn't think was possible. He stood up to Jason and proved that he could stand up for himself. I wonder what his name is?" said one of the male teachers.

"His name is Kal Wilson. He is a good boy. He'll be joining our school as a senior next year and he may prove to be a role model to the students." said Mrs. Perry, our principle.

I then looked at Kal and was about to thank him for what he did for me. But then I noticed the look on his face. It was a confused and tense look. When I reached to touch him he then bolted out of the circle with incredible speed.

"Whoa! Did you you see how fast he took off?" a male teacher said.

"Why did he run away? He wasn't in any trouble."said a female teacher.

"He wasn't expecting us to congratulate him. He has a bad history of being picked on and had many fights. I don't want to talk about it because it will be violating his records. Is that understood?" said Mrs. Perry.

The teachers all said yes and started to lead the students away. I was about to walk away when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see Mrs. Perry.

"I know you overheard that conversation Amy and I'd like you not to as Kal any questions about his past." she said smiling.

"Is it that bad?" I asked.

"Yes but don't worry about it. He's a very nice boy. Since you made friends with him he considers you as his closest friend. So go after him and see if he is alright." she said smiling.

"Yes mam." I said.

I turned to see that Jake and Harry had already left to go find him. I then ran off to find him as well.

"I think I may know where he is." I thought.

After a few minutes of running I arrived at the park to find Jake and Harry sitting on a bench panting.

"Thanks for leaving me." I said in angry tone.

"Sorry." they both said at the same time.

"Did you find him at least?" I asked.

Both of the shook their heads. I looked around and noticed an old oak tree and walked over to it. I looked up and noticed that Kal was sitting on a branch five feet up in the tree.

"Kal, are you alright?" I asked.

He looked down and gave me a sad smile.

"Hey Amy." he said.

Then he jumped down and landed on the ball of his heels with a soft thud. He then walked up to me with that same smile.

"I guess you have a lot of questions." he said rubbing the back of his head.

"Yeah but we don't have to talk about it until you are ready to tell me." I said walking up to him.

Now I wasn't into romance or anything but something about Kal drawn me to him. Maybe it was his pure crystal blue eyes or his sort of long hair that was a beautiful brown color that drew me to him.

"So Amy I was wondering if you wanted to join me to go out somewhere. Felicia is taking us." he said breaking my thoughts.

For a moment I blushed slightly.

"Sure, what time do I need to be over?" I asked.

"Around 12:30pm." he said.

"Okay well I need to go. I'll see you tonight." I said grabbing Jake's arm and started running home.

"Yes" I thought.