Hold On 'Til May - Fuenciado

Chapter Twenty-Four

[Vic]

I reached out behind me, careful Kellin didn't notice, for the knife. Enough was enough, I didn't want to put Jaime through anything more, much-less deal with Kellin anymore. I kissed down Kellin's neck when I had the knife in my grip, biting him, knowing it would cause him to moan and close his eyes. I lifted my head, looking down at him, and he opened his eyes, staring into mine.

"I love you Kellin," I said, smiling. I had grabbed my knife with my left hand, so that I still had my right hand to use freely. I waited for him to start responding, and raised my fist, throwing a punch at his face. He was stunned from the sudden attack, but then he tried to force me off of him, and I threw another punch. I continued until I was sure Kellin couldn't fight back, then quickly cut Jaime's ropes, who was looking at me with wide eyes.

"Get the fuckin' rope!" I said, pointing to the side of the room where I knew Kellin had put the extra. I had Kellin in a grip I was sure he couldn't escape if he woke up, and instructed Jaime to tie him up. Jaime wasn't doing the best job, he was clumsy and unskilled with it, so I told him to take my place and I'd do it. I quickly tied the ropes, making sure Kellin wouldn't be able to get out. "Come on Jaime!" I said, grabbing his hand. He flinched back, but I just ignored it, heading for the stairs and assuming he'd follow.

"Where are we?" Jaime questioned when we reached the top of the stairs.

"No clue," I said, heading for the door. I just hoped there was somewhere nearby we could call the police, get Kellin taken care of. We ran out, and I glanced behind me, taking notice of the house, so that I could tell them where he was. Jaime stopped in front of the house, just staring at the ground. I grabbed his arm and tugged him, and he cringed away, saying ow. "Shit, sorry man, but come on, we gotta go!"

[Jaime]

I was still amazed with Vic's actions. I thought he hated me, but he just freed me and tied up Kellin... after I failed at trying myself. I was snapped out of my daze by a sharp pain from my arm, where Kellin had cut me. I cringed bak with an ow, and Vic apologised, but then said we had to go. He grabbed my hand, and we ran down the road, running to a house a few doors down, just in case Kellin managed to come looking for us. Vic knocked on the door, us both trying to catch our breath, but no one answered.   "Fuck!" Vic shouted, grabbing me and running over to the next house, repeating the process. The door opened to an older couple, 50ish I'd say, and Vic asked to come in and use their phone, saying it was an emergency. They looked worried, and a bit confused, but let us in and lead Vic to the phone. They said I could sit in the living room, to wait for Vic, and lead me there. I sat, my knee shaking worse than usual, me fidgeting with my hands.

***

Vic and I sat in the police station, after retelling our story to them for the second time. I tapped my fingers on my leg, waiting for them to tell us what needed to happen now. I looked at my arm, it had been bandaged by the medical staff before we came here. Vic looked over to me, so I met his eyes, and he smiled at me. I was still tapping my fingers, and he placed his hand on mine, stopping me. He flipped his hand over, palm side up, waiting for me to put my hand in his. I still don't understand how he went from saying those things to me to acting all nice like this, but I gave him my hand anyways, not wanting to upset him.

I wandered in my own thoughts for a while, before an officer came back for more questioning. Vic just let me be, him lost in his own thoughts as well. After the officer had told us we could go home, I looked at Vic, wondering what he wanted to do.

"I don't want to be away from you Jaime..." Vic turned to me and said, a sad expression on his face. I sighed, letting out a little smile. Those words Vic said, I couldn't stop replaying them through my head. I can't believe you actually thought I loved you. You disgust me. You should have committed suicide. I decided it would probably be better not to leave Vic alone, I mean, I still loved him, but it's not like he cared about me... and if it would make him happy, I may as well spend the night. I put on a smile.

"Who's place?" Vic thought for a moment then replied.

"Well, you have the bigger movie collection... and I won't be getting much sleep tonight. So yours?"