sweet sixteen (kellic)

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"You are?" I asked with a mixture of shock and confusion. The three of them looked at each other. Who was this third boy? I racked my brain, trying to think and then it came to me. Max. His name is Max and he's a friend of Dan's.

"We...We've been talking and want to do something." Ashton spoke quietly. I was still shocked. Both Dan and Ashton had been so adamant to not do a thing and now here they were.

"Maybe you guys should come in." I said and stepped to the side. The three of them hesitated for a moment but came inside. I noticed them all look at Vic warily.

"Don't worry about him. He knows about all of this. It's fine." I said, looking at Vic. He looked just as confused as I was at the presence of the three boys. That's all we needed now, was something else to complicate things. I was glad I had some people on my side though.

I followed them into the living room and sat on the couch next to Ashton. Dan and Max sat on the coffee table so they could face us. It was strange being here with Dan, acting civil, working together. All he had done since I knew him was try and make my life hell, but now I was actually happy to be in the same room as him.

"So, what's going on?" I asked. Ash looked to Dan and Max, waiting for them to answer. I was especially interested in why Max was here.

"I didn't want to do anything about all this bullshit, but then after the football game last night..." Dan trailed off and looked at Max. I had a horrible feeling about this. Max shook his head quickly.

"I don't want to talk about." He said and kept his head hanging low. Whatever happened, I felt so bad for him.

"Well...you can imagine what happened." Dan said.

"He got to you too?" I asked. Max didn't look up, but nodded.

"I don't want him to hurt any more of my friends." Dan said.

"I know. I don't want him to hurt anyone either." I said, then turned my attention to Ashton, "What about you..." I was so unsure of his intentions.

"I didn't want to do this...but Dan found me, we talked...and I don't want anyone else getting hurt either." He spoke quietly. I could tell he wasn't sure about doing this, but the fact that he was here meant a lot. He was on our side.

"So we're all on the same page them?" I addressed them all.

"We all want to get rid of Parsons." Dan confirmed.

"But how?" I asked.

"I don't care as long as he's gone. How about the police?" Dan asked. I gnawed on my bottom lip in concentration before looking back at Vic who was still in the kitchen, leaning on his elbows on the counter. He had been watching me, but when his gaze caught mine he looked down at his glass of water. I turned back to Dan.

"But I thought you didn't want to go to the police. You didn't want this to get out." I said.

"I don't, and neither does Max, but what else can we do to get rid of him? Murder him?" He asked, only sounding half serious.

"I wouldn't be opposed to that idea." I mumbled. It didn't look like we had any other ideas.

"I have an idea." Vic spoke. All of us looked at him.

"What?" I asked.

"Blackmail him." He said.

"How exactly?" Dan grunted.

"You need to get some hard evidence against him. Blackmail him with it. Your word isn't enough to scare him. You need something that will definitely ruin his life." He explained.