Left Behind (Completed) *editing*

Chapter Fourten

Trying out a different POV just for fun. :) Will switch back to Valerie next chapter.

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Colin's POV

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I braced myself, taking a peak over my shoulders, before walking through the school hallway to my locker. I had a pretty interesting weekend. I'm not entirely positive that interesting is the right word for it, but I guess it fits sufficiently.

The school hallways were over crowded with people. I hate that on a normal basis but today, it sort of was working in my favor. 45678, I put the combination onto my lock and it unhinged, allowing me to open my locker. I could barely remember what I was looking for. Jesus. My best friend, Val, called this paranoia. I called it survival instincts.

To sum up all the fun and exciting activities that occurred over the weekend, I suppose I could start with Friday night. Yeah, Friday night was full of festivities. Val, who had been living with me and my Mom, was gone over her boyfriend's house all night. I just stayed in the house and partook in video games via my X-box. I used my headset to play with my neighbor, Mark.

Nothing great was going on so that was how I spent my time. Of course, I had hoped Val would come hang out for a bit. She finally showed up around 8ish, I'd say. Low and behold, she was just there to get a change of clothing. She said hey, that she couldn't stay, what ever and she'd come chill with me tomorrow. To make that an offer she couldn't refuse, I told her I'd borrow my Mom's car and pick her up if I could. We agreed to see each other around ten and she left. Friday night was fun, right?

Basically, things got real entertaining when I showed up to get her. I could hear yelling inside of the house and I pretty much needed to speed off once she got in the car to avoid getting beat down by Riley. I've never liked him. I can't really put my finger on why.

It could be that I had share someone very special to me with him; Val. It didn't help that we always seem to have interest in the same girl. He has no game so I usually win. What sucks though is that Val fell for him. She seems to be getting over it and hopefully realizing he's just a pretty face. He's nothing but a dumb jock that can't even pull his grades up enough to be accepted back onto the school's football team.

He's been living alone since a bad accident took his family. I feel bad for the guy but I can't have to much sympathy for him. I did receive a death threat email from him after Val broke up with him. It was really sweet of him to consider killing me. Now I spent my time trying to dodge him because my Mom would lose it if I came home with another black eye.

One little detail also blew my mind this weekend. Val's pregnant, it could be mine. I've been pretty damn stressed about it so that's been fun. On another fun-filled note, my charming big brother showed up and doesn't seem to intend on leaving without Val. She said she wouldn't be with him unless I gave my blessing.

There's a zero percent chance I'd do that. I can't stand to see her hurting over another asshole. She's pregnant. If she doesn't have an abortion I'm sure that will clear the problem up and send him running. I didn't want her to do that either. I have to admit, I was a little stoked about her being pregnant until I recalled one important key factor.

Val didn't love me. She had no interest in being with me. We hooked up because she was high and in my drunk state I thought it was okay. If she had tried when I was sober, it'd have still been hard to say no but I would have found it in me. That was my weekend though, to sum it up.

As I entered the locker room to change for gym, I felt eyes on me. I pulled my gym shirt on and I whirled to the side to see Riley, already dressed and watching me. Pretty creepy, I thought to myself. He stood against the locker. I uncomfortably changed into my shorts and sneakers before confronting him.