In Reality || Kellic [boyxboy]✔

Chapter Twenty Nine

I was on my way to school through the dark. My long sleeves fell over my hands, protecting them from the cold the slightest bit. I sighed. I really really didn't want to go. I just wasn't in the mood for people to talk to me, to come running to me to tell me meaningless shit, to spread rumors... All of that crap. I was done with it.

As I entered the school, it was barely ten seconds, until a group of people gathered around me. I held back a groan of annoyance and looked at them expectantly. "Whats up?", I said to no one in particular. Justin made his way through the other people to come to me, "Dude! Why didn't you tell me that shit was because you lost a bet?"

I wanted to furrow my eyebrows together in confusion, but I thought, that that might be an opportunity to get out of some shit, so I just asked, "What do you mean?" Justin rolled his eyes, "The stuff with Vic! You guys were never even dating, man! He told everyone."

Imagining Vic going around, carelessly telling people he would never date me and had only acted like it because he didn't have an other choice hurt me quite a bit. Of course, I didn't show that. "Oh that.", I faked a laugh, "Yeah. Sorry 'bout that. I couldn't tell anyone." He hit my shoulder playfully, "Whatever man, let's go."

With that, we attempted to go to class, but of course, Katelynne appeared before I had taken five steps. "Hey, Kellin", she said. Her bare presence was already annoying me. "I wanted to ask, if you've made up your mind about Winter Ball yet, because it's this Friday..." I sighed, "I don't know." Now she looked annoyed, "Come on, please. I really need a date and if you're not going, I still need to ask someone else so hurry up."

I really didn't want to go to that ball. Especially not with Katelynne. But I wasn't good at turning people down. I was usually more of a people-pleaser and did whatever would  stress me out the least, no matter if I actually wanted it or not. I hated Katelynne at that time, I really did.
I quickly went through some things I could do to escape this situation.

-Live the rest of my life underground. Maybe even start a whole secret society of people who all hated Katelynne there.

-Become a nun. On the one had, the nunnery would provide me sanctuary from Katelynne (and everyone else I didn't like, assuming none of them would become a nun too) and I did look good in black, but on the other hand, I would have to spend my days saying prayers and singing hymns and doing general religious stuff, which is totally stupid and might get a bit boring at some point.

-Run to the local bookshop and but a copy of How To Learn Mind Control In Ten Minutes and quickly hypnotize Katelynne into thinking she hated me.

-Bribe the school nurse into telling her I had died.

I barely had time to consider these options when Katelynne started waving her hand in front of my face, "Earth to Kellin." I blinked, snapping myself out of my thoughts, "Uh... Okay. Okay, I'll go."
She grinned widely and hugged me. I awkwardly waited for her to step back again, which after a few seconds she did. I sighed yet again. What had I gotten myself into?

As lunch came around, I found myself becoming more and more worried about Vic. I hadn't seen him all day and I was hoping he was okay. Despite how much he had hurt me, it didn't effect that I liked him and that I cared for him. He was still Vic.

As I was thinking about Vic, I realized that he had never told me where he lived or even taken me there. I hoped, that his home life was okay. I really did, because I knew exactly how much it sucked when you couldn't even feel comfortable and safe at home.

"Kellin!" Nick's voice snapped me out of my thoughts. "Huh?", I turned my head toward him, lazily raising my eyebrows. "What're you thinking about?", he asked curiously. I shrugged, "Nothing in particular." He nodded and just looked at me, while I watched his eyes flick from my left to my right eye quickly.