Above and Through it All (Kellic)

Chapter Four.

I'd only had three kisses my entire life. One from my mother, and one from each of these two girls at a party. Neither one had felt quite right for some reason, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

Oh.

He pulled away. I wanted to kiss him again, to feel that way all over again, but as soon as my eyes fluttered open, I knew I didn't have a chance in hell. Jessie, Kellin's friend, was glowering at me from just behind my California boy. God damn him and his terrible timing.

"If you two are quite done." I looked down. Damn. I met Kellin's gaze long enough for him to pull away from me completely and nod. He nodded at me. Once, like a curt bow. Something in his eyes went cold as he began talking to Jessie about some girl. He had used me to get rid of some girl. He started laughing and hugging Jessie, he even patted me on the shoulder. Like I was a dog that he was praising. Oh hell no. I looked up at him, cursing the tears welling up in my eyes. He turned away, talking to Jessie again. I didn't hear what he said because I was already running. I flew past classrooms, vaulted over railings and up staircases, the people around me mere blurs. I stopped, finally, at a door. I threw it open and stepped out into the dry, hot California air. The rooftop. I spent plenty of nights on the roof of my old house, but never for a reason even remotely like this.

"Victor!" He was breathless, of course. Something about the teenagers in this area screamed athsma. I didn't even turn to look at him, instead walking forward a few paces toward the 1/2 foot wall at the edge of the roof.

"Vic, please listen to me!" Kellin yelled. Well fuck, if he could yell, so could I. I whipped around.

"Listen to what, Kellin? Some lie to preserve me? To you telling me that it wasn't all just to get some chick off your ass? Because I call bullshit!" I yelled.

"Vic-" oh hell no, my turn wasn't over yet.

"I'm a human being too, Kellin fucking Quinn, not some thing that you can fuck around with and then throw away! I-" the world around me faded away as Kellin's lips colided with mine.

"I know." He muttered against my lips, and oh, god did I have some thoughts about that mouth in that moment. I melted against him, gasping softly against his lips as he pressed his hand into my lower back.

Fuck.

If lust was a sin, I was going straight to Hell, and I didn't want heaven by a long shot. He pulled away, again, damnit. I felt my breathing suddenly become ragged as I saw how flushed he was and how red and positively gorgeous his lips were. I cleared my throat and looked down at my worn-out Vans.

"So, I have this assignment that Mr. Stargate gave me, and I don't know how to do any of it..." Damn it, shut up. You're going to make him think you're too pushy, or you just want him for sex. The truth of the matter was, I didn't know if I could survive without that smile for more than 45 minutes.

"I don't have study hall on Fridays, so..." He trailed off, pulling a small, beat-up flipphone from his pocket. He dialed a number and held it to his ear, waiting. I tapped my foot, looking around at the barren blandness of the rooftop and waiting for something to happen.

"How are you today." I jumped slightly at the abrupt sound of his voice. "Good. I'm bringing someone over for homework. Be out." And with that he hung up. I was almost too scared to ask who it was that he could have been so cold towards, so... Unanimated, angry, and boarderline violent. I looked at him, the unspoken question lingering in my gaze.