What Happened in Between

Graduation

A/N: Y'all are going to hate me...

Another school year ended just as fast as it came and Mitch came in the high school, box in his arms. He went to his locker and smiled at it as nostalgia came rushing to him quickly. As he opened it, a picture fluttered to the ground. He raised an eyebrow and bent down to grab it. He opened it gently and felt a tear come down his face instantly.

It was the day the he was brought into the family. He had to be at least four months old, a week after his parents passed away. His older siblings were kissing his baby cheeks while younger versions of Avi and Kevin sat down next next to each other, smiling. Kirstin is in Kevin's lap while Mitch's is in Avi's arms and Scott is on Avi's left side. The family was and is so sweet.

Mitch smiled and wiped the tears, putting the rest of the stuff into his locker, smiling at a group of students who waved at him. When he realized that he was done cleaning out his locker, he ran his fingers delicately down the locker once more and left, leaving behind every memory he made at that school.

Little did he know, a figure was watching from the background, smirking. They then brought up a walkie-talkie up to their mouth, laughing a bit.

"Operation: Graduation is about to commence," the figure replied, smiling when the person on the other end laughed. "We're finally getting what we want, Carson."

"I know. The Olusola family will finally be torn apart."

~~~

Kirstin came into the room, brushing through her hair. The curls came down onto her shoulders and she smiled at Scott when he came into the room. He straightened out his dress shirt, sitting down on the couch and Kirstin repeated his actions.

"Mitch is graduating," Scott thought aloud. Kirstin nodded as she closed her eyes. "I remember the day when he started homeschool like it was yesterday. Kirst, where did the time go?"

"I don't really know," Kirstin replied, feeling a solitary tear run down her face. She smiled when Scott wiped at it, being careful of her perfectly applied mascara. "I remember every little moment. Scotty, he's growing up. We can't stop him. I can't believe it."

Scott nodded sadly as he kissed Kirstin's head softly, gripping her hand softly. He stared down at the ring he is wearing on his left finger. He loved the fact he got married, but he can't believe that he grew up so fast in such a short amount of time. Now his brother is graduating in just a few hours.

Avi and Kevin then walked in, getting the siblings out of their thoughts. Mitch then came downstairs, wearing the best dress shirt he had. He smiled at his family shyly and then went to the door. Avi looked at his other two children and motioned them to stand up.

"Come on, guys," Kevin commanded lightly, smiling when his oldest children let out fake groans and stood up. "We got a graduation to attend."

"I can't believe my baby is growing up," Avi commented quietly, going up to his son and kissing him on the top of his head. "We got to go. The graduation starts at 3:30."

The family nodded as they began to leave, walking to the car. They didn't see Charlotte and Carson in the car behind them. They smirked at each other as Carson started the car.

"Are you ready?"

"Yep. This family is going to be ruined forever."

And off they went.

~~~

Alex and Ariana stood up, waving at the family as they walked to their saves seats. Husband kissed husband as girlfriend kissed girlfriend and they sat down, waiting for the ceremony to start.

"How are you guys adjusting?" Ariana asked, her fingers interlocked with Kirstin's. They all shrugged their shoulders in response and she laughed. "That sounds good. Oh, Matthew works as a janitor now. The college he wanted to attend didn't like the fact that he was suspended a lot during high school so they didn't accept him. Little brat deserves it."

"He does," Alex agreed, nodding his head slowly. He then smiled at Scott and kissed on his forehead. "After Scott's graduation, we're going to adopt."

"Yep we are," Scott agreed, putting his head on Alex's shoulder. "We are going to move into a nice house near you guys. We want to you to be near your grandchild."

Avi and Kevin shared a smiled, proud of their children. They grew up with good heads in their shoulders and now they are being successful in everything they do. Now Mitch is graduating and after that, they will have no more kids do watch grow up. No more kisses before bedtime, no more making the nightmares disappear, no more kissing the booboos better, and no more bedtime stories. Their kids are growing up and getting ready to live their own lives.

~~~

Mitch adjusted his cap, looking himself over. He heard the door open and smiled when he saw Travis come in. His boyfriend came up to him slowly and went behind him. The older male brushed his arm up and down Mitch's back, making him smile.

"I can't believe you're graduating," Travis murmured, hugging Mitch from behind. Mitch laughed quietly as Travis rocked him left and right. "We're going to be in the same classes."

"I'm d-do-oing-g m-mu-us-sic-c," Mitch replied, shaking his head. He giggled when Travis began to put butterfly kisses on his cheek. "Trav, s-st-to-op-p!"

"Never!"

Travis then began to kiss the younger boy on his cheeks like crazy while tickling him, making him squirm and laugh like crazy. All was going well until the door opened and a similar voice spoke up, striking fear in Mitch.

"Did you miss me?" Carson asked, walking up slowly. Mitch tried to back up and Travis took him gently, hiding his boyfriend behind him. "I'll look out if I were you."

Travis looked confused then felt a strong grip grab onto his arm. He turned around to see a muscular man who was dragging him outside. He tried to fight back, but he couldn't. Mitch began to cry and tried to run to him, but Carson grabbed him, making it impossible for Mitch to move.

"Mitchy, I love you so much, baby," Travis called out once more, finally being dragged out of the room. Mitch let out a sob and was instantly thrown to the ground. He gasped when he saw Charlotte coming up to him and he tried to stand up, but Carson stood on his wrist.

"Where was I?" Carson asked, tilting his head. He then snapped his fingers in realization and smirked evilly. He then took out a needle and Mitch froze in fear. "Say good night, Mitchy."

"H-he-el-lp," Mitch yelled, trying to move. Charlotte then gripped his head to keep it still and he tried to fight back. "Trav, s-sa-av-ve m-m-."

That's all he got out when Carson finally injected the needle. Mitch began to lose consciousness instantly. He saw a figure smirking down at him as he felt himself go numb. He felt someone picking him up and he tried to kick himself out of the strong grip, but he couldn't. He became paralyzed by whatever Carson gave him. The last thing he muttered before losing consciousness was:

"Trav, I love you."

And darkness met him immediately.

~~~

Kirstin adjusted herself as she felt the warm sun beat down on her back. The ceremony is taking forever and even though she loves Mitch, she just wants it to end. She jumped when Travis sat down next to her. She was about to say hi to him but stopped when she saw the tears running down his cheeks. She got her family, Alex, and Ariana's attention and they all seemed shocked by the photographer's expression.

"Travis, what's wrong?" Avi asked, his worry increasing. "Is everything okay?"

"No," Travis admitted, shaking his head. He then wiped his eyes and let out a sob. "Mitch got kidnapped."

Never have the Olusolas, Alex, Ariana, or Travis left a place so quickly before.

A/N: You guys may now hurt me with everything you can get your hands on, lol. Let's just say the next three chapters all going to be drama central.;) I love you all and I hope you enjoyed the chapter!!!:)

-Maddie🐧🐧🐧