I'll Make This Feel Like Home (Kellic)

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I always make my stories during like Christmas and idk why...
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"Wake the fuck up, Kellin. It's Christmas." I heard right at my ear, pulling me, aggressively from my slumber. I knew it was Jenna because I recognized her voice, and she was loud as fuck.

I groaned and pulled the cover over my head, hoping that this single layer of cotton would make her disappear.

Today was Christmas, and it had been a long few weeks to get here. I never really left the Youth Center much- as much as I hated mooching on other people, I knew I had no where else to go. I was just...depressed, and the idea of getting out of bed- or the comforter that was placed on the floor- was not appealing in the slightest. I hadn't gone to the music shop either, because I had come to resent Mr. Drew, and never wanted to see him again, as irrational as that may seem. But I did talk to Vic, even after our weird encounter in that tight alley, but our conversations never dug deeper than barely the surface. I was okay with that because frankly, I really didn't want to talk to anyone.

"Nope, you're not going to sleep all day like you always you. Today you are you going to have a good time, even if you have to fake it, dammit." Jenna said, pulling the blanket away from me, and completely off my body.

I shot her an annoyed glare while she looked back amused.

"Now, go have a shower and when you get out, you better be smiling," she said, handing me a shower card. I rolled my eyes but decided not to fight her.

The actually shower felt great, and helped me wake up and feel somewhat energized. When I got out and brushed my hair and teeth, I faked a smile and went back into the dinning area. My eyes wandered the room in search of Tay and Jenna, but they weren't anywhere to be found. I swear if they left without telling me-

"Kellin, come here," Tay said from beside me, taking me by complete surprise because she wasn't there a second ago. Tay took my hand and practically ran us back down the hall until we had reached the very last door. I hadn't been inside many of these rooms, especially this one. The room was simple, and contained a bunk and a single bed. Jenna was sitting on the top bunk, and Vic, surprisingly was sitting on the single. When did he get here?

"Merry Christmas," Vic sang, and the three of them looked at me with happy eyes, but I was so confused.

"Okay?"

"He doesn't get it," Jenna rolled her eyes, falling back into the bed.

"This is our room," Tay told me, but all I could do was stare at her like she was crazy. What did she mean? What was happening?

"Wait... What?"

"These rooms are always full, but this one just opened up yesterday, so Vic hooked it up so this would be our very own room," Tay smiled, but I still didn't understand. These rooms were temporary, meaning usually for only one night. So how did Vic manage to get this room to be ours and why should I be so happy about it? I don't understand, do they want to be here? Don't they want to leave and get their own, real place?

"I appreciate the gesture, but no thanks," I said, turning around and walking out but I didn't get very far before Vic was calling for me.

"Kellin, wait." He said, so I did. I turned around to face him.

"What's the matter? I thought you would like this,"

"I don't want to be here in the first place, and you think I would want a permanent room here?" I asked.