Only Saving Grace I Ever Had (Kellic)

Chapter Seventeen

*Flashback*
The tears fell silently as I stood over Jonny's casket.

Why are we here?
Why are you gone?

I've been trying to make sense of this since I found out.
No note.
Nothing from Jonny could tell me what happened.

"You should've told me" I whispered to myself; to Jonny.
"You should've told me you were hurting"

I couldn't see through the tears and I'm still left completely and utterly confused.

I glanced behind me where the chairs were set up, Craig sat, looking expressionless.

The scary kind of expressionless that was horribly sad.
I walked back to where he was seated, he didn't bring his eyes to mine.

"Craig?" I asked, trying to speak normally despite how clogged my nose was.

He looked at me finally, tears in his eyes.

I sat beside him and pulled him close to me, he cried more once he was in my arms.

I feel so terrible for Craig.

Craig's dad abused him, his dad molested him, his boyfriend is now dead.

I have no idea of the pain he's gone through, I'm lucky to have good parents.

Craig deserves so much more.
*End of Flashback*
(Kellins POV)

I walked up the stairs quietly, trying not to sound like an elephant on the stairs.

When I knocked on the door, I was sure to knock quietly. Much different from the way Craig knocks.

A moment later Vic opened the door a crack, he looked obviously upset.

"Hey, I'm here to take you to Alex and Jacks house" I explained, he looked like he had been crying.

"Oh, yeah, I didn't expect you to come get me" he said gently. Awkwardly.

"Is something wrong?" I asked.

He nervously looked down "would you mind coming in for a second?"
I nodded and stepped in, his apartment was dark.

Vic closed the door behind me.
"I apologize for looking like a mess, I know it's such a stupid reason to be upset-" he cut himself off, starting to cry again.
Vic motioned towards the fish tank, and almost instantly I saw the bright yellow fish, paler than usual, at the bottom of the tank.
"He's dead" he spoke weakly, taking a few steps forward.
"I'm so sorry, who cries over a fish?" he tried to make himself laugh.

"Hey, it's okay, I would cry too if I took care of him for six years" I assured him, meeting eyes with him.
"I'm so sorry"

"Don't be sorry, he lived a long happy life, he was in pain anyways" he was starting to stop crying.

"We can leave in just a second, I just need to flush him real quick" he said, grabbing a net.

"There's a river beside Jack and Alex's house if you would prefer to dump him there." I offered, remembering what he said about how he hated flushing his fish down the toilet.

Vic looked at me with a light smile "really? That's very sweet of you"

Sweet of me?
He thinks I'm sweet?

Vic walked into his kitchen area for a moment and came back with a plastic bag, and a cup.
"This is kinda gross" he chuckled as he scooped a cup of water into the bag.

I saw that he was still sad, but no longer crying.
I can't stand to see him cry.

Next, Vic used the net to get the fish into the bag.
It sat on the bottom in a way that made me feel sad.