Fast Times At Clairemont High

Chapter 2

The next morning wasn't fun. I ended up getting to sleep around 3am, so waking up at 7am with the what seems like the loudest alarm is definitely not fun.

I reluctantly got out of bed to start my boring routine. Wake up, get dressed, eat, say goodbye to mom, go to school, try to survive the day, go home and prepare to do it all over again. At least this time going to school I have something to look forward to - Kellin. He seems like a great guy and I wouldn't mind becoming better friends with him. With those thoughts I gathered my school bag and left, making my way to school.

When I got to school, I walked into homeroom. I looked around and saw Kellin sitting on his own on the opposite side of the room to the rest of my group of "friends". I sat next to him. "Hey, why aren't you sitting near the others?" I asked softly because he looked kinda down. He looked up, surprised that I had sat with him. "No offence, but your friends are, well... I don't know. They're assholes I guess," he said giving me a beautiful half smile at the end of his speech.

I chuckled at him because, well, yeah they're assholes. "I can't say I'm particularly fond of them either," I said quietly.

He looked at me, confused at what I had said. "If you don't like them, then why hang with them?" he asked, still looking adorablely confused.

"I-I don't know. I became friends with them in year 8, they were assholes then. No one really liked us but wouldn't ever confront us about it. And y'know, after all that I just had no one else to be with so I stayed with them," I said, confusing myself in the process.

Kellin noticed this of course and chuckled, smiling at me. I really need to shake this crush and fast!

At lunch Kellin and I sat separate from my little group of friends for maybe, what, ten minutes? They had this intense stare which made us decide to go to our next class early.

The rest of the day went on agonisingly slow to say the least and by now it was my last lesson - history. Kellin and I were sat at the back of the room playing 20 questions because, well, why not? The game was a good way to pass the time until I stupidly asked, "What happened at your other school to make you want to move here?"

He was deadly silent after that which made me wonder if I was crossing the line because we'd known each other, what, two days?

Kellin sighed. "Let's just say things spread fast. Stuff happened, people found out then, well, let's say I was getting daily beatings because of said stuff." He spoke quietly, looking forward and copying down notes from the board.

I frowned. "Dude, I'm sorry I didn't know... sorry," I said. I followed his lead and copied down the notes from the board.

"It's whatever, I guess, well I mean, just don't be sorry. It's not your fault " Kellin said, still not looking away from the board.

That was the last we spoke that day. Instead, here I am stuck, zoning out every five seconds, trying to get some sleep and wondering, 'Why would anyone want to hurt him?'.

I fell asleep with those thoughts running wild in my head. 'But why would anyone want to hurt Kellin? '.

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You guys have to forgive me for this. I've never written a fan fiction before so this is my first and I also can't help my short chapters. So yeah get over it.