LOVE IN HIGH SCHOOL

chapter 24

Vic's POV

I couldn't stop thinking about him yesterday, but I couldn't call him to talk about it. It's not like I'm scared of these feelings or that I'm shy about it. It's a bit new for me and it's because he's my best friend. I guess relationships start from good friendships? I don't even know. I was thinking about Tiara's words too. What if Kellin thought this was some sort of a date or something? Whatever, I should go to my first class.

I pulled out my schedule and the first class was math. Uhh, I hate it and sadly Kellin and I didn't have this class together, so I didn't really see him around. I sort of miss him and besides, I want to talk to him about my feelings.

"Hey, Vic!," Tiara came to me as I wanted to open my locker. I turned to her and saw her hand a notebook to Ariel, before she walked off. "Yeah?," I asked her and smiled.

"Go ahead, open up your locker," she said and nudged towards it. "I was just wondering, want to go somewhere after school? With Tony, Jamie and Ariel and me?," she asked and a smile creeped on her face. She gently tugged on her long sleeves of her navy blue TSSF shirt. "You look nice today." I commented and looked up at her. She blushed and gently smacked my arm. "Stoooop," she groaned and giggled a bit.

"Anyways, what's the answer?"

"Is kellin going to be there too?," I couldn't stop myself from asking it. It just came out my mouth. I scrunched up my nose and tried my best not to look awkward. "Umm, I haven't asked him, but I'll tell Ariel. She'll probably forget to," she added and gigged. "Aren't you two like best friends?," I asked and she nodded, "of course we are, silly!"

I stuck out my tongue at her and opened the locker. A small paper folded in thirds fell out if it and I picked it up. I unfolded it and read it. It was simple, yet really effective. 'I love you.'

I quickly folded it back, before Tiara could say anything about it. For some reason when I looked it, the handwriting looked similar. As if I already saw it somewhere before. Probably not. Kellin is just messing with my head.

"Are you and Kellin close?," she suddenly asked as we were walking to the classroom and got to there. I shrugged, "we kind of drifted apart lately. I wish though. I guess we are."

"So, let's say you like him, right? Hypothetically. Would you tell him that?," she curiously asked me and looked at me. A quirky smile was on her face. I sat down at the desk and glanced around if the teacher is in the class already. "I guess." I'm playing with her mind. But in all seriousness, I'd probably tell him. I'll tell him eventually. Maybe today. Mostly because I hate hiding emotions from people.

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I have a weird feeling Kellin is avoiding me. I don't know, maybe it's jist a feeling I have. Maybe it's just me being slightly paranoid.

I get out my phone to ask Tiara where she is, since we're supposed  to meet up, but Kellins ID popped up on the screen. I pick it up, "hello," I say and lean on the lockers. I like hearing his voice, it's nice. It's always so calm and peaceful. He rarely raises his voice. Except when he's singing, which sounds a lot like rage.

"Meet me up at the school's rooftop. Please," he quickly said and hung up. I furrowed my eyebrows and decided to get up the stairs and up on there.

I saw him standing there, nervously playing with his long sleeves. "Hey, Kells. What's up?" I asked and smiled at him. We talked for a bit, until he gave me some sort of a letter.

"Thanks," I quickly said and began reading it. There was everything. Feelings, all of them. A lot of explaining, even small hearts were scribbled in the bottom right corner. It was finally signed for once. Love, Kellin. Kellin.

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"Vic, please say something," he said with his voice which was almost quiet. He looked so nervous. I just nodded. Even though I planned to tell him, I was speechless and all the words I had in my mouth flew away and I couldn't say anything. I guess I'm just surprised.

I nodded and got closer to him, gently caressing his face with my hand. "Can I?," I asked and slightly turned his head, so I could kiss his cheek. He smiled, "yeah."

I leaned in and as I was about to kiss him, he turned his head away and made me kiss him on the lips instead. The kiss was obviously way too short, but I pulled away. "I knew you'd do that," I chuckled and he blushed a bit. "You know me too well, don't you?"

I shrugged, "maybe."

He sat down in the gray concrete and I just thought of something. Tiara. "I uhh, actually agreed with Tia and others so go out with them," I said, smiling at him. Of course I'm not going after this just happened. He slowly got up again and grabbed my hand, pulling me into a hug,

"forget the rest."