Please Be My New Memories | Kellic

Chapter 17 ~ The Temptation

Third period slowly came around and I was back with Kellin, back to feeling safe. He gave me a reassuring smile as he sat down next to me and I watched as he took longer to get his equipment out of his bag than normal.

"After I spoke to Mr. Simm about the game I told him I felt sick to my stomach and he told me to go to Student Services and tell them I felt ill. They sent me to the medical room and then I begged them to let me go home for now then I'd come back into school later," he was still rummaging through his stuff and I couldn't see at all where this story was heading, "so they told me to go home but obviously I didn't because I was thinking about you. Instead I went to the pharmacy and asked if they had any lotion or cream or anything of the sort that would help with quickening scars to fade or helped with sore cuts and stuff."

He pulled out a small, green tub and placed in my hands, "Only use it once a day, in the morning preferably. Just rub it in, the lady said they should be almost gone within a month or two rather than staying there for forever." He smiled at me and I engaged him in a full on, bone crushing hug in the middle of Science, almost knocking over some harmful acid but oh well, it would come out in the wash.. Or not. I thanked him and put the cream in my bag and payed attention to the start of the lesson until Jesse walked past a quarter of the lesson through, handing out the text books. The second it made contact with the table I grabbed it and pulled it towards me, hurridley opening it up to my favourite page, 52. I pointed at the page.

"Penguin."

Kellin gave me another strange look as if to say "Vic, what kind of drugs are you on?" and it looked as if he was about to open his mouth to speak his mind but before he got the chance to I said, "All of them", then returned my attention back to our teacher.

"That penguin is so cute though," were my only thoughts until I started thinking, "what they hell am I doing with my life? I need to stop fantasizing about penguins, seriously Vic, stop it." I blushed when I realized I said my thoughts a loud and Kellin was sitting next to me trying to act natural.

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He was there again, that man continued to follow us. I tried to ignore that we had someone stalking us but that's not exactly the easiest things to avoid thinking about then my thoughts drifted to what it would be like if I were Andy Biersack and had loads of fangirls who stalked me. Andy was always an inspiration to me though.

"Hey, what's up?" Kellin asked, genuine concern in his voice.

"I don't know where Andy Biersack lives," I pouted, frowning while Kellin took a step away from me then just laughed and moved back. He said that he'd walk me home to keep me completely safe and he'd stay with me at home for as long as possible because he didn't trust my parents even though they were up North but he didn't believe that they'd come back when they said. Kellin wanted to be prepared and be there with me when they got back home so they wouldn't abuse me anymore.

"Vic, you're an idiot. Besides, even if you did he'd probably move house the next day to keep you away from him," Kellin laughed and pouted again.

"He'd love me! He'd have to appreciate his biggest fan whose more than a fan because my whole existence is based around him," I replied with absolute truth. I really was gay, wasn't I?

"He would love me, right?" I asked, putting on my best puppy dog eyes as I faced Kellin.

"As long as you don't sexually abuse him then yes, yes he would," he said smiling. I felt uncomfortable with him mentioning something sexual but ignored it.

"So your home or tree house?" he asked and the decision was made, tree house we go. Kellin led me a different way because he felt like it was important to buy me an ice cream on the way which I didn't argue with but only managed to eat half. We got to the ladder and I asked if he'd get an elevator built and he replied with way too much sarcasm.

I climbed up and managed to not slip and it was a huge achievement for me, I was quite proud. I hauled myself up and sat in my usual seat but instead Kellin directed me towards the guitar but I didn't sit down. I hovered near by and started fiddling with the ends of my hoodie. He still stood by the guitar and piano expectantly and my hand wondered to my necklace, a sign that I was really getting nervous.

"Vic, why won't you just play something for me?" he whined.

"Because you're going to hear me play something next week and I'm nervous enough for that already so please just leave it!" I practially almost demanded but he didn't budge although the temptation was there.

"Fine, at least tell me what song you're going to do and let me read it, come on Vic, I'm desperately too excited if that even makes sense."

I sighed giving into him and pulled out my lyrics book and opening it to the correct page where the song started. The title read 'Hold On Till May', the same song that I had practiced once with Jenna. He took the book and sat down with it, full concentration set on the words in front of him and I had never seen him so focused. I think the fact that he knew what I had been going through made him understand the lyrics a lot more.

I let him read through it as I gave myself a little tour of the small tree house but I stopped to pick up his wallet which he had dropped and it lay open on the floor. I picked it up and stared at the picture which he had placed inside of it. It was the two little children again and I was about to question him about it but he snatched it when he realized it was in my possession and handed me back my lyrics.

"Thanks for picking up my wallet. Those lyrics are beautiful, I don't think it was a good idea for me to read them though because it just made me a million times for excited to see you perform it." he said, whilst smiling and tucking the wallet in his back pocket.

"Looks like you'll have to wait for next Friday because I am not, I repeat, am not going to give you a special little one now," I said smiling at his disappointed expression, "but you could give me one." I walked over to where there was a guitar leaning against the wall.

"This morning you said you play guitar and do gigs and stuff and I can't stop listening to 'Trophy Father's Trophy Son', mind giving me a mini performance?" I picked up the guitar and handed it to him and all he did was grin as he took at, sat down and began to play and sing with the most beautiful voice I'd ever heard.

He sang and strummed and I must've been swooning at some point or another but that wouldn't have been good. He said that the song was called 'With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear,' and it instantly became my new favourite song. If he kept this up and decided to be in band, he'd have quite a few fangirls in the future.

"I had no idea you were that amazing," I said once the song came to a complete end. He just blushed, Kellin Quinn blushed, as he put the guitar back to where it was originally standing. He was still trying to get me to play something but I was still refusing. It was tempting but I was still nervous, besides, I wanted to keep him waiting. I became tired and so Kellin thought it would be a good idea to sleep in the tree house that night, the coldest night of the year but I was with him so I couldn't have cared less.