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Chapter 1

"Good you actually showed up." was the first thing that came out of my brothers mouth when he opened up his dorm room door. "Yep. Now where is the roommie?" I ask because in all honesty I'm excited to meet the kid. 

"He's not here right now." Mike told me. I gave him an exasperated look. " Why do I need to come over if he's not even here." I say in an extremely annoyed voiced to show Mike my annoyance. And then adding a sigh to show extra emphasis. Like seriously he's going to take my precious time to go on some sort of investigation to find the reason a teenager is sneaking out at night, and then he's going to hit me with the he's not here. Not cool Mike.

"Don't give me that look. I was thinking that because he is gone we could go through his things to see if he has anything suspicious." That's it. It's time I lock my brother in a mental facility because he has officially lost his marbles. "Mike not only is that very rude, but also I'm pretty sure illegal." I told him trying to keep a serious voice and not bust out laughing at how ridiculous he is being. I mean I'm not the smartest guy out there but I don't think it's very legal to look through someones stuff, at least without a permit. 

"As a matter of fact, brother it's perfectly legal. Just kind of sketchy." 

"Kind of?" I say with so much sarcasm that Get Scared would be quaking. "As a matter of fact I think that it is very sketchy." I say adding the first part in just to mock my the man in front of me. "By the way what even is your roommates name?" I ask. Mike has going since the beginning of the school year about this boy yet I still don't even know his name. 

"I never told you? It's kinda weird though I've never heard a name like his before." Mike started rambling as he still doesn't tell me. Mike has a problem of never giving direct answers and it's annoying as hell. "Mike the name." I decide to say instead of waiting for him to answer. "Oh yeah it's Kellin." Huh Mike's right for once the kid does have a weird name. 

We went quiet because we did not know what to do or say in that moment. After a couple seconds Mike opened his mouth like he was going to say something but at the same time the door slammed in and boy with dark and long hair walked in, I am guessing this stranger is Kellin. He walked in and immediately went over to his desk and started looking through the drawers like he was looking something in particular. He walked in with an obvious purpose and he did not even acknowledge Mike and I. Mike turned and looked at me with a look of what I would assume desperation, and I could tell he wanted me to say something. 

Mike eventually grew a pair of balls and spoke up in order to gain Kellin's attention. "Um Kellin have you met my brother yet?" Mike said honestly sounding like a child that is scared of getting yelled at. Kellin turned around to look at us and I could now get a good look at his face. He was very pale kind of like vampire level pale, I do not think Mike has thought of that one yet. Dumbass. He also was dressed in all black and looked like he had not slept for 10 years, probably because he goes out every night at two in the morning and does not come back to sleep. 

"Oh no you never introduced me." Kellin said answering Mike's question. When he answered he sounded nervous like he knew I was here to investigate him. He also seemed like he did not want to meet and just get back to searching for whatever he trying to find. "Well then Kellin this is my brother Vic. Vic this my roommate Kellin." I stuck my hand out for him to shake it and he took, as we briefly shook hands I was looking directly at him while he made an effort to make eye contact. He also had clammy hands. He was nervous, but he he could also just be and anxious person. 

"You know I would to stay and chat, but I have to go to class. So bye, it was to meet you though Vic." Kellin said so quickly that I almost could not understand him. He could give Jojo Siwa a run for her money. He ran out right after he had said everything and Mike looked at me with the same scared expression had when he was talking to Kellin. "Now do you know what I mean? He's crazy." Mike spoke a little above a normal tone. "Mike he's not crazy I think you're the crazy one. He seemed normal to me, maybe a little anxious, but overall fine." I said trying to sound soothing so I could calm down my brother who was almost in hysterics. 

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It is currently around 3:45pm and I am still in Mike's room. We've been waiting for Kellin to back, I suggested that I go home but Mike insisted we would not have to wait very long. It has been six hours. At least I was smart for once and brought my laptop with me and I am currently sitting on Mike's bed with my laptop on my lap and I am trying to finish writing chapter nine in my book. Mike is sitting at his desk studying for a test he said he had coming up. 

After about another 15 minutes I gently closed my laptop and stared at the back of Mike's head. You know whenever you can sometimes feel if someone is staring at you, well I was hoping that Mike would feel me eyes on him and turn around so I could complain to him. He is not turning around, he is dumb. I sign really loud so I can get his attention. He is still not turning around. I sign once again even louder than last though, and I see him take out and earbud before turning towards me. When did he even put earbuds in? 

"Can I help you?" Mike asked when he turned and saw I was staring at him. "I'm bored." I whined. I did not mean to sound so emo with my tone,  but oh well. "He should be back soon." Mike said also sounding bored out of his mind. I seriously do not know how Mike stays in this room all day by himself. It is freaking hot and boring. 

After a couple more minutes of me silently staring at the wall and Mike studying Kellin finally comes back looking worse than he did when he left. He did not look bad by any means he just looked very tired and his face looked paler than it did before. "Hi" he mumbled actually addressing us this time. 

Once Mike noticed Kellin's arrival he took both earbuds out and turned towards Kellin who was now at his desk looking though it again. He seemed like he might be looking for the thing he was looking for earlier, but he was searching less vigorously now. "Mike have you seen my pin." Kellin said sounding more and more nervous he must really like this pin he is looking for if he is getting that anxious over losing it. "No." Was all Mike said. Mike's response seemed to put another layer of anxiety on Kellin because he started searching all around his room time. 

"Hey Vic's going to spend the night tonight if you don't mind, his house has mice." Mike said. The mice part is a lie and I know that he said to get Kellin to take pity on me and let me stay. If I had a roommate and they told their siblings house had mice I would let them stay, Kellin will probably let me stay, but I really do not want to stay. I see no reason for to stay, but whatever I can try to finish my chapter here I guess. "That's fine." Kellin said as stopped searching and looked directly at me for the first time since I had met. It scared me how much he had changed from this morning, but I am going to choose to ignore that. This kid is kind of starting to creep me out. I still think Mike is batshit crazy for thinking he is in some kind of cult or whatever.