The Trouble On Your Lips (Kellic)

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My mind was racing a million miles an hour. There was no way to deny that Vic and I were in a relationship. The text messages spoke for themselves. I was sure the last one I sent was one saying I loved him and he replied saying he loved me too. There was nothing I could do to make the situation go away, so now I was solely focused on Vic not going to jail and I'd have to lie to make sure that doesn't happen.

"So what? They're just texts. That's all this ever was," I told them.

"Kellin, you're going to have to stay quiet until we separate you both and take you down to the station," Officer Elmakias said, but I wouldn't stay quiet. Vic and I needed to have the same story.

"The station? Why? We didn't do anything wrong. I came onto him and he rejected me," Elmakias made a move to tell me to shut up but I continued on so Vic would know what he had to tell the police, "He rejected me, but then we fell for each other but he never touched me, not once. We were going to wait until high school was over, right, Vic?"

I looked directly at Vic who looked like he was about to be sick, but he nodded quickly. He glanced at me, worry filling his eyes, before looking around at the others. He was yet to say a word.

"That's enough. Mr. Fuentes, I need you to cooperate and come with me down to the station," Elmakias said to Vic, and Vic nodded again. He was the adult in this situation. He was going to try and be responsible, leaving me to be the one who gets irrational and has emotional outbursts, and I could feel a big one coming on.

"I'll need you to bring Kellin down to the station straight away," Elmakias said to my mom, to which she just nodded. She looked at me like I was the worst kid in the world but I refused to feel guilty. I was so mad at her. I fumed in silence as Vic was led from the building. I didn't want to start speaking because once I started I probably won't be able to contain myself and I couldn't let the truth slip out in front of Principal Holland. Part of me was being so rational and the other part wanted to tear everyone's fucking heads off. I knew it was by medication keeping my emotions stable right now.

"I'm sorry this has happened right under my nose," Principal Holland said to my mom. I scoffed and shook my head.

"Nothing happened," I said through gritted teeth and before I said anything else I stormed past the both of them. I was heading to the parking lot so my mom could take me to the police station. I didn't want to go anywhere with her but I have to be there for Vic.

He's going to hate me, I know he is. It was my fault that we got in a relationship. It was my fault that we had gotten caught. I couldn't believe I was stupid enough to leave that fucking drawing just lying around, only it wasn't just lying around. I had it tucked in a notebook in the bottom drawer of my desk where I thought no one would ever see it. When I got to the car I spun around and saw my mom had caught up to me.

"You're a nosy fucking bitch! You know that right?" I yelled at her.

"Don't talk to me like that, Kellin!" she whisper-yelled. There were a few students still in the parking lot and the last thing I wanted was to make a scene, so when my mom unlocked the car doors I got in and slammed the door shut. She got in too and that's when the yelling started.

"How could you do this to me!?" I shouted, "Why wouldn't you come to me first? Do you know how much you could fuck up Vic's life!?"

"He's breaking the law! He's taking advantage of you. It isn't right!" she shouted right back as she started the car and pulled out of the lot.

"You don't get it. Who cares if he's my teacher? I love him and you ruined everything! Don't you get that? There's not much in my life I can be happy about but he makes me happy and you took it all away from me," I said. I was close to tears. This whole situation was all too much.