Somewhere In Neverland ~Flykarth~

Chapter 18

  Kellin's POV
Everything made perfect sense to me. His dad turned a blind eye because he wanted to replace the son he lost...or the good parts of him anyway. And his mum was too scared. In no way did this make any of it ok, but I understood it.
"Mrs. Gaskarth..." Jack started.
"Please, Isobel." She shook her head.
"Ok, Isobel. Do the right thing by your son, I think you owe him that much after all the years of not fighting for him. For years of turning a damn blind eye to him! You owe him his shot of being with someone who makes him happy, who makes him want to be strong, who wants to fight to live." Jack wasn't happy, and it showed, his tone was harsh when he spoke.
"Jack...it's ok...Look, Isobel...how do you honestly feel about Alex being with Matt?"
"I-I as long as he's happy...a-at first I was shocked...y-you know, n-not every day you find something like that out...especially like that. I-I didn't know w-what to do, think, say...so I just broke down...t-trying to process it all and knowing P-Pete wouldn't be okay with it. I-I needed time t-to wrap my head around it b-but now I-I have. I-I just want him happy Kellin, a-and if M-Matt makes him happy then I-I'm okay with that. I-If Alex is gay, I accept that...I-I tried to talk t-to pete last night...b-but he got angry...s-saying how n-no son of h-his was g-going to b-be gay. I-I had to stop when he..."
"What did he do?"
"H-He threatened to send A-Alex off t-to one of those...camp things..."
"Oh." I sighed, I knew what she meant, camps parents sent there kids too, which was supposedly supposed to make them straight. It was disgusting they even existed, my parents tried to send me to one but my sister came to my rescue just in time to avoid that one.
"I-I looked them up...a-and I can't send my baby there...I-I can't, I-it's horrible, i-it's horrific...I-I'd never forgive m-myself."
"It's ok, I understand." I put my hand on hers, trying to give her some comfort.
"If I-I fight P-pete, h-he'll do it...h-he'll send Lex there...p-please help him Kellin...Jack. I-I know you probably both think I'm an awful mother, a-and I am, I-I failed him bu-but please, f-find away t-to g-give Lex back to Matt..."
"We will, don't worry." I promised, and now, I knew exactly what to do. "C-Can I go up to Alex's room? I-I have an idea."
"Sure." She nodded.
"Come on Jack." I tugged his sleeve and we went up to Alex's room.
"What are you looking for?" Jack raised an eye brow as I hunted around Alex's room.
"You're plan will work, but it needs tweaking...first I need to find..." I pulled out a small black book from Alex's bedside table. "Got it!"
"What's that?"
"It's Alex's song book...well...actually...it's Alex's song book to Matt. It's song's he written, for Matt. I saw him writing in it during music, he was crying silently while he was writing this one..." I found the page and held it up to Jack's face.
Jacks eyes studied the page and the words written...
Say goodbye to the halls and the classes
Say hello to a job and the taxes
The weekends with old friends spilling into 9 to 5 routine
Tell me how you feel over and done with
Like your life is a map with no compass to guide,
At the bar drinkin’ way too much
We sing along to "Forever Young".

So here we go again
Wishin’ we could start again

Wendy run away with me
I know I sound crazy
Don’t you see what you do to me?
I wanna be your lost boy
Your last chance, a better reality

Wendy we can get away
I promise if you’re with me, say the word and we’ll find a way
I can be your lost boy, your last chance
Your "everything better" plan
Oh, somewhere in Neverland
(Somewhere in Neverland)

We’ll start a life of the plain and the simple
Of great times with far better people
And weekends with our friends
Laughing about the wine that stains their teeth
We’ll talk about how your parents separated and
How you don’t wanna make the same mistakes as them
I’ll say it’s all about stickin’ it out
And trying to feel forever young