Salem x Devland

Chapter 14

Ryan's POV
Ok this got awkward. I shouldn't have kissed him. Devland pulled away from me and looked at Crimson. "No Crimson we're not together. We're just really really really close friends" Devland said. She looked at Devland with a confused look and asked "Wait so you're not gay?" "Oh no I am I just don't like him" Devland said.

Poor Crimson looked even more confused. "Ok listen here Crimson. Devland likes boys but he just doesn't want to date anyone right now. But that doesn't mean that he hates me he just doesn't like me in a way that he wants to date me. Me and Devland are best friends and we care about each other that's why we're soo close" I explained. Crimson seemed to understand. "Oh ok. So you guys are besties?" She asked. Me and Devland both nodded.

After we explained everything Crimson asked "um Ryan are you gay too or are you a different sexuality?" "Well I like a lot of genders. I prefer to be called pansexual but I'm not to sure. I mean I've dated a girl once it was ok. I dated maybe like 3 boys also was ok. But I wouldn't mind dating any other genders" I explained she seemed to get it. "Uh Crimson why do keep asking about our sexuality?" Devland asked. "Because I like to know and because me and my dad support it" she said. I like this girl. Me and Devland smiled at each other. That's when we heard the door open. I was expecting his mom to be there but it wasn't her.

Devland's POV
I heard the door open and me and Ryan both looked to the door. Mr. Brian was at the door. "Hey Devland are you and Crimson Alright?" He asked. I nodded and he smiled. "Who's this?" He asked. "This is Ryan" I said. Mr. Brian smiled and asked "oh is this your boyfriend?" "No we faked dating in front of my mom. We're just best friends" I said. Mr. Brian nodded and shook Ryan's hand. "Hi I'm Brian. I'm Devland's stepdad" he said. Ryan smiled and introduced himself. Even though I technically already did. "Well I just came to check on you guys" Mr. Brian said. I just nodded and he left. That's weird. No one ever just checks on me to make sure I'm ok.

Time skip to when Ryan is leaving~

"Bye Ryan. I'll see you at school" I said as I hugged Ryan goodbye. "Bye Devland. You better use that blanket" he said. I chuckled and said "I will I promise" "good" he said with a chuckle. He then walked out waving to me and getting in his truck. Yes he can drive. And yes he's older than me but who the hell cares. I walked back in and Crimson was watching tv in the front room. My mom and Mr. Brian were no where to be seen. Perfect timing to do get my dad back.

I need to go do that ritual. I ran to my room and drew the pentagram again. I grabbed my book and was about to start. That's when Mr. Brian walked in. I looked up and he just stared at me. "What are you doing?" He asked. I didn't answer back out of fear. He came by me and kneeled down. "What's the reason?" He asked. "What do you mean?" I asked. He looked up and said "you need to have a reason to do a ritual" "it's nothing. I'm not even doing a ritual I'm just gonna paint" I said. He just smiled and said "sure. Also you need to be in the kitchen in 30 minutes" "why?" I asked. "Dinner" He said plainly then walked out and closed my door.

So I attempted the ritual. Key word attempted. It didn't work. "Shit" I mumbled. I don't know why I thought it would work. I slammed the book closed and grunted. I didn't bother crying about it because I would probably get beat. I just punched the ground as hard as I could. Fuck. I just want to see my dad. Is that too much to ask? I just want him back.

Well I probably did something wrong. It doesn't matter. I sighed and cleaned everything up. I felt like just crying. I sat on my bed and wrapped myself in the weighted blanket. I liked it. It was soo soft. It feels like Ryan is here with me. It feels like someone is here in general. All of a sudden my mom came in. "Get your ass in the kitchen" she said kind of quietly. I looked up and said "I'm not hungry" "I don't care" she said. She then grabbed my by the hair and pulled me out my room.

In less than a minute I was in the kitchen with my mom glaring at me and tears threatening to fall from my eyes. "Devland why don't you eat your food" my mom said. I could tell she was mad. I didn't give a fuck. "I'm not hungry. I told you that but you dragged me out my room" I said. Mr. Brian just looked at my mom. My mom just said "You know what fine don't eat. But don't start complaining when you get hungry" "I go to sleep hungry almost every night anyways" was all I said and walked off. I went to my room and laid down.

I've been laying down and texting Ryan for an hour now. I heard my door open. Does anyone know how to fucking knock? (A.N: It's like fucking Brendon Urie crashing the wedding in I Write Sins Not Tragedies) I looked up and it was Mr. Brian and Crimson. I just looked at them and said nothing.

"Hey Devland I know this might sound weird but can Crimson sleep with you? It's ok if you say no she can just sleep with me and your mom" Mr. Brian said. Ok I know sleeping with a 9 year old is weird but she is not sleeping with my mom. She's literally a fucking baby. My mom would kill her. "Um she can sleep with me. It's not a good idea for her to sleep with my mom" I said. Mr. Brian looked up and asked "what do you mean?" "Nothing. You'll understand when you start seeing the bad side of her" I said. He just made a confused face at me. I just shrugged carelessly. "Um ok. Well Crimson can stay up a little if she wants to but she's a little tired" Mr. Brian said.

Crimson came into my room about 30 minutes ago and we've just been watching YouTube. I mean what else do we do? Well we could play video games or something but we didn't feel like it. I felt Crimson tap my shoulder and say "I'm gonna go to sleep now" "Alright" I said and she turned over.

I guess I'll go to sleep to. "Oh wait Crimson if you get hot just take the blankets off of you but if you get cold just wake me up and I'll get some more blankets" I said. "Ok. Good night" she said. "Good night" I said back and pulled the blankets onto both of us. I turned the opposite way of Crimson and fell asleep almost instantly. This is probably the first time in a while that I got sleep. I haven't slept in like a week. Maybe the blanket really did help. I don't know but it felt good to finally get some sleep.

To be continued~
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