Mom (Kellic)

3.

~Vic pov~
"I'm going to hang out with Justin and everyone!" I shout as I leave the house.

"Have fun!" Lucy replies.

She still has this idea that Justin Hills comes from a great family and therefore, all of my new friends are a great influence. I mean, they're really nice and I love them, but "great influence" would be pushing it. To be fair I've only been here for about a month and the only person I've brought around is Lzzy because I wanted to show her my cd collection. I'm thinking I should keep it that way and not risk one of the others making a bad impression on Lucy.

I make the short walk to Jack's house and knock on the door. I love living in a small town because all of my friends live within walking distance of me. Granted, I've never been to Kellin's place but he walks to school every day so it has to be nearby.

"Vic's here!" Nick yells as he opens the door.

"Yo Viccy!" Justin shouts, making me roll my eyes at the ridiculous nickname.

I follow Nick into the living room where everyone is sprawled out. Lzzy's goofing off on a piano in the corner, Justin is laying on a couch with a bong on the floor next to him, Kellin is cross legged in a chair holding a drink, and Jack is nowhere to be seen.

"Where's our host?" I ask. Jack invited us all because his parents are out of town for the weekend.

"I think he went to buy some more pot from a friend," Justin says. His eyes are red and he seems super stoned already. It's only two in the afternoon and I wonder how messed up he'll be by tonight.

"Is he buying from Ronnie?" Kellin asks, setting his drink aside.

"I think so, they were meeting behind the gazebo down at the park. That's usually Radke's place," Justin replies.

Kellin stands up and heads for the door.

"Hey, where are you going?" Lzzy yells.

"I'll be back, gotta grab something from Ronnie."

The door slams and Liz sighs.

"What?" I ask, taking the chair Kellin just vacated.

"Nothing, he always does this when we all hang out alone."

"What's he doing?"

Nobody says anything for a minute and the air feels heavy with unsaid words.

"Kellin usually just sticks to the smoking and you've probably noticed that he's basically an alcoholic, but sometimes he'll take ecstasy or whatever he can get his hands on. It really scares me," Lzzy finally says with a sigh.

I don't wanna upset her so I don't ask any more questions, but that doesn't stop me from wondering. Why would Kellin do that? He should just smoke some weed and get high like the rest of us. There's no reason to mess yourself up with other stuff.

Jack comes back with Kellin in tow. He bought a decent supply of marijuana for us but Kellin won't tell anyone what he has.

The afternoon is pretty low key. We smoke and Jack mixes some drinks, warning us that nobody is allowed to get trashed. He says that we're supposed to have fun, not accidentally die.

As the sun sets and the day slips into evening Justin claims he's getting bored. We've moved to the basement which is a big family room with a tv and a pool table.

"Let's play a game or something," he suggests.

"Like what?" Kellin asks, fighting back a hiccup. I have a feeling that he's had more than his fair share of booze but Jack seems to be okay with it. We all know that he can hold his alcohol.