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Thank you all for waiting so patiently for this update. Sorry it took so long.

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Kellin's POV

My alarm clock wakes me up brutally once again. And once again I groan and tear it out of the wall before throwing it across my room. I try to drag myself out of bed but stopping me, is a pair of arms wrapped tightly around my waist. I roll over so I'm facing Vic who's still sleeping. I smile and wiggle my way out of his arms. I decide not to wake him. Sleep is probably a rare thing for him and I don't like seeing him with dark bags under his eyes. I get some clothes and go into my bathroom. I quickly shower not surprised that we once again have no hot water. I make sure to wash the dry blood off of my arms. How could I be so stupid?

I get dressed quickly, do my hair, then brush my teeth before heading back to my room. When I walk into my room, Vic is sitting up in bed rubbing his eyes and yawning. I suppress the urge to aww aloud as he does so. He notices me and smiles.

"Sleep well?" I ask politely.

"Not long, but well." He grins. "Probably the best sleep I've had in a while."

"That's good." I mumble.

There's a short awkward silence before Vic gets up and walks over to me. He places his hands on my hips and I blush furiously.

"You so cute." He chuckles and I blush more. "You have a shower around here?"

I nod and clear my throat.

"Oh yeah, down the hall. Uh, there's no hot water." I mumble feeling embarrassed.

"It's fine. I like cold showers anyway." He smiles and I nod.

He lets go of my hips before walking out of the room. I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding in. I run my fingers through my hair feeling perplexed. He called me cute. Why did he call me cute? I decide to leave the room and go downstairs to distract myself. I enter the kitchen and notice another plate of bacon and eggs on the counter with another note sitting beside it. I pick up the note and unfold it.

'Kellybear,

I'll be home later after work and we can do something fun. Vic seems nice ;)

Love Mom'

What? How did she even know he was here? How could he seem nice? Did she talk to him? I'm confused. And what's with the wink? What is she implying? Ugh, she's so complicated.

Suddenly I feel a hand grip my shoulder and I jump in shock.

"Oops, sorry." Vic chuckles now showered. "What you reading?"

"Oh nothing, just a note my mom left me." I mumble shoving it into my pocket.

He nods and smiles at me before he looks past me, his eyes going wide.

"I'm starving." He mutters before gently pushing past me and picking up the plate of bacon and eggs.

He shoves a piece of bacon into his mouth, moaning quietly causing me to chuckle.

"Oh shit, did you want some?" Vic asks horrified.

"No, I'm fine." I laugh and he breathes a sigh of relief.

"Sorry, I didn't eat last night." He explains.

"It's fine. Eat as much as you want." I offer and he looks at me skeptically.

"You better eat lunch today Kellin or I swear, I will drag your ass to the school councilor's office." Vic threatens and I roll my eyes.

"Fine whatever." I mutter.

He gives me a sad look and wipes his hands on his jeans before walking over to me. He wraps his arms around my waist, looking into my eyes and sighing.

"I'm sorry." He whispers. "I just,"

He sighs again and I look at him confused.

"You just what?" I ask curiously.

"I knew someone who had an eating disorder. I just don't want to see you go through the same thing as he did." Vic explains sadly and I nod in understanding.

"Don't worry. I'm seriously okay." I admit and he nods letting go of my waist.

"You ready to go?" He asks and I nod.

He quickly shoves another piece of bacon into his mouth before grabbing my hand. I blush heavily as he drags me out of the house. As we walk to school he doesn't let go of my hand, although I don't really mind.

"So uh, you met my mother." I start awkwardly.

"Yeah." Vic chirps. "She seems really sweet."

"Yeah, she can be." I murmur. "What time did she get in?"

"Around three." He replies. I frown knowing that she's probably exhausted. I don't know why she gets up in the morning to make me breakfast.

"Were you up?" I ask Vic frowning once again.

"Yeah, but I went to sleep not long after she left. Compared to most nights, 3am is good." He shrugs.

I rest my head on his shoulder feeling kind of sad that he doesn't sleep. To stay up all night every night, would drive me insane.

We soon arrive at school and I lift my head from Vic's shoulder. He lets go of my hand as we walk up to the building and I frown. He's probably ashamed to be near me. Suddenly his arm snakes around my waist pulling me closer to him. He smiles at me and I smile back before resting my head on his shoulder again. We walk down to his locker where Jaime and Tony are standing and talking.

"You two look cozy." Jaime winks and I blush, lifting my head off of Vic's shoulder.

I notice Vic blush too and I hold back a smile. The bell rings for class and Vic lets go of my waist.

"I'll see you after class?" Vic asks and I nod before walking off.

"Vic has a crush." I hear Tony sing and my stomach flips.

"Shut up." I hear Vic mutter and I smile before walking down to my locker and getting my books out for class.

I then head off to class.

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I hold the soiled paper towel under my bleeding nose as I clutch my stomach. The bathroom door opens and my heart stops.

"Shit Kells, there you are. Fuck are you okay?" Vic asks entering the room before rushing over to me.

I nod and throw the blood-covered paper towel in the bin before grabbing more.

"No you're not." He argues taking the paper towel out of my hand and holding it to my nose. He tilts me head back slightly and runs his fingers lightly through my hair.

"It was Oli and Jeremy, wasn't it?" He asks and I nod slightly.

He removes the paper towel from my nose that has finally stopped bleeding. he throws it in the bin and gets another piece of paper towel. He runs it under some water before tilting my face towards his. He wipes under my nose and down my chin. He then throws it in the bin and cups my face. He leans forward, so close that I think out lips are going to touch but they don't.

"Why do they hurt you Kell?" His breathes, his breath tickling my lips.

I shrug and he pulls away causing me to let out a breath.

"There has to be a reason." He mumbles.

"It's because I'm gay." I say truthfully and Vic bursts out laughing.

"You can't be serious?" He mumbles.

"I am." I mumble awkwardly. Why is he laughing. I don't find this funny at all. He grabs my shoulders still laughing.

"Kell, Oli's gay." He laughs and my eyes go wide.

"What?" I ask surprised.

"Yeah, Oli's gay. He used to date Josh." He laughs before his face goes serious.

He lets go of my shoulders and cups my face running his thumb along my cheek.

"They beat you up for being gay when Oli's gay. That's so fucked up and unfair. They're not going to get away with this." He murmurs.

"What are you going to do?" I ask and he holds up his finger and pulls out his phone.

He then holds the phone up to his ear.

"Hime, you still got photo of Josh and Oli?" He asks and I look at him surprised. "They need to learn not mess with Kellin."

Jaime says something on the other end of the line before Vic thanks him and hangs up.

"Alright, well that's sorted. Let's go eat." Vic grins and I look at him confused before nodding.

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The bell rings for the end of class and I walk out into the hallway. Something confuses me. Everyone is loitering around the lockers and laughing to each other or looking shocked. I weave through the people and make my way to my locker and the that's when I see it. On my locker is a piece of paper that has a picture of Oli kissing a boy. Written above it is 'Homophobia is for faggots'. I look at everyone else's lockers and there's the same piece of paper stuck to every one of them. I smirk knowing that all of this was Vic's doing. Speak of the devil, he appears beside me with a smug look on his face.

"So what do you think?" He asks looking proud.

"I think you're an asshole." I chuckle jokingly.

"I try." He smiles.

I wrap my arms around his middle hugging him tightly.

"Thank you." I mumble before letting go of him.

"You're more than welcome." He beams. "Now what do you say we ditch the rest of school?"

I nod grinning and he takes my hand before we leave the school building.

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