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VIC'S POV

"You going to get food?" I ask Kellin as I pile food onto my tray.

Kellin shakes his head and I look at him confused.

"Why not?" I ask.

"Not hungry." He answers simply and I shrug.

I bring him over to the table where Jaime and Tony are already sitting and eating. I take a seat and Kellin sits next to me.

"Hey guys." I say to Jaime and Tony. "I'd like you to officially meet Kellin."

Tony and Jaime holds out their hands and Kellin shakes each of them.

"Vic, never shuts up about you." Jaime grins.

"What? That's not true." I protest blushing furiously.

"Bullshit." Jaime coughs and I flip him off.

"I'm not talking to you anymore." I pout turning to Kellin.

Kellin's just staring into space.

"Kellin." I say and he snaps his head towards me. "You okay?"

"Yeah just lost in thought." He smiles.

"Whatcha thinking about?" I ask curiously.

He looks at me skeptically before sighing.

"How do you know Jeremy and Oli? And what was the whole 'last time' thing about." He asks and I sigh.

I knew that question would come up sooner or later.

"I'll tell you but you have to promise you won't hate me afterwards." I ask pained.

He looks at me confused but nods. I take a deep breath before beginning.

"A few years back, I used to be just like them." I admit feeling ashamed.

"What do you mean?" Kellin asks not quite understanding.

"I mean, I would make people's lives hell for my own enjoyment." I snap. I feel bad for snapping at him but the anger was really meant for myself. I hate the person I used to be.

"Oh." Kellin says quietly. "What happened? You seem really nice now?"

"Someone close to me got hurt, really bad and it was all my fault." I say trying to push back all emotions so I don't break down crying. "After that, I swore to change."

Kellin raises his eyebrows, seeming surprised but impressed.

"That still doesn't explain what's with you, Oli and Jeremy." He points out.

"Oh yeah." I say clearing my throat. "Oli, Jeremy, Tony, Jaime and I were really close. There was also Josh in our group but I'll get back to him soon. We pretty much owned Mission Bay high school. Then when I decided I wanted to stop hurting people Jaime and Tony were okay with that but Jeremy, Oli and Josh weren't. We ended up having a huge fight that blew out of proportion. Josh said something to me that made something inside me snap and I-I uh-"

I look at Kellin pained and he's looking at me urging me to go on.

"I beat him so bad he had to have surgery." I admit ashamed and Kellin gasps. "After that, Josh got better but his parents made him move states and Oli and Jeremy have been too scared to mess with us since."

Kellin looks at me seeming disgusted. I don't blame him. I'm disgusted at myself. My eyes fill with tears and I stand up from the table before rushing out of the cafeteria.

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KELLIN'S POV

I watch Vic run out of the cafeteria. Shock is still running through me after what he just told me. He put a kid in hospital. How was I supposed to react to that?

"Please don't judge him too harshly." Tony pleads softly and my head snaps towards him. "He may have put Josh in hospital but after what Josh said to him Josh deserved everything he got."

"W-what did Josh say?" I ask curiously.

"It's not for me to tell you. But just trust me, if you were in his position you probably would've done the same thing. He's been punished enough for his actions, please don't add to his pain." Tony says and I nod.

Whatever this guy said must've been bad. Vic seems very remorseful for his actions. The weird thing is that he doesn't even seem like the violent type. He must have changed a lot since then.

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I walk down to Vic's locker where he's getting his bag out. He looks very gloomy.

"You walking me home?" I ask in hopes to cheer him up.

He turns to me looking shocked.

"W-what?" He stutters.

"You going to walk me home?" I chuckle smiling.

"Uh, yeah sure." He grins still surprised.

"Good, you ready?" I ask and he nods closing his locker.

We walk out of the school together and head towards my house.

"Why don't you hate me?" Vic blurts out as we walk.

"Why should I?" I ask confused.

"Because I'm a terrible person who put a fifteen year old kid in hospital." He mumbles and I frown.

"You're not a terrible person Vic, you had reason to do what you did. Who am I to judge you for something that happened in the past?" I say and Vic smiles at me.

"You're really something special, you know that Kellin Quinn?" Vic grins and I feel myself blush.

I look down and watch my feet as I walk.

"Why are you like this?" Vic asks sighing.

"Like what?" I reply confused.

"Sad all the time. Why don't you smile? You have a lovely smile." Vic explains and I blush again.

"What's there to be happy about?" I mumble.

"I don't know, maybe the fact that you're alive." Vic chuckles.

"Yay, fun." I mutter sarcastically and Vic gives me a concerned look.

"Why are you so happy and bubbly all the time?" I ask Vic and he shrugs.

"Being sad just feels terrible. Why be sad when you can be happy?" Vic shrugs.

"You talk like sadness is a choice." I say skeptically.

"You're always going to have that sadness, it just depends whether you dwell on it. You just have to focus on the positives in life. Not everything's going to be perfect, you've just got to learn to accept that." Vic explains wisely.

"What if there's no positives in life?" I mumble.

"There's always positives." Vic murmurs.

We fall into a silence filled with tension until we get to my house. Vic turns to me and he surprisingly pulls me into a hug. I awkwardly hug him back before he pulls away.

"I guess I'll see you Monday." Vic smiles and I nod.

I wave goodbye before jogging up to my front door then letting myself in. as I'm walking past the kitchen I notice another note sitting on the counter. I roll my eyes and pick it up unfolding it.

'Kellybear,

I apologize for how I acted yesterday. Why don't I make it up to you tonight? I get off work at 6. Maybe we can order pizza and watch a movie together. Love you.

Mom XOXO'

I roll my eyes and scrunch the note up. Yeah, like that's going to happen.

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I turn the TV off yawning and I check the time on my phone. It's nearing 2am and Mom still hasn't showed. Typical. Suddenly the landline rings so I get off of the couch and walk over to the phone before answering it.

"Hello?" I say into the phone.

"Kellin, I'm so sorry Honey, they wanted me to take the night shift." My mom apologizes into the phone.

"Mom, its fine." I sigh even though I was shattered.

"We really need the extra money a-"

"Mom it's seriously fine." I interrupt and she sighs.

"I love you Sweetie." She says hopefully.

"Love you too Mom." I reply.

"I'll see you in the morning." She murmurs.

"Goodnight Mom." I mumble before hanging up.

I need to stop getting my hopes up. It always ends in disappointment. I decide to just go to bed and forget about today. I go to my room and get undressed before I climb into bed and turn my lamp off. I roll over trying to get to sleep but no matter how much I try I simply can't. There's a particular boy clouding up my mind.

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Hey, so how did you like the chapter? Vote/Comment. You should go read my other stories too (shamelessly self-promoting). I just started a new one called 'Technically a Marriage is Saved'. It's a Kellic.

Hope you're having a wonderful day :)

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