Time-Bomb-

Vic brushed my hair from my face and smiled at me.
"Hey, hey, it's alright. You're going to be okay," he said in a soothing voice.
I was shaking out of fear. I couldn't control myself.
"I'll protect you," he said.
I shook my head. He's going to die. He's going to die.
"I'm not going to die, Kellin."
"Stop that," I croaked.
"Stop what?"
"Stop reading my thoughts!" I yelled.
I pushed him away from me.
He looked at me sadly.
"Hey, let's think things through before we do something wrong, okay?" He asked. He was afraid now. Afraid of me. He knew damn well what I was capable of.
I shook my head, "no."
"Leave me alone, Vic!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. And just as I was about to run off, I heard a sound kind of like a garbage disposal with a fork in it.
He had been stabbed, right in the back of his lungs. He was choking on his own blood. Oh my god this was my fault.
I choked down a sob and forced myself to run. I had to run as far as I could, as fast as I could. I kept running until I fell tripped and knocked myself out.

I jerked myself out of bed. My heavy breathing slowed down when I realized it was just a dream. I wiped the sweat from my forehead and ran to the bathroom before someone occupied it. Living in a group home was difficult because all of the little shits here only cared about themselves. I quickly showered because Chris was pounding at the door practically the whole time telling me to get out. When I did get out he shoved me a little to show that he was angry.
I pushed him up against a wall. "Don't fucking touch me, or I will hurt you." I made sure to keep eye contact the whole time. I let him slump to the floor and walked off back to my room. The adrenaline from my sudden aggressive attitude made me feel powerful. I needed to channel this power today. Today was an important day.

It was Saturday. I decided to give Taylor a call around eleven, so I could ask her to hang out. Well, more like go on a date. She wouldn't know that yet though.
"Hey, Tay," I said, trying to keep my voice smooth and mellifluous.
"Kellin, what's up," I could practically hear her smiling on the other line.
"Just thought we could hang out today, sound cool?"
She giggled. "Sure, Kellin." I couldn't help but blush. Even though I was much more confident lately, this whole dating thing was new. I was about to ask a girl out for the first time.
"Meet me at Central Park, let's say, 2 o' clock?" I asked.
"Okay," she agreed. "See you then, Kell."
I hung up and let out a huge breath I'd been holding in during the whole call.

I took out my pen and notebook and wrote down my whole dream from last night. After about 30 minutes of writing I finished and massaged my cramping hand. I looked over my book and flipped to a random page.
"Your mom and dad are gone," I read.
I squeezed my eyes tight to try to avoid thinking about it and I closed my notebook then slid it under my bed.
I looked at the time and it was now almost 1. I put on my jacket and found my keys, and made my way to the front door.
"Lisa I'm going on a date," I said to my caretaker of the week. They switched off every week, because, really, who could handle taking care of twelve teenage boys for more than a week?
She looked surprised actually. "Really?" She asked with a smirk formulating.
"Who's the lucky guy?" She questioned in a teasing tone.
I had allowed myself to get close enough to Lisa to tell her I was probably gay. I was unsure because I'd never had experience with any girl or guy. She was the only caretaker whose presence I actually enjoyed.
"Girl."
"Oh, really?" She asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"I need to find out someday," I laughed.
Lisa nodded and I waved my hand at her before I closed the door behind me.

After a short bus ride and a quick trip to buy a rose I was at the park by 1:50 which was perfect timing. I saw Tay walk up the the entrance and decided to pull a small trick on her. Just for giggles.
She walked in the entrance and I hid behind a tree just enough so she couldn't see me, but I could see her. She sat down at a random bench and I slowly inched my way towards the back of her.
"Boo," I said from behind her and she jumped up and screamed a little. Just until she saw me and started laughing.
"Kellin! What the heck you jerk," she said still laughing and stood up to give me a hug. It was weird because her and I were the same height at the time so I had to stand really tall in order to get my head over her shoulder.
"I brought you something," I said while pulled up the rose from behind my back and handed it to her.
"Aw no way this is beyond cute," her face went all adorable and the only way I could describe it was adorable. Really, it was just adorable. She blushed a rosy pink and kissed me on the cheek.
"You're the sweetest thing, Kell."
"You deserve something beautiful." I smiled. I left a little bit of an awkward pause and just watched her stare at the rose in awe. "Um, Tay?"
"Yeah?"
"Can I ask you something," I sort of hesitated.
She looked curious so she nodded at me.
"Would you, I mean if you'd like, maybe, uh, want to be my girlfriend?" I probably sounded like an idiot but oh my gosh I'm glad I got the hard part over with.
Tay wrapped her arms around me tightly. "Oh my gosh of course I will, Kell. I really like you," she admitted.
As much as I didn't exactly have feelings towards her, I felt it was necessary to return the comment. So I did.

We spent the rest of the day just walking around the park and holding hands. Finally, around 6 Tay said she had to go home. Just before I could say goodbye I spotted Vic watching us nearby. God damn that creep.
"Bye, Tay, I had a great time. Thank you," I said, trying to look at her but my attention kept turning to Vic who wouldn't look away. I figured since he 'liked' me I could get him to look away by making him jealous. The sudden surge of dedication to piss Vic off made me act out and I pulled Tay in to kiss her. I made sure it lasted at least ten seconds before I pulled away and lightly smiled at Tay.
"See you later, Kell," she said, a lot more surprised that I thought she would've been. But as she was walking away I heard her little squeal. She was so in to me.
"Bye!" I called.

Once she was out of sight I turned my attention to where Vic was standing but he was gone. I turned around and he was right behind me.
"Ah fu-," I stopped myself and took a deep breath.
"Need something, Vic?" I asked, trying to hide the annoyance I was feeling.
"You and Jardine, huh?"
"Is there a problem, Vic?"
"No, well, yes." He laughed. "The thing is, you're kissing the wrong person, Kells.”
"Oh, and who exactly would the right person be?" I rolled my eyes at him.
Before I could object, his lips were on mine and his fingers were running through my hair. I wanted to stop myself, I really did. But I gave in, deepening the kiss and pushing our hips together.
"You see. I'm a much. Better kisser." He said in between each time our lips touched.
After a few minutes of our make out session I pulled away and shook my head.
"No, Vic, this is not okay. I'm dating Taylor now and you're going to keep out of it."
"Alright, but at least now you know what you're missing," he winked and walked away without another word.

I left the park and took the bus back home and went straight to my room, ignoring Lisa when she asked how it went.
I shut the door but it was opened again seconds later by Lisa.
"That bad?" Lisa asked, sorrow filling her eyes.
"No it was actually perfect with Tay," I said.
"So why are you so grumpy?" She asked, really confused.
"I'm definitely gay. And now I definitely have a crush on a damn psycho." I stated, very annoyed.
"What? I thought Tay was a girl?"
"She is, her and I are dating, then damn Victor Fuentes has to come along and make out with me. What kind of person just does that?!" I Was really annoyed with him. But, I had to admit, I was also really longing to feel his lips on mine again. Damn this stupid crush.
"Well that's unfortunate," Lisa stated.
"You're telling me," I groaned.
"I know just the thing that'll make you feel better," Lisa smiled.
I smiled too, because I knew what she was going to say.
"Hot cocoa and scary movies?" I asked with a lot of enthusiasm.
"You guessed it!" She grinned.

We watched Pet Semetary, which was one of my favorite movies, by far.
Afterwards I was really happy but also very tired so I went to my room to get some sleep.
As soon as I hit the pillow I was out.

The next morning I woke up and I felt, well, good. I didn't have a single dream last night. And I got... 13 hours of sleep?!
I checked my clock. Yeah, it was 2 pm. What the hell?
I sighed and decided to drop it. I was only surprised because it was my first full night of sleep in three years. I've never gotten more than five hours of sleep. Don't get me wrong, I was happy, but I was concerned. Oh well.

I yawned and got out of bed for breakfast, er, lunch. I heated up a slice of pizza. Nothing much. It was just a boring Sunday. Later I did my homework and finished around 7. I looked at my phone just before I got into bed at night and read a text from a number I didn't recognize.
'This is Vic, please don't be creeped out, I'm not creepy. I just care. Goodnight, Kells. See you tomorrow.'
I shuddered at the text and plugged my phone in to charge. Vic was insane. He was literally insane. I had a crush on a mentally insane stalker teenage boy.

Great.

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