This Love Was Out of Control
Pierce the Veil
*Vic’s POV*
“Wake up, Vic. We gotta get ready for school,” Mike tiredly said, patting me on the shoulder.
I rubbed my tired eyes and glanced at the alarm clock on the dresser next to me. “Mikey,” I said barely above a whisper. “It’s only fucking 5:15. We have another hour yet for us to get ready. Go back to bed.”
He started pulling the cover up a little and some weight pressed down on the mattress, sinking me down a few inches.
“Do you care if I lay with you?”
“Mmm.” Usually when I mumble to him like that, it means sure or I don’t care, do what you want kind of thing.
“Thanks, brother,” he said, climbing in the bed and getting comfortable.
Hmmm. I have a trick up my sleeve. “You know, I jerked off before I went to bed in the exact spot you’re laying in,” I giggled to myself, knowing for a fact that he‘ll flip a shit. And I was right. He quickly shoved the blankets off him and tossed himself off the bed, slamming his body on the carpet hard.
“You asshole! Dumbfuck! Fuck you!” He got up and left the room, slamming the door and walked to his room.
I tangled myself in the blankets and smiled widely. I thought to myself, just kidding.
~~~
In 4th hour, all we did was listen to the teacher talk the whole hour. It was so damn boring, until something caught my attention.
“So that’s why we have to go directly to the problem and fix it. It’s just like cutting it out and not worrying about it anymore,” Davidson explained.
“Isn’t there a term for that?” Jenna offered.
“Acually, there is, and Jenna what do you think the term is called?” he directed specifically at her.
“Not sure. Can I phone a friend?” she smiled.
“Sure you can.”
She searched around the room and no one raised their hand. “Umm, how about you just tell us?”
“Why not?” he smiled. “It’s called Piercing the Veil; or just Pierce the Veil if you prefer to say it like that. It means going directly to the source of the problem and completely cutting it out. Or you can think of it as a life situation.”
“How in a life situation?” Kellin said, raising his hand half way and placing it on his desk when he was done with his question.
“For example,” the teacher began, “if you have a problem in your life and/or something that’s really bothering you and bringing you down, the best thing is to just cut it out completely. Don’t dwell on things and let them hurt you any longer. Just cut things out of your life and you’ll feel way better.”
Kellin nodded his head and pretended to care.
And then it hit me.
Pierce the Veil.
I quickly turned my head to Mike. “Mike,” I whispered so the teacher wouldn’t hear me. “Did you hear that? Pierce the Veil,” I said sounding sarcastic.
“I heard him already. What’s your point?”
“Ok guys! Five minute break!” Davidson said, shooing us off and quickly turning to his computer.
I got up and motioned for Jaime to follow me. I sat on Mike’s desk and let Jaime take the seat next to him. I saw Jenna wink at me from afar. I smiled at her and winked back. Jaime saw me and nudged my shoulder.
“What?” I smiled at Jaime.
“You know what, Vic. Don’t mess with her if you aren’t gonna do nothing with her.”
“I winked at her. Chill out.” Jaime forgot about my comment and I just remembered what I wanted to tell him and Mike. “Did you hear the man? He said Pierce the Veil,” I said with a wide smile, almost too excited to break the news to them.
“I said I heard him already!” Mike shouted.
“Not you! I’m talking to Jaime!” I turned my attention to him.
“Uh, Yeah, Vic. I heard him as well. What’s up?”
“That’s what our band is all about! Cutting out problems in people’s lives and going directly to the source. Pierce the Veil should be our band name!”
“You are very much intelligent. I like it,” Mike said, pushing me off his desk.
“I love it, Vic! That’s a great idea! Now we just need Tony to approve. Should I call him?”
“Yeah!”
He called Tony and he agreed. He didn’t even hesitate to talk it out.
Class was settling back in. We only had a minute before break time was up. I saw Kellin walking over to me.
“Hey, Vic,” Kellin voiced.
“Hi, Kels!” I smiled, tightening my cheeks. “How’s everything?”
“It’s great. Listen, I was wondering if you and your band can come to my party I’m having later today. It’s gonna be off the hook. It‘s at the club I own.”
I looked at Jaime and Mike. They both smiled and cheered. Mike went a little overboard.
“I’m down with that! How many bitches do I needa bring?”
“How ever many bitches you want, man!” he laughed and fist-pounded him.
“You have your own club?” Jaime and I said in unison.
“Yeah, I do. Well, my mom gave it to me. Ok, class is gonna start,” Kellin said, leaning in to give me a hug.
I saw the jealously in Jaime’s eyes. It was just a hug. I see him hug Alan all the damn time and I don‘t say anything! I’m not gonna say that it doesn’t make me jealous because it does.
“Havin’ a lil bromance over there, Vic?” Austin sneered, chuckling to himself.
Him saying that made everyone stare at Kellin and I giving each other a hug. I quickly let go of him walked back to my seat. Jaime stood up and glared at Kellin. He did the little “I’m watching you” sign but putting his two fingers up to his eyes and pointing them back at Kellin.
They are both serious the biggest trip. Literally. I just hope I don’t actually fall for Kellin.
~~~
“Will you please get the hell up off the couch and go get ready?” I yelled at Mike while fluffing out my shirt. I ran back to my room and shouted from there. “I need to call Jaime and Tony and tell them to meet us here so we can all go together.” I slipped on my black skinnies and threw on my black Vans. I walked back into the living room and dialed Jaime’s digits.
“Hello?” I heard through the other line.
“Yo, Jaime! You and Tony ready for Kellin’s party later at the club? I met with him after school and he said it‘s a private party and all the juniors and seniors are invited.”
“Yeah, we’ll be there. I’m just waiting for Tony to decide on which snapback he wants to wear.”
“Haaa alright then. You and Tony drive here and I’ll drive us all to the club. I know where it is.”
“That’s perfect then. Sounds like a plan to me!”
“See you in a bit, love.”
“Ok, see you, babe.”
I could sense he was smiling like an idiot to himself right before he hung up the phone. I’ve never seen him dressed up before so this might be a surprise. Even though I’m wearing skinny jeans and Vans, Kellin told us to dress appropriately, mainly like a dress shirt would be fine.
Fifthteen mintues later, I saw a car pull up in the drive way, blasting some rap music that I didn‘t know.
“PULL UP TO THE SCENE WITH MA CEILIN’ MISSIN’!” Mike rapped as Jaime and Tony jumped out of the car, scurring their way up to the door. I quickly opened it and gave Jaime a hug.
“Ready to go?” he asked me, pecking me a kiss on the cheek.
“I’m ready whenever you are, love.” I kissed his tender lips. He smiled half way during our collision.
“Ugh, didn’t I tell ya nasties to get a fucking room?!” Tony blurted, obviously annoyed with our actions in front of him.
“We will,” Jaime joked, booping my nose. I loved when he did that to me. It made me feel special, like I was the only one he did that to.
~~~
We arrived at the club and jumped out of the car. We passed the crowd of people wanting to badly get through.
I called Kellin and told him that we were here so he could give all of us our VIP tickets inside. He quickly popped his head through the door and told the bouncer to let us through. He shifted his body position and folded his arms across his chest. This asshole seemed very intimidating. I wouldn’t want to go one-on-one with him. He actually looked like a wrestler from the WWE or something.
We pushed and hustled our way through drunk girls and stoned ass guys. We headed to the VIP lounge in the back room, noticing that we were the last ones to come and take our seats. I spotted a girl that I never noticed before. I wasn’t even sure if she went to our school or not because…well…she was too pretty. Way too freaking pretty. I’m not gonna say that I’m into girls because of her but damn! Her super long, brownish blackish, curled hair stopped right above her waist. Her skin was just as tanned as mine and her cheek bones were extra lifted. Her face was perfectly formatted with her hair. When she stood up to give Kellin a hug, only because he was about to take his seat, her body was slim and her hair flowed from side to side. She had a drink in her hand; I wasn’t sure what it was but it looked interesting, just like her taste in jewelry. She eyed my from a distance and it made me a little uncomfortable.
I popped a squat next to Jaime and served us up some drinks. I saw Mike squish himself in the far corner next to Alan and Austin, with Jack and Alex by their side. Tony stayed seated on the other side of me. Kellin sat right in front of me even though there was a big ass table full of liquor and cigars in front of us. I wanted to move my spot but I can’t just get up and move. I stayed put and drank like a camal until we all decided to introduce ourselves.
Kellin stood up, lightly tapping a knife on his glass. “Hey guys! I just wanted to say thank you all for coming to this little get-together I planned earlier. I’m happy to see that all of you made it. I was hoping that we could all go around and introduce ourselves to get to know each other better. And if you don’t know someone, you will. I’ll go first. Hi, I’m Kellin, but you already know that,” he laughed.
Snickers and giggles surrounded the room. A small grin was tinted on my face as well as Tony’s. I looked to the corner and observed that Mike was already drunk, laying his head back on the comfy couch.
“I really like to scream, like in singing form but I love to sing as well. I’ve been singing all my life. I used to be in band called Yesterday’s Mistakes, but I quit because it just wasn’t going to work out. So I moved on to form Sleeping with Sirens with my buddies over there. Say hi guys!”
“I’m Gabe.” His hair was slick back to perfection and his face popped out from the crowd.
“I’m Justin!” He was short when he stood up but his energy was amusing.
“Jesse,” the red-headed boy said.
“And I’m Jack.” His had black hair that was also slick back but it was to the side.
“My name is also Jack!” the boy in the corner next to Alex said. “Me and Alex are dating but no one knew. Now...you do!”
Alex stood up. “I’m Alex and I sing and play guitar in band called All Time Low along with my boyfriend Jack; he plays guitar as well. Rian and Zack are out of town at the moment so they couldn’t be here.” He sat down and made Austin stand up.
“Yo, guys! I’m Austin Carlile. I scream in Of Mice and Men and Alan over here is my best friend. Tell ‘em, Alan!”
Alan slunked his way off the couch. “I’m Alan. I have pretty red hair and I like to drink…a lot!”
“We can see that,” Caesar said rolling her eyes.
Holy camal cocks! Caesar! I didn’t know she was here. I haven’t talked to her in weeks.
“We also have Aaron, Phil, and Tino in our band. They aren’t here because they don’t go to our school.” Austin sat down and nodded at Mike to stand up.
“Hi, my name is Mike. I’m currently in a band called Pierce the Veil. We decided to name our band that today on account of Vic over there; he’s my douche of an older brother. I play drums and drink whiskey while smoking. And I rub my dick on expensive shit. Your turn, bro!”
Damn, it was my turn. I stood up and took a deep breath. I let it out before I began. “I’m Vic. I sing and play guitar in Pierce the Veil.” I sat down and signaled for Jaime to go next.
“That’s it?” Kellin said in a surprised tone. “Tell us more! That’s not the only stuff I know about you.”
Yeah, the only stuff YOU know about me. I don‘t want anyone else to know my secrets. “I’m boring. I don’t have anything else.”
“Yes you do! Come on!” Kellin urged me on. "You're not boring."
“Ummm, ok. Well…Kellin and I have been best friends forever and neither of us like to get bossed around. The band we used to be in was Yesterday’s Mistakes, along with Alan, Jesse, and my brother. Alan dropped out on us to be with Austin in Of Mice and Men because we didn’t make it past the band auditions and that pissed him off. Kellin left because he didn’t like to be tortured with my criticism. He also told me that he wanted to be a singer and not so much a screamer. Happy now?” I sat down and Kellin glared at me. He took a mighty gulp of his drink and slammed it on the table.
“Looks like you’re up,” Kellin said to the pretty girl to his right. He continued to eye me with his blue sea orbs. I ignored him and turned my attention to the girl.
She stood up, making sure her stilettos didn’t trample her dress. She placed her glass ever so gently on the table and began to make her speech. “I’m Katelynne. I go to a different school out in Florida where my family lives. I’m here visiting Kellin and his mom because I used to live with them when Kellin and I were younger.”
Really? He never told me about a girl named Katelynne and that he used to live with her. Why didn’t he tell me that? I knew that he was the new kid in middle school but I didn’t have a clue that he came all the way across the states to California. Why do I feel like his life back home has something to do with his self-harming right now?
She continued her speech. “Kellin and I go way back in the day. We played hide and seek a lot when our parents weren’t home. Speaking of no parents around, I went over Kellin's place one day and his d-”
“Ok, I think you said enough, Katelynne,” Kellin said, becoming distressed and making her sit back down. “Anyone else care to say who they are before the game begins?”
Why did he make her sit down? I acutally wanted to know what she was gonna say. Now I’m tempted to ask her later when he’s not around so he won’t get embarrassed. Or maybe I'll just ask him myself.
Jaime finally stood up and introduced himself. “I’m Jaime! I play bass in Pierce the Veil. I also scream for the band in some of the songs we’re composing. For fun, I like to play acoustic and sing to that as well. But if I get really bored, I go to a secret place or shoot hoops with Tony if he’s home. Tony, you wanna?” Jaime urged, plopping his butt in a seat.
Tony stood up. “I’m Tony,” he said timidly. “I play guitar for Pierce the Veil. I’m probably older than all of you here because I’m 19 and I finished school. I have a job that I go to everyday but I’m assuming that I might have to give it up if we pass the finals and become number one in the auditions next week.”
“You guys signed up for that too?!” Jesse said, jumping to his feet. Mike, Jaime, Tony, and I all nodded. “No way, so did we! We plan on being the best so let the competition begin!”
“I don’t think so. You see, we’re so badass right now it’s not even funny. Tony shreds the guitar the like no other. Jaime rocks his bass out like there’s no tomorrow. My brother can sing the hell out of any song you give him, and I beat the shit out of my drums whenever I can.”
The room grew silent for a second, until Kellin announced that he wanted to play truth or dare, and then go to the dance floor to have some real fun.
“Alan, truth or dare?” Kellin started.
“Truth,” he said, sounding all innocent when everyone knows he isn’t.
“How many dicks have you sucked in the past year?” Kellin laughed along with everyone else.
“Like 5, I think.”
The room was filled with laughter.
“Jaime! Truth or dare?” Alan said.
“Lets start off with truth.”
“Have many dicks have you sucked in the past two months?”
My breathing began to speed up as I sipped on my drink. We all knew he was gay but I actually wanted to know how many he sucked on in the past two months. We’ve been together that whole time and I’d probably be disappointed if he sucked off another guy.
“Actually…just one.”
Wait, just one? THAT HAS TO BE ME! I’m the only one he sucked off!
“My turn!” Jaime cheered himself on. He glanced around the room. “Hey, Tony. Truth or dare?”
“Truth?”
“You guys are all a bunch of pussies! Somebody say DARE already!” Mike pleaded. He doesn’t have to worry one bit. I’ll call on him and dare him to do something disturbing.
*Jaime’s POV*
“Hmmm, do you have a crush in this room at the very moment and if so, who is it?” I knew he had a crush on someone but she didn’t know. Thing is, she told me that she had a crush on him as well. Might as well make the bond now then never.
He looked at Katelynne for a second. Wait, that’s not his crush. “Caesar,” he voiced shyly, not glancing in her direction.
Her eyes popped open. “YOU DO?!” she screamed.
“Yeah,” he smiled.
“I like you too! I liked you from day one!” She hugged him and sat in his lap for the rest of the game.
I liked Vic from day one. If I get another truth or even a dare, I can’t tell them that or else his reputation his ruined and he won’t love me anymore.
My heart stung with sheer pain striking me. This always happens and I haven’t a clue why. It’s been bothering me since the day I moved in with Tony here in San Diego. I never went to the doctor to have it checked out because I thought it was nothing; so I let it go.
“Mike, truth or dare, smartass,” Tony directed towards him.
“Fucking dare!”
“I dare you to strip completely naked and run around the whole club one time and come back.”
Everyone laughed and said “Ohh’s” and “Ahh’s” knowing he wouldn’t do it.
“Lets see if you’re man enough to do this dare, big man!” Austin chuckled.
Three minutes passed by and his was back in no time. Everyone giggled and pointed and his naked body. It didn’t matter to Mike because he’s always naked where ever he is.
“Kellin, truth or dare?” Mike said.
“Mmm…DARE!”
Wow, the fucker didn’t even hesitate to shout dare.
“I dare you to take this whipped cream and squirt some on Katelynne’s belly. Then clean if off with your tongue, licking ever inch off until I approve. You have to put a lot and I’ll tell you when to stop.”
He quickly reached for the cream and sprayed a shit load on her stomach. He started at her mid section and traveled his tongue down slowly in a teasing motion. Vic looked uncomfortable watching Kellin go down on her. I placed my hand on his knee and he flinched.
“You ok?” I whispered to him.
“Just fine,” he answered, not making eye contact with me.
When he was finished, the room leveled back to silence again so Kellin could begin his question on someone. And that someone, was me.
“Jaime, truth or dare?”
“I already said truth so about dare this time!” I cheered.
I could see in Kellin’s eyes that he wanted to think of the naughtiest dare yet. “Jaime, I dare you to…dare you to stare in Vic’s eyes passionately and make out with him in front of everyone. You can’t stop until I say you can.”
Oh, fuck, was the look Vic had on his face. It was a dare and I had to do it.
“You two should stand up so everyone can see it,” Mike recommended, smirking at us.
We both stood up and I held his waist. “Just letting you all know, this better stay with us because I don’t want Vic to punch you guys and me in the face if this gets out at school. I know he‘s not like that,” I lied, knowing that everyone watching would want to tell. So I made sure they didn’t.
“Oh yeah, and uh, Vic?” Kellin started, “you have to kiss him back.”
He sighed. I whispered something in his ear and he nodded in agreement. Kellin knows that Vic and I are together and he’s doing this on purpose.
I placed my hands behind his lower back, already starting to fall in love with his eyes again. I told Vic to follow my lead to make it look like he wasn’t into it.
I whispered, “Remember, move your lips with mine and hold in any moans you have.” He nodded his head and I began to do the all the work. I sliced his lips in half, separating them and sliding my tongue inside his mouth. He carefully pressed down on my lips, remembering not to tug hard. We kissed for a full two mintues and Kellin finally told us to part from each other.
The whole room was silent. Tony, Caesar, Mike, and Kellin weren’t shocked one bit. They already knew Vic and I were together. But the others…
*Vic’s POV*
“Dude, what the hell?” Jesse said, placing his glass on the table.
“What?” I said, not knowing what he was talking about.
“Vic, you didn’t have to agree to do that,” Justin pointed out. “It’s just a game.”
“But, it was a dare,” I confirmed.
“Doesn’t matter, that’s gay. It’s ok for Jaime, but you?”
“It was a dare guys! Chill out!” I shouted, now frustrated with their response. “I had to do the dare!”
“No you didn’t,” Alan said, laughing to himself.
“Are you…are you gay, Vic?” Jesse questioned once more.
“No! It was a dare from Kellin for Jaime to kiss me! I’m not gay! I like girls. I have no gay intensions whatsoever.”
“Are you sure?” Alex asked. “I have no problem with you being gay. I love my boyfriend, Jack, and he loves me. So there’s nothing wro-”
“I’m not fucking gay, Alex!”
“Whatever you say,” he said getting up and holding Jack’s hand, strutting their way over to the music blasting on the other side of the building.
I hope they don’t know. I really hope they don’t. I’m ruined if they find out. But why does being gay have to make my reputation go down hill or sink to the bottom of the ocean? I’m still the same guy, right?
Right?!
~~~
Everyone was having a blast, except me. I saw Mike and some girls I didn’t know start a grinding line. It included Caesar behind the three girls, behind her was Tony, behind him was Jack and Alex, and behind them was Austin, Alan, Katelynne, and lastly, Jaime. There was someone missing, until it hit me.
Kellin.
Where was he? He wasn’t on the dance floor nor was he in the grinding line. So where could he be?
I went back to the VIP room and there he was, standing outside the door with his hands over his eyes, raining tears into them. He had his head bent down and faced to the floor. I walked up to him to see what was wrong.
“Kels, are you ok?” I asked him, patting his shoulder with my hand.
He looked up and quickly wiped away his falling tears. “Y-You weren’t suppose to h-hear what Katelynne said.”
“What did she say? She didn’t finish it because you cut her off.”
“I can’t hold this in any longer. I’m gonna tell you but you need to promise me that you won’t tell anyone.”
“I promise.”
He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I never had a loving dad growing up like everyone else. He beat me to death and I ended up in the hospital all the time because of the bruises and lack of strength that I had. I was always weak when it came to him beating on me. Katelynne witnessed the whole thing one day when she stopped by for some ice cream and my dad came home early from his job because he got fired. He took his anger out on me and slashed my face all the time. And as you see before you today,” he rolled up his sleeves, “my scars remain. I cut because of him. The problem was getting worse and my mom didn’t want to send me to a mental institute so we flew out here…in San Diego. He was beating on her too so we obviously had to do something about it.”
“Wow, is that why you didn’t tell me about Katelynne?”
“Yeah. I remember her being there and the only bad memory with her is when she had to see my father hitting me and my mother.”
“And your scars? You didn’t tell me about that either. You told me you cut because you had depression.”
“I do, but I still do it because I have these ridiculous nightmares and they won’t leave my brain. So I self-harmed to ease away the pain.”
“I’m so sorry, Kellin. I had no idea.” I pulled him in for a hug and he let a couple more tears drop from his eyes, barely staining my shirt. “Dry your tears, alright? You invited us all here to have a good time and that’s what we’re gonna do. Now forget about your jackass father and dance with me.” I took his hand and we proceeded to the grinding line.
“Wake up, Vic. We gotta get ready for school,” Mike tiredly said, patting me on the shoulder.
I rubbed my tired eyes and glanced at the alarm clock on the dresser next to me. “Mikey,” I said barely above a whisper. “It’s only fucking 5:15. We have another hour yet for us to get ready. Go back to bed.”
He started pulling the cover up a little and some weight pressed down on the mattress, sinking me down a few inches.
“Do you care if I lay with you?”
“Mmm.” Usually when I mumble to him like that, it means sure or I don’t care, do what you want kind of thing.
“Thanks, brother,” he said, climbing in the bed and getting comfortable.
Hmmm. I have a trick up my sleeve. “You know, I jerked off before I went to bed in the exact spot you’re laying in,” I giggled to myself, knowing for a fact that he‘ll flip a shit. And I was right. He quickly shoved the blankets off him and tossed himself off the bed, slamming his body on the carpet hard.
“You asshole! Dumbfuck! Fuck you!” He got up and left the room, slamming the door and walked to his room.
I tangled myself in the blankets and smiled widely. I thought to myself, just kidding.
~~~
In 4th hour, all we did was listen to the teacher talk the whole hour. It was so damn boring, until something caught my attention.
“So that’s why we have to go directly to the problem and fix it. It’s just like cutting it out and not worrying about it anymore,” Davidson explained.
“Isn’t there a term for that?” Jenna offered.
“Acually, there is, and Jenna what do you think the term is called?” he directed specifically at her.
“Not sure. Can I phone a friend?” she smiled.
“Sure you can.”
She searched around the room and no one raised their hand. “Umm, how about you just tell us?”
“Why not?” he smiled. “It’s called Piercing the Veil; or just Pierce the Veil if you prefer to say it like that. It means going directly to the source of the problem and completely cutting it out. Or you can think of it as a life situation.”
“How in a life situation?” Kellin said, raising his hand half way and placing it on his desk when he was done with his question.
“For example,” the teacher began, “if you have a problem in your life and/or something that’s really bothering you and bringing you down, the best thing is to just cut it out completely. Don’t dwell on things and let them hurt you any longer. Just cut things out of your life and you’ll feel way better.”
Kellin nodded his head and pretended to care.
And then it hit me.
Pierce the Veil.
I quickly turned my head to Mike. “Mike,” I whispered so the teacher wouldn’t hear me. “Did you hear that? Pierce the Veil,” I said sounding sarcastic.
“I heard him already. What’s your point?”
“Ok guys! Five minute break!” Davidson said, shooing us off and quickly turning to his computer.
I got up and motioned for Jaime to follow me. I sat on Mike’s desk and let Jaime take the seat next to him. I saw Jenna wink at me from afar. I smiled at her and winked back. Jaime saw me and nudged my shoulder.
“What?” I smiled at Jaime.
“You know what, Vic. Don’t mess with her if you aren’t gonna do nothing with her.”
“I winked at her. Chill out.” Jaime forgot about my comment and I just remembered what I wanted to tell him and Mike. “Did you hear the man? He said Pierce the Veil,” I said with a wide smile, almost too excited to break the news to them.
“I said I heard him already!” Mike shouted.
“Not you! I’m talking to Jaime!” I turned my attention to him.
“Uh, Yeah, Vic. I heard him as well. What’s up?”
“That’s what our band is all about! Cutting out problems in people’s lives and going directly to the source. Pierce the Veil should be our band name!”
“You are very much intelligent. I like it,” Mike said, pushing me off his desk.
“I love it, Vic! That’s a great idea! Now we just need Tony to approve. Should I call him?”
“Yeah!”
He called Tony and he agreed. He didn’t even hesitate to talk it out.
Class was settling back in. We only had a minute before break time was up. I saw Kellin walking over to me.
“Hey, Vic,” Kellin voiced.
“Hi, Kels!” I smiled, tightening my cheeks. “How’s everything?”
“It’s great. Listen, I was wondering if you and your band can come to my party I’m having later today. It’s gonna be off the hook. It‘s at the club I own.”
I looked at Jaime and Mike. They both smiled and cheered. Mike went a little overboard.
“I’m down with that! How many bitches do I needa bring?”
“How ever many bitches you want, man!” he laughed and fist-pounded him.
“You have your own club?” Jaime and I said in unison.
“Yeah, I do. Well, my mom gave it to me. Ok, class is gonna start,” Kellin said, leaning in to give me a hug.
I saw the jealously in Jaime’s eyes. It was just a hug. I see him hug Alan all the damn time and I don‘t say anything! I’m not gonna say that it doesn’t make me jealous because it does.
“Havin’ a lil bromance over there, Vic?” Austin sneered, chuckling to himself.
Him saying that made everyone stare at Kellin and I giving each other a hug. I quickly let go of him walked back to my seat. Jaime stood up and glared at Kellin. He did the little “I’m watching you” sign but putting his two fingers up to his eyes and pointing them back at Kellin.
They are both serious the biggest trip. Literally. I just hope I don’t actually fall for Kellin.
~~~
“Will you please get the hell up off the couch and go get ready?” I yelled at Mike while fluffing out my shirt. I ran back to my room and shouted from there. “I need to call Jaime and Tony and tell them to meet us here so we can all go together.” I slipped on my black skinnies and threw on my black Vans. I walked back into the living room and dialed Jaime’s digits.
“Hello?” I heard through the other line.
“Yo, Jaime! You and Tony ready for Kellin’s party later at the club? I met with him after school and he said it‘s a private party and all the juniors and seniors are invited.”
“Yeah, we’ll be there. I’m just waiting for Tony to decide on which snapback he wants to wear.”
“Haaa alright then. You and Tony drive here and I’ll drive us all to the club. I know where it is.”
“That’s perfect then. Sounds like a plan to me!”
“See you in a bit, love.”
“Ok, see you, babe.”
I could sense he was smiling like an idiot to himself right before he hung up the phone. I’ve never seen him dressed up before so this might be a surprise. Even though I’m wearing skinny jeans and Vans, Kellin told us to dress appropriately, mainly like a dress shirt would be fine.
Fifthteen mintues later, I saw a car pull up in the drive way, blasting some rap music that I didn‘t know.
“PULL UP TO THE SCENE WITH MA CEILIN’ MISSIN’!” Mike rapped as Jaime and Tony jumped out of the car, scurring their way up to the door. I quickly opened it and gave Jaime a hug.
“Ready to go?” he asked me, pecking me a kiss on the cheek.
“I’m ready whenever you are, love.” I kissed his tender lips. He smiled half way during our collision.
“Ugh, didn’t I tell ya nasties to get a fucking room?!” Tony blurted, obviously annoyed with our actions in front of him.
“We will,” Jaime joked, booping my nose. I loved when he did that to me. It made me feel special, like I was the only one he did that to.
~~~
We arrived at the club and jumped out of the car. We passed the crowd of people wanting to badly get through.
I called Kellin and told him that we were here so he could give all of us our VIP tickets inside. He quickly popped his head through the door and told the bouncer to let us through. He shifted his body position and folded his arms across his chest. This asshole seemed very intimidating. I wouldn’t want to go one-on-one with him. He actually looked like a wrestler from the WWE or something.
We pushed and hustled our way through drunk girls and stoned ass guys. We headed to the VIP lounge in the back room, noticing that we were the last ones to come and take our seats. I spotted a girl that I never noticed before. I wasn’t even sure if she went to our school or not because…well…she was too pretty. Way too freaking pretty. I’m not gonna say that I’m into girls because of her but damn! Her super long, brownish blackish, curled hair stopped right above her waist. Her skin was just as tanned as mine and her cheek bones were extra lifted. Her face was perfectly formatted with her hair. When she stood up to give Kellin a hug, only because he was about to take his seat, her body was slim and her hair flowed from side to side. She had a drink in her hand; I wasn’t sure what it was but it looked interesting, just like her taste in jewelry. She eyed my from a distance and it made me a little uncomfortable.
I popped a squat next to Jaime and served us up some drinks. I saw Mike squish himself in the far corner next to Alan and Austin, with Jack and Alex by their side. Tony stayed seated on the other side of me. Kellin sat right in front of me even though there was a big ass table full of liquor and cigars in front of us. I wanted to move my spot but I can’t just get up and move. I stayed put and drank like a camal until we all decided to introduce ourselves.
Kellin stood up, lightly tapping a knife on his glass. “Hey guys! I just wanted to say thank you all for coming to this little get-together I planned earlier. I’m happy to see that all of you made it. I was hoping that we could all go around and introduce ourselves to get to know each other better. And if you don’t know someone, you will. I’ll go first. Hi, I’m Kellin, but you already know that,” he laughed.
Snickers and giggles surrounded the room. A small grin was tinted on my face as well as Tony’s. I looked to the corner and observed that Mike was already drunk, laying his head back on the comfy couch.
“I really like to scream, like in singing form but I love to sing as well. I’ve been singing all my life. I used to be in band called Yesterday’s Mistakes, but I quit because it just wasn’t going to work out. So I moved on to form Sleeping with Sirens with my buddies over there. Say hi guys!”
“I’m Gabe.” His hair was slick back to perfection and his face popped out from the crowd.
“I’m Justin!” He was short when he stood up but his energy was amusing.
“Jesse,” the red-headed boy said.
“And I’m Jack.” His had black hair that was also slick back but it was to the side.
“My name is also Jack!” the boy in the corner next to Alex said. “Me and Alex are dating but no one knew. Now...you do!”
Alex stood up. “I’m Alex and I sing and play guitar in band called All Time Low along with my boyfriend Jack; he plays guitar as well. Rian and Zack are out of town at the moment so they couldn’t be here.” He sat down and made Austin stand up.
“Yo, guys! I’m Austin Carlile. I scream in Of Mice and Men and Alan over here is my best friend. Tell ‘em, Alan!”
Alan slunked his way off the couch. “I’m Alan. I have pretty red hair and I like to drink…a lot!”
“We can see that,” Caesar said rolling her eyes.
Holy camal cocks! Caesar! I didn’t know she was here. I haven’t talked to her in weeks.
“We also have Aaron, Phil, and Tino in our band. They aren’t here because they don’t go to our school.” Austin sat down and nodded at Mike to stand up.
“Hi, my name is Mike. I’m currently in a band called Pierce the Veil. We decided to name our band that today on account of Vic over there; he’s my douche of an older brother. I play drums and drink whiskey while smoking. And I rub my dick on expensive shit. Your turn, bro!”
Damn, it was my turn. I stood up and took a deep breath. I let it out before I began. “I’m Vic. I sing and play guitar in Pierce the Veil.” I sat down and signaled for Jaime to go next.
“That’s it?” Kellin said in a surprised tone. “Tell us more! That’s not the only stuff I know about you.”
Yeah, the only stuff YOU know about me. I don‘t want anyone else to know my secrets. “I’m boring. I don’t have anything else.”
“Yes you do! Come on!” Kellin urged me on. "You're not boring."
“Ummm, ok. Well…Kellin and I have been best friends forever and neither of us like to get bossed around. The band we used to be in was Yesterday’s Mistakes, along with Alan, Jesse, and my brother. Alan dropped out on us to be with Austin in Of Mice and Men because we didn’t make it past the band auditions and that pissed him off. Kellin left because he didn’t like to be tortured with my criticism. He also told me that he wanted to be a singer and not so much a screamer. Happy now?” I sat down and Kellin glared at me. He took a mighty gulp of his drink and slammed it on the table.
“Looks like you’re up,” Kellin said to the pretty girl to his right. He continued to eye me with his blue sea orbs. I ignored him and turned my attention to the girl.
She stood up, making sure her stilettos didn’t trample her dress. She placed her glass ever so gently on the table and began to make her speech. “I’m Katelynne. I go to a different school out in Florida where my family lives. I’m here visiting Kellin and his mom because I used to live with them when Kellin and I were younger.”
Really? He never told me about a girl named Katelynne and that he used to live with her. Why didn’t he tell me that? I knew that he was the new kid in middle school but I didn’t have a clue that he came all the way across the states to California. Why do I feel like his life back home has something to do with his self-harming right now?
She continued her speech. “Kellin and I go way back in the day. We played hide and seek a lot when our parents weren’t home. Speaking of no parents around, I went over Kellin's place one day and his d-”
“Ok, I think you said enough, Katelynne,” Kellin said, becoming distressed and making her sit back down. “Anyone else care to say who they are before the game begins?”
Why did he make her sit down? I acutally wanted to know what she was gonna say. Now I’m tempted to ask her later when he’s not around so he won’t get embarrassed. Or maybe I'll just ask him myself.
Jaime finally stood up and introduced himself. “I’m Jaime! I play bass in Pierce the Veil. I also scream for the band in some of the songs we’re composing. For fun, I like to play acoustic and sing to that as well. But if I get really bored, I go to a secret place or shoot hoops with Tony if he’s home. Tony, you wanna?” Jaime urged, plopping his butt in a seat.
Tony stood up. “I’m Tony,” he said timidly. “I play guitar for Pierce the Veil. I’m probably older than all of you here because I’m 19 and I finished school. I have a job that I go to everyday but I’m assuming that I might have to give it up if we pass the finals and become number one in the auditions next week.”
“You guys signed up for that too?!” Jesse said, jumping to his feet. Mike, Jaime, Tony, and I all nodded. “No way, so did we! We plan on being the best so let the competition begin!”
“I don’t think so. You see, we’re so badass right now it’s not even funny. Tony shreds the guitar the like no other. Jaime rocks his bass out like there’s no tomorrow. My brother can sing the hell out of any song you give him, and I beat the shit out of my drums whenever I can.”
The room grew silent for a second, until Kellin announced that he wanted to play truth or dare, and then go to the dance floor to have some real fun.
“Alan, truth or dare?” Kellin started.
“Truth,” he said, sounding all innocent when everyone knows he isn’t.
“How many dicks have you sucked in the past year?” Kellin laughed along with everyone else.
“Like 5, I think.”
The room was filled with laughter.
“Jaime! Truth or dare?” Alan said.
“Lets start off with truth.”
“Have many dicks have you sucked in the past two months?”
My breathing began to speed up as I sipped on my drink. We all knew he was gay but I actually wanted to know how many he sucked on in the past two months. We’ve been together that whole time and I’d probably be disappointed if he sucked off another guy.
“Actually…just one.”
Wait, just one? THAT HAS TO BE ME! I’m the only one he sucked off!
“My turn!” Jaime cheered himself on. He glanced around the room. “Hey, Tony. Truth or dare?”
“Truth?”
“You guys are all a bunch of pussies! Somebody say DARE already!” Mike pleaded. He doesn’t have to worry one bit. I’ll call on him and dare him to do something disturbing.
*Jaime’s POV*
“Hmmm, do you have a crush in this room at the very moment and if so, who is it?” I knew he had a crush on someone but she didn’t know. Thing is, she told me that she had a crush on him as well. Might as well make the bond now then never.
He looked at Katelynne for a second. Wait, that’s not his crush. “Caesar,” he voiced shyly, not glancing in her direction.
Her eyes popped open. “YOU DO?!” she screamed.
“Yeah,” he smiled.
“I like you too! I liked you from day one!” She hugged him and sat in his lap for the rest of the game.
I liked Vic from day one. If I get another truth or even a dare, I can’t tell them that or else his reputation his ruined and he won’t love me anymore.
My heart stung with sheer pain striking me. This always happens and I haven’t a clue why. It’s been bothering me since the day I moved in with Tony here in San Diego. I never went to the doctor to have it checked out because I thought it was nothing; so I let it go.
“Mike, truth or dare, smartass,” Tony directed towards him.
“Fucking dare!”
“I dare you to strip completely naked and run around the whole club one time and come back.”
Everyone laughed and said “Ohh’s” and “Ahh’s” knowing he wouldn’t do it.
“Lets see if you’re man enough to do this dare, big man!” Austin chuckled.
Three minutes passed by and his was back in no time. Everyone giggled and pointed and his naked body. It didn’t matter to Mike because he’s always naked where ever he is.
“Kellin, truth or dare?” Mike said.
“Mmm…DARE!”
Wow, the fucker didn’t even hesitate to shout dare.
“I dare you to take this whipped cream and squirt some on Katelynne’s belly. Then clean if off with your tongue, licking ever inch off until I approve. You have to put a lot and I’ll tell you when to stop.”
He quickly reached for the cream and sprayed a shit load on her stomach. He started at her mid section and traveled his tongue down slowly in a teasing motion. Vic looked uncomfortable watching Kellin go down on her. I placed my hand on his knee and he flinched.
“You ok?” I whispered to him.
“Just fine,” he answered, not making eye contact with me.
When he was finished, the room leveled back to silence again so Kellin could begin his question on someone. And that someone, was me.
“Jaime, truth or dare?”
“I already said truth so about dare this time!” I cheered.
I could see in Kellin’s eyes that he wanted to think of the naughtiest dare yet. “Jaime, I dare you to…dare you to stare in Vic’s eyes passionately and make out with him in front of everyone. You can’t stop until I say you can.”
Oh, fuck, was the look Vic had on his face. It was a dare and I had to do it.
“You two should stand up so everyone can see it,” Mike recommended, smirking at us.
We both stood up and I held his waist. “Just letting you all know, this better stay with us because I don’t want Vic to punch you guys and me in the face if this gets out at school. I know he‘s not like that,” I lied, knowing that everyone watching would want to tell. So I made sure they didn’t.
“Oh yeah, and uh, Vic?” Kellin started, “you have to kiss him back.”
He sighed. I whispered something in his ear and he nodded in agreement. Kellin knows that Vic and I are together and he’s doing this on purpose.
I placed my hands behind his lower back, already starting to fall in love with his eyes again. I told Vic to follow my lead to make it look like he wasn’t into it.
I whispered, “Remember, move your lips with mine and hold in any moans you have.” He nodded his head and I began to do the all the work. I sliced his lips in half, separating them and sliding my tongue inside his mouth. He carefully pressed down on my lips, remembering not to tug hard. We kissed for a full two mintues and Kellin finally told us to part from each other.
The whole room was silent. Tony, Caesar, Mike, and Kellin weren’t shocked one bit. They already knew Vic and I were together. But the others…
*Vic’s POV*
“Dude, what the hell?” Jesse said, placing his glass on the table.
“What?” I said, not knowing what he was talking about.
“Vic, you didn’t have to agree to do that,” Justin pointed out. “It’s just a game.”
“But, it was a dare,” I confirmed.
“Doesn’t matter, that’s gay. It’s ok for Jaime, but you?”
“It was a dare guys! Chill out!” I shouted, now frustrated with their response. “I had to do the dare!”
“No you didn’t,” Alan said, laughing to himself.
“Are you…are you gay, Vic?” Jesse questioned once more.
“No! It was a dare from Kellin for Jaime to kiss me! I’m not gay! I like girls. I have no gay intensions whatsoever.”
“Are you sure?” Alex asked. “I have no problem with you being gay. I love my boyfriend, Jack, and he loves me. So there’s nothing wro-”
“I’m not fucking gay, Alex!”
“Whatever you say,” he said getting up and holding Jack’s hand, strutting their way over to the music blasting on the other side of the building.
I hope they don’t know. I really hope they don’t. I’m ruined if they find out. But why does being gay have to make my reputation go down hill or sink to the bottom of the ocean? I’m still the same guy, right?
Right?!
~~~
Everyone was having a blast, except me. I saw Mike and some girls I didn’t know start a grinding line. It included Caesar behind the three girls, behind her was Tony, behind him was Jack and Alex, and behind them was Austin, Alan, Katelynne, and lastly, Jaime. There was someone missing, until it hit me.
Kellin.
Where was he? He wasn’t on the dance floor nor was he in the grinding line. So where could he be?
I went back to the VIP room and there he was, standing outside the door with his hands over his eyes, raining tears into them. He had his head bent down and faced to the floor. I walked up to him to see what was wrong.
“Kels, are you ok?” I asked him, patting his shoulder with my hand.
He looked up and quickly wiped away his falling tears. “Y-You weren’t suppose to h-hear what Katelynne said.”
“What did she say? She didn’t finish it because you cut her off.”
“I can’t hold this in any longer. I’m gonna tell you but you need to promise me that you won’t tell anyone.”
“I promise.”
He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. “I never had a loving dad growing up like everyone else. He beat me to death and I ended up in the hospital all the time because of the bruises and lack of strength that I had. I was always weak when it came to him beating on me. Katelynne witnessed the whole thing one day when she stopped by for some ice cream and my dad came home early from his job because he got fired. He took his anger out on me and slashed my face all the time. And as you see before you today,” he rolled up his sleeves, “my scars remain. I cut because of him. The problem was getting worse and my mom didn’t want to send me to a mental institute so we flew out here…in San Diego. He was beating on her too so we obviously had to do something about it.”
“Wow, is that why you didn’t tell me about Katelynne?”
“Yeah. I remember her being there and the only bad memory with her is when she had to see my father hitting me and my mother.”
“And your scars? You didn’t tell me about that either. You told me you cut because you had depression.”
“I do, but I still do it because I have these ridiculous nightmares and they won’t leave my brain. So I self-harmed to ease away the pain.”
“I’m so sorry, Kellin. I had no idea.” I pulled him in for a hug and he let a couple more tears drop from his eyes, barely staining my shirt. “Dry your tears, alright? You invited us all here to have a good time and that’s what we’re gonna do. Now forget about your jackass father and dance with me.” I took his hand and we proceeded to the grinding line.
Notes
THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO COMMENTED I APPRECIATE IT!*title credit: obviously Pierce the Veil;0
*I'm Diffeent reference;D
*Andy Biersack reference;)
*Mike Fuentes erference;))
Would really like to see a sequel :)
7/4/15