I Can Save You (Kellic)

Thank You

Chapter Twenty Six-

For the next hour or so, Vic and I just laid in his bed, trying to come down from the problems we were going to have to face tomorrow. At first, we both tried to think about it positively. We would be able to be closer during school hours without being worried about how closer was to close. Which was probably the best thing about Vic's secret being revealed.

But then there was people knowing about his problem. And his family. Nothing could make those situations better, nothing. There was nothing good about people knowing about that stuff. It was terrible and was meant to be private.

I sighed, running my hands through Vic's hair, while we laid on his bed, him running his hand up and down my arm, something he started to grow fond of doing for some reason. I wanted to talk about what had happened today, but I knew the best thing I could do was just forget about it. Vic was going to want to act like this never happened, and I understood that. But still, we needed to talk about what we told each other about. About us both saying, "I love you" to each other. I would leave the other things alone about his dad and school.

"Vic.." I started to talk, biting my lip. Vic sighed, his hand still running up and down my arm, before sitting up and nodding.

"I know.. We need to talk about what happened between us today." I nodded, waiting for him to say something. He chuckled. "Kellin, I really meant it. I love you, and I've known for weeks but I just couldn't tell you. I was worried you just didn't really feel that strongly about me yet. I mean, we've only been dating for a month or so, and I just thought it was way to early to say that." He explained, sighing as he away from me, something close to hesitation in his eyes.

Frowning, I put my hand on his, which was clutching his own arm. I gave him a small smile when he looked back at me, surprised by my touch. "Vic, I love you. I really do, and I don't care if it's too early, there's no such thing as too young right?" I asked him, smiling. Vic grinned, shaking his head.

He sighed in relief, pulling me into a tight hug. "Oh thank god.. I thought you were only saying it to make me feel better after.. What you found me doing, or you know, you thought it was to early, or we were too young, or-" I pressed my lips to his, stopping him from his rambling. Vic instantly leaned into the kiss, forgetting about his previous rambling.

I let myself get lost in the kiss too, that was until I heard the door open and the sound of our friends made me jump away from him. "AH! My eyes!" Mike yelled, making me quickly move away from Vic, in both surprise and embarrassment. Vic, however, laughed at his younger and childish brother. Along with Mike's grumbling, I heard the laughter of our friends, more specifically Jaime, Jack and Bentley, Barakat and Alex, Tony, Gabe, and Justin and Sarah, it was only some of them, but it surprised me that they were here.

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked them, raising an eyebrow at them. Sarah smiled at us, walking closer to where we both sat on the bed.

Sarah looked at Vic when she spoke. "Well, after you two ran off, almost the entire lunch room didn't seem to believe Oli about your.. Well.. Problems. They all believed you and Kellin were together and hiding it, but they didn't believe the other part. All of us think he's lying. Anyways, Oli got really pissed because nobody but his group seemed to care about you two dating, and well, he stormed off, muttering profanities." Sarah explained, giving us another smile.

Both Vic and I looked at each other, both surprised. After all, the whole reason we kept this a secret was because we thought that everyone wouldn't accept us being together and would give us shit for it, but Sarah just told us that they didn't ever care. And, nobody believed Oli about Vic's problem. I gave Vic a look, that was begging him to just tell everyone in the room the truth. He sighed, obviously understanding.

"What Oli said about me.. About the.. cutting.. he wasn't lying." And with that said, Vic glanced at me, standing up, and pulling off his jacket, revealing the scars that lined up and down his skin. He was wearing a tank top, so you could even see the ones on his shoulders. They weren't as bad as I once thought they were, but they were still bad.

Most of the scars on his arms had healed over and turned into a pink line, because of how long he had been clean. 3-4 weeks. I hadn't even know he still had a blade, I thought we threw them all away, but what was important was that it was gone now.

I heard all of our friends gasp, the girls covering their mouths so they didn't scream. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them did. Vic sighed, hanging his head in what could be described as shame. "I didn't tell you guys about this because I didn't want anyone to know about how hurt I was. What Oli said about my parents and this, well it was true. I don't know how he even found out about any of it, but it's true. Mike and my parents aren't the most loving people. They avoid us. And our dad, well, he's never got really mad at Mike, but he's yelled at me several times, including today..." Vic trailed off, his head looking up ever so slightly so he could look at Mike, who was sending sympathetic and sorry looks to him.

None of our friends said anything for minutes, until Jaime stepped forward. He sent me a sorry look before he spoke to Vic. "I'm sorry that none of us noticed this.. Well, we noticed that you weren't that same happy middle schooler ever since the beginning of softmore year, but we never knew it went this.. Deep. But I promise, we'll, all of us, are gonna be there for you from now on." He said. For the first time since I met Jaime, he was being completely serious, not a single hint of amusement was on his face, which was something I had never seen before. Vic smiled at his best friend, pulling Jaime into a hug.

"Thanks, Hime. I promise I'll try and come to one of you if I ever need to." He pulled away from Jaime, and looked at everyone else. "Thanks." He told them all, pulling back on his hoodie. They all smiled and minutes later, we were all in some big group hug.

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Soooo.... Obviously, this is just tying up some loose ends. And it's practically part three. THIS STORY IS NOT ENDING. There is still a lot more drama, but I will say, pretty soon it will be the end, maybe 10-20 more chapters. Have a lovely day people! Comment, vote, like, and worry about the future of Kellic with me!