Hold My Heart (Kellic)

Chapter 13

After talking to Jesse at the game, I tried to find Vic since I thought that he would be waiting for me, but he wasn't at our spot on the bleachers. I saw the food that he had obviously just bought for us, but he was nowhere in sight. I texted him but got no response, and when I looked for his car in the lot, it was gone.

I ended up walking home in a fit of rage, confused as to why Vic had suddenly disappeared without any explanation. I wanted to go to his house and confront him, but decided against it. Maybe something serious happened and he had to leave to be with his family. I wanted to give him some time to calm down from whatever was going on, so I would ask him about the game tomorrow.

I had told Billie that I would be out until nine, so I still had about an hour before I had to be home. I decided to go to a nearby park and calm myself down before I got back. I was still angry at Vic for leaving without me, and I didn't want Billie to pick up on anything. I had never officially told him that Vic and I were together, but I think it might've been kind of obvious with how much I had been seeing him. But if he didn't know, then I didn't want to have to explain everything that happened tonight when I wasn't even sure what was going on myself.

Once I reached the small park, it was way past dark outside and the air was so cold and crisp that it burned my nose when I inhaled, but I didn't care. I wanted to stay out here for a while. I sat down in one of the swings and started slowly swinging myself back and forth, not wanting to pick up a fast pace. I shivered as a gust of April wind blew threw the air and made my breath form a puff of white. I closed my eyes and became enveloped in the quiet night, admiring the silence. It had been a while since I had been this calm, just content with where I was. It was a great feeling.

I don't know how long I had been sitting there before I heard a pair of feet trodding through the grass. I opened my eyes and saw a boy that looked to be about my age with brown hair sweeping across his forehead. His hands were shoved into his pockets and he was slightly slumped over as he walked towards the swing next to me and sat down. I didn't know whether I should acknowledge his presence or not. Maybe he came here to escape from something too. The silence was now a bit uncomfortable, and I was about to turn and speak to him, but he beat me to it.

"Um, hi," he said awkwardly. I smiled at his apparent nerves, glad that I wasn't the only one that was socially awkward.

"Hey," I replied.

"What's your name?" he asked. He stared at me with beautiful golden brown eyes. This boy was very attractive, but I wouldn't let myself think like that. I did have Vic after all. Or did I? I was still confused about everything that happened this afternoon. I quickly returned my focus to the conversation and answered his question.

"Kellin," I replied.

"Well Kellin, what are you doing all alone at a park at this time of night?" he asked in a lighthearted tone. I shrugged and stared ahead of me.

"I don't know. Just clearing my head, I guess," I replied.

"How come?" he asked. I wasn't sure why, but I felt like I could trust this stranger. He didn't seem like he had any malicious intentions, and for some odd reason, it looked like he really cared. I didn't recognize him from school, so I thought that it would be safe to tell him the whole story.

"Well . . . I've been dating this guy for almost a month, and everything was going great until tonight. We went to a basketball game together, and someone pulled me away to talk, then when I got back he was gone. I looked everywhere for him, and then noticed that his car was gone. He just abandoned me for no reason. I don't know what's going on with him and . . . I don't know, I'm just stressed I guess. Not to mention the fact that our relationship was already kind of stressful because neither of us have come out yet. I just really needed a breather tonight," I ranted. The boy just nodded and held a sympathetic expression as I finished talking. He sighed and faced forward.