Sweat trickled down Jesse’s brow as he reclined on the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMm3FXxepL
bleachers behind him. As he watched his classmates make yet another lap around122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIQxxrbJFJ
the track, his mind was consumed by one thought:
It was fucking hot.
Jesse had been forced to transfer122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCF8gJppC5
schools. It was close to graduation, he hadn’t wanted to leave, but his mom had122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoP5H3hUje
insisted. She told him he needed a “fresh start”. That wasn’t what he needed,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0G9ReHw8O
or wanted, but what did she care? Now here he was, sitting behind the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslJZVLkf7p
bleachers, avoiding the P.E. teacher, and this god-awful heat.
He turned to inspect the open field122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKpuroT4Lm
to his left, and instead of green, all he saw was blue. Pale, icy blue. Jesse122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UN81JF0ch
reeled slightly, taken aback by the sudden intrusion into his personal space.122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iiaLBC9VA
He hadn’t even heard the person approach, but here he was, sitting next to him,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUUDSqPfZb
staring. Jesse takes in the boy. Everything about him seems mundane. His baggy122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUCnBEBN6C
clothes, his short cut, blonde hair, even the shape of his face was just…122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQCPMv13JA
ordinary. The only striking feature on him were his eyes. Devoid of emotion,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8v6qTEN4W
they made Jesse feel like he was looking into a deep, clear lake. One you would122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzESQGnL2xF
drown in if you weren’t cautious enough.
Throughout Jesse’s pondering, the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8N1CeL4eG
boy had remained silent, and it was beginning to make Jesse uncomfortable. How122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnd1YAhonKh
could such an intense, empty gaze like that not? He didn’t want to be122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ83BTqdZf
the one to break the silence. What would he even say? He dropped his gaze once122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmwahkmVvt
he realized there was no figuring out who this person was and waited for him to122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtFY8qLH93
say something. After averting his eyes from the penetrating pools of blue,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVl5QFOhXi
Jesse shifted in his seat, folding into himself slightly, trying to make122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk2wxuOGwl
himself invisible. Why was he just staring? The silence between the two122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEAcsaeIlo
lengthened. Jesse shuffled his body slightly and looked at the ground,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ApVHl03zy
uncomfortable with the kid’s overwhelming presence. He could feel his gaze.
Flicking his eyes back towards the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0hpezveJR
boy momentarily, he catches the sight of the boy’s retreating back. His eyes122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZzXxFXyWs
follow him as he gets smaller and smaller, noting that the boy was far taller122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNeGMg1G75P
than he had appeared. Far, far taller than Jesse was surely. Before long, the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2FfLub8zK
boy was nothing more than a black speck in the distance, vanishing from sight.
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Jesse let122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtqRkRvCK1
out a breath, on he hadn’t realized he was holding, and tried to not let the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBFHK2yBwB
events that had just transpired consume his thoughts.
As the final bell rang, a vast122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAw2ApnJMZ
expanse of teens flooded the hallway. Jesse was jostled slightly as he fought122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYVEqrfS3p
his way through the sea of bodies. The sooner he emptied his bag into his122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcdTnXfDXV
locker, the sooner he’d be back home, in front of his computer. Today had been122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZPNzKEjnE
yet another dull day; pretending to listen to the teachers drone on and on;122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2MiBoVPzf
ignoring the petty cliques that had formed well before he had transferred to122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFAHD0d21Z
this lame ass school; barely stomaching shitty cafeteria food. The only122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5IwvxZEpf
memorable part of the day had been the mystery boy. Jesse couldn’t get his eyes122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mosEPepC5
out of his head.
Having only been in this school for122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gf2JYozu3
a month, Jesse sure as hell didn’t know all the kids that went here, but he122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c46qW4a3C
couldn’t help but think that he would remember someone so off putting. He122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcth2NlFRX
shakes his head of the thought as he reaches his locker. Failing to put in his122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tD4Ufijnu
code correctly the first try, he curses under his breath and spins the dial122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW2DsXKWBJ
around again. Finally succeeding in opening his locker, he begins stuffing his122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvxuTYDvdf
textbooks onto the top shelf, feeling rather impatient.
Just as he is about to slam the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQGf6b7rfK
locker door, he overhears a hushed conversation two lockers down from his, and122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrWSnC1z5p
slows himself, pretending to search for something.
“…parently he just got back. I122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡio22xjkYuW
don’t know what they were thinking letting that psycho back in.”
“Right?! Who knows what he’s122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LFbk6JeB2
capable of?”
“I thought for sure he’d be122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1dLjFpnBa
expelled this tim…”
The voices faded from ear shot as122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0eZsBTSxn
the owners drifted down the hall towards the exit.
Sighing and slamming his locker122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNcYZqIvc8
shut, Jesse followed behind at a distance. He had no clue what or who they had122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU4MuxmaeD
been talking about, but his stomach was turning knots.
He made his way out the door and122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9QdGwfD8y
trudged down the road. He walked to and from school every day. It wasn’t really122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxHGDqDoEt
that he had to, his mom would have happily come to pick him up if he had asked,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8VGHjwxqq
but he liked the solitude and silence of the short walk.
The driveway was empty when Jesse122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlaps6Dmm1
arrived home, telling him that his mother had not yet returned, not that he122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPGh9GsS0D
expected her home anyway. She’d been coming home later since they moved.
Sighing, he slid his key into the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1ZjdlyQGK
lock, but before he was able to unlock the door, a bang from his left startled122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXTZREvAxS
him, making him flinch inward, his face scrunching up. Turning to look at where122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMMro7Y7TU
the sound had come from, his eyes grew wide. The tall boy was standing on the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0d6sElYeHl
porch next door, staring at him.
Again, Jesse noted just how cold122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9cd58fow0
his stare was. Pale blue eyes, void of emotion, bore into his own olive-colored122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNTTDwXz1F
ones. Jesse stared back, uncertainty etched across his face.
Jesse cleared his throat,122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe21QsHUmO4
hesitating a moment before speaking.
“Hi, uhmm… I’m Jesse. I moved here122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1plw3IVJXz
last week. I take it you’re our neighbor?”
Jesse’s question lingered in the122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8UvC5quMur
air as the boy continued to stare at him. Becoming even more uncomfortable with122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nl26RJIMQ
the kid’s intense eyes fixed on him, Jesse moved to unlock the door.
“Adam.”
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Jesse122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpxTqGIb8y
whipped his head back towards the boy as the screen door of the neighbor’s home122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29TreHmSmi
slammed shut. 122Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTeNAWWQVZ
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and then Add to home screen.