Sweat trickled down Jesse’s brow as he reclined on the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIJnKVbE1Q
bleachers behind him. As he watched his classmates make yet another lap around554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yRiSVRCgb
the track, his mind was consumed by one thought:
It was fucking hot.
Jesse had been forced to transfer554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQI4dpDS002
schools. It was close to graduation, he hadn’t wanted to leave, but his mom had554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9j7iPXDFty
insisted. She told him he needed a “fresh start”. That wasn’t what he needed,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtcvWB6WP6i
or wanted, but what did she care? Now here he was, sitting behind the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ65dvYWZyAa
bleachers, avoiding the P.E. teacher, and this god-awful heat.
He turned to inspect the open field554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TREhGm26u
to his left, and instead of green, all he saw was blue. Pale, icy blue. Jesse554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQmGoVlZfB
reeled slightly, taken aback by the sudden intrusion into his personal space.554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsRsJJlyeO
He hadn’t even heard the person approach, but here he was, sitting next to him,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOoFHSPN2R
staring. Jesse takes in the boy. Everything about him seems mundane. His baggy554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVw2e7ZHXec
clothes, his short cut, blonde hair, even the shape of his face was just…554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja7e8uJyMN
ordinary. The only striking feature on him were his eyes. Devoid of emotion,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVjSxMgjrx
they made Jesse feel like he was looking into a deep, clear lake. One you would554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXvex46ji8
drown in if you weren’t cautious enough.
Throughout Jesse’s pondering, the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzjkSM3sZyY
boy had remained silent, and it was beginning to make Jesse uncomfortable. How554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZbOyr7Ofn
could such an intense, empty gaze like that not? He didn’t want to be554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JPnrv0I5S
the one to break the silence. What would he even say? He dropped his gaze once554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKyjcuvMGK
he realized there was no figuring out who this person was and waited for him to554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ToeIQHiHK
say something. After averting his eyes from the penetrating pools of blue,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpkqPTVzJT
Jesse shifted in his seat, folding into himself slightly, trying to make554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD9iP6VE3u
himself invisible. Why was he just staring? The silence between the two554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVQb4kW3hg
lengthened. Jesse shuffled his body slightly and looked at the ground,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHvP3dQhRw
uncomfortable with the kid’s overwhelming presence. He could feel his gaze.
Flicking his eyes back towards the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXqO0Ks4GP
boy momentarily, he catches the sight of the boy’s retreating back. His eyes554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCTKv9NPz6
follow him as he gets smaller and smaller, noting that the boy was far taller554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0d2uLPwPx
than he had appeared. Far, far taller than Jesse was surely. Before long, the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKTUT5FYvH
boy was nothing more than a black speck in the distance, vanishing from sight.
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Jesse let554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4r55jMnbtK
out a breath, on he hadn’t realized he was holding, and tried to not let the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXfWJgSN3L
events that had just transpired consume his thoughts.
As the final bell rang, a vast554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5B6NBAYIWf
expanse of teens flooded the hallway. Jesse was jostled slightly as he fought554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsmo8yDvZm
his way through the sea of bodies. The sooner he emptied his bag into his554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡns9nfCccQJ
locker, the sooner he’d be back home, in front of his computer. Today had been554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSigEEhVAd
yet another dull day; pretending to listen to the teachers drone on and on;554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasUFyfeu0P
ignoring the petty cliques that had formed well before he had transferred to554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GbyyGpfyP
this lame ass school; barely stomaching shitty cafeteria food. The only554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0OChv7x6N
memorable part of the day had been the mystery boy. Jesse couldn’t get his eyes554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhqEygPxGf
out of his head.
Having only been in this school for554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7F799E0mx8
a month, Jesse sure as hell didn’t know all the kids that went here, but he554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH9EalxGrfg
couldn’t help but think that he would remember someone so off putting. He554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCMc2Y9dJJ
shakes his head of the thought as he reaches his locker. Failing to put in his554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHuAXf9AvI
code correctly the first try, he curses under his breath and spins the dial554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM6UdWdP4yi
around again. Finally succeeding in opening his locker, he begins stuffing his554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDclLJh4s9Z
textbooks onto the top shelf, feeling rather impatient.
Just as he is about to slam the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lumEVodX7
locker door, he overhears a hushed conversation two lockers down from his, and554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovQdSWq8W3
slows himself, pretending to search for something.
“…parently he just got back. I554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgafZVavwEb
don’t know what they were thinking letting that psycho back in.”
“Right?! Who knows what he’s554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2eiEhFxoe
capable of?”
“I thought for sure he’d be554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbDNUP7UHvm
expelled this tim…”
The voices faded from ear shot as554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC7j593zIe
the owners drifted down the hall towards the exit.
Sighing and slamming his locker554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzS2NKYUA4
shut, Jesse followed behind at a distance. He had no clue what or who they had554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmlJL3PRTV
been talking about, but his stomach was turning knots.
He made his way out the door and554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcru03iiZzb
trudged down the road. He walked to and from school every day. It wasn’t really554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bBCYuoybV
that he had to, his mom would have happily come to pick him up if he had asked,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9jRK3UHXb
but he liked the solitude and silence of the short walk.
The driveway was empty when Jesse554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN0rVDk2OkY
arrived home, telling him that his mother had not yet returned, not that he554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9N7bYhx33
expected her home anyway. She’d been coming home later since they moved.
Sighing, he slid his key into the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9Nl18yc1U
lock, but before he was able to unlock the door, a bang from his left startled554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8tYaOEO4i
him, making him flinch inward, his face scrunching up. Turning to look at where554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5CsC1Vr8x
the sound had come from, his eyes grew wide. The tall boy was standing on the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1Y1ervnYV
porch next door, staring at him.
Again, Jesse noted just how cold554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbbsRgQUFpR
his stare was. Pale blue eyes, void of emotion, bore into his own olive-colored554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Rf9LhcWKx
ones. Jesse stared back, uncertainty etched across his face.
Jesse cleared his throat,554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8wc5upACS
hesitating a moment before speaking.
“Hi, uhmm… I’m Jesse. I moved here554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Lv1cWCI5X
last week. I take it you’re our neighbor?”
Jesse’s question lingered in the554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2NNHxyO5w
air as the boy continued to stare at him. Becoming even more uncomfortable with554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNqiZOzejZ
the kid’s intense eyes fixed on him, Jesse moved to unlock the door.
“Adam.”
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whipped his head back towards the boy as the screen door of the neighbor’s home554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSJy1EWXoO
slammed shut. 554Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gY0qsaoTt
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and then Add to home screen.