Sweat trickled down Jesse’s brow as he reclined on the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZxYcuyLii
bleachers behind him. As he watched his classmates make yet another lap around285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaKvzR2m54
the track, his mind was consumed by one thought:
It was fucking hot.
Jesse had been forced to transfer285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtT6a8qsKjf
schools. It was close to graduation, he hadn’t wanted to leave, but his mom had285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqC6pkLmmi
insisted. She told him he needed a “fresh start”. That wasn’t what he needed,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwT5Arhr9a
or wanted, but what did she care? Now here he was, sitting behind the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuwpe8nulE
bleachers, avoiding the P.E. teacher, and this god-awful heat.
He turned to inspect the open field285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6xzKHHkMd
to his left, and instead of green, all he saw was blue. Pale, icy blue. Jesse285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTp4ic4yyU
reeled slightly, taken aback by the sudden intrusion into his personal space.285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21G03Xly8u
He hadn’t even heard the person approach, but here he was, sitting next to him,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlafqaZmWNn
staring. Jesse takes in the boy. Everything about him seems mundane. His baggy285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTDDfcxJsdZ
clothes, his short cut, blonde hair, even the shape of his face was just…285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKXBIyL1rh
ordinary. The only striking feature on him were his eyes. Devoid of emotion,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkxyLoAJ8q
they made Jesse feel like he was looking into a deep, clear lake. One you would285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xHt0EPLbY
drown in if you weren’t cautious enough.
Throughout Jesse’s pondering, the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9fFtgIZJDY
boy had remained silent, and it was beginning to make Jesse uncomfortable. How285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFoRyfeD3o
could such an intense, empty gaze like that not? He didn’t want to be285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZSTUmQ49S
the one to break the silence. What would he even say? He dropped his gaze once285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYHAjtS23Z
he realized there was no figuring out who this person was and waited for him to285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVnlMfB8Ua
say something. After averting his eyes from the penetrating pools of blue,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPe0Mpe6Yz
Jesse shifted in his seat, folding into himself slightly, trying to make285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYXHDyhbu2
himself invisible. Why was he just staring? The silence between the two285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO94AM8uZHm
lengthened. Jesse shuffled his body slightly and looked at the ground,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jg4tXHwwt
uncomfortable with the kid’s overwhelming presence. He could feel his gaze.
Flicking his eyes back towards the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArpeZ5R5Pk
boy momentarily, he catches the sight of the boy’s retreating back. His eyes285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ENhs1rLnP
follow him as he gets smaller and smaller, noting that the boy was far taller285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgvH79fuXtk
than he had appeared. Far, far taller than Jesse was surely. Before long, the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGjQkYU2Nu
boy was nothing more than a black speck in the distance, vanishing from sight.
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Jesse let285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiFRjO1sea
out a breath, on he hadn’t realized he was holding, and tried to not let the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxcloTh2mRu
events that had just transpired consume his thoughts.
As the final bell rang, a vast285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVgvDd1aBX
expanse of teens flooded the hallway. Jesse was jostled slightly as he fought285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPb78K7O4c
his way through the sea of bodies. The sooner he emptied his bag into his285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdf7vkTI59O
locker, the sooner he’d be back home, in front of his computer. Today had been285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmODIHnYvUJ
yet another dull day; pretending to listen to the teachers drone on and on;285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5S5Ea08Gi
ignoring the petty cliques that had formed well before he had transferred to285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIr7btD5MvZ
this lame ass school; barely stomaching shitty cafeteria food. The only285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRxbd1RUBaU
memorable part of the day had been the mystery boy. Jesse couldn’t get his eyes285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTt0ItzCo4
out of his head.
Having only been in this school for285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwIWYM5chu
a month, Jesse sure as hell didn’t know all the kids that went here, but he285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQYT7Qy3nM
couldn’t help but think that he would remember someone so off putting. He285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRDby2DvCMn
shakes his head of the thought as he reaches his locker. Failing to put in his285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM0sHON20t
code correctly the first try, he curses under his breath and spins the dial285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfk1H2xcjz
around again. Finally succeeding in opening his locker, he begins stuffing his285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1tsw5bGG11
textbooks onto the top shelf, feeling rather impatient.
Just as he is about to slam the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYPJV3ZyRc
locker door, he overhears a hushed conversation two lockers down from his, and285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4Xcbuuf64
slows himself, pretending to search for something.
“…parently he just got back. I285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShgrfrGxld
don’t know what they were thinking letting that psycho back in.”
“Right?! Who knows what he’s285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSYjOfxhpI
capable of?”
“I thought for sure he’d be285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjaUhB9gTWu
expelled this tim…”
The voices faded from ear shot as285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgN11MFKOm
the owners drifted down the hall towards the exit.
Sighing and slamming his locker285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlmHrF1eEY
shut, Jesse followed behind at a distance. He had no clue what or who they had285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreaCnqeWii
been talking about, but his stomach was turning knots.
He made his way out the door and285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBq3q0zfHVM
trudged down the road. He walked to and from school every day. It wasn’t really285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnH0K4kHqD9
that he had to, his mom would have happily come to pick him up if he had asked,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DMMytAt6E
but he liked the solitude and silence of the short walk.
The driveway was empty when Jesse285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmZwBrTTG1
arrived home, telling him that his mother had not yet returned, not that he285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXwMw1O58Op
expected her home anyway. She’d been coming home later since they moved.
Sighing, he slid his key into the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9gGLMhnVI
lock, but before he was able to unlock the door, a bang from his left startled285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNCkcGi2Wr
him, making him flinch inward, his face scrunching up. Turning to look at where285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNS0GsPO6c
the sound had come from, his eyes grew wide. The tall boy was standing on the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyArOjLYyMv
porch next door, staring at him.
Again, Jesse noted just how cold285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgv4cgpMtB
his stare was. Pale blue eyes, void of emotion, bore into his own olive-colored285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHB7pVIyQP
ones. Jesse stared back, uncertainty etched across his face.
Jesse cleared his throat,285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvTWcwIIWn
hesitating a moment before speaking.
“Hi, uhmm… I’m Jesse. I moved here285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M4Isn1C8T
last week. I take it you’re our neighbor?”
Jesse’s question lingered in the285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhoBK7MdbC
air as the boy continued to stare at him. Becoming even more uncomfortable with285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7V7aK5rqx
the kid’s intense eyes fixed on him, Jesse moved to unlock the door.
“Adam.”
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Jesse285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGcFcLkQ2E
whipped his head back towards the boy as the screen door of the neighbor’s home285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6VkZCqkox
slammed shut. 285Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuZ9EtZUYY
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and then Add to home screen.