Sweat trickled down Jesse’s brow as he reclined on the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdjgCkeyfUo
bleachers behind him. As he watched his classmates make yet another lap around331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEns0VmQTFE
the track, his mind was consumed by one thought:
It was fucking hot.
Jesse had been forced to transfer331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlJzgdNXsN
schools. It was close to graduation, he hadn’t wanted to leave, but his mom had331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglg5ZcCSYp
insisted. She told him he needed a “fresh start”. That wasn’t what he needed,331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ozUxMQ6Xd
or wanted, but what did she care? Now here he was, sitting behind the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQhipBbRWG
bleachers, avoiding the P.E. teacher, and this god-awful heat.
He turned to inspect the open field331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1y1ysNdhS
to his left, and instead of green, all he saw was blue. Pale, icy blue. Jesse331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsldcdd6wOn
reeled slightly, taken aback by the sudden intrusion into his personal space.331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNpinLqE6Y
He hadn’t even heard the person approach, but here he was, sitting next to him,331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWcn2GSiH9
staring. Jesse takes in the boy. Everything about him seems mundane. His baggy331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2XvjYC8DR
clothes, his short cut, blonde hair, even the shape of his face was just…331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVL2ayn7Rw
ordinary. The only striking feature on him were his eyes. Devoid of emotion,331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhkIrQotpz
they made Jesse feel like he was looking into a deep, clear lake. One you would331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RakE9nthg
drown in if you weren’t cautious enough.
Throughout Jesse’s pondering, the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDONDAbErF
boy had remained silent, and it was beginning to make Jesse uncomfortable. How331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSChyosT9AM
could such an intense, empty gaze like that not? He didn’t want to be331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWK2M7QibZ
the one to break the silence. What would he even say? He dropped his gaze once331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG82EttvHeT
he realized there was no figuring out who this person was and waited for him to331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCERl5aq83
say something. After averting his eyes from the penetrating pools of blue,331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBMyx9HGrA
Jesse shifted in his seat, folding into himself slightly, trying to make331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZuWgxiHYZ
himself invisible. Why was he just staring? The silence between the two331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiEBE8iunu
lengthened. Jesse shuffled his body slightly and looked at the ground,331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJDpLbIRys
uncomfortable with the kid’s overwhelming presence. He could feel his gaze.
Flicking his eyes back towards the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEK2lBBdN0y
boy momentarily, he catches the sight of the boy’s retreating back. His eyes331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IXDJQSmM9
follow him as he gets smaller and smaller, noting that the boy was far taller331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfpNgSayO4z
than he had appeared. Far, far taller than Jesse was surely. Before long, the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ZpQTWA1md
boy was nothing more than a black speck in the distance, vanishing from sight.
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Jesse let331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJvR0xHftM
out a breath, on he hadn’t realized he was holding, and tried to not let the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qk7WXjjjW
events that had just transpired consume his thoughts.
As the final bell rang, a vast331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Fm3uR6qZe
expanse of teens flooded the hallway. Jesse was jostled slightly as he fought331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOdHZ3yBU7
his way through the sea of bodies. The sooner he emptied his bag into his331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsqBbYxsBh
locker, the sooner he’d be back home, in front of his computer. Today had been331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4PSiigu5n
yet another dull day; pretending to listen to the teachers drone on and on;331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWY1XspnNIu
ignoring the petty cliques that had formed well before he had transferred to331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92IJccz7Tp
this lame ass school; barely stomaching shitty cafeteria food. The only331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7Q3hohcwp
memorable part of the day had been the mystery boy. Jesse couldn’t get his eyes331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWPZREjXOw
out of his head.
Having only been in this school for331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOfbiroJB2
a month, Jesse sure as hell didn’t know all the kids that went here, but he331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PrbC89SiG
couldn’t help but think that he would remember someone so off putting. He331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQIgI0thxL
shakes his head of the thought as he reaches his locker. Failing to put in his331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69I8q5btHt
code correctly the first try, he curses under his breath and spins the dial331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyel6YN4AQJ
around again. Finally succeeding in opening his locker, he begins stuffing his331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoNMqbFwaY
textbooks onto the top shelf, feeling rather impatient.
Just as he is about to slam the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRa1nsStAX
locker door, he overhears a hushed conversation two lockers down from his, and331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJEb2tDkE6B
slows himself, pretending to search for something.
“…parently he just got back. I331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjp7cuJl21
don’t know what they were thinking letting that psycho back in.”
“Right?! Who knows what he’s331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnobVVD5zI
capable of?”
“I thought for sure he’d be331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OqPG4bFI5
expelled this tim…”
The voices faded from ear shot as331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7aZr6G7n7
the owners drifted down the hall towards the exit.
Sighing and slamming his locker331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUaQNYy79e
shut, Jesse followed behind at a distance. He had no clue what or who they had331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0QOT00leO
been talking about, but his stomach was turning knots.
He made his way out the door and331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkNZYgpwSG
trudged down the road. He walked to and from school every day. It wasn’t really331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzpRjJvMSD
that he had to, his mom would have happily come to pick him up if he had asked,331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGmVIGRD1T5
but he liked the solitude and silence of the short walk.
The driveway was empty when Jesse331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZ3sIQjRUh
arrived home, telling him that his mother had not yet returned, not that he331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAvDVjVj3T
expected her home anyway. She’d been coming home later since they moved.
Sighing, he slid his key into the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulT0zfOo0z
lock, but before he was able to unlock the door, a bang from his left startled331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTc14rp5dz
him, making him flinch inward, his face scrunching up. Turning to look at where331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHTljEuWmm
the sound had come from, his eyes grew wide. The tall boy was standing on the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gDF3N2Hne
porch next door, staring at him.
Again, Jesse noted just how cold331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIlUPOyMKc
his stare was. Pale blue eyes, void of emotion, bore into his own olive-colored331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjTCpGyIWg
ones. Jesse stared back, uncertainty etched across his face.
Jesse cleared his throat,331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUknKzTjbI
hesitating a moment before speaking.
“Hi, uhmm… I’m Jesse. I moved here331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80U0Z1bI1V
last week. I take it you’re our neighbor?”
Jesse’s question lingered in the331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxr9Dhj4KGR
air as the boy continued to stare at him. Becoming even more uncomfortable with331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwUTaqoYGG
the kid’s intense eyes fixed on him, Jesse moved to unlock the door.
“Adam.”
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Jesse331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgS167G7FB
whipped his head back towards the boy as the screen door of the neighbor’s home331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7Rqa2sVsh
slammed shut. 331Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpS5VV3CHEw
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