Kyle's Rock Song

Kyle hung his head as he sat at the edge of Jessi's bed.

"Kyle," Jessi said as she walked into her bedroom. "Is everything okay? Upstairs – the window –" Jessi stopped mid sentence as Kyle looked up. He was crying. "Oh, Kyle," Jessi soothed as she sat next to him and took his hand.

"I-I did something." Kyle choked out as he sobbed. "It was so horrible and I-"

"Kyle, what did you do?" Jessi asked.

"Cassidy." Kyle choked out after some tears jerked out of his beautiful blue eyes. "He threatened to hurt everyone – even you – and I couldn't take it so I-I did something –"

"Kyle," Jessi said to him as she held his hand tighter. "It's okay, you did what you needed to do. He was going to kill you, it was self defense."

"Jessi, it isnt okay. It's never going to be okay." Kyle said for the first and last time that night.

Everyone came and went. Lori, Josh, Nicole, and Stephen walked in together. Lori called Mark and went to go see him. Josh didn't move. Nicole went to Kyle.

"Kyle? What happened?" She demanded in her therapeutic voice. "Kyle, tell me," she ordered but all Kyle could mutter was I'm Sorry over and over again. She continued to try to get something out of him as Stephen dialed 911 upstairs.

"Hello, there's been a death in my home. My son – he – it was for self defense. He tapped into his phone and got us out of the house. And –"

"Take a deep breath," the other end said to him. "Where are you?"

"My son – he's as innocent as he can be. There's a taser on the floor and –" the other end asked again where Stephen was as Josh was upstairs on his cell phone.

"Andy," he said in his dreamy voice. "Andy, oh my god, you wont believe whats happened," he said in his dreadful voice. Then there was Lori and Mark at the rack. Mark was already there before and Lori ran into his arms.

"Oh, Lori," Mark said as he kissed her hair. "What's wrong?"

"Cassidy… and Kyle… and Latknot… and its all just down the drain." Lori told him as her hands gripped on his arm.

"I know," Mark said as he smoothed her hair from her crying face. "I know," he repeated again but really, he knew nothing.

The cops came in bright lights and questioned everyone, took Kyle and Jessi to the station, and prints of everything they could, and statements from most of everyone on the block. Soon they left and later Kyle and Jessi were released.

"It's going to be okay," Jessi told him and took hold of his hand again. "He was going to kill you," Jessi had to choke out the words because the thought of Kyle gone hurt her more than she would admit. "Kyle, it is not your fault."

"I should have been more in control." Jessi shut up after that because she honestly knew nothing of control. Kyle couldn't sleep that night. He laid awake in his tub and Jessi laid awake in her bed upstairs.

"Jessi, will you please go to sleep? Your tossing and turning is driving me insane." Lori whined in her sleepy voice.

"Well, your snoring keeps me awake."

"I don't snore!"

"No, but Mark does." Lori made a gaging sound as she turned on her other side and thought to herself, I can not wait for college. Jessi still couldn't sleep as she stared at the darkened ceiling and listened to Kyle's heartbeat downstairs.

Kyle's heart skipped a few beats when something outside rustled. Jessi smiled as she acknowledged how paranoid Kyle could be. Downstairs as Kyle lays in his tub a hand lightly tapped on his window. Kyle got up out of his tub and walked over to the window to where Amanda stood.

"Oh, Kyle," Amanda said as she saw him. "My mom told me and I – I couldn't believe. I had to see you," Kyle said nothing but gave her a hand for her to come in. "Are you okay?" Amanda asked. She was shaken up, Kyle knew as he listened to her heartbeat. Kyle nodded. Then he said yes but he didn't believe it himself. Amanda did though.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and Kyle hugged her back. Then she kissed him. Her hands laid limp on his chest as she looked up into his sad blue eyes. She was about to say something but thought the timing wasn't right.

"You should probably go. You don't want to worry your mom," Kyle told her in an apathetic voice. Amanda looked like a sad puppy into his eyes and said nothing as she left his room.

The next day, Kyle worked on the glass door he had broken. Or technically, Cassidy broke it.

"You don't have to do that," Stephen told him as he stood by the side of the damage.

"Yes, I do. It was my fault." Stephen stood there for a while before he left. Kyle continued working and then Jessi came.

"What are you doing?"

"Fixing the door."

"I know that, I'm not stupid." Jessi muttered. "I mean – why are you doing it?" She gasped out.

"Because I broke it."

"Technically Cassidy broke it." Jessi spoke too soon and Kyle gave her his grave look. "Sorry," She muttered. She didn't like apologizing. "I wish you hadn't done it," Jessi told him, "I wish I could have been there to do it."

"That wouldn't have been right," Kyle reprimanded her.

"Yeah, but that way you wouldn't have had to do it yourself." Kyle looked at her and then he went back to work. Jessi left him and went out.

"Jessi?" Nicole called out from the living room as Jessi was about to leave.

"Yeah, Nicole," she answered back as she walked into the room. Nicole sat on the couch and you could tell she was tired, physically and emotionally. She always looked so fragile.

"Jessi…" She said as she took a deep breath. "With everything that has been going on with Kyle. Well I cant help but think that it has something to do with… with your influence on him." She finally strangled into Jessi's head.

"What? You think this was my fault?" Jessi asked loudly – now outraged. "I didn't do anything." She gasped.

"Jessi, calm down." Nicole said as she stepped forward to her, but not touching her. "I just don't think it's a good idea for you to be living here right now. Its too complicated."

Jessi couldn't think. All she could do was act and she walked out of there as Nicole remained standing there.