Kallos (Kallos Series) - By Khelsey Jackson Page 0,39

She doesn't need a necklace to tell her that he’s concerned about her.

At lunch, Kallos sat with a bunch of people. Karissa is sitting next to Ian, and Nikki is on the other side of him. Mary and Vicky are on either side of Sean. Kallos sits next to Kellee who gives her a smile as Kallos sits down. Kallos isn't in the mood to eat so she just sits there and stares at her food. She can hear a girl giggle; she looks over at Ian and Nikki. He says something that Kallos can't hear, and Nikki is giggling again.

This time Nikki puts her petite hand on Ian’s face. Kallos knows that she’s getting mad; she can feel her jealousy burning her to her core. Kallos wants to rip that tiny hand off and shove it down Nikki's throat. Sean and Ian both are looking at Kallos. She knows that they are feeling her jealousy.

“Kallos, how’s your day going?” Kallos smiles at Kellee’s question.

“It's great,” Kallos answers through gritted teeth and looks back at Ian again. Nikki is still touching Ian. Kellee follows her gaze.

“You know about them?” Kellee asks, and Kallos looks at her.

“What about them?” Kallos raises an eyebrow and questions Kellee.

“They were together all of last year and all summer. Then, all of a sudden a week before school started, he broke up with her.” This was all new to Kallos. Yeah, she thought something was up with them, but hearing it makes something break inside her. She looks back up just in time to see Ian kiss Nikki's hand. That does it; Kallos is done. She looks at her uneaten food and gets up. She drops her food off, and it doesn't take long before she hears her name.

“Kallos, will you stop?” Sean asks. She knew that they would follow her.

“Why?” Kallos barks as she turns around to look at them.

“Why, what,” Ian smirks. Kallos wants to scream. Ian smirks at her. Kallos explodes, “Jerk!”

“Okay, we all need to calm down. Ian, knock it off, and Kallos just breathe,” Sean tries to take control. Kallos takes a deep breath, and Ian turns away from them. “Okay, now, Kallos tell us what is going on with you, besides Ian being a jerk.” She looks back and forth between both of them and Sean winks at her. Ian turns back around and just stares vacantly at her.

“Why didn't you tell me how much pain you guys were in when you take the pain from me?” Kallos wants to touch them, but doesn't. She is still furious with Ian.

“We thought you wouldn't let us help you,” Sean says and smiles. They are right; she wouldn't have let them help her. She doesn't want them to hurt that badly.

“And that makes it all right?”

“No. I know we promised to not keep things from you.” Kallos glares at Sean and then looks at Ian. The first thing she notices is Ian's baby blue eyes are getting darker. “We didn’t feel anything until we put on the necklaces,” Sean said.

“Ian, is there still something between you and Nikki?” Kallos has to know. Ian's eyes narrow. “Don't try to lie to me. I'll just ask Kellee.”

“I wasn't going to lie. There’s nothing. We dated and it's over.” Kallos looks down; she doesn't want him to know that he has crushed her completely. “Kallos,” Ian whispers and she slowly looks up. His eyes are back to his baby blues. As single tear rolls down her cheek, Ian moves closer to her, “I’m sorry, Kallos.” Ian kisses her on her soft cheek.

“Sean is with you in your next class. I’m going to go back to the lunchroom,” Ian says as he is walking away. She turns her attention back to Sean, and he is moving closer to her.

“We have little time before class starts. Do you want to go for a walk?” She gives him a nod and takes his hand.

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Ian walks back into the lunchroom. He doesn't know what is wrong with him and why he is acting so mean to Kallos. He notices Nikki and Karissa are talking and knows that can’t be good. Karissa is his best friend and never liked Nikki, and Nikki hated Karissa just as much.

“Hey,” he says and narrows his eyes. Karissa looks away and Nikki just smiles.

“Hello, handsome. How is Kallos?” Nikki moves closer to him. There was a time when he would have done anything for her, but she only sees money when she looks