If These Sheets Were the States... (Jalex)

Next Morning at about 11am
Jack POV
“Jack wake up! I’ve got some aspirin and a glass of water,” Rian said as he walked into the bedroom.
“Urg!” I groaned, batting at him.
“Come on. Alex called and said he’d be over around dinner time. You and I need to talk, and you need to clean up, before he gets here,” Rian said. Alex is coming over! Oh shit, time to get up! Whoa!
“Slow down there a little Jacky-boy. You are still hung over from last night,” Rian said as he reached out to stabilize me. Last night… last night, something happened last night. I went out because, once again, Alex wasn’t available, got drunk, but how did I get home and why do I think something is supposed to be happening later ? I took the aspirin that Rian offered me and drank the glass of water before slowly getting myself out of bed and starting to get ready for the day. Shirt… check! Shorts… check! Towel… check! Shower started… check! Once I was done with my shower, and was dressed, I walked downstairs and ate the breakfast Rian had prepared for me. The look he gave me when I took the plate from him told me we still were going to talk.
“Let’s gets this over with. Rian what would you like to ask?” I asked as I sat down.
He gave me a look like ‘Really Jack, really’ before saying, “Jack you think of Alex and more than just a brother or friend.”
“I’m still waiting for a question, Rian…” I said with a shrug.
“What are you going to do about it?” He asked.
“Nothing,” I replied.
“Nothing, how has that worked out for you so far?” He asked. I frowned.
“Yeah, that is what I thought. Jack you really need to do something. You obviously can’t get over him so you have three choices. One, tell him and deal with the results, whatever they might be. Two, see if you can make him realize his feeling, whatever they are. Or third, continue to wallow in misery and hope it doesn't ruin your friendship and the band. I personally recommend not choosing the third option.” He said as he sat down next to me. I thought about what he had said and it only made me feel worse about the situation. I don’t want to lose my friendship with Alex or the band, but any of the options could lead to that. Rian was right though. I can’t keep doing nothing. I need to actively pursue him and hope that I don’t lose Alex in the process.
“Jack?!” Rian called.
“Hmmm...” I replied
“Were you expecting a girl to be coming over?” He asked.
“Um, no?” I replied.
“Well there is a pretty girl at the door who is saying that she brought you home last night and told you she would be over today to check on you,” he replied. I got up and walked to the door. There was a girl at the door and she does look vaguely familiar.
“Hi Jack,” she said with an easy smile. With that I sunk to the floor, flashbacks of last night went flooding through my mind.
“Jack?! Jack?! Jack!!” Aly called out, shaking me slightly by the shoulder.
“Huh...” I groaned, shaking my head.
“You okay,” she asked, concerned.
“Yeah… yeah, sorry. Hi Aly,” I said.
“So you do remember me,” she said with a smile.
“Yeah, sorry,” I replied.
“It is okay. Let’s get you up and into the living room,” she replied as she offered a hand to help me up.
“Okay,” I said as I got up. Even though I was a little unsteady, I was able to get to the couch without help. As I was sitting there trying to piece everything together, Rian and Aly were whispering over on the other side of the room.
“Scheming you two?” I asked.
“Yeah… Jack did you notice how similar Aly and Alex are?” Rian asked.
“Yeah, last night I was having a hard time she wasn’t Alex,” I replied before looking over at Aly and mouthing ‘sorry’ to her. She mouthed ‘it is okay’ back to me and smiled.
“Well she has agreed to pretend to she is interested in you, in hopes that it will force Alex to confront any extra feelings he might have for you,” Rian said with a mischievous smile.
“And if he doesn’t have any or it simply doesn’t work I’ll disappear or remain friends with you, whichever you decide when the times comes,” Aly added with a smile.
“So what do you think,” Rian asked, still smiling.
“It is certainly worth trying,” I replied with a small smile, shrugging.
“Do we want her to stay tonight, for at least part of the night?” Rian asked, excited.
“Yeah, let’s do that,” I said with a smile, warming up to the idea and getting excited. This should be fun!

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