Secrets and Lies
Chapter Forty
-Alex's POV-
''Alex, for the last time, you look fine...now stop changing your damn outfits!" Jaime giggled through the screen.
I'd had him on Skype for the past hour so he could help me pick what to wear for when I picked Jack up today, and he wasn't being much help; every outfit I'd shown him, he simply replied ''that looks great'' and it was so frustrating.
''I think I've ran out of clothes now anyway,'' I sighed, throwing my beanie on the floor and sitting back down in front of my laptop. ''So I guess this will have to do.''
He took the guitar pick out of his mouth that he'd been chewing on and took a bite of his fajita before clearing his throat. ''So, you nervous?''
I lent back in the swivel chair and started playing with my fingers. ''For sure. What if he's changed in the past three weeks and he doesn't want to be with me anymore?''
''Alex, listen, yes he will have changed, but his feeling won't have...you have to remember he did this for you, so he could be with you.'' He explained, sorting out his newly died hair that didn't have the blonde patch anymore.
''I guess,'' I sighed. ''But what if he's a completely different person now he's clean?''
I saw him furrow his eyebrows as he contemplated what to respond. ''I've known Jack years, and I've never seen him off them either...so I guess it will be new territory for the both of us.''
A sudden bright light came through my bedroom door and I heard footsteps nearing me, a hand setting down a plate with a sandwich on. ''You're gonna want to eat seeing as you have to leave in....5 minutes.'' Rian said, glancing at the digital clock in the bottom corner of the screen. ''Oh, hiya Jaime!" He smiled once he'd noticed the face looking directly back at him. They exchanged a short conversation whilst I was eating my lunch and then we bid our farewells as I had to leave to go and surprise Jack.
''So, are you going back to stay with him as of today, dude?'' Rian asked as I slipped on my converse that were by the front door.
''He doesn't actually know I'm picking him up, he thinks he's getting a cab back...'' I trailed off.
''I guess that's kinda romantic,'' he chuckled, patting me on the shoulder. ''Well Romeo, you'd better get going or you'll be late. Tell Jack I said hey.'' He smiled as he ushered me out of the house.
I then heard a feint shout coming from upstairs from Cassadee, which I obviously wasn't meant to hear. ''C'mon Ri, it's baby making time!" A shiver ran through my whole body as I climbed into my car faster than humanly possible.
There was still ten minutes left before Jack would walk through that door, the door that I could see perfectly from here in my car. How was I going to play this exactly? Should I sit in the car and wait for him to recognize it? Should I stand in front of the car and then like a movie he'd run into my arms and kiss me? Should I go to reception and wait there? Wow there were so many choices and I obviously hadn't thought this through very well...maybe this was a bad idea.
It took me half of the time I had left to decide that the reception route was probably the best one seeing as he may actually call a cab before he even leaves the building. So I pondered over there and took my seat after giving my name to the man at reception and explaining why I was here - what I didn't expect though was him to ask for an autograph for his niece who was apparently a fan of mine, which I thought was very sweet of him to remember, so of course I obliged.
My leg was bouncing furiously in the armchair seated opposite the door he would be walking through. I looked around me, taking in the plain decorations, it looked like a doctors surgery - paintings of boats on the wall and plants in the corners. There was only one other person in the waiting room with me, a woman seeming to be in her 30's, she had her bleach blonde hair in a messy bun on her head, black leggings with fur boots and a tight fitting black vest top - fair enough it was summer and it was hot out, but lets just say it came across as very trashy and cheap, she looked like the sort of girl that everyone had slept with in high school and that started taking drugs at a young age...that's probably the reason she's here I guess.
Right on cue, as the bell on the grandfather clock chimed, the door handle was pulled down from the other side and slowly opened, revealing Jack, just as I remembered him. His hair was still in his messy mohawk, black skinnes and his BONER tee, the only thing that was different was the fact he was wearing Toms, but now wasn't the time to be fussing about shoes.
He was staring at the ground, pulling his suitcase behind him when I stood up from my seat and cleared my throat to grab his attention. His head snapped up, not expecting anyone to be here and his eyes widened as he saw me stood in front of him. ''A-Alex?''
-Jack's POV-
''Hey,'' He mumbled. ''I hope you don't mind, I err, I came to pick you up. Thought I'd save you the cab fare.''
I walked over to him, set my luggage down in front of us and looked him straight in the eyes. ''You dipshit, of course I don't mind! Now are you gonna give me a hug or what?'' I joked.
A huge smile broke out across his face as he wrapped his arms around me. I have missed this so much, I've missed HIM so much - the hugs, the kisses, the play fights, the sense of humor, but most of all, being able to call him mine and see him whenever I wanted.
''Right, c'mon, I'm taking you to Taco Bell, there's something I wanna talk to you about.'' He mused, pulling away from me and grabbing the handle of my suitcase and heading for the door.
I was excited because holy fuck Taco Bell, I haven't had that in forever, but also worried about the latter part of his statement, it didn't sound like good news with the tone he said it in and that made me shit nervous.
We were now seated opposite one another in Taco Bell, our food half eaten as we had a brief catch up on what Alex had been up to the last three weeks. ''You know, you don't look much different,'' he stated, taking a sip of his soda.
I couldn't help but let out a quiet laugh. ''Were you expecting me to be glowing or something?'' I asked with a wink.
He smiled back at me and shook his head. ''Do you feel any different?''
''A little...I'm happier now that I'm outta there to be honest with you, Lex,'' I said pushing the rest of my food away, now full up. ''But umm, what was is you wanna talk about?''
The smile instantly disappeared from his beautiful face, which concerned me a great deal. ''I'm not really sure how to put it, but the past three weeks I've had a lot of thinking time...and I've been thinking about us...''
''Oh,'' I interrupted. ''Y'know, I was expecting this.''
He cocked an eyebrow at me. ''Expecting what?''
''You to turn me down once I was out..'' I admitted, hanging my head.
''Oi, who said I was turning you down?'' He asked, curling his finger under my chin and bringing my gaze back up to his.
Now it was my turn to raise an eyebrow. ''So, you're not?''
''Like I said,'' he continued, removing his finger from my face. ''I've been thinking, and I want us to try again,'' he blushed.
Instinctively, I leaned over the surface in front of me and pushed my lips up against his, and his hand raised to the side of my face and caressed it while he kissed back.
''There's one more thing,'' he whispered. ''I want.....I wanna tell my dad.''
''Alex, for the last time, you look fine...now stop changing your damn outfits!" Jaime giggled through the screen.
I'd had him on Skype for the past hour so he could help me pick what to wear for when I picked Jack up today, and he wasn't being much help; every outfit I'd shown him, he simply replied ''that looks great'' and it was so frustrating.
''I think I've ran out of clothes now anyway,'' I sighed, throwing my beanie on the floor and sitting back down in front of my laptop. ''So I guess this will have to do.''
He took the guitar pick out of his mouth that he'd been chewing on and took a bite of his fajita before clearing his throat. ''So, you nervous?''
I lent back in the swivel chair and started playing with my fingers. ''For sure. What if he's changed in the past three weeks and he doesn't want to be with me anymore?''
''Alex, listen, yes he will have changed, but his feeling won't have...you have to remember he did this for you, so he could be with you.'' He explained, sorting out his newly died hair that didn't have the blonde patch anymore.
''I guess,'' I sighed. ''But what if he's a completely different person now he's clean?''
I saw him furrow his eyebrows as he contemplated what to respond. ''I've known Jack years, and I've never seen him off them either...so I guess it will be new territory for the both of us.''
A sudden bright light came through my bedroom door and I heard footsteps nearing me, a hand setting down a plate with a sandwich on. ''You're gonna want to eat seeing as you have to leave in....5 minutes.'' Rian said, glancing at the digital clock in the bottom corner of the screen. ''Oh, hiya Jaime!" He smiled once he'd noticed the face looking directly back at him. They exchanged a short conversation whilst I was eating my lunch and then we bid our farewells as I had to leave to go and surprise Jack.
''So, are you going back to stay with him as of today, dude?'' Rian asked as I slipped on my converse that were by the front door.
''He doesn't actually know I'm picking him up, he thinks he's getting a cab back...'' I trailed off.
''I guess that's kinda romantic,'' he chuckled, patting me on the shoulder. ''Well Romeo, you'd better get going or you'll be late. Tell Jack I said hey.'' He smiled as he ushered me out of the house.
I then heard a feint shout coming from upstairs from Cassadee, which I obviously wasn't meant to hear. ''C'mon Ri, it's baby making time!" A shiver ran through my whole body as I climbed into my car faster than humanly possible.
There was still ten minutes left before Jack would walk through that door, the door that I could see perfectly from here in my car. How was I going to play this exactly? Should I sit in the car and wait for him to recognize it? Should I stand in front of the car and then like a movie he'd run into my arms and kiss me? Should I go to reception and wait there? Wow there were so many choices and I obviously hadn't thought this through very well...maybe this was a bad idea.
It took me half of the time I had left to decide that the reception route was probably the best one seeing as he may actually call a cab before he even leaves the building. So I pondered over there and took my seat after giving my name to the man at reception and explaining why I was here - what I didn't expect though was him to ask for an autograph for his niece who was apparently a fan of mine, which I thought was very sweet of him to remember, so of course I obliged.
My leg was bouncing furiously in the armchair seated opposite the door he would be walking through. I looked around me, taking in the plain decorations, it looked like a doctors surgery - paintings of boats on the wall and plants in the corners. There was only one other person in the waiting room with me, a woman seeming to be in her 30's, she had her bleach blonde hair in a messy bun on her head, black leggings with fur boots and a tight fitting black vest top - fair enough it was summer and it was hot out, but lets just say it came across as very trashy and cheap, she looked like the sort of girl that everyone had slept with in high school and that started taking drugs at a young age...that's probably the reason she's here I guess.
Right on cue, as the bell on the grandfather clock chimed, the door handle was pulled down from the other side and slowly opened, revealing Jack, just as I remembered him. His hair was still in his messy mohawk, black skinnes and his BONER tee, the only thing that was different was the fact he was wearing Toms, but now wasn't the time to be fussing about shoes.
He was staring at the ground, pulling his suitcase behind him when I stood up from my seat and cleared my throat to grab his attention. His head snapped up, not expecting anyone to be here and his eyes widened as he saw me stood in front of him. ''A-Alex?''
-Jack's POV-
''Hey,'' He mumbled. ''I hope you don't mind, I err, I came to pick you up. Thought I'd save you the cab fare.''
I walked over to him, set my luggage down in front of us and looked him straight in the eyes. ''You dipshit, of course I don't mind! Now are you gonna give me a hug or what?'' I joked.
A huge smile broke out across his face as he wrapped his arms around me. I have missed this so much, I've missed HIM so much - the hugs, the kisses, the play fights, the sense of humor, but most of all, being able to call him mine and see him whenever I wanted.
''Right, c'mon, I'm taking you to Taco Bell, there's something I wanna talk to you about.'' He mused, pulling away from me and grabbing the handle of my suitcase and heading for the door.
I was excited because holy fuck Taco Bell, I haven't had that in forever, but also worried about the latter part of his statement, it didn't sound like good news with the tone he said it in and that made me shit nervous.
We were now seated opposite one another in Taco Bell, our food half eaten as we had a brief catch up on what Alex had been up to the last three weeks. ''You know, you don't look much different,'' he stated, taking a sip of his soda.
I couldn't help but let out a quiet laugh. ''Were you expecting me to be glowing or something?'' I asked with a wink.
He smiled back at me and shook his head. ''Do you feel any different?''
''A little...I'm happier now that I'm outta there to be honest with you, Lex,'' I said pushing the rest of my food away, now full up. ''But umm, what was is you wanna talk about?''
The smile instantly disappeared from his beautiful face, which concerned me a great deal. ''I'm not really sure how to put it, but the past three weeks I've had a lot of thinking time...and I've been thinking about us...''
''Oh,'' I interrupted. ''Y'know, I was expecting this.''
He cocked an eyebrow at me. ''Expecting what?''
''You to turn me down once I was out..'' I admitted, hanging my head.
''Oi, who said I was turning you down?'' He asked, curling his finger under my chin and bringing my gaze back up to his.
Now it was my turn to raise an eyebrow. ''So, you're not?''
''Like I said,'' he continued, removing his finger from my face. ''I've been thinking, and I want us to try again,'' he blushed.
Instinctively, I leaned over the surface in front of me and pushed my lips up against his, and his hand raised to the side of my face and caressed it while he kissed back.
''There's one more thing,'' he whispered. ''I want.....I wanna tell my dad.''
Notes
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