Shaken and Tried

December 23rd. The day had come. School let out for winter break three days before, but today was different. Today was my day to spend with Jack. At 8:30 I jump out of bed more than excited to see Jack. Christmas is my second favorite holiday (second only to Halloween of course, really the only thing I hate about it is the annoying as fuck Christmas songs they play none stop everyday after thanksgiving.) and I get to see the man I love. I have yet to tell Jack the true depth of my infatuation for him. I have all but convinced my self that he won't say it back or will run away creeped out and never want to see me again. To fully get in the spirit I play “Yule Shoot Your Eye Out” by Fall Out Boy, “I Won't Be Home For Christmas” by Blink 182 and “All I Want For Christmas Is You” by My Chemical Romance, the only three Christmas songs I will listen to, on repeat. I wash my hair and get dressed in a cream sweater, maroon skinny jeans and combat boots. I was supposed to get Jack and 10 and head to the ice rink and since it's now 9:54 I quickly throw on a beanie, coat and finger-less gloves before sprinting out into the snow. I take a moment to soak in the cold air before hoping in my car and heading towards Jacks house.

Upon arriving I get a text that says to come inside because his family wants to meet me. I groan lowly and force myself out of the car and on to the slick driveway of Jacks house. I take in a deep breath and slowly knock on the door, not at all excited to meet the fam.
“Hey Lex,” Jack greets me at the door with a kiss. I wave to Joyce and Bassam, the only two Barakat's I do know and proceed to follow Jack into the living room. Sitting on the couch is whom I am told to be May and Joe, his siblings. That's luckily all who's here so I'm not expected to do too much socializing.

“Nice to meet the famous Alex, Jack won't shut up about you,” May is the first to speak with a large smile on her face. I laugh a little and look at Jack who is turning a deep shade of red next to me, “Ya' know, I was afraid you wouldn't be good enough for my little bro, but your pretty cute,” and now it's my turn to blush, “Aw don't blush, you're all Jack's, and illegal, I'll keep my hands to myself,” she tops it all off with a wink and smile.

I easily take a liking to both of the Barakat siblings, May is funny and out spoken, and Joe is quiet but respectful, and when he does talk it means something. We spend about thirty minutes before deciding its time to head to the skate rink so it's not too crowded. As we leave May catches me by the wrist and pulls me to the side a little, “Hey, I just wanted to thank you for making my brother happy. I don't think I've ever seen him so happy as when he's with you, and after I heard what happened, I'm glad that he had someone who stuck with him through it. He really loves you Alex, you should see the way he looks at you,” May quickly whispers too me.

I smile widely at her, “Thank you, and trust me, I'm not going anywhere. I haven't told him yet, but I really do love him.”

“Tell him,” she smiles at me before pushing me to follow Jack out the door.

I grin even wider than before and proceed to follow Jack out to my car. He is dressed absolutely adorably in a black pea coat, beanie and mittens with boots similar to mine laced over black skinny jeans. His brown eyes are bright as we looks at me through his blonde streaked fringe, “Merry Christmas,” he smirks at me across the center counsel as I start the car.

“Merry Christmas dick,” I answer him.

“Ouch,” he mocks hurt, “See I thought I meant more to you than that.”

“You mean everything to me,” I say as my car comes to rest at a stop sign and I lean over to kiss him sweetly on the lips. The rest of the car ride is spent in comfortable silence, me managing to drive with my left hand and play with Jack's fingers in the right. Upon arriving to the rink my mouth breaks out into a smile and I jump out of the car and run to the skate rental booth. I haven't skated in a few months but I used to be a regular, (I know how much gayer can I get) until for some reason I couldn't be bothered to go anymore.

“Somebody's excited,” Jack laughs at me after we've laced our skates.

“I'm ready to hold hands with my boyfriend and skate like no body's businesses.”

“You're a dork.”

“Proudly.”

Jack isn't exactly skilled in the ice skating field, but it is absolutely precious to see him clutch on the side and stumble like an idiot. After he falls down for at least the sixth time I decide to take matters into my own hands and twine his fingers through mine. I take off, me skating backwards and Jack forwards so I can hold him up. Jack stumbles at first but soon gets a motion going and I lean forward to kiss him as congratulations. In leaning forward we falter slightly, sending us on to the ice, me on my back and Jack above me. After realizing there was no injuries we both begin to laugh and Jack pushes his lips to mine. I kiss back for a minute before pushing him off of me and standing up from the cold ice realizing that we're surrounded by people with sharp blades on their shoes.

We skate or awhile before heading back to my house. Now this is the part I've been waiting for. I make me and Jack both a cup of hot chocolate with whipped cream. Jack takes a sip resulting in whipped cream on his nose and I can help but lick it off. He swats me away and makes a grimacing face at me, “Ew freak,”

I just laugh and pull him over to the tree where we sit. Jack's presents to me are already laying under it from when he put it there a few days ago, it had taken everything for me to not open them that day. We pull out our presents for each other and I make him unwrap one of his first. I watch as his eyes light up upon seeing the Green Day box set in his hands. He thanks me a least 7 times before kissing me and passing me the first of his packages. Inside the bag is a Blink 182 “merry fucking christmas” sweater, a my chemical romance crew neck and a pack of resses pieces. I smile to my ears a kiss him before saying I want his second present from me to be the last. He doesn't question it and passes me a small box. The box contains a beautiful bracelet, a metal plate with our initials stamped in and a band of leather binding it. I slip it on my wrist and open my lips into a small smile. It's beautiful.

“Jack,” I trail off before looking up at him tears springing in my eyes for a reason I don't know, “Thank you.”

He just grins back and kisses my cheek. I finally pass him the last gift and brace myself for what I am about to do. As he's unwrapping I pull my acoustic out from its hiding spot behind the tree. As his hands reach to open the box and he see's the “I pick you” necklace I begin to strum. His eyes shoot up and hands clamp over his mouth.

I finally begin to sing the song I started so long ago.

Time to lay claim to the evidence
Fingerprints sold me out
But our footprints washed away from the docks downtown
It's been getting late for days
And I think myself deserving of a little time off
We can kick it here for hours
And just mouth off about the world
And how we know it's going straight to hell
Pass me another bottle, honey
The Jager's so sweet
But if it keeps you around then I'm down
Meet me on Thames Street
I'll take you out though I'm hardly worth your time
In the cold you look so fierce, but I'm warm enough
Because the tension's like a fire
We'll hit South Broadway in a matter of minutes
And like a bad movie, I'll drop a line
Fall in the grave I've been digging myself
But there's room for two
Six feet under the stars
I should have known better than to call you out
On a night like this, a night like this
If not for you, I know I'd tear this place to the ground
But I'm alright like this, alright like this
I'm gonna roll the dice before you sober up and get gone
I'm always in over my head
Thames Street
I'll take you out though I'm hardly worth your time
In the cold you look so fierce, but I'm warm enough
Because the tension's like a fire
We'll hit South Broadway in a matter of minutes
And like a bad movie, I'll drop a line
Fall in the grave I've been digging myself
But there's room for two
Six feet under the stars
Time to lay claim to the evidence
Fingerprints sold me out
But our footprints washed away
I'm guilty, but I'm safe for one more day
Overdressed and underage
Do you really need to see an ID?
"This is embarrassing as hell
But I can cover for it so well
When we're six feet under the stars
Thames Street
I'll take you out though I'm hardly worth your time
In the cold you look so fierce, but I'm warm enough
Because the tension's like a fire
We'll hit South Broadway in a matter of minutes
And like a bad movie, I'll drop a line
Fall in the grave I've been digging myself
But there's room for two
Six feet under the stars
Six feet under the stars
Six feet under the stars

As I finish up the last line I take in a large gulp of air before breathing out, “I love you Jack,” as clearly as I can.


Jacks hands leave his mouth and tears spring in his wide eyes before he pushes my guitar off my lap, replaces it with his body, wraps his arms around my neck and pushes his lips to mine. I kiss back, heart pounding in my chest at the fact that he hasn't said it back yet. Jack feathers kisses down my jaw before looking up into my eyes, “I love you too Alex, more than anything.”

Notes

Wooo longish chapter

Happy holidays everybody :D What ever you do for the holidays i hope everything's perfect this year :)

Alex's Presents: http://www.etsy.com/listing/161272514/mens-bracelet-stamped-with-2-custom?ref=sr_gallery_5&ga_search_query=mens+initial+bracelet&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all

Jacks Presents: http://www.etsy.com/listing/98286355/guitar-pick-pendant-custom-stamped-in?ref=sr_gallery_42&ga_search_query=i+pick+you+necklace&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_ref=auto5&ga_search_type=all

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GREEN-DAY-The-Studio-Albums-1990-2009-8-CD-Box-Set-NEW-SEALED-/370962099312

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p.s. im thinking of writing a fic where Alex has a 3 year old little girl named Jasey and after raising her by himself for 3 years meets Jack and they fall in love and such so tell me how you would feel about that, Thank ya :)

edit: okay yeah so i wrote it without waiting for a response, but you should check it out :D ---> http://www.alltimelowfanfiction.com/Story/27767/Will-You-Be-There-to-Carry-Her-Home/