A few months later

It was now late spring and we were going on the Bamboozle Roadshow. It’d been really hard to maintain our relationship with all the tours and promotions and interviews, but he was so good to me.

I woke up in Alex's arms on the bus, which was parked near the venue.

"Mmmm, we have a show today." he mumbled sleepily.

We got up and Alex went to shower. I stepped outside ten minutes later to find him with a hose, wearing only his swimming trunks.

"What are you doing?" I asked him.

"Showering." he replied simply.

"You know there's a shower on the bus." I told him slowly like he was a two-year old.

"I know. Zack took it." he replied.

"You couldn't have waited?" I asked. He shook his head.

"You're hopeless." I sighed.

"You love it. Now help me." he demanded.

"What do we say?" I asked.

"Please and thank you, darling Brooke?" he asked.

"Much better." I nodded.

I grabbed the shampoo and worked it into his hair and then helped him rinse. I washed his body and it went well, until his hand slipped on the hose and squirted me. I screamed.

"Should I run?" Alex yelped, cowering despite the fact that he was much taller than I was. I nodded and chased after him.

I finally knocked him over in the woods that were nearby the parking lot where the buses were. And naturally, Alex got covered in grass.

"Brooke, look what you did!" he whined.

"Hey, if you'd have waited, this wouldn't have happened." I reminded him. He rolled so he was on his stomach and I was on top of him.

"Yeah, but then I wouldn't get to do this." he whispered and kissed me, but I broke off as soon as it got heated.

"Are we really going to make out in the middle of the woods?" I asked.

"Doesn't seem like a bad idea." he replied. I got up and brushed myself off.

"Rinse yourself off. No one wants wet grass on the bus." I said as I was walking away.

I went back to sit in the back lounge and Alex came to join me ten minutes later, smelling like Axe body spray and his deodorant. He just sat there quietly with me on his lap. I curled up on him, my head on his chest.

"Wow." I whispered, referring to his thumping heart.

"Yeah. Five and half months and you still leave me breathless." he agreed.

We just sat there, me listening to his heart. It was calming, hearing the one reason I was here. They went to do the show and I watched from sidestage. They did a couple songs.

"Okay. So, there's this really special girl with us today. So I wrote a song just for her and I’m sing it for you guys today. I love you, Brooke. This one's for you." Alex said and started the song.

Paint yourself a picture,
Something perfectly obscure
To hide away the messes
Behind your manicure.
In all of my obsessing,
to find the perfect words,
Sick of second guessing
Didn’t mean to make you hurt.

Wow. His song was amazing. I almost cried hearing how he felt. He looked back at me and I gave a weak smile. They finished and he walked to me.

"Was it horrible? Did I embarrass you?" Alex probed.

"No and no. I completely loved it." I replied honestly.

"But when I looked at you, you didn't look like you liked it." he protested.

"I was crying." I told him.

"Great. So it was bad. Thanks for the honesty." he snapped and tried to storm off, but I grabbed his arms.

"I was only crying because I never knew you felt like that. I'm not good at reading people, so I really had no idea." I told him. He hugged me.

"Brooke, are you nuts? I’m crazy about you." he whispered, pressing his cheek to the top of my head.

"Dude! Party tonight!" Jack yelled, running over and ruining the moment.

"Awesome! Where?" Alex asked.

"Our bus! Whoo!" Jack yelled and ran off to God knows where.

"I'm gonna go talk to some of the other bands. Wanna come with?" Alex asked me.

"Sure!" I smiled and we linked arms and walked off.

"Hey!" Alex said to a group of four people.

"Guys, this is my girlfriend Brooke. Brooke, this is Kelsey, McKenzie, Ryan, and Logan. They’re an up and coming band called Stars Forever" Alex introduced.

"Yo." Kelsey said.

"Hey guys." I smiled.

We talked for a little while and I got close with Kelsey as Logan and Ryan both gave me the stink eye, weirdly, but Alex whisked me off to go talk to another band.

"Hey guys!" he said to a group of all guys.

"This is my girl Brooke. Brooke, this is Kyle, Jonathan, Austin, and Caleb. Together they make up the band Forever the Sickest Kids." Alex said.

"Hey!" the guys said together.

"What's up, girl?" Caleb smiled, going to put his arm around me, but Alex yanked me out of his reach.

"I don't think you heard me. This is Brooke, my girl." Alex snarled through his teeth.

"Okay, okay. Christ, Alex." Caleb said, putting his hands up and backing up away from me.

"Will you excuse us?" I said quickly and pulled Alex away from everyone.

"What's wrong with you?" I asked sharply.

"I don't like the way Caleb looked at you." he said through his teeth.

"Alex, you listen to me and you listen good. I'm your girlfriend. I came on this tour, and every other fucking tour, to support you and I'm not going to cheat." I said fiercely.

"B-But.." he protested, but I cut in.

"Stop being so insecure. I only want you." I told him quietly.

"Prove it then." he challenged.

I kissed him hard on the lips, ignoring all the whoops and whistles from the guys around us. I finally broke off from Alex.

"Wow, I believe you." he breathed.

I really didn't see Alex for the rest of the day. I sat on the bench by the picnic area, looking at the stars. I finally started back to the bus, but Zack stopped me.

"Can you please move out of the way so I can get to the bus?" I asked as politely as possible.

"Wouldn't you rather go to Forever the Sickest Kids’ bus?" Zack asked.

"No. Alex doesn't want me hanging around Caleb." I replied.

"Now why would you listen to him?" Zack asked.

"He's my boyfriend. Are you hiding something?" I asked.

"No." Zack replied.

"Okay then." I replied and walked to the bus.

As I was getting on, I heard a guy moaning. Why I went searching for the source of that moaning, I have no clue. I walked around the outside of it and saw a couple kissing. I clearly recognized Alex from the back, but the girl he was making out with was obviously not me.

"What the fuck?" I asked. Alex turned around and looked at me, eyes wide.

"Brooke, I can explain." he said weakly.

Notes

Title: Feels Like Home, Edwina Hayes

Alex! We just don't DO that.

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