Alex's eyes pierce into me. I can feel his gaze shifting from my hands, which are tucked into my tatty jacket, to my face. I whimper, the tears finally escaping.


“I went to see my Mom,” I choke.


“So? It was Thursday yesterday. Of course you did,” he laughs, interrupting me.


“Shut up, okay? It's not funny,” I snap, losing it with him for one of the first times ever.


“I said I wouldn't look after her new baby and... and...” I burst into tears, unable to keep it in any more.


“And what?” Alex encourages, his hand lovingly on my thigh in a way that makes me feel we're more than best friends.


“I went outside and found Basil the cat dead. There was blood all over and... oh god...” I gag, the thought of seeing my fat ginger cat laying in a puddle of blood too much for me to bare.


“She killed Basil?” Alex asks in total shock, as I was when I found him. “That's fucked up. That is really sick.”


“I used to think there was good in everyone, 'Lex, but I’m pretty certain there's not a good bone in her body. She doesn't care, she doesn't even love me. She can't even be bothered to try. She's disgusting and I'm being treated like shit. Basil was the only good thing, apart from you, I've ever had in my life and she stole him away from me. It was you that actually bought Basil for me, it wasn't even her,” I rant, shaking with rage.


Alex looks scared as he cups my hand, not used to seeing me in such a state- I'd imagine.


“You don't have to see her if you don't want to,” He soothes, kissing my cheek- his aftershave lingering in my nose as he cuddles me to his toned chest “You can just stay at mine full-time.”


A slight smile appears on my face, but I quickly remove it, not wanting Alex to see how desperate I am for it to happen.


“Yeah, maybe... But, wouldn't it be a little weird? I mean... I'd have to move all my stuff in and it's the kind of thing couples do...” I blush as his he holds me in his grip- both of us twisting at an awkward angle.


“Well, we're practically a couple anyway, minus the kissing and sex,” he shrugs


“They're the best bits!” I joke, wiping my tears away, Alex having perked me up like he always does. “We must have a shitty relationship...”


“Shut up, idiot,” he rolls his eyes, swatting me around the head as I pull away from him.


“'Lex...” I pause, looking at him seriously “Thank you, like, really.”


“It's nothing,” he laughs nervously, blushing a deep crimson “My Mom and Dad have practically adopted you anyway. I'm pretty sure my Dad and you have a better relationship than me and him.”


“It's because he's lovely,” I giggle, lacing my left hand with his right “you're just jealous because I love him more than I love you.”


“Nuh-uh. I know I can have a kiss whenever I want,” he says confidently, his cheeky smile enough to make me weak at the knees.


“You know that's not true,” I lie, looking at my knees in an attempt to ignore his charm.


He inches closer, knowing my little habits better than I do. I twitch slightly as he breathes slowly and heavily onto my neck, leaving the spot where he does it feeling warm and slightly damp.


“Stop,” I whimper slightly, feebly attempting to push him away, not really wanting him to stop.


“Nope, not until you admit I can have a kiss whenever I want,” he smirks, setting his lips on my neck, parting them and allowing his teeth to bite into a small patch of skin- rupturing my capillaries and leaving a purple, circular bruise. I grip to the leather of the seat, my toes curling as I hold in moans.


“Oh fuck, Alex...” I mumble into the air as my eyes roll, giving in. “You can do anything you want to me.”


“I know I can. Point proven.” He winks as he pulls away, admiring his handy work on my neck.


“You're an ass,” I groan as I assess the bruise in his interior mirror.


“So do you still want to move in with me?” He asks, changing the subject, knowing things will get awkward if we think about what just happened.


“Of course I do, if your parents will have me...” I mumble timidly, used to rejection.


“You know they do. It's an excuse for them to go and have a dirty night in a hotel while I throw you a house warming party,” he laughs.


“Lex, you know I don't do parties...” I sigh, giving him a disapproving look.


“Come on, just 1! Just you, me, the guys and their plus ones. Please?” He begs, giving my his best, large puppy eyes.


“Maybe, okay? A small one,” I roll my eyes, knowing he won't give in.


“It's cool, I'll sort it for you, okay? You don't even need to worry about it.” he kisses my cheek, clearly happy that he's 'won'.


“Does 'sorting it' mean ditching class and getting Jack, Zack and Rian to ditch too, to go to the store?” I question, giving him yet another disapproving look as I so commonly find myself doing.


“...Maybe...” He lies.


“Will you take me too, if I don't tell your Mom?” I wink, cheekily.


“Of course I will,” he laughs, looking relieved “We should go and get some of your clothes and stuff, first though.”


“Oh, that won't take long. They're all in a bag under my bed. I never bothered unpacking,” I shrug, leaning my seat back slightly, relaxing as I throw my legs up on his dashboard once again.


“Okay, well...” Alex pauses, looking at my short, pale legs.


“What? Are they cut?” I panic, touching them, being self conscious.


“No, I was just thinking how cute they are,” he blushes, having never been good with words; his little compliment enough to make me beam as I look out the window.


I don't respond to his comment, as always, not wanting things to be awkward- rather choosing to stare out of the window as Alex drives the familiar route to me.


“Uh, can you text the guys and tell them to meet us in half an hour at the store down the street from my house?” Alex asks, keeping his eyes on the road as he hands me his iphone.


I nod and unlock his phone- knowing his password- sending a group text to our other three best friends.


[i]Yo' fags. Your presence is requested by Alexander W. Gaskarth at the shifty store at the end of his street in 30 minutes. Should you not attend, you will not be invited to Anna's moving in party. P.S this is Anna and I love you. Xxx'[/i]


I smile at my own humorous text and flick through Alex's pictures to cure my boredom.


“What are you doing?” Alex asks, nervously casting an eye over to what I'm doing. His eyes widen as I unlock a password protected folder. “Stop!”


“Why? What pictures are in here, Gaskank?” I laugh, loving to wind him up.


“Personal,” he says quickly, pulling up next to my house and taking his belt off, quickly starting to wrestle me as I hold his phone away.


I click on the first one and gasp slightly. I mean, I've seen Alex naked plenty of times, but seeing his sexy pictures is different. To put it frankly, he's hard. I'm a virgin, so a penis is a shock enough, but to see Alex's is just... weird... Nice, but still weird.


Alex gives up, knowing I've already seen them. I laugh out of pure nerves, not knowing what to do or say.


“Can I just have my phone?” He sighs, clearly ashamed.


“No! I'm admiring your nudes,” I tease, kissing his cheek to let him know I'm not laughing at him “Who have you sent them to?”


“No one, they're just... I don't know,” he blushes.


I put his phone to my mouth and lick the picture to ease the awkwardness of the situation.


“You're gross,” Alex shakes his head, laughing slightly as he shoves me out of his car, playfully.


He pulls away in his car, driving round the block as I collect my belongings from my empty house.

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