I smiled as I admired my new skinny jeans in the mirror. They were black with a grey design on them that looked liked the american flag. They were hands-down my new favorite skinny jeans. I quickly changed into my Blink-182 shirt and pulled on my Chucks.
I skipped to the bathroom and turned on the straightener as I dried my hair with the blowdryer. Once my hair was pretty much dry, I combed the knots out of it and straightened it. I smiled at my new hair color. It had taken a while to convince my mum, but she finally caved and let me do it. I ran the straightener through my hair a few times and turned it off and returned to my room. I admired my reflection once again for a split second before slipping on my hoodie.
Now, you may be wondering why I'm so happy. You're probably like, 'Alex, what's gotten into you? You're never this happy.'
Well, the answer, my little stalkers, is because I had gotten a text from Jack last night telling me 'goodnight'. And then I got a text this morning telling me 'good morning'. Add that onto my usual excitement to see Jack and the excitement to show him my new hair, and you have a skipping, giggling Alex singing and dancing around his room to American Idiot by Green Day.
Oh, and I almost forgot, I'm going to Jack's today after school!
Today is just going to be amazing.
I grabbed my bag and slung it over my shoulder as I ran down the stairs and to the kitchen. I ran over to my mum and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and then grabbed an apple as I walked back out of the kitchen. I took a big bite of it as I walked out the front door to see, you guessed it, Jack, leaning against his car.
His eyes grew wide and his smile widened.
I skipped over to him and wrapped my arms around his waist. "Notice anything different?"
He laughed and hugged me back. "You're hair is pink! You didn't tell me you were dying your hair!"
I pulled away from him enough to look him in the eyes and formed a small pout. "You don't like it?"
He let go of me and put his hands on his hips. "Did I say I didn't like it?"
I shook my head. "No. But you didn't say you liked it, either."
He shook his head and opened the passenger-side door for me and I got in. "Well that's because I don't like it. I love it." He smiled at me and closed the car door before running over to the other side and getting in and starting the car. I stared out the window at the sunrise all the way to school.
"Are you okay?" Jack asked me as we pulled into the student parking lot.
I looked over at him. "Hm? Oh. Yeah. I'm great!" I looked around to make sure no one was able to see us and kissed him on the cheek. I was about to open my door to get out, when Jack pulled me back to him and planted a firm kiss on my lips.
He pulled away and smiled. "Okay. Now you can get out." He got out of the car himself and waited for me to get out as well.I let my face cool down a little bit before getting out of the car and joining him at his side as we walked toward the school. Rian was absent yesterday because he woke up with the flu. As mean as it sounds, I kind of hope that he's absent again today so I can have Jack all to myself.
…Is that bad?
We walked into the school and looked around at all the school decorations. Spirit week was next week, along with homecoming next Saturday, and people were already getting ready for it.
As we walked down the hall to Jack's locker, I saw a few people give me weird looks. I knew instantly that it was my hair, and I was suddenly feeling self-conscious and I kind of regretted getting it done. Maybe my mum was right. Maybe I shouldn't have done it.
Too late now.
As if reading my mind, Jack placed a light hand on my shoulder. "It looks great. I promise. Don't pay attention to the judgmental douchebags. They're not worth the worry." He dropped his hand back down to his side as we neared his locker.
We stood there for about five minutes, and were about to leave, when we noticed Rian fast-walking down the hallway toward us.
Damn.
Jack greeted Rian with a one-armed hug and a 'welcome back'.
So, I wouldn't have Jack all to myself today during school, but after school, he's all mine.

Notes

I won't be able to post as much during the week, guys. Sorry. I got school. And some weekends I won't have internet. But keep your eyes open, cuz you never know.
Again, thank you guys for all the support! It really does mean a lot. You're what keeps me going on this!
I love you all!

-Ryan