Long Live Us

*Alex POV*

"ALEX! TEN MINUTES THEN HANG UP ITS NEARLY AN HOUR OKAY?" Alex heard his mum shout from downstairs. He removed the phone from his ear, and sure enough, the seconds were counting up from fifty minutes.
"Oli I miss you." Alex murmured, fiddling with a piece of his hair.
'I miss you too. But hey, you're going out tonight and I'm not! So you can't complain!'
"Hmm" he replied, wishing he could somehow pull out of this.
'Oh, is he going to be there?' Oli replied, the concern evident in his voice.
"Yeah..."
'He'll be fine. Well he better be. Too me it sounds like he didn't care, and you freaked out. Just see how it goes, okay?' Alex nodded, even though Oli couldn't see him.
"Yeah yeah we'll see." Alex sighed heavily.
'Anyway, did I tell you I designed some shit for my clothing line that's never gonna happen?'
"No! Email me some pictures! I'll pick one I like and you'll have to make me it and send it to me and I'll be your first customer!" He said quickly, excited, glad there was good news from his side.
'Im being shouted at, I'd better hang up.' Oli said quietly, and Alex could imagine the boy pouting.
"Same here. E-mail me fag face! Love you Oli bear!" A laugh came from the end of the line, making Alex laugh as well.
'I'll do it now. Love you too Panda, go and kick butt tonight!' And that was followed swiftly by a long beep. Glancing at the screen, Alex noticed that they were one second away from going over the hour.
'Wow that's cutting it fine.' he thought as he went down stairs and put the phone back on the stand.
"You getting ready for tonight honey?" Alex heard his mum call from the kitchen, so he wandered in to see her because he didn't want to shout.
"Yeah ima shower now. Tay's coming at 7."
"Okay, we'll be gone by 8. Is Jack going?" Alex froze. He hadn't told his mum about what happened, and wasn't sure if he should. Honestly, Alex thought it would all blow over and Jack would turn up at his door the next day like nothing had happened. But he was so wrong. Every day this week when he had looked out his window, Jack was sat in his spot in the garden. Sometimes with his notebook and guitar, other times he was just sitting there crying. He seemed better yesterday, Jenna had been with him and they were laughing together, and Josh was there with him earlier. This made Alex feel less guilty, but he still blamed himself - obviously. "Yeah of course he's going."
"Did you fall out again?"
"Maybe..." Alex watched as his mum turned around, letting her brown hair fall gently over her shoulders. She gave the 'come on boy, talk' look, so he told her. "I kissed him..." She took a sharp breath in.
"Oh Alex. Not yet, not yet. Soon. Go and get ready." He stared confusion at his mum, frowning, before running upstairs and having a shower. Ensuring the temperature was right, he tried to occupy his mind with other thoughts, but all he could think about was trying to work out what his mum meant.

At ten past seven the door bell went, and Alex listened as his mum opened the door and let Tay in. She was fond of the young girl, which Alex was thankful for. Alex was still sat on his bedroom floor, with wet hair and only a towel round his waist, staring at the floor with his phone blaring music. Nothing was going through his mind. Nothing. Just blank, not really wanting to do anything. Minutes later and Tay opened the door and flung her bag down, before closing the door again. He felt her eyes take in his slouched, unclothed figure but he still didn't move.
"Oh Alex would you lighten up! He'll come back, you'll go back, everything will be fine. I bet you'll both fix it tonight. Go and put some clothes on, we're going to have a good night okay?" She told him sternly. Alex nodded and slowly stood up, grabbing the jeans and shirt that made up his outfit. He slipped into the bathroom and squeezed into the jeans, before slipping the shirt on over his shoulders and leaving the top two buttons undone. Walking back into the room, he walked in on Tay dancing around to American Idiot, which made him laugh, and he decided that it wouldn't hurt to relax and have fun tonight. The pair began dancing together, laughing at how crap the other was. When the song ended, they calmed down and started the party prep. Tay was going as a cat, but a pretty badass cat. She kept her hair down, curling it. She drew on a nose and whiskers, put on a tight black shirt, with a black leather skater skirt and her black vans.
"Looking good Tay, someone on the pull?" He asked, winking. She rolled her eyes and stuck her middle finger up at him.
"Come here bellend and I'll sort your face out." Alex went and sat in front of her, pulling a smile but ensuring his lips stayed together, which he knew made him look innocent and childish. When she noticed, she just rolled her eyes again and covered his face in the white paint, before adding green and red to his mouth and black around his eyes. When she was content, she sat back and admired her work.
"J'ai fini!" Alex got up and looked in the mirror, impressed with her work.
"Thanks Tay, you're the best!"
"I know I know."

Half an hour later, Alex was pulling up outside Rian's house. The music was already playing - loud - and quite a few people had already shown up. Alex and Tay got up, and walked up the the house together, and when they got there it was opened and they were greeted by Rian, who was dressed up as Spider Man.
"Holy crap I hardly recognised you with the wig!" Alex exclaimed, laughing at Rian in the tight Lycra. Tay laughed as well, and Rian led them to the kitchen and got them both a drink. Zack came over and said hi, so introduced him too Tay, who then dashed off to find Jenna and Cass. The muscular boy had come as Batman, and Alex couldn't help but feel puny and weak next to him. Sipping on his beer and chatting to Zack, Alex wondered what Jack had come as. Was there any point trying to talk to him tonight? His thoughts were interrupted by Josh arriving, hand in hand with a tall girl with long brown and blonde hair.
"Hey guys! Long time no see Zack! This is Abi." He said, introducing the girl. They'd gone full out on a couples outfit - she was "a sexy cop" wearing a short navy dress covered in police badges, with a police cap on and a pair of handcuffs on her belt, whilst Josh was wearing the typical criminal outfit - a torn and ripped black and white striped jumper and ripped black jeans. Alex thought they both really looked the part.
"Hey Josh, nice to meet you Abi!" He greeted them with a smile. Max and Dan came in soon after, dressed as Mario and Luigi - another outfit pairing that Alex thought was brilliant. The group of boys stood together conversing and playing small drinking games, greeting whoever walked past and complimenting outfits. There was a good, friendly vibe to the party, and Alex found himself enjoying it all. Three of Rian's older friends had come dressed as Crayons, which everyone was laughing about. It was at least three hours in before Alex came across Jack, who was standing with Jenna and Cass, whilst a tipsy Tay came and dragged Alex over to the group. Cass was Wonder Women, Jenna was a devil, dressing in a short red dress, with horns sticking out of her blonde hair, and Jack was stood in a bright lilac Lycra suit - as Hit Girl. In that moment he realised that maybe he had made a mistake last week by kicking Jack out, and that he should apologise at some point.
"Looking good guys!" Alex said as he reached them, trying to keep his eyes off of Jack.
"Shot!" The tall boy suddenly yelled, handing Jenna a small glass filled with what Alex assumed was vodka and having one himself.
"They take a shot every time someone says something about their costumes." Tay murmured into his ear, obviously seeing the confusion on his face.
"Ahhh" he replied, laughing as Jack spilt a load down him - evidently he was already beyond the "tipsy" stage. The group stood talking for a bit, and Jack seemed to be fine, but he probably had no idea who Alex was or what had happened. In the time they were stood together, he had finished one whole drink and started what was his fourth in total, but Jack had had six in front of Alex, including how ever many shots. He tried to relax, but couldn't help but worry about the tall boy. He was a funny drunk to say the least, waltzing around to everyone and making them laugh with his dodgy dancing and drunken jokes. Seeing that he was actually doing fine, Alex let Tay drag him to where people were dancing, and the two danced together.
"Having fun?" She shouted over the music to Alex. He nodded, giving her a massive smile.
"Shouldn't you be tryna find a hot guy to make out with?" Alex asked, winking at her.
"I could say the same thing to you!" She retorted, poking Alex's nose. They laughed, and moved to the up beat music - Tay making a much better and much more coordinated dancer than Alex.

"Alex can you take Jack home when you go please, I can't go home so I'm staying with Tay." Jenna asked Alex, her words slurring slightly as she lent on the wall too keep herself up.
"Yeah sure why not." He replied, looking at Jack who was now the only person dancing, dragging Zack around by his hand.
"Thank you thank you thank you!" Jenna replied, hugging Alex before leaving. He walked back into the room and sat down watching Zack getting helplessly dragged around by Jack. The taller boy had now taken off his face mask, and his hair was sticking out from under the lilac hood. Rian and Cass had disappeared, and it was now three am so everyone had gone home.
"Jack I'm dialling a cab now so get ready to go." Alex called to him, quickly calling the cab company.
"Nooo! Come dance!" Jack whined when he'd hung up, and made grabby hands towards Alex. Zack sighed happily now that his wrist was free of Jack's grasp, and he quickly exited the room, giving Alex a pat on the back. Sighing, Alex walked up to Jack and stood in front of him, not really knowing what to do. As they stood there, a slow song came on, and Jack giggled.
"What?" Alex asked him, raising an eyebrow.
"We've got a do a pr-properrrr dance now." He giggled again, putting his hands on Alex's waist and pulling him closer to him. The shorter boy's breath hitched, his head tipsy and hormones going mad, but he refused to do anything that would end in a repeat of last week.
"No n-no you're doing it wroooong!" Jack giggled again, moving Alex's hands so they were round the taller boys neck, before returning his hands to their original place. Alex felt Jack gently away his hips to the beat, and moved his arms to make Alex move as well. The older boy took a deep breath in, before looking up and meeting Jack's gaze. He took in his drunken features: his black hair sticky with sweat, his eyes round and distant, his lips curved upwards in a smile. He really was perfect. Even in this state. Alex let himself enjoy the moment, the intimacy, the closeness, the feeling on Jack's hands on his hips. Part of Alex wished that this was happening because the feelings were mutual, but as Jack's awful slurred singing filled his ears, he knew it was down to the alcohol and would be forgotten by Jack in the morning.
"Bro, cabs here." Zack popped his head round the door, catching Alex's attention. He removed his hands from Jack's neck, causing the dark haired boy to protest, but Alex soon had him out of the house and in the car. The ride home was filled with Jack singing Boomerang by The Summer Set really loudly, and really badly. When they arrived at Alex's house, he paid the driver and apologised for Jack, before dragging the boy inside. He figured Jack wouldn't have his keys, so decided to take him under his wing for the night, to make up for what he did before. Jack was still singing but Alex now had no idea what song it was, as he threw his arm over his shoulders so he could help him upstairs. Leading the tall boy into his room, he moved the cover and Jack flopped down.
"Do you want comfy clothes Jack?"
"You know I sweep naked."
"True." Alex stood and waited for Jack to strip off the lycra, and took it from him and put it on the chair. When he turned back around Jack was fast asleep and gently snoring. Alex chuckled quietly to himself, noting how cute he looked. He hadn't pulled the cover back over him, so was sprawled out over the bed on the stomach, his face squashed where he leant on it. His mouth was slightly open, and he black hair was sticking up in every direction, one of his hairy legs almost falling off the bed, his tanned back rising and falling slowly. Alex admired the way his back dipped in around his spine and shoulder blades, making them prominent.
"You truly are a beautiful wonder, Jack Barakat." Alex whispered, pulling the cover over the sleeping boy. Not wanting to sleep, deciding he should stay and make sure sleeping beauty was okay. An idea for a song had been dancing in his mind all day, so he decided to get his ideas on paper. He reached over and got his notebook out, grabbing his favourite pink pen and started writing on the first blank page. Whenever he needed to process the next line, he'd look up at Jack's drunken figure to spur his imagination. After a good two hours Alex was content that he'd finished the lyrics and was pleased with the outcome. He christened the song 'Stella', smiling down at the page. Glancing at the clock, Alex saw it was nearing seven am.
'How long would Jack be asleep?' He wondered, knowing it would be at least midday before he arose from his slumber. Alex decided he would get changed and sort himself out, so he grabbed his joggers and oversized Micky Mouse hoodie and went into the bathroom. He splashed water over his face, removing the paint that hadn't come off yet, and stripped off his outfit and put on his comfy clothes. Content, he put everything in the washing basket and went downstairs to make himself tea. The kettle pop'd, and he carefully poured the boiling water over the tea bag and milk in his favourite mug that Oli had gotten him for his 15th birthday. It was one of those really cheesy ones with two cartoon bears that said 'best friends forever'. Safe to say, Alex loved it. He grabbed his tea and went back upstairs, and returned to his place sitting on the floor. His eyes landed on his guitar, so he decided to write the music for his new song. Strumming the guitar quietly, he hummed the lyrics to put the notes together. He'd finished the chorus, when Jack stirred.
"Ale-exxxx." The sleeping boys breath hitched half way through the name, which made Alex frown.
"Yes?" He answered, incase he was awake. However, he wasn't, and Alex's only reply was a long, low moan and Jack rolling over. Alex sat just staring at the boy in his bed for a few minutes before any thoughts were making sense in his head.
'Is he dreaming about me?' He asked himself, smiling and looking down whilst his cheeks heated up, even though nobody could see him. Internally he scolded himself for acting like a teenage fan girl with a massive crush, but it was exactly how he felt right now. Once again butterflies erupted in his stomach, and he pushed the thought away of how creepy this whole thing was.
'Wow Alex you're fucked.' he told himself as he realised how hard he was falling for the tall, raven haired boy. Shaking his head, he went back to finishing his song.

It got too one o'clock and Jack was still asleep. Alex had showered, topped up on tea nine times, sorted out his wardrobe, completely finished 'Stella' and had a face-time with Oli that had last a few hours.
"Bloody hell he sleeps a lot." he murmured, stretching and pressing retry on Candy Crush on his phone. He was shattered, bored and really wanted Jack to wake up, but it didn't look like it was happening anytime soon. When he lost the level on his game - again - he decided to go and get another cup of tea. When he came back up, Jack was sitting up in the bed, bare chested and hair sticking up everywhere, rubbing his eyes.
"Good Morning, well afternoon, sleepy head." Alex greeted. Jack froze and slowly removed his hands from his eyes. When their gazes met, Jack's brown eyes lit up, but almost immediately went dark again.
"Oh.., erm hi...Alex..."

Notes

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