You Have My Heart, At Least For The Most Part

Jack's p.o.v

"So...?" I asked, looking at Rian.

"Maybe." He shrugged.

"Please Rian! I need you to help this kid!"

"Money?" I looked at him, confused. He sighed. "How much are you going to pay me for doing this?"

"Pay you? I'm just asking you a favor, Rian! Pleeeeeaaase."

"You'll have to wash the dishes and clean the bathroom for two months."

"Okay..."

"Wow, you really like this kid."

"What? I don't like him! I'm just trying to help him!"

He rolled his eyes. "Yeah, whatever. Are we going to watch the movie?"

"Yes, but first I'm going to call Alex to tell him that..." he smirked at me. "I don't fucking like him!"

I took out my phone and scrolled through my contacts until I found Alex. I stared at my phone for a few minutes. Why was I making this for the boy? A lot of kids had problems with school... Why didn't I help them? Maybe Rian was right and I... Jack shut up, you can't have a relationship. Remember? And, this is worst, because he's your student. He is under age. You don't like it, okay? Okay. You're just trying to help Alexander because he seems to be a good kid, and that he's interested in learning. There's no bad intention behind it.

"A-Alex Gaskarth speaking..."

"Alexander, it's me, Jack."

Silence. I heard a sob, someone shouting, and then he answered. "Oh, hey Mr. Barakat. Would you mind if I called you in a minute?"

"It's okay. Everything is alright there, Alexander?"

Silence. "N-not much... Just... wait a second, please." and then, he cut off the comunication. To say I was worried was an understatement. I was a teacher, I had to worry about my students, right? And if they hang sobbing, something must be wrong. But I won't pressure Alex to tell me. I'll have to mind my own business.

I let myself fall on the couch next to Rian, who was watching a crappy movie on the tv.

"What did he say?" He asked, eyes still on the tv.

"I couldn't tell him. He was sobbing and someone was yelling behind him, so he promised me to call me in a few minutes."

"And you didn't ask him what was wrong?"

I shook my head. "I just asked him if everything was okay... What a stupid question! He was crying! How could something be okay?!"

Rian put a hand on my shoulder. "Calm down dude. If he wants you to know, he will tell you. You don't have to care about it that much, you don't like it, remember?" he winked at me, laughing.

"Asshole." I muttered. Then, I decided it would be a great idea to concentrate on the film we were watching. I couldn't keep focused, though. My mind constantly went back to Alex. I didn't want to care so much about him. I would have to push him away. Stop being so kind and stuff, just treat him like another student. Yes, that's it.

My phone rang.

"M-mr. Barakat...?" Alex voice said.

"Alex? Alex! Is everything okay?"

"I-I need help..." silence. "...Sorry to bother you."

"What is it?"

"Remember my friend Zack? H-he left my house half an hour ago and... and..." He sighed. "Sorry. It isn't important. Why did you call me?"

"If it's important for you, it's important, Alex." I didn't know where that came from. I wasn't meant to say that. You had to push him away, Barakat.

What he told me next, wasn't what I expected to hear. He told me his best friend, Zack, had ran away of Alex's house because he was mad at him, for 'being so selfish.' The problem? He had nowhere to stay, because his parents would be out of town for the next two weeks and they told him to stay at Alex's. He didn't had any other friends, and no relatives here in Baltimore. Right now, he was alone in the night. Okay, he was a seventeen year old boy, he could take care of himself. Maybe. But Alex was worried, so I made an excuse telling him Rian and I were about to go and buy pizza, so we would look for him. That way, I wouldn't seem to attached, casually I would be out, so I would see if he was there and that.

I told Rian I would be out for an hour or so. I ran to the building's parking lot, and climbed to my car. I was getting out of the comfort of my house to help this kid I barely knew find his friend. I wasn't getting attached. Not at all.

Notes

Shitty chapter, I'm so sorry ;__________;


ilysm, thank you for taking your time and reading this <3