Two Kids, No Consequences
Be My Escape
Alex waltzes back into the room with his laptop in hand. He plops down on the couch next to me and opens it up on his lap. We decide on an extra large cheese pizza, just in case the guys want some whenever they get home. Next thing you know, Alex is opening up photo booth.
“Ohhh no you don’t.” I laugh. “No way.”
“Pleeeeeeeeease just one.” Alex begs looking at me with puppy dog eyes.
“Fine. ONE.” I grumble and scoot over closer to him.
He rests his hand on the side of my face and pulls me in for a kiss. Ding, ding, ding, click.
I look back at the picture and see how happy we actually look, just by kissing.
“Perfect.” Alex whispers. He right clicks the picture and sets it as his desktop background. I laugh at him and ask him to send the picture to me.
“You know, I really need to pick some furniture for my loft. I can’t live here every night.” I mention as he forwards the image.
“True. You wanna shop online for a little?” He suggests.
We surf the web for some furniture and find a dresser, a table, a couch, and a giant loveseat. The table and dresser were from Craigslist and the other two are from a local furniture store down the road. We order the pieces online and text the other two asking about the pieces.
“Now the most important part, the bed.” Alex winks at me. “I was thinking something large.”
“Yours is so comfortable.” I say. “I want to order from the same company, but I don’t want the same shape. I want it in the traditional shape.”
Alex pulls up the site and finds the perfect bed. It’s a king, so it’s plenty big. I look at the price, 3,500.
“Wooooaaah. Never mind. I don’t want it that badly.” I stutter, appalled by the price.
Next thing I know, Alex’s fills in his information with his credit card number. “Alex stop! Now. I’m serious. That’s way too much.”
“Hush.” Alex says while typing in the security code. “It will be partially my bed too anyway. I’m going to want to stay over sometimes.” He throws yet another wink at me.
He clicks submit and puts his laptop on the table in front of him. “You are the worst.” I mumble at him. “Buying me shit….what the hell is that about?”
He laughs and kisses my cheek. “Enough. It’s done. Now what do you want to do with our night?”
“Wait, when do you go back on tour?” I ask him.
“Umm….fuck in a week.” Alex groans realizing it. “Just come with me pleaseeeeee.”
I laugh not taking his offer seriously. “Let’s just not think about it right now.” I kiss him and he lies down on the couch. I crawl on top of him and wrap myself around him. We kiss for a while until we hear a knock at the door. We both jump and Alex stands up, keeping me wrapped around him. He carries me to the door and answers it.
“Last order of the night. You almost caught us at closing. You ordered an extra large with cheese?” I hear a familiar voice say. I stiffen and slowly turn my head seeing the last person I wanted to.
“John.” I whisper.
Alex grows stiff and puts me and the pizza on the ground.
“Who the fuck is he?” John yells at me. “Is this your new boyfriend? I fucking knew something was up you slut.”
“Shut the fuck up John!” I cried. “Leave now!” Suddenly fearful of what was about to happen.
I look at Alex who is glaring at John. “Leave.” He says calmly.
“Yeah right, like I’m going to take an order from fag-boy over here.” John laughs darkly.
“STOP JOHN.” I yell in his face. “LEAVE NOW.”
He reaches forward, getting ready to slap me again when Alex intercepts his hand and bends his wrist back. Hard.
“FUCK!” John yells in pain.
“You see what happens? I told you to leave.” I shout at him, tears streaming down my face. “Do you even know what you did to me earlier? You hurt me. Not emotionally this time, but physically. Did you forget or do I need to remind you?” I lift up my shirt and show him the blackened spot on my hip.
He stands there, staring at it. “I-I did that? I didn’t think I hurt you that badly.”
“What the hell does it matter? You still hit me and kicked me. What does it matter how bad the damage was? It doesn’t make it any more acceptable.” I growl at him yanking my shirt down.
“Don’t you dare ever come back here. Don’t get near Diana ever again. She didn’t deserve anything you ever did to her and you know that.” Alex says angrily. He looks like he’s ready to beat the shit out of John.
“Enjoy your pizza.” John mumbles before stomping out, back to his car.
Alex grabs the pizza and I run into his room and collapse on the bed, sobbing my eyes out. He follows me in and sits on the edge of the bed.
“I’m sorry.” He says quietly. “I shouldn’t have been like that. I just…I wanted to say so much more. I wanted to hit him in that smug face. I hate him Diana. I really do.”
I sob even harder but turn back and rest my head on his lap. “I’m not mad at you. I just hate this. I feel like I can’t escape him. He’s everywhere I turn. I can’t even order a goddamn pizza. And he was going to hit me. Again.” I cry the hardest I’ve ever cried.
Alex scoops me up and pulls back the covers. He lays me on the bed and cuddles next to me, pulling the covers over us. “Shhh. Baby it’s going to be ok. I’m here with you. We are safe right now in this very second. I won’t let him lay another finger on you ever again.”
My crying slows up and I sniffle a few times. “Alex I’m so scared.”
He thinks for a second and asks me, “Diana. Do you mind coming with me somewhere? It’s going to require you being away for a few days.”
I lie there stunned in silence. “Ok.” I whisper without even thinking. I have classes, I have work, and I have furniture waiting for me. But I trust him; he knows what I need. I don’t even know what I need.
He hops out of bed and grabs a giant suitcase. He throws a bunch of clothes in it and some other miscellaneous items.
“Wait, you mean now? This very second?” I ask suddenly flustered.
“Yeah is that ok? Technically you are already packed. All of your stuff was never unpacked. Just grab the clothes bag and put it in this suitcase.” He suggests pulling another suitcase out from under his bed.
I smile a little and realize he’s trying to get me out of here. “Let’s go.”
He grabs the suitcase, his phone, and two hoodies. We take the pizza with us in the car and run across the street to grab my clothes. We get back into the car and start driving to the airport. I don’t ask him where we are going, I trust him. We are both stuffing our faces with pizza as we park his car in the lot.
“Grab the box princess, I’ll grab our bags.” Alex says excitedly.
I do as he says and we jog into the airport. We approach the ticket counter.
“Do you like the beach?” Alex asks me.
“Sure, I love it.” I respond confused.
“Excellent.” He turns to the ticket lady. “Two tickets to Daytona Beach.”
I quickly snap my head up and look at him. I’ve always wanted to go there, but never had the opportunity to take that much time off of my schedule. Or the money for that matter. It’s almost like he read my mind.
“Babe, are you sure? You don’t have to take us that far.” I ask stammering.
He swipes his card without even looking and checks our bags in.
“Your flight is scheduled to leave in about 30 minutes.” The woman says sweetly. “Enjoy your vacation.”
I grab Alex’s hand as we walk to the security. I stop him right before the line.
“Alex…I don’t understand you. Why are you doing all of this for me? We just started dating. Buying me a bed, a plane ticket, already going on vacation?” I ask him, hoping for some clarity.
Alex sighs and looks me dead in the eye. “Diana. You have been the most incredible girl I have ever met. Shit, you are the most incredible person I have ever met. You are so strong, perfect, and beautiful. You make me happier than I have ever been. Diana, I love you.” Alex whispers the last part.
I stiffen and look at him in the eye. That was the last thing I expected him to say. “Alex, I-“
“You don’t have to say it back, I understand it’s early to be saying that. But I swear to god Diana, it’s exactly how I feel.” Alex interrupts me.
“Alex I love you too.” I smile with tears in my eyes. “I didn’t think I could ever feel this way about anyone. I didn’t even know this feeling existed.”
He grins from ear to ear, picks me up, and twirls me around. “I love you, I love you, I LOVE YOU.” He laughs in my ear. He puts me down on the floor and wipes the tears off of my face. He kisses me slowly, holding both sides of my face. We smile at each other and jog off to the security line. We pass through and jog to our gate realizing we had 6 minutes to boarding. He picks me up and carries me to the gate. I nuzzle my face up to his neck and kiss it. My stomach is full of butterflies and my heart is racing as he carries me onto the plane. He sets me down so we can walk single file into our seats in first class. Alex puts his hoodie on and pulls the hood up.
“Here baby, put this on and pull the hood up please. I don’t want them to see you.” Alex hands me the other hoodie.
“Why would they notice me? I’m still Diana.” I laugh, but put the hoodie on.
“Well...I may or may not have tweeted the picture we took earlier.” Alex replied sheepishly.
I laugh and pull the hood up. “We look like a thug couple.”
He squeezes my hand and pulls up the armrest. “Rest my love, we will be in Daytona before you know it.”
I turn my head and kiss him before cuddling up close to him. “I love you Alex.”
“I love you too Princess Diana.” He murmurs in my ear and kisses the side of my head. I drift off to sleep hearing the captain tell us “Buckle up, and enjoy your flight to Daytona Beach.”
~~~ALEX POV~~~
Diana rests peacefully on my shoulder as we ascend into the air. All I can think about is how today was yet another busy, crazy, messed up day. This poor girl. I look at her while she sleeps; her brows are all bunched up, like she’s trying to solve world peace. I lightly stroke her arm and her face un-bunches a little bit. I don’t know how someone could ever risk losing her. How John brought himself to cheating on her is beyond me.
John. Just the name makes me angry. He’s such a jackass, trying to lay a hand on Diana again. I’m just so relieved I was actually there to stop him this time. I swear, if it weren’t for Diana I would’ve messed up his pathetic little fa-
I was interrupted by a noise Diana made. I glanced down at her, thinking she was waking up. The noise occurred again and I realize it’s her snoring lightly. I cover my mouth so I don’t laugh. Goddamn her and her
cuteness.
I can’t believe I told her I loved her. It just slipped out. I meant every part of it, but I didn’t want to scare her away. It didn’t scare her away like I thought it would, I actually think it brought us closer. I didn’t think it was possible for us to be closer, but apparently it was. It’s crazy, I just want to wake her up and tell her over and over that I love her. The words can’t be said enough. I won’t wake her up, she’s had way too long of a day. She and I both. We have about a two-hour ride from Austin to Daytona. I better grab some shuteye too. I close my eyes and imagine how the next few days will be…
I awake to a woman tapping on my leg.
“Sir, we are about to descend. I’m going to have to ask you to bring your chair to an upright position and put the armrest down.” The flight attendant smiles politely, gesturing to the armrest Diana has fallen asleep in front of.
“Thank you.” I whisper at her.
I turn to Diana and try to lightly stroke her face. She doesn’t stir so I decide to kiss her forehead. I see her eyelids flutter a little. “We’re about to land Diana.”
“Ohhh no you don’t.” I laugh. “No way.”
“Pleeeeeeeeease just one.” Alex begs looking at me with puppy dog eyes.
“Fine. ONE.” I grumble and scoot over closer to him.
He rests his hand on the side of my face and pulls me in for a kiss. Ding, ding, ding, click.
I look back at the picture and see how happy we actually look, just by kissing.
“Perfect.” Alex whispers. He right clicks the picture and sets it as his desktop background. I laugh at him and ask him to send the picture to me.
“You know, I really need to pick some furniture for my loft. I can’t live here every night.” I mention as he forwards the image.
“True. You wanna shop online for a little?” He suggests.
We surf the web for some furniture and find a dresser, a table, a couch, and a giant loveseat. The table and dresser were from Craigslist and the other two are from a local furniture store down the road. We order the pieces online and text the other two asking about the pieces.
“Now the most important part, the bed.” Alex winks at me. “I was thinking something large.”
“Yours is so comfortable.” I say. “I want to order from the same company, but I don’t want the same shape. I want it in the traditional shape.”
Alex pulls up the site and finds the perfect bed. It’s a king, so it’s plenty big. I look at the price, 3,500.
“Wooooaaah. Never mind. I don’t want it that badly.” I stutter, appalled by the price.
Next thing I know, Alex’s fills in his information with his credit card number. “Alex stop! Now. I’m serious. That’s way too much.”
“Hush.” Alex says while typing in the security code. “It will be partially my bed too anyway. I’m going to want to stay over sometimes.” He throws yet another wink at me.
He clicks submit and puts his laptop on the table in front of him. “You are the worst.” I mumble at him. “Buying me shit….what the hell is that about?”
He laughs and kisses my cheek. “Enough. It’s done. Now what do you want to do with our night?”
“Wait, when do you go back on tour?” I ask him.
“Umm….fuck in a week.” Alex groans realizing it. “Just come with me pleaseeeeee.”
I laugh not taking his offer seriously. “Let’s just not think about it right now.” I kiss him and he lies down on the couch. I crawl on top of him and wrap myself around him. We kiss for a while until we hear a knock at the door. We both jump and Alex stands up, keeping me wrapped around him. He carries me to the door and answers it.
“Last order of the night. You almost caught us at closing. You ordered an extra large with cheese?” I hear a familiar voice say. I stiffen and slowly turn my head seeing the last person I wanted to.
“John.” I whisper.
Alex grows stiff and puts me and the pizza on the ground.
“Who the fuck is he?” John yells at me. “Is this your new boyfriend? I fucking knew something was up you slut.”
“Shut the fuck up John!” I cried. “Leave now!” Suddenly fearful of what was about to happen.
I look at Alex who is glaring at John. “Leave.” He says calmly.
“Yeah right, like I’m going to take an order from fag-boy over here.” John laughs darkly.
“STOP JOHN.” I yell in his face. “LEAVE NOW.”
He reaches forward, getting ready to slap me again when Alex intercepts his hand and bends his wrist back. Hard.
“FUCK!” John yells in pain.
“You see what happens? I told you to leave.” I shout at him, tears streaming down my face. “Do you even know what you did to me earlier? You hurt me. Not emotionally this time, but physically. Did you forget or do I need to remind you?” I lift up my shirt and show him the blackened spot on my hip.
He stands there, staring at it. “I-I did that? I didn’t think I hurt you that badly.”
“What the hell does it matter? You still hit me and kicked me. What does it matter how bad the damage was? It doesn’t make it any more acceptable.” I growl at him yanking my shirt down.
“Don’t you dare ever come back here. Don’t get near Diana ever again. She didn’t deserve anything you ever did to her and you know that.” Alex says angrily. He looks like he’s ready to beat the shit out of John.
“Enjoy your pizza.” John mumbles before stomping out, back to his car.
Alex grabs the pizza and I run into his room and collapse on the bed, sobbing my eyes out. He follows me in and sits on the edge of the bed.
“I’m sorry.” He says quietly. “I shouldn’t have been like that. I just…I wanted to say so much more. I wanted to hit him in that smug face. I hate him Diana. I really do.”
I sob even harder but turn back and rest my head on his lap. “I’m not mad at you. I just hate this. I feel like I can’t escape him. He’s everywhere I turn. I can’t even order a goddamn pizza. And he was going to hit me. Again.” I cry the hardest I’ve ever cried.
Alex scoops me up and pulls back the covers. He lays me on the bed and cuddles next to me, pulling the covers over us. “Shhh. Baby it’s going to be ok. I’m here with you. We are safe right now in this very second. I won’t let him lay another finger on you ever again.”
My crying slows up and I sniffle a few times. “Alex I’m so scared.”
He thinks for a second and asks me, “Diana. Do you mind coming with me somewhere? It’s going to require you being away for a few days.”
I lie there stunned in silence. “Ok.” I whisper without even thinking. I have classes, I have work, and I have furniture waiting for me. But I trust him; he knows what I need. I don’t even know what I need.
He hops out of bed and grabs a giant suitcase. He throws a bunch of clothes in it and some other miscellaneous items.
“Wait, you mean now? This very second?” I ask suddenly flustered.
“Yeah is that ok? Technically you are already packed. All of your stuff was never unpacked. Just grab the clothes bag and put it in this suitcase.” He suggests pulling another suitcase out from under his bed.
I smile a little and realize he’s trying to get me out of here. “Let’s go.”
He grabs the suitcase, his phone, and two hoodies. We take the pizza with us in the car and run across the street to grab my clothes. We get back into the car and start driving to the airport. I don’t ask him where we are going, I trust him. We are both stuffing our faces with pizza as we park his car in the lot.
“Grab the box princess, I’ll grab our bags.” Alex says excitedly.
I do as he says and we jog into the airport. We approach the ticket counter.
“Do you like the beach?” Alex asks me.
“Sure, I love it.” I respond confused.
“Excellent.” He turns to the ticket lady. “Two tickets to Daytona Beach.”
I quickly snap my head up and look at him. I’ve always wanted to go there, but never had the opportunity to take that much time off of my schedule. Or the money for that matter. It’s almost like he read my mind.
“Babe, are you sure? You don’t have to take us that far.” I ask stammering.
He swipes his card without even looking and checks our bags in.
“Your flight is scheduled to leave in about 30 minutes.” The woman says sweetly. “Enjoy your vacation.”
I grab Alex’s hand as we walk to the security. I stop him right before the line.
“Alex…I don’t understand you. Why are you doing all of this for me? We just started dating. Buying me a bed, a plane ticket, already going on vacation?” I ask him, hoping for some clarity.
Alex sighs and looks me dead in the eye. “Diana. You have been the most incredible girl I have ever met. Shit, you are the most incredible person I have ever met. You are so strong, perfect, and beautiful. You make me happier than I have ever been. Diana, I love you.” Alex whispers the last part.
I stiffen and look at him in the eye. That was the last thing I expected him to say. “Alex, I-“
“You don’t have to say it back, I understand it’s early to be saying that. But I swear to god Diana, it’s exactly how I feel.” Alex interrupts me.
“Alex I love you too.” I smile with tears in my eyes. “I didn’t think I could ever feel this way about anyone. I didn’t even know this feeling existed.”
He grins from ear to ear, picks me up, and twirls me around. “I love you, I love you, I LOVE YOU.” He laughs in my ear. He puts me down on the floor and wipes the tears off of my face. He kisses me slowly, holding both sides of my face. We smile at each other and jog off to the security line. We pass through and jog to our gate realizing we had 6 minutes to boarding. He picks me up and carries me to the gate. I nuzzle my face up to his neck and kiss it. My stomach is full of butterflies and my heart is racing as he carries me onto the plane. He sets me down so we can walk single file into our seats in first class. Alex puts his hoodie on and pulls the hood up.
“Here baby, put this on and pull the hood up please. I don’t want them to see you.” Alex hands me the other hoodie.
“Why would they notice me? I’m still Diana.” I laugh, but put the hoodie on.
“Well...I may or may not have tweeted the picture we took earlier.” Alex replied sheepishly.
I laugh and pull the hood up. “We look like a thug couple.”
He squeezes my hand and pulls up the armrest. “Rest my love, we will be in Daytona before you know it.”
I turn my head and kiss him before cuddling up close to him. “I love you Alex.”
“I love you too Princess Diana.” He murmurs in my ear and kisses the side of my head. I drift off to sleep hearing the captain tell us “Buckle up, and enjoy your flight to Daytona Beach.”
~~~ALEX POV~~~
Diana rests peacefully on my shoulder as we ascend into the air. All I can think about is how today was yet another busy, crazy, messed up day. This poor girl. I look at her while she sleeps; her brows are all bunched up, like she’s trying to solve world peace. I lightly stroke her arm and her face un-bunches a little bit. I don’t know how someone could ever risk losing her. How John brought himself to cheating on her is beyond me.
John. Just the name makes me angry. He’s such a jackass, trying to lay a hand on Diana again. I’m just so relieved I was actually there to stop him this time. I swear, if it weren’t for Diana I would’ve messed up his pathetic little fa-
I was interrupted by a noise Diana made. I glanced down at her, thinking she was waking up. The noise occurred again and I realize it’s her snoring lightly. I cover my mouth so I don’t laugh. Goddamn her and her
cuteness.
I can’t believe I told her I loved her. It just slipped out. I meant every part of it, but I didn’t want to scare her away. It didn’t scare her away like I thought it would, I actually think it brought us closer. I didn’t think it was possible for us to be closer, but apparently it was. It’s crazy, I just want to wake her up and tell her over and over that I love her. The words can’t be said enough. I won’t wake her up, she’s had way too long of a day. She and I both. We have about a two-hour ride from Austin to Daytona. I better grab some shuteye too. I close my eyes and imagine how the next few days will be…
I awake to a woman tapping on my leg.
“Sir, we are about to descend. I’m going to have to ask you to bring your chair to an upright position and put the armrest down.” The flight attendant smiles politely, gesturing to the armrest Diana has fallen asleep in front of.
“Thank you.” I whisper at her.
I turn to Diana and try to lightly stroke her face. She doesn’t stir so I decide to kiss her forehead. I see her eyelids flutter a little. “We’re about to land Diana.”
Notes
WIFI SWEET AT LAST AHI had this written
and another chapter.
but no WiFi to post it. You people don't understand the struggle.
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5/23/13