Maybe Next May

I watched as Alex quickly walked towards me. It took everything I had to not back away because, honestly, he scared me. I'm pretty sure anyone would be scared of the person who cracked open their skull. He's like freaking Bi-polar or something, I swear! He looked relived to actually see me here though. I did agree to it, I'm just not too sure why.

"Jack, I'm so glad you came." He smiled but even that looked a bit tired.

"Yeah, well, I said I would be. What is it?" Alex looked at the ground and I watched as his Adams Apple bobbed when he swallowed nervously.

"I... I want to apologize, and explain why I did what I did." I crossed my arms and gave him a 'continue' look.

"It was Heath and Lisa. I... I know I shouldn't have listened to them I was just scared. I didn't want them to hurt you." He got quieter towards the end and I glared.

"They didn't have to hurt me, you did that well enough for them." He flinched at the venom in my tone.

"Jack, you don't understand! Heath said he would get the whole team to beat you up. I... I though... God I don't know what i though! I guess I hoped that if I did it that it wouldn't be so bad. But then you landed weird and, and you're head. Jack I-I'm so sorry! I just didn't want to know I was the reason for you getting hurt, yet it still turned out that way."

I studied him for a minute and watched as a couple tears fell down his face. I took a deep breath before moving forward. I watched as he stiffened, probably scared I was going to hit him. I should, but I wont. I gently took his face in my hands and made him look up at me. His eyes were red with bags under them, his breath ragged out of fear and anxiety, his lip quivered with the stress of hold back tears.

"Alex?"

"Y-Yes?"

"Do you like me?"

His breath stopped and his eyes widened. His eyes searched my face and I took a deep breath, deciding to finally tell him.

"Before I moved here, at my old school there was a kid who was just like you Alex. He was popular, funny, cute. We dated in secret for two years before he decided to break up with me. In our relationship he never did anything, he just made me do it all. He even could get a bit abusive at times. He decided to ruin my reputation after he broke things off. He had gotten the whole school to turn against me and I was bullied severely. That's why I moved here in the first place. So I want to know Alex, do you like me? Or are you just like him?"

His eyes were as wide as bowling balls and he was opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water. I watched as new tears came to his eyes but this time he didn't hold them back. He reached up and put one hand on the side of my face and the other covering his mouth. He pulled me in for a hug and I allowed it. By this point I was debating if I was brain damaged considering he hadn't answered me yet I was letting him do this. I sighed and put my arms around him.

"I-I'm s-s-so sorry J-ack!" Alex cried out.

I closed my eyes but he pulled back and smashed our lips together. I was shocked but couldn't help kissing him back. We kissed for a couple of minutes before he pulled away. He was a downright mess; Red face, puffy eyes, tear streaked cheeks, and a runny nose. Yet he still managed to look super hot to me.

"I like you Jack. I like you so much it scares me because I don't understand it. I've liked you since the moment I looked at your drawing, then when we kissed it just confirmed my feelings. I'm so sorry for hurting you, I honestly though if I did it then it wouldn't hurt as bad. I'm such a fucking idiot." I gave him a small smile.

"Yeah, you really are." I chuckled and he let out a choked laugh.

"So, does this mean we are okay?" I sighed.

"I'm not sure yet Alex, but you can start by making it up to me. How about you make me dinner and we have a movie night?" He looked so shocked and revealed. He nodded before hugging me tightly again and I kissed his forehead.

"Anything for you Jack. Anything." I smiled at that and finally relaxed into his arms.

Notes

Hey, look who is back! Let's see who still remembers this story considering it's been almost a year since I last updated. Go ahead, get mad, I deserve it. Anyways, here's the next (LONG OVERDUE) update and I'm so sorry for the LONG wait. Also sorry for any grammar/spelling mistakes there might be. Please comment, rate, and subscribe. Thank you all so much!

~Anna <3