Head On Collision

So after bout a week of moping around I finally snapped back into reality. Sure I was still upset but I had to 'man up and get over it'. My parents had finally managed to reach Mike, he was staying with a friend back in our old hometown. I guess as long as he's safe and happy then I should just try and be happy for him, my parents thought otherwise but there really wasn't anything they could do about it without getting the cops involved, and honestly, no one want to get the cops involved.

So, as I was saying, I decided to try and be 'me' again, the easy going, always smiling kind of geeky Alex that everyone knew. Settling back into my routine really wasn't that hard seeing as a few guys from school instantly noticed that I was actually speaking again and all, they were pretty nice about it too.

"Hey! It's Alex right?" Some guy with long dark hair asked me.

I looked behind me in the hallway, and yeah, he was actually talking to me.

"Yeah? And you are...?" I didn't mean to sound condescending or anything, I really had no idea who he was.

"Oh sorry, yea I should introduce myself, I'm Zack, and this over here is my buddy Rian" he pointed to a shorter guy with shaggy hair, I hadn't even noticed him at first.

..."We uh, we just transferred here from *school* and the secretary pointed you out saying you could help us." He pulled a bit at his shirt before nervously looking around the hall.

"Alright, well what do you need help with?"

"We don't know where any of our classes are and apparently were in all the same classes..." The shorter one said before being nudged by Zack who preceded to whisper shout at him "way to making us not sound like weird stalkers!"

I hiccuped a laugh; they really were an amusing duo those two. "Oh no problem, I see you already got your schedules" they nodded before unfolding the sheets in their hands. "Alright so we got Music first which means you're in luck! We don't always get to start with such an easy class!"

They exchanged an inquisitive glance but instead of saying anything they just shrugged and followed me up to the right floor and into the correct room which was filled with every instrument you could name.
I loved this class, for me, it basically meant free period. I got to just sit around and either write stories or poems or even sleep, the teacher didn't care.

But today was different, I had someone to hang out with during class. They seemed a little shocked at how chaotic the classroom was but settled in quickly.

"So, do you play any instruments?" Rian asked me.

"Uh, no. Not really. I don't think I'd be much good at it either" I laughed then diverted the conversations focus from myself, "do you guys play?"

"Hell yeah! Me and Rian here have been playing together for a while now, I play bass by the way, and my man here is awesome at drums! Heck, we've always dreamed of being in a band!"

"Woah! Calm down Zack, don't scare him off with all your big talk," Rian interjected. " we like music a lot but were not that good, we mostly just enjoy playing Rock Band."

This made all three of us laugh, but it didn't last long before we all stopped, something had definitely gotten our attention now.

That kid with the black and blond hair was strumming a familiar tune, one of my favorites to be exact by blink-182. My jaw dropped and it was like I was in a different world.

Zack nudged me when the song was over, "looks like you enjoy music too eh?"

"I guess you could say that." honestly I was still kinda stunned.

"Who's that guys name? You know, the one who was playing just now?" Rian pointed towards him.

"I'm pretty sure it's Jack, but I've never spoken to him or anything..." Well of course there was that one time... But whatever.

"Well I guess we ought to introduce ourselves," and with that Zack stood up followed by Rian, "you coming Gaskarth?"

"Uhh, yea. Coming." What was I getting myself into?

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