Truth Between The Lies

*Alex POV*


I stood at the side of the stage with the rest of the guys to watch Just Another Issue play their hearts out. I usually liked to embrace the festival spirit and stand in the crowd, but I took one look at their crazy-ass fans and thought ‘no, fuck that’.

Their set was really quite good. I forgot how much of an entertaining front man Shaun is. And the sexy way Lisa played bass was almost hypnotizing… I was definitely entranced. Shit, it’s just… She is so energetic! I admit, I was a little turned on by her performance.

As soon as they started playing what was surely one of their final songs, I felt Jack pull on my arm.

“Come on, man. We have to be on the main stage in like 15 minutes,” he shouted over the loud music.

“Oh right, yeah,” I said distractedly, tearing my eyes away from Lisa as Jack dragged me off the side of the stage and down the steps.

I couldn’t see the others anywhere, so I guessed they’d already left.

“They still know how to entertain a crowd, eh?” Jack said to me when we were far enough to hear each other properly.

“They sure do,” I agreed whole-heartedly.

“That back flip Lisa did was impressive,” he said, but he didn’t sound too enthusiastic.

“Yeah, I guess. It looks quite easy though,” I lied smoothly.

For some reason, I didn’t like that Jack was impressed by Lisa.

“I’d like to see you try and do something like that,” Jack smirked doubtfully.

I also didn't like his mocking tone.

“I could totally do that!” I scoffed confidently, but it was fake confidence; there’s absolutely no way I’m doing that. I’m about as flexible as a cucumber. I would jump back and fall on my neck But still, I couldn’t stop my arrogant mouth speaking for me; “I’d be awesome at it.”

Jack chuckled. “Ha, yeah, alright... I’ll believe that when I see it.”

“Well, you will see…” I promised him, but I was pretty sure the only thing he would be seeing is me attempting a back flip and falling flat on my ass.

***

“Get up off the floor, fuckers!” I screamed, as the opening song ‘Break your little heart’ began. The lights went down and the crowd started screaming at a deafening volume.

Adrenaline surged through my veins instantly and I could tell straight away as the crowd screamed, jumped and sang in sync that tonight was going to be a memorable show.

A few songs into the set, ‘Poppin’ started and my urges towards Jack suddenly replaced the adrenaline surging through my veins. The voices inside my head practically screamed at me to go and kiss Jack, but I could not give in. I knew that if I kept succumbing to temptation then I would never get stronger. We all have a weakness…

But then suddenly, I noticed Jack start coming towards me out of the corner of my eye. I pretended not to see him and carried on singing facing the crowd. Soon enough, he was stood right next to me, with a sexy smirk on his face; I glanced at him quickly with a puzzled look on mine, wondering what he wanted. He didn't meet my questioning eyes, because he suddenly started rubbing his head on my shoulder, as if he was using me as a towel to wipe his sweat on.

Oh, lovely...

I carried on singing normally, but then, without warning, he went lower and lower until he suddenly made contact with my ass. My body froze slightly at the contact, I fucked up playing guitar and the words to the song became choked and...

Holy shit, he's rubbing on dangerous territory now… This does not help the urges!

A few torturous seconds later he returned to full height again, which is a fair few inches taller than me. I could feel him staring at me intently, but I daren’t look at him in fear that I might be unable to control myself. My will-power was draining rapidly, like Jack had just pulled a plug inside of me.

I was clenching all my muscles and waiting patiently for Jack to walk away, My mind and heart were racing frantically trying to figure out what the fuck he was doing… I felt like pushing him away, but before I had a chance to do so, he randomly licked a line up the side of my neck and pushed me away.

That was so unlike Jack…Usually we just do small kisses and stuff like that and He never makes the first move!

I don’t think he realizes exactly what he’s doing to me... I’m already weak from restraining myself around him; I don’t need him to be any more fucking irresistible. We all have something that digs at us…

The next song we played was ‘Toxic Valentine’. It is definitely my favorite song to perform live and I was now in the mood to have some twisted fun.

“You’re gonna take your fucking shirts right off your body and you’re gonna swing it over your head,” I ordered the boys in the crowd demanding.

Yes, I abuse my power for my own entertainment sometimes...

“This next song is about sex,” the crowed roared “You see I enjoy sex a lot, how ‘bout you Jacky you enjoy sex?”
“Yes I enjoy sex, Sex is when you pour food all over your penis, right?” I love messing around with Jack on stage!

“No Jack sex is that things with the loud noises”
“Sex makes a noise?”
“You know the one that sounds like this”
“Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, AH, AHH, AHHH, AHHHH,” I moaned into the microphone, showing Jack .

Out of the corner of my eye I could feel Jack staring at me intently. I glanced sideways at him and caught him staring at me with raised eyebrows and an amused expression, as if he was thinking "Jesus Christ, you're getting a little too excited."

I smirked at him mischievously.

Later on, during, I decided to take my chances and attempt that Lisa-back flip that I had promised Jack.

“Alright, watch this shit!” I shouted into the mic, demanding all eyes to be focused on me.

It worked; every pair of eyes in the place were glued to me. I smirked to myself, loving that I was the center of attention. I noticed Jack's eyes burning into me again and I flashed him a sexy grin and winked to tell him "this is for you..." Then I got on Rian’s drums and jumped backwards doing a back bend in mid air. I think I looked like a fly fucking manatee or something all I know is, that wasn’t human.


When I returned to full height again, I turned back to face Jack and he smirked at me and nodded his head in approval. It was written all over his face that he was impressed and that pleased me.

Finally, after an hour and a half of playing, we played our last song ‘Dear Maria’, and the show came to a climax. I bade farewell to the applauding crowd and strutted offstage after the other guys.

My first thought of the show was right; it was indeed a memorable one. I still can’t believe Jack took control like he did. I wonder how long he will keep it up and how long it will be before I get bored of not being the one in control…

“That was a great show,” Jack declared cheerfully, when we were walking back to the tour bus together.

“Yeah, it was,” I agreed whole-heartedly.

“Nice jump spassim, by the way,” he smirked at me.

“Yeah, well, I guess I tired,” I answered, grinning. "You're impressed, right?"

“Oh, very," he nodded, grinning back at me in a way that strangely made my knees go a little weak.

“Good. It's your turn next,” I informed him playfully.

“Let’s not get carried away,” he snorted, making me chuckle.

We walked in absent-minded silence for a short while, before I decided to question Jack's motive for his actions.

“So, what got into you tonight onstage then? I’m usually the one who makes the first move or whatever,” I shrugged casually.

I didn't know Jack had it in him to be the initiator...

“Oh, you know… I had the urge,” he replied smoothly, glancing at me with a smirk playing on his lips as he mocked me.

“Well then, we really should find a way to control ourselves,” I smirked, shaking my head in amusement.

At Least we dig each other…

We eventually returned back to the tour bus, only to find there was no one inside.

“Where have the guys gone? They were in front of us, weren’t they?” Jack wondered aloud, collapsing on the vacant sofa.

“That's what I thought,” I muttered with a shrug. "They’ve probably gone to another party or something… Man, we have no social life!”

I dropped myself next to Jack on the sofa lazily.

“Oh well. We still know how to have fun. I mean, you seemed to be enjoying yourself tonight with the sex lesson,” Jack sneered, shaking his head at me.

“I sure did," I admitted openly. "I may have to do that every night. Do you think it’s too perverted?”

“Combined with the sex noises… Yes, slightly,” he told me, trying to look at me with a serious expression, but the corners of his mouth were curling up into a smile.

“Excellent. I like to freak people out,” I grinned.

“And make them want to fuck you?” Jack asked, cocking an eyebrow.

“Of course. See, my aim is to get a bunch of adolescent teenagers really fucking sexually frustrated," I joked with a wink.

“Oh, Alex,” Jack sighed, shaking his head again and giggling. “You’re too fucking sexy for your own good.”

…He’s still taking the piss, right?

“Oh, I'm sexy now? Earlier you said I was 'not bad'!” I laughed lightly.

Jack furrowed his eyebrows at me, looking thoughtful for a second, as if he'd already forgotten our conversation about my attractiveness earlier. Then, he started shaking his head.

"Not bad was an understatement," he revealed, making me raise my eyebrows.

He no longer sounded playful or like he was over-exaggerating. He sounded deadly serious, like he was actually attracted to me. It triggered something inside me; the urge I had been fighting all night grew impossibly stronger. I wanted to kiss him... I wanted to fulfill the urge once and for all. I know you’ll act as a clever medicine.

My eyes locked with his and I felt the intensity pulling me in. His eyes and lips are like magnets, I swear. Some days they attract me from a distance, others they repel me. Today the force definitely pulled me towards him... I couldn’t stop myself leaning forward and brushing my lips against his.

As soon as our lips connected it felt like a mild electric shock to my heart, making it skip a number of beats before quickening in pace. I felt so alive suddenly.

After a few seconds, I started to pull away, feeling ashamed that I had let the urge get the better of me again. But Jack suddenly threaded his fingers through my long hair and held me in place, not wanting the kiss to end.

I took the hint and went for the other option of deepening the kiss, parting my lips slowly. He did the same, and our tongues started working together in a passionate fight for dominance.

It felt surreal, and I barely even registered in my head what we were doing. We continued kissing passionately, slowly sliding down the sofa, until he ended up positioned on top of me. We were rapidly getting way too caught up in the heat of the moment... I was getting turned on from this hot make-out session with my best friend.

My hands seemed to have a mind of their own, moving between mine and Jack's bodies and sliding underneath his shirt. It was all happening so fast and I didn't want to slow down long enough to realize what we were doing was probably wrong.

Before I had a chance to suggest we go any further (which I sure as hell wanted to), I suddenly heard muffled voices just outside the bus.

Fuck!

Jack must have heard them too, because he jumped off of me so fast he nearly fell off the sofa completely.

We sat on opposite sides of the sofa, our heavy breathing filled the room as we listened intently. It was hard for me to hear though, because I was now being deafened by the sound of my own heartbeat racing inside my ears.

Jack fumbled with his shirt, pulling it down where I had pushed it up. In the same second, the front door swung open and Rob, Zack and Rian stumbled in.

Holy shit, that was fucking close…

“Oh, hey,” Zack greeted us casually, completely oblivious to what they had just interrupted.

“Hey,” I replied in a voice that sounded an octave higher than usual.

They all wandered inside nonchalantly, finding a seat in the room to throw themselves onto.

“We just met up with some of the guys in Pierce The Veil… Did you guys come straight back here?” Rian asked us, even though I thought the answer was pretty self-explanatory, considering we were sat here.

“Oh. Yeah, we did,” Jack answered shortly.

“You two are so antisocial," Robbie frowned. "What have you been doing then?"

If we told you, we'd have to kill you...

“Oh, you know… Just hanging out,” Jack shrugged casually.

I didn’t trust myself to look at him and see what expression he was wearing.

“Uh, you okay Lex? You look a little worked up,” Rian asked me, annoyingly noticing how tense I was.

I probably looked like I had just run a marathon. My breathing was irregular and I'm sure my cheeks were red, because they felt like they were on fire.

“Huh?” I responded distractedly. “Oh, yeah, I’m fine. I’ll, uh, be right back.”

He raised his eyebrows, but didn’t say any more. I was on my feet in an instant, rushing towards the bathroom.

I didn’t stop to glance at anyone on my way out of the room, because I was trying not to freak out; the consequence for all the built-up sexual energy throughout this evening and what had just happened between me and Jack was in my pants, and it was verging on painful.

I prayed to God that no one had seen.

I locked myself in the bathroom and pulled my pants down in one swift motion, freeing myself from the tight constraints. I didn’t even have to bother removing my boxers, because I had gone commando today. (Sometimes it’s just easier… Like in these situations.)

I wrapped a hand around myself and started stroking up and down at a steady pace, biting my lip to keep from moaning. Jack was the only thing I could think about. I imagined it was his hand on me, and in a new record of just a few minutes, I reached my climax.

Relief washed over me as I finally gave myself the release I had been craving all day. The sexual frustration disappeared in a heartbeat, leaving me feeling annoyed at myself for what had just happened between Jack and I.

Jack is my best friend. We shouldn’t do that kind of thing… It can confuse things. Kissing should not be taken lightly; it’s a fucking intimate act. Friends do not get intimate with each other. Therefore, Jack and I can only possibly be more than "just friends"... But is that what I want? I don't even know anymore.

Temptation is the Devil’s work; it’s potentially dangerous to embrace it like I do. I can’t keep confusing lust with real feelings. That’s all I feel for Jack… Lust. And I need to learn to ignore it, or the consequence could be a lot worse than getting myself a little too excited.

Notes

Song lyrics credit: Incubus