Alex was dreading the next day of school. He'd have to face the fucktards. But he'd have Jack, he reminded himself, Jack will be there for him. He smiled. Jack should be here soon. The night before, they'd decided that they would walk to school so Alex was of course waiting for his skunk haired boyfriend. Because Jack lived further away, he met Alex at the end of his street and they walked to hell together for the first time. They chatted like they would have the day before but they didn't flinch when their hands brushed against each other or when their shoulders bumped. It just felt right, walking to school with each other. Sadly, they reached the building sooner then they'd expected so they didn't get to make out round the corner before they got called faggots. Oh well, thought Alex as they entered the school building and made their way to the lockers. Jack collected his books and walked to home room, giving Alex a subtle wave and leaving him by his own locker. He walked into the classroom and sat down at the back of the class. He didn't feel like sitting with Zack and Rian, which was pretty understandable, to be honest. Minutes after Jack had sat down, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum waltzed in. They smiled in Jack's direction but didn't try to talk or offend him. The bell rang and he left the classroom quickly, hoping to meet Alex on the way to English. They shared only English, French and Music classes but that didn't bother Jack. He had all three of those subjects today and he was positive that Alex could cope with one lesson without him. Speak of the devil, though Jack as Alex walked over.

"Hey, man. We got the English?" Alex asked, standing next to him.

"Yeah," Jack replied with a grin, "Wanna walk with me?"

"Do you really have to ask?" Was his reply. He smirked and they walked the remaining length of the corridor to their English classroom. Dammit, it was only down the hall!

English wasn't too bad for Alex that day. He was sitting in the desk next to Jack at the back and Zack and Rian were at the front, squabbling over something pathetic. Alex sniggered (but only to himself) as Rian got sent out for making inappropriate gestures towards Zack, who, by the way, was too busy pissing himself laughing to actually notice that Rian had left. Luckily, Alex found English a breeze so the lesson went by pretty quickly. When the bell rang, he glanced over at Jack, who nodded and left the room. Alex collected his shit together and walked out of the classroom. He turned right to go to Music and walked straight into Jack. See, they'd planned this the night before. At the end of any lessons that they shared, Jack would leave the room before Alex and wait for him a little further down the corridor. Alex would then leave and meet up with him so they could avoid all of the faggot/ homophobic jokes that they knew they'd get. So anyway, the pair continued to walk down the corridor to Music when a muscular hand found Alex's shoulder. He scrunched up his eyes as he prepared to be punched in the stomach or the face. But he was waiting for a punch the never came. Jack, being Jack, hadn't realised Alex had stopped so carried on walking. When he did notice, however, he came rushing back.

"Hey! Fucktard! Leave Alex alone!" He yells at Zack, who just smiled at him. Was that supposed to be friendly or?

"Hey, it's all right Barakat. We just wanted to have a little word with Alex, here. Only about a little bit of paper." Rian said, also with a small smile. Again, friendly or?

"I said, leave him alone." Jack was getting annoyed. Zack did the surrender pose and released Alex's shoulder. Rian did the same.

"Now, what do ya want?" He continues, pulling Alex next to him and away from them. He didn't want them pulling any sly tricks on either of them.

"Look, Barakat, we're sorry we beat you up yesterday..." Zack said, bowing his head. He said sorry? Was Jack asleep or was this really happening?

"I'm having a hard time believing you." Alex nearly yelled, but he managed to keep his voice down.

"It's true, Gaskarth," Rian said, "We feel bad for sending you that note too."

"Now, I doubt that!"Jack said with his eyebrows furrowed.

"No seriously." Zack mumbled.

"We do feel really bad for how we've treated you. What you yelled at us yesterday, Jack, really did hit home. Just a little to late. We want to change. We're sick of who we are. We really mean that." Rian states, looking down at the ground.

"It's true." Zack uttered quietly.

"Well, I'm not sure is you're lying and we have Music to get to so, later." Jack announced, striding away quickly, pulling Alex with him. That conversation got very weird, very quickly. They rushed to Music and luckily they weren't too late. They chose seats at the back as usual and the lesson began.

"Ok, class. Today, we'll be starting a project." Mrs Murray proclaimed. An echo of 'oh's spread around the class.

"Get into pairs and I'll explain the task once you've sat back down." She added quickly before retreating to her desk. Alex and Jack merely looked at each and smiled. This project was going to be legendary! They pushed their desks together and waited for the rest of the students to do the same. They had done the whole thing in silence.

"Alright then. This project involves writing a song. You will need to compose a song for one vocalist and one instrument. That means half of you will be singing and the other half will be playing. Okay? Right, you have this lesson to plan out what you wish to do and ask me any necessary questions. After today, I will not be helping any of you, not even out of this lesson," She explained with a smile, " Everyone okay? Good. Then off you go!" Alex turned to Jack.

"I have the perfect song." And Jack just smiled.

"It better be for guitar." He smirked.

"I have some chords for it but it doesn't sound right with song That's why we should do it. We're gonna have to work really hard to get the chords perfect so it matches the lyrics." Alex was extremely excited about this project, if you hadn't noticed.

"I wanna hear the song." Jack stated simply.

"Not now, Jacky. I'll show you at lunch, okay?" Jack nodded and then grabbed a piece of paper.

"Ok, but can you write the lyrics down? I wanna see how they look on the page, how the words role into each other. I wanna try and work of the melody, get a feel for the song before I hear it." Jack clarified with a cheeky grin.

"O,Ok..." Alex mumbled, trying to get over how poetic Jack had just sounded. He quickly scribbled down the first verse and the chorus of the song, quite reluctantly to be honest.

"Here." He said, once he'd done. Jack took the paper and looked the lyrics. What he read surprised him.

I wish you could see your face right now,
'cos you're grinning like a fool,
And we're sitting on your kitchen floor,
On a Tuesday afternoon,
It doesn't matter when we get back,
To doing what we do,
'cos right now could last forever,
Just as long as I'm with you,

You're just a daydream away,
I wouldn't know what to say,
If I had you,
And I'll keep you a daydream away,
Just watched from a safe place,
So I never have to lose,

A grin broke out across Jack's face.

"Is this about yesterday? When we were eating ice cream on my kitchen floor?" He gushed. Alex blushed a deep shade of red. "That's really sweet, Gaskarth." Alex smiles back.

"I'm glad you like it." He almost whispered as the bell rang, "I'll meet you by the tree." And Jack sped out of the room. Alex giggled and slowly walked out and the into the corridor. He left the building and slowly trudged over to their tree. He did the usual routine:

Step 1 - Put bag on highest branch reachable,
Step 2 - Climb up to usual branch, grabbing lunch on the way past bag,
Step 3 - Eat and enjoy lunch, relax.
Step 4 - Try not to fall out of tree

He sat on his branch surrounded by the canopy, alone, and it reminded him of his first day. The fists, the 'jokes', the 'lets be friends', the names, the homophobia. His first day at this school had been pretty darn shit to say the least. But if he hadn't have powered through it he wouldn't have met Jack. He sighed with a smile. Ah, Jack. He was the only good thing this school had given him, along with Music. And as if Jack could hear his thoughts, the boy climbed up into the tree with Alex.

"Hey, Gaskank!" Jack teased.

"Hey, Barakat! What's up?" Alex replied.

"Nothing much, just hungry for food. And that song you're gonna show me." He winked. Alex smirked.

"Fine. I'll sing you A Daydream Away. But it needs guitar for it to make sense and seeing as neither of us brought our guitars in today, you'll have to deal with it sounding kinda suckish. Also my voice sucks so don't expect anything good." Alex took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Then quietly, very quietly, he began to sing.

I wish you could see your face right now,
'cos you're grinning like a fool,
And we're sitting on your kitchen floor,
On a Tuesday afternoon,
It doesn't matter when we get back,
To doing what we do,
'cos right now could last forever,
Just as long as I'm with you.

You're just a daydream away,
I wouldn't know what to say,
If I had you,
And I'll keep you a daydream away,
Just watched from a safe place,
So I never have to lose,

We would go out on the weekend,
To escape our busy lives,
And we'd laugh at all the douchebag guys,
Chasing don't the desperate wife's,
I would drink a little too much,
You'd offer me a ride,
And I would offer you a t-shirt,
And you'd stay another night,

But you're just a daydream away,
I wouldn't know what to say,
If I had you,
And I'll keep you a daydream away,
Just watch from a safe place,
So I never have to lose,

(oooohhhhhhh oh ooohhh oh ohhhhhhh ooohhh ooohhh)
(oooohhhhhhh oh ooohhh oh ohhhhhhh ooohhh ooohhh )

We never stood a chance out there,
Shooting love in real time,
So we'll take over ice tonight,
With a little salt,
And a little lime,

You're just a daydream away,
I wouldn't know what you say,
If I had you,
And I'll keep you a daydream away,
Just watch from a safe place,
So I never have to lose,

(oooohhhhhhh oh ooohhh oh ohhhhhhh ooohhh ooohhh)
(oooohhhhhhh oh ooohhh oh ohhhhhhh ooohhh ooohhh)

You're just a daydream away,
I wouldn't know what you say,
If I had you.

And then Alex stopped singing and Jack leapt from his branch on the tree onto Alex. And if Alex hadn't have been leaning on the tree trunk at the time, then both boys would have fallen and seriously injured themselves. Jack pulled Alex into a death-squeeze and started to softly cry onto his shoulder.

"Babe! Did you really right that about us?" Jack sobbed.

"Of course I did, Jacky!" Alex replied, tears in his eyes. He tightened his grip on Jack.

"And did you mean it all?" Jack asked, eyes bright with hope and fresh tears.

"Yeah, baby. Every fucking word."

Notes

Hey!
To say sorry for no chapter yesterday, I decided to give you anextra long chapter today!!!
Also!!!! 600 VIEWS!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH!!!!!!!

Love
Abby :)
<3

PS- I do not own the song!!!! It is not mine!!!! It belongs to All Time Low!!!!! Not moi!!!!!!