Jack didn't really pay attention to the rest of the school day. That song was just... It was just so right. It had knocked him sideways. It had turner do Jack's brain to liquid. He was surprised it hadn't dripped out of his ears yet! It was just perfect. Like Alex, Jack thought with a smile as he tightened his grip on the boy's hand under the table. So maybe they were holding hands in French class, but who cares? If they wanted to hold hands then they would hold hands! Alex caught Jack staring and blushed a little.

"Hey, Jack? What's question 6?" He asked, trying to act as normal as possible. Jack's face dropped.

"You're on question 6?! I'm only on question 2!" Jack squeaked. Bless him. He really thought that Alex was on question 6.

"No, dumb arse!" Alex joked, the seriously added, "I'm on question 4!" Jack giggled.

"Well, what's the answer to question 3?" Jack pondered, "You know I'm no good at French." Alex laughed, wondering why on earth he took the subject.

"I think that it's 'Je voudrais vivre dans une maison dans les montagnes avec ma famille' or J if you don't wanna write the whole thing down!" Alex answered.

"Thanks, Lex!" Jack exclaimed. And they continued with their work individually for the rest of the lesson. The bell rang and the boys went their separate ways. Alex made his way to Science, a lesson of which he hated more than anything else. He sat at the back as usual and tried to concentrate on everything but the lesson. His mind had other ideas though. His eyes scooted from person to person, finally stopping at Zack and Rian a few rows in front. They didn't seem themselves. They weren't talking to anyone or taking the piss of the teacher. And they certainly hadn't started on Alex. Maybe they had meant what they'd said, Alex thought, trying not to get his hopes up. They did seem like pretty cool guys. They liked the same music as Alex and Jack. They worn similar clothing. The only thing wrong with them was the fact that they were just arseholes. Finally, the last bell rang and Alex flew out of the room and to his locker. He dumped his books and went to Jack's. He was already there.

"Hey, Jacky." Alex said, leaning on the locker next-door to Jack's.

"Oh, hey Lex!" Jack smiled, "Wanna come back to mine to work on the Music project."

"Nope."

"Oh. Why?" He seemed really upset.

"Cos you're coming round mine, douchebag!" Alex smirked. Jack let out a relieved sigh. They slowly made there way out of the building and started to walk home in silence. It wasn't an awkward silence, just a comfortable one. Luckily, the silence didn't last long because they didn't live too far away. They just got lazy and drove to school some mornings. When they reached the end of Alex's road, he turned to face Jack.

"Ok, so I'm gonna introduce you as my boyfriend but I dunno how my parents are gonna take it so... Just a warning in case they freak out." Alex said. Jack smiled.

"It'll be fine, Lex." And they carried on walking down the road. When they got to Alex's house, they stopped again. Alex took a deep breath before unlocking the door and inviting Jack in.

"Is that you, Alex?" An English woman's voice called.

"Yeah. It's me, Mom. I've got Jack with me." He replied. Jack shuffled on his feet a little.

"Whose Jack, darling?"

"A guy from school, Mom." He said as she entered the hallway.

"Oh, hello, dear! I'm Isobel, Alex's mum." She smiled at Jack, offering her hand for him to shake. Jack did.

"Mom, this is Jack. My boyfriend." Alex said hesitantly.

"Hi." Jack muttered. Isobel's face broke into a grin!

"Oh, I've heard so much about you, Jack! I knew you two would get together!" And just like Joyce had, Isobel crushed the pair into a death-squeeze.

"Thanks, Mom, but me and Jack have a school project to do, so we gotta go." Alex muttered.

"Oh, okay. I understand completely." She winked at them suggestively.

"No! Mom! No! We actually do have a Music project to finish!" Alex protested. It wasn't that they weren't going to kiss, it's just that she didn't believe him when he'd told the truth.

"Alright then. Have fun! Dinner with be at 7!" She called after them as they ran up to Alex's room. As soon as Alex opened the door, Jack ran in and collapsed onto Alex's bed. He sighed.

"You're bed is really comfort, Lex..." He moaned.

"I know right!" Alex proclaimed and laid down next to Jack, who rolled over to face him.

"Are we really gonna do homework, Lex?" He protested.

"Yeah, cos it's Music and Music is cool, but, um," He winked, "We can do other stuff too..." Jack winked back and they bother fell about laughing.

"Right, my acoustic is over there," He pointed to his guitar, held up by his wardrobe, "I'm gonna go get my other one, so we can work out chords at the same time." Jack nodded and watched Alex leave. Now that Alex had gone, Jack could have a proper look around his room. It was pretty normal, to be honest. Bed, wardrobe, desk, posters of awesome bands, etc etc etc. But when Jack went to have a peek into Alex's closet, he was pleasantly surprised.

"You have your own bathroom?!" He squealed just as Alex returned.

"Er... Yeah." Alex replied, "I thought you did too?" He frowned.

"I do! But not this big!" Jack said. This put emphasise on 'this'.

"Yeah, well, because it's just me and my parents, we decided to split the smallest room into two and make a large en suite bathroom and a closet on the landing. My parents only use the big bathroom and I only use my one. Simple really," Jack laughed a little, "Right, so this project..."

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*1 hours later*

"Do you wanna leave it for today? I mean we have ages and we're almost done." Jack asked, placing the guitar gently down back where he found it.

"Ok, what do ya wanna do? We have an hour and a half till dinner?" Alex answered.

"Er, I dunno... We could always just..." Jack kind of suggested with a smirk. Making out sounded fun right now.

"I know what you're thinking, Barakat, but Mom's home. I don't want her to hear us..."

"Yeah, you're right," Jack paused, "Wanna play 10 Question? I would say 20 but that's just too much effort."

"Sure! You go first."

"Er... What's up with your mom's accent?" Jack asked. He was baffled as to how Alex had an American accent and his mom had an English one.

"Basically, I moved from London when I was 7. I picked up the accent cos I was young. Mom and Dad didn't. Simple. Ok, your question is... How many gigs have you been to and your favourite one?" Alex quizzed.

"Ok, lemme think ... About 8, I think... And my favourite was New Found Glory! Just incredible! Er... 18 questions left... Oh! What's your favourite band live?"

"I wouldn't know... I've, I've never been to a gig..." Alex mumbled.

"I'm sooooo taking you one day!!!" Jack yelled and Alex's face light up.

"Really? Wow! This is why I like you Jack," They laughed, "Ok, so next is... How long does it take you get ready in the morning?"

"Erm, about... 45 minutes, sometimes an hour but it depends on my mood. And that's not including eating or playing guitar. In total, about an hour and a half," Pause, "What would you do if you knew that today was gonna be your last?"

"Ouch. Depressing much? Ok, er... I would get totally pissed, go on a skydive and see how far I can get on one tank of fuel, but not in that order necessarily. And obviously, spend the entire day with you, Jacky."

"Awww! That's so sweet, Lex! Well, the last bit. The rest is just awesome! Now, quiz me bro!"

"Why did you hang out with Rian and Zack?"

"They were the only people who would talk to me when I first joined last year. I got bullied when I first started. Believe it or not, but they were actually nice once!"

"Ya know, I think they may have changed again, Jack, but back to their old selves, not the arseholes they were earlier." Alex said.

"You might be right, Lex. So, what do you want to do when you leave college?"

"I want to either not go to college and join a band or go to college and teach English. What about you?"

"I want to teach music or be in a band. Hey! We should start one!" They both laughed at Jack's joke, "Anyway, next question. Er, top 3 bands?"

"Really, Barakat? That's easy. Blink 182, Green Day and New Found Glory! Siblings?"

"I got two: my older sister May and my brother Joe. I was gonna ask the same but you're clearly an only child." Jack replied.

"Wasn't always..." Alex said, turning away. An awkward silence fell over the room.

"Tell me."

"Okay... But this counts as the last question. Basically, I had a brother but he, he committed suicide when I was younger and I was like, the last person he spoke to, whatever." Alex managed to say before he broke down into tears. Jack gasped but pulled him closer and let him just cry into him shoulder. After about five minutes, Alex's tears began to subside a little.

"I'm gonna go make you a tea, okay?" Jack said, proud of himself for remembering. Alex just fainting nodded and curled up under the duvet. Jack walked downstairs and followed the amazing scent of food to the kitchen. Isobel was making food, which was good because Jack was hungry. He cleared his throat and she turned around.

"Oh, hello Jack. What can I get you?" She grinned.

"Actually, Mrs Gaskarth-"

"Call me Isobel." Jack smiled.

"Ok, well, if you don't mind showing where the stuff is, then I'll make Alex's tea myself." Her face dropped.

"He only has tea when he's upset. Is he ok?" She gushed, panic in her voice.

"Yeah, I got it. Just something about his brother... I don't wanna bring it up but yeah... I'll make him a tea and leave you to get on with dinner." Jack explained. Isobel's grin returned. She handed him a mug, then pointed to the kettle and then the tubs marked 'coffee', 'sugar' and 'tea'. Jack walked over and set the kettle to boil.

"You'll be good for him. I know you'll treat him right." She smiled.

"Well, thank you. I don't want to ever see him hurt. I mean, just comforting him up there while he was crying was tearing me to shreds. I could never hurt him," He paused," How many sugars does he have?"

"Two." She replied. Jack poured the water into the mug and added the teabag. He stirred it a little before removing the teabag and adding the sugar. He poured in the milk, stirred it and then took a sip to test the temperature. Too hot. He added some more milk and tested it again. Perfect. Isobel watched the whole thing.

"I'm glad he's found you, Jack." Jack spun when she spoke.

"Really?" was all he could say.

"Yes, really. He's more himself now. He was shaky and foggy, if that makes sense. He just wasn't Alex. Now he is again." That made Jack smile.

"Thank you. Well, I better get this tea to Alex. I don't want to leave him alone for to long." He smiled and left the room. He carefully walked up the stairs and into Alex's room. He gently placed the mug on the bedside table and sat down on the bed next to Alex.

"Hey babe?" Jack almost whispered.

"Hmmph?" Alex blubbered.

"I brought you a tea." Alex instantly sat up and forced a small smile.

"You remembered, Jacky?" He whispered.

"Of course I did. It was one of the things you wanted. All thats left to do is for you to drink it and for us to cuddle for a while."

"Thanks, Jack. You're amazing." Alex said as he took a sip of the tea.

"I've been told." He smirked, gaining a grin from Alex. Jack felt proud. He'd comforted him, made him a tea and managed to cheer him up. And they hadn't even started cuddling yet!

Notes

Heeeyyy!!!!!
So far, I've managed to gain roughly 100 beiws per chapter I've posted. That makes you guys the most amazing and awesome people in the world!!!! ILYSM BAY BEES!
Also this chapter is lloonngg so I hope you have time to read it all, but then again, if you're reading this them you've probably read it already.
So, Jack and Alex learn a bit more about each other in this chapter and Jack makes Alex cry. But if you've read it you'll know why so I won't bother explaining.
Anyway, I'll let you go.
Just wanted to thank you for reading and commenting, you don't understand the feels I get when I see that someone has commented! It makes my heart swell!!!
And with that, good BYE!!

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PS- I had to edit my facts in this, because one website said Jack had a younger brother called Leeyh but no other website mentioned a Leeyh so I edited it out for factual correctness. Also, I could only find oics of May and Joe but not for this so-called Leeyh. If he exists, I'm will re-edit it, but if he doesn't I'll leave it :)