My Only One (Jalex)

Alex's POV:

The following Monday, I arrived at school early, needing to catch up on last minute paperwork regarding me leaving the school. I hadn't been working long, but it seemed it. The words on the pages no longer seemed to make sense to me. My vision was starting to blur and that was when I knew I needed to take a break. I glanced at the clock that was hanging on the wall, seeing that I still had almost an hour before school started. The majority of the teachers were already in school by now, all of them having end of year exams to mark so the students can receive their results. I made my way down the hall to the staff room to make myself a coffee to try and keep me awake. Jack and I were up late last night. Not doing anything of the sexual nature, just talking and getting stuff sorted for moving. We'd got our hearts settled on the house we saw at the weekend. I'd contacted Maria and the agent so we could put a deposit on the house. I was excited. It was so relieved that Jack and I could start again, away from all of the bad memories that resided in this house, the area and the school. It'd be good for the both of us to get away from there.

I made my coffee and started to take it back to my office when a commotion in the car park of the school attracted my attention. Blue and red lights were flashing through the windows, the sirens only just being shut off. Confused teachers and a few students were standing around, their mouths agape. I placed my coffee down on the nearest ledge and rushed out to the front of the building to try and figure out what was going on. Pushing past the few students that were roaming the halls already, I ran through the main doors, jogging up to the police officer that looked as if he was in charge of this whole ordeak.
"Officer? I'm Alex Gaskarth, the head teacher. Can I help you?"
"Actually, yes, Mr Gaskarth. I'm Officer Way. Could we have a word in your office? We've got reason to believe that there is a teacher in the school having a relationship with a student."
My heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest. I was petrified. It was either myself or Vic they had come for, they were the only ones I knew of anyway. I know I shouldn't condone relationships between teachers and students but I could hardly fire Vic for having a relationship with Kellin whilst I was with Jack. Despite how I was feeling on the inside, I tried my best to keep a cool and calm exterior, staying as professional as possible.
"Of course, if you would follow me."
I gestured towards the main doors of the building before walking off, Officer Way and another officer, who looked kind of similar to Officer Way, following behind me. I grabbed my coffee off the ledge on my way to the office. The palms of my hands were starting to sweat and I was starting to get a little panicky. I did not need to faint from a panic attack right now. I led the two officers into my office and gestured for them to sit across from me at my desk.

"Can I ask about this whole thing with a teacher having a relationship with a student?"
"Of course, Mr Gaskarth. We had a tip off from an anonymous source a few weeks ago about a relationship between a teacher at the school and a student. We followed up the report, did some investigations and some monitoring on both of their houses and we have reason to believe that this is true. I wonder if you knew anything about it? The student was never seen at his address at all, never even leaving in the morning. They were however seen leaving the teacher's residence every morning and coming back. They've also been seen leaving the house together on multiple occasions."
My heart sped up even further. What Officer Way had described was literally Jack and I's relationship. I swallowed the lump in my throat before replying.
"That doesn't sound familiar but, then again, I only have anything to do with one teacher outside of school so it doesn't come as a surprise to me that I know nothing about it. May I ask who this is concerning?"
"Are you sure you know nothing?" The smaller of the two officers spoke, completely disregarding my question.
"Absolutely. If I did, I wouldn't just sit back and let it happen under my nose. I am the head teacher of this school and I have a duty of care. The students are here not only to learn but to be safe. If I had any knowledge of any relationship going on I would be straight on the phone to the police."
"That's good to know, Mr Gaskarth. Well, do you know if Miss Jenna McDougall or Mr Mike Fuentes is around school?"
In that second, I thought my heart had stopped. I was both shocked and relieved. Relieved that it wasn't about Me and Jack. Shocked because I had no idea about Mike and Jenna, I didn't even suspect it.
"Woah, I wasn't expecting that...but now you've mentioned them, it kind of makes sense. You see, Mike is a troubled kid. He rarely gets through an entire lesson without causing some kind of interruption, that's if he's not suspended. I do know, however, that he was kicked out of his home by his family, hence him never being there. I'm not sure about Mike but I know for sure that Jenna is around, I saw here this morning in the staff room."
"Okay, thank you for shedding a little more light on the situation. Do you know if there are any ways of contacting Mr Fuentes?"
"Well, his elder brother, Vic, actually works here, he's a good friend of mine. I could get him in here so he can contact Mike, if you like? I know they don't particularly get on but at least Vic hasn't disowned him like the rest of his family."
"That's be great, thank you. I saw the sign on the staff room door as we were walking here so, if you don't mine, we'll go and get Miss McDougall whilst you contact Mike's brother."
"That's fine."
The two officers left the room, talking into their radios. I sighed in relief, I just wanted to cry. I felt so scared, for both Jack and I. I felt bad for betraying Jenna like that but I had no choice. I didn't really have much to do with her, but that's not the point. I wondered if Vic knew anything about Mike's relationship with Jenna. I wandered across the hall to his classroom, knowing that he would be in there.

Knocking on the door before entering, I walked into Vic room.
"Woah, Alex, you look shaken. What's going on?"
"You didn't hear or see?"
"See or hear what?"
"The police are here because they had reason to believe that there was a relationship going on between a student and a teacher."
Vic stopped dead in his tracks, his eyes going wide with panic.
"Don't worry, it's not...you know."
"Oh, good. So why are you telling me then?"
"Because it's between Jenna McDougall..."
"Yeah?"
"...and Mike." I whispered. Vic's face fell slightly, disappointment then rage flashing through his eyes.
"You're fucking with me, right?"
"No, I wouldn't, Vic. You know that."
"Right...right, so, um...What's gonna happen?"
"The cops are probably escorting Jenna off the premises in hand cuffs by now. I've been asked to locate Mike. I thought you might have an idea."
"Um, yeah, he's meant to be on an in-school suspension all day but I'm not expecting him to turn up really. I'm guess he's at Jenna's house because he's not exactly welcome at his home."
"I figured that. I'll go and find the officers now. Could you maybe get everyone out of the halls and into their form rooms please?"
"Of course, Alex."
I turned to walk out of the door but I stopped. I turned back around to Vic, seeing him with a pained expression on his face. Mike is eighteen and, although he's legal age wise, it's not legal in Maryland for a relationship between a student and teacher. Mike, too, could be prosecuted, although not as heavily as Jenna most-likely would.
"Vic...I'm sorry. I know this must be hard on you. You know I wouldn't rat out anyone in this situation."
"It's whatever, Alex. He got himself in this mess, he can get himself out."
There was no emotion in Vic's words. They were flat, resembling how he was really feeling. Regardless of the fact that Mike had been kicked out of the family home and he'd gotten himself into many difficult situations, he was still Vic's brother. He still loved him and he, naturally, was feeling protective of his younger brother.

I turned out of the door, Vic following shortly afterwards, practically bumping into the smaller of the two officers that were in my office.
"Mike is meant to be on in-school suspension all day but he's never come into school whenever he's had this kind of punishment before so I highly doubt that he'll be in school today. Vic seems to think that he'll be at Miss McDougall's house, since that's where he seems to be residing."
"Thank you, Mr Gaskarth."
"My pleasure, Officer...? Sorry I didn't get your name."
"Oh, it's Officer Way."
"But I thought-"
"We're brothers. He's Gerard and I'm Michael."
"Oh, makes sense now. Is there anything else you need to know?"
"No, that's it. I was just coming to say that we're taking Miss McDougall to the station for questioning and we'll be sending someone over to her house to collect Mike. Mike, even though he is 18, shouldn't be prosecuted, Miss McDougall though...well, it doesn't look good. I'd be looking for a new art teacher, if I were you. Okay then, goodbye."
Vic and I said our goodbyes to the officer before getting to work on calming the students down. Today was going to be a long and tough one.

-

I came home, sighing as I shut the front door. Jack came bouncing up to me, a wide smile on his face, holding Freddie in his arms.
"Lex! Look, he's let me hold- Lex, what's wrong?"
I slid down the door, bursting into tears with my head in my hands. Jack ran off back into the kitchen, returning soon after without Freddie. He sat down next to me, pulling me into his chest. I continued to cry, soaking his t-shirt with my tears. Jack rubbed my back with one hand, the other combing through my hair. We staying in that position for a while, the length of time unknown to me at that current moment.

Once I had calmed down a little, the sobs reducing to sniffles, Jack repeated his question.
"What's up, Lex? What's gone on?"
"The police were at school today." I whispered. "They were investigating a relationship between a teacher and a student. I thought it was either us or Vic and Kellin but then the officers went into more detail and were describing our relationship. You living with me, and not being at home, and us two leaving here together. I thought we had been busted. I thought I was gonna lose you."
I broke down again, sobbing into the crook of Jack's neck, him rubbing my back soothingly once more.
"Shh, Lex. It's okay, what happened?"
"T-turns out, it was Mike Fuentes a-and Jenna McDougall, the art teacher. I was so relieved I could cry there and then. Vic's a little hurt but th-that's expected. It was just a bit of a wake up call really..."
Jack seemed to tense up a bit, but continued to comfort me nonetheless.
"You-you're not gonna b-break up with m-me, are you?" Jack whispered, worry evident in his voice. My head shot up, my eyes meeting Jack's sad gaze.
"What? No! No, not in a million years. It just means that we've got to be more careful. Come to think of it now, it couldn't have been us because whenever we go anywhere we always get in the car in the garage and the windows are tinted, there's no way that anyone could've seen us."
Jack visibly relaxed, letting out a shaky breath. He hugged me even tighter, his head resting on top of mine.
"I'll do anything to keep us under the radar, Lex, I promise."
"That makes us sound like some illegal immigrants. We're not that, we're just two guys in love with each other, what's so wrong about that?"
"Nothing in our eyes. Anyway, let's not dwell on that, let's make something for dinner and then we can cuddle in bed and watch Peter Pan, okay?"
"Deal."
I smiled, the first genuine one of the day and allowed Jack to haul me into the kitchen to make dinner.

No matter how crap a day is for me, Jack never fails to cheer me up. He just has this sense of constant happiness about him that rubs off on everyone around him. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost him. I'd be nothing without him. Without Jack, I couldn't be Alex.

Notes

Hi,

I feel like this fic is drawing to a close, even though I wanted it to be quite long...I didn't mean for that to happen. I've already decided that there isn't going to be a sequel, there will be an epilogue though, because I've already had ideas for a new fic. I'll try and drag this out as long as possible though because this has to be my best work to date and I don't want to let my baby go.

Thank you all for reading etc, you're rad.
Em x