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Alex was the first to wake up out of the two boys. Jack was still sleeping soundly on his chest. Memories from last night flashed through Alex’s head. He remembered watching the younger boy crumble in front of him and he remembered seeing the scars that littered his arms and torso. Alex didn’t want to wake the sleeping boy but he really had to use the bathroom. He slowly peeled himself away from Jack and made his way to the bathroom of the house.

Upon exiting the bathroom Alex also noticed that there was no one else in Jack’s house. Maybe his parents were out? Alex shrugged it off and walked back to Jack’s room. The first thing that he noticed was that Jack was no longer sleeping. He got back into bed with Jack and gave him a small hug. “Did I wake you up? Sorry I had to use the bathroom.” Alex told him. “No, it’s fine. I was going to wake up anyway.” Jack smiled weakly at Alex. “I think your parents are out, do you want me to make you something for breakfast?” Alex offered. Jack thought about it for a second. He nodded his head and then told Alex that his parents worked on weekends and would probably be out for the next week for work trips. Just like usual Jack discovered that they’d left a note and money on the counter for Jack whilst they were away. Jack loved his parents just the same as every other person did but he wished that they’d be around more. After all it was school holidays and they weren’t even going to be around for the first week.

Alex watched as Jack zoned out for a minute or two and just waited for him to snap back into reality so he could ask the boy what he wanted for breakfast. “Sorry Alex, I was thinking about something.” “It’s fine Jack, what would you like to eat? I know how to make pancakes.” Alex asked Jack. “I’ll just have whatever you’re comfortable with making.” Jack didn’t want to be a bother to Alex and has a habit he felt as if he was bothering him. “Pancakes it is.” Alex said with a smile. Alex looked into the neatly arranged pantry and found the ingredients that he’d need. Once everything was found he began to make the pancakes and every so often looking over at Jack to see if he was okay. Jack always seemed to have that unreadable look on his face; you could never tell how he was feeling unless he told you.

Alex placed two plates of pancakes on the kitchen table and then sat down next to Jack. “You don’t have to eat them all, and don’t eat too much, it’ll make you sick.” Alex said to Jack as he started to eat his own. “Thanks Alex.” Jack picked up the knife and fork that Alex had placed down when he put the plates on the table and sliced through one of the pancakes. He took a bite of the pancake and decided that it tasted nice.

Jack wasn’t really focusing on the taste of what he was eating; he was focusing on what it would do it him after he was done eating it. Jack had eaten half of the pancake and decided that he’d had enough. Alex smiled at him. “I’m proud of you Jack.” Jack gave a small nod and then started to overthink things again. He couldn’t help it; he didn’t like other-thinking every move that he made but his mind kept doing it.

Notes

Okay so this is probably the worst thing that I've ever written but I couldn't continue on from this chapter. I should have chapter 5 up soon, no promises though :c