Love Is A Tricky Thing

Jack's POV

~STILL A FLASHBACK OMG THIS IS SO LONG~

"Hey mom" I greeted my mom as I opened the door to my house, Alex following behind me. It was after school, and Alec and I had just gotten off the bus to go to my place. Today was the first day that I would tutor Alex, and to say I was happy would be an understatement.

"hey Jack-O" my mom greeted back "who's this?" She motioned towards Alex.

"He's just a friend."

"I-it's nice to m-meet you Mrs. Barakat" Alex stuttered.

"oh, sweetie, you can call me Joyce." My mom smiled and brought Alex into a bone crushing hug.

"uh, mom? Can I have my friend back?" I teased.

she let go of Alex, who seemed to be a bit more comfortable around my mom considering he was smiling politely at my mom.

Me and Alex went up the stairs and into my room. I closed the door behind me and sat down on my bed, and patted the spot next to me for Alex to sit. He complied and sat down next to me.

"Ok, so, did you bring a math textbook? And a notebook?" I asked him.

Alex nodded and took out his math products from his bag, and we started his lesson. After about 40 minutes, he started to seem to get the hang of it, and he was actually really good at math, now that he understands. Once we were done, Alex said he needed to stretch his legs and get some air, and so we went for a walk.

"So, um, Alex, you know at lunch?" I started, as we were walking down a sidewalk.

"yeah?" He responded, his gaze fixated on the sidewalk and the route we were taking.

"where were you?" I asked.

"o-oh. Um, I was with M-mr. Wentz..." He stuttered. He only did that when he was nervous.

"why?" I shouldn't be pushing the matter, but I had a feeling something was wrong, and I want him to be ok.

"no reason. It's nothing. It was just about that test I sort of, kind of, almost failed."

"oh, well what did he say?"

"nothing." He said, and avoided eye contact with me. He's lying.

"Alex, you're lying. What happened?"

"it's nothing Jack!" Alex said as he picked up his pace and walked faster. I grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

"Alex! Just tell me what's wrong!"

"No!" He exclaimed. I could tell he was trying to sound angry, but the wavering in his voice told me he was going to start crying. He ripped his wrist away from my grip, and ran away

Notes

Another chapter down :D wooh!