Oh Calamity!

The next day I walked in the house from school, I got changed then sat downstairs, I couldn’t hear the guys playing upstairs so I got my homework out, I sat doing it on my own,
“Ash?” Jack said hurrying through the door
“Hey Jack” I smiled
“Sorry I’m late I was meant to be here before you but I got caught in traffic” he said out of breath
“I didn’t know you were looking after me?”
“Alex has to talk about tour and stuff, since you want to come he needs to get some stuff organised, he told our manager you were coming and he wanted to talk to him”
“Is he still mad at me for last night?” I asked worried I knew they would have talked about me and Alex would have been more honest,
“No, once you 2 talked he was fine, he told me you knew that and were ok” he frowned
“We are ok I just don’t think he is over what I said, not really” I said looking down, I felt so guilty,
“It shocked him, he will be fine just be good this week, is your homework done?” Jack said changing the subject, I stood up getting my work,
“Yeah” I said handing him my homework diary
“good, you really are being good having that out ready, he really isn’t mad, just don’t say that again” Jack said looking weird
“Are you mad?” I said worried
“Not mad, it upset me a little, I guess I didn’t think you even thought about that” he smiled,
“I don’t, not really, he just hadn’t shouted at me like that before, it just came out”
“Loudly” he laughed, I looked down, I was embarrassed by it all,
“Tay said Alex really didn’t help, he doesn’t know how to handle a moody teenager, you never acted like one before, but if you do again you 2 will end up in screaming matches, and need to learn to work it out, both of you” he said sitting down
“I don’t plan on doing that ever again” I said sure of myself, I was determined to work out a way to not end up feeling like that again,
“you will, you are a teenager you just don’t act like one very much, it comes out every now and then, I just wish you would do it in more fun ways so I can join in” he laughed
“I think I would prefer to go back to how I used to be” I huffed,
“calm down everything is fine, come on lets go play guitar” he smiled, I followed him and we joked around until I felt better, he started showing me a new song, by the time Alex got in he had shown me it all and he was getting me to practice, we were concentrating so hard I didn’t even notice Alex was in the house, I looked up and Alex was at the door smiling
“God Alex don’t do that you nearly gave me a heart attack” I laughed
“Sorry I was being noisy you just zone out sometimes” he laughed, I smiled,
“Your homework done?”
“Yeah it’s on the chair with my homework diary downstairs” I smiled
“Ok good, how was school?”
“Ok”
“She say anything else?” he asked looking concerned
“No, I didn’t see her today”
“Ok my manager took up all my time today but I’m going to talk to the school ok?”
“No!” I said loudly, he looked shocked “please don’t, it will just let her know she is getting to me”
“So we should just let her keep going?” he asked
“No she stops when I don’t react”
“She didn’t at taco bell”
“What?”
“she said something at taco bell so I told her to get lost, but I think she puts up with more than she lets on” Jack said, I thought I had been hiding it but they always worked it out, to be fair I hid it longer than I usually could
“Why haven’t you been telling me?” Alex said sitting down next to us, I shrugged, I started messing with my guitar, Alex sighed and took it off me
“No look at me, I’m talking to you” I sighed and looked up expecting him to look annoyed again, but he just looked worried, he held the guitar until jack took it off him putting it away,
“I don’t know I thought I could handle it, it was just stupid little things” I mumbled it seemed stupid to make a big deal out of such little things,
“But they build up into a big thing, like yesterday, plus you shouldn’t be putting up with that, and you should tell me these things” Alex smiled, he put his arm around me, I cuddled in and it annoyed me because I was trying to be strong, I gave in and he let go,
“Ok tell me every time she says something” Alex said sounding happy with his idea, I smiled knowing I could ignore some of the smaller everyday things, what was the point in him knowing those,
“Even things you think are stupid like her calling you a looser in front of everyone” Jack added like he read my mind
“Fine” I sighed, I should have known he would think of that, I resisted rolling my eyes it wouldn’t end well when they were trying to help,
“And I’m saying something about this, I’m not having you feel like you did yesterday ok? It’s affecting you and I don’t like it” Alex said and I knew I wasn’t going to change his mind
“I’m going to go do my art” I said quietly leaving them to talk, I grabbed my fabric and needle and starting sowing some more, I sat on my bed sowing, I was thinking about everything, I didn’t realise how long I was in there until Jack came in
“Oh hey” I smiled feeling a little better
“You ok?” he asked
“Yeah” I smiled
“I mean about Alex going into school, I think he’s right by the way, but I get how hard it is for you to deal with”
“I’m fine, I knew he would eventually, I just needed some time to myself” I smiled,
“Can’t you do that down stairs with us?” he asked I nodded and grabbed my bag of stuff, I had gotten so much more from school since it was part of my project
“It looks cool by the way” he smiled, I was getting a lot done, I could have turned that in alone, but I wanted a bigger project,
“Thanks” I smiled, I worked sitting talking until Alex shouted of me to come eat tea
“2 seconds” I shouted, finishing what I was doing
“Ash come in and eat your tea!” Alex shouted
“Fine” I sighed and put it down
“God am I going to have to ban you from doing that?” he laughed
“No, it’s homework” I smiled, knowing he couldn’t say anything,
“I can still stop you at certain times, and I’m pretty sure they don’t expect that to be done as soon as it will be” he smirked,
“Maybe not but then I can start on more, I want at least 4 done” I shrugged, I didn’t tell him I wasn’t doing this one in class at all, I was doing the other ones,
“Just don’t ignore me when I shout of you ok?” Alex laughed
“Ok sorry” I said eating my tea
“So you want to play guitar after tea?” Jack asked,
“I was going to do some more”
“Ok give it a rest for tonight?” Alex asked
“Fine” I smiled we walked off and Jack was teaching me more on the guitar when Alex walked in
“Here I forgot I took this off you, I shouldn’t have really, we could have used it to let you know what was happening, only use it for emergencies till you are done no internet” he warned
“Ok” I smiled and put it away, I wasn’t that bothered about the internet right now.

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