There's A Ghost In This Room

“I fucking hate Peter Pan.”
I groaned, as Alex inserted the DVD into the player.
“Take that back. No you don't.” Alex argued, coming back to sit next to me on the couch.
“Um..after watching this with you two-hundred times, I think I do.” I crossed my arms and rolled my eyes at the tv screen, as the movie started up.
“Shut up. It's like the best Disney movie of all time!”
“Ugh..why are you so obsessed with it, anyway?” I asked, turning to him.
“I used to watch it all the time when I was a kid. It was my favorite!”
I watched as he began to reminisce his childhood in his head; admiring the way his eyes lit up, and his goofy smile grew on his face.
I’ll admit, he could be a real cutie sometimes.
He noticed me staring at him, and gave me a fake glare; causing me to laugh and shake my head.
He pulled my blanket over his legs, and got comfortable while the movie started.

I woke up to something touching my nose, and when reached up to touch it, something strange got smeared all over my face.
I jumped awake, and looked down at my hand, to see a bunch of whipped cream all over my fingers.
I looked over in confusion, to see Alex on the floor, laughing his ass off; while holding the can in his hand.
“Fuck you!!” I yelled at him, hopping off the couch, and stomping to the bathroom, in anger.
“W-wait!!” He tried to catch his breath from laughing, and ran after me.
I looked in the mirror, to see the whipped cream, smudged all over my nose.
He got me while I was sleeping..that fucker.
I took some paper, and began wiping it off my face, when I heard a knock on the bathroom door.
“Fuck off, Lex!!” I yelled, angrily.
“Don't be mad at me! Come out!!” He whined, from the other side of the door.
“No, you shithole!!”
I heard him sigh, then I heard his footsteps walking away from the door.
I wondered where he was going, and walked out of the bathroom.
When I reached the kitchen, I saw Alex standing there, with a pile of whipped cream on his nose.
“There, now we're even.” He grinned goofily at me.
I burst into giggles, and wiped a bit of it off his face, before tasting it off my finger.
“How do I taste?” He smirked, causing me to scoff.
“That sounds so wrong, Alex..”
“Yeah, I know.”
“Alex!!”
“What? You said it, not me!” He laughed, and turned around to get a paper towel and clean his face off.
I rolled my eyes and laughed with him.
We were so immature and weird, but it was fine, because we were best friends. I could act like myself around Alex, without feeling embarrassed or ashamed; and I'm positive that I could never be that comfortable with anyone else.
“Hey, is my guitar still upstairs? I left it here last time..” He asked, walking out of the kitchen.
“Yeah, I hid it in my closet. Didn't want my mom to see the random musical instrument that suddenly appeared in my bedroom.” I joked, knowing that I had absolutely no musical talent.
He snorted, and began walking up the stairs.
“Well come on, I feel like playing something.”
I followed him up the stairs and into my room, before plopping down on my bed.
He fished his acoustic out of my closet, the sat down next to me; fumbling with the strings.
“WOO HOO! A-LEX! A-LEX! A-LEX!” I clapped enthusiastically, and cheered him on; causing him to laugh.
“Shut the fuck up! I'm trying to play!” He laughed, sticking his middle finger up at me, before turning his attention back to his guitar.
I smiled at him, and watched in silence as he began to play the chords of what I recognized as my favorite Coldplay song.

When you try your best, but you don't succeed
When you get what you want, but not what you need
When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep
Stuck in reverse.

I began to sway my head side to side with the beautiful melody of the song; enjoying Alex’s heavenly voice.

And the tears come streaming down your face
When you lose something you can't replace
When you love someone, but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

I soon realized that his choice of song had a bit to do with my situation. I looked up at him, to see his eyes locking with mine.

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.

He smiled at me, and I smiled back; and continued listening to the rest of the song.

And high up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth.
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.
Tears stream down your face
When you lose something you cannot replace
Tears stream down your face
And I...
Tears stream down your face
I promise you I will learn from my mistakes
Tears stream down your face
And I...
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.

My eyes got a bit watery at the end, as they always do when he plays slow songs like this. It just sounds so beautiful, that it's overwhelming.
“You're admiring me.” He smirked.
“Who says I'm admiring you?”
“I'm getting an admiring and loving feeling off of you.”
Another cool ability that Alex has, is that he can sense other people's emotions. But it kind of sucks, though, because I'm not able to hide anything from him. And he can always tell when I'm lying.
“So you're saying that I admire and love you? Conceited, much?” I teased, sticking my tongue out at him.
“Whatever, you love me. I'm irresistible.” He joked, causing me to roll my eyes.
“You're also a dick.”
“Oh, am I?”
“Yeah. And you're still a shithole who's obsessed with Peter Pan.”
“Okay okay..then how about we go to a movie tomorrow? I'm sure Peter Pan won't be playing in the theater.” He chuckled.
“Fine. But I'm picking the movie.” I smirked.
“Deal.”

Notes

Heeeeeyyyy you lovely people! <3

I had a really busy weekend, I'm sorry.

I think this chapter is my favorite so far, bc it's less depressing and more cute..or at least it's supposed to be cute...idk.
This chapter is short and it sucks and I've failed you. I hang my head in shame.

But heeeeyyy, I've been getting all sorts of ideas, man.
Should I write a smutty Jalex one-shot?
Will you read it if I do??

Thanks! :)

Title cred: A Daydream Away- All Time Low