The Promise

Alex's p.o.v.

"What the hell is wrong with you! You won't even talk to me!" Katy yelled in my face, her voice almost deafening me. So maybe what Jack said to me got to me.

He needed time to think about us. To either agree to start a friendship again, or completely abandon me for my stupid mistakes.

We haven't talked in a week, and already I missed him. I've been ignoring Katy a lot because my thoughts just over crowded me. It's not like she hasn't been ignoring me for the week, either.

I know what she has been up to behind my back. I know she has been sleeping with other men. It's obvious, because she comes home smelling like other men and wearing a different dress. Sometimes she comes home in their clothes. I just chose to ignore it, another bad mistake I've made.

It's time to stop making shitty decisions and start putting things in the right place. If I wanted Jack back, then I'd have to start by making good decisions.

"It's not like you're not ignoring me by sleeping with other men, is it, Katy? " I spat, moving my head to look at her. Her eyes instantly widened and I saw fear in them.

"W-What are you on about?" She stuttered, her mouth opening and closing and she looked frightened. It was obvious she knew what I was on about.

"Don't act dumb with me. I'm not in the mood." I grumbled, getting up from where I was sat at the table. I pushed past her and walked to the stairs, walking up them.

"Fuck you, Alex! This is exactly why I do what I do." She yelled, pissed off, yet she sounded defeated. I shook my head, ignoring her insults as I got to our room and fell on the bed, letting out an exhausted groan.

I don't need her, anyway.

~~~

I woke up to my phone going off. I grumbled as my eyes squinted and tried to hide away from the brightness coming from my bedroom window.

I quickly, as I could, and reached for my phone before the caller disabled the call.

Incoming Call: Jack

My heart began to beat fast and my breathing stopped for a second. What did he want? Should I find out?

There was a mini battle inside my head. I quickly picked up the phone before it went off and pressed the 'accept' button.

"Jack?" I questioned, although I knew it was him, although I was kinda hoping for someone else to be on the other line. But you don't always get what you hope for.

"Alex. I was thinking, and I've made my mind up. Meet me at Woodlands."Jack said simply, before hanging up, not giving me enough time to even think of a response.

He wanted to see me? I was going to see him again! He might want to take me back, but most likely as a friend. Either way, I'm not bothered. As long as I get to talk to him again, because I've been slowly decaying.

I don't think I've ever jumped out of bed so fast in my life, the thought of seeing his beautiful, hopeful eyes again.

I quickly got dressed into something nice, not wanting to look like some hobo in front of him. I fixed up my hair, too.

As I walked downstairs, I bumped into my fiancee. She gasped, taken back by the sudden contact of someone else's body.

I felt no emotion as she looked at me. I don't even know where we stood. After our episode earlier, things would probably not be on good terms.

I gave her a blank stare before walking past her, grabbing the car keys.

"Where are you going?" Her small voice came from behind me. I sighed, taking a deep breath as I turned around to look at her defeated face.

"Out." I said scornfully, groaning as I realised how harsh I was being. I shouldn't feel sorry for her just because she was playing the 'injured puppy' game. I should be proud that I'm giving her the treatment she deserved. But I didn't.

I turned away from her, walking up to the front door, but before I could place my hand on the handle, her voice came out again.

"Who with?" Her voice was calm, almost a little too calm.

"An old friend. I'll be back soon." I held in a groan as I quickly escaped through the front door, away from her sad eyes.

The cool, fresh air attacked my body as I walked up to my car. I unlocked it and jumped in, starting it up. Instantly Blink-182 flared through my speakers and I knew I couldn't get anymore happier.

Woodlands is a little park about two miles from where I lived, and that's the first place I went to when I explored the area where I lived. I loved it there, especially the woodland where it was quiet.

~~~

Pulling my car up to the parking space, I could see that there wasn't many people. I hope Jack didn't make this a prank. But yet again, why would he do that?

I hoped out my car, locking it and started walking through the entrance.

I looked around for him for at least 3 minutes, until I spotted him sat down under a big tree.

I felt my heart beat start to pick up and it took awhile to move forward. I managed to walk over to him, my heart beating faster and faster as I got closer and closer.

"Hey, Alex." He said, getting up from the floor. I gave him a nervous smile.

"Hey." I said, almost quietly. Jack walked up to beside me.

"Come on, let's go for a walk."

We walked around the park for quite a bit, small chat here and there. We didn't exactly feel comfortable, but also not uncomfortable.

"So, um, you made your mind up?" I asked, moving my fringe out of my eyes and looked at the tall man next to me. Jack looked back at me, the sun shining on his brown eyes, making them seem lighter.

"Yeah." Jack said simply, not attaching any more words onto his sentence. This confused me, as he didn't exactly answer my question the way I wanted. I bit his lip for a second before releasing it.

"Um, what do you mean?" I hoped Jack would give me the answer I was hoping for. I wondered what Jack's answer would be. I didn't have to think long, though, as the answer started coming out of Jack's mouth.

"I was thinking, last night, about how much I had missed you and when I found you, I pushed you away. I guess I did it out of anger. I missed you, Alex. I don't want to lose you ever again." I didn't know if it was because of the slight wind, but Jack's eyes started getting teary. I guessed it was because of what he said, and the meaning and emotions that had to do with it. I started getting emotional, too. I missed Jack a lot.

"I missed you, too, Jack. I promise you, and I mean I promise that I'm never going away." And as I finished my speech, I quickly brought Jack into a hug, breathing deeply as I tried not to cry. I looked at the sky, and I smiled. A real smile.

Notes

This sucks, but hey, at least I updated...a month later.

Yas I changed my username to my instagram name. If any of you magically forgot my username before this, it was Chloe. c: I needed a username so then people could actually find me on other media shit woo.

Instagram link is in my bio :p

Thanks for reading, rednecks