Layla

The morning was going by pretty well, Chris, Jasper, Brent, and I were all currently hanging out in the hallway by Chris and I’s first class of the day, as we waited for the bell. They were continuing to go on about how cool yesterday was. I was getting bored with the conversation, and my mind drifted to Jack. I quickly sent him a text, telling him that I already miss him. We texted for a few more minutes, he thought I was in class, but I wasn’t, I just didn’t feel like telling him the bell hasn’t rung yet. I didn’t reply to his last text, but instead I just giggled at it before putting my phone back in my pocket.

“What you laughing at?” Chris asked with a smirk on his face. I felt a blush creep on my face and I tried to play it off.

“N-nothing.” Great. Just a perfect time to stutter.

“Don’t lie to me! You are so crushing on someone! Who is it?” He asked. “Does he go here?”

“No he doesn’t go here.” I spoke. Yeah, there is no way I’m telling them about Jack and I. Not till we are really together at least. “No, I will not tell you his name. Wait till my birthday, then I will.”

“Fine. How far away is that?” He continued.

“Little less than two months.” I spoke.

“You can’t keep us guessing for two months! Do you know how horrid of a wait that is?!” Brent stepped up and said.

“You and me both understand how horrid of a wait that is. His and I can’t be together till I’m 18. Alex’s rules.” I said.

“Ah, older man?” Chris said with a smirk.

“Yep. Now Brent, Jasper, you guys should be getting to class, the bell will be ringing and second. We will see you guys at lunch.” I said with a smile as they nodded their heads and started to walk away from Chris and I as we waved bye to them. Chris and I continued to talk as we entered the room and took our seats.

“I think you should tell me the name of this boy.” He said, trying to get me to tell him again.

“What boy?” I asked, knowing what he meant, just trying to get him off the subject.

“Oh, so you are going to play that card. I see how it is Layla.” He said with a chuckle as he sat his bookbag down beside his chair, to which I copied his action. The bell rang and the teacher started to speak.

“Okay, go ahead and pass up your homework.” He said. I didn’t have to do the homework, due to yesterday only being my first day. I turned around in my seat and saw Zander looking at me with a smirk. I rolled my eyes and took the paper from him. I sent the paper forward to the girl in front of me, to which everyone did the same thing, till it got to the front row. “Does anyone have any questions or statements?”

I looked around the room, and no one’s hands were up. I guess I was wrong about that, making one hand up that I couldn’t see.

“What’s the question, Zander?” Our teacher asked. I rolled my eyes at the sound of his name.

“Do you know the band All Time Low? And how three of them went to this school?” Zander asked from behind me, I didn’t like where this was going. I looked over at Chris, and he had the same look on his face as I did. We knew where he was taking this.

“I sure do. I used to be Alex and Jack’s History teacher. I never had Rain though.” He said with a smile. “Why?”

“Oh, I was just wondering if you knew that Alex is Layla’s Father.” Zander spoke, I could hear the smirk forming on his face as he sat behind me. All eyes shot to me and I quickly hid my head in my hands.

“Layla? Is this true?” I heard the teacher asked. I let out a sigh and sat up.

“He’s not my real Father. Lisa and him are in the process of adopting me.” I spoke. “And maybe someone should stay the hell out of my personal life.” I continued, as I turned my head and sent Zander a look. He sent me a wink and my glare just turned to a death stare.

“That’s very awesome to hear. We would love to know more about it.” The teacher spoke. I turned my head back to look at the teacher.

“Like I said, it’s my personal life. My personal life is none of anyones business.” I said. I turned my head back to Zander and continued. “Stay away from me. And stay the hell out of my personal life.” I shot at him. I turned around in my seat and crossed my arms over my chest.

“I wouldn’t have said anything about it if Alex and Jack didn’t come up to us after school.” Zander spoke. Okay, now I was pissed off. I quickly turned around in my seat and shot him another look.

“They wouldn’t of have to step in if you didn’t fucking touch me! You really think they would just sit back and let you harass me? Think again prink.” I spoke. I could feel my blood start to boil under my skin, and I’m guessing it was noticeable since Chris spoke up.

“Can I take her out of the room before she blows up?” He asked the teacher.

“Please do.” I could hear the worry in our teacher’s voice. Okay, to say I have a short fuse when it comes to Zander would be a understatement. I grabbed my bookbag and stood up with Chris, flinging a strap on one of my shoulders. I followed him out the classroom and we started down the hall.

“Wanna talk about it?” He asked.

“About what?”

“About why you are so defencive when it comes to your personal life.”

“It’s my personal life. Why wouldn’t I be defencive?”

“You can be defencive about it. If you are trying to hide something.” He said as he gave me a look. I let out a sigh, and we continued to walk down the hallways. I explained everything. Like, everything. All from the moment my real Father passed away. I told him about my Mother, I told him about my brother, I even told him about my Mom’s boyfriend and what he did to me, something I haven’t even told Alex or Lisa. I told him about the day I met them, I told him everything that happened up to yesterday. I even told him about Kaitlin and how she lost her parents, and that’s why she is here now. By the time I got done explaining everything, I can see sadness in Chris’ eyes. We were currently sitting in the lunch room, since the next bell was our lunch bell. We both decided we would just skip the rest of the classes today and just hang out and get to know each other. Oh, and when I said I told Chris everything, I meant everything. Even about Jack.

“So that’s why I am so defencive of my personal life.” I ended with a small laugh, trying to play everything off like it was nothing, which of course didn’t work.

“I am so sorry you had to go through that shit. That’s horrid. I’m glad you moved here, if you didn’t you would still be in a house with those terrible people. This just makes me like All Time Low even more.” He said, ending with a small chuckle. “I always knew they were good people. But I never thought that any of them would do something like this. Anyways, you and Jack, eh?” He asked as he nudged me with a smirk on his face, trying to get me to cheer up. Which worked.

“You can’t tell anyone.” I said.

“I promise I won’t say a word. Now give me more details girl.” He said with a huge smile. I laughed and went on about Jack.

“So like, I would just like to start off with saying, holy shit is Jack a good kisser. Like, he’s such a good kisser that every minute of the day, I find myself looking at his lips, or if I’m not around him, I always think about them. Is that creepy?” I asked.

“Not at all. Continue.” He said, keeping that smile on his face.

“Well, I also always find myself wanting to run my hands through his beautiful hair. It’s really soft. And like, his smile warms my heart, like whenever I see him smile I can feel my heart jump and do little flips over and over again. The same thing happens whenever he says my name. Oh gosh, don’t even get me started on his voice.” I said with a small giggle.

“Well damn girl. You do know why you feel like this right?” Chris asked, still having that smile on his face.

“Uh, because I like him.” I stated, but making it sound more like a question.

“You don’t like him. You love him.” Chris said.

“No. No I don’t love him.” I said as I gave Chris a confused look. I thought about it in my head for a minute, the words Jack and Love floating around in my mind, forming a sentence. That’s when everything clicked. Chris is right. “Holy shit. I’m in love with, Jack.”

“Ding ding ding.” Chris said with a laugh. We didn’t drag on the conversation like we normally would, because the bell rang and cut us off. We both got up from our table and made our way to the lunch line. Since we were already in the lunch room, we were the first one’s in line. I got a salad and a bottle of water. Chris got a ham sandwich and a apple juice. After we got our food, we made our way back to the table, seeing Jasper and Brent already there, opening there stuff they brought from home. We sat down at the table where are stuff was already put down.

“Hey guys.” Brent spoke.

“Hey.” Chris and I both said at the same time.

“Is it true?” Jasper asked, looking at me.

“Is what true?” I asked confused.

“The whole you and Zander thing that happened in first period. It’s all over the school.” He replied.

“Damn word travels fast in this school.” I commented at the statement.

“Well, maybe he will finally learn to not mess with you. Are you going to tell Alex about what happened?” Chris asked.

“Yeah. I promised them that if Zander did anything or said anything I would tell them. They are pretty worried about it now after what you guys said yesterday, about the rumors and shit.” I said.

“To be honest, I don’t think they are rumors. I see the way Megan gets a look of fear in her eyes every time Zander is around her.” Brent spoke.

“Poor girl.” I spoke softly. “No one deserves to be hurt like that.” I continued my soft tone. I think Chris took a notice about what I was thinking about and started to rub my back in a comforting way.

“You okay?” Jasper asked, sounding a bit worried.

“Huh? Yeah. I’m fine.” I said with a obviously fake smile. We all continued to eat our lunch food and then the lunch room erupted into screams and cheers. “What the fuck is everyone screaming for!?” I shouted to my friends, trying to get them to hear me over to the shouts.

“The fact that your Dad is making his way over here.” Brent spoke. I gave him a confused look and turned around. I made eye contact with worry filled eyes of Alex.

“This can’t be good.” I said quickly as I got up and threw my trash away, in the trash can a foot away from our table. I grabbed my bag off the table and slung a strap over my shoulder. Quickly jogging and meeting Alex in the middle of the lunch room. By the time, the room was a bit quieter. “Alex, what’s wrong?”

“It’s Jack. He was in a car cash. We have to go.” He rushed.

“Shit!? You’re fucking with me right?!” I asked, letting my voice go louder.

“No. Come on, I have to sign you out and shit.” He said. We both started to speed walk out of the lunch room, all eyes on us. I saw a few people give confused looks, I also hear comments like:

“Why is she going with him?”
“I heard that, she is Alex and Lisa’s adopted daughter.”
“Who is she?”

I ignore the comments and just rush through the halls following Alex. We ended up at the main office a couple minutes later. He signed me out, getting me excused for the rest of the day. Once he sighed the paper, we both rushed out the main door and down the stairs, making our way to his car that was parked in the front of the school. I also noticed Rian’s car was behind his, and it was still on. I looked at Rian’s car and saw him and Zack in it. We reached Alex’s car and we both quickly got in. Lisa was in the front passenger seat, and Kaitlin was sat in the backseat with me. I gave her a small smile and Alex pulled out of the parking lot, with Rian and Zack following behind us. We drove in silence for about five minutes.

“So, how’s your day, Layla?” Kaitlin asked quietly.

“It was going horrid already, so this just tops it off.” I say as I put my head in my hands. What if he’s really hurt? What if he gets paralysed? Or worse, what if he-. No, Layla, he will be fine. Don’t think like that.

“What happened at school, sweetheart?” Lisa asked from the front seat.

“Zander happened.” I spoke.

“Did he say something to you again? I thought I told him to stay the hell away from you. What did he do?” Alex questioned. I told them everything that Zander said, and how I had to explain everything to Chris, because he knew I was hiding something, and I really needed to talk to someone.

“Wait, you told him everything? As in, even about Joe?” Kaitlin asked.

“Who is Joe?” Lisa asked.

“Mom’s boyfriend.” I spoke. “And to answer your question Kaitlin. Yes, I even told him about Joe.”

“The only person I know you have told about him is me. Are you sure you can trust him?” Kaitlin asked, just making sure that I don’t get hurt.

“I’m sure. He’s a nice guy. He wouldn’t do anything to betray my trust.”

“Okay. Only if you are sure.” She spoke. I nodded my head, telling her that I was sure I could trust him. Once we were finished talking, we pulled into the parking lot of the hospital. Once both of the cars were parked, Alex and Rian’s cars, we all got out of the cars and basically ran into the hospital entrance. We all rushed up to the desk where a lady with bleach blonde hair sat.

“What room is Jack Barakat in?” Alex asked.

“Uh...hold on a second, let me check.” The woman spoke. We watched as she typed in Jack’s name and scrolled down the screen. “He is in room 114. Just go through those doors and go down the hall till you see the number, it will be on your left side.”

“Thank you.” Alex spoke. We all rushed to the doors and went down the hallway, making our way to the room the woman said Jack was in. We speed walked for about thirty seconds, till we found the room. We saw the door was open and we all rushed into the room. Alex was the first one in the room, I was the one right behind him, as everyone else trailed our footsteps. When we got in the room we saw Jack saw laying on the bed, TV remove in one hand as he flipped through the channels. “Holy shit you scared the living piss out of us!” Jack looked over at us as we all got closer to him, he put a smile on his face.

“If it makes you feel better, my head hurts like a bitch, and I had glass lodged into my side, so I had to have surgery to get it taken out.” Jack spoke.

“How is that supposed to make us feel better?!” I spoke as I walked over to him, and sat in the chair right next to his bed.

“Aw, Layla sweetheart. I’m fine.” Jack spoke as he reached to take my hand in his.

“You gave me a fucking heartattack, Jack!” I spoke as I interlocked our fingers together.

“I’m sorry.” He spoke.

“You better be.” I muttered as I folded my arms on the side of his bed, putting my head on them. While still holding his hand. I heard him let out a small chuckle as he used his thumb and rubbed the top of my hand.

“When will we be able to take you back home?” Zack asked.

“They said they want to keep me overnight, just in they missed something and I have internal bleeding or something. But if everything checks out fine in the morning, than I can go back to the real world then.” Jack replied.

“Well let’s hope everything checks out right.” Rian spoke with a small laugh, as he noticed Jack’s phrase of words.

“Everything will be fine. Don’t worry. Let’s have a little fate in our boy.” Alex spoke.

“All I know is, I’m never riding in a car with him again.” I spoke.

“Not even when I want to take you on a date?” Jack asked, I could hear the smirk on his lips, since I still had my head hidden in my arms.

“Never.” I replied.

“I wouldn’t blame ya, sweetheart.” Lisa spoke with a small giggle.

“This is why we made that promise to each other, Layla.” Kaitlin spoke.

“I promise to never break that promise again.” I said with a small laugh. Everyone else laughed as well, since they knew what promise we were talking about. We all stayed here with Jack till it got dark and a doctor came in and said visiting hours are over. “Can I stay here? All hospitals let at least one person stay the night if they wanted to.”

“You have school tomorrow. You already missed a full day today, due to skipping your morning classes.” Alex spoke.

“You skipped your morning classes?” Jack asked me.

“I did.” I spoke.

“Why?”

“I’ll text you the reason later.” I said. He nodded his head telling me okay. “Do I have to leave?” I whines as I looked over to Lisa and Alex.

“Sure do. You need sleep. Plus you have to show Kaitlin around the school tomorrow. We called the school today, and made it to where you two had all the same classes. That way I don’t have to worry so much.” Alex spoke. Lisa let out a small laugh and shook her head.

“Fine.” I said. “Bye Jacky.” I said, getting up and placing a kiss on his cheek.

“Bye beautiful.” He spoke. Everyone else said their byes and we all left the hospital, and made our way to the cars.

“Can I go back in? I miss him.” I spoke.

“No. You have school.” Zack spoke this time.

“But Jack is more important than school!” I complained.

“There is that teenager complaining. Lisa, you take care of it. I’m not part of this.” Alex spoke as he walked faster away from us. Lisa laughed and stopped till I was by her side.

“He is will be okay sweetie.” She said as she put an arm around my shoulder and brought me into her side.

“I know. I just want to be there for him.” I said with a sigh.

“When we get back home you can text him, tell him all about your day, it will be just like he was there. Just only in writing form.” She said with a giggle.

“It’s better than nothing, I guess.” I said as we reached the car and got in. Lisa got in the front seat, next to Alex who was driving. Kaitlin and I both got in the backseat, and Rian and Zack got in Rian’s car. Rian was taking Zack home, and then going home himself, and Alex was driving us all back to their house. I still don’t want to call it my home yet, I don’t think I will for a long time.

Notes

Jack is perfectly fine! :D

Layla is in loveeeeee ;)

Do you guys think Jack feels the same way for her? Leave your comments below!

Hope you enjoyed!