Jack

It is currently 9:30am, and the Doctors are running a few tests on me to see if I will be able to go home today. I hope everything checks out well, I really hate being in the hospital. Last time I was in the hospital was when I did that stagedive and my head hit a girl’s head, and I broke my nose. It hurt like hell. I spent a good part of my night texting Layla, because she couldn’t sleep, and I wasn’t tired at all. She told me about the whole Zander thing and to say it pissed me off would be a understatement, what the hell is wrong with that guy anyways? I was broken from my train of thought when I heard footsteps coming into my room.

“Hey Jack.” Alex spoke, as he walked passed the certain dividing the room, and made himself seen.

“Sup man?” I asked with a smile.

“Nothing much. I just got done talking to your Doctor, she said everything looks fine, and you can go home. But you're not going home, you are coming to my house, Lisa and I want to watch you for a few days to make sure everything is okay.” He spoke. I nodded my head in understanding, I’m just glad I have friends like them to help me out when I need it. Plus, me being at their house, means I get to see Layla, so that just makes it better. I hope her and Kaitlin are okay, today was Kaitlin’s first day at Dulaney. Zander better not start shit today, I swear, if they tell me he said anything I will make my way down to that school and kick his fucking ass.

“So when can I leave this place?” I asked my best friend who was standing next to my bed.

“As soon as the Doctor comes in here and gives you the release papers. That way you can sign them, and then we can leave.” He said.

“They better hurry up. I can’t stand being in this place anymore.” I muttered. Just as I finished my sentence, my Doctor marched into the room. She was a tall blonde, with ocean blue eyes.

“Morning Jack. Here are the papers, just go ahead and sign right here and you can be on your way.” She said with a smile as she handed me the papers and a pen. I signed the lines with my name and handed the stuff back to her. “Also, here, have this.” She spoke, as she was holding out a small piece of paper.

“May I ask what it is before I take it?” I questioned.

“It’s my number. We should hang out sometime.” She said with a smile.

“Oh, uh, I’m kinda seeing someone.” I spoke.

“Oh. I’m sorry. I didn’t know. Nevermind then.” She said as she pulled her hand back and put the small piece of paper in her pocket and left the room.

“Well, that was awkward.” Alex said with a chuckle.

“How come everywhere I go girls are trying to give me their numbers?” I asked as I got out of my bed and started to put on the clothes Alex brought for me to change into.

“Like I said at the bar, you are the ladies man.”

“But I don’t want any of them. I just want Layla.”

“I’m glad to hear that.” He replied, giving me a smile. To which I happily returned. I grabbed my stuff off of the table and put them in my pocket. I started to walk forward, and then I felt a sharp pain in my side. Fuck, I forgot I had surgery to remove that glass from my side. “Shouldn’t you wait for the wheelchair?”

“Nope. Let’s go. I’m not riding in that thing.” I spoke as I grabbed his arm and pulled him with me, ignoring the pain in my side, as it minimized.

“You won’t ride in a wheelchair at a hospital, but you will ride one at Disney World so that we can get past the waiting line?” Alex asked.

“Yep. Let’s go.” I said, continuing to pull him with me. He let out a sigh and followed me. We left the hospital pretty quickly, avoiding the Doctor that was bringing my the wheelchair to ride in. Alex’s car was parked right out front, in the pickup parking area. We walked over to his car and he opened the front passenger side door for me. “Thanks man.” I spoke, as I got in the car and he shut the door for me. I watched as he walked around the car and got in the driver's seat, right next to me. He started up the car and Blink-182 came through the stereo, telling me he has in his Enema Of The State album. I closed my eyes and put my head on the window, getting a little bit of sleep before we got back to his and Lisa’s house. What felt like only five minutes, must have been longer, due to the fact I felt myself being shaken by someone as I had my eyes closed.

“Jack, we are back at my place. Come on dude.” Alex’s voice rang through my head. I slowly opened my eyes are let them adjust to the bright light outside the window I was using as a pillow, a very hard pillow that is. I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes and looked over to Alex. “Come on, let’s go inside.” He said. I nodded my head in agreement and we both opened our doors at the same time. He got out a lot faster than I did, but I blame the pain in my side for my slow movements. Alex came around to my side of the car and grabbed my arm, helping me up, and shutting the door for me as I was out of the car.

“Thanks man.” I said. He nodded his head to tell me that it was no problem, and helped me walk up his driveway. “You know I can walk myself.” I said with a chuckle.

“Just being a good best friend.” Alex said, chuckling as well.

“I appreciate it, really.” I spoke.

“Good. Or I would lock you out of my house.” He said with a smirk, telling me he was joking. I laughed and shook my head. We got to the front door and he unlocked it, opening it up for us. He continued to help me walk, all the way into the living room, and onto the couch. Were I saw Lisa sitting on the other couch, watching us.

“Feel any better, Jack?” Lisa asked.

“Lot better actually. My side just hurts when I walk, but I’ll be fine. It don’t hurt that bad, just a small sharp pain, but it goes away once I sit down. My body just needs to get used to me walking again I guess.” I replied.

“As long as it it’s that bad. If it is, let us know and we will take you back to the hospital to get a quick check up on it.” She spoke. I nodded my head telling her okay, and she went back to watching whatever was on the TV. Alex came back into the living room and held out a bowl to me. I took it from him and saw he made me some soup.

“Thank, Lex.” I said with a smile as I sat up a bit on the couch, so I could eat it.

“No problem whatsoever, Jack.” He said with a smile as he took his seat next to Lisa. I took a ate a little bit of the soup and then turned my head so I could see what movie was on the TV. I noticed that Lisa was watching Pitch Perfect 2. It was at my favorite part, well, the only part I like really. It’s basically at the end of the movie, where the German group is singing My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark by Fall Out Boy. I started to hum along with them, and Alex started to sing along softly. We both looked at each other for a second, then broke out into full on singing. We were basically screaming the lyrics. Lisa was laughing at us and Alex and I just kept singing along until the song was over.

“Okay. The best part of the movie is over.” I spoke as the song ended.

“I agree.” Alex said with a chuckle. Lisa was still laughing, trying to catch her breathe from laughing at us so hard. A few minutes passed, and I finished my soup and put the bowl on the table. I check the time and saw that it was 2:30pm. Layla and Kaitlin should be getting released from school at 2:45pm.

“Should we go and get the girls?” I asked. I watched as Alex checked the time on his phone and nodded his head.

“You sure you want to come?” He asked.

“Uh, yeah.” I said with a chuckle as I stood up. The pain in my side was still there, but it didn’t hurt that much. It was down to only a little pinching feeling, every time I would move my left leg. But I could handle it. Alex stood up from his seat, giving Lisa a good-bye kiss, and we walked to the kitchen and out the front door. We walked over to his car and he got in the driver’s seat. I got in the passengers seat and shut my door. “So, what’s the deal on my car?” I suddenly asked.

“Oh, yeah, about that. Your car is fucked. If you want a car, you have to buy a new one.” He spoke. I let out a loud sigh and just listened to the music that came on the stereo as Alex turned on the car. We rode in silence the whole way to the school, only noise in the car was the soft sound of Blink playing. Once we got to the parking lot of the school, I checked the time on my phone. 2:40pm. The girls should be coming out in a few minutes. “What do you think Layla is going to do when she sees you?”

“Don’t know. I just hope I get a huge hug.” I said with a chuckle. I liked Layla’s hugs. A lot, to be honest.

“I just hope that Zander guy didn’t fuck with them. I can tell already that, that kid is going to need his ass kicked.” Alex spoke. “I don’t know why, I just get this feeling that something bad happened today.”

“What do you mean?” I asked confused.

“I don’t know really, it’s a gut feeling. I just hope it’s wrong.” He said with a sigh. I nodded my head in understanding, just as we heard the last bell of the day ring. Alex and I both watched as the kids started to make their way out of the building. A few minutes later, I saw Kaitlin, Chris, and Layla walk out of the school. I saw Layla wipe her eye. She was crying. One of her eyes looked like is was black and blue. “Oh hell no.” Alex spoke, as he quickly opened his car door. I followed his actions and jumped out of the car, ignoring the pinching feeling in my side as we both ran over to them. We got to them before they could even get off the stairs to the school.

“Layla!” I shouted. She looked up and he eyes met mine. She quickly ran down the few stairs in between us and threw herself into my arms as she broke down. “Sweetheart, let me see your face.” I spoke softly. She let go of me and lifted up her head. I saw that her lip was busted, and she had a black eye.

“What happened?” Alex asked, looking over to Chris and Kaitlin.

“Zander happened.” Kaitlin spoke, spitting out Zander’s name as if it was poison.

“Zander did this to her?” I asked as I brought her back into my arms and held her tightly.

“We were all walking to lunch together, that includes Jasper and Brent as well. Zander came out of nowhere. Tried to get Layla to go with him and she kept telling him no. We tried to get him to back off of her, but instead, he took a swing at her. Jasper, Brent, and I all jumped on him. We didn’t get much hits on him since his fucking football buddies came to his rescue and threw us off of him, and pulled him away.” Chris spoke. I felt my blood start to boil under my skin. I wanted to kill Zander. I will not let him touch my girl again. Or even Kaitlin, she’s part of our family now as well. Layla pulled from my grip and looked at Alex.

“Don’t we have a court date today?” She asked quietly.

“I’ll call Lisa when we get to the car, I’ll tell her to car in and get it pushed back to next week. We don’t have to worry about that right now.” He replied to her. “Chris, thanks for helping them out today. We will take care of this.”

“No problem.” Chris spoke.

“Come on Kaitlin.” Alex said, holding his hand out to the brown-haired girl. She took it and they started walking down the last five steps. Layla turned to me and pushed herself back into my embrace. I picked her up, and she swung her legs around my waist. She hid her face in my shoulder, and I could feel my shirt getting wet with her tears she was still shedding. I followed Alex and Kaitlin’s steps and walked Layla and I back to the car.

“You can take the front passenger seat Kaitlin. I’ll sit in the back with Layla.” I spoke. She nodded her head and got in. I opened the backseat door and put Layla in before getting in myself. Once I shut the door behind me after I got in the car, Layla pressed herself to my side. I put my arm around her shoulder and she cuddled into me, putting her arm around my stomach, and placing her head on my chest, also fully sitting in my lap.

Notes

Sorry it's short!

Fucking Zander -.-

What do you guys think Alex and Jack are going to do about him?!
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