Undercover

The room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. I tried not to make eye contact with anyone in the room. I felt Jack's hand tighten against mine so I looked over at him and saw his face was sheet white as he stared at the people in the other room. My eyes traced the same path his took and saw that he was staring at Rian who was noticeably nervous. I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt at the current moment and assume that my parents and the girl were here to do a quick sweep like they did with most people.

"Alexander, how lovely it is to see you again," my mother spoke.

I was as she walked over to me like any normal person would. She hugged me tightly and it dawned on me that she was putting on a mask. This was all an act to her. I tensed beneath her grasp around me and she let me go a few moments afterwards. I didn't trust her, I didn't trust anyone in that room anymore. I didn't realize that I had taken a death sentence by taking have in this place.

"Who's your friend," she asked me, pointing a Jack.

"This is my boyfriend, Jack," I answered.

"Boyfriend? But you're engaged?"

"No, I'm not. This is the twenty-first century in America. I'm not engaged because I'm not taking your arranged marriage bullshit. I'm not with the business because I want to pave my own life instead of taking orders for the rest of it like a mindless animal."

"Alexander, you know it is not that simple."

"My name is Alex."

My father stared at me from the kitchen as if he was questioning why I was talking back to my mother. The girl was ready to pounce, to do his job and not make any mistakes. I could tell that Rian was regretting his decision which I could tell meant that he had given us away. My mother stared at me, mortified that I had dared to speak out against her.

"Alexander, just give up while you're ahead we both know where this is going," my dad stated.

"If I give up you have to promise me that Jack will get off free. That he will have no ties to any of this. If I give up right now you have to promise to me that you will let Jack live and not hold my actions against him. If I give up right now you have to promise to me that you won't lay a finger on this amazing boy who has never done anything wrong. You'll have to promise me that you will trust him to not tell a soul about us," I said, holding back tears.

"You know I can't make that promise. You know the rules better than anyone else."

"I won't let you hurt him!"

Jack wrapped his arms around me, pulling me into a hug. I didn't even care because all I wanted was to make Jack be safe. I didn't even care if I'm okay l just need him to be okay. That was the only thing that I needed but something in me was telling me that it would be completely impossible.

I knew we were going to get out of this under only one condition and I was not ready to let Jack have to fight. I would do anything to change this situation, to change the fact that I had given him a death sentence by bringing him around with me. Now, it was my time to keep him safe yet again. I wouldn't stop until I knew that he was safe, or I died. I just wasn't sure which would happen first.

Notes

Short filler before a huge fight!! Alex is expressing his emotions now which he has never done before. I really hope y'all are enjoying this series. My family is looking into getting another dog which will be really nice because whenever I'm home alone it feels really lonely. Also, the Panic! At The Disco and Weezer concert was so amazing and I can't wait to go to Warped Tour in about two weeks.

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- Jess