The Essex Affect

Alex and I walked into the lunchroom, and I got him whatever he pleased. I just wanted to make him happy, and keep him safe out of harm’s way. In the amount of time I have known him, I really did fall in love with the kid. I loved his eyes, his hair, his face, his personality, his everything. I even loved that little ever growing child inside of him. He meant more to me than anyone in the world. But, there was one thing I needed to tell him, and I believe I have to tell him that tonight, but I don’t want it to ruin anything with him.

We ate our lunches and then went to class, with me not letting Alex carry any of his stuff. To be honest, he didn’t need to, I liked helping people more than I liked doing things for myself, I have always been that way. I was broken from my own thoughts as the bell for the end of the day finally rang. I got up from my seat and went down the hall as fast as I could without getting in trouble, managing to get to Alex’s class right when he left the room. He smiled over at me and came up to me, and I greeted him with a kiss. “Hello my love.” I said with a stupid grin.

“Hey! Instead of going back home or to your house, can we go somewhere else?” He asked with a smile of his own as I took his backpack from him.

“If that’s what you want. Then yes we can.” I chuckled a bit, taking his hand as we started walking down the hall. “Do you want to drive your car back to your place first and I’ll follow you?”

“I walked today. I needed fresh air.”

“Oh. Well off to my car it is then!” I said as I swinged his hand as we walked.

We drove for about an hour, and I took Alex to the park I used to go to when I was a kid. I had a lot of great times at this place, including my first kiss, which was with a guy named Andy Biersack. He was pretty much my first love, but he moved away a few years ago. It took me about a whole year just to get over him. I still wasn’t fully over him, but the moment my eyes landed on Alex, I felt like I was falling in love over and over again.

Alex and I walked over to the swings and sat down, I was a bit scared about telling him what I needed to, but it had to be done, and I needed to do it now. “Hey Alex? Can I tell you something?”

“What’s up, buttercup?” He asked, kicking his feet a bit as he slowly moved back and forth on the swing.

“It’s really important, and I don’t know how you are going to handle it.” I sighed a bit, looking over at him.

He stopped swinging and spoke. “You can tell me anything, Jack.”

“Well, you know that whole thing with Taylor?” He nodded his head, looking a bit scared. “I’m not saying I’m into her or anything, because I’m not. But, I think I might be bisexaul.” I closed my eyes, waiting for him to yell at me. When I heard nothing, I opened my eyes again and looked at him as he was stood right in front of me. He reached down for my hands, pulling me off the swing and putting his arms around my neck before whispering in my ear.

“That’s fine. It’s who you truly are, I’m okay with that. But, let’s go back to your place and I can show you why you thought you were gay in the first place.” He spoke, causing my eyes to dart to his. “Let’s go Jacky.” He started walking away from the park, over to my car, pulling me with him.

Notes

Hey y'all! It's been a while, ayy? But, I have my reasons, I have been really busy with school. And if I'm not doing school work, I'm out with friends. Like, I just wrote this chapter up while my friend Gianna is sitting in front of me. I'm sorry this is short, but I didn't have much time.

~Jagk.