Just Two Kids Stupid and Fearless
Let the Good Times Roll
Alex
“I brought the food!” I heard Cass call as she stormed down the stairs, I was thrilled to see Riley trailing behind her. I was starting to get worried about her, I usually walked her to her classes but she disappeared in the middle of the day.
“Taco Bell?” Jack asked, with Haley leaning on him and messing around with his guitar. Honestly, those two are made for each other.
They both had such a loud, energetic, outgoing personality, and shared the same love for dick jokes. They would be a great couple, if Jack ever got the balls to ask her out for real instead of her be just a hookup. Haley is the only girl I have seen him take an interest in for more than a few days, I can tell my best friend likes this purple haired chick as more than just one of his fuck buddies. If I were him, I would’ve asked her out the second he met her if he liked her that bad, I mean I would’ve done that to Riley. She’s the fucking girl of my dreams, and we both are dating pretty shitty people. I know I will be the one she ends up with, I would make sure of that.
Riley plopped down on the couch, right next to me, sipping on her drink.
“Whatcha doin’” she asked.
“Just writing a song in-”
“Writing a song?! Let me see!” She exclaimed, grabbing for my lyric book, but I kept it out of her reach. I didn’t let anyone touch my lyric book when I was in the middle of a song. I didn’t want anybody else’s opinion on it until I was done writing, if someone made a comment while i was in progress of a song I would probably get self conscious and throw it away. And, it was really fucking cute to see Riley try to reach for the book.
“Alex! I want to read it!” She whined, climbing on my lap to try to reach for it, I chuckled.
“You can see it when it’s done.” I said.
“Why can’t I just see it now?” She asked, pouting, and sat back on the couch. I couldn’t stop myself from smiling and wrapping my arm around her, pulling her closer.
“I promise, you can be the first one to judge it.” I promised
“I’m sure it’s great.” She answered in a mumble.
The rest of band practice went by fast. Most of it was us lazing around, talking about petty drama that happens at school. Cass wouldn’t stop smirking at me, I knew it was because I couldn’t keep my hands off Riley. I was either holding her hand, hugging her, or twirling her wavy hair around in my fingers. It didn’t seem to bother her, so I didn’t stop. She just blushed and looked down, which was adorable. Haley started begging to hear a song, Riley really wanted to hear my singing voice so it wasn’t like I could say no. We only had a few songs written by us, most of them sucked, but we showed them Jasey Rae.
I've never told a lie,
and that makes me a liar,
I've never made a bet,
but we gamble with desire,
I've never lit a match,
with intent to start a fire,
but recently the flames,
are getting out of control.
Call me a name,
Kill me with words,
Forget about me,
It's what I deserve
Riley
Alex’s voice gave me chills. Holy crap, this boy can SING. He had amazing pitch control, he was a better singer than basically all my favorite bands (probably because I had such a big crush on him). He had the perfect pop punk voice, that just made me want to sing along to all the lyrics he wrote. I could listen to him sing all day long. I was speechless at his pure talent, he is going to be so famous one day. Is there anything he can’t do? I thought it wasn’t possible for him to get even hotter when I first met him, but he writes and sings beautifully, and can play guitar. I can barely even speak to other people besides my family and friends.
“Hot damn, you guys are awesome!” Haley shouted, causing the guys to laugh. I saw Jack blush, I grinned. Aww.
“I told you! They are going to be huge one day, I know it.” She giggled, and hugged Rian who was getting out from behind the drumset.
“So, what did you think?” Alex smiled, looking pleased by my reaction already.
“You have an amazing voice, Alex. I knew you could sing, but...wow.” My words made him smile, and sat down and pulled me onto his lap. I smiled. I knew this was definitely a little weird, because we are both taken, but I wasn’t going to get off of the boy I had a giant crush on’s lap. My bond with him was getting stronger each day, he was practically my new best friend. We clicked the day we met, I honestly still couldn’t believe he talks to me. I am so lucky. I stared at his handsome face, gazing into his big brown eyes I know I’m falling in love with.
“Alex! Riley! Stop staring at eachother! I have an announcement to make.” Jack exclaimed, pulling me back into the present. I shouldn’t be thinking like this. I know for sure he doesn’t feel the same, he has a girlfriend, and I have a boyfriend... My face turned bright red, I was about to scooch away from Alex but he wrapped an arm around my shoulder, so I couldn’t escape. Not that I was complaining, but it just made me blush harder. I covered my mouth with the sleeve of my sweatshirt so he wouldn’t see the unbreakable smile on my face. It was on his too.
“What, Jack?” Alex questioned.
“Okay, this Friday night my folks will be out of town, and I’m gonna throw a party. All of you have to spread the word, because there’s gonna be a lot of alcohol.” This made Haley, Zack, and Alex cheer. I really wasn’t much of a drinker.
“What’s with the face?” Alex asked me. I hadn’t even realized I had a disapproving look on my face.
“You know all the warnings about binge drinking alcohol they told us in like 3rd grade, yeah, Riley was the one person that it affected.” Haley announced, making everyone laugh.
“Don’t worry, Riles. I’m not going to be drinking either.” Cass said. It made me feel a little bit better, but I was still uncomfortable with the whole party thing.
“Is the party mandatory?” I asked quietly. I already knew the answer though.
“Yes.” Jack, Alex, and Haley responded. I sighed.
Parties are really, really not my thing. They always spark up my anxiety, and Luke would probably end up going, making my anxiety worse. We are really not on good terms right now, I don’t want drunk him to come to a party and make everything even worse. Who am I kidding? I can’t go to this party. There will just be loud music playing, knowing Jack he won’t play Blink or Green Day, he will play popular music everyone else from our school would like, so they will stay longer. There will be loud, drunk people, that might even puke, and if other people puke, I puke. I cannot go to this party. Maybe I can say I’m busy that day, or sick.
“Hey,” Alex whispered, and I was pulled back to reality once again. I realized I was tense, gripping tight on the bottom of Alex’s t shirt, staring blankly at the ground. He could tell I was not so excited about the party.
“Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you. I wouldn’t have any fun if you didn’t go anyway.” He muttered, replacing the hand that was wrinkling his shirt, by holding it in his own. I smiled, and rested my forehead against his shoulder, and felt instant comfort. Well, if Alex was going to be there, it would be worth going.
“I brought the food!” I heard Cass call as she stormed down the stairs, I was thrilled to see Riley trailing behind her. I was starting to get worried about her, I usually walked her to her classes but she disappeared in the middle of the day.
“Taco Bell?” Jack asked, with Haley leaning on him and messing around with his guitar. Honestly, those two are made for each other.
They both had such a loud, energetic, outgoing personality, and shared the same love for dick jokes. They would be a great couple, if Jack ever got the balls to ask her out for real instead of her be just a hookup. Haley is the only girl I have seen him take an interest in for more than a few days, I can tell my best friend likes this purple haired chick as more than just one of his fuck buddies. If I were him, I would’ve asked her out the second he met her if he liked her that bad, I mean I would’ve done that to Riley. She’s the fucking girl of my dreams, and we both are dating pretty shitty people. I know I will be the one she ends up with, I would make sure of that.
Riley plopped down on the couch, right next to me, sipping on her drink.
“Whatcha doin’” she asked.
“Just writing a song in-”
“Writing a song?! Let me see!” She exclaimed, grabbing for my lyric book, but I kept it out of her reach. I didn’t let anyone touch my lyric book when I was in the middle of a song. I didn’t want anybody else’s opinion on it until I was done writing, if someone made a comment while i was in progress of a song I would probably get self conscious and throw it away. And, it was really fucking cute to see Riley try to reach for the book.
“Alex! I want to read it!” She whined, climbing on my lap to try to reach for it, I chuckled.
“You can see it when it’s done.” I said.
“Why can’t I just see it now?” She asked, pouting, and sat back on the couch. I couldn’t stop myself from smiling and wrapping my arm around her, pulling her closer.
“I promise, you can be the first one to judge it.” I promised
“I’m sure it’s great.” She answered in a mumble.
The rest of band practice went by fast. Most of it was us lazing around, talking about petty drama that happens at school. Cass wouldn’t stop smirking at me, I knew it was because I couldn’t keep my hands off Riley. I was either holding her hand, hugging her, or twirling her wavy hair around in my fingers. It didn’t seem to bother her, so I didn’t stop. She just blushed and looked down, which was adorable. Haley started begging to hear a song, Riley really wanted to hear my singing voice so it wasn’t like I could say no. We only had a few songs written by us, most of them sucked, but we showed them Jasey Rae.
I've never told a lie,
and that makes me a liar,
I've never made a bet,
but we gamble with desire,
I've never lit a match,
with intent to start a fire,
but recently the flames,
are getting out of control.
Call me a name,
Kill me with words,
Forget about me,
It's what I deserve
Riley
Alex’s voice gave me chills. Holy crap, this boy can SING. He had amazing pitch control, he was a better singer than basically all my favorite bands (probably because I had such a big crush on him). He had the perfect pop punk voice, that just made me want to sing along to all the lyrics he wrote. I could listen to him sing all day long. I was speechless at his pure talent, he is going to be so famous one day. Is there anything he can’t do? I thought it wasn’t possible for him to get even hotter when I first met him, but he writes and sings beautifully, and can play guitar. I can barely even speak to other people besides my family and friends.
“Hot damn, you guys are awesome!” Haley shouted, causing the guys to laugh. I saw Jack blush, I grinned. Aww.
“I told you! They are going to be huge one day, I know it.” She giggled, and hugged Rian who was getting out from behind the drumset.
“So, what did you think?” Alex smiled, looking pleased by my reaction already.
“You have an amazing voice, Alex. I knew you could sing, but...wow.” My words made him smile, and sat down and pulled me onto his lap. I smiled. I knew this was definitely a little weird, because we are both taken, but I wasn’t going to get off of the boy I had a giant crush on’s lap. My bond with him was getting stronger each day, he was practically my new best friend. We clicked the day we met, I honestly still couldn’t believe he talks to me. I am so lucky. I stared at his handsome face, gazing into his big brown eyes I know I’m falling in love with.
“Alex! Riley! Stop staring at eachother! I have an announcement to make.” Jack exclaimed, pulling me back into the present. I shouldn’t be thinking like this. I know for sure he doesn’t feel the same, he has a girlfriend, and I have a boyfriend... My face turned bright red, I was about to scooch away from Alex but he wrapped an arm around my shoulder, so I couldn’t escape. Not that I was complaining, but it just made me blush harder. I covered my mouth with the sleeve of my sweatshirt so he wouldn’t see the unbreakable smile on my face. It was on his too.
“What, Jack?” Alex questioned.
“Okay, this Friday night my folks will be out of town, and I’m gonna throw a party. All of you have to spread the word, because there’s gonna be a lot of alcohol.” This made Haley, Zack, and Alex cheer. I really wasn’t much of a drinker.
“What’s with the face?” Alex asked me. I hadn’t even realized I had a disapproving look on my face.
“You know all the warnings about binge drinking alcohol they told us in like 3rd grade, yeah, Riley was the one person that it affected.” Haley announced, making everyone laugh.
“Don’t worry, Riles. I’m not going to be drinking either.” Cass said. It made me feel a little bit better, but I was still uncomfortable with the whole party thing.
“Is the party mandatory?” I asked quietly. I already knew the answer though.
“Yes.” Jack, Alex, and Haley responded. I sighed.
Parties are really, really not my thing. They always spark up my anxiety, and Luke would probably end up going, making my anxiety worse. We are really not on good terms right now, I don’t want drunk him to come to a party and make everything even worse. Who am I kidding? I can’t go to this party. There will just be loud music playing, knowing Jack he won’t play Blink or Green Day, he will play popular music everyone else from our school would like, so they will stay longer. There will be loud, drunk people, that might even puke, and if other people puke, I puke. I cannot go to this party. Maybe I can say I’m busy that day, or sick.
“Hey,” Alex whispered, and I was pulled back to reality once again. I realized I was tense, gripping tight on the bottom of Alex’s t shirt, staring blankly at the ground. He could tell I was not so excited about the party.
“Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you. I wouldn’t have any fun if you didn’t go anyway.” He muttered, replacing the hand that was wrinkling his shirt, by holding it in his own. I smiled, and rested my forehead against his shoulder, and felt instant comfort. Well, if Alex was going to be there, it would be worth going.
Notes
Yay, a party!! I was going to write the next chapter after this, but now I'm tired so i'm just going to go to bed, it will be up tomorrow. Sorry if there are any typos by the way
Omg the Jaley and Rilex is so real in this chapter...
(I just remembered Rilex is Rian and Alex, crap I need a better ship name)
Outfits
Riley - http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/set?id=189360795
Cass - http://www.polyvore.com/14/set?id=191786311
Haley - http://www.polyvore.com/10/set?id=189893602
Title Credit- Hello, Brooklyn
Such a good story. Please consider picking it up again!!!! :)
7/4/16