Alex

I walked downstairs awkwardly. I should’ve went down stairs when Jack did, I’m not good at casual conversation with his friends.
Wait, my friends, they’re my friends now two. I went into the kitchen and saw that Cass and Rian were making breakfast, being the usual stereotypical parent couple they were, and Hayley was sitting on Brendon’s lap on the couch, both of them giggling.
I guess they slept together, good for them!
Brendon has liked her for ages, I really hope that they start dating. It’ll get Brendon off my back for a while too, because he always is making up new reasons why Jack isn’t good enough for me.
I bet he was just jealous, but now he’s with the girl of his dreams.
I grabbed a piece of bacon, all of their eyes went on me.

“Hey Bambi! Do you want pancakes or something?” Rian asked me, holding a spatula in his hand. I see my nickname from last night stuck, I didn’t really mind it though.

“No thanks, I still feel sick from the hangover.” I explained.

“I knew you weren’t much of a drinker, at least I thought you weren’t” Rian laughed.

“I don’t even remember drinking that much though, was I really drunk?” I asked them, I wish I could remember what happened.

“Were you drunk?! I gotta show him the video,” Cass giggled, pulling out her phone from her pocket.

“Later, he just woke up.” Rian chuckled, she fake pouted and continued making eggs.

“Do you know where Jack is?” I asked. He said that he was going to be down here, but now he’s not even here.

“Right here!!” he called, I heard footsteps coming down from the big staircase, and Jack appeared to grab me in a tight hug. I gladly accepted it, smushing my face into his nice smelling shirt, and he kissed my forehead.

“Hi,” I mumbled, looking directly up at him.

“Hello, beautiful.” he smiled, giving me a peck on the lips.

“Where did you go?” I asked.

“Why? Did you miss me?” he smirked, not being able to take any question seriously.

“Yup,” I answered honestly, he bent down to kiss me again.

“THEY’RE SO CUTE RI!!!!!” Cass wailed, hitting her boyfriend multiple times on the shoulder to make sure he was staring at us like she was.

“Come help me drag the lovebirds off each other so we can give them breakfast,” Rian told her, picking up a plate.

“Who us?” Jack questioned.

“No, Brendon and Hayley. I know I wouldn’t be able to pry Jack’s hands off of Alex.” Rian chuckled, making others laugh. I blushed, and Jack took my hand and dragged me over to the couches where everyone else was.

Now, we were all hanging around Jack’s living room, sitting on the couch talking about last night. I honestly barely remembered anything, I knew that me and Jack danced for a while, we drank a lot, and he took me upstairs and gave me a really good blow job. All the details were a blur to me, I drank a lot more than I thought I could.

“Oh, you two were ALL over each other last night.” Brendon laughed, making me blush with embarrassment.

“Seriously? I don’t remember anything.” I mumbled. I was sitting in Jack’s lap, playing with his fingers as he was deep in conversation with everyone else.
I’m still getting used to this whole, friends thing. I’ve never needed to speak in a conversation, because I didn’t have anyone to talk to.
Now that I do, I’m completely not used to it. I like all the people here, but contributing my opinion once and awhile, in a mumble that only Jack can hear, was about as social as I get.

“My shampoo smells better in your hair,” he said randomly, kissing the top of my head. He had his chin rested on my head, I guess he smelled his shampoo that i used in his shower this morning.

“Okay then,” I answered, giving him a funny look. He’s so weird.

“Hey everybody,” Tay greeted, walking downstairs in nothing but a guy’s t-shirt, that thankfully just barely covered her ass.

“Wow, I thought you died.” Jack chuckled. I feel weird having Jack and Tay speaking to each other, knowing that Tay likes him.
It just made me feel uncomfortable, I trusted jack, but I didn’t trust Tay.
Jack would never leave me for her, or anything like that, right?
I mean, Tay is Ms. Big Personality, and i'm the opposite, I guess it’s what he prefers
He would’ve hooked up with her by now if he liked her, there’s nothing to worry about.

But still…

“Baby?” Jack whispered in my ear, interrupting my thoughts.

“Hm?” I answered, halfheartedly. Tay is so pretty, what if he likes girls more than boys?
I know that bisexual people aren’t always 50, 50 when it came to liking different genders, what if he preferred girls? I should really ask him that.

“Are you listening to me?” he asked quietly.

“Remind me to ask you something,” I told him, and completely forgot what he said three seconds ago.

“Are you okay?” he mumbled.

“Huh?”

“I can tell when you’re over thinking Lex, whatever you feel uncomfortable about, you can tell me.” he offered, and held my face in two hands to make sure I was paying attention to him.

I wasn’t anyway. I barely heard what he said, all I could hear were my thoughts.
How much does Tay like Jack?
Is it like a little crush, or like a head over heels, absolutely adored him, like I do? I could beat her in a fight for him, I want him more.
I realized he was inches away from my face, still trying to get me to notice him.
What did he say last? Oh yeah.

“Uh, no, I can’t.” I mumbled, he frowned.

“I thought you trusted me…” he accused, looking down disappointingly.

“I do! Just, maybe later, maybe.” I repeated the maybe, because it wasn’t going to happen.

I’m not going to tell him that Tay likes him. What if then, he realizes he’s always loved her, and leaves me? I can’t help but be selfish with Jack, and want him all to myself.
I finally have everything I’ve ever wanted, and that’s him. I’m not giving that up for anything.

Jack sighed, and went back to the conversation with everyone else about last night. I know, I constantly disappoint everyone.
Hearing them let out a crestfallen sigh has become a usual thing with people that were around me.
I hear it from my parents every time I speak to them.

I know that Jack just wants to be the best boyfriend ever, and I do trust him completely. There’s just somethings i don’t want him to know.

I finally got out of my head and started listening to what other people were saying, and now I really wish that I remembered last night. They kept telling me how I got on top of Jack’s kitchen counter and started singing Lady Gaga, which I didn’t believe until I saw the video Cass took on her phone.

“How do I know all the words?” I asked, making everyone laugh. That doesn’t even seem like me, it obviously was but, I looked amazing. I was so cheeky and confident, hitting notes effortlessly, as people cheered.
That’s everything I’ve ever wanted to be.

“So, we discovered that drunk Alex, is basically drunk Jack.”

“I still like your real personality better,” Jack admitted, grinning at me.

“Aww, Jack.” I smiled, he put a hand behind my head for us to kiss.

After a few seconds I could tell Jack was getting really into it, but I really hated the idea of kissing in front of people. But, I didn’t hate the idea of kissing Jack in front of Tay.
Does that make me a terrible person?
I just want to make sure she knows that he’s mine. He wrapped one arm around my hips and pulled me closer so I was totally straddling him, opening his mouth wider to let his tongue slip into my mouth.

“Eww, leave it in the bedroom!!!” Hayley groaned, I immediately pulled away making Jack pout.

“Seriously, nobody wants to see that.” Tay added. Bitch.

“I think they’re adorable,” Cass defended.

“Yeah, of coarse you’d think that because you and Ria-” Tay stopped herself before she said anything more, covering her own mouth with her hand.

“Me and Rian, what Tay?!” Cass growled.

“Nothing, forget I said anything!” Tay held both of her hands up in surrender.

“What? Do you think just because me and Rian have been together so long, we don’t kiss like that?” Cass accused, practically shouting.
I leaned in closer to Jack, I hate fighting.

“Well yeah, you guys kiss like my gran parents.” Tay admitted, with a small chuckle to herself.

“Who are you to judge our relationship?!” Rian questioned.

“I’ve seen enough of your boring romance, I think I’m a pretty good judge by now.” Tay argued. I could see Cass completely snap

“You fucking bitch!!!” Cass screamed, seconds away from pouncing on top of Tay to start pulling her hair, but Jack quickly sprang up and held her back.
Rian took her by the hand, and pulled her outside onto the porch, while Tay sat on the couch wide eyed.
Cass and Rian are so used to being everyone's favorite couple, nobody's ever really gave them a negative opinion.

Still, I wish I could’ve seen Cass punch the crap out of her. I guess she’s judgmental of all relationships, not just mine.

“On that note…” Brendon broke the awkward silence, Jack sat back down next to me.

“What else happened?” I asked, trying to change the subject.

“Well, I know that you guys grinded until it nearly made a hole in the butt of Alex’s pants, Jack punched some guy that groped Alex, and between the two of you, you had a whole bottle of whiskey, then you went upstairs, and we all laughed at how loud Alex was moaning.” Tay explained, everyone else in the room, besides me, burst out in laughter.

I hid my face in the crook of Jack’s neck. That is so embarrassing!!!
How did I not remember that?

“I can never show my face again,” I mumbled, somehow they heard and laughed once more. My life is practically a comedy for everyone else but me .

“Don’t listen to them.” Jack whispered in my ear, rubbing my back comfortingly.

“Was I really that loud?” I covered my mouth so nobody else could hear, and whispered in his ear.

“Yeah, it was really really really hot.” He chuckled, turning his head and kissing my temple.

“Why didn’t you tell me all that stuff we did?” I asked

“I was waiting for you to remember,” he shrugged.

“Tay, I don’t know how you are talking about Alex being loud. I heard your screaming all the way across the fucking house. I don’t know who was fucking you but, it sounded like you were getting murdered.” Hayley laughed, causing everyone to laugh.

“Who were you with anyway?” Jack asked.

“Don’t yell at me.” Tay whined.

“Who?” Brendon asked.

“It’s Zack ,I think he’s still asleep in bed.”

Oh! That’s not bad! They might be good together, maybe Zack will cheer up her bitchy attitude.

“NOOO YOU CORRUPTED ZACK.” Jack yelled, covering his face with two hands.

“I currupted him?! Your boyfriend was as quiet as a mouse before you forced shots down his throat and brought him upstairs.” Tay exclaimed, making me cringe.

Jack turned my face towards his with a finger, and kissed me passionately. He’s so sweet.

“Ewww.” Tay groaned, obviously just jealous. After I pulled away, Jack gave me a few more small pecks on the lips, I tried not to smile as Tay rolled her eyes.

“Noo, they are so cute.” Brendon whined.

“Really Tay? Zack???” Hayley questioned her best friend.

“You slept with Brendon!” Tay accused, making the brand new couple blush with embarrassment.

“You’re have to clean, so many sheets now.” Tay stated. Oh gosh, I can’t imagine how many other people slept all the extra rooms in Jack’s house. He should’ve locked the doors.

“Especially ours.” Jack added, hugging me tighter, making others groan ‘Ewww.’

“You’re gross.” I told him, covering his mouth with my hand.
He pulled my hand away and kissed me.

“I need to go throw up, not just because of all the drinks I had.” Tay muttered, hopping off the couch and made her way to the staircase.

Notes

these past few chapters have been CRAZY
first the possible cheating thing, then the party, now this, and the next chapter is gonna get even more insane

WHOAAAA CHAPTER 30
WE ARE LIKE HALFWAY DONE

sorry that Alex is so depressing in this chapter, you'll pretty much find out why in the next chapter :D

I was wondering, how do you guys feel about Tay?
Do you not like her at all, or feel bad for her?
Do you guys have any predictions about what she'll do in the story?
You'll see how her character develops and you will get to know her better once the story goes on

AND CASS IS PRETTY BADASS IN THIS CHAPTER NOT GONNA LIE
STANDING UP FOR HER MAN AND HER RELASIONSHIP



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