Alex


“B-But sir I handed it in-”

“Alexander, I expected more from you. You are one of my best students and you fail to turn in the most important assignment of the year. Do you have any idea what this will do to your grade? Your GPA? You know how I feel about extensions, and I won’t be giving you any special treatment just because you are one of the top in your class.” Mr. Fullerman scolded, lifting one of his hands which made me flinch and step backward from instinct, but I quickly realized that he was just going to scratch his stubbly beard.

I felt pretty embarrassed by my nervous reaction, especially when worry painted his face and he stared at me in surprise. I mean, what do you expect me to think?

When someone is yelling at you and they raise their hand, you assume that they are going to hit you, I mean it’s what happens at home. Not that I want any teachers to be aware of that.

“Alexander… Is everything okay? You seem pretty jumpy.” he spoke in a much softer and more concerned tone.

“Yes, I’m fine. I’m sorry about the project sir, it won’t happen again.” I spoke quickly, turning on my heel and left the classroom quickly.

I knew that I actually did hand in the assignment, I remember clearly giving it to him directly, but I guess he lost it or something. I couldn’t get the nerve to stand up to him and tell him that I really did do it and he was the one that lost it, so I guess my grades were going to suffer in AP Calculus for a while.

I walked through the hallways of the school trying to stay out of everyone’s way, not bothering to look up at the faces that stared at me.

I know that everyone looks at me now.

I’m the guy that broke Jack Barakat’s heart, according to my peers. Everyone hates me now because people love Jack so much. They don’t care about the real story, that he’s the one that broke my heart, they just like him more because he is outgoing and popular and I’m a loser.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’ that no matter how hard I try, I’ll never be good enough for anyone.

“Alex!”

I flinched, stopping in my tracks and my head shot up once I heard my name being shouted. Fear ran through me as I looked around but I was relieved to see Cass walking up to me.

“You don’t look too good, Lex… Are you alright?” Cass mumbled slowly, she reached out and squeezed my upper arm in attempt to assure me.

“I’m fine, what’s up?” I asked her, feeling a bit more relaxed than I did before.

She instantly put on a big smile, showing off her pearly white teeth and looked up at me.

“Can you do me a favor?” she drawed out the last syllable, staring up at me with shining green eyes while bouncing her eyebrows up and down.

“Sure, of course I can.” I chuckled, rolling my eyes at her acting like a kid who was asking their mom for candy.

“Okay, remember that you said you would do it. Now you can’t back out.” she sneered.

“Oh god, what am I gonna do?” my eyes widened and she started laughing.

“Nothing bad! It’s nothing bad! Well, you know how me and Rian are leaving this weekend to go to a Yellowcard concert-”

“You’re going to a Yellowcard concert without me?!?!” I gasped, shoving her shoulder lightly and she laughed.

“He got them for me for our anniversary a few months ago, I didn’t want to tell you because I knew you’d kill me!” she explained, making me laugh too.

“Okay, whatever. Just take a shit ton of videos.” I shrugged with a smile.

“I will. But, my point is… Please don’t kill me.” she winced but I could tell that she was up to something that she was excited about.

“What did you do?” I rolled my eyes.

“Um… So I told Mrs. Clark that I would bake 150 cookies for the art club bake sale on Monday, but I’m not going to have time to do it. I kind of told her that you would do it
instead…” Cass smiled nervously at me, giving me a thumbs up.

“What the hell Cass! I can’t bake! The last time I made cupcakes I literally set the smoke alarm off!” I exclaimed, shocked that of all people in art club she would pick me to put in her spot.

“Yeah… So here’s the real catch! You know who can bake?” she asked excitedly, practically bouncing up and down with anticipation.

“I don’t think Zack would agree to make 150 cookies for the art club, no matter how much money you pay him.” I scoffed.

“No, not Zack! Him!” Cass took my hand and turned my body, and pointed to a tall, handsome boy with dark features, who was on his phone texting somebody as he took out a book from his locker. He was dressed in sk8 hi black vans, tight black skinny jeans, a grey v neck and a black leather jacket.

“No! I am not asking Jack to help me! I’d rather do it myself!” I exclaimed, reaching my hand up to fix my hair, feeling a little bit more aware of my appearance than before.

Ugh, I shouldn’t care about what I look like around Jack anymore, we are just friends. Barely, we are acquaintances that smile at each other in the hallways, and even that is a rare occasion.

“Nobody can just make 150 cookies on their own, especially not you because you can’t even bake! You’d poison 150 people!” she pointed out, crossing her arms over her chest.

“I wouldn’t poison them… Wait, are you doing this on purpose so I’m forced to hang out with Jack?!” I questioned, feeling a lot more annoyed than before.

“Maybe,” she shrugged with a sly smirk on her face.

This isn’t fair!

What am I supposed to do now?

I can’t make cookies with Jack!

I can’t do anything with Jack! He’d find some way to charm me with his dark eyes or sexy smile, or contagious laughter that just makes me want to wrap my arms around him and squeeze him.

No! This isn’t good for me! I can’t be around Jack!

“That isn’t any of your business!” I exclaimed defensively.

“You two were the perfect couple, everybody looked up to you guys! I thought that once we graduated you guys would get married, and adopt a bunch of little gaybies and live happily ever after! You can’t do that when you’re always with Kellin, and Jack is always with… people.”

“Did you just say gaybies?”

“Come on Alex! This has gone on for long enough, it’s time for you guys to get back together, and you might need a little push in the right direction.” she urged me, trying to physically push me towards Jack now.

“This is more than a push!” I whined, grabbing onto a handle of a locker to pull me away from the middle of the hallway.

“Fine! Then just ask him to make them for you, you won’t even have to spend more time with him!” Cass sighed, trying to make a compromise.

“You ask him to do it,” I complained.

“No, he’d say no to me. It’s a guaranteed yes if you ask him to do it.” Cass explained to me, and I shook my head. She made no sense.

“That’s not true!” I disagreed.

“You’re his only weakness, you’re his soft spot, Alex! He does everything you tell him to!” she pointed out and I just scoffed.

“That’s different, that was when we were dating. He had to do things for me because I was his boyfriend, there is no way he would agree to this.” I argued.

“Come on, he’s still just as head over heels for you as he was when he first saw you, probably even more now. Just ask him.” she begged me, looking up at me with pleading eyes but I looked away.

I glanced at the handsome boy who was at his locker, feeling my heart flutter a bit and a
small smile spread across my face and I quickly looked back down.

“You’re so cute, just go! He loves you, he’s not gonna yell at you or something!” Cass encouraged.

“He’s gonna say no,” I responded surely.

“Hold on,” Cass told me, and I gasped when she started tugging at my pants, pulling them down just a bit so you could see the top of my dark blue and black checkered boxers poking out of my black jeans. She reached her other hand up to ruffle my hair a bit, I frowned and pushed her hand away, fixing it to go back in it’s usual choppy layered sweep.

“What’s with the pants?” I asked, very confused and kinda annoyed.

“If he sees your underwear, then he’ll think of you in just your underwear. It works with bra straps too, trust me.” she told me, placing her hands on my sides and making me stand up straight.

Well I guess that made sense.

Wait, but I don’t want Jack thinking about me in just my boxers… do I?

“Okay, now all you gonna say is ‘Can you do something for me?’ and he will agree to anything you say. Be cute while you do it too, do that thing where you stare up at him, say his name a lot while you're talking, bite your lip, or you should fix your hair while you’re talking to him because he’s told me that drives him crazy.” Cass smiled, making me blush as I thought about what Jack had said.

How long ago did he say that? Was it like a few months ago, or was it recently?

“He said that?” I asked, feeling a little flattered.

I forgot how much he pays attention to that kind of stuff, he’s so focused on all the little things that I do, I’m surprised that he can still keep a conversation with me while he’s being so observant.

“Yup, now go get those cookies.” she urged me with an excited smile, pushing me towards the boy who I used to run to whenever I saw him.

A bit of panic ran through me when I realized that I was going to talk to Jack, and he was going to be focused on what I looked like, and I haven’t gotten to see what I looked like first. I wanted to dart off to the bathroom to make sure that my hair looked okay, but I didn’t have time for that.

What if I look gross?

What if Jack sees me and is disgusted and loses all interest in me?

What if he gives up on trying to get me back?

Oh my god… what if he already has?

“Wait Cass, uh I…” I trailed off, she stopped pushing me and looked up at me concerned.
“What?” she questioned.

“D-Do I look okay?” I asked timidly, looking down at my grey t shirt with black jeans, the hem of my boxers poking out of the pants.

Cass smiled, puckering her bottom lip and placed on of her small hands on my chest.

“You look really handsome Alex, seriously, Jack and Kellin are lucky guy’s” she told me sweetly.

A blush rose onto my cheeks from how sincere she sounded, and I glanced down at the ground.

“Ooh! Do that when your with Jack! He thinks it’s adorable when you blush, then smile at the ground and shit-”

“Do you guys just talk about me, or does Jack bring me up in conversation or what?” I asked curiously, she just shook her head and nudged me away.

“Go on!” she exclaimed, I sighed and started walking towards Jack with my legs feeling heavy.

I felt her shove me forward which made me squeak in surprise and lose my footing, sending me tumbling right into Jack. Of coarse.

I felt two strong hands grip my sides, and catch me from falling into his shoes and knocking him over completely. He stumbled backwards a few steps, I gasped and reached my arms out for something to hold onto and it happened to be Jack’s waist.

Why am I such a mess?

“Shit, baby are you okay?” he asked me sweetly, rubbing his hands along my sensitive sides and squeezing lightly.

He called me baby.

Hearing his voice so close to me felt like deja vu, because I really wasn’t used to being this close to him anymore. I quickly realized that I was extremely close to him, with my head leaning on his chest and my arms tightly around him, and clumsily broke away from him and took a step backwards.

“Jack,” I mumbled, looking up at him and feeling my heart melt.

His dark brown eyes were full of love and concern as they stared expectantly at me, his hair was styled to perfection and looked like he had just gotten the blonde patch redone. His face was blemishless and had a light amount of stubble that I had to force myself to stop admiring.

How is he so perfect looking all the time?

I glanced down at his hands that were now by his sides and wished they were on me again, I almost forgot how soothing it felt to be in his arms.

I miss him so much…

We both stared at each other for a few seconds before I looked away, with a burning hot blush on my face, I could practically feel his eyes staring at me up and down still.

“Hey Lex,” he greeted in a friendly manner.

What the fuck? First he calls me ‘baby’ and now he’s calling me ‘Lex?’

What’s that supposed to mean?

Is he my friend or is he more than that?

“Can you do something for me?” I asked, looking up at him and into his alluring brown eyes, like Cass told me to, even though she didn’t have to.

Jack stared blankly at me for a few seconds, like he was in some type of trance. After a moment he started blinking his eyes, and nodding his head up and down rapidly.

“A-Absolutely, I mean, yeah, sure of course.” he responded awkwardly, making me smile lightly and he just looked a little embarrassed. Wow, I didn’t think that would work.

I’m kind of proud to be the only one to be able to make the incredibly smooth and confident Jack Barakat to stumble on his words.

“Cool… Uh, so you know the um… the art club thing?” I spoke just as awkwardly as he did, feeling a blush form along my cheeks once again, so I looked down shyly like Cass had told me to do.

“Oh yeah, of course” he nodded.

“Yeah…” I mumbled, finding myself distracted as I stared at how good he looked in his leather jacket.

Is that a new jacket?
Has he been working out?
Something about him seems different and I don’t know what it is.

I never really see him up close anymore, I mean it’s not like I forgot how good looking he was…

I guess I just missed it.

But I’m fine though, I’m doing just fine without him. I don’t need him, not at all.

It’s not like I lay awake in my bed at night aching for his presence, or daydream about kissing him while I’m with Kellin… Of course not.

I’m perfectly fine without Jack Barakat in my life.

“What about it, Lex?” he chuckled, reaching out his hand to rub my upper arm and my head shot back up, bringing me back to reality.
I bit my lip and looked away, trying to hide the fact that I was just blatantly checking him out instead of holding a conversation with him.

“S-Sorry, I’m awkward.” I apologized, shaking my head and he was gazing at me longingly.

“You’re cute,” he told me, smiling fondly and a bright pink blush spread along my cheeks.
He called me cute.

“A-Art club, they are having a bake sale… Can you make 150 cookies by Monday morning?” I asked him, tilting my head up to look at him.

He just looked confused with his head cocked to the side like a puppy.

“Cass was complaining about that earlier… Wasn’t she put on that job?” he asked me, completely catching on with the terrible plan that she made for me.

Dammit, I didn’t even know he paid attention to Cass while she complained about stuff.

“Umm, I mean-”

“Did she make you come ask me because she knew that I’d say yes to you?” Jack asked, easily picking apart my strategy.

“Well she didn’t-”

“Did she pull your pants down?” he questioned, staring down at my visible underwear and I felt a wave of embarrassment wash over me.

Knowing that I wouldn’t be able to formulate a sentence without stuttering, I just nodded.

He rolled his eyes and closed his locker, reaching out and snaked one of his long arms around my waist. My entire body went stiff, all of my nerves felt extremely sensitive because Jack hasn’t touched me like this in so long, and he wasn’t supposed to be. But he was doing it anyway.

My breath hitched as felt his warm fingers graze on the edge of my boxers, I looked up at him with wide eyes and he had nothing but a smirk on his face, mischief shining in his dark brown eyes.

“W-What are y-you-”

“See, I was the one who taught Cass about the underwear theory, I basically created it. Having your underwear showing so the other person thinks about you in your underwear, that doesn’t really work on me. I’m always imagining you in your underwear, baby.” Jack spoke flirtatiously, his voice was quiet so only I could hear it but it unnerved my whole body.

I let out a small shudder, exhaling quickly and staring up at his eye’s full of lust.

His words made every bone in my body feel like melting, my skin felt like it was on fire and my heart was about to explode it was pumping so fast.

I shouldn’t be surprised, it’s Jack. Of course he’d say that.

I just didn’t think that he would sound so sexy while saying it.

Why does he do this shit to me?! It’s not fair!

“J-Jack.” I choked out, my voice barely louder than a whisper.

“Just relieved to see that I can still make your gorgeous face blush.” he mumbled softly, pressing his forehead to mine and lifting his other hand to cup my burning hot cheek.

I released a shaky breath as his thumb rubbed back and forth across my cheek, watching his lips turn up in a smile as he stared at me and my wide eyed reaction.

“Of course you can, Jack” I breathed as I gazed up at him, not knowing what had come over me.

What the hell? Why did I say that?
Why the fuck was he doing this? I have a boyfriend!
Why the fuck was I letting him?
What was he doing to me?

If Kellin turned the corner and saw us so close, he’d be so angry! If he heard what I just said, or what Jack has been saying he would probably break up with me!

But the fact that Jack was doing this while I had a boyfriend, and he knew that what he was doing was wrong, made it feel so dangerous and sexy.

I couldn’t stop it, but I wouldn’t let it go any farther than this.

Jack chuckled lightly making my heart flutter, his grip around my waist tightened slightly which pressed my body closer to his. I had no idea what to do with my own hands, since they would usually be wrapped around his neck but I have a boyfriend.

“I will make those cookies for the bake sale, if, and only if, you help make them with me.” he proposed, tracing his fingers along my jawline gently.

Wait, no!

I jerked away from him quickly, taking a step back so we would no longer be touching each other.

I can’t believe him.

“What? No!!” I argued, crossing my arms over my chest. I watched Jack’s eyes trail up and down my body and I felt my skin start to feel warm again.

I don’t want to make them with him! I just wanted him to make them for me!

“I guess you won’t get any cookies then,” he shrugged evilly.

“This isn’t fair,” I whined.

“It’s totally fair, it’s an equal trade. I’ll do all of the baking but I get to look at you the whole time,” Jack smirked, reaching a hand out to squeeze my arm but I groaned and moved away.

“No, if I help you, absolutely nothing is going to happen between us, Jack.” I told him firmly, but he just stared at me with a presumptuous look on his face.

“Mhmm,” he agreed sarcastically.

“I’m serious, Jack!” I exclaimed, pouting my lips.

“Aww, baby. Don’t look at me like that.” Jack whined.

“Please. We agreed to just friends.” I stared up at him with puppy dog eyes and I watched his smirk fade into a much softer expression.

“You can get me to do anything you want, you’re fucking cute as all hell.” Jack smiled, leaning forward and running his fingers through my fringe.

I felt my face heat up in a blush and a bashful smile spread across my face, I looked down at the ground but I knew Jack could see.

“After school today?” he offered.

“Oh, I can’t today. I’m going to Kellin’s house.” I told him honestly, scuffing my old converse shoe on the tiled ground.

“Oh?” Jack raised one eyebrow, and I quickly realized what I just said and my head shot up.
“No! Not like that! I am going to his house but like, I’m not going to do that... Neither is he, obviously. We both are not going to do that. I mean, we haven’t even done anything like that yet! So it’s really not a big deal, like at all. It’s fine. I’m not ready for that with him. I don’t even want to do that stuff with him… yet? I don’t know yet. We’re not serious. I mean, we are… Yeah…. Oh my god… That is way too much information, I’m sorry… I’m so fucking awkward… I’m so sorry… I’ll just shut up now-”

Jack interrupted my incredibly embarrassing rambling with hysterical laughter. Even though I was completely humiliated, I couldn’t help but smile at how hard he was laughing.

“Oh my fucking god,” Jack was bent over clutching his stomach.

“Please forget that you heard any of that.” I begged him, but he shook his head and started wiping away a tear from his eye.

“You’re the most adorable person on the planet.” he told me, taking a few deep breaths and I anxiously fixed my messy hair.

“I’m nervous.” I sighed.

“I can tell, babe. You don’t have to treat me like I’m a stranger, we both know that’s far from the truth.” he told me, trying to be sweet but he always just has a little flirty comment.
“I know, but whenever I’m around you I just get so… I’m going to stop talking.” I shut myself up before I said too much.

“I love hearing you talk,” Jack admitted, gazing into my eyes making me blush harder.

“I can do after school tomorrow?” I offered him, looking up expectantly at him.

“It’s a date then!” Jack exclaims excitedly, a big smile grew on my face but I quickly forced myself to get rid of it.

“It’s not a date!” I argued, shaking my head wildly but Jack was just laughing.

“It’s definitely a date,” Jack confirmed, nodding intently and lifted one hand to cup my warm face.
My eyes widened, expecting him to lean in a plant a kiss on my lips but he just stared at me and my surprised expression for a few seconds and smiled. He pulled away smoothly, and walked past me to go in the other direction.

I let out a deep breath, feeling incredibly confused and flustered by this conversation I just had with my ex boyfriend. I lifted a hand to touch my face where his hand was, feeling the burning hot temperature of my bright red blushing cheek.

“It’s not a date.” I whispered softly in attempt to convince myself, but I deep down Jack was right.

Notes

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IM SO SORRY IF THIS CHAPTER SUCKS I TRIED TO MAKE IT NOT

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JALEX IS ON THIER WAY FAST
THEY AREN'T GONNA BE BACK TOGETHER IN THE NEXT CHAPTER EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS THAT WAY BUT LIKE THEY ARE ALMOST HEREEE

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alexxx is so awkwardddd
jack is awkward at first but all flirtyyyyyy
the underwear thing? fuck?
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