Dark affairs

It turns out ice cream is not the only thing to save this night as we are currently sitting in one of the booths at the Riff, Jacks club with the music pumping so loud it makes my ears ring and every conversation impossible. Not that I would have anyone to talk to as Jack is drunk as fuck and surrounded by at least five slutty girls all the time. They rub their bodies against him and he looks like he's having the time of his life, snap chatting them and singing along to every song at the top of his lungs and completely out of tune.

I sit back and sigh rubbing my tired eyes closing them for a minute, this is how a lot of the nights out with Jack end up.
When I open them again I jump back in shock, Jack is there practically in my face, staring at me with dark eyes.

"Mickey?" He slurs but his voice is unsure. "I'm sorry bout the gurrrls, but..." He plops next to me on the seat and lets his head fall back and turn towards me. "You know...I don't commit,.... Jack Barakat don't do relations ... like relationships...like...never again...." He flails his arms through the air for emphasis.

Yeah I know and it's all Alex's fault, he has played with Jacks emotions for years, so much that Jack cannot trust himself to commit to anyone anymore.

"But you know I love you...don't you?" He whispers looking at me with pleading eyes.

Yes Jack I say to myself but I cannot save you, I'm struggling to keep afloat myself. So I just sigh again and pat his thigh reassuringly.

"Yeah, I know Jack, I love you too but I think I will be heading home, you know it's getting late and I'm tired, have fun, don't drive, see you round."

With this I get up ignoring Jacks feeble attempts to stop me from leaving and bend down to peck his lips, then I straighten up pushing myself away from him and make my way through the crowd and out of the club.

A sudden sadness washes over me, why can't things be simple and easy, my life is so fucked up right now. I shake my head trying to rid myself of these depressing thoughts and take out my phone to get an Uber to take me home.
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I am awoken by someone banging on my door, I look at my phone and see it's 10am. Well fuck! So much for going to work today. I stumble out of bed towards my front door where the banging hasn't seized yet. I rip open the door completely surprising myself and Alex who freezes there with his hand in the air ready to knock some more.

"Uhm..Alex?" What the heck is he doing here?

He seems to snap back to reality. "Oh uhm, Mickey, hey, look..." He nervously shifts from one foot to the other wringing his hands "..uhm.. can I come in ?"

Can he? I don't know, it's too early for me to function properly my brain is still asleep I think, so I just shrug and turn around walking into my kitchen leaving the door open for Alex to follow me inside.

I'm fiddling around with my coffee machine only to realise I'm out of beans. "Well, fuck" I mumble opening and slamming shut all of my cupboard doors in search for the bag of coffee beans I was sure I bought the other day.

"Good thing I brought Starbucks then" Alex says when I swivel around to look at him and lifts up his hands that hold two take away cups I hadn't noticed before.

He wears a smile that is probably supposed to melt my heart because Alex is a calculating asshole but I'm too tired to react to his charisma so I just take the cup he holds out for me and plop down on my kitchen bench.

"I hope it's not this flavoured shit like pumpkin spiced latte or some other crap. I want coffee!" I grumble as I take of the lid and sniff the offered drink suspiciously.

"Aren't you a ray of sunshine on this fine morning."He chuckles and sits down opposite me.

I just roll my eyes not able to make a comeback as I take a sip of the hot liquid, surprisingly it is exactly how I like it. Large, one shot cappuccino with two sugars. Sly bastard remembered my favourite drink!

"What do you want, Alex?" I sigh and push my unruly blonde curls out of my eyes frowning over at him. With him you have to be on edge all the time, he hardly ever tells the truth straight away and keeps his motifs well hidden.

He clears his throat as his expression turns from amused to troubled .

"Look, I'm here to apologise for last night, I know I was out of line and made you and everybody else uncomfortable, so... I'm sorry about that." He says sounding sincere.

I narrow my eyes at him as I study his face. Alex Gaskarth does not apologise, so what game is he playing here. He reaches out and puts his hand on top of mine.

"Mickey, I'm honestly sorry, you have to believe me." His thumb draws pattern on my hand and I have to fight the urge to slap his hand away because that would be mean.

I hesitate for a while and then sigh in defeat. "Okay, Alex, apology accepted although I don't know why you acted like this and I'm not sure I wanna know. I thought we could still stay friends even more so that I'm seeing Jack now a lot."

He sighs and nods then let's his head drop in his hands and runs his fingers through his hair in exasperation. "I know, I know and believe me I try but it's so goddamn hard."

He makes a small noise that could be taken as a sob then he looks back at me through his fingers.
"You and Jack you are both so...dear to me and I don't know how to handle you two being together.."

"We're not together" I cut in. "Jack doesn't do relationships, you should know that it's your fault after all."

"What? No! I never meant...." He splutters wide eyed but I cut him off.

"Alex, I don't want to discuss this now, I'm having a massive hangover and I will go back to bed. You can see yourself out."

I turn around and shuffle out of the kitchen not caring about the man I leave there that has played with and broken so many hearts including my own. I'm just not up for it today.
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Notes

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