Night Drives

Jacks POV

After spending most of the morning sat outside smoking Alex still hasn't calmed down enough to go back into class.
Alex was lost in his head when Olli showed up.
"Hey Lex, how you doing?" Ollie asked softly as he sat next to Alex.
"Not good." Alex said quietly and Ollie just pulled Alex to his side.
"Why don't you go home?" Ollie asked and Alex shook his head.
"I don't want mum worrying about me and being all over me." Alex said quietly.
"Alex you need to go home because you aren't coping here today. Maybe because of the asshole of a teacher but you aren't Alex tokay." Ollie said and Alex still shook his head.
"I'm fine, mum has enough to worry about, she doesn't need me home." Alex said and I looked at him.
"Lex, you have just gotten out of hospital because of a suicide attempt and then a breakdown. You need to give yourself time to get back to being the Alex everyone knows." Ollie said.
"If you want Alex you can come back to mine if you want?" I said and Ollie looked at me and he smiled.
"I'd like that." Alex whispered and I smiled.
Ollie smiled and looked at me.
"Can I have a word?" Ollie asked and I nodded and stood up and followed Ollie.

"I just want to say thank you for looking after Alex for me and for his friends. I don't know what he has told you but he's had a really shit year." Ollie said and I smiled.
"I'm just trying to be a friend." I said and Ollie smiled.
"Think your being more than a friend. I'm just going to say that if your trying to get with Alex then you can knock yourself out. He's a lovely lad with a big heart once he is able to trust you. Whatever you give he'll give back." Ollie said.
"But what about you two? You seem really close and all that." I said and Ollie chuckled.
"I'm straight guy who happened to lose his ass virginity to Alex. Anyway it normally happens when we're both completely fucked out of our faces. Me and him are just really good friends. Trust me when I say when Alex is with someone he's as loyal as fuck to that person." Ollie said and I nodded.
"You should go for it you know." Ollie said and I looked at him confused.
"I see you eyeing him up. Don't blame you he's a catch if you can get over the fact he has mental illness. He ass is fucking great as well." Ollie said and I chuckled.
I looked behind me and saw Alex lost in a game on his phone.
I sighed and looked down.
"Hey you look after Alex and Alex will look after you if you need it." Ollie said and I nodded and walked back over to Alex.
"Wanna head back to mine?"' I said and Alex nodded and he got up and got his bag and looked at me.
"Come on then." I said and we walked to mine.

"Nan you home?" I said as I walked in the front door with Alex following.
"Jacky, is that you? Your meant to be at school and where was you last night it was a school night. I might just slap you round the back of the head." Nan said as he walked out to the hallway.
"Jacky who's this?" Nan asked as she looked at Alex.
"Nan this is my friend Alex. Alex this is my nan Ellie." I said and looked at Alex who was hiding behind me a little.
"He's cute Jacky." Nan said and I rolled my eyes.
"Come in, I've just made some tea." Nan said.
"Nan Alex just needs some space right now." I said and Nan looked at Alex.
"Okay, but if you two make any mess, your cleaning it up." Nan said and I rolled my eyes again and caught hold of Alex hand and lead him upstairs to my room.

"You have to ignore the mess, I haven't got round to cleaning it yet." I said and Alex smiled a little.
"It's fine, my room is normally a mess but my mum must of cleaned it while I was in hospital." Alex said and looked down.
"You can sit down if you want." I said and Alex smiled and sat down on my bed.
I sat down next to him.
"What happened to your parents?" Alex asked.
"I've already said, they dumped me with nan and ran." I said and looked down.
"I don't believe you but when your ready you can tell me." Alex said and I looked at him and smiled.
"So I feel like we should get to know each other." I said and Alex smiled and nodded.
I moved and lent against my wall and Alex did the same.

"So tell me about yourself." I said and Alex smiled.
"I'm Alex, I have 11 brothers and sisters. I have mental health problems, I'm gay as fuck. Oh and I spent 5 months in hospital. What about you?" Alex said and looked at me.
"I'm Jack, I have no siblings, I am also gay as fuck. I got kicked out of my last school because I was caught having sex with a teacher." I said and Alex laughed.
"You serious?" Alex asked.
"Nope. Got busted in a classroom." I said and Alex laughed again.
"Never thought that a guy looking so innocent as you got busted fucking a teacher." Alex said.
"Full of surprises." I said and Alex chuckled.
"Other than fucking your teachers, what else do you like doing?" Alex asked as he looked round and his eyes fell on the guitar my nan gave me when I was 15.
Alex got up and got my guitar and looked for my permission to play it which I nodded to.
Alex smiled and sat on the bed and started to play the guitar.
"Well I play the guitar, I spend to much time watching Netflix and I like to keep Nan company." I said and Alex looked up and smiled.
"What about you?" I asked.
"I've changed a lot since being in hospital. Like I used to like write songs, but I stopped when I got admitted. But I still like playing the guitar, getting high, going to parties getting drunk, spending time with my family and chilling in the hammock." Alex said and I smiled at him.
"What did you use to write about?" I asked and Alex looked down and started to play some me chords.
I frowned then realized that Alex was playing one of this songs.

When Alex finished he put the guitar back and sat back on the bed.
"You have a lovely voice." I said and Alex chuckled.
"I'm a bit rusty, after not singing for a year makes your voice rusty." Alex said and I looked at him.
"Its how my parents found out something was wrong with me." Alex said quietly.
"Well, we don't have to talk about that. How about we watch something on Netflix." I said and Alex smiled and nodded.
"What do you want to watch?" I asked and Alex looked at me.
"You quoted American horror story. Life's too short for such sorrow." Alex said and I smiled.
"You know the show?" I asked.
"Yeah, mum and dad brought me all the seasons while I was in hospital so I had something to do. I must of watched it loads of times." Alex said.
"Wanna watch it?" I asked and Alex nodded.
"Load it up while I get food and drink." I said and climbed over Alex and walked out the room and got what I wanted and went back upstairs.

I got upstairs and Alex was sat on the bed and American Horror Story was on all Alex was doing was waiting for me.
"So I have crisps, chocolate, alcohol and if you really want it I have weed." I said and Alex smiled.
"I'll stick to the food and alcohol thanks." Alex smiled and looked down.
"Cool, you can get into bed if you want." I said and Alex nodded and he climbed into my bed and I did the same and looked at Alex.
"You don't mind?" I asked.
"It's your bed, if anything I should be asking you that question." Alex said.
"I don't give a shit. I share my bed with anyone." I said and Alex looked at me.
"Your a fucking slut aren't you?" Alex asked.
"And your not?" I asked.
"I had to go cold turkey on sex for 5 months. So I'm not a slut." Alex said and I smiled.
I looked at Alex and our eyes met for a few seconds before Alex looked down with a small blush forming on his face.
"Stop looking at me." Alex said and hid his face with his hands.
"Hard not to look." I said and Alex blushed.
I chuckled and played American horror story.
"Lets watch this yeah." I said and Alex nodded and he lead down and I did the same so I was facing him.
Alex moved and sat up.
"If I take my jumper off promise you won't look at my arms."' Alex said quietly while looking down.
"I won't look." I said and Alex took his jumper off and put his jumper on the floor and lead down again.
As much as I want to look I had to stop myself.
I looked at Alex and he had fallen asleep.
I chuckled quietly and carefully pulled the covers over him and I went back to watching American horror story.

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