ALWAYS FOREVER | Memeulous x ImAllexx

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alex was resisting with every bone in his body. he had never spoke to these boys in his life, and such a broad approach? what if they make fun of him on the bus while fraser wasn't around? well, it was too late now.

"hey you lot!" fraser declared. will got up from his squatting position and faced fraser. george looked at him, too. "H'OWAY FRASER! hows you?" will questions with a toothy grin. fraser smiles back, "alright, in all honesty!" he replies. "ive actually got someone for you to meet! this is alex, and he needs a couple mates to keep him company on the bus ride." fraser says, nudging alex towards them both.

'great.' alex thought. 'way to tell these blokes what a total loser i am before sending me off with them alone.'

george looked at alex and gave him a smile. "nice to meet you alex. me and will were planning to sit in the back seats with stephen and josh, but we could sit somewhere else and will can sit with them." he stated, an arm pointing out to a boy with ginger hair and another with blonde, which alex assumed were stephen and josh.

"ey? who said you were the one sitting with the bloke?" will raised an eyebrow at his friend. george chuckled and shrugged. "you wanna sit with him, then?" george offered. will shook his head. "respectfully... i really have to talk to stephen so you can have him." will brings up.

"so its settled, then." fraser grinned at alex.

a couple minutes later, it was time to board the buses. "do you want the window seat?" george faced back to ask alex. alex shook his head "nah its okay, i dont mind."

"suit yourself then." the seniors boarded their bus and now it was the junior bus' turn. a line of boys formed at the bus' entrance, which george and alex joined in on. once on the bus, george sits down in seat 11 on the right side, alex sitting next to him. on the left were ciarán and dan.

they both buckled up and alex took a deep breathe. the slightly blue sky got ever so slightly brighter. alex was looking a bit nervous, not going unnoticed by george. "y'alright mate?" he speaks up. alex gulps. "y-yeah, yeah. sorry was just thinking about things."

"so how long have you been playing football?" george tilts his head. "since primary school, really.." alex responds. george smiles at him. "thats really cool, actually. i only started playing freshman year, but i'd say i'm pretty good."

alex gives a hint of the start of a giggle. "well looks like we'll see that tomorrow." george cocked his eyebrow in response, before remembering: "OH right! we start practice tomorrow." george says. alex nods. they were both silent for a good 3 minutes after that before george finds another question to ask his new friend. "so how long have you known fraser?" he queried. "o-oh, he's actually a family friend. our mums were friends in highschool, and we were basically friends since birth. he introduced me to james in primary. what about you?"

george scratched his head. "well, i've known him since year 9 cause i just moved.. but i knew will since i was 12. he's my step brother." george shared. "seriously?" alex asked. "thats really interesting, actually." george grinned. "yeah, for sure. hes more than my brother, hes my best friend." something about george's love for his brother warmed his heart.

"anyways," george moved on. "where do your parents work?" he inquired again. "oh haha." alex began. "my mum works in the medical field and my dad is unemployed currently. you?"

"well my mum is a waitress and will's dad is a teacher." george voiced. alex thought this was a peculiar combination, but had quite the respect for it. george stared out the window, alex now staring at the back of his neck, waiting for his next question. for some reason, alex found george's queries to be interesting, and enjoyed his responses aswell. eventually when george zoned out staring out the window, alex grabbed his phone and plugged his headphones in. he goes onto spotify and plays his "carride" playlist. after a couple minutes, george looks back over to alex wearing his headphones and listening to music with the songs just barely squeaking out as to not disturb george.

"hey? what're you listening to?" george cocks his head at the sight. alex looks up at him. "o-oh, just this band my friend is in." "really?! can i see?" george chimes in. alex chuckles slightly but turned his phone screen so the other boy could see hes playing "cause for concern" by lovejoy. george looked up at alex "oh! wilbur's band?!" he yelps. alex's eyes widened. "you know wilbur?"

"yeah im mates with wilbur! gimme a bud i wanna listen!— oh.. haha only if thats okay with.. you. yeah.. sorry nevermind." george gulps, his eyes dimming and sitting down properly in his seat to face forward. 'shit man.' george thought to himself. 'why am i getting so friendly with this bloke. hes only talking to me cause he has to.' until his thoughts were interrupted by a giggle from the other. "yeah, sure man." alex smiled, taking an ear bud out of his ear and handing it to george. george looked.. confused. happy? definitely. but confused. he took the earbud with a grin and stuck it in his own ear.

they listened for a couple minutes till alex's music comes to a sudden stop. the boy scrambles for his phone, only to see it had ran out of juice. "aw, nooo. we're not even a quarter of the way there!" he facepalms while the other boy takes out the earbud from his own ear. "cheer up, mate. atleast we're pals now, eh?"

alex froze hearing those words. theres no way hes already considering him a friend.. is he?

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