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•CHEATER//ALEX MERCER•

"Come on, it'll be fun!" Alex sings as he looks at me with puppy dog eyes.

"Noooo, I know you'll just ditch me anyway, there's no point." I pout at Alex, trying to prove to him that I was right.

"But the guys will be there."

"Yes, because I definitely wanna hang out with my best friends' friends who I barely know." He lets out a groan, knowing that I'm probably not gonna budge from the decision that I had made.

"Okay, you win, I'll see you tomorrow?" He stands with his hands on his hips in front of me.

"Of course." I get up and wrap my arms around him, making sure that he knows that we aren't on bad terms. "Call me when you get home tonight." I shout as he walks out my bedroom door.

"Got it!" He shouts back, completely out of sight.

For the next few hours, I mostly just spent some time on my phone, and did a little homework, nothing too extreme.

It was about ten o'clock when my mom knocked on my door.

"There's someone downstairs for you." She says with a smile. Although I'm confused, I instantly go to see who the person could be.

As I walk into our living room, I see Alex looking at one of our family pictures on our mantle.

"Alex? What are you doing back here." He finally turns toward me, allowing me to see his bloodshot eyes. Instantly I walk toward him, wrapping my arms around him, and not letting go until he does.

"He cheated." He whispers, sniffing slightly after. I had to control my rage, I needed to focus on being there for him, and not on some dude who I didn't really like anyway.

"You'll be okay." I say to him, hoping he can find some kind of comfort in those words.

After Alex finally pulled away, I took his hand and led him to the spare bedroom, across from my bedroom. I made the bed how he likes it, and got him some sweats and a shirt that he had left here, from the numerous times he's slept over.

"Do you want anything else?" I lean against the headboard and look at Alex, who was currently tucked into the many blankets in bed.

"Can I borrow one of your books? I don't think I'll be able to sleep, and light reading always seems to help." I smile at him and jog to my room, retrieving the Prisoner of Azkaban from my self before returning and hating it over to Him.

"Don't stay up to late reading it, okay?" He gives me a thumbs up, as I finally leave the room for good, allowing him to have some space to himself right now.

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The next day, I wake up almost entirely forgetting what had happened the night before. I brushed my teeth and made myself presentable, before venturing downstairs, on the way there, I remembered that Alex had slept over, which made me change my desired destination. I slowly opened the door, trying not to wake Him, but when I popped my head in, he was nowhere in sight, and the bed was made.

Alex had left before even saying goodbye? That definitely wasn't like him. I pull out my phone quickly, and type a simple message, before putting it back in my pocket and making my way downstairs.

After eating some breakfast, I checked my phone, hoping to get a simple 'I'm not dead again' message from Alex, but still nothing. I carry on with my day, trying to not let him cloud my mind, but unfortunately that was no easy task when he's acting so unlike himself. I tried texting the other guys, but they all said that they hadn't seen him.

The next three weeks played out exactly the same. No contact at all from Alex, Julie had called a few days after he disappeared and told everyone that he was okay, he just needed some space, which I understand to an extent, but he left with no warning, not only leaving his best friend in the dark, but he let his band down, as they had to pause their entire schedule until he finally decided to come back.