Living & Loving Vicariously

Bacon Egg & Cheese + Cartons of Milk

Jax's POV
"Æ!" I yelp in surprise as my alarm goes off.

I quickly turn over and turn it off.
My sister knocks on the door and lets herself in.

"¡Jax, ándale! ¡Tu tienes viente y dos minutos para puse el ropa!" My sister exclaims loudly while throwing her hair brush at me.
(Jax, hurry up! You have twenty two minutes to put on clothes!)

"¡OKAY OKAY, ESPERA!" I cried in response.
(OKAY OKAY, WAIT!)

I get up taking a 5 minute shower and rushing to get my clothes on. I brush through my curly hair wincing as the brush gets caught in all of the knots.

Once I'm finished I rush to pour myself some cereal and quickly devour it.

I run to get my book bag and run to the entrance of our home where our shoes are in the hall.
Once I put my shoes on I sprint out the door immediately texting my friends.

*some language warning.. it's not that bad though*

Zak: Yooo where are you? Didn't you say you'll be at the deli by 7:55 yesterday? 🤨

Jax: Yeah, just hold on a sec! GIMME UHHH 5 MINUTES I promise I'll be there-

Zak: You better hurry tf up man I ain't tryna get in trouble by my parents again for your stupidity.

Jax: Never knew that 'stupidity' was in your vocabulary- I'm genuinely impressed man! 👏

Zak: oh stfu man 🙄

Jax: I take offense, anyways I'm here 🙄
(Seen)

I give a little Debby Ryan smirk as Zak looks up from his phone and I start to cross the street without looking both ways. (Abby here: don't be like Jax)

A car comes up beside me audibly as I feel the air conditioning along with the swift breeze of the vehicle quickly moving towards me.

The car consistently honks its horn as I start to finally regain my awareness of the situation, and try to jog away but by then my attempt is 1 minute too late.

I feel someone grab the back of my hoodie harshly pulling me away from the middle of the road and swiftly placing me back on my feet.

I stand there a moment longer in shock.

Æ QUE PASÓ?! AM I DEAD? AY DIOS POR FAVOR YO NO QUIERO IR SOLA, YO NO QUIERO A VER MI HERMANO TODAVÍA POR FAVOR-
(OH WHAT HAPPENED? AM I DEAD? OH GOD PLEASE I DONT WANT TO GO ALONE, I DONT WANNA SEE MY BROTHER YET PLEASE-)

"Y'know a ' Thank you' would be pretty nice." Zak says heavily implying the fact that he would like to be praised.

"Yeah, thank you man." I say almost below a whisper.

"Hey man it's okay, let's just go to the deli and meet up with the other guys." Zak says as he nimbly puts his hand on my shoulder.

Zak starts to walk ahead of me as I take a deep breathe look at the street behind me and jog to catch up with him.

We cross the street as I see the other guys, Xander, Jackson, and Quincy.

"Ayy Wassup my guy?" Zak says as he daps up the boys starting with Quincy, once we reach the sidewalk.

We all start walking into the deli as I hear everyone talking as I stare off into the distance.

I continue thinking about what I should order, chopped cheese, BLT, or bacon egg & cheese?

Easy choice for me, I'm feeling like a bacon egg & cheese today.

Once I order I join the others by the fridges and I tune in on the conversation and attempt to catch up to everything I might've missed. Y'know inside jokes etc.

I see Zak intensely staring at the cartons of milk.

"Uh Zak, you good there man?" I question genuinely expecting something to be wrong. Of course not we're talking about Zak here.

"Yeah I'm just thinking, if it's so easy to find a carton of milk... why isn't my dad home yet?"
Zak says shaking his head with a fake tear almost escaping his eye, my guy should really get an Oscar, become an actor or something. Putting that talent to waste is a literal crime.

All of us start laughing until we fold over and almost drop to the ground, Xander acting like a seal and slapping Jackson's arm as Jackson just throws his head back.

I glance at Quincy through my tears as I see his pale white face becoming pink.

Once we all get our stuff we all leave the Deli at once and stop near the corner that J, X, and Q were waiting for us as we continue to fool around.

We continue walking towards the school as Zak attempts to hit Quincy, but Quincy's quick reflexes causes him to back away just in the nick of time.
Although I do see him step on Henry's shoes who ironically is right behind him once it happens.

While I daze off looking at Henry's cute yet pissed off face Zak manages to slap me and tousle my hair making poor Henry endure more pain when I tumble over onto him causing him to trip.

"Sorry dude," I begin to say apologizing about the accident. "I didn't mean to make you fall."

OMG JAX, ESTUPIDO, WHY TF DID YOU HAVE TO SOUND LIKE SUCH A JERK? "DUDE" ?REALLY?! OFFER HIM HELP TO GET UP OR SOMETHING!
(Estupido= Stupid)

Before I could manage to muster up the courage to offer him my hand, (FIRST OFF WHY AM I ABNORMALLY SWEATING IN MY PALMS?!) he already gets up and says his answer about how it's okay and whatnot.

I take one look at his face and see automatically that he's pissed, he really wanted to scream at me huh. I almost forgot that he's a germaphobe, EVERYONE in school knows that he's a germaphobe.

"Aww Jax has a crush" Zak genuinely fan girls while he smiles the most cheesy smile I've ever seen him make on his face.

"I'm not gay." I try to say with a straight face but I can't hide the blush on my face.

"Sure you aren't" Jackson replies with an eye roll as all the boys hum in agreement.

I look across the street to see Henry dazed his eyes upon the schools field.
A small smile appears on my face as the sun continues to go up, shining on Henry's face making his complexion looks stunning and all dreamy and I can fell myself weakening at the sight.

Quincy follows my gaze as his eyes brighten in joy. "AWW YOU DO LIKE HIM!!!" He whisper yells.

"Don't worry we'll be your wing men" Xander says.

"That sounds like a superhero group." Jackson whispers.

Honestly I love my friends and I'm so grateful that they're supportive but what's my Madre & Padre going to say and think about this?

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I don't have anything to say really except that in the next chapter we'll get to meet Henry's friends and school life!

See you then, thanks for tuning in!

Con muchísimo amor (With much love) ~Abi~